This month. It is a record. We can tell you that that breaks a record of 14 days, you have to go all the way back to 2018 during the camp fire for that. And that 24 days in a row were going to be 25 days tomorrow and likely could be extended past that because of this bad air. Often the distance is downtown San Francisco. But its barely visible like the ash that sits atop cars the smoky skies here are a grayish white making for another day of unhealthy air quality. Its actually worse today in terms of breezing that it was yesterday thats much worse today and i have to masks and not now thats how bad the says in fact their quality was worse on thursday because a layer of fog that kept the smoke aloft wednesday. Dissipated the air is mixing were down to ground weve weve weve lost that you know protection yesterday so were seeing that the readings of really jumped up in the bay area as the air mixes down bringing all of the smoke with it and while some people were still out and about. Many are keeping their activities to a minimum. Im trying to stay inside and in keeping all my clothes and checking on my grandparents and my family. And for some this unhealthy air coupled with the fires coupled with covid19 has all become too much. Mostly bothers me because it cannot let my kids out them theyre bothering me life is definitely different. And now we have yet another level and eventually well get to what we consider normal. Although im not sure thats going to be. Back live in San Francisco again today, the 24th day in a row, the spare the air alert 25 days in a row will be tomorrow the bay area air Quality Management district expected to make a decision tomorrow whether to extend that through the weekend they say with all the smoke aloft that is very likely live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan lets take another look outside right now get a different view and see whats happening with the air quality this is looking out over San Franciscos embarcadero you can not really see the bay bridge just faintly in the background there, you know lawrence at in dans report says she cant walk or kids outside because of the air quality in their driving her crazy. Is she going to get a break shes counting on you tonight, yeah, a lot of pressure thank you very much, yeah, you know i think youll start to see a little bit of a break this weekend but its going to be just. A little bit each day, the air quality should begin to improve boy it is just think it is hazy out there. The smoke everywhere fog along the coastline air quality horrible around the bay area in fact the worst right now in the San Francisco and oakland see the area shaded in purple here very unhealthy air quality as you extend right across the bay in oakland right now on healthy and read all the way down the peninsula along the coastline and a Half Moon Bay fremont and hayward ironically some places inland usually they have the worst air quality there actually a little bit better, but theyre called are still poor in the concord in the san jose now tomorrow afternoon looks like things will improve just a little bit but you can see were all in the orange category that means some very poor air quality expected all around the bay area today. Kind of a big change in the pattern yesterday we saw all that smoke above the air quality down below one so bad, but today, some of that smoke finally mixing to the surface so we actually have less smoke in the atmosphere, but its worse air quality around the bay area and thats where we sit right now we just have not had enough of a wind tomorrow, maybe a little more sea breeze in the afternoon but not by much theyre a quality only go to improve a little bit i think by tomorrow afternoon. Thank you laura as well to our wildfire coverage now cal fire now referring to the bear fire burning in butte county as the north complex west his own fire that name change was made this morning. The fire has killed 3 people injured several others and a dozen more are unaccounted for tonight. The north complex fires also burning in plumas and yuma counties. It began back on august 17th and has burned more than 250,000 acres, many homes near the berry creek area were destroyed. And we have the latest on the creek fire thats burning in Fresno County that fire is now close to 176,000 acres is still at 0 containment fire Officials Say its destroyed 361 structures so far. Closer to home. The lnu lightning complex fire in the north bay is currently 94 contained nearly 1500 structures have been destroyed there. The complex fires in the east and south bay says 97 contained with nearly 140 structures destroyed and the czu lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties up to 84 containment, 925 structures have been destroyed the woodward fire at the Point Reyes National seashore and less to Morgan County is up to 95 containment, no structures destroyed in that area. Even with the higher containment numbers still hazards that county officials want you to be aware of kron 4 Maureen Kelly reports on the warning from authorities in San Mateo County. Im on cloverdale road not far from the town of pescadero behind me you can see how the czu lightning complex fires. Burned this hillside behind me. In fact the fires burned right down to the road stopping at a Drainage Ditch i spoke to cal fire today. They say the fire is now 84 contained. They are optimistic because theyre looking at a cooling weather pattern in the days ahead. But they do want to stress that. Nonresidents should stay out of the fire zone. They say there are still hazards up here. If youve been driving near the burned area, you know that there are these huge trees that have fallen and theyre theyre just ready there on a hillside that soil could be compromised so there are hazards out there that were going to be talking about for months to come. In addition to the possibility of falling trees another lurking hazard or the ash pits that can form around burn trees fire gets down into the root system and burns all through the roots so then everything thats just left is this just a huge pile of ash that blends in with the rest of the ground because the rest of ground looks like cash to so youre walking along not paying attention it just looks the same, but you step into where that tree root system used to be and youre just going to your legs are going to fall and you can get burned and it does happen and those routes can be on fire for months. Another thing there is still Fire Fighting going on even though theyre mostly in the mop up stage at this point. But that means there are still fire trucks and pg e trucks traveling. Some very narrow country roads in some instances and they dont want to see a situation where looking lou gets into an accident or even just impedes the progress. First responders reporting from unincorporated San Mateo County im Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. The lnu lightning complex fires have been burning for 23 days now still affecting communities and napa sonoma and solano counties. Its 94 contained so much of the fire danger is gone from forced to leave to go reports people who lost their homes are now working toward building their lives all over again. John phillips says theres no sense in dwelling on the bad we can either laugh or we can cry hes choosing to focus on the good list call this a a new adventure phillips and his wife have had 3 weeks to process their loss the retired Vacaville Unified School district music, teachers, one story home on camera low road in vacaville is gone burned down in the hennessy fire one of the major wildfires making up the lnu lightning complex john has returned once a week searching for items he can still use force and preparing the 10 acre property for contractors who will clear the debris marking all electrical. The gas lines and water lines were they were. So when people come in they they know where they are when they do the cleanup john says theyre committed to rebuilding no matter how long it takes. And theyre also going to move back in whenever they can this is a beautiful locations we love vacaville. We love the community and have a lot of friends here. Family is close by. So we we just really like the couple and their grown son who also lives here last Musical Instruments and classic cars. The feel fortunate since all survived considering at least 2 people have died in the hennessy fire people. And the reaching out of telling us how much they care and how much theyre praying for us and im willing to help every little bit counts in vacaville phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. San Francisco Mayor london breed has announced the reopening of Indoor Personal Care Services and outdoor Family Activity starting next week into a hair salons barber shops and gyms can reopen indoor starting september the 14th at limited capacity also allowed to reopen outdoor family entertainment, including mini golf and gokarts the following week on september the 21st indoor museums and in class learning from kindergarten to 6th grade can return with limited capacity and a safety plan in place and by the end of september San Franciscos goal is to allow 25 capacity at indoor places of worship as part of the states new covid19 framework Santa Clara County has been but down from the more restrictive purple tier to the red tear that means gyms and fitness clubs are now able to resume indoor activities at limited capacity kron fours rob fladeboe takes a look at the first day of business, a 24 hour fitness in san jose. Off and on since the pandemic shut down indoor Fitness Centers, harsh bill was among the first to resume his work out indoors here at 24 hour fitness in san jose feels great. And he knows that the like going that was keeping us like you know going in saying for some rain late. It feels good to be back this is one of 1424 hour fitness locations returning to indoor operations in Santa Clara County. Under the covid19 frameworks red tear gyms and Fitness Centers can operate at 10 of capacity. Yeah weve been super busy is going really good. I mean weve weve seen from the first workout at 05 00am this morning. Up till now members have been excited. Get to not just with physical will be but also their Mental Wellbeing of social distancing protocols are in place the equipment is spaced out and regularly sanitized by both staff and patrons. Everybody wears a mask, but complaints are few definitely helps relieve a lot of stress like work and school the fun, its a difference and make it a look a little bit better is something that they look forward to in this case 10 capacity is 115 people. Reservations are required throughout the day 4. 90 minute sessions under its county approved reopening plan a 24 hour fitness has implemented at touch free check in system. That allows members to come in be able to just their picture when they when they sign in so we can control exactly doctor see within the club in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Coming up the rate of Food Insecurity is increasing here in the bay area after the break we explain how the pandemic is playing a major role plus California Wildfires are getting bigger and moving faster than ever before experts weigh in on why fire season. Its becoming so extreme and after the break why a Covid Vaccine trial was stopped before the resul a covid19 vaccine trial is being stopped after a woman who received the experimental shot develop severe neurological symptoms. This is the second time the astrazeneca trial has been paused the study participants in latestage testing reported symptoms center consistent with a rare inflammation of the spinal cord. Temporary holds of large medical studies are not unusual and investigating any unexpected reaction is a mandatory part of safety testing astrazeneca has joined 8 other companies in pledging they would not seek premature government approval for any coronavirus vaccine. Astrazenecas shot is one of 3 vaccines in latestage testing here in the u. S. Today the u. S. Justice department announced the rest of more than 50 people accused of committing fraud to try to get money from the paycheck protection program. And attorneys said the defendants made requests for ppp loan money that range from 30,000 to more than 2 Million Dollars instead of using that money for its intended purpose of helping Small Businesses survive the pandemic the defendants used the funds to buy luxury items Justice Department says all together the people accused of fraud attempted to steal a combined 175 Million Dollars from the program. Ultimately that cost the federal government more than 70 Million Dollars californias covid19 numbers are down significantly. But state leaders are working to try to stop the spread among vulnerable groups. Capitol Bureau ReporterAshley Zavala explains. As california counties work to move through the states strict for tiered plan for reopening state leaders have added another benchmark counties need to meet before moving forward exposure to covid19 has exacerbated many of our Underlying Health inequities, especially among underserved and marginalized groups really have the intersecting of factors like race and economic inequality as the state continues to slow the spread of the virus Health Officials are putting even more attention on vulnerable groups, older adults people with Underlying Health conditions essential workers People Living with disabilities communities of color and immigrants cases and deaths are more common in latino black native hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in california counties will need to prove to the state its narrowing the gap and improving positivity and case rates among all groups long the sponsor conditions are too were raised to no longer predicts youre out from out leaders say this will likely require more testing and Contact Tracing more accessible to those at risk. Another potential Vulnerable Community those who have been forced from their homes because of wildfire state Officials Say resources like testing are on standby in the event of an outbreak of course certainly the level of disruption in mixing that up and looking back tions and the response putting impact transmission while juggling a pandemic and a series of Wildfires Health leaders hoping to keep stabilizing the spread in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. The state Public HealthDepartment Reports 3,338 new covid19 cases and to 137 more deaths on wednesday. Statewide there are more than 742,000 confirmed cases in more than 13,000 deaths. Here in the bay area we have now surpassed 89,000 cases and more than 1100 deaths from covid19 a growing number of people now seeking out help in order to feed their families thats according to a new report put out today by a Bay Area Food Bank the results focused on the rising rate of Food Insecurity during the pandemic. Kron fours has 6 and june spoke with the sf marine food banks executive director about this report. Prior to the covid19 pandemic the San Francisco mayor ed food bank served around 32,000 households each week. 6 months later that number has doubled now were servings heard for 60,000 households, the alarming increase in Food Security during the pandemic. Prompted the San FranciscoMarin Food Banks covid19 hunger report the food banks executive director paul ash is one of the major take away is the shelterinplace order the impact the senior community. Yes, seniors have been particularly hardhit Health Officials tell them stay at home dont expose yourself, youre in a highrisk prior to covid19 the food bank delivered to about 250 seniors. Each week we scale that up to 12,000 thats the continuing number that we turn to run end of the year before the pandemic the food bank had 275 pantries throughout San Francisco and marin. Now 300 including 28 emergency popup Distribution Sites where we could find the states so that was in school so it was just in the parking lot the report also Shows Unemployment having a major impact on those needing food we saw the of businesses closed and workers were laid our lives just cruel tremendously paul has says the covid19 report will be used to help the San FranciscoMarin Food Bank fine tune their efforts to help feed the hungry during the after 6 months now we can re evaluate how well did we do hitting the trying to me is a little bit better Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. The sake of another look outside checking out the north bay looking toward the golden gate bridge. You cant really see the towers you can see the cars as they make their way into the city but and they head out but not much beyond those first few patches of street there. Lawrence looks like fog. But we know theres also smoke a mixed in with that right, yes smokes mixed into the lower layers now and thats what were seeing around the bay area in fact this a different look. This coming from the east bay this from walnut creek and look at all that haze out there thats not fog that is all smoke that continues to settle in right down near the ground thats what the air quality has been so bad around the bay area today and tomorrow another day its going to be very poor around the bay area i only some slight improvement by tomorrow afternoon. A poor quality from the north bay all the way the coast the east bay, the south bay too so much smoke from the fires moved all the way out the middle of the civic and so even we get that onshore breeze thats karen. Some that smoke thats sitting off the coastline to bring back in our direction you can see it out there now some of smoke continues it off the coastline. Youve got some fog also developing along the coast. The one good sign see more of a westerly component so weve cut off were getting some of that smoke all the way from bear fire that was moving back in the bay area weve cut that officer not see more new smoke. But certainly the smoke thats already out there continues to slowly move out. And we dont have a real strong sea breeze, so yeah, even though were getting a little more of a westerly component we really need a stronger wind down near the surface to mix out some of that smoke of course were not getting in the look like when we get overnight tonight things are going to get calm that means a smoke is going to settle in over night all around the bay area tomorrow afternoon again maybe the sea breeze a little bit stronger were still talking 10 maybe 12 Miles Per Hour thats not quite enough to move that smoke out of town so expect a very smokey began around the bay area tomorrow with only slight improvement. I think a little more so as we get the weekend temperatures go to probably warm up as the skies start to clear out thats going more sunshine and that means temperatures probably going to pop back of the 80s in some of the valleys. And coming up. Dies from covid19 and alarming trend being seen across several states. Democrats are calling on the fcc to support the Lifeline Program and the longterm reporting in washington how as many children head back to School Senate democrats are calling on the fcc to support one of its order programs to make broadband more affordable our washington dc correspondent basil john reports on why democrats say not supporting this effort will be millions of americans at a disadvantage. Broadband is an economic necessity virginia senator mark warner wants the fcc to expand the program that helps low income americans access. The internet and if theres one thing we need to do we ought to be expanding both broadband reach and to support a bill instead of expanding the fcc is actually proposing cutbacks but warner says taking away from the Lifeline Program will only lead to more difficulties, especially with school starting, lets just continue it now if there needs to be reforms. Lets reform and after we have a vaccine. But lets not cut off his access at this critical time the fcc says it spent months asking for more funding and blames democrats for failing to work with republicans on a solution an fcc spokesperson tells me quote Senate Democrats have failed to do their job and are refusing to find Common Ground with the administration and Senate Republicans unless they get their demand for special interest giveaways that have nothing to do with the pandemic virginia senator tim kaine rejects that claim he suggesting theyre trying to do a lot worse. The where is the evidence the republicans have tried to do anything. To out to assist in this effort cain says its time for the fcc to step up for americans to deal with their Health Issues their economic concerns interact with family and we want the sec to do more kaine and warner say they will push for more Broadband Legislation in the next covid relief package. Reporting in washington, im diesel job. And lawmakers on capitol hill pushing for more coronavirus will leave but cant seem to make it happened how likely it is that will use that you will see help before election day. Plus Russian Hackers at it again and theyre not the only ones the foreign hackers microsoft says her trying to disrupt the 2020 election and nexus 6. 30 bigger and spreading faster than ever before thats how experts are describing this years historic wildfires what in just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together