Morning, august 27th. Dave, like you, nice cool air coming in in marin county but i have to tell you a very big smell of smoke. As we check in with mark tamayo i know it will heat up today and im afraid it will get worse. Yeah, it will not be a huge warmup but your observation is right on. We are seeing a bit more haze and smoke drifting over had this morning. And remember, we still have to spare the air alert right on through friday. The major story overnight was hurricane laura making landfall as a powerful category four storm in southwestern louisiana. Cameron, louisiana with wins of 150 miles an hour. We will be watching the storm all morning long. For us in the bay area, we have low clouds and hazy skies into the afternoon hours. The forecast i should be just a little bit warmer compared to yesterday. Yesterday was actually cooler than expected. Today a little bit of a rebound in most amateurs. Lets check in with sal, he is watching the roadways this early thursday morning. Good morning to you sal. Good morning, we did have an injury accident in union city southbound. And that did cause a little bit of a storm in the area. So if youre driving on the freeway by fremont you might see some slowing activity. Its not much but it is still there. Its still light at the bay bridge and we see that traffic is moving along well. Lets get back to the headlines. Better weather letting firefighters gain ground on the big firefighters around the bay area. The biggest one is the scu complex fire. It is now up to 30 contained. The Santa Cruz Mountains, the czu complex fire is 21 contained. It has burned almost 127 square miles. And progress is being made in the north bay with the lnu complex fire lightning. Almost 550 more miles of burned. The woodward fire is now a percent contained. Authorities say firefighters have been making progress thanks to the fog moving in. Fires burning west of highway 1 and it has burned about four and half square miles. 90 homes were evacuated near the community of inverness while the evacuate is warnings for parts of c haven. Governor newsom said california is still gathering all available resources to handle what he calls, a historic fire season. We have 15,000 firefighters working the lines, handlers, dozers, fire engines, every conceivable asset that we have. So far the fires of burned 2000 square miles. That is earning more than the yearly averages from 2014 through 2018. In california still has about three months left in the fire season. Years of hard work went up in flames and smoke when as well fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains destroyed a beloved Christmas Tree farm. The owners of the historic crest ranch in bonnie dune told us they plan to rebuild. Reporter above santa cruz, overlooking a smoky Boulder Creek lies crest ranch, one of the oldest Christmas Tree farms on the west coast. Some people look forward to that special family time. It doesnt happen too much anymore in our days. Reporter the owner say countless families make a tradition to choose to cut Christmas Trees here. This season is uncertain after devastating damage from the czu complex fire. We were certainly frightened and especially if you look at the driveway and we saw the flames and the sky lit up. Reporter video taken from her son and marshalls flames coming up the hillside. The majority of the Christmas Trees catching fire. Across the street i could hear the stunners for. And i look out the window and there was just this wall of flames coming at me. Reporter her soninlaw worked with firefighters to save the ranch and protect homes until the last minutes. Louise and her husband went back to the ranch on saturday. Wow. Reporter they say 80 of their 35,000 Christmas Trees were gone. Her fathers home was also destroyed. Fire crews were able to make a fire break and save some trees. The plan now is to replant more. That could take 5 to 10 years to grow. They are not sure when the ranch will we open but they will hope to bring it back to life soon. Will not let that die. We want to continue this and it is just a treasure. And in some of the different ways. Local Health Officials are responding after the cdc changed its guidelines for coronavirus testing. It is modifying its earlier recommendation that anyone who has been within six feet of an infected person for 15 minutes or longer be tested. Now the cdc says people who do not have symptoms dont need testing. Local Health Officials and medical researchers say that goes against good science. I think its not a good idea. I hesitate to say Public Health practice. But i dont think its a good idea. It seems entirely bizarre and in that it undercuts are very basic tenants of how we control and infectious disease. The department of health and human services, which manages the cdc says the changes, after meeting with the white house. But they did not say that why the change is happening. Critics say it is alarming because the cdc has said all along that . 40 of people could contract coronavirus dont show any symptoms. Im sorry pam. Our time is now 437. Starting tomorrow alameda and Contra Costa County are rolling back the restrictions. In Contra Costa County hotels will be open to the general public. And in Alameda County hair and nail salons will be allowed to do their business outdoors. Outdoor pools can open again and wine tasting rooms can open even if they dont serve food. For us we have to get our stuff back and get them trained. To get things rolling with the new protocols we have in place. I dont even know how we get its not feasible for us. One of the problem businesses will have to deal with when they set up shop outside, the smoke from the wildfires in the air. So even if they were allowed to open tomorrow some businesses may want to wait until the air quality is better. Dont forget you can check information on what is reopening on a county by county basis by using the trent ford news app. California is slowly allowing some schoolchildren back into the classrooms. Superintendent of public instruction, tony vernon said yesterday, some students with disabilities and special needs will be allowed to go back to their schools. Many have complained because Distance Learning simply does not fulfill their needs. The updated guidelines apply to children in grades k12 in groups of up to 14 students. Children who are English Learners are at risk of abuse or neglect or students were homeless will also be allowed to go back to the campus. More than 100 schools and School Districts in california have been given waivers to resume in class instruction. Most of the schools are essential and most are private schools. That is according to a list from the state health department. Of the 109 waivers granted, only two are here in the bay area. Both are in santa clara county. The schools and School Districts are allowed to reopen and they have to be in a county that has been off the states watchlist for 14 days. It is 439, the san angelo Unified School District is investigating a virtual zoom hack. Parents are shocked that that is happened. My son had his virtual zoom class reporter by three grown men who shared pornographic photos to the children in the fifth grade class. Bad ones. The School District confirmed that incident and theyre trying to figure out how to prevent it from happening again. But they do say teachers are required to send security protocols for all classrooms. Hurricane laura was just downgraded to a category two storm. But it was still a category for when it slammed into the gulf coast with heavy rain and strong winds overnight. The hurricane made landfall with winds of 150 miles an hour. Officials urged people in the storms path to evacuate as the National Hurricane center issued warnings of an un survivable storm surge that could be as high as 20 feet and reach up to 40 miles inland. Water levels are already rising from Galveston Bay texas to mobile bay alabama. Our time is 441, we will talk more about hurricane laura and also our forecast year. Mark tamayo is in for steve. Hi there dave, good morning to you on this thursday morning. Unfortunately as we get more daylight we will see more tough images and tough scenes with the devastation. A major hurricane, category four, almost a category five. With winds of 150 miles an hour. Once the winds hit 157 that is a category five storm. So here is the level that happened at 1 a. M. Central time. You will notice the overall, this is the history of the track finally making that push to the north overnight with the category for status. The winds are at 150 miles an hour. As the storm is unsure it will weekend but it is still as you can see them we will take this into thursday and then category two storm with winds into your friday kind of moving up to the north, right around little frock as we head into late tonight and early tomorrow morning. The rainfall will move up to the north as well. Heres the projection of the rainfall forecast model. So we will be watching this closely all morning long and all day long. Back here in the bay area we are watching the fire zones as well. Thankfully that thought has been cooling us off lately. The clouds will clear from the coast and the winds should not be too bad according to the model. We still have a lot of smoke drifting overhead. Yesterday was a nice improvement but today unhealthy for sensitive groups across a good portion of the bay area. The current numbers in most neighborhoods are in the 50s to right around 60 degrees. Highs this afternoon should be a little warmer compared to yesterday. I know it was freezing, it felt like in San Francisco with constant cloud cover. Only in the 50s. Today inland will be in the low 90s. Here is a look ahead, a little warmer and your friday was likely by the weekend. The time is 443. Still ahead, concerns about wildlife during the bay area wildfires. Up next, the dispute over what is killing the elk. Plus, what new body can video is showing about a confrontation between a suspect in Sonoma County deputies. You can have the Morning Headlines delivered to you by signing up for the new ktvu newsletter. Go to www. Ktvu. Com mail and sign up for the daily service. Lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att welcome back, the mayor of minneapolis, minnesota called for the National Guard last night to control protests after what people say is misinformation of the death of a homicide suspect. Police said they were trying to arrest him on africanamerican man by the mall when he took his own life. Officials say rumors spread on social media that police shot the man. Several businesses were looted last night. Body camera video has now been released of a deadly confrontation between Sonoma County sheriffs deputies and a man suffering a mental crisis. This is video from Sonoma County sheriffs deputy, brian jensens body camera. It shows the deputy responding on august 15 to a dispute involving the couple inside an upholstery shop in greenville. Witnesses said the man was having a psychotic episode and fighting over a phone and medication. He was trying to keep her from dialing 911. And since she had the phone and pills in her hand, he was gone, something was wrong when deputies arrived they try and get the the deputy. The deputy called for backup but Officials Say 49 rolled, Donald Miller of sacramento continued to resist. He was tased multiple times and later died. That case remains under investigation. The man accused of killing two Law Enforcement officers is due in court today. 32yearold Stephen Curry oh is accused of shooting Santa Cruz County sheriffs damon gottsch will or and ben loman back in june. He is facing a separate federal case in the killing of David Underwood in oakland. He is a former air force Staff Sergeant and suspected of being part of an extremist groove. That Court Hearing will be in dublin instead of santa cruz because the trenton. A man who was accused of killing 51 people at two mosques in new zealand was sentenced with life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was found guilty of carrying out the attacks in march of last year. At the sentencing hearing the judge said the gunman later told a psychiatrist he rejects his extremist views now. The families of those who were killed, as well as those who survived it talked about the pain they had. He is the first person in the history of losing them to get a lifetime prison sentence. Happening today, the Labor Department will release the weekly jobless report. Economists are forecasting 1 Million People file for first time unemployment claims last week. That would be down slightly from the week before. The number of people filing new applications has been volatile. As many businesses that close because of the pandemic reopened. Then they had to shut down again. The new report comes out in just about a half an hour at 530 this morning. Tonight President Trump will be in washington, dc to accept the republican nomination for president. Last night Vice President , mike pence officially accepted his nomination as using his speech to address the recent unrest in cities across the country. President trump speech will wrap up four days of the Republican National convention. Stay with us here at ktvu for live coverage. We will have the president s except the speech and the speakers leading up to that uninterrupted starting at 7 p. M. Also happening today just before the president s planned acceptance speech , Vice President ial candidate, harris plans to deliver a speech. She will criticize the current administrations handling of the outbreak. That is scheduled for about noon pacific time. From the 15, daniels, throwing, and zone. From College Sports to take you off the beaten path, we are taking a closer look at how the pandemic has affected the way we get out and play in the bay area. More traditional sports have to adjust to new rules but there are still a lot to enjoy. Outside of baseball and soccer and football, where this is something that you can always do. Just focusing on how can i make myself better and how can i be a better leader to these s we started social distancing. And we talk about the future of personal fitness. Dont forget to join us tomorrow morning. Put it on your calendar for our final it begins at 9 a. M. Right here on mornings on 2. That will be fun. It certainly has changed. I know when im out walking the dog as he many people have set up some kind of home gym in the garage. The garage doors open and they are working out. And as we check in with mark tamayo, we talked about her, i enjoy golf, you like to serve. Those are things that you do outside, social distancing. Kind of a nice thing to be able to do. Yeah, that is right. Its just amazing how it changes your mood instantly it seems like when you get outside for little bit. Especially if you can find a secluded spot by yourself. Weatherwise, today if you want to do our your activities will notice a warmup. But the heat, probably bugging you last week. But not the case this week. We have some relief in terms of at least the heat moving out of the area. The hurricane, a quick update, a category two storm now but this has been a major deal. Hurricane laura, and will continue to get images throughout portions of the day as we get more daylight today. Right now take a look at alexandria, louisiana. Right now as sustained wind gusting to 72 miles an hour. That is the current would report right now as we come closer and take a look. These are all the strong reports that continue to pile up. I will just click on a couple of these here. Flash flooding, and then out toward the storm surge, that will be the scary extreme party here with the storm surge in some spots around 15 to 20 feet. Hurricane laura right now category two storm. With winds of 105 miles an hour. It is expected to weaken along its path and curve to the north and to the east. Our weather, tracking the fire zones here, and thickly the fog has been helping us out quite a bit cooling down the weather. The winds will pick up a little bit and they will probably be around 10 to 15, may be approaching 20 miles an hour in a few spots. The air quality is still we have the spare the airquality alert into the weekend. We are in the orange, unhealthy for sensitive groups here in the bay area. Lots of 50s and right around 60 degrees. Here is a live camera looking out towards oakland. And i like this camera because you can get a sense of, the low clouds and fog and even some smoke and haze. Today should be a little warmer compared to yesterday. Its probably one of the warmest days of the week. Temperatures this afternoon will include low 90s towards concorde. Santa rosa 85, San Francisco in the 60s, san jose 81 degrees. We will continue to heat things up, nothing major on friday. And then cycling by the week. The time is 453, tensions sparked by the Police Shooting in kenosha, wisconsin having a Ripple Effect on major cities around the country. Still ahead, protests and violent incidents overnight in oakland. Im in lake charles, louisiana. And i will have more on those stories. First responders rescue first responders. The heroic story of firefighters rescued by a helicopter as they battle firefighters in the north bay. Try my 4 mini munchies with marinara or ranch. Back at jack in the box. Try my 4 mini munchies with marinara or ranch. Back at jack in the box. Too much time on my hands. That is sticks. I guess they were ahead of their time. Thank you, wally dion for the request. Send me a request, we are just getting started. It is not even 5 00. Facebook, twitter, instagram wildlife advocates say that the fire and a lack of water is in danger. Hundreds of elk are endangered. Amberly has that story. Reporter the seashore is home to several parts of elk. A population that is currently estimated at 445. Environmentalists say dwindling water supply, heat and wildfire are threatening the native species. We are concerned that the elk are going to die. There are 500 and there. 250 of 500 died for lack of water. Reporter i wildlife photographer frequents the area. He and other advocates say oakwood found that in the past week. They say they are concerned that the lack of water will kill elk, and the National Park service is not doing enough to protect them. We have been monitoring the water situation. But the i wildlife ecologist with the park service says that cameras in the area have shown that elk go to various sources of water including creeks. This photo shows an elk by the sea, water that flows naturally from the ground. There is plenty of water in the springs, that the elk go to. Some of them are dry. It is not the only water source that is available for the elk there. At the elk reserve, they say should the fire burn this way, many elk will be trapped. If they are not smart enough to go down to a couple of places where they can get down to water level, then, theyre going to paris. Reporter there gates they can open to let out the elk, but it is necessary and it allows dairy farms that have long been part of this area to coexist. To find a balance between Natural Resources and Cultural Resources it is important to remember that these are multi generational beef and dairy operations. We are asking them to do what i National Park service is supposed to do. Protect the resources. Not ignore them. She they want to replenish the ponds now, saying it should not wait until the disaster hits. The park service tells me that they are working on a general amendment that includes how they manage elk. Marin county, mornings on fox 2. Hurricane laura hit texas and louisiana during the night, making landfall as a strong category four hurricane. We have the latest on the storm as it moves over land and where it is headed right now. The bay area protests turn violent overnight, what happened in oakland and the destruction that is left behind after demonstrations command racial justice. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on fox 2. Good morning, thank you for waking up with us on mornings on fox 2, i am pam cook