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Jose police are looking for a gunman right now after a hail of gunfire has been unleashed at a candlelight vigil 6 people were shot. This unfolded just blocks away from San Jose State University at south and east reid streets 2 people are now dead 4 others have been hurt. This is a developing story were watching this afternoon and kron fours rob fladeboe is live for us now at the scene in san jose and rob what was the vigil that was happening and do police have a motive this afternoon. Of all both questions answers hard to come by right now justine were not sure what that vigil was about at this point as for a Motive Police say nothing about a or any possible suspects but i do know that a couple of black and white units are still on the scene here. No doubt looking for one initial reports said 5 people were shot now weve learned that there was a 6th victim, heres more. It was fast. It was like back. Her south 8th street neighborhood still cordoned off wednesday morning. As police processed the scene. President media salinas is a little nervous about the fact that the gunshot she heard, were on least right outside her apartment and only reason why i found out was that there was a shooting that close it was because my son had just gotten home. Hes like mom i cant go home because this was all taped off. It was a wedding as a that was a gunshot, those are gunshots, was like wow so i went outside and think that it was. Right there. In front of. Apartment this was the scene just after 10 oclock tuesday night. Police say 6 people were shot. 2 of the 5 male victims are dead 3 other men and a woman were injured, but are expected to survive. Police said the victims were attending an outdoor candlelight vigil when they were shot, its not clear as yet if the shooting is somehow related to the vigil, but the publics help is needed. San jose Police Sergeant christian camera real this just happened would still interviewing witnesses were still trying to connect all the dots. Obviously if we do. We have more information share we will certainly put that out but this investigation is still very active. Were still talking to witnesses, theyre still out there processing the crime scene so soon as we have something significant to share will certainly do that this is a very tragic situation we have 2 people that are deceased people who have family. So we really need the publics help. So far police have not tested any type of regarding the identification of of the deceased or the people that were injured. We do know that to police also confirmed that officers responded to a another 911 call earlier in the evening last night about 8. 30 pretty much from the same vicinity here but again police could not connect the dots between those 2 calls we do want to emphasize though that even though this is here at a thin read a couple of blocks from a San Jose State University so far theres no connection between the shooting and san jose state thats the latest from here justine back to you thank you so much rob. Well go now to the east bay where a fastspreading fire has destroyed a Historic Building in oaklands chinatown kron fours Charles Clifford is at the scene for us this afternoon. Charles do we know what caused this fire. We do not so the exact cause of the fire still under investigation. We know where it started we dont know why that fire was started, im standing at 7th and webster here in oakland, this is in the fire is under control but fire crews are probably going to remain on scene here for at least the rest of the day. This fire began about 08 30am in the morning. Were told it started in a dumpster or garbage behind the building. Its the flames spread to the rest of the building. Fire crews arriving on scene found a lot of flames lot of smoke this quickly became a 5 alarm fire with over 70 firefighters, multiple engines and a ladder trucks. Here to bring this fire under control that took about 2 hours they plan on being here for the rest of the day looking for any hot spots, no one was injured in this fire, the red cross is here helping anyone who may have been displaced from their homes also many of the fire crews that are here have been gone for a couple of weeks fighting wildfires and they are now home but had to deal with a 5 alarm blaze almost immediately to say that they are tired what an understatement coming back to the a liar if i didnt get a fire. The next morning percent back on and theyre feeling it but want that their job thats our mission so i dare say its wrong at a price. Our announced some point during their they well as we head into wednesday afternoon west between 7th and 8th remain shut down and probably will be for some time if youre in the area of aware that that may cause. Traffic delays. Back live now the building that covers about 2 thirds of a block there are multiple restaurants, downstairs and apartments upstairs. But as far as we know no one has been injured in this fire. But for now in the east bay Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Thank you so much while firefighters worked to contain that building fire just a few blocks away Oakland Police were investigating after a car. Dragged one of their officers. This is video from the scene from the citizens app police say around 7 oclock this morning officers responded to a call about a car that crashed into a tree near 12th and castro street when they approached the vehicle, they say the driver appeared unresponsive. But then woke up and put his car in reverse knocking both officers to the ground and dragging one of them at least 10 feet before running off. Police claim the driver clearly knew that the officer was being dragged and say both officers are right now in good condition, but investigation is still ongoing this afternoon. Another big story were following is the air quality across much of the bay area much better air today than we saw one week ago when the skies were that bright orange color. So we want to talk now about the air quality this is an index map thats on our website, mostly green areas indicate good air quality and were seeing that stretching all the way from salinas way south to stockton and even sacramento. And up towards the north bay green. Green means good ill say that all right thats also on our website kron 4 dot com as we take a live look outside now the golden gate bridge. We see those beautiful blue skies that is a sight for sore eyes. And our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is standing by now with details on how long this is going to last it was so nice to open up the windows in the house today hope we can keep doing that yeah and we certainly will justine for not only today but also for the rest of the week as well even leading up to this weekend. Lets take a look outside Crystal Clear skies and we can actually breathe as we head outside in the bay area because of those good air particles for most of the coast and even for the northern portion of the east bay, but we are tracking some moderate air particle though hayward southward into san jose in the south bay, so we still have a spare the air alert in effect right now through this evening in addition that an air quality advisory, but justine what a difference a week we are heading in the right direction, and its certainly being aided by these westerly winds light to breezy right now sustained winds at 20 Miles Per Hour long downtown San Francisco pushing all of that smoke and ash away from the bay area and thats how we like it in fact were going to continue to see that trend for your thursday as well wind speeds out of the west northwest at 20 Miles Per Hour less for your thursday afternoon and but we do have some changes heading our way thursday is going to be a transitional day could see a few degrees of cooling but then by friday into saturday 5 to 10 degrees below average as a dry storm tries to sweep through the bay area be more of a wind maker than a rainmaker and this is going to have an impact on high fire danger concerns later this weekend into early next week and possible smoke concerns as well more coming up in my full forecast in a few minutes just seen back to you thank you now california firefighters are trying to contain dozens of major wildfires across the state. Capitol Bureau Reporter Ashley Zavala explains the governors latest briefing on the situation. Catastrophic wildfires continue to burn across california. Governor newsome wednesday said 25 lives total have been lost statewide while wildfire scorched 3. 4 million acres and counting newsome says 4,200 structures have been destroyed as 38,000 people flee their homes 17,000 firefighters are working to control the blaze is the governor optimistic about favorable weather for fighting 25 major fires across the state are making some Real Progress on these larger complex us. And why its absolutely true. We have enormous amount of work to do the update comes after visits from President Donald Trump and democratic Vice President ial candidate kamala harris. Both wanted briefings on the state situation. The governor wednesday weighing in on whether he thinks the president hears him on his Climate Change position to the were being heard and i believe we and to the extent and i expect the president id states to radically change course no i do not. And so well continue to be stubborn, i imagine he will the as well in his point of view. But as i say its not a belief system data science or not the least in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Well in Santa Clara County. It is now revising its testing order with the goal of making it easier for people to get tested for covid19. This is School Districts are moving closer to in Person Learning kron 4 tahernia joins us live now is how county leaders say this will impact all the people who live there thats right just seen during a press conference earlier today Santa Clara County Health Officer doctor sara cody. It should revise the testing order increasing Testing Capacity to ensure that more people have access to readily available testing for covid19. Now the enhance order expands the definition of essential worker and it aligns it with the states definition of essential workers requiring Insurance Companies to provide free testing for workers like teachers Grocery Store workers and Health Care Providers. Health care providers are now required to prominently inform their patients of their right to testing all right that many were not even aware of the have to post notices in all patient care areas on their websites and in their communications 3rd the order sets mandatory timelines to get patients tested quickly and to get their results center as well and finally practices that inhibit discourage or delay testing are prohibited under the order mayors with in Santa Clara County voice their support for these new guidelines, you know that the state order for reopening. Various activities, including a lot of jobs that we critically need and to get back in our community. Really depends on our ability to task no matter what testing is critical. To moving us back to a new normal whatever that you normally might be its important that our residents and more importantly are essential workers. Our teachers are Health Care Workers or Grocery Store workers restaurant workers. Need to get tested in order us to be able to reopen and get businesses back up and running we need more testing and we need all our Health Care Providers to provide easy to as you heard its vitally important. That we test the only reason why the county has moved from the purple tier to the red here. Its because of testing. County Officials Say the new order establishes a minimum expectation for Health Care Systems throughout the county. They also say its mandatory and if you believe anyone is violating this new order youre asked to contact Santa Clara County Health Officials online. At sec covid. Concerns rather dot org. More on coming up on kron 4 news at 5 as well as on our streaming service up kron on you can download that for free in your App Store Just seen. Thank you so much and heres whats coming up today at 3 cracking down on illegal sideshows the action San Francisco is looking to take to penalize those who participate. Plus the nightmare, a california woman is battling right now at a kansas hospital after she contracted covid19. And also cracking down on illegal fireworks and grizzly peak, how authorities are now stepping up their efforts to protect the neighborhood thats next here on kron 4 news at 3. Lets go to the east bay now where illegal fires in the oakland and Berkeley Hills have left People Living on edge for weeks now. Amid fears of another dangerous wild fire sparking in their backyard. Kron 4 sweeps at all explains what those 2 east bay cities are now doing to make sure that does not happen again. Since june first the Oakland Fire Department says it has responded to at least 10 illegal fires set here along grizzly peak boulevard. Most of them illegal fireworks or bonfires theres also a lot of trash out here of course the pandemic its kept people indoors. But its also given people an excuse to go outside and try to gather with a large group of people and that is still not allowed so because were in an area where it is covered by both the Oakland Berkeley fire and police departments. Those agencies have come together along with the university of California Police and Fire Departments, the 2. Ask the public not to visit these areas not to stop or park. At the 9 turnouts along grizzly peak boulevard from 9 oclock at night until 6 oclock in the morning and then some of the turnouts are actually being blocked off their signage thats been posted up. Asking the public to do this this is not a curfew but it is an enforcement allowed by the city of oakland through a municipal code, this will help prevent. Fires from spreading possibly the homes, we know about the 91 deadly Oakland Hills killed more than 20 people and burned thousands of homes. The Fire Departments dont want to see a repeat of that but were moving in that direction of people continue to trash the place and also still set fires so no stopping or parking along these turnouts from 9 oclock until 6 oclock in the morning. Indefinitely and all the agencies that weve mention say theyre also going to have extra patrols out mostly at night to make sure that people are following the rules in oakland fleet and all kron 4 news. Now to San Francisco where the city is proposing new actions to crack down on illegal sideshows and implement harsher penalties for people who participate this comes in the wake of labor days shooting incident where a man died near a sideshow in the citys excelsior district city leaders say the legislation would deter people from coming to San Francisco to take part in sideshows a piece of legislation. That would increase the ability in San Francisco and the time to impound vehicles and you can we can prove that youre behind the wheel. You will be arrested, we understand. That people want to do this, but they are dangerous and this is no fun if someone is killed. San Francisco Police also announced the formation of a special sideshow unit and a 15 new surveillance cameras that are going to be used to catch side so drivers. And people who are watching for your health now in Contra Costa County Health Officials are advising people not to use keller beach and miller knox regional shoreline in richmond. Following some reports of swimmers itch swimmers itch appears as a skin rash that is caused by an allergic reaction to a certain microscopic parasite sounds gross officials also say test results also showed an unsafe amount of bacteria levels in the water warning signs are going to be posted there are still no Serious Health effects that come from swimmers itch but it is rather uncomfortable. Lets switch gears now and talk about our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at our camera showing us the san mateo bridge. Whats nice to see right now as we can finally see the hills in the background theve been blocked by all that smoke from the past 30 days of spare the air alerts. So kron fours meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here now with when our skies are going to get cloudy and smoky again but lets enjoy the good news, but we have its finally blue and beautiful out there. Yeah fortunately, not anytime soon so we have the best of both worlds. Clean clear skies out there right now in the bay area that fog bank right up along the coast and thanks to that extra sunshine noticing a few degrees of warming along the coast were actually about 5 degrees above average for most of our beach communities downtown San Francisco in the low 70s at 72 degrees san mateo in the low 80s right now for your wednesday afternoon as a san jose widespread mid to upper 70s throughout the east bay shoreline 78 degrees for oakland and boarding with 90s for livermore 88 degrees as you step outside right now with widespread low to mid 80s for most of the north bay napa 82 degrees and santa rosa 86 degrees for your wednesday afternoon overnight lows tonight will be on the mild side widespread low to mid 60s on account of todays warmer air mass and tomorrows daytime highs a few degrees cooler than today but pretty seasonable weather for your thursday afternoon downtown San Francisco warming up into the low 70s, mid 70s for oakland and hayward and also in the upper 70s for those of you at san jose at 78 degrees try valleys 84 degrees by thursday and 81 degrees for napa and Santa Rosa Nevado a degree warmer at 82 degrees. So lets take a look ahead at your sevenday forecast were going to be below average starting friday through saturday as a dry storm will bring some measurable coastal drizzle for the 1st half of the weekend. But then sunday warming up thanks to the return of those offshore northerly winds so high fire danger concerns just seen starting sunday through monday could actually help push smoke and ash into the bay area. Those days as well so well take the weather that we have right now and go with that at least in the 1st half of the weekend back to you. Thank you so much for brees and still ahead here on kron 4 news at 3 Contra Costa County just released its guidance on how to celebrate halloween this year. The changes to handing out candy and how to haunted houses all because of covid19 and after the break a california womans dream trip has turned into a nightmare after she got infected with covid19 and now she says the hospital is trying to kick her out and she has nowhere to go. Dear california, we know these are challenging times. And with summer here, energy bills are rising. Together, we can save energy and money. By taking steps to stay cool while using less. Keep safe and keep it golden. A trip from california to kansas city in kansas has turned into a nightmare for one woman who was visiting her family, she got infected with covid19 during the trip. And now her family says a local hospital is trying to kick her out Sharifa Jackson has her story. Is there anybody in the whole entire kansas city area who can not. And i hate this who cannot help assist or fear on top of fear first their sister 68 yearold judas roland tested positive for the coronavirus now she says the hospital is threatening to release the 68 yearold with no where to go what is the problem shes on medicare. She has some additional insurance. And every day. Every day we had to go through. Sam were going to put her at she says its an insurance nightmare after months of isolation judith made the flight from california to kck in early august, it was for her grandchilds birthday but within a matter of days she began feeling sick in the gut here at Providence Medical Center on a ventilator a month later her family says she still too weak to stand up and steal has trouble breathing being from california theres no way she can get on a plane to go home. With her having the issues that shes having due to covid theres no way she can see in the car for that long of a dry eye. So theres really nowhere for her to go family members say theyve called the hospital and Insurance Agency several times trying to get answers with no look while the hospital says they cannot comment directly on patient cases they sent us this statement saying in part like anyone we care for providence, we rely on physicians when people are admitted treated and discharged we work closely with Case Management teams to find the best solution for each patient. She needs and here she said its in a wheelchair with i think done and theres nowhere to go. There has to be and answer. They were shriveled jackson reporting and the family has said after the party. They all tested positive for the coronavirus but have all recovered judith is also slowly recovering, but is still testing positive. Next here on kron 4 news at 3 marine county will allow more businesses and schools to reopen. So why is there backlash today, well take a look also 2 historic peace deals were signed this week at the white house, how meaningful they are. Well that depends on who you talk to so well have reaction from a bay area congressman and right after the break this season you fire has destroyed hundreds of homes. Its called is it what is left of a ranchers property and see where the owner goes from here. Now at 3. 30 were tracking the wildfires burning across the state and one of the most devastating. Thats here in the bay area is the czu complex fire. It is 93 contained and cal fire does expect to have full containment on this really stubborn blaze by sunday. So far 925 homes have been destroyed in this fire which spans from santa cruz to san mateo counties kron fours Maureen Kelly gives us an up close look now at all of the destruction. What youre looking at is whats left of a compound owned by some local ranchers or on the end of gazas creek road. Bordering right up to big basin. I theres really very little left to see this was a series of tree houses and a log cabin. You can see there some rail cars down below that were being used for a kitchen and storage. And is just all completely up in smoke here these are the trees that are all now. Brown and charred this whole area used to be lush and green. And now theres very little left that looks flat way right now so this is where the main tree house was. Right here now i talked to the ranchers, long as property. They say theyve been working on this house for 20 they were planning to make this their permanent residents. Eventually they were living here partially as it was under construction. But it was really a labor of love with. Friends how donating their time and materials and now it is all gone and the part is that they were just dropped by their insurance company. Bright before this fire season this year they were dropped by their insurance company. And now they dont know what theyre going to do. Reporting from unincorporated san mateo morning kelly. Kron 4 news. Well go back now to our coronavirus coverage and the rain county has now moved up to tear to in the states color coded terror system, this means more businesses like malls and places of worship can reopen indoors. But not everyone is ready to take this next step. Everybodys excited about things opening up but im not entirely convinced that thats a good idea when you listen to the experts. So. Im all for opening up, but im. Certainly not going to do it myself. Tier 2 counties that remain tear to with low coronavirus cases may reopen schools to classroom based learning without doing that whole application process so that could happen as soon as september 29th in warren county. Other counties and tear to or napa San Francisco and santa clara. The u. S. Has had more then 6 and a half million covid19 cases and more than 195,000 people have died. Today on capitol hill senators grilled top Us Health Experts about how to stop the spread of this virus and when a vaccine will be ready. Our washington dc correspondent alexander le mon has the story. Despite President Trumps public statements that a covid19 vaccine could be ready next month cdc director doctor Robert Redfield says he doesnt expect one to be widely available for another 9 to 12 months late 2nd quarter 3rd quarter. 2021 health Officials Say its possible very limited doses of a covid19 vaccine could be ready by the end of this year, but they say those would be prioritized for Health Care Workers and those most at risk just face mask. Is more guaranteed to protect me against covid then when i take a Covid Vaccine democrats say President Trump is damaging Americans Trust in Health Officials he not only said that mass cause problems to he also shared a tweet. Saying masks represent a culture of silence slavery and social death admiral brett draw are the assistant secretary of health defended the Trump Administrations response to the pandemic saying new cases are down 48 hospitalizations down 49 and deaths are down 33 since the peak this summer at these games could be fleeting or even reversed. If we do not continue to follow the National Plan an exercise personal responsibility, especially Wearing Masks and avoiding crowds. The Trump Administration says once its ready it wants to deliver the vaccine to americans for free. In washington. Alexandra le mon. This week in politics to mideast peace deals were signed at the white house they normalize relations between israel and the United Arab Emirates and bahrain. Catherine heenan the host of inside bay area politics is here now she talked with a north a congressman to get his reaction to this rather big news. Yeah congressman Jared Huffman adjusting the president calls this the dawn of a new middle east not everybody is going that far. But many consider the diplomatic agreements with 2 gulf arab states to be worthwhile. That includes former secretary of state Madeleine Albright looking at the white house ceremony here albright calls it a platform for progress. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meantime dismissed the deals this week as a distraction i asked congressman hoffman for his thoughts. I think normalization of relations between israel and some of the Sunni Arab States in the gulf has got a good thing. I would be hard to take all that a bad thing, but i dont think we should declare this peace in the middle east there was no conflict between these countries anyway. We saw i know a lot of the details and frankly, theres still no progress at all on the palestinian and this Israeli Government has as unfortunate steps away from progress on that so im happy to see the normalization of relations between these these countries but i declare him and hes in the middle east i think is a stretch. While a lot does remain to be done this weeks agreements where the first piece breakthroughs in the middle east in 26 years the hope that other arab states will take similar steps justine thank you so much catherine now Hurricane Sally has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm but it brought over 2 feet of rain to the gulf shore. Many people had to be rescued from dangerous flooding more than a half a Million People in alabama and florida are still without power right now our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is tracking the storm and she has the latest details on where the storm is going next time a recent pay just seen. Lets take a look at Tropical Storm sally right now sustained winds at 60 Miles Per Hour currently over alabama, but it is inching towards atlanta out there with light to moderate and heavy downpours expected for their thursday forecast upwards of 5 inches of rain as well flash flood watches in effect from pensacola florida all the way into norfolk, virginia. Because of what was once Hurricane Sally still inching towards that coastline. There lets take a look closer to home at our bay area forecast stormtracker fours tracking clear blue skies out there we are noticing that marine layer off the coast starting to make its way inland. But overall beautiful temperatures out there right now in fact a few degrees above average 5 to 10 degrees above normal along the coast and east bay shoreline with widespread low to mid and upper 70s there and widespread 80s as you make your way inland for your wednesday afternoon overnight lows tonight going to remain on the mild side. So a little bit toasty this evening in the low to mid 60s with anti up only cooling down to 68 degrees and wakeup planner forecast will show little change for your thursday, it is going to be transitional day until we really cool down on friday more coming up in my micro Climate Outlook in just a few minutes back to you just sing. Thanks to recent coming up, theres a scary future for halloween this year, the recommendations are not when and how to celebrate this holiday during the pandemic. And also weve just learned some new information about what will happen in Contra Costa County come october 31st. Also theres a new retail report out saying sales are up but it might not be all good news. And lawmakers have finished the investigation into the boeing 7. 37 Max Airplanes following 2 deadly crashes after the break what they say could have been done to save hundreds of lives. Today a Congressional Committee released its final report on the investigation of the boeing 7. 37 Max Airplanes that aircraft was involved in 2 fatal crashes that killed 304 46 people before it was grounded. Lawmakers say both boeing and the f a a share responsibility. The report written by democrats blames a faulty control system that overrode pilots commands while also criticizing the f a a for not doing more to ensure that the aircraft were safe to fly. We are surprised that this report came only from the democrats on the hill and not from the republicans. But nevertheless we view every report. Seriousness. In a statement, the f a a said it looks forward to working with congress to quote implement improvements identified in its report. The investigation also describes a culture of concealment of boeing and also alleges the company withheld crucial information from the fda and its customers boeing says it cooperated with congress is inquiry end quote learned many hard lessons from the accidents and quote the mistakes that we have made. Coming up here 3 the smoke has cleared but not for long. The live report well take a look at when the air quality will change from for a month now the bay area has been dealing with smokefilled skies today, the conditions were better and the air quality in some parts is actually reading is good. But there are some concerns that the smoke could return for the weekend to kron fours dan kerman joins us now live from San Francisco. Dan we see some beautiful blue skies there behind you. I feel in this afternoon. Thats right were. Were here on the embarcadero in San Francisco, most of San Francisco or we should say most of San Francisco and most of the coastal areas of the western part of the bay area if you will. As air number in the green zone which is great we havent seen. Green for almost a month now other parts are in the yellow but almost nowhere is their red which weve seen for almost a month. Todays day 30 of a spare the air day they declared this couple of days ago, not realizing this good air was going to come so quickly, but it is now here and people are loving it. The San Francisco skyline has become visible again on a backdrop of blue skies as winds have pushed that blanket of smoke to the east. Creating good air quality. Like to actually see blue skies above us is like i didnt even realize how much it was hurting see so its across San Francisco people were taking advantage of it going for a walk with the kids eating lunch outside playing tennis or laying out in dolores park. Or going for a jog along the embarcadero. It feels amazing were so happy to be on about i would say you can now hear birds chirping again. I dont think i heard birds 4 days, its a wednesday far different than the one a week ago bay area skies were a moody orange apocalyptic some called it. The day that the dawn never came. And the contrast between one way you know its really nice to blue sky, air quality experts say after 30 seconds. Is a possibility smoke will return to the bay area over the weekend. A nice break well take what we can get these days. Thats the way most people feel theyre going to get out theyre going to enjoy this air for the next couple of days, we are in the clear air quality experts say definitely today and thursday and friday, no spare the air alerts then it is possible we will see the smoke pushing down from the north again this weekend though they are not sure theyre not positive about that it could be just the northern in the very eastern parts of the bay area. But they say still too early to tell, but if you really want to get out and enjoy good air quality in the blue skies today tomorrow and friday are the days you definitely want to do it. Live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you so much dan we have to appreciate it while it lasts lets take a live look outside right now as we talk about our 4 zone forecast, heres a look at our camera thats along walnut creek. This shot has been a really good indicator for us all week long about the air quality in the east bay and were seeing some blue but still some smoke kind to hang on got to get out got to get out town kron fours meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here with what we can expect for the next few days. Dan says its going to look nice for the next few days but the weekend is when things take a turn for the worst again. Yes, especially on sunday, the 2nd half of our weekend, thanks to the return of those. Northerly a northeasterly winds because we do have some offshore winds that could actually spread smoke and ash back into the bay area specifically from the dolan fire to our north so going to keep an eye on that from the prom for weather center. But from now until then enjoy the Crystal Clear skies great air quality and warmer temperatures today tomorrow though cooling down a little bit for downtown San Francisco in the low 70s near average highs there in Half Moon Bay flirting with 70s but 69 degrees were going to see the return of those west northwesterly breezes pushing all of that smoke and ash out of the bay area just what we want to see especially after these very smoky and hazy days and low 70s for burlingame and bilbray mid 70s for your thursday afternoon for those of you in san mateo with upper 70s for san jose to cupertino though cooling down into the low 80s and livermore few degrees of cooling still going to be in the mid 80s, though, so near average highs with widespread low to mid 70s throughout the east bay shoreline berkeley, 70 degrees richmond, 75 conquered and walnut creek 84 degrees low 80s for napa and santa rosa 83 degrees justine back to you thank you so much for greece and now the director of californias health and Human Services has advocated for canceling halloween this year or at least halloween as we know it. Dennis shanahan has the story. Halloween is still about 6 weeks away. But inside the van joleens costa mansion in old sack. Every day now is like the 31st of october the manager on duty says halloween business is strong whether they want to dress up from another time or another planet plenty of people are snatching up costumes and supplies but what will halloween look like in the age of covid19. Thank you mister pumpkin head, but well let the states director of health and Human Services handle this just say on the way weve tricked and treated in the is not going to be the way that its done this year in may in fact be the safest thing not to do it the way weve done in the or at all doctor mark galli says the state is working to come up with clear consistent halloween guidance that will be announced at a later time hopefully you we dont lose a tradition shoppers we met at eventually ins are determined to keep the holiday light. Buy halloween standards. People should be able to choose whether or not they want the halloween everything is doable 100 tiana is a nurse all the things will still be a house is a silly decorated, and you can still buy candy for your children and you can still just a but i would like to see people irresponsible and not have so much of the parties this year and the crowded trick or treating with covid19 adding a different layer of fear to the holiday tradition of trick or treating is up in the air i dont know about it this year if im actually go trick or treating her this give out candy was formed on halloween might be a skeleton of its former self as more families choose to keep the cobwebs indoors. This year we just let them pick out some special surprises and well probably just. Have a little cousin gathering and do Something Special with the family. As Dennis Shanahan reporting for us tonight now Health Officials in Contra Costa County have just advised against the usual hollering traditions for this year they say that people should not be participating in trick or treating haunted houses or other big parties. This is all to minimize the risk of spreading coronavirus i know i know i feel you. The heart is hurting on this one. So kron fours michelle kingston is working on the story for us to have more tonight on kron 4 news at 8 and up next around the story of a stolen phone. Well go to the east bay now and San Pablo Police have recovered turtles and baby chicks that were stolen last week in a burglary at a pet store. It happened at el granero feed and pet supplies on september 7th. The suspect was identified by Surveillance Video and then was detained this past sunday. Police say the baby chicks and the 3 turtles. Were all found in the suspects backpack luckily, they were unharmed and you can see here police were able to return the pats back to the store. A malaysian student whose cellphone was stolen while he was sleeping has now tracked down the culprit was a monkey who took selfies with the phone before tossing it the 20 yearold says his phone was missing from his room when he woke up. He found the phones casing under his bed but there was no sign of a robbery in this house when his father saw a monkey the next day he launched a search in the jungle behind his house and thats when they say they found it covered in mud. But a bigger surprise came when the 20 yearold checked the phone and found what were looking at here a series of monkey selfies and videos that were recorded on the phone. Most of the images are blurry but its pretty funny that we can still see the monkeys face. 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