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All in the bay area, low clouds, lots of this mo the afternoon hours, we are watching the fire zone forecast is welcome to the wind picks up, nothing too extreme around time is 50 miles an hour. More of your forecast a few minutes. Standing by right now we have an update on the commute. Reporter good morning, we have traffic that is moving along slowly on some of these commutes at the bay bridge toll plaza for example. You will see its backed up all the way to the main metering lights which are on, this is about a 15 minute delay, nothing unusual about that should be gone by 8 00 unless it is a problem this is the 880, i moved too quickly for me. Here it is, goodnews. If you are leaving the city in fremont, the crash is clear, traffic on the ultimate pass approach is still very heavy. The south a commutes to 80 in san jose and all the other freeways are doing well, lets get back to the headlines. Straight to a developing story, we are following overnight, hundreds of people took part in a march and demonstration in oakland in support of jacob blake. The unarmed black man in wisconsin who was shot by police. Lets bring in allie rasmus out to show us how the protest started off peacefully but, then, before the night was over, it all changed. Reporter Oakland Police estimate the size of the demonstration was a from six other people to 700 people, protesters gathered in support of the black lives matter and also justice for jacob blake. The march starter on 7 30 in the evening, the demonstration was passionate, but peaceful from the first couple of hours at least. After listening to speakers at the plaza protesters made their way down broadway towards the Oakland Police department, you can hear firecrackers being set off on the routes, people marching were met by barricades at officers and right here once they reached Oakland Police headquarters on eighth and broadway. In this video and on social media does not. Please appear that Police Use Teargas on the protesters. Your violence will not be tolerated. At some point after this police say there were acts of vandalism, around 9 45 last night when agitators in the crowd attempted to set fire to a business at eighth and broadway, the Fire Department cleared up he fire then cleared any damage. Several businesses had windows shattered in the oakland, downtown and uptown neighborhoods. By 11 00 emma b. A. R. T. Close the 19th street are stations with reports of fires a set downtown, this is a look at the outside of the courthouse on fallon street. The fire was put out with no visible damage. Now, you are looking at a live picture this wording of the whole foods in oakland, you can see the winners at the 27 street location now are boarded up, and one part point, protesters stopped traffic on the grand avenue off ramp at the 5 80 around 11 00 last night, several people were arrested and there is no report of a protesters or Police Officers injured. We reached out to the Oakland Police and city officials money to get more information about what happened overnight. When we hear from them, we will update you. Reporting live, allie rasmus, ktvu mornings on 2. An Investigation Continues this morning into the shooting of jacob blake who was shot at least seven times and is paralyzed from the waist down, the Wisconsin Department of justice says the Police Officer who shot blake a seven year police veteran. Police department is only saying they were responding to a domestic dispute. Mr. Blake what run the vehicle, opened the driver side door. And leaned forward. Holding onto mr. Blake shirt, officer rustin fired his Service Weapon seven times. A 17yearold arrested suspicious with the murder after two people shot and killed tuesday night during protests in kenosha. Identified as Kyle Rittenhouse seen firing his weapon seven times then walking away as you see in the middle of the street with his hand in the air walking towards police, Still Holding a rifle. Rittenhouse was among groups of heavily armed civilians in kenosha who claimed they were protecting businesses from protesters. Track coverage of the fights for racial equality continues on the ktvu news app with more stories on protests and rallies here in the bay area and around the country. Lets turn to the wildfires burning in california, specifically the bay area. The lu lighting complex fires now one third contained, fires have burned nearly 564 square miles from sonoma to counties. In case weather conditions get worse, more than 1000 homes and businesses have been destroyed from the fire burning in san mateo and Santa Cruz County did not do much at all overnight. Less than an hour ago, cal fire reported the fire has burned 127 square miles is less than half square mile more than last night. The flames remain at 21 containment and crews were able to keep up with the growth of the fire despite not being able to fly firefighting aircrafts yesterday. The weather expected to be better for flying today and cal fire chief says it could give crews the first big test of the fire safety they have set up a next couple days, it will start getting warmer, drier and we will see a north wind producing and pushing on the line and will give us a test to validate for us the line and it being able to hold. 646 buildings destroyed. More than 23,000 others still threatened by flames. Cal fire allowed road crews and utility workers in areas where the fire is out. Theyre working to restore lower power and Water Service of the to get into the neighborhood safely before the people will be allowed back. It could happen by sunday if all goes well. The largest wildfire burning in the state remains the sc lighting complex which has burned 574 square miles per the east bay, south and central valley, cal fire ducting controlled burns to help with containment lines. Authorities alerting people they may see large columns of smoke and it might come from these controlled burns. Thankfully youre here with us on moorings and two but if you have to go you can get all of the latest news on the wildfires including evacuation orders and containment orders when you go to ktvu. Com. We also have good information there on how you can help survivors. Hurricane laura now downgraded to a category two storm but it was a category for when hit the gulf coast are. Went up to 150 miles an hour when it made landfall. One driver you see here in louisiana caught in the powerful wind and the rain. Officials urge people in the path of the storm to get out of there. The National Hurricane center warned of on survivable storm surges that could be as high as 20 feet and reach up to 40 miles inland. It does not do you any good to figure property if you are going to lose your life. Property can be replaced your life cannot. More than half Million People told to leave their homes, water levels already rising from galveston bay, texas to mobile bay, alabama, the floodwaters in some areas are not expected to go back down until several days after the storm. Just incredible, we talk about the California Wildfires with the weather at home but we have to start on the gulf coast and you are tracking hurricane laura . Yes, just amazing. A couple days ago we talked about this reaching category one status, before we know what were talking about it landfall with a major hurricane, category 5 puppy category 4 store making landfall last night, central time for us 11 pm, 35 miles to the texas border. The category 4 storm with wind 150 miles an hour, we check of some of the current wind observations at alexandria, louisiana. 79 Miles Per Hour for gusts, we show you some of the storm reports kind of scattered around portions of the area. You will see just of course lots of wind and flood reports as well, these are just a few of the trees snapped, that is the minimum impact you would see with the storm coming out of effect lots of tree damage and also some flash flooding as well from earlier this morning. Right now, the storm in fact weekend, this is a new development, it is now a category one, a category one hurricane with wind at 85 miles an hour, it weakens and continues as the system and hurricane continues to move to the north and eventually to the east. Now, in terms of fire in the bay area, we have been watching this clouds and fog collecting the firefighters over the past few days with clouds clearing up at the coastline of the winds pick up around 1015 may be approaching 20 miles an hour. This afternoon we check out some of the conditions around some of the fire zones. The weather has been very nice overnight with humidity and moisture levels recovering overnight. Around 90100 as we check out some of the fire zones closer to the woodward fire. Then closer to the Santa Cruz Mountains and San Mateo County area managers now in the 50s across most locations. That is where we go right now across most the bay area and warm spots around 60 degrees. We still have this, low clouds and fog up and down the coastline, we gradually clear back to the shoreline but i know its a stubborn patch for San Francisco. All day long we hold onto leftover patches this afternoon. Hotspots inland close to 90 degrees, today it should be warmer than yesterday. The warmup will continue as we head into friday. President trump and joe biden taking positions on how to handle the rising covid19 cases. Why both campaigns are looking to the past as we get closer to election day. Plus, today is a final day of the Republican National convention. Coming up, the recap of last night and what is ahead tonight as the focus will be on President Trump. You have the power to know before you go when you wake up with mornings on 2. We also have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. Experience the ultimate sports hub. Where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. 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Every day the president fights to expand the reach of the american dream. President trump appeared on stage with mike pence is you see here, crowd of 100 people there at fort mchenry, feel with masks, chairs spaced three feet apart, not six feet apart. Make sure you stay with us for live coverage of the final of the public and convention. Will have the presence speech and speakers getting up to him on interrupted at 7 00 and. At odds in which party provides better leadership during a health crisis, medical Health Experts are weighing in, democrats accused the Trump Administration not doing enough to curb the coronavirus, republicans say the Obama Administration struggled with the response to the outbreaks of ebola and h1 and one during its watch, medical experts say its hard to compare different viruses, especially with how easily spread the coronavirus appears to be. Starting tomorrow, covid19 restrictions and contra costa counties rolled back a bit, contra costa county, hotels are allowed to reopen to everyone, not just essential workers. Both alameda and Hunter Custer county, hair and nail salons can operate outdoors, outdoor pools can reopen, wineries can offer outer tastings, even if they do not serve food. One problem many Business Owners are facing if they set up shop outside, all the smoke in the air from the wildfires. Even if they are allowed to reopen tomorrow, some Business Owners say, they may wait until the air quality improves. The time is 7 17, 8 contained for the fire at the port raise national seashore, firefighters are making progress with the help of the fog. The fires burning west of highway one, bring about 400 square miles, 90 homes were evacuated near inverness. They were seeing evacuation warnings for parts of see haven and alina. Out morning commute. What we see here is not too bad when it comes to the commute. In fact, we have had an improvement here. In the last little bit. 280 san jose looks good. Some of the other commute we have been watching have been better. A 80 has been better, the bay bridge is not quite completely cleared but, better than it was. So, looks like this might be cleared in the next half hour that is good news if you are driving into San Francisco, the other east bay commute has been relatively quiet. Today, thursday morning, we start the day with another round of fog your call today will be a little warmer, at least other warmer compared to yesterday. Air quality levels, the smoke and the fire really impacting air quality, current observations, we come in closer and you cannot see moderate levels or nap and vacaville, decent air quality for santa rosa, closer to send rafaela marin county in orange, unhealthy for sensitive groups and we find that in san jose as well, the morning closer to the Santa Clara Valley and looks like santa cruz recording moderate levels. Today, the projections in the orange with unhealthy for sensitive groups across the entire bay area. The spare the air alert remains in place right through friday. Current numbers to start your thursday morning, most areas in the 50s to right around 60 degrees, as we back up into the mountains we still have low clouds up and down the coastline, typical summertime patterns starting up the day. Here is what is happening, an area of High Pressure was to rebuild a little bit with a bit of a warmer forecast today. Tomorrow should be one of the warmest days of the week. No excessive heat warnings. Temperatures training up as we head into friday. Chilly on the side today. It should be warmer compared to yesterday, san jose with 81 morgan hill 89 degrees. A warmup in the friday forecast, no major change by the weekend. 7 20, the wildfire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains damaged one of the oldest christmas reforms on the west coast, coming up, how long it takes the family behind the farm to get the business back up and running. Firefighters stretched thin battling several wildfires in the bay area and the state, after the break, how crews could be helped safely on the ground. 7 23. A little la woman by the doors. I am here for it. Jim morrison. At his best. [ music ]the problem after hearing this song as i do not feel like working anymore, but i will, send me a song, facebook, twitter, instagram. With the ktvu hashtag. Happening today, county Community Leaders in santa clara talking about expanded census outreach efforts as we approach the deadline to be counted in the census, Officials Say 25 of Santa Clara County household have not responded to the 2020 census, the deadline is september 30th. We will learn more about the plan to send out 100 canvassers at the News Conference in san jose at noon as well. A muchneeded boost in california, Governor Newsom signed an executive order yesterday extending a deadline to early next year for county Election Officials to count and verify signatures on Initiative Petitions for the november 2022 ballots, the initiative scheduled for the next election in two years. A San Diego Company says Drone Technology can help stop the spread of wildfires and spare firefighters from going into risky situations. Its called Mighty Fire Breaker with drones surveying terrain equipped with special sprayers the drones spray and all natural chemical next like a fire retardant. Can be used on homes and dry vegetation. I think it would be helpful. A lot of people with the wildfires, they create a safety space around the house, but, if you had a spray like this, its could just help prevent fires from spreading so quickly. The company says the Machine Works best with residential neighborhoods. The lighting complex fire heavily damaged a Christmas Tree farm in bonnie doone. Cross ranch one of the oldest Christmas Tree farms on the west coast. Its run by the moran family and four generations live on the property. The farm estimates about 80 of the 35,000 Christmas Trees are gone, one of the family homes burned as well. Across the street from me, i could hear the i look out the flames are rolling, coming at me. The family says it wants to plant more trees which will take between 510 years to grow. Coming up, mcdonald with an investigation into the former ceo, details on allegations as they try to cover up inappropriate behavior. Hurricane laura barrels into louisiana as it makes landfall overnight, we are live in charles with a look at some the destruction floor left behind. vo i have the best job in the world. I get to remind people of their grandmothers conchitas. Give the little kids cookies. And celebrate birthdays with all our neighbors. Hopefully, well be part of this community for many, many more years. Good morning, pro athletes protesting the shooting of jacob blake and what theyre saying what theyre doing as Baseball Players walk off of the field and basketball courts state empty. This fire season has been historic, we tell you how many resources are being used to bella the flames already the state. Good morning, for joining us, welcome to mornings on 2, i am dave clark. Good morning lets talk about the weather, nice and cool this thursday morning, a little nervous about the warm up coming but you say its nothing like what we have already been through . No, yes. It will be a minor warmup but still, hot inland, maybe upper 90s but, thankfully, were not talking 105, 180 degrees, a good idea for the return of some heat across portions of the bay area, also watching, landfall of a hurricane, hurricane laura, category 4 last night early this morning as the wind had 150 miles or. A category one hurricane with went 85 miles an hour, north at 15. Here is a look of the life camera towards oakland, temperatures right now, most areas in the 50s to right around 60 degrees, low clouds and fog up there, a factor all day long coast site and even leftover patches around San Francisco, temperatures this afternoon will be warmer than yesterday, not a big jump hot but in the 90 degree area, beaches mainly in the lower 60s. Lets check in with sal right now with the roadways, how are we looking . We are looking all right already beginning to improve this thursday as you get out towards the Richmond Bridge. You can see it is moving along very lice lee westbound. You can see driving to the bay bridge things are getting better. 8 00 the back up should be completely gone. East bay commutes are nice. Approaching altamont pass. Coming in only 580 we investigate thats and keep an eye on the south a commute. 7 30 when get back to the headlines. Development in wisconsin, a Police Shooting of jacob blake. And tradition hearing set for tomorrow for an illinois teenager accused of shooting rampage in kenosha. In the meantime, protests around the country including last night in oakland, about the shooting of jacob blake. Frank mallicoat here, tell us about what improve includes pro athletes. Kenosha a quick 45 minute ride north to milwaukee, the Milwaukee Bucks currently in the openinground series, playoff series with the atlanta magic in a bubble in florida. In protest, to the shooting the bucs players refused to take the court yesterday for game five and the magic players followed suit, in fact, all three games scheduled, playoff games yesterday, were called off. The board of governors meets today after the players from other teams actually voted to end the season altogether too the bucs are united as a team, the statements yesterday, demanding accountability for the shooting of jacob blake. Justice for jacob blake and we demand to be held accountable. For this to occur, it is imperative for the state legislature in wisconsin to reconvene after months of inaction and take a meaningful measure to address issues of police accountability, brutality and criminal justice reform. Be peaceful and responsible with your action and remarriage about on november 3. We are denied to live in certain committees. We have been hung. We havent shot, its amazing. Why we keep letting this country. And this country does not love us back. That was head coach doc rivers with an emotional reaction to the shooting bucks response yes the playoff game was scheduled unlikely they will be postponed but there has been no definitive word from the mba just yet, by the way, other inclusions including the wnba included protest yesterday as well. Is the latest, i am frank mallicoat, ktvu, fox 2 news. The giants and dodgers also did up late yesterday, 25 is before the scheduled start of the game the giants announced the game was called off and they plans to play a doubleheader today to make up for last nights game. The violence in kenosha, wisconsins still front and center in the minds of many players and the giant front office. I do not think it should require athletes need to boycott playoff games to remind us black lives matter. The San Jose Earthquakes postponed a seasonopener, all nhl playoff games continue to schedule along with 12 baseball teams. A foxnews host receiving widespread criticism for comment about the wisconsin demonstrations following the shooting of jacob blake. On his primetime show last night, Tucker Carlson said the 17yearold boy charged with murdering two people in the protests following the shooting maintained order when nobody else would. He was condemned for the segment said he justify the killing of protesters. Better weather letting firefighters get more control of the bay area big wildfire. The biggest fire is the fcu lighting complex fire, 574 square miles, it is 30 contained. In the Santa Cruz Mountains, cal fire say a little while ago the size of the lighting complex fire stayed the same during the night, has burned 127 square miles is 21 contained. Progress being made in the north bay with the lane you lighting complex fire is 33 contained almost 564 square miles have burned. Governor gavin newsom says california is still gathering all available resources to deal with what he calls a historic fire season. Why are fighters with crews bulldozers, fire engines, traditional engines, every conceivable asset, so far, the fires burned 2000 square miles already the real yearly average of 2014 and 2080. It has about three months left in the fire season. Hurricane laura is moving through louisiana right now. As we get to a category two storm, it was a category 4 when it slammed into louisiana and texas overnight. We go to lake charles in louisiana, looks like this morning, a lot of people will start looking around assessing the damage . Good morning, yes, after the could only hear the storm, now we get a first look, take a look at what is outside of the hotel door, we see palm fronds ripped up, most of the trees were able to keep it together, you are looking at an awning, hours ripped off, one of those 130 mileperhour gusts. This damage just a piece of what they have seen throughout the gulf coast. It does not do you any good to say property if you lose your life or go property can be replaced, your life cannot. Desperate to evacuate as hurricane laura reaches the gulf coast, the National Hurricane Center Warning of and on survivable storm surge. It could be as high as 20 feet and reach 40 miles inland, the surge combined with ferocious winds and massive waves are expected to cause catastrophic damage. It could even submerge entire towns. Flooded streets, downed trees, wires, debris in the roadways. Power outages. Those are the things we will have to wrestle. Water levels already rising from bay, texas to mobile bay, alabama. It is just the beginning. Floodwaters in some areas not expected to recet 1 million peo have been told to leave their homes and most people listen to the orders. It is supposed to be pretty bad, you know, we got out of there in time. Reporter some are choosing to stay saying they will ride out the store. He does not plan to leave unless water is coming and. Then he will go, but, he is back in the backyard if we have to leave, we have another option. Limited questions this morning. We were live on the coast yesterday at the beach and just got word one of our colleagues is now down in halle beach assessing the damage. That was the parts people were most worried about, lowlying on the coastline by rita in the coming hours. To see how folks did not evacuate this morning, back to you. People in the region so familiar with severe weather, are you able to get the sense this morning of everybody with heated evacuation orders properly . As far as we can tell yesterday the sheriffs deputy and Cameron Parish were telling us know, people were saying we have got this, we can ride us out, be sure office absolutely begging folks as they got out of town they had parishes north so as of yesterday afternoon before the deputies left, no, not everybody evacuate, here, they were told to evacuate but if you could not get out plenty of people were hunkered down our hotel is filled with emergency workers who will be out on the street getting powerlines backup. That will be the number one thing they do, hundreds of thousands of people throughout this part of louisiana and also into texas have no power this morning. It is a big job which begins to start today, lake charles, louisiana, thank you so much for your life reporting. 7 45 lets talk about the weather. A lot of people here know people in louisiana and texas very well. Concern, talk about the weather, how we look . We are looking okay. Good morning to both of you, little did of a cooler pattern, maybe enjoying a cooler pattern trtoday and tomorrow. S eight update on hurricane laura as you can the it is making landfall earlier today, 1 00 a. M. Central time 11 00 a. M. Our time last night as a category 4 storm, 150 mile an hour winds, taking a look at some of the current wind reports, you can see alexandria right now, 79 miles an hour out of the south, these are the store reports starting to grow on the map, a storm spotter. For a half inches of rainfall so far, looks like we have quite a bit of wind reports from the hurricane. 90 Miles Per Hour measured at lake charles regional airport, that is what we have right now, the latest now a category one storm. 85 miles an hour, forecast track throughout the day today. We continue to we can to the east. Air quality, we still have the spare the air alplac changing hour by hour right now, im showing yellow and green, green means good air quality, yellow is moderate air levels, looks like orange for the san jose area, unhealthy for sensitive groups and that is the projection today for thursday, there is the spare the air alert in place. Current numbers, lots of 50s to start out your thursday morning, fremont 58, warm spots in the south bay, sunnyvale and san jose. Overcast near the coast, portions of the bay and inland spots, clouds clearing back to the shoreline this afternoon. Forecast highs as you mention warmer compared to yesterday, warming on the order of maybe 3 6 degrees warmer than yesterday, maybe 48 degrees warmer, a look ahead, what are the warmest days of the week, not extreme heat but then we cool off and for the weekend. The weekend is looking okay. 7 42, changes from the World Health Organization on children wearing facemasks. At what age the Organization Says children should start wearing face coverings. I have to pay all of this, the rent, the water, the trash. California parents explain hardships they are facing now that a federal Nutrition Program for children expired. Also, a surge in demand for traveling nurses, this morning on the nine, the number of healthcare workers one agency wants in the bay area, with special skills to help address the covid19 pandemic and, natural disasters. Welcome back to mornings on 2, the World Health Organization says children five years old and younger should not have to wear a face mask. Who says Young Children are less susceptible to the virus and was like me to spread it and also say, teenagers are more likely to contract and spread the coronavirus. More than 100 schools and School District in california given waivers to resume in class instruction. Most of the schools are in central and Southern California, the majority private schools, this according to a list from the state health department. Of the 109 waivers granted, two are in the bay area. Moreland School District and Santa Clara County. School districts allowed to reopen must be relocated in a county off the state watchlist 15 days. We bring you the latest throughout mornings on 2, you can also check information and what is reopening on a county by county basis when you use our news app, we have a good running list of what is open and where and the bay area counties right in the front page. 7 47, mcdonalds now expanding the investigation into potential misconduct by the former Ceo Steve Easterbrook fired late last year. The Company Board of directors hired the outside law firm to determine if it covered up misconduct by workers in the Human Resources department. Wall street journal says there were complaints of inappropriate physical contact at a Holiday Party and they were passed over for better jobs because they were not part of a Social Circle among the leaders of the hr department. 7 47, new this morning, the Labor Department reports 1 Million People filed for first time at if its last week. To get more the report and how wall street is reacting, pam cook is here with todays dollars and sense. Good morning. Morning. This report went as expected, that is good news for wall street. Filing for new applications, the number seven volatile as many businesses had to close because of the pandemic been reopened briefly, then shut down again, now, we have people out of work because of the fire in california, also the hurricane in the gulf coast, still is effecting the numbers. Now, the opening bell rang this morning and stocks headed higher after the Federal Reserve chief announced regulators will take a new approach to inflation keeping Interest Rates low for an extended period of time. That also well received on wall street as we check in on the dow jones on the big board up more than recorders of a more than 200 points at this point. The s p 500 moving further into record territory, 3490 now pretty close to 3500, a third of a of the nasdaq as well up slightly to 11,000, the temporary layoff some economist are worrying the bounce back in the labor market from may to july may have been the best we will see during the pandemic, they warn have the temporary layoffs and furloughs could become permanent, so far, 42 of the 20 trillion jobs lost in march and april have been regained according to the Labor Department. Analysts say any workers on temporary layoffs may not be rehired because of the uncertainty many businesses continue to face. Sales forces streamlining operations with 1000 jobs cut, bloomberg is this news reporting the San Francisco Cloud Computing company will donate positions including sales and customer support. Reports indicate 100 to 5 jobs in San Francisco will be cut, the comedy Spokes Person says sales forces are shifting resources for continued growth. The news comes as sales forces announced for the first time quarterly revenue topped 5 million. Today, amazon is opening its First Grocery store where you never have to take your items out of the cart, shoppers open the amazon app when they enter the store in the San Fernando Valley, keeps track of everything you put in the basket, and some smart card has barcode readers, sensors and scales for produce. Also kiosks located throughout the store equipped with voice activated smart displays were shoppers can ask the amazon Voice Assistant for help locating items in the store. Now, similar to the amazon go store in San Francisco but designed for bigger grocery trips, it will also have cashiers on hand to help customers who want to check out the Old Fashioned way. I am pam cook and that is a look at your dollars and sense. From the 15, daniels throwing, end zone. Just the roar of the crowd makes me miss college football, taking off the beaten path and taking a closer look at how the pandemic influences the way we get out and play across the bay area. Traditional sports are having to adjust to new rules, still, there is plenty to enjoy. 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 a little ways . To be better to these guys . We will explore how working out is dramatically changing sional fitness, do not forget to join us tomorrow morning on the nine as we take a final look at the summer right here on mornings on 2. We know how much you like to work out. I dont much you like to work out. I wish i liked it more, dave. I know how much sal likes following stuff on the roads. Is everybody behaving for you . Absolutely. Yes. I used to see her running around the square. By running i mean walking like jogging. There you go. Yes. Good morning,. Good morning. Lets take a look at highway 24, if you are driving over to the tunnel, it looks pretty good, we have not had a action highway 4, that is fine with most people. We do not want action, we wanted to be quite like this after the toll plaza, you can see the traffic is moving on relatively well, no major problems. As i looked, there is slow traffic on the altamont pass, the Silicon Valley commute looking pretty good. So, i think that is because as we go to mark its because most people who work the Silicon Valley jobs are not driving to work, they are doing it at home . Yes, i guess, sal, this is the time of year you talk about more traffic as everybody is going back to school, right . Right. Yes. Everything changed. So. Everything i guess we are tracking the weather which is always changing as well. Now we had heat last weekend the cool down to embrace. No your forecast today, a plan for thursday, starting out thursday, clouds this morning, skies partly sunny, warmer today than yesterday, 60s all the way to the lower 90s for afternoon highs around 9092 degrees. Now we watch the weather in the fire zone, showing you a big push for low clouds and fog this morning, moisture levels really helping out the fire crews for the overnight hours, clouds clearing back at the coastline of the wind picks up the area 51 is 20 miles an hour as we check out some of the Current Conditions around the fire zone thankfully, we show you cool temperatures, lots of moisture in the air. The win for the most part on the light side, we start off thursday morning with the same closer to Santa Cruz Mountains and San Mateo County. A live camera looking towards oakland, current numbers in the 50s right around 60 degrees, san jose checking in at 60, showing you the satellite looking towards california, low clouds and fog this morning. Gradually clearing back to the coastline this afternoon. Hotspots will be in the lower 90s, not really hotspots, warmer as we head into friday, thomas should be the hottest day of the weekend cooling by the weekend. All right. 7 54, researchers still working around the clock to create a coronavirus vaccine, coming up at 8 00, details on a promising vaccine and what it may become available. First, the first number, the 200 million man, we see how he is distancing himself from a man was once on top. Now can have the Morning Headlines delivered right to you by signing up for the new newsletter, go to ktvu. Com to sign up for the daily service. Mmm, that should feel better. The sourdough patty melt is back. Make it a combo meal for just 5. 99. Melty, melty. 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He says he has been evacuated from the north bay fires and still is watching mornings on 2, we appreciate it, we hope youre safe and we hope you get back in , send us a request, facebook, twitter, instagram, and use the ktvu hashtag. 7 58, jeff bezos is now the richest man ever. The amazon ceo net worth soared to a record 200 million yesterday with shares of amazon jumping due to continuing demand for contactless shopping. The largest individual stockholder added more than 82 billion to his net worth this year alone. Home increasingly turned to amazon for shopping needs. It is interesting to note jeff bezos has 77 billion more than the longtime richest man bill gates. Wow. The oakland as play the texas rangers, a pitchers duel for a while. In the sixth inning the as scored, then he took the lead later with a wild pitch. The beat the rangers, 31. The Golden State Warriors tomorrow appeal a court order that could cost the team millions of dollars. The warriors have been forced to play in debt for renovations to the oakland area, city Officials Say oakland anto pay expecting the warriors would help pay the debt over several years. Downtown oakland, the site of another protest, this over the Police Shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin, what protesters are demanding as the peaceful night turns violent firefighters gaining control of the big fires burning in the bay area, the new containment numbers as cold weather settles in over the fire lines. Hurricane laura makes landfall overnight, the damage done, and the inland areas where it is heading next. All right, good morning, everybody, welcome back to mornings on 2, its thursday, august 27. Very busy morning, a very cold morning i would say be chilly is to morning i have had in a few weeks. It feels good. Last night it was cool as well. I said can we put on Christmas Music and make hot chocolate . It feels like december. Im such a pushover i said lets do it. The middle chunk of the day feels more normal. Yes, it felt so strange, right . A few days ago we were trying to find any way to stay cool then all of a sudden we were looking for sweaters and a jacket. Yes, a big change in the overall weather pattern, the fog really helping us out, we talk about the forecast today, first i want to show you hurricane laura making landfall last night, 11 00 our time, category 4 storm now weakening to a category one, still, we see tough scenes coming out of the gulf coast throughout the day and we survey more damage. In the bay area, low clouds this morning, partly sunny skies into the afternoon hours. Patchy coastal fog. A live camera looking towards oakland this morning. Solid overcast, temperatures today, a little bit warmer compared to yesterday, stick is for the coast, warm spots inland close to 90 degrees. 8 00 already . Check in with sal who is looking at the roadways. Wasnt i just talking to you at 4 00 in the morning . Time flies when youre having fun. Look what happened. Yes. All right, good morning everybody. Lets take a look at the Golden Gate Bridge, we start there, a little bit of fog. The commute through marin county has been Pretty Lights today, most days it is, obviously a lot of people are not going to the office. A look at the bay bridge, between 6 00 and 8 00 there was a backup which has cleared up, traffic on the east area mostly good this thursday. Lets get back to the headlines. Straight to a developing story we have been following overnight, hundreds of people took part in a march and demonstration in oakland in support of jacob blake, the unarmed black man in wisconsin who was shot by police. Lets go ahead and bring in allie rasmus live now. This protest started off peacefully, but i before the night was over, things definitely turned destructive. Yes, there are a lot of people out there according to police, the crowd was about 600 700 people, protesters gathered in support of the lack lives Matter Movement marching through downtown oakland, chanting for justice for jacob blake. [ cheering ] the demonstration started around 7 30 in the evening. It was passionate but peaceful at least the first couple hours. After several speakers at the plaza the protesters made their way down broadway to the Oakland Police Department Headquarters along the way you could hear firecrackers. People marching met by barricades with officers in riot gear reaching Police Headquarters at eight and brought me. From our viewing the video. It doesnt appear police used tear gas, they are under court order not to use tear gas on protesters the Police Issued this morning at the barricades. Any unlawful act or violets, we will not tolerate. At some point after this there were acts of vandalism. Around 9 45, agitators in the crowd attended to set fire to a business at eighth and brought me, the oakland fire put out the fire, 1 00 b. A. R. T. Close the 19 street b. A. R. T. Station because of fire and broken windows in the area, according to the Oakland Police they set fire to the l. E. D. County courthouse near lake merritt, the fire was put out but you could see the glass doors shattered in the building. We want to take you back alive to see right now it looks like in uptown oakland. This is the outside of the whole foods on 27th now boarded up, at one point, protesters stopped traffic on interstate 580, they walked off the grand avenue onramp, several people were arrested, there were no reports of protesters or Police Officers injured you can see in this part of uptown oakland they are leaning up other spots in the downtown area as well this morning. We reached out to Oakland Police to get more information, how may people were arrested, we also reached out to city leaders this morning for comment. Reporting live, allie rasmus, ktvu, fox 2 news. The Investigation Continues into the shooting of jacob blake, he was shot seven times and he is paralyzed from the waist down, the department of justice said the Police Officer that shot him, Rusten Sheskey has been department seven years, the officers on the scene said they were responding to a domestic dispute. Mr. Blake walked around his vehicle, opened the driver side door and leaned forward. While holding onto the shirt of mr. Blake, officer Rusten Sheskey fired his Service Weapon seven times. A 17yearold was arrested on suspicion of murder after two were shot and killed during protest in kenosha tuesday night, the suspect identified as Kyle Rittenhouse seen firing a weapon seven times in the video then walking away in the middle of the street with his hands in the air towards police to holding his weapon. Rittenhouse among groups of heavily armed civilians in kenosha claiming they were protecting businesses from protesters. Coverage of the story continues on the ktvu news app where you find more stories about the protests and rallies in the bay area and across the country. Lets turn to the wildfires burning across the bay area, just a short time ago cal fire gave us an update on the regions largest fires, the numbers for the alum you lighting complex fires remain the same from overnight breakthrough nearly 564 square miles and is at one third containment, more than 1000 homes and businesses have been destroyed. The lighting fire burning san mateo and santa cruz counties did not grow much overnight either, two hours ago cal fire reported the fire burned 127 square miles less than half a square mile been recorded last night the flames remained at 20 containment so crews were able to keep up with the growth of the fire, despite snapping able to have a firefighting aircraft flown yesterday, the weather is excited to be better for flying today and the cal fire section chief says it could give crews the first big test of the fire lines they set. The weather we will see the next couple days, we start getting warmer, drier, and we see a northwind produced and pushing on the line, gives us a good wind test validating for us the line and being able to hold. Six and 46 buildings destroyed with more than 23,000 others threatened by flames, cal fire adding road crews where the fire is out working to restore water and power to assure evacuees can get into the neighborhood safely before they are allowed back in, it could happen by sunday if all goes well. Changes to the state largest wildfire the scu lighting conflict which grew two square miles overnight and is now at 576 square miles burned, containment went from 30 up tol fire conducting controlled burns to containment lines and alerting people they may see large columns of smoke and likely they will be coming from controlled burns. Mornings on 2 if you have to go you have to take us with you. You get all of the latest news on the fires including evacuation orders and containment numbers when you go to ktvu. Com. Also keeping a list of ways where helping firefighters if youre able to. Hurricane laura slamming the gulf coast overnight. This morning, john doe edwards with southwestern portions of the state of louisiana suffering extensive damage heading a 14yearold girl killed with a treat getting knocked into her home, or cane lore with wind gusts up to 100 miles an hour they make landfall, the state of texas urging people in the storm path to evacuate as the National Hurricane center with an survivable storm surge that could have reached 20 feet. It does not do you any good to save property, you could lose your life, property could be replaced your life cannot. More than a half Million People told to leave their homes, hurricane laura downgraded to a category one storm, it was a category 4 hurricane what it lands overnight. Another crisis what is happening with laura and here at home. Is hardly just two days ago we were talking about laura turning into a category one storm. Quickly a category 4 a mistake at agree five. Now, weakening. I am sure we will get more information, more storm survey damages well. In fact you cannot see the landfall late last night come early this morning i should say, 11 00 p. M. Our time, 1 00 and central time, landfall locations, 35 miles east of the texas border in louisiana. As we come closer right now, you heard this is downgraded to a category one storm with winds of 75 miles an hour basically, up to 150, now cut in half in terms of the wind speed, the wind continued to weaken, a for craft track into thursday. Thursday frid, the plan for today for us, it will be warmer, low 60s all the way to the lower 90s afternoon highs we keep eyes on the fires and the forecast got a lot to talk about with the clouds this morning, favorable conditions for the fire zones, the breeze picks up this afternoon, the order of 10 is 20 miles an hour, a live camera towards oakland in the cloud coverage looking at the air quality sensors, right now, showing greens and yellows out there indicating decent air quality, the same could be said for San Francisco and oakland then for the south, san jose reporting unhealthy for sensitive groups the spare the air alert continues to friday, coming up we take a closer look at the forecast highs with your next update in just a few minutes. Today is the final day of Republican National convention, still to come a recap of last nights speeches and what is ahead this evening as the focus will be on President Trump, first, california parents telling us about hardships they are facing now that a federal program will help feed their children but has expired. You have the power of the news at night. The 10 00 and the 11 00 news and the power to know everywhere you go when you download the fox 2news app. Awesome internet. Its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. With builtin security that protects your kids. No matter what theyre up to. It protects your info. And gives you 24 7 peace of mind. That if its connected, its protected. Even that that petcamera thingy. [ whines ] can your internet do that . Xfinity xfi can because its. Simple, easy, awesome. [ barking ] know the facts expects to file for approval of the covid 19 vaccine summer. They have a second phase of a Clinical Trial of the covid19 vaccine. They expect early data later this year. By the way theyre based in maryland. What will they do without its now that has expired, it had a grocery money for children with free expanded reduced lunch and food advocates are calling on congress to expand the benefit to exist with hungry children. Allie rasmus has the story. Reporter as the School Year Starts and classes are line, most cemeteries offer grab and go meals but there are limits to accessing them, it helps fill the gaps for families that have meals. It provides families with food resources they might otherwise have lost as a school for closed and they lost access to these type of meals. It rates of hunger rising throughout the country and the onetime benefit called pandemic ebt helps families struggling to put food on the table. I have to pay all of the bills. I have to pay the rents. The water, the trash, all of this stuff. Almost nothing is left to pay. The benefit just about makes ends meet for her family. Extra income so we were able to purchase food for my kids like breakfast and lunch and even dinner. Otherwise we are just eating beans and rice. Reporter single mother that works at walmart sent without daycare, she has to stretch her budget a lot. The other day i thought we could shop at safeway. Because you know, we always shop at the . 99 store and grocery outlets. Reporter she has to pay for a babysitter and breakfast and lunch for her daughter all of which used to be covered by daycare. Its hard for me because, its really a lots of help for us, for her to. Reporter she will lean on food banks to help and is not alone. They are overwhelmed with demands lately. Second harvest of Silicon Valley serving twice as many people now as before the pandemic. We are now serving more than a half Million People a month. Reporter the ceo says any families who need food do not always qualify for benefits because the income threshold is low compared to the high cost of living in the bay area. Summit clients depend on School Breakfast and lunch for kids. Even though most schools provide grab and go lunches, sometimes multiple meals a day. Still it is a real challenge for families to access this. Reporter limitations are families with parents not working, those without childcare and those without access to reliable transportation. Also School District are getting more strict, less bring they had meals for anyone showing up, now they check id and parents cannot pick up meals for multiple kids going to schools all in one place. The card helps a lot of families like myself and i am sure there were a lot of people saying their food banks. Food and meals to pick up and everything but a lot of people do not have the transportation or means to go to those places. Food advocates say for People Living in mixed immigration status households, they are the ones facing food hardships right now as they just do not qualify for benefits and are scared to apply for what you up qualify for. Lets help you get out the door this thursday, what does the heat look like . Looks okay, so far we have pretty good 8 00 hours this week except the day when we had the 37 crash other than that, we are looking at seems like this that we see on our screen, the Richmond Bridge and some of the other commutes, nice and light for the 8 00 hour. Highway 24 and also nearby 680 and the Golden Gate Bridge. These things are looking nice, even the bay bridge, this is exactly what we would like to see even the east bay commute and the pencil have not seen a lot of slowing there and, just a little bit of slowing on the ultimate pass. I think by far this is the best day of the week so far when it comes to congestion and driving on the roads. Lets go to the weather. Good morning, the weather headline for us in the bay area, just a little bit of a warmup, just yesterday it was kind of cool, right . For the coast . Right around the bay . Last week was hot, this week on the cooler side, today temperatures begin to rebound, at least that is what im thinking for thursday for the forecast, heres the plan for thursday started out the day with overcast, looking outside right now we have lots of cloud coverage near the coast and the bay, warmer compared to yesterdays readings that we mentioned, not a drastic jump, we are showing you current numbers right now, concord 59 degrees. San jose 61. San francisco 54. Santa rosa, checking in at 54 degrees for the 8 00 hour kind of getting the first visible satellite image this morning. And, you get the idea, we have the fog on the patches well in here is a a live cam are looking to oakland, still, lots of overcast to start out your thursday morning at even a little bit of drizzle. The set up is this, the area of low pressure to the north cooling us off, an area of High Pressure, although been a warming trend as we head into friday, fear not. No extreme heat, temperatures approaching mid 90s 95 or 96 degrees. The inland hotspots and fog keeping temperatures and check. San jose 81, fremont, 70 degrees, then we look at the fiveday forecast, temperatures warm up a little bit and friday just minor cooling as we head toward the weekend. Wildfires burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Damaging one of the oldest Christmas Tree farms on the west coast, coming up, how long it will take the family behind the farm to get the business back up and running. Also firefighters stretched thin, battling several wildfires here in the bay area and across the state. After the break, how drones could be a safer tool to help crews on the ground. Census takers will be visiting households to make sure we are counted. 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Last night, Vice President mike pence was the main speaker and he accepted his nomination for Vice President in a speech from the baltimore historic fort mchenry, he has the presence response to the, 19, four in policy and support of the military. President trump has been fighting to protect the promise of america. Every day, our president is fighting to expand the reach of the american dream. After the speech President Trump did make an appearance on the stage with his Vice President , there was a crowd of about 100 people at fort mchenry, a few had masks and actually were spaced more like 3 feet not 6 apart. Stay with ktvu, fox 2 news for the final night of the convention well have the president speech and speakers leading up to him, uninterrupted, starting at 7 00. 8 26, happening today, county Committee Leaders in santa clara talking about expanded census outreach efforts as we approach the deadline to be counted. Officials say about 25 of Santa Clara County households to the response of the 2020 census, the deadline to do so as of denver 30th, we do have more about the plan with 100 canvassers at the News Coverage at the our lady of Guadalupe Church in the san jose happening at noon. Mcdonalds now expanding the designation with the former ceo trying to cover up inappropriate behavior. Also changes from the World Health Organization when it comes to wearing face masks. Up next, what age the who now says children should be wearing face coverings. A small business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. And even if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. So how do i do this . You dont do this. We do this, together. Bounce forward, with comcast business. Pro athletes protesting the Police Shooting of jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin what they are saying with Baseball Players walking off the field. Bethel courts also stated to. This fire season has been historic, battling flames across the state, what is being used. 830 a busy thursday, when it comes to fire danger, a few weeks ago we had a local Fire Department inspecting her property to make sure we cleared at least 30 feet away when it comes to dry brush and tree limbs by the house. Here we are, thankful we did that and we got a check a. But if youre putting out outdoor duties because of the heat and smoke in the air, now might be a good time to pick this up. Yes now is a great time. You should have done already but, if you have not, now that you are cooling down, it could be time to get outside and do some yard work, cut treatments back. Its nice to see temperatures dip not just in the morning but really throughout the day. Yes. Definitely grabbing a sweater and a jacket, a week ago at this time we were trying to have the fog help us out in the fog is helping us out, especially around the fire zone, a bit of a chill in the air retard without a second. Laura with landfall late last night across 11 00 p. M. Central daylight time. The location 35 miles east of the texas border in louisiana. This storm weekend to a category one current numbers 50s and 60s, San Francisco 44 degrees. Refreshing to be on the water. Folks out there with a nice way to start thursday morning. Low clouds today, partly sunny into the afrnbeaches not working up too much this afternoon. Most of them warming in the inland neighborhoods towards concorde and antioch. Its just different, but, lets check in with sal right now watching the roadways. Hello. Good morning, we do see that traffic is moving along pretty well along the bay area. As a matter fact someone 101 through marin from novato all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge a straight shot with no major issues driving through a little fog at the southern end of marin. Now it is right outside the Robin Williams tunnel. This is a look at the a bridge toll plaza, you can see its cleared out, 8 30 to follow developments out of wisconsin with the Police Shooting of jacob blake, an extradition hearing scheduled for tomorrow for an illinois teenager accused of shooting during a protest killing two. Meanwhile their protest across the country including one just last night in oakland against the shooting of jacob blake. Frank mallicoat joins us now with the different demonstrations going on. We saw yesterday demonstrations now include professional athletes. That they do. Morning to you. All three nba playoffs scheduled yesterday and have been postponed. All start with the short 45 minute drive north to milwaukee, they were supposed to play game five of the openinground playoff series and the bucs refused to take the court the magic of the Orlando Magic followed suit. The board of governors meet today after both the lakers and the clippers players took an informal vote last night to end the season altogether. They are united as a team and yesterday they demanded justice for the shooting of jacob blake. We take the court and milwaukee, wisconsin we are expecting to play at high levels. We hold ourselves to our standard. At this moment we are working with lawmakers and Law Enforcement and what people held accountable for jacob blake. It the biggest thing is as a black man, as a former player, i think its for the best for me to support the players and not be here tonight. The longtime analyst, kenny smith, he walked off of the set yesterday. It is unclear if he plans to leave before him. Out of the nba at this hour. The nba games postponed. Other issues, martin for king junior assassinated, followed by a high school shooter, the allie riot back in 1992, the death of kobe bryant beckoned january of this year. That is the latest, i am frank mallicoat, ktvu, fox 2 news. The giants also did not play. Before the start of the scheduled game, it was called up until they plan to play a doubleheader to make up for last nights game. The violence in kenosha still front and center for players and the giants. Some things are bigger than sports. I do not think it should require athletes leading to boycott playoff games to remind us black lives matter. They also postpone the season opener, the playoff games will continue as scheduled along with the baseball games. Fox news with widespread criticism and comments about the wisconsin demonstration following the shooting of jacob blake. Last night, Tucker Carlson said a 17 year old boy charged with murder of two people in the protest telling the shooting maintained order when nobody else would. Critics condemned him for the segment saying he justified the killing of protesters. After the latest on the fires, cal fire announced the new context fire the largest in the state of california. Burning in a number of counties including sonoma and napa through 12 square miles overnight now at 576 square miles, containment did not change, it remains at 33 . The fc lighting complex fire also at 576 square miles, not a lot of road from yesterday. Containment jumped from 30 to 35 . 30 this morning announce the czu lighting complex fire in the mountains and San Mateo County grew less than happy squaremile overnight, it remains at 21 containment. Is says the state continues together all available resources out there to tackle what he calls a historic fire season. Now 50,000 firefighters working the lines, crews, bulldozers, fire engines, every conceivable asset we have the fires burned 2000 square miles already the yearly average from 2014 for 2018. This easy lighting complex fire heavily damaged a Christmas Tree farm in bonnie doone. Press ranch one of the oldest Christmas Tree farms on the entire west coast. Run by the moran family with for generations on the property. About a percent of the 35,000 Christmas Trees gone. One of the families homes burned as well. Across the street i can hear a thunderous roar. I look out the window and there is a wall of flames coming at me. The family says they want to replant more trees which would take between 510 years to grow. Officials with the Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Office say they have a prime example of exactly why people need to continue to obey evacuation orders remaining in place. The Sheriffs Office says debbie spent the hours yesterday searching for a 73 man spending two nights in the mountains. The chief deputy is saying the man tried to get back to the evacuation zone but ended up getting lost. You feel that for the person because, they are just trying they want to get back home. Absolutely we get it. But, we had to divert all kinds of resources to help him. Officials hope people will realize when they need to follow evacuation orders for their own safety as well as the safety for those sent out to look for the messengers in the fires appeared you can get all the latest ination the fires including electrician fire s and even numbers by just vicompany says it has drawn technology to help stop the spread of wildfires and spare firefighters from having to go into dangerous situations. The Company Called mighty fire raker has drones surveying terrain with special sprayers. They spray an allnatural chemical acting like a fire retardant which can be used on homes and dry vegetation. I think will be very helpful because, a lot of people up in the forest with wildfires creating a safety space around the house, but, if you have a springlike, it cant help fires from spreading so quickly. Back to you the weather we go, traditionally in september one of the more warmest months, San Francisco and beyond, we end august and you get a sense we kind of remain in the pattern all the way through the rest of the month with cooler temperatures . We warm up a little bit but, still, the extreme heat we had last week, temperatures friday and saturday, you talk about september and october, and had the peak of fire sivan i should say october and november, you start to have the storms developing to the north in the bay area and they dont move he nevada. That storm is actually sewind l that fires in the past. Although fire danger, fire season has not been bad so far we are still in the early stages. Lets talk about what is happening with low clouds and fog, that is a good impact at moisture levels with relative humidity, back to the shoreline, we show you wind speed and the wind picks up and we look at the color here. You can see the light blue showing up. Went around 1015 maybe approaching 70 miles an hour, later on this afternoon. Sitting up later on today. Some of the airquality observations as well. Showing you green and yellow, somewhat of an improvement with the 8 00 report, moderate levels for fairfax, not too bad for San Francisco, moderate levels for santa cruz and is a. Airquality continues through friday, today we are in the orange, unhealthy for sensitive groups, some is somewhat of an improvement for projections over yesterday. Current numbers, most areas in the 50s a few spots of sneaking into the lower 70s this point. Some more current temperatures out there for the 8 00 hour, currently 55 san jose day one. Half moon bay, 54 degrees. More daylight with busy light visible satellite. Right around the bay starting off thursday morning. Damages this afternoon and warmer than yesterday, still he hotspots, not too hot around 90 degrees. Tomorrow, warming continues with a bit of a change in the numbers as we head into the week. A ban for special skills addressing not only the pandemic but also anes. Sales forces posting a record quarter in stocks slightly down but it jumped what if i were 30 yesterday. Up next, y the San Francisco tech giant is laying off more than 1000 employees. So youre a small business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. And even if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. So how do i do this . You dont do this. We do this, together. Bounce forward, with comcast business. Its not going away. Covid19. More than ever, california needs rapid coronavirus testing. Robust contact tracing. Support for Community Health clinics. Masks and ppe for those saving lives. For teachers and School Personnel educating students. These heroes are doing their jobs. Now government must do theirs. Keep working through a special session to combat this crisis right now and provide the revenues to solve the problems we know are coming. The World Health Organization says children five years old or younger should not have to wear face coverings, the who says Young Children are less susceptible to the virus and less likely to spread the coronavirus and teenagers are more likely to contract and spread coronavirus. More than 100 schools and School District across california given waivers for in class instruction. Most of the schools in central and Southern California for the majority private schools. This according to a list from the state health department. Of the 109 waivers granted, only two were given to schools in the bay area, we hear more from Sayville Christian School in Santa Clara County. Schools and School District allowed to reopen these be located in a county off the state watchlist 14 days. The ceo of tiktok is stepping down from his post, he announced his resignation yesterday for all employees, it comes as the chinese owned video app faces numerous enormous backlash i should say from President Trump who claims that is being used as a spiteful. They threaten to ban the app, tick tack from a former disney executive left less in four months. Mcdonald expanding investigation into potential misconduct by the former Ceo Steve Easterbrook fired late last year, the Company Board of directors hired an outside law firm to determine if easterbrook covered up misconduct by workers in the Human Resources department. The wall street journal reporting ploys complained about inappropriate physical contact at a Holiday Party and they were also passed over for better jobs because they were not part of a Social Circle among the leaders in the hr department. Is morning the Labor Department reports one only people filed for first time on the planet and if its just last week. For on that report and reaction on wall street lets check back in with dollars and cents. Pam surano. Reporter thats just what economists suspected, no surprises there, the number of people filing for new applications has been volatile. As many businesses that close because of the pandemic reopened briefly then had to shut down again, now, we are keeping an eye on the hurricane in the gulf coast of the fires in california and also putting more people out of work. The other thing affecting wall street this morning, the Federal Reserve announced regulators will take a new approach to inflation which could keep Interest Rates low for an extended period of time. That is helping things out and for the first time, the s p 500 has crossed 3500 flirting with the level, dipping back below right now, the nasdaq also up in New Territory with thousand 726 about a. 5 there and taking a live look at the big board on the new york stock exchange, the dow jones up now more than 200 almost 300 points, after that announcement, some optimism there. Now, there is a morning for a kindness, the city bounced in the Labor Department from the may to july period maybe the best we see from the pandemic, they say half of the temporary layoffs could be permanent, so far, 42 of the 22 million jobs lost in march and april will be regained, that is according to the Labor Department, analysts say many businesses are reluctant to rehire workers amid ongoing uncertainty. Sales force streamlining operations and cutting 1000 jobs, Business News reporting the San Francisco cloud competing company will elevate positions including sales and customer support. Reports indicate 165 jobs in San Francisco willts, the Company Spokesperson says sales forces shifting comes as sales announce for the first time, quarterly revenue topped 5 billion, far exceeding analyst expectations for the quarter. Today, Amazon Opening its First Grocery store where you never have to take your items out of the cart. The shoppers will be going to the amazon app, when they enter the fresh store in the San Fernando Valley for now, that is the only one, it track of everything you put into your basket, the store debuts the amazon smart cart with barcode readers, sensors and scales for proceeds, also kiosks located throughout the store with voice activated smarts displays where shoppers can of course have hands on alexa voice systems where you can locate things in the store, for those of you shopping at the amazon go store in San Francisco, it is similar, but the fresh store is designed for bigger Shopping Trips and will have cashiers on hand for people who want to check out the oldfashioned way. I am pam cooking that is a look at dollars and sense. From the 15 daniels throwing in the end zone. Spectrum of those days . College football. We take you off of the beaten track and examine what happens to sports during the covid19 pandemic and how you can still get out and play. Sports have to adjust with new rules but there is still plenty to enjoy. Outside of baseball, outside of soccer come outside of football. This is something you can always do. Focusing on how can i make myself better in little ways . To get better with these guys . These teams . We also explored how working out has changed as we started social distancing as we discussed personal fitness, dont forget to join us tomorrow as we take our final look at the summer beginning on the nine, right here on mornings on 2. To tell you what, it may not be there, im pulling out the gold frisbee recently with the children, the old one 75, this frisbee since college and miranda keeps going and going and now my kids love it. They love running and trying to catch the frisbee. Yes, my frisbee is from the Clinton Administration too. It still works. The kids love it. Frisbee is popular. You know. Its there. We will talk about all that. Right now i can tell you, very traffic is moving along very nicely on the Richmond Bridge approach, this is the best day of the week travel wise on the prairie road. I dont want to jinx anything but we are off to a nice commute as you can see all of these features i am showing you, its very light, earlier slowing here, but, at the bay bridge, things have become pretty good at it looks like the cameras frozen there but traffic continues to move along very well. Now, 8 50 three, thats take a look at the weather. Hello, today, once again we are talking about lots of low clouds and fog at least the headline for us supposedly, temperatures should be trending up a little bit after a cool day especially outside around the day yesterday. Of course we have been watching the tropics as well, hurricane laura making landfall over the past 12 hours or so. To put this into perspective, Hurricane Katrina 15 years ago, a category three storm with winds at 125 Miles Per Hour. Today, the storm is a category 4 with went peaking at 150, it gives you an idea how strong the storm is. Its weakening rapidly with a category one storm but still, getting more visuals from the coastline. Really extreme, destructive dangerous store. Heres the loop, the satellite going to the north, these are the storm reports scattered around louisianas. Category one currently there is the forecast track would you can see eventually it is dissipating and moving out to the north and east. For us in the bay area. Current numbers in the 50s and 60s, san jose, 61, lots of low clouds and fog blanketing a portion of the day and part of the coast as well, area of High Pressure wants to rebuild, this is a source of warming as we head into thursday and into friday, highs this afternoon, hotspots in the lower 90s towards antioch and San Francisco 66, san jose, 81 in a look ahead the fiveday forecast, tomorrow should be the warmest day of the week, some minor but we can. Thank you, 8 50 five, coming up at one is in two, california state lawmakers testing positive for covid19, in the next hour, a temporary shutdown of the state senate and how its impacting a backlog of bills needing to be addressed. First, the worlds first ever to hundred Million Dollar man. How he is distancing himself from an and once on top. Also, this is free, you have your Morning Headlines delivered up to you when you sign up for our newsletter, it could be yours when you had to our website and sign up for the daily service. vo im all about family. My mothers name is jeannie and my name is robert. Thats how we came up with jrs. And my wife rita and my son robert the 4th all work here. My dream for jrs barbeque is that its still that Old Neighborhood spot 50 more years from now. 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. 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They would get on the board at six and then the as win 31. After they wrap up the series today, they will head off to houston and play the astros. Protests from the streets of the midwest to the nba basketball courts. How an officerinvolved shooting in wisconsin is strengthening the black lives Matter Movement. Plus, hurricane laura making landfall overnight. We will show you the damage done and the inland area s