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Press conference and a couple minutes from now. Before we bring you that line, here are the top stories for today. Firefighters are slowly getting the upper hand on three major complexes of wildfires that are burning around the bay area. Evacuation orders have been lifted for uc santa cruz for the czu august lightning complex fires , the biggest of fire is czu august lightning complex fires. They have burned 574 square miles in parts of the east bay, the south bay and the central valley. The lnu lightning complex fires are one third contained. These have burned 564 square miles, between sonoma and yolo counties. Protests continue into the morning in oakland, over the Police Shooting of jacob lake in kenosha, that it was mainly a peaceful protest. Hundreds of people gathered in downtown oakland, but some of the crowd set fires and smashed windows of several businesses. At the courthouse, glass doors were shattered. A fire was set inside. Oakland police say that several people were arrested. People living along most of the gulf coast are now dealing with hurricane laura this morning, it made landfall, early is a category four hurricane. It has now been downgraded to a category two, but it is still powerful, bringing strong winds and a large storm surge. There are hundreds of thousands of people with no power this morning, and we will bring you a live report from louisiana, later this morning, but right now lets go live to the news conference. We are now standing at 81,333 acres. We can confirm that we have 21 percent containment. There is however, 23,000 structures threatened by the fire. Unfortunately, we can confirm that there have been 646 structures that have been destroyed. 11 of the structures are in san mateo county, and 635 of them are in santa cruz county. Our personnel numbers are increasing as they arrive at scene, and we have 1982 firefighting personnel on the line. With that i will transition right over to the operations briefing from cal fire. Mark bennett. Good morning. The past few days, as we mentioned, we have had good success about establishing control lines around the fire and getting deeper into the fire to continue to extinguish the fire around the homesick, and start to create a safe environment as we enter more towards the population potential down the road. Again, and the north zone of our fire, we see great progress in the north zone. Again. This is a patrol and mop up status. It is protecting the movement of the fire towards Santa Clara County. We are very confident that that will hold and maintain. The park, again, the fire is just creeping down towards the control line where we can take advantage of suppression activities. The weather has completely mitigated the progression of the fire, which is good. As far as the operation getting down to fully extinguish it, it is painstaking. We are getting there. As we move down towards the coast, you can see the black lighting on the map. That is an area that has been extinguished. We are putting a control line around it. We are very confident that that is fully controlled. We are getting a lot of progress along that way and we have folks that are patrolling, making sure that that is fully out. Moving towards davenport, is a lot of progress there. That companies are working diligently so we can restore the community. The highway one quarter, they are working diligently to make sure that is open, and they are ready to receive people on that roadway. On the south end of the fire, you will see this here, we will put a black line on the map as through the next few days, the line is holding very well in the area, the secondary line, of course, for the protection of the uc campus, recently repopulated and for the community of santa cruz, they are in good shape. Especially with the upcoming weather that we will be seeing in the next few days, we will start getting warmer, drier, we will see a northwind produced a, pushing on that line. It will give us a goodwin test and that will really validate for us the line, and it being able to hold with a lot of confidence. Around felton, we have a good line around three quarters of felton. Yesterday, the big story was the burning operation that was going on on the north end, and tying into the bottom end of ben loman with the line that has been established. That had to be delayed due to the weather. It just was not conducive to burning conditions. We wanted to get the right conditions to get the best condition possible. The burn operation and that up starting later in the day. We had to take it slow. There was a painstaking process. But i personally witnessed was that it was going very well. We had adequate resources. Highly qualified resources, and a safe effective bird. They were able to get half, or three quarters done. They will continue the process today. Once it is ce year the easier leg of the burn, but we are comfortable with it. This is the weather, they want to make sure that we have an effective bird. We want to make sure it is effective and efficient. I will continue today. It will produce. It will be late hours. That shows that we have an effective bird. I can tell you are doing great work. Moving up ecuador, ben loman, builder cake, looking really good. We have an influx of a lot of resources throughout yesterday. All day long, messages came in from my operation section chief that said to the other resources as we receive them, divvy them out to partners, we are getting the resources accordingly to needs and strategy priorities. We were seeing everything from the engines, crews, which we need, the type i cruise. Everything was showing up and that we needed. We were putting everything directly to work. We were saving a few of them so that we can consult the shift, they were 24 hour shift. We dont want to overload a shift, or shift that is not staffed. We do a balancing act on top of that. Today, we have a robust shift to tackle this challenge. The rest of this is looking good as we move up three at highway 236, they are in their working so we can gain access and deeper and get into the park. Bonnie june, same thing. We have a county road work, with our specialty road crews that are going in, and getting that opened up. That is sewer inspection chris can get in there and the utility companies, they can get in and start doing their work. I know that pg e utilites has been and therefore force and getting the infrastructure running as well as the other facilities. We are in the point where they are getting their work done and we are getting our work done. It is a very symbiotic challenge. Your support, yesterday weather was not helpful to that. We could not get a lot of reconnaissance flights and it was not until late in the day that we got water dropping flights and. We did not have much success. We feel that moving forward with the oncoming weather, we will have a lot more success. We will go back to how we were a few days ago. Aircraft dropping a lot of water in support of the troops. We are another day closer to accomplishing our mission and getting this all done, getting people back where they want to be, at home. Speaking next, deputy chris clark. Good morning, a fairly quiet night for us out on the field. There were no arrests or citations as we continue that trend, which is a good thing. Last night we had 60 officers and deputies that were patrolling. Today we will have 42. 21 from the sheriffs office, 14 from the in county partners, and seven mutual aid folks from over the hill. In terms of calls for service. We responded to 10 welfare checks and three suspicious people. On a positive note, think you for the publics help on this, we located one of a three missing people that we had outstanding. I just want to say thanks to those that had called in and helped us with that. That brings our total to two. Again, we just encourage that if you have heard from those again, if you recognize them or know them, have them call us, or you call us. We would greatly appreciate it. Another thing that we are doing for folks at home, the Animal Services. They have been inundated with animal requests, and to check on animals. We assist them with that. Folks hit over 100 different homes in assisting Animal Services was taking care of pets that were left behind. And also this is doing everything they can to get out there and we are helping them with that. Obviously, as they spoke about, repopulation. That is the area where our focus is now in addition to security. With repopulation, i want to reiterate to folks who have been displaced, know your zone. I mentioned that yesterday. Go on to calfires website and look at the incident fact sheet for this fire and understand where and when so you are residing in. Watch to see. Follow the right channels. Right . Our social media, make sure it is a trusted source, and check the map. There is more information to come. There will be a lot of my information as we go along. Make sure you are checking those resources in taking a look at that map, so you know what zone you are in. Know your zone. Weight at checkpoints. I mentioned last night, i can understand peoples rush to get back. I would want to get back home. What we dont want to see, and what i want to assure you of is that we want to do this as systematically as possibly, to get people in as efficiently as possible. Dont feel like you have to wait at a checkpoint for more information. We can get you informed, so we can get you home as fast as possible. I can imagine this last night, will it be a federation between me and thief to my house . We will maintain. We will maintain a presence throughout the repopulation, as we go along and make sure that people are settled and safe, and things are okay for any of our plans changed. What we dont want to see is a ton of people at the checkpoint waiting. It makes the process less efficient. Keep apprised of the different Information Sources between cal fire, and i also want to touch on the Damage Assessment. We have set it a few times. The very areas that are continuing to be assessed. There is the Damage Assessment map, as well as resources for folks that have been displaced. Thank you. You have been listening to the latest on the santa cruz and san mateo counties. 1000 acres have burned. It is 21 percent contained. We will keep you posted with more information. To a developing story from overnight, hundreds of people took part in a demonstration in oakland, in support of jacob blake. The unarmed black man shot by police. We are joined by mornings on fox 2s allie rasmus. By the end of the night, things had changed, right allie . Protesters gathered in support of the black lives Matter Movement and called for justice for jacob blake. Hundreds of people filled the streets of downtown oakland for what began as a peaceful march. The demonstration started around 7 00 in the evening. He was passionate but peaceful for the first 2 1 2 hours. Protesters made their way down broadway to the Police Department where they were met by barricades and officers in riot gear surrounding the headquarters. From our viewing this video and on social media accounts, it does not appear that police used tear gas. They were under court order not to use tear gas on protesters. An unlawful act such as trespassing on violence will not be tolerated. Violators are subject to arrest. After this there were acts of vandalism. Police say it was around 9 45 p. M. When agitators in the ground as they described them, set fire to a business at eighth and broadway. The Fire Department was able to put out the fire and prevented any damage to the business, according to police. Several businesses and the uptown neighborhoods had windows shattered, including whole foods in oakland, and a lot of smaller businesses and groceries in the area. By 11 00, but close to the 19th street bart station as there were reports of fires along downtown streets. The set fire to the outside entrance of the courthouse on phelan street near lake merritt. The fire was put out with no visible damage to the inside of the building, but the glass doors were shattered. At one point, protesters stopped traffic when they entered the grand avenue offramp of interstate 580. Oakland police say that people in the crowd threw objects at them when they were trying to break up the protest on the freeway. There are no reports of officers or protesters that have been entered. Oakland police say that several protesters were arrested. Allie rasmus, mornings on fox 2. The investigation goes on into the shooting of jacob blake, shot seven times, he is now paralyzed from the waist down. Wisconsin department of justice says the Police Officer who shot him is officer officer rusten sheskey. Please said they are responding to a domestic dispute. He walked around his vehicle, opened the driver side door, and leaned forward while holding onto mr. Blakes shirt, the officer fired his Service Weapon seven times. Kyle rittenhouse was arrested on suspicion of murder after two people were shot and killed in kenosha tuesday firin several times, and walking away in the middle of the street. His hands in the air, towards the police. Still holding a rifle. He was among groups have hardly armed civilians who claimed that they were protecting businesses from protesters. Our coverage of the fight for racial equality is continuing on the ktvu fox 2 news app. You will find stories of protests and rallies in the bay area and around the country. We are talking about this for its protests and reactions, very interesting. Lets check in with sal, for a look at traffic. People are making their way around the bay area. How does it look, sal . It looks all right, pam and dave. We are seeing some of the typical slowdowns that we see at this time, in the morning, as the metering lights have been turned on at the bay bridge toll plaza. You will see that traffic is beginning to slow down, another old faithful when it comes to slowdowns, 580 at 205. This went away at the beginning of the pandemic. It is a normal backup these days. 280 at san jose, this is good. So does highway 101. Lets bring mark tamayo back in with todays forecast. Could thursday morning, today should be warmer compared to yesterday. Yesterday was a cool day with stubborn low cloud cover. Today should be warmer. A lot to talk about here with hurricane laura making landfall. 11 p. M. Our time, wednesday night, at 1 00, central daylight time. 35 miles to the east of the texas border. A category four storm with winds of 150 miles an hour. A category two. Alexandria reported sustained wind at 48 miles per hour. As we mentioned, i category two storm with winds of 100 miles an hour moved to the north at 15 miles an hour. Heres the tractor, bending to the right or to the east as we head into friday and into the weekend. We will keep an eye on powerful hurricane laura and watch the fire zone as well. It is nice to track low fog out there. For the coastline this afternoon, the wind speed, you can see the colors show up. The con tour. Were thinking winds of 1050 miles an hour, maybe 20 miles an hour this afternoon. The cloudy start this morning, towards the estuary, we have another round of gray to start off your morning hours. Air quality, we have the spirit of the alert through friday, we will see if i get extended. The air quality levels are moderate it, unhealthy in marin county, closer to fairfax. San francisco and oakland have decent air quality, but san jose is in the orange, indicating unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups. That is part of the projection for today. A bunch of orange in terms of air quality. The study allowed continues through friday. The current numbers, lots of 50s. Incentivizes people. Fremont is 57. As we backup the maps, we show you low clouds and fog. A big factor here at the immediate coastline. We are not completely clear just yet, but, the beach is not warming up too much. 60s. Warm spots and then. 90 degrees and fremont is 78. Fiveday forecast, warmer towards friday. The temperatures tomorrow should be peaking for the week. That means minor quilling as we head towards the weekend. Students are allowed to return to the classroom. Still ahead, the first wave of students receiving in Person Learning as the state issues new guidelines. The Republican National Convention Wraps up, but mike pence has to say and what to expect from president from. A guaranteed hit by gloria kaner. The song with a message and happy. Thank you rick miller for the request. I will survive, by gloria kaman. Send me a song. Send me a song that we have not heard any wild. Facebook, twitter, instagram use the hashtag ktvu fox 2 news. And santa clara, Community Leaders are talking about expanding outreach for the census as we approach the deadline to be counted. Officials say the 25 percent of Santa Clara County households still have not responded to the 2020 census and the deadline is september 30. Today, we will learn more about the plan to send out 100 people to start knocking on doors. All eyes will be on president from tonight as he is set to deliver his nomination acceptance speech from the south lawn of the white house. Mike pence capped off night three of the Republican National convention from baltimore, and greg lee has more on the Vice President s main message last night. Reinforced law and order. I humbly accept your nomination to run and serve as Vice President of the United States. Reporter mike pence accepted his partys nomination on night three of the Republican National convention. He offered prayers to those in the path of hurricane laura, empathy for those affected by the coronavirus and addressed the unrest and violence in wisconsin. We will outline order on the streets of this country for every american of every race and creed. Ent women took the stage sharing personal stories. He picks the toughest fights and he tackles the most complex problems. He has stood by me, and he will stand up for you. And counterprogramming, vp nominee Kamala Harris spoke at several Virtual Campaign events today. Elections matter, this is one of the most important elections of our lifetime. There is a clear difference between donald trump, and joe biden. Reporter greg lee, mornings on fox 2. We will of the president s acceptance speech and the steps leading up to that at 7 p. M. Scott weiner will try again to get approval for a safe drug injection site in San Francisco. Since 2018, has proposed allowing cities to open a place where drug users can inject drugs under medical supervision. Supporters of the idsa the program will prevent drug overdoses and reduce the spread of hiv and serious infections. The mayor had said that the city needs the state to approve the idea before she allows the site to open. The legislature was sent home because of the pandemic, but for the state senate could vote on the plan. Basketball games were postponed, baseball fields were empty. The protest from professional athletes over police brutality. Hurricane laura strikes louisiana as a category four storm. We will take you to the gulf coast and show you what happened overnight. 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It is nice and cool. That is good. That is nice. Mark tamayo knows all about that and what is happening with hurricane laura as well. Mark . Is a nice weather observation. A nice way to start off thursday morning. Thank you for the report. We are tracking hurricane laura as well. A major hurricane with landfall last night. One a. M. This morning, for central daylight time, and for cameron louisiana, that is 35 miles east of the texas border in louisiana. A category four storm, 150 mile perhour winds. We will watch updates throughout the morning. Right now, we have a category two storm. In the bay area, current numbers are in the 50s to 60 degrees. Here is the plan for today. Low clouds. Harley sunny. Hayes throughout the afternoon hours. Patchy coastal fog. Temperatures this afternoon should be a little bit warmer compared to yesterday. We have more on your forecast and a few minutes. Sal is standing by any is an update on the roadways. Good morning to you, sal. We have crowding now at the bay bridge toll plaza. You might expect that. The metering lights are on and the traffic is slow. It is not unusual. You can see that traffic is moving along nicely. 88 he has recovered for the most part. We have slowing southbound for a second crash, southbound 880 as you drive to union city. If you are driving from hayward to fremont, you will see slow traffic. Do not be surprised. We will let you know when it clears. Lets go back to the headlines. To oakland, a developing story of protesting the Police Shooting of jacob lake in kenosha, wisconsin. It was a peaceful protest. Hundreds of people in downtown oakland at some crowd set fires. They smashed the region and several businesses including a whole foods market. At the courthouse, the glass doors were shattered and a fire was set inside. An extradition hearing is scheduled for tomorrow in illinois for a teenager accused of a shooting rampage in kenosha. 17yearold Kyle Rittenhouse is suspected of killing two people and wounding another. He was among a group of civilians that were claiming to protect businesses from protesters. We are joined by mornings on fox 2s Frank Mallicoat on protests at that include athletes in the sports world. Good morning, frank. Good morning to you, the city is only a 40 mile drive out of milwaukee. The milwaukee box are currently in the midst of an opening round playoff series taking on the magic in the bubble down in florida. In protest to the shooting, they refused to take the court for game five yesterday, and the Orlando Magic had followed suit. In fact, all three nba playoff games scheduled yesterday were all called off. The board of governors will need today after players from other teams actually vote to end the season altogether. The bucks are united and read a statement demanding justice for the shooting of jacob lake. We represent milwaukee and wisconsin, we are expected to play at eye level. Maximum effort and hold each other accountable. We hold ourselves to the standard and in this moment we are demanding the same from lawmakers and law enforcement. We are calling for justice for jacob lake, and we demand that the officers be held accountable. The news hit home for clipper coach doc rivers in a very emotional response to the bucks taking the stand. He had said that he is 100 percent behind the players. We are the ones that are denied to that in certain communities. We have been hung, we have been shot. It is amazing. Why do we keep loving this country . This country does not love us back. For me, i think the biggest thing now is to kind of, as a black man or a former player, i think it is now best for me to seaport the players and not be here tonight. In an act of solidarity, kenny smith walked off the show yesterday. It is not clear if anyone knew that he planned to leave before hand. He played in the nba and one two titles with the houston rockets. It is likely that tonight three playoff games will be postponed, but there is no word on that just yet. Other leagues including the wnba postponing their games of protest yesterday as well. That is the latest. I am Frank Mallicoat, mornings on fox 2. In major league baseball, the brewers joined the box in not playing yesterday. The giants and the dodgers also did not play their games. 25 minutes before the scheduled start of the game, the giants had announced that the game is called off. They plan to play a doubleheader to make up for last nights game. The violence in kenosha, wisconsin is front and center in the minds of the players and the giants front office. Some things are bigger than sports. I do not think that we should require athletes boycotting playoff games in order to remind us that black lives of matter. The San Jose Earthquakes soccer team postponed their season opener, and nhl playoff games have continued as scheduled, along with 12 baseball games. The oakland as played their game against the Texas Rangers, the asa got on the board and took the lead, after a few batters later on that wild pitch. The as beat the Texas Rangers 31. The oakland as go for another win against the rangers, you can see the game right here with us on ktvu fox 2 news. Our coverage begins at 3 30 p. M. After the game we will have complete coverage of the Republican National convention. Much of the gulf coast this morning is dealing with rising water levels. Hurricane laura had made landfall overnight as a category four hurricane. It has weakened now down to a category two storm. Carolyn shively is joining us in lake charles, just to tell us about the impact of that storm. Carolina . Good morning, we can show you what lake charles look like. Rushing through here, this is the devastation that it left in our hotel complex, a strongly built area. It used to be a cabana, what you are looking at on the ground. The red spot over there was an awning, maybe one of hours. It ripped off with the winds. You are looking at the pool over there. This is the story in lake charles. Worse throughout parts of the state. It does not do you good to save your property if you lose your life. Your property can be replaced, your life cannot. Reporter the National Hurricane center warned seven on survivable storm surge. It could be as high as 20 feet and reach up to 40 miles inland. The search combined with ferocious winds and massive waves are expecting to cause catastrophic damage and submerge entire towns. Flooded streets, downed trees. Debris in the roadway. Power adages. Those are the things that we will have to wrestle with. Water levels rise from galveston to mobile. It is just the beginning. Floodwaters in some areas are not expected to receipt until several days after the storm. Half 1 Million People have been told to leave their homes and most people have listened to the orders. It is supposed to be bad. I am glad we got out of there. Some choose to stay, saying they will write out the storm. Unless it stalls, and we are worried about water coming in, we have boats in the backyard if we have to leave. We have another option. Another problem this morning, hundreds of thousands of people in texas and louisiana are without powers. The road chris will fix that as soon as they can make it possible. The emergency officials told the downed power lines off of plenty of roads throughout this part of the country. It back to you, dave. You have been through many things, how did you write out this storm . We routed out in our hotel, i can show you, our photographer was in 20 different hurricanes. That is our hotel. Can you see the windows pass there . The three of us are packed into there. We have twostory winners. When we woke up i heard the whistle. When you hear the wind to going through there, the Windows Start to buckle a little bit. You get the vacuum effect. Pretty scary. We heard a pop and a slam. If you can pan down, or tilted down, that red thing is our awning. I think it is mixed with someone elses. It is very surprising to spend four, five, six hours and the dark wondering what is that noise . You cannot tell and the dark. To walk out in the light of day, that is what is texas and louisiana is doing this morning. Finding out how deep that instruction was. The careful. Lake charles, louisiana, inc. You. That sounds incredibly scary. I know that the winds and the rain are continuing out there. I know that you are keeping an eye on the storm. We had also talked about america. Another storm to hit that area. Have you seen much of that . Reporter not so much, i am focused on hurricane laura. We will get an update on the other tropical storms as well. Hurricane laura, a category two storm and making landfall as a category four earlier this morning. Basically, late last night our time, when a. M. Central time this morning, it packs winds of 150 miles an hour. As we come in closer, we are showing you the wind speeds. 79 miles an hour, wind gusts and alexandria, louisiana, these are the storm reports out of lake charles. Reports of structural damage to a hotel building. As you can see, we have a widespread report. It will be interesting to see what happens in terms of the impacts with the storm surge, it is extremely dangerous. Hurricane laura packs winds of 100 miles an hour moving to the it is pending out towards the right, and the east as we head towards friday and the weekend. Your current numbers, lots of 50s out there. Were talking about low clouds and fog as well, up and down the coastline. We have a bit of a push with the fog and it is showing up with our live cameras. Here we are in oakland, solid overcast. The temperature is chilly, around the day. These are outdated air quality levels, but we do have orange condor for today for the projections. For unhealthy sensitive groups, or the entire bay area, the smoke is continuing to drift in and we have a spare the air alert on through friday. The temperatures this afternoon, we are thinking 50s, 60s, 80s, warm spot is 90 degrees towards concord, and antioch. Your fiveday forecast, warming up and tear friday, a little bit of cooling. No big changes by the weekend. New guidance from the World Health Organization about your facemasks and children. At what age should you wear them . We will tell you the changes that they want to say. Is something we have talked about for a decade, paying a toll to go into San Francisco, we will tell you about the latest push for congestive pricing. Several wildfires burn in the bay area, and around the state. At 7 00, we have how drones will be a safer way to fight those fires. Welcome back to mornings on fox 2, we wanted to give you an update on the wildfires that are burning around the bay area. Firefighters are saying that they are making gains against the three largest fires in the area. The largest is the czu august lightning complex fires, it includes alameda, contra costa and santa clara. It has consumed 574 square miles, the Second Largest Group of fires in california history. Containment is at 30 percent. Firefighters are doing better against the lnu lightning complex fires. The fires have burned almost 564 square miles from sonoma to yolo county. More than 1000 homes and other buildings have been destroyed those fires. A few minutes ago, mornings on fox 2 gave us an update this morning on the czu august lightning complex fires, the fire there remains 21 percent contained, the burn areas 127 square miles , more than 600 buildings, homes, or buildings have been damaged. Others are threatened by the fires, and the Evacuation Order for uc santa cruz has been lifted, and the next two days, more orders will be removed. The focus is making it safe for people to move back in. Fire crews are also getting to some of the other fire zones. And u. S. Biotechnology company will file for approval of the covid19 vaccine in december. It is enrolling volunteers for the second phase of the Clinical Trial of that vaccine, expect some early data later this year. They are based in maryland. With the World Health Organization saying that children five years old and younger should no longer have to wear facemasks. They say that Young Children are less susceptible to the irs, i am less likely to spread it to others. Teenagers are also more likely than Young Children to contract and spread the virus. You can check the very latest information on has what has reopened upon a county by county basis by using the ktvu fox 2 news app. It there is what is happening on our bay area counties on the front page. Is we are talking about the university of california, announcing they will phase out single use waste on the college and Medical Center campuses within the next 2 1 2 years. Plastic bags at food and Retail Businesses will be banned by next january. Plastic utensils and straws will be gone by next july. Only reusable cups and containers will be available by july of next year as well. Plastic drink bottles will be the last to go and that will happen in 2023. A proposal to charge a fee for driving in downtown San Francisco is back on the table. Traffic jams are not as bad as before the pandemic, but transportation officials are expecting to get back the same record high levels as last year. They say that congestion pricing will cut down town car trips during rush hour by at least 15 percent. It can also increase safety on the road and improve air quality. They commissioned a study on this back in 2010, the board expects a study to be presented by next year. Lets check in for traffic. Sal, what do they need to know . If youre driving from hayward to union city, i would say that you need to know that because of earlier things we have some slow traffic on interstate 880 heading south. Then he put it on the map. You can see it there. We had a crash that had debris on the road. People are slowing down it is not a great drivethrough there. Give yourself some time if you can. Lets check out the bay bridge toll plaza. Something typical for this time. If you have the luxury of waiting around, you can. After 8 00, generally, this backup has dissipated. What about todays weather . Lets bring in mark tamayo. Good morning to you, today should be the weather had line for us locally. Warmer compared to yesterday. We had the spare allaire alert, hurricane laura made landfall at 11 p. M. , our time. 1 p. M. Central time, and we have had storms, hurricane marco, marco dissipated to the south of morgan city, tuesday morning. Thankfully, that is no longer a factor. We are tracking an intense an h we are checking out the forecast model around the fire zone, lots of low clouds and fog from this morning. We are gradually clearing back to the coastline. All of the moisture resulting the firefight. It that is a little bit of a breeze kicking up, on the order of 1015 miles an hour. We are checking out the current air quality levels out there, yet i was a moderate level for napa, vacaville, san rafael, all morning and the red. That is unhealthy for certain groups, and the same case for san jose right now. Santa cruz reports moderate levels. They are quality forecast, we are living in the orange. Unhealthy for sensitive groups. The spare the air alert continues on through friday. Your current numbers . Lots of 50s out there to start your thursday morning. We check out the low clouds to the coast and near portions of the bay. You can see the satellite and the clouds are a big factor out there this morning. We are waking up to overcast and maybe even some drizzle to start out the day. Highs this afternoon, warmer than yesterday. Not a drastic jump in the numbers. Santa rosa is 85. San jose is 81. Heres a look ahead, temperatures should be the hottest day of the week. It will not be crazy but it is warming up for your friday and cooling off just in time for the week. All right, President Trump and joe biden take positions on how to handle the rise in covid 19 cases. Why both campaigns look to the past as we got closer to election day. Mcdonalds is extending the investigation of their former ceo. There are allegations that he tried to cover up inappropriate behavior. 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Outside of baseball, outside of soccer, outside of football. This is something you can always do. Focusing on how can i make myself better in little ways . How can i be better to these guys . This team . That is a good question. We also are looking at how working out has changed since we started social distancing, we also talk about the future of personal fitness. So, look, do not forget to join us tomorrow morning for the final zip trip in the summer beginning right here at 9 00 on mornings on 2. The ceo of tiktok is stepping down. His name is kevin meyer, he announced his resignation yesterday and an email was to employees. The chinese owned video sharing app is facing tremendous attacks from President Trump who claims it is used by china as a spy tool. He has threatened to ban the app in this country. Tiktok hired meyer a former disney executive less than four months ago. Its six, 58, a salesforce cutting 1000 jobs and streamlining operations. According to Bloomberg Business news the San Francisco Cloud Computing but he will eliminate jobs and sales and customer support, 165 jobs in San Francisco reportedly will be cut. Sales with a spokesperson says they are shifting resources for continued growth. In the meantime, the salesforce says they collected 5 million in quarterly revenue for the first time. Able take to the streets over the Police Shooting of jacob blake on what they are demanding as well as what darted as a peaceful night of protest ending in violence. Firefighters continue to gain more control on big wildfires burning in the bay area. The latest on the containment efforts and Better Weather expected to keep helping crews on the front line. Also hurricane laura barreling into the United States making landfall overnight. We show you who the impact the now category 2 storm already has had on the area and where it is heading next. Its a nice thursday, we are lucky enough to live here, morning. Good morning, im dave clark welcome to thursday, august 22 27th. So good to see a. So that it took see it here you can i miss seeing you and person it has been more than five months. You are right here. Together again. Yes. In for steve paulson, ron, you have a lot to talk about. Also hurricane laura . Reporter gas can thats right the weather menu is filled this morning talking about it, especially hurricane laura, a major category 4 making landfall and late last night our time, take a look at the radar with the satellite, 1 00 a. M. Central daylight time, right in cameron, louisiana its about 35 miles east of the texas border. The wind at 150 miles an hour, thankfully the storm, one positive thing, its weekend, course, the main concern, severe extreme very dangerous storm surges on the order of 15 20 feet, probably will