You need to be doing should be just fine as you are getting out there. Right now temperatures are coolest nears the coast and up in the north bay 60s for most of our inland areas, some of our warmer spots with pittsburgh at 63 livermore dublin and conquered all at 62 to start this morning. Skies are generally clear the further inland you get with some of the low fog near the coastline do watch out for hayes in our inland valleys though, as we still do have some smoke coming up from wildfires. Nice calm winds around our north bay fires this morning as well as what were seeing in the south bay, some really calm winds in the vicinity there so that is definitely good news. The best news that weve got this morning as air quality is at least starting things off on a really good know we are looking at moderate with little impact poor air quality near the coastline and through the east bay, some of our worst stuff is still up in the north part of the Central Valley and now to the sierra foothills were all that smoke is just stacked up there right there on the west side of the sierra dont expected to remain this way through the day weve had some big changes in air quality over just minutes over the past couple of days. So ill definitely tree to try to keep you updated as much as possible as those air quality conditions do shift throughout the morning 60s 70s, 80s and just a few 90s taking on today today easily one of her more comfortable days of this forecast, one of our coolest for sure and he on one of her only spots in the 90s livermore and conquered as well as morgan hill 88. While hayward oakland in fremont each in the 70s. I have more on your forecast still ahead back to you james all right john thank you very 4 02. Lets get the latest on the wildfires and we are seeing a significant jump in containment regarding wildfires that are burning all over the bay area. Fire crews have been battling the flames for over a week now and heres some of the positive news cal fire says the lnu lightning complex fire in the north bay is now 27 contained. So better than a quarter of it now surrounded the scu lightning complex fires in parts of the east and south bay is now 20 contained so 5th of the way there. The czu lightning or sees you august lightning complex fire. Those the ones burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Theyre now 19 contained calfire says cooler weather and extra resources coming from outside the bay area have helped crews now gain some ground on those fires. Lets take a closer look at the czu august lightning complex fires again, the ones burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties cal fire says the overall acreage burned is now nearly 80,000 acres. One person has died in these fires, at least 7 people are considered missing over 440 structures have been destroyed the majority of them in Santa Cruz County kron fours Taylor Force Act reports. Here in Scotts Valley a much different scene than what were seeing in the mountains towards the coast. Well over there about 11 miles west youll start to see that smoke and those flames earlier today i traveled through felton and then landed in bonny doon this is why salt along the way dark plumes of smoke coming from the mountains as they head towards that direction. I eventually hit built an empire road where flames are still active. Theres many hot spots in both sides of the road but thankfully i did see plenty of firefighters nearby watching over the area through the flames and smoke erode you eventually hit empire road in bonny doon unfortunately that area is full of destruction, many homes burned to the ground only chimneys and melted appliances still standing. Eventually ran into some locals who are staying behind to help firefighters, one of the men helping out his case he thorley lives in washington, but has property in santa cruz, he describes the area over the past few days, its scary and when the wind picks up its todays actually been a really good day weve had a lot of clean air still smoky. But a lot more clean air than weve had in a long it seems like the fires. I think were at a super safe because the fire has burned through already weve seen it all weve seen houses burn across the street weve seen houses burn up the road down the road. The guys here of. Saved this area, you know and on their own now casey in a couple of his friends are staying behind also help out firefighters. They have their own fire gear. Theyve been giving firefighters food fuel water pretty much anything that you can think of you name it theyve been that. More of a base camp for those local responders for now in Scotts ValleyTaylor Bisacky kron 4 news hart. Thank you very much taylor and again those fires did go through the oldest state park in california fact these are pictures showing. What the Big Basin Redwoods State Park looks like. Now. There are redwood trees close to 2000 years old in that park. But the good news is many of those trees survived, one forest fires when storms and lightning hit redwood trees. Those that dont topple over can re sprout and park officials will be inspecting. The trees in the coming days. Lets head now to the north bay where the 3rd largest wildfire in the States History is currently burning across 5 counties Solano Sonoma napa and lake and yolo counties in all the lnu caught lightning complex fire burned more than 356,000 acres so far again its about 27 contained 5 people we know have died and more than 9 100 structures have been destroyed by this fire. 10s of thousands more are still threatened. And with the growing containment numbers evacuation orders are beginning to lift now across portions of the north bay including in sonoma. There are still a lot of active flames burning on the west side of dry creek valley, the walbridge fire in Sonoma County has burned over 54,000 acres so far its just 17 contained. Many people on the east side of dry creek were able to return home yesterday and heres what one teen had to say about his experience evacuating. Its pretty tragic in a buzz. Leaving leaving your house is not like something you want to do. But ive had like a previous experience with the past couple fires that there has been. So i was in like that were doing now is just a little bit. Vacuum we say the smoke was so bad in the air you couldnt even see the other cars evacuating. Firefighters are hoping to get better handle on the fire on the west side. So that people there can also return home at some point. Some after county residents also had a chance to go home in fact we have video from the witcher family. On the day that they had to leave as the hennessy fire spread into the town of various a highlands, you can see here some of the homes in the neighborhood already on fire as they drive by. Despite their prayers. They came back tuesday to find their dream home burned to the ground. Its like being eviscerated. Its a guiding an emotional your heart is broken because literally you know, i mean i have when i left here i have one birkenstock. I have 4 pairs of underwear time name. And getting because im wearing the belt and you know, i mean its your life changes that you have to face the building. And the areas still closed to the public cal fire says the hennessy fire has spread to a little more than 296,000 acres and this morning as 29 contained. The scu like the complex fire, the largest of the 3 complex fires in the bay area hasnt been as destructive. This is the one burning out in contra costa and alameda counties. The complex has burned more than 365,000 acres across coco county alameda and santa clara counties along with san joaquin and stand at stanislaus counties as well. The fires are about 20 contained in all 5 people have been injured including 3 1st responders more than 20,000 structures have also been threatened. We will continue our coverage of the fires on our website kron 4 dot com throughout the day so make sure you check their often and also download the kron 4 mobile app to get any updates that we send out the minute we get them. Breaking news overnight 2 people are dead after a shooting broke out last night when protests turned violent in kenosha wisconsin. Demonstrators have been filling the streets this week demanding justice for jacob blake. He was the unarmed 29 yearold who was shot 7 times in the back by Police Sunday night. Hes partially paralyzed according to his family. His mother is addressing the violence and is calling now for peaceful protests. In addition to that i have great piece. It allows me. If a dam park already forgiven. And its this forgiveness is not for everybody else. Back and knee. Love our music center. We do that. X out all of this madness. People in my family theyre not ready to lead going that you know to feed and on the level that i have at this point. And thats ok its ok to be angry. Was declared a state of emergency haftar cars and buildings were set on fire and hes also called in 250 members of the National Guard to assist with security. Now to the latest on the coronavirus state leaders are set to release new reopening guidelines this week Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala share some of the businesses that could be allowed to reopen. California Health Officials tuesday said reopening talks are ongoing with counties and Business Leaders as the state prepares to release new guidelines later this week in august of this truck full of harp on for many of our guns state leaders wont say when exactly the new rules will be out which counties will be affected are which businesses can reopen and how but they have dropped pieces of the discussions, especially is smoking poor air quality pose challenges for businesses operating outdoors number of homes are asking us about any change to our orders, especially as we part of board i mean prioritize welcome back to their temporary move indoors. Currently were talking to a lot of counties about them governor Gavin Newsome also mentioned monday the beauty and cosmetology industry will be included and specifically their concerns their are part and parcel of the conversations that we have advance with local Health Officers over the weekend and they are part of the guidelines that would be putting out later this week officials confirmed the plan for schools will stay the same counties must keep schools closed until theyve been off the States Community spread watch list for 14 days when asked of the 14 day wait would also be applied to businesses state Health Officials would not say tuesday. The new guidance will be released as california continues to see declines in its overall Positivity Rate hospitalizations and icu admissions in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Well happening today in the east bay Contra Costa Health services will be opening a new coronavirus testing site in richmond, its located in the parking lot of Richmond Civic Center plaza. The testing site is open between 00 08am in the morning and 00 30pm in the afternoon people can make appointments or they can walk in and you dont need medical insurance to get tested. The county says it takes about 2 to 3 days to get the results back. Were also monitoring the latest local covid cases as well so far the state has recorded more than 682,000 cases with more than 12,000 deaths across the bay area. More than 78,000 reported cases with more than a 1000 deaths so far. Well take a break. Well coming up on the kron 00 04am morning news despite progress made on the front lines of the major wildfires here in the bay area. People in several towns are still unable to get back home of course well take a look at the damage and the latest containment numbers plus just days after resuming Operations Unit is shutting down its rail service in San Francisco have Details Behind that decision when we come back. Heres a quick live look outside weve got a camera at the san mateo bridge looking pretty good here on 92. Its a little clearer might be a little easier to breathe for some as well as slight ocean breeze at john says is getting his some cooler air. Some clear too. Welcome back well as. You are stepping outside today, were looking at some fog out there across the bay area, especially up in the Berkeley Hills right above the east bay here youre just shrouded in at this the fog was a welcome sight last night as it was accompanied by an increase seabreeze that help to clear out some air across the bay area. Most of us are actually sitting pretty good as youre stepping outside, dont expect that is a promise to the rest of the day though weve seen swift changes in air quality as we made our way through the forecast the past few days. That is certainly a potential yet again today as we make our way outside youll notice that hazy conditions can be expected inland. Well little bit more mild right along the bay and the coast and even for inland areas nice little drop in temperatures for you today after the fog this morning skies clear out this afternoon do expect another dose of fog tomorrow morning accompanied by a nice cool down during the evening hours that will be very welcome. Winds are from the ocean pushing inland all the way into our east bay areas thats what cool us off last night brought some relief from the smoke to winds relax early afternoon kick back up again until Late Afternoon as fog and sea breeze pushes back in cooling us back off into evening hours. Todays daytime highs for San Francisco, little cooler than we have been in the 60s for coastal areas on terror at 61, daly city at 64 Millbrae Burlingame much more comfortable in the 70s while only in the low 80s for Mountain View in redwood city, no more 90s in these spots at least we will be close to the 90s for morgan hill 88 san jose youll be 84 today while 70s from fremont and hayward only in the 80s for the tri valley as well as walnut creek in concord in the mid to upper 80s today. Oakland an eye 72 for you with fog during the morning, but plenty of sunshine after that. Vacaville an antioch or 2 spots hanging on to the 90s and just barely doing so at 91 degrees each so definitely a nicer day in the forecast today. Finally some relief from the heat and the smoke that we had been saying all those smoke will be seen at times so the afternoon on into thursday and friday temperaoures start to warm up again into the finish of the week and by the weekend we are Holding Steady with 90s inland and 70s near the bay. James all right john thank you very much. Lets get a quick check of the bridges for you this morning, the bay bridge. So far looking pretty good here on westbound 80 no issues to report for you the chp log actually pretty clear the only issue they had was a fog advisory former in county from the Golden Gate Bridge to ryedale and then a high wind advisory. For highway 5 80 out at the altamont those the only 2 issues you really have to worry about as you head out the door this morning. Heres a live look at the san mateo bridge where weve got highway 92 the ride looking nice as you make your way from hayward out towards foster city again. The commute direction is the right hand side those taillights heading away. And so far its looking pretty good. More weather and traffic and now lets get back to the headlines. We have the jail at San Francisco. That at a dilapidated hall of justice its going to be closed by Labor Day Weekend mayor london breed and sheriff paul mayor moto announced a new timeline on tuesday, its 2 months ahead of the november deadline there have been calls to close that county jail for years. Citing outdated and unsafe conditions for both inmates and the Sheriffs Office staff. San Francisco Police commission by the way has a new member city leaders approved malia cohen to serve on the commission a sevenmember body is charged with setting policy for the Police Department and conducting disciplinary had hearings when Police Conduct charges are filed. Cohen currently serves on the california state board of equalization. Mayor london breed nominated cohen to the commission. In the south bay, san jose leaders are remembering a key figure in cities Law Enforcement former San Jose City attorney, rick doyle died on sunday just 2 weeks after celebrating his retirement boy was san joses longestserving City Attorney he worked under 3 different mayors and let a staff of more than 87 fulltime employees. Doyle leaves behind his wife and its just silence this morning was 65 years old. It seems. New riders will have to stay on the bus for now thats because the Metro Rail Service isnt ready yet for riders forces it made you explains why. Officials at sfmta announced that a pair of major problems are you need to resume all bus service. We need to make sure that were not standing our writers in the subway on in the event of an overhead wire failure. During a time of covid a reoccurring equipment problem is one of the major reasons muni will not be restarting Metro Service as planned says muni director of transportation jeffrey toobin, we ended up having 2 such incidents in 3 during a real restart and we are now working on a solution to that problem. The second problem is a different safety issue involving covid19 at our Transportation Management center, its the nerve center of our entire rail system. We had an test covid positive. We followed our standard Contact Tracing quarantine procedures and as a result of we were concerned that we would not have the whole necessary team to be able to run the rail system safely in the meantime the alternative for muni passengers is to continue using of a system that has been in place since april weve been able to provide an extraordinarily high level of service particularly in our key lines of lines like the 8 to 9 the 14 are running more frequently with greater liability and greater frequency than ever in the unions history sorting out the 2 situations will give the Transit Agency tied to resolve the equipment issue we can now with a shovel a subway shutdown go back and replace all of those newer failed places with a quality flights that hopefully will actually work has it that you kron 4 news. Coming up next were tracking hurricane laura as it continues to gain strength in the gulf coast intensifying by the hour well have more on that coming up in a minute. Meanwhile, heres a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge this morning as we take a quick look at a little bit of a fog thats hanging low in the sky yes, the fogs bacchus like marine layer and cooler air pushing into the bay. A joint announcement pretty smoky and hazy recently looks like the skies are just touch clear this morning for some of us well be right back. Hey, my twitter is blowing up dear jack box, bring back the spicy chicken strips, still waiting for the spicy chicken strips, so many about spicy chicken strips. Wow, i hear you. So im bringing back my juicy 100 allwhite meat spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99 is it the juicy 100 allwhite meat . Or because you can spice them up or cool them down . Or because a little birdie told me you wanted them back really bad. Get my spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99. Get my spicy chicken strips combo were back time now is for 24 happening right now forecasters say that hurricane laura is gaining strength as it barrels through the gulf coast. Officials are telling people in the path of the hurricane to evacuate. Shelters are being set up right now and buses are gathering residents and toll roads are being opened up in hopes of people will just heed the warnings and get out of the path darryl forges is in beaumont texas now where they are preparing for a direct hit. All of us need to be prepared for the very real potential of a direct hit from this Storm Hurricane laura is racing toward the louisiana and east texas coast lines. This is truly when we have to say. Prepare for the worst. Now a category 2 hurricane laura is rapidly intensifying in the gulf and expected to make landfall overnight wednesday as a category 3. Dangerous winds heavy rainfall, flash flooding and storm surge up to 14 feet. Thats what officials are warning more will break. You need to make sure that you are not near that because it can easily sweep you away causing you to lose your life. Residents along the coast quickly boarding up homes and businesses, gathering supplies and getting out the coronavirus pandemic is adding an extra layer worry in complications to the storm. Some either worried about being in a shelter setting. Others having trouble leave. Call 2 novels. And we got turned down for bus because my mother has her own evacuations have been ordered for areas in the storms path. Id rather be safe than sorry. And beaumont texas, im darryl forges. All right still ahead here on the kron 00 04am morning news despite covid19 cases declining across the u. S. Not all states are seeing that same downward trend, well take a closer look. Heres a live look outside weve got our camera here at the bay bridge toll plaza giving us a look at westbound 8 is commuters make their way from oakland in the San Francisco, well be right back. We are back time now is 4. 30 before we get back to the headlines, lets get the half hour check with john in the Weather Center about what kind of forecast you can expect as you head outside. Today, good morning john good morning james and today, definitely foggy to start but we got a lot of sunshine to look forward to the rest of the day after this fog does burn off one of the things about this fog in the inland flow of air that we saw last night really help to clean things up as far as air quality goes those a very Welcome Change of pace seeing that scoot on in this morning where starting with much better air quality little fog at the coast. We can handle that has it had too much of an impact in visibility except for the immediate coastline and then or hillside areas in the east bay 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with san jose at 64 warm spot right now. Well our cooler spots, specific at 53 petaluma and santa rosa. Each at 54 degrees to kick off the morning skies are dry will remain that way through the rest of the forecast as well and conditions pretty calm to start the day for north bay fires that we are looking at calm conditions in those areas as well as we head down to the south bay also a calm