The morning very welcome calm winds in these areas. Welcome relief from poor air quality late yesterday you notice skies really clearing out you could think that deep in marine layer for that the help to push in clean things up a bit. This isnt necessarily going to stay this way through the day so do enjoy are Clear Conditions this morning, a haze is expected again this afternoon, especially for inland areas. 60s 70s, 80s and just a few 90s in the forecast today. One of our warm spots at 91 degrees lot cooler than you have been well conquered in livermore settling down into the upper 80s for areas like san jose its mid 80s 70s for oakland state time high. Back to you james all right, thank you very much john. We are seeing a significant jump in containment numbers with regard to the wildfires burning across the bay area in fact fire crews have been battling the flames for over a week now. And they have made progress cal fire says the lnu lightning complex fire in the north bay is now 27 contained. So great news on that front. The scu lightning complex fires in parts of the east and south bays. Now 20 contained. And the czu august lightning complex fire burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties is now 19 contained. Cal fire says cooler weather and extra resources coming in from outside the bay area of really helped crews. Gain at least some ground on these fires. Lets get you closer look now at the fires in particular will begin with the czu august lightning complex fires again those are the ones burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties cal fire says the overall acreage burned is now 80,000. We know that 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 with kron fours taylor to sack it with a closer look. I will get more from her coming up in a bit meanwhile to the north bay where the 3rd largest wildfire in the States History is now burning across 5 counties Solano Sonoma napa lake and yolo counties. They all are part of the l a new lightning complex fires which have burned more than 356,000 acres. Its about 27 contained so better than a quarter of the way there 5 people have died and more than 900 structures have been destroyed. 10s of thousands more are still threatened. As firefighters make progress on the fires in the north bay, plenty of towns like guerneville and rio nido remain evacuated where firefighters. Back at the armstrong woods tuesday trying to distinguish this part of the lnu walbrzych fire. That fire has forced the evacuation of numerous towns along the Russian River including are unveiled. Firefighters are also battling flames in the redwood forest. Park Officials Say it has been 97 years since theres been a fire in that area and its just one of the challenges in fighting this north bay fire. This to try to train that were dealing with right now a lot of canyons a lot of rural area. A lot of heavy dense forest over in these areas right here so yeah that does pose a problem in some hazard and getting crews in those areas which makes it why difficult. Well many while many of these 1000 year old trees have not survived this fire state park Officials Say theyre hoping were big trees to fall down, new trees will grow in their place. Were dealing with something that youre trained for and that you do on a daytoday basis but to do it here in your own backyard was very surreal weve been all over the state and i think having that event happened here in our own backyard was a just surreal is the only word i can think of. And for the months to come the charred hills along interstate 80 in Solano County will serve as a reminder to all of us just how fast and dangerous the lnu lightning complex fires moved into the bay area. Forcefully to call spoke with the Fairfield Fire Department about how the city avoided death and destruction. Late tuesday night the Fairfield Fire Department learned flames from the lnu lightning complex fires it changed direction and dropped over the hill from Lake Berryessa and headed their way. Was later the green belt along interstate 80 from fairfield tobaccoville was on fire. Deputy chief matt luke inbox crew filmed this video is surrounded by flames that night to challenge for us is were step so thin. And we had such a large geographical area to cover him to protect that we really had to be diligent. An official with our resources. We had to really coordinate or communication. Because we were on our own we did not have a lot of hope. The state resources that have since arrived were elsewhere at the time cal fire is responding to fires all over the state air support was prioritize other incidents and 13 members of the Fairfield Fire Department we so deployed to fire fights out of town. You can box as it was up to his team and crews with neighboring vacaville Fire Department. To coordinate a quick response. He says they lit several back burns to wall the fire off that strategy worked even though the fire reached and eventually jumped interstate 80. The fact that we were able to strategically. Predict where the fire was going to go and quite honestly. Change midcourse because the fire did change on this a little bit with the winds. Still have a successful outcome for the city. Really speaks well to the men and women of the Fire Department lucan box says hes proud not only that his crews were able to save homes, none destroyed. A little so kept everyone alive. No one died. Deputy. I oversee the folks that went out there and they were the ones boots on the ground. Doing the work and im immensely proud of the men and women of this department they they stepped up they stayed calm. They did everything that they could there was there was no hesitation that mean i just cant say the word proud enough try and prepare for whatever comes next. We did all sean well staying in the north bay woodward fire in napa county has grown to more than 2700 acres. Its just 5 contained this morning, this is the one thats burning in the Point Reyes National seashore the fires threaten more than 1600 structures and evacuation orders now have been issued for about 90 homes on silver hills road fox drive and norway. Lets head to the east bay, lets get you updated on the su lightning complex fire. Its the largest of the 3 complex fires in the bay area. It hasnt been as destructive. However this complex has burned more than 365,000 acres across contra costa Alameda Santa clara, san joaquin and stanislaus counties. The fires are 20 contained in all 5 people have been injured including 3 1st responders more than 20,000 structures are currently threatened. A local family is sharing their pain after the su complex fire ripped through their livermore community. The u. S. Eu complex fire tore through the hills in the mines road area of livermore the fire burned homes and displaced families and you can see some of the damage and destruction in this video dominique failing and his girlfriends family purchased a property for years ago there family says their house did not make it nearly everything on the property is gone. Were just getting to the line a sleigh really doing a lot of there and then like this kind of and the state has to read packed what we could the jeep was full to the brim we got everything thats First Clothing in looking for documents but everything has pretty much gone of their pictures and stuff like that. And when they went to survey the damage over the weekend they were happy to find that their cat tina had survived the fire but not much else did. We have an interactive map on our website kron 4 dot com showing you all of the fires are actively burning and the location of all the Evacuation Centers as well and we have a list up to date. Evacuation orders and warnings on our website kron 4 dot com a extremely valuable resource for you. During this trying time as again all corners of the bay area on fire in one way or another. Well starting this friday, the Alameda CountyHealth Department will begin easing up on more coronavirus restrictions allowing for more personal services and other businesses to reopen their doors now that includes hair and nail salons and barbershops along with skin care and waxing services as well also swimming pools and wine tasting at places that dont serve food will be allowed to reopen however the order does not include bars breweries or any personal services that may require current clients to remove face coverings. University of Southern California is experiencing an alarming increase in covid19 cases in offcampus housing with over a 100 students who are now part of a 14 day quarantine the schools chief Student Health officer says its students who remain on or near campus in shared living arrangements are strongly advised to strictly follow physical distancing guidelines continue to wear face coverings and avoid gatherings outside of their home and also to continue a delusion hand washing and frequent cleaning of common surface areas. None of the infected students have been hospitalized at this time. 19 cases in the u. S. Are on the decline but some states are still seeing that downward or should say arent seeing that downward trend we have nic watch with a closer look. We record average case counts in kansas are positive infection rate from this weekend continues an alarming trend in the wrong direction for kansas. And record death tolls in kentucky. Why to the day we can pinpoint. Where we got tired. We stop trying. We let our guard down when youre dealing. With a work in progress things change. You learn things in real time as weeks and months go by. And youve got to keep an open mind that you certainly dont know the whole story nationwide average new case counts have tumbled more than 20 in 2 weeks but. To truly understand what with drives cases down. You cant look at the National Level you have to look at whats going on in each particular area and its a cecil situation which will likely now be our newest normal at the moment cases rising in parts of the heartland but full ling in the south and west. Why they shut down the bars and restaurants, they started making masks more mandatory, they started increase seen rules around social distancing. July 24th arizona logged 30,357 new cases august 24th, 311. Theyve shaken off pariah status, new york no longer requires in coming nuns to quarantine but ms. Now were were pushing very hard to open schools in many parts of the southern us even though we probably shouldnt and the numbers are good that theyre going to go back up. College level more than 500 confirmed cases at the university of alabama less than a week after classes began 3 more clusters uncovered at North Carolina state you know it is just young people being irresponsible. There are there are people dying out there it was i understand that but theres a lot of young people and dont necessarily understand that many millions of even younger people now back at school while. Still at home. No one is arguing. This is ideal but most experts say in hard hit areas. Its necessary. And again that was nick watt reporting despite warning from us leaders and Health Officials people have continued to hold a large social gatherings which is of course fueling the surge that were seeing in positive cases. Well take a break up next on the kron 00 04am morning news, the first lady and nations top diplomat were among those making the case for another term for President Trump in night 2 of the rnc will have a recap of what we saw last night. Meanwhile, heres a live look outside we have our camera here at the market there and San Francisco. Showing us a relatively clear of you here there is a little bit of fog. Some marine layer pushing in a surprisingly air. Just a little bit clearer for 42 well be right back. Ladies. Check it out. So strong. So. Not ripped. Whatre we talkin about. Thats the hefty ultra strong bag hefty hefty hefty whispers gimme. confused give me the bag . Get hefty ultra strong at a low price and were back 15 minutes till the top of the hour, weve got john trouble in the Weather Center with a look at what kind of weather. You can expect as you head outside hey john well james today, not near smoky, but we certainly are foggy this morning, nice to trade that and you are seeing this ability impacts in just a few spots of the bay. If you from berkeley not much of a view at all this morning. Nor is it out towards the coastline where we do have some thicker fog over areas a little bit closer to the shoreline today air quality rapidly improved late yesterday after really smoky start to your tuesday. Now what were looking at is a clear start to your wednesday likely to be increasingly hazy come the later part of the day though saw keep you updated on this changes as we work our way through the morning stormtracker 4 shows you a dry picture across the region even with that fog that is pushed in just a touch of drizzle near the coastline. Again as i mentioned some hazy conditions are turning later today, especially further inland and just a touch more mild all in all for your wednesday ahead of us a deep in marine layer is to thank for that helping to clear the area last night pushing some fog in some cooler air for your daytime highs today. Tomorrow were going to see temperatures just a touch warmer but not a huge change just yet with the weekend ahead being just a little bit warmer yet. A nice on shore breeze this morning that kicked into gear late yesterday helping to clean things up. Well see that continuing into the afternoon today so as winds relax this early afternoon likely to find some more hayes then those winds will pick up into the close of the day helping to clear things out yet again and making for a nice cool down for inland areas from your afternoon warmth. 60s for daytime highs in San Francisco as well as right up and down the coastline of the peninsula. 70s for most areas along the bay with burlingame in millbrae at 7774. Palo alto and an i 78 today on the south bay low to mid 80s for most areas. Morgan hill, the warm spot in the south bay 88. Fremont up to hayward in the 70s while 80s in the tri valley through danville walnut creek up to concord oakland 72 for your high well in the north bay 70s to 80s for the most part just to 90s in your 4 zone forecast thats antioch in vacaville. Our coolest days for a while we had 91 at our warmest today. Now tomorrow temperatures as i mentioned just climbing a couple of degrees, not a huge change into your thursday friday will be a little bit warmer yet kick off the weekend with highs pushing further into the 90s for more more inland areas. Next week were pretty calm. We level out in the 90s inland and 70s by the bay with skies remaining sunny and much calmer than they have been the past few weeks. James. All right, thank you very much john quick check of some traffic out there this morning as we take a look. At the bay bridge toll plaza where so far so good here on westbound 80 traffic seems to be nice and light here on this wednesday morning only issues that were seeing in the east bay right now is a couple cars tangling it up on the southbound 6. 80 just south of seminole out there in dublin. Police starting a traffic break right now both vehicles blocking the slow lane and we also have a big rig on fire to its pulled off to the right hand shoulder, but this is on west bound 5. 80 just east of windmills out in. Dublin and thats why were seeing probably some looking loose ling up traffic just a touch there from here lets jump over to the Golden Gate Bridge, the ride on southbound 1, 1, has been pretty smooth all morning long no reports of any backups aside from perhaps some dense fog from a e in places from the Golden Gate Bridge out to ryedale that was a chp note in the logs early this morning and then at the richmond sandra fell bridge. Were looking pretty good on your west bound 5 80 right in fact for heading out right now. He had no company that relays are all open. Just for you. More weather and traffic in a bit now lets get back in the news and the second night of the Republican National convention featured First Lady Melania Trump secretary of state mike pompeo and other gop leaders we have nadia romero now with the highlights. A hardhitting night for the Republican National convention talking about a variety of topics from criminal Justice Reform to the economy the headliner melania trump. The first lady speaking about covid19 her work with children and her be best campaign. We explore together. Was night one in the books republicans picking up where they left off on 9 to without fail. President donald trump and has been fighting for you the Republican National convention and full swing with more big names coming out for President Trump and ending their attacks directly at his democratic opponent, joe biden i fear biden will choose war again tuesdays theme land of opportunity front and center more members of the trump family including 2 of his children, eric and tiffany my father build a thriving economy once and believe me he will do it again first were ignored. Then we were laughed at. Then they thought us. And then together we won. And from the rose garden First Lady Melania Trump to kindness and compassion strength and determination. We were able to restore the promise of our future. Also taking center stage the president secretary of state mike pompeo addressing americans from jerusalem President Trump has put his America First vision into action may not have made him popular in every foreign capital. But its worked. The partys goal to show a united front behind the president and generate some much needed momentum as the president prepares to formally accept the nomination on thursday donald trump has not. And will not. You spoke with some new. He loves this country. And he knows how to get things done wednesday seem land of heroes honoring our nations military. Vice president mike pence will officially accept his nomination with a speech from fort mchenry. At the white house, im nadia romero. All right, lets turn our attention now to various ports will begin with the giants theyre on a roll on winning 7 straight games now in their latest victory was over their rivals, the dodgers who have the best record in the league so far take a look. And the fake crowd noise there cheering on Donovan Solano who hit that walkoff home run actually a 2 run homer. In the 11th inning giants had to crawl their way back against the dodgers who are leading for most of the game. Brandon belt helped send the game into extra innings with a solo shot in the night before salon a sealed the win final score 10 to 8. Again giants on a nice little tear here the 2 teams play again tonight at oracle park. Well now the oakland as after losing a game or losing game one in the series against the Texas Rangers they bounce back in a big way a blowout win in game 2. The as got out ahead in the 4th inning never looked back after that a 2 run home run by matt olson put the as in the lead against the rangers and then in the 5th inning another 2 run homerun by Marcus Simeon that extended this court about to let the as and the and would score 5 more runs in the 7th nothing final in this one tend to 3 to the left open with the winner facing 2 teams finish out their series tonight in texas were all 3 and a half just the fortyniners announced that they will begin the 20 20 season at levi stadium. Without fans in the stands. The niners kicked off their will kick off their season. At home against the Arizona Cardinals on september 13th in a statement, the team said that they will continue to work with the state and county officials to see if ther s maybe a chance to welcome fans back later on in the season. But for now anyway, theyll start without all 49 are season Ticket Holders can either credit their payments to next season or if they wish they can get a full refund. Well take a quick break time now is 4. 53 back with more in a minute to leave you. Briefly with a live look here at San Francisco international airport. Welcome back 4. 56 on this wednesday morning skies are definitely foggy to kick off your wednesday, not as much tz as we have been though so some relief thanks to a nice deep in marine layer that pushed through last night clearing out some of the hays also cooling us down right now were in the 50s and 60s for most spots in the bay now later on today we will warm back up. But not near as much as we have been only a couple of 90s remain in the bay today, antioch one of those spots at 91 concord in livermore still hot but not as odd 88 degrees each in the 70s for Oakland Hayward and fremont james all right, thank you john time at 4. 56 coming up in the next hour. After more than a week of fighting wildfires across the bay area. Fire crews are. Finally beginning to get some ground here on the fight will have Team Coverage coming up. And state leaders will be releasing new reopening guidelines this week as california sees a steady decline in covid19 infection rates. 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 allwhite meat spicy chicken strips combo great day on the lake it is. 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And thanks for joining us on this wednesday, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher of course our big story this morning continues to be the wildfires burning across the bay area for more than a week now. There is some good news, though firefighters are making progress in terms of containment. So lets get you the very latest numbers, cal fire says the lnu lightning complex fire in the north bay. Now 27 contained the scu lightning complex fires burning in parts of the east bay a