Area from our exclusive tower cameras. Still smoky out there but without the eerie orange hue. And iq air just ranked San Francisco as the second worst in the world among major cities. Ill new video from downtown San Francisco showinthe smoke an haze. Despite that, some people got their walks in. We are tracking very up healthy air for the bay area. Please and to stay indoors if you can. Unhealthy air for redwood city. Unhealthy air for senttive groups to the south bay. Unhealthy air for fremont. You have been doling with very unhealthy air in San Francisco. Looking at very unhealthy air in sausalito up through larkspur. Very unhealthy air for petaluma as well as for santa rosa. This is just a live look with our Sales Force Tower camera. This is looking north. Hard to make out the Transamerica Pyramid because of all of that smoke. Yesterday, we had the smoke aloft up in the higher levels of the atmosphere. Now that are smoke is not just up in the higher levels of the atmosphere but down to the surface as well. So ground level, we are dealing with all of a spare e air alert remains in effect a record 24 days in a row. Well talk about what you can expect taking you through the week and if there is any improvement coming our way. And the bad air quality across the bay area is creating a that nt reo ouincludes a waxing studio in San Franciscos mission district. Every hour is different. Yesterday was come light pitch black. We had to cancel everybody. Today, well monitor it hour by hour an cancel the people that we need to. Those that feel comfortable getting waxed, well see them outside. Employees have been cleaning ash off the waxing tables repeatedly. Im tracking the fires g all of that smoke here in the bay area starting with that firthat is burigw near lake oroville. Three people have died. 12 are missing. Several people were injured after being trapped by the fire overnight. More than 100 people have had to be rescued. Firefighters have had to battle flame jumping as high as 200 feet at times b20000 people are under evacuation orders this afternoon. I just did the things you do before a fire hits. Get stuff out of the way and i just got in my car and came down here. Then there is the nt most 176,000 be as are, also 0 contained. After burning for almost a week, around 350 homes and other buildings have been destroyed and that number is expected to grow as firefighters cheer the way for damage assessment. Thank you, House Speaker nancy pelosi addressed the ongoing fight in california. The euphrates or so crimeious. We have already lost one in this fight and we also lost a oneyearold boy among the 15 dead in these fires. A quick update ere on the fire burping around the bay area. The scu fire burning in the Southeast Bay is 97 contained. That north bay wine country fire, the lnu, the 94 contained and the cdu fire in the santa cruz tas14,000 firefighters are actively battling 24 major wildfires in california. Thank you. A republican Coronavirus Relief bill has just been voted down, a motion garnered 5 yes votes short of the 60 that are necessary to overcome a filibuster. Democrats will scuttle the bill sand say it would shortchange too many pressing needs. Another 884,000 americans filed for up Employment Benefits last week. That was worse than expected according to the lar de million, it is one of the worst showings on record. A live look at the big board now. The dow is down in the red about 300 points. Happening now, a coronavirus update from the state Human Services secretary. A little more than 3300 new cases and a 4 test Positivity Rate continuing californias downward trend. Today, gyms in Santa Clara County are resuming indoor services. Take a look at this 24 hour fitness in san jose. It just reopened its doors after the county met the states covid benchmarks for new cases and positive testing rates. For now, fitness clubs can only have a 10 occupy andy. And to see what is open in your county, go to our website, kpix. Com. More than 190,000 people in the u. S. Have now lost their lives to the coronavirus. Some experts say nearly 36,000 lives could have been saved if social distancing was implemented one week earlier nationwide. Soy new audio recordings reveal President Trump knew the true threat of coronavirus back in february but chose to downplay it in public. Now, we are hearing from one San Francisco woman who lost her father ru it is a punch in the stomach for me and every Single Person who has either contracted the virus or has died from the virus. The clear that the president lied to the american public. It is undeniable. The simply inexcusable. The president said that so that peopou father didnt panic. Instead, he died. Meanwhile, President Trump is pushing back against a new book to the pandemic. We have more details from the white house. Repter enumis ok, rage, a hijob. W i was very open, whether the to woodward or anybody else. It is just another political hit job. Reporter the Washington Post published excerpt with audio clip of President Trump acknowledging the severity of the coronavirus to woodward back in february. You just breathe the air. That is how it is passed. So that is a very tricky one. That is a very delicate one. It is more deadly than your even your strenuous flus. This is deadly stuff. Reporter the president tweeted this morning bob woodward had my quote for many months. If he thought they were so bad ordaining russ, why didnt he immediately report them in an effort to save lives. President trump will head tout michigan this afternoon for a campaign event. The same state where his democratic rival joe biden campaigned wednesday and responded to the revelations. He had the information. He knew how dangerous it was. And while this deadly disease ripped through our nation, he fail to do his job on purpose. It was a life and death betrayal of the american people. Reporter woodward also asked the president about the black lives matter protests in the wake of george knoweds death. Do you think there is systematic or institutional racism in this country . Well, i think there is everywhere. I think probably less here than most places or less here than many places. But is it here in a way that it has an impact on peoples lives . I think it is and it is unfortunate but i think it is. Reporter this was President Trump in kenosha, wisconsin last week. The Africanamerican Community an a lot of others have said it is systemic. Where do you stand on that . I dont believe that. I dont believe that. I think the police do an incredible job. Reporter the prehas made law and order a central theme in his reelection campaign. Skyler henry, cbs news, the white house. Bob woodward has responded to criticism that he did not publish the president s audio sooner telling the Associated Press he wanted time to vet the president s statements. Can you armofr odwardth sunday interview with cbs news scott pelly on 60 minutes at 7 00 p. M. Here on kpix5. Just, in the San Francisco giants cut fan favorite pablo sandoval. What it mean for his major league feature. Plus, the nfl is back starting tonight. The new rules to keep players and fans safe. Im tracking our very smoky skies. Ill let you know if there is any relief any time soon, coming up. And kpix is working to bring you the positive stories during this difficult time. Can you check them out at kpix. Com together california phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones, phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Call or visit [upb i fell asleep tobut when i woke up. I put everything in perspective. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . Go uall. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. S o you its San Francisco giants have cut fan favorite pablo sandoval. Team place him on unconditional release waivers after only three appearances on third base this season. The giants tweeted this picture just about an hour ago saying thank you pablo with the hashtag forever giant. No word yet on who will replace him or if the 34yearold will be able to sign with another major league team. Well have more on the move coming up in sports at 5 00. Exciting day for football fans. The nfl soap kicks off tonight but the going to be an opener unlike any other. The super bowl champs Kansas City Chiefs take on e texans at youre owe head stadium. There are a number of changes to keep everyone safe during the pandemic. Mansions are required. Fans must stay in their assigned stadium zones and only tailgating that are sitting there. The nines are kick off their season on sunday against the arizona cardinals. No fans allowed. Also on sunday, the now Las Vegas Raiders will head to carolina to take on the panthers. A banner demanding action against Climate Change hung briefly above the tunnel between the two segments of the bay bridge. Morning commutes are heading into San Francisco could see the banner demanding Green Recovery now. It was taken down within a couple of hours. The activists behind it say they want 100 clean energy by the year 2035. We demand the right to good jobs, clean air, clean water and a livable future. Right now, im 4 24 careers old and im nifrthe h the smoke from wildfires. Anr be of r bay area skies. On the right, video of the bay bridge taken around 9 45 this morning. Video from around the the same time yesterday. Time for a check of our weather. Here is meteorologist marri lee and that smoke is just sitting there. It is for sure. Unfortunately so. Yeah, we have smoke not only in the higher levels of atmosphere aloft but now down to the surface. So we are breathing all of that in. We are looking at unhealthy air for bay area. Those red dots indicating that. Those purple dots, that is very unhealthy air. That has been the case all day today. I do want see a lot of change with those smoky skies and unhealthy air for our region. Today, we are looking at that air quality that is much worse compared to yesterday. So unhealthy to very unhealthy air. That smoke again not just in the higher levels of our atmosphere but now down to ground elf. Our air sensors are measuring just how unhealthy that air is at the surface. We are looking at a spare the air alert. A record 24 days in a row with a spare the air alert for the bay area. Our smoke model shows that smoke sticking around for today with our unhealthy air. Here is a live look of the Treasure Island camera. You can see just how dirty it is, all of that smoke in our atmosphere. You we lookg mperatures because smoke, this really just inhibiting the heat. We are looking at temperatures just into the low to mid60s at this hour. 66 . Concord. Oakland at 60 degrees. 64 in livermore. 64 in san jose and 60 for santa rosa. Lets talk about the reason would i we have this smoke. We have these massive wildfires burning nearby, about 150 miles away. Sending that smoke into the bay area and we also have that smoke settling into ground level. That is why the air quality is much worse today compared to yesterday. We had yesterday, the choky skies in the upper levels of the atmosphere. We had that onshore flow yesterday at the surface. That is why you didnt smell it and the air quality wasnt quite as bad yesterday. As we look to the end of the week, by this weekend, there is a chance for less smoke. Daytime highs for today, well bow low average for this time of year because of that smoke. So her is the extended forecast and what you can expect. The smoky skies continue. The spare the air alert has been extended in friday and by the weekend, we could see a little bit less smoke for the weekend and into next week. Back to you. All right. Thank you. A new daytime talk show featuring actress Drew Barrymore is about to launch. The Drew Barrymore show will feature a combination of information, inspiration and of course, entertainment. That will include positive news items and a segment titled drews news. The show will air live each day and today she told me why she advocated in favor of a live for swat. I pushed hard to go live so when the world changes overnight, as it does, now, can you meet that moment with the right tone. I think when you make things personal, that is the most important starting point of anything. Barrymore said she tops to make the content as optimistic as possible. The show begins on monday at 2 00 p. M. Right here on kpix5. Still ahead, fueled by his passion to serve others, he coordinates the distribution of up to 20,0 ns of food in San Francisco each week. Sharon chen introduces us to this weeks bay area jefferson award winner. Reporter les so pick up boxes of donations from trader joes. He work for ldn sc nonprofi pis cess om pl d rsne im humbled that we can be helpful for them. It is his day off as food runners Operations Manager but he has been bringing free food every sundays for months to some 100 seniors sheltering in place in their apartment building. Tenants Association PresidentMargaret Mcnulty was worried that the elderly would go hungry during the pandemic so she contacted les. Luckily, les has pulled through with this sunday bonanza, a smorgasbord of food that we couldnt live without. Sal arced fruits. Reporter patrick montana is grateful he doesnt need to walk to the Grocery Store four blocks away for essentials like eggs and produce. To bring it back, it heavy. I barely can walk. Reporter during the people, les is doing much more. Thank you, guys, so much for coming. Reporter because many high tech businesses stopped meeting on site during the pandemic, Company Cafeteria donations have dropped so food runners began filling the gap with meals prepared by chefs and volunteers. They are amazing with what thoo re les oversees the distribution of over 2500 meals six days a week to agencies serving the hungry and he will come to the rescue if he hears anyone is in need. We have food going to place regularly but there is always extra, right if i hear that people are starving somewhere or need help, we want to respond really quickly and get them food. Reporter so for going above and beyond to meet the needs of San Franciscos hungry, this week appear jefferson award in the bay area goes to les so. Sharon chen, kpix5. You can nominate your own local hero online at k pix. Com hero. Lets he take another live look outside right now. That smoky and hazy air out there. Mary is back way final check of our weather and air quality coming up next. From eating outside to working out, smoke is making it hard for businesses who just reopen their doors. How people are coping with the seemingly Endless Stretch of bad air days. I want to give you one more look at current air quality conditions. We have up healthy to very unhealthy air. A lot of smoke, not just aloft but now down to the surface. This is much worse compared to yesterday. So my advice, friends, if you dont have to be brooke come home. Please. I know its what you want a life with me, your logan. Besides, that marriage to shauna, that is a sham. Its a joke. You know it. I know it. Even shauna knows it, ridge. Quinn [ whisper ] its me again. If you havent already, drop everything youre doing and get over here and hurry. Its brooke. Im really worried. Eric so youre thinking that ridge and brooke still have a chance. Katie yeah. You seem surprised. Eric i guess i am, given everything that youve been through