Most part is sitting just that right above us so visibility for most areas a little bit better than it was yesterday. You remember that low visibility you had on some of our bridges, some of her hillside yesterday things have improved a little bit we do have a foggy impact on the cloudy impact for your morning once that burns off itll be sunshine as for our air quality most of theyre good or moderates, if youre not seeing yellow on this map will you are back into that good category. Whereas if you are seeing yellow, we have returned to moderate, but we will take it air quality still good enough that i say you should get out there enjoy the comfortable temperatures and the nice start to the weekend that we do have relatively calm winds for most of us right now winds will definitely pick up into the afternoon for north bay areas has some cooler air continues to slide into the region. 60s for most of our current temperatures right now livermore morgan hill, dublin and pittsburgh. All at 64 oakland at 66 all san mateo and conquered egypt, 65 degrees to kick off this morning. As we make our way eventually into the afternoon look at these temperatures were only rising into the 70s even for most of our inland cities. It will be the coolest day of this forecast such a nice way to start off the weekend. And ive got plenty more about it still to come back to you robin all right sounds good. Thank you john were so happy to finally see the sign. Lets check in on the traffic. Were taking a peek at conditions into San Francisco this morning and heres a live look at your bay bridge toll plaza, its looking really good or really quiet right now so because spots are trouble spots into San Francisco come on in before it starts picking up and backing up toward the maze were off to 92 are checking the drive across the san mateo bridge no big problems here its a pretty good commute so far leaving hayward heading over to the peninsula, your drive time is under 30 right on time. And we have one more thats the golden gate, maybe a little foggy for seabridge crews working their way northbound out of San Francisco, but so far no hot spots under 25 minutes rolling south novato to San Francisco. Now to a developing story that were following for you this morning out of San Francisco an arson investigation is underway after flames just tore through an Armenian Church building kron fours taylor sackey has more from laurel heights. The first floor and the second floor is completely burned you can see the debris outside the San FranciscoArmenian Community woke up to a suspected arson at their Church Thursday morning. Members of saint gregory the illuminator are pasta lecture coming through to be trying to save whatever made it through the fire rustam on somebody on chairman of the churchs board of trustees believes they were targeted it has to be some kind of a hate crime involved in we had a similar situation of keys evie school. And we think this is somehow a continuation. No one was really a veteran the the lighting the vandalism was telling us exactly who they are on to be on is referring to this incident in late july where suspects vandalize the San FranciscoArmenian School with graffiti conveying Union Messages we have no doubt in our minds that this is the continuation of that chief tells the un says. These attacks against their community arent isolated to San Francisco, this seems to be a worldwide organized efforts intimidate us. Because of the Armenian Genocide which happened a 100 years ago turkey, government of turkey still denies and b because itd border disputes that exist between armenia and and the simmering. Socalled frozen conflict which is not so much frozen anymore 1000 is with the Armenian Cultural Foundation in his office was inside the Community Building that was on fire. He says the building also houses the Church Office and youth political and cultural organizations in addition to a sunday school for the Church Despite all the damage thankfully. No one was injured in this fire now Church Leaders are looking for answers and offering a 25,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest for those responsible for the fire. In San Francisco taylor kron 4 news. Well to the east bay now a man was killed and a woman was injured in a shooting that happened in pittsburgh. The shooting happened early thursday morning in the parking lot of the Foods Co Supermarket on atlantic avenue. The victims were walking through the parking lot when a car approached a man got out. And began arguing with one of the Victims Police say the man shot both victims and drove away. There is no description of the shooter. Well to the east bay now a black lives matter mural painted in downtown martinez is set to be paved over next month. Now the painting is part of a larger downtown project the mural is painted right in front of a Martinez Court building there it is right there. It was requested by a local group after 2 white power flyers were actually found on a sidewalk near the city jail. Nearly 100 volunteers that came out they painted the mural on the 4th of july and since then its been in the national spotlight. The mural was partially the face by a couple a day after was painted, a man was also arrested for waving a loaded gun at a person near the mural and then a few days after that someone painted white lives matter on another city street, the city manager says that the group behind the mural has axed wise for permission to repainted but was denied. Well to the north bay now Health Officials are dealing with covid19 outbreaks at several daycares and private schools in Sonoma County. Health officials did not name any specific schools of schools or Daycare Centers for privacy reasons. But one day care there are 30 cases of students Staff Members and parents with covid19 that facility is now closed said officials are working on Contact Tracing across the country a total of 62 coronavirus cases how been reported at day cares and private schools. So of the 62 cases, 25 have occurred in students 10 have occurred in staff and 27 in parents or siblings. You can see here theres been a breakdown in terms of geography. Well Public Schools in Sonoma County remain closed. And the county is still in the states most restrictive tier. The county has too many covid19 cases to shift into the next year which would allow schools to open in a limited capacity. One of the Largest School districts in Sonoma County will stick with Distance Learning for the rest of the year Santa Rosa CitySchool Leaders voted unanimously on the decision wednesday night. They pointed to several reasons including the fact that Sonoma County remains at the bottom tier of the states covid19 watchlist and this week the county saw slight uptick in the number of coronavirus cases and the number of deaths, the district is also concerned about the cost associated with resuming in person learning. And were tracking coronavirus cases and so far the state has recorded more than 775,000 cases with more than 14,000 deaths and then here across the bay area there are more than 94,000 reported cases and more than 1300 deaths. Although california is making strides in containing covid Health Experts caution that were still not in the clear, especially you know with the flu season right around the corner and of course the holidays right after that. Its very clear example of how we can mess this up Christmas Parties halloween. Big thanksgiving dinners. You know, i mean obviously a huge social a social things but in general its not going to be a great idea to get out and mix with people that are not part of your household. Well doctor rutherford says that getting the flu shot will actually help withstand any coronavirus surge until a vaccine is ready. For the first time and months there was no spare the air alert. It was a welcoming change for many people including those at the Farmers Market kron fours gayle ong reports. Everyone finally came hours after a couple weeks the fighting, this is not to be taken for granted these days this you know no ash in the sky x on their quality, especially when your livelihood depends on Mother Nature is so beneficial for us to have that unclear whether because. And most of our income comes from Outdoor Markets like this who suffer damage to their properties from the wildfires in operating on safe smoky conditions we had a lot of a problem because customers were a little wary of the affecting the we assure them that everything safe just watch everything before it once you get to your house and then the bad air the bay area air Quality Management district issued spare the air alerts for 30 consecutive days the longest on Record Keeping shoppers away for weeks until thursdays on the you cant go outside and. Now its their qualities good again and it took courage or sing it happened. I like to support the farmers i know exactly what they grow and what i want its its a really good time to support the farmers that have. Lost so much in these last and even months. And every. Purchase that you make released goes directly to the Small Farmers air quality officials predict a good to moderate air over the next few days but say the weekend could bring some smoke down from the north and that could affect the north bay and parts of the east bay in Berkeley Gayle ong kron 4 news. Well check this out take a look at this this was earlier thursday at Yosemite National park you see that the park is actually closed through the weekend because of smoke and dangerous air quality from the creek fire thats burning nearby. Park Officials Say the air quality in the park is projected to be in the unhealthy hazardous range over the coming days and this isnt the first time that the city has actually been close this year the park closed back in march due to the coronavirus pandemic and then reopen in phases in june. All right coming up next on the kron 4 morning news and east bay mother is suing a fertility doctor. For using his holds firm to impregnate her not once but twice how the family made this alarming discovery. Art in washington, the blame game continues on capitol hill lawmakers are still unable to strike a compromise on the next Coronavirus Relief plan. So is there any path forward ill have the details coming up. And changes would slow down mail delivery across the country are now blocked well have more on the federal judges decision after the break. Welcome back everyone will take a look at this refreshing view and that beautiful. It was another day of clear blue skies and cleaner air in the bay area on thursday. This news actually from our quad copter this is over a vineyard years about civil you can see that beautiful stretch of blue skies and the sun on the mountains there in the background in the far east. Just a breath of fresh air, you know and we appreciate that because we havent had fresh air in quite some time its been rough for the last 30 days or so lets check in with john trouble because its friday the weekend is here. We have some plans it will not you and i not like that, but i says and folks here in the bay area we have plans to make because the weathers going nice we can finally get outside job, yeah, i know its like a good weekend look for 2 in robin just just what whats up. Last weekend of summer. And im just not ready for that, but you know here in the bay area we do have really nice weather september october so summer is over but the sunshine is not over right best weather of the bay area. Still ahead of us and then we get good weather all year long so what is summer what does fall, its all the same for us looking outside out there San Francisco right now theres definitely some low clouds overhead. Now it is clear is that video of napa was that you just saw but it will get that way later on today a little bit hazy skies that youll notice for the east bay certainly nothing close to the bad air that we saw before but close to normal, good and moderate conditions for your air quality. That is still okay to go outside and enjoy just not quite as Crystal Clear as we had been the past couple of days. Still a really good day to get out there as for stormtracker 4 things are nice and calm across the bay area zooming out across the region and youll find showers continuing to push through the Pacific Northwest and areas to our north up along the oregon border, were not seeing the rain from this system, but we are seeing the breezy conditions in the cool air thats pushing in making today the coolest day of your forecast, couple of showers up around Yosemite National park and that is something they certainly do need with active wildfire and plenty of bad air up in the sierra nevada. Back here at home. Weve got the better air weve got the breezier conditions we just dont have the showers working their way through. Winds may be calm right now, but you will see an uptick in wind speeds for the north bay later on today especially the close of the day before things really come down tomorrow now has winds calm down tomorrow were going to start to see a reversal of wind direction thats going to take some of that smoke from the sierra and police it back over the bay by the time we work into sunday, so enjoy these next couple of days of good air because that might not be quite as good towards the end of the weekend. 60s and 70s for your highs other coastal spots today Half Moon Bay and another beautiful one at 67 millbrae perfect that 76 degrees while further south also a nice range of mid 70s in san Mateo Redwood city in Mountain View at 7476 today. Temperatures in the south bay similar range to with mid 70s for san jose beautiful at 75. Even the east bay checking in with some great weather pleasant at 79 double at 77 cooler than your 80s which already were bad. Oakland at 72. Well conquered at 79 today, the north bay only 3 spots holding on to the low 80s Vacaville Fairfield inn pit. Elsewhere, its 70s across the board until you head to the coast at the 60s which as i mentioned easily makes today are coolest one of your forecast. Tomorrow temperatures will begin to climb a bit youll see some more 80s in your 4 zone forecast on saturday. Sunday and monday as i mentioned bringing the potential of some smoke and haze working its way back our direction and then tuesday, the kickoff of fall with temperatures seasonably warm in the 70s state ease. Rob, it just didnt feel that close. I just had no idea a few days ago the fall is right around the corner. Thank you john over to your commute now were checking in on the traffic here is a look at the role into San Francisco, were doing fine. We dont have any big problems leaving oakland the maze is looking good. 5 8024 the east shores all is well come on in your drive times under 15 minutes all over to the fremont street exit, lets head over to 92 were taking a peek at the trip across the 70 oh bridge and its always the busiest bridge during the 4 oclock hour. No problems, no crashes no stalls under 30 minutes to make it from the nimitz over to the bayshore freeway will peak at more purchase coming up a little bit later. Well now to a big story that were following for you this morning, a federal judge has blocked the changes to the u. S. Postal service which slowed down mail delivery all across the country. The judge called those changes quote a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service before the november election. Now this decision issued a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by 14 states which sued the Trump Administration on the post Office Postmaster louis dejoy has been criticized for making those changes. The states challenge the Postal Service socalled leave mail behind policy where trucks actually have been leaving postal facilities on time regardless of whether theres more mil to low now they also sought to force the Postal Service to treat election. Mel has first class mail. Well the battle over the next Coronavirus Relief package continues on capitol hill. Democrats renewed calls for their multi trillion dollar plan they say is the only solution. Washington dc correspondent Raquel Martin has the latest. We have a massive problem and that country democrats are digging their heels in deeper to get a nearly 2 trillion dollar coronavirus stimulus bill passed than 8 have only grown our Small Businesses are devastated. Schools cannot safely reopen more than 195,000 of our fellow americans have tragically died illinois democratic congresswoman Lauren Underwood says for democrats theres no more room for compromise america cannot afford another day of republican inaction we came down a trillion dollars. We asked them to go off a trillion dollars instead they went down this week President Trump on twitter said republicans should increase the amount theyre willing to spin but senator Chuck Grassley tells me the party isnt interested you can get republicans. To spend more money than maybe what we had a week ago, but youll never get us to go to work train and a half an hours grassley says sending billions in federal dollars to blue states is off the table theyre playing politics when they play politics, the people of this country lose people are still hurting kansas senator pat roberts says hes holding out for a compromise is possible. I dont know if its probable and we not only have a pandemic the covid19 we have a pandemic of politics this week a group of 50 bipartisan lawmakers introduced a compromise 2 trillion dollar bill, but its not backed by leadership in either party in washington Raquel Martin. Most americans are deeply pessimistic about the direction of the country and skoptical of President Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic now according to a new poll from Associated Press roughly 7 in 10 americans think the nation is on the wrong track. As the nation years 200,000 deaths from the pandemic just 39 approve of trumps handling of the crisis americans have more favorable views of public Health Officials while the president continues to contradict the experts here. A bipartisan push to make college more affordable comes down to fixing 1, 4, im just its nor in washington and all that story coming up. And take a little peek outside i noticed some cloud cover this morning when i was driving to work, but its just its getting so much better air quality is improving, we dont have a spare the air alert in place, heres a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge traffic looks good so far into and out of San Francisco. Well check more bridges an update that weekend forecast coming up. Welcome back everyone 20 million families fill out the free application for federal student aid every year. But members of congress say that many others give up because the form is just too complicated. Now a Bipartisan Group is working to change the application to make college more accessible. Washington dc correspondent Jessi Turnure reports. Its time to finish the faster republican lamar alexander, a former University President an education secretary says the pandemic has completely changed the College Experience except for one thing students still have to answer a 108 questions on the dreaded fafsa form that form is the key to receiving federal Financial Aid alexander says the complicated application keeps millions from getting the help they qualify for and thanks the pandemic is only making things worse many students are questioning their investment and a College Education at a time when many classes are only offering online courses there are so many kids that just walk from the fast Democrat Doug Jones as working across party lines with alexander on legislation to shorten the fafsa form their bill would also streamline the verification process preventing families from long delays that can cut off aid. We should not need to subject so many families to verification. A roadblock for needy students and frankly, a burden for schools as well. The university of North Carolina at chapel hill and columbia universities support the legislation passes and locations Still Matters because College AccessStill Matters perhaps now more so than ever while some schools worry eliminating certain questions will make it harder to determine eligibility. Alexander in jones are pushing to get their reforms passed by the end of the year. In washington, im Jessi Turnure. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news restaurants across the country are calling on congress to pass a bill tailored specifically to help their industry that story coming up in just a bit outside we have a little bit of fog this morning. But its not so bad the air quality is improving the weekend is looking pretty good. Well have your full forecast in just a welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, the time almost 4. 30 t g i f everyone lets check in with meteorologist john stray ball whos standing by patiently waiting to give us an update on the forecast a john deere of and yes, it is a day thats going to be another nice one for getting outside weve been getting spoiled the past couple of days, but id say weve earned. These good air quality nice sunshiny days that we have been saying and today well keep that going some low clouds sitting above the east bay as of right now, and you can see visibility at a couple of spots, especially hilly terrain is being impacted by some of these low clouds so do watch out for fog that isnt near as bad as yesterdays but could cause your purse some problems from time to time as for air quality if youre not seeing yellow on this map you are in good territory where as many of our inland areas have returned to moderate conditions what does this mean. Well it does mean that its not going to be quite as Crystal Clear as we have been the past couple of days, but air quality is still good for the vast majority of us so still get out there and enjoy what will be a really nice friday ahead. Light winds for the most part across the bay winds will pick up generally into the later part of your friday, so do watch out for some breezy conditions later on 60s for your current te