Urging caution. Unfortunately it was positive. Im one of the contact tracers from the county. Reporter jill is a covid detective with a deft touch. Did you have any symptoms yourself . Not really. Reporter informing people they have covid, quizzing them on their contacts and finding out what they need to stay isolated. When she started this work in june she was swamped. There was such a backlog. Since then we have sort of gradually caught up with everything. So yeah, it was really bad. August has been a much better month for us. We have seen reduction by half an hour case counts. Reductions in deaths, fewer outbreaks. Reporter july to august, a turnaround in marin, curving covid spread at san quentin prison in outbreaks among nursing homes. Positivity rates are dropping, but this morning against complacency. We are still vulnerable to losing the gains weve achieved if we relax too quickly. We have seen that happen already, that happened in the month of june. Lets take that as a lesson for how we approach september. Reporter september is ushering in new activities. Hairstyling back inside now and restaurants may be allowed to serve indoors starting next week. Should trends continue, even kids in classrooms again as a possibility. But dr. Willis winds of the upcoming holiday and have a Ripple Effect in reverse. When it comes to labor day, think small, think remote, think outside and virtual celebrations are great. You need a lot of empathy, a lot of understanding. Reporter marins contact tracers will continue their soothing. The call list, a bit shorter now, but no less important. I can use my nursing experience, my knowledge. Im one of these older people, im at home and i dont have family here. So i kind of enjoy doing it. Reporter she is a volunteer, one of about 70 contact tracers in marin. She says many of the people she informs already suspected they were positive, but have no idea how they got infected. Shes playing such an Important Role in all of this. Statewide new coronavirus cases are also heading lower. The state reported about 3700 new cases yesterday. That brings the total number of confirmed cases to more than 707,000. 85 more people died yesterday. The death toll has now surpassed 13,000. Hospitalizations decline. In San Francisco dozens of barbers who have been out of work for months formed an outdoor collective market. Barbers are renting space at the street food park. The barbers got the green light to work outdoors starting today, but still cant work indoors under the citys Current Health order. It felt good to actually run clippers through hair. Just seeing the hair on the ground, us as barbers always say hair on the ground, money in our pockets. We are excited to get back to that. Many barbers and hairstylists said they dont have the space at their shop to offer outdoor services. This food truck area gives them an option. Also in San Francisco, video of House Speaker nancy pelosi getting her hair done inside a salon is getting a strong reaction from critics. They say it is unfair and a violation of the citys inside the lawn and who. Released it the media. Reporter basically San Francisco is not one of those counties that followed governor Gavin Newsoms easing of restrictions to allow indoor air services. The salon owner told fox news that she basically felt like it was unfair that this stylist, who she has no control over, was able to break the ban with nancy pelosi, creating what she says was a double standard. The owner of the e salon released video from inside union street business in San Francisco. The owner, erika ts, says monday afternoon House Speaker nancy pelosi can be seen Face Covering apparently pulled down. Kias had received a text message from a stylist alerting her to the speakers appointment and she called it a slap in the face that pelosi would get her hair done inside, when San Francisco has a fan. Its frustrating, ridiculous. Reporter diane unsay salon. I think the stylist new and i think nancy pelosi new. Reporter and attorney and cochair of lawyers for trump says pelosi and perhaps the salon should be fined. I represented restaurants and other types of businesses that is been severely punished for violating the very same law that nancy pelosi broke yesterday. Reporter speaker pelosis deputy chief of staff send a statement saying quote come of the speaker always wears a mask and complies with local covid requirements. This business offered for the speaker to come in on monday and told her they were allowed by the city to have one customer at a time in the business. The speaker complied with the rules, as presented to her by this establishment. I think its great, but i think if shes in california she should stick to whatever the rules and guidelines are in the city. Some people say they dont fault the stylist. Rory cox, a personal fitness trainer has organized protesters to get it just as classless. Youre a politician, a doctor, lawyer, tech person. You can continue on your merry what way. Meanwhile, the rest of us are shut out. Today we did reach out to mayor london breeds office, but she has not returned our request for a comment. Uber is making changes to its Face Covering policy, requiring some passengers to take a selfie to prove that they have a mask. The policy will go into effect later this month. If a driver reports that a passenger was not wearing a mask, that person will then have to provide photo proof of them wearing a mask the next time they want to ride. The mask verification expands ra similar requirement imposed on drivers back in may. Fire crews have more progress to report in the massive bay area wildfires that have destroyed more than 1700 homes. The scu is 72 contained at more than 391,000 acres. Cal fire says they expect have full containment on thursday. The fire has destroyed 50 structures in the diablo range of east and south bay. The lnu fire is 74 contained. Within 2500 firefighters are working to build containment lines. Authorities also provided a new tally of the damage today. They now say that 157 homes were destroyed in sonoma county. 295 homes destroyed in napa county and 299 homes in solano county. In the santa cruz mountains, at least 925 homes were destroyed in the czu fire. It is 45 contained tonight at more than 85,000 acres. There are still some evacuation orders for parts of san mateo and santa cruz counties. Governor newsom got a firsthand look at some of the fire damage at Big Basin Redwoods State Park in santa cruz county. We come and go. These trees, some of them have been up for 1300, 1400, 1500 years, been alive for 1400, 1500 years. Forestry experts say, though some of the redwoods were lost, the majority will survive the fire. The fire destroyed the parks historic headquarters in nature museum, as well as campgrounds and several smaller buildings. Officials of the park will not reopen to the public for another year. Coming up, a new effort to better understand californias wildfires and how to prevent them. The new High Tech Center at san jose state. Also ahead from gilroy, arrested for making threats against a Prominent Health official. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way go your own way your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. New at 11 00, officers with the San Mateo Police department have arrested an oakland man for stealing catalytic converters in rlier this morning. The callers said men Wearing Masks were underneath the vehicle, possibly stealing something. When Police Arrived the man took off, but crashed into a median. One suspect was arrested, the other two got away. Police found a loaded gun, catalytic converters and tools used to remove car parts. Police in santa clara have made an arrest in a theft of ban equipment from a nonprofit hours before you brought you the story last night. 41yearold Brenden Dixon benedict was arrested today. The lease say they found items in benedicts trunk that were taken during the burglary. He was booked on several charges, including possession of stolen property. A Gilroy College teacher is under arrest, accused of making threats against Santa Clara CountyHealth Officer dr. Sara cody. Investigators say that suspect has links to a far right extremist group. Reporter gilroy on resident Alan Viarengo has been arrested, accused of stalking and sending 24 letters between april 8th and july 29th two dr. Sara cody, the county Health Officer and one of the nations most visible proponents of standing water. The attorney represented for 20 hearings last week says the letters have been mischaracterized. The short period of time i was involved in this case, there wasnt much in the way of actual information that was provided. Reporter Law Enforcement released pictures of some being 138 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and explosive materials. The same group is linked to stephen korea, accused of killing federal Security OfficerDavid Patrick underwood in the federal Health Building in may in the amherst murder of Sergeant David gunn spurger. Even sent a letter to the widow, mocking her husbands death. In the case of threats against dr. Cody, he says the letters amounted to nothing more than the 25yearold expressing his constitutionally protected right to question and critique a public official. Its really unclear how any of the alleged conduct falls outside of the scope of First Amendment protection. Reporter in response, a District Attorneys Office sent ktvu a statement that means a quote, there is a major difference in disagreeing with the Public Officials decision with making criminal threats. Will prosecute anyone who crosses the line and tries to terrorize people for simply doing their job. He faces up to three years in prison, if convicted of sending those threatening letters to dr. Cody. He should never have the courage to sign the letters. Instead he sends them anonymously and scares the heck out of people. Again, is costing the county a lot of money. Reporter investigators were able to track him down for a fingerprint left on the letter sent to dr. Coney. Even though deputies released xers of the guns found in his home, he is now charged with the crime involving those weapons. He made a Court Appearance today. He was not granted bond. A superior court judge has barred the use of s. A. T. And a. C. T. Scores nuc student admissions. Regions had already taken a similar approach due to the pandemic. And may the regions voted to drop aptitude and American College test requirements. The move comes in response to the hardship of taking and preparing for the test during the pandemic. New tonight, the owner of a Bay Area Company that builds custom sheds says business is booming because of the pandemic. He says clients are looking to add space, or perhaps a home office, with so many students and parents working from home. One homeowner who just got a new shed told us his neighbors are considering it too. I talked to a lot of people and they were either looking into it or they have done it already, and they have plans to have their own shed put in. A walnut Creek Company called green sheds builds the custom sheds with recycled materials. The owner says demand is up about 95 and he is booked into next spring. Coming up, and 125yearold tree that has become an old friend to some. By city crews say it has to come down. Plus, the largest Wildfire Research center of its kind in the bay area. The effort to better understand , model and fight wildfires. And the forecast includes some dirty air and a warmup towards the weekend. Lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att my only job is to take great care of my patients. . Im empowered to do whats right for you. Our digital records mean your medical history is in one place, so i can give you great care. Your primary care doctor, your specialists. Its great we all Work Together as one team. Our integrated approach to health care helps my patients. I wouldnt trust my familys health care to anyone else. State officials today awarded a 50 Million Contract to a Software Company to design a tracking system capable of collecting more detailed data on the spread of the coronavirus. The move comes about a month after california disclosed its covid19 tracking system had produced inaccurate case numbers. The state health and Human Services secretary doctor mark galli says the Current System is not designed to handle the overwhelming workload that came with the pandemic. He says the new system will be built to handle a much higher volume of test results, negatives and positives. A new Wildfire Research center opened today at san jose state university. It is the first in the country and researchers say it is needed now more than ever. On the san jose state campus, this spaceage looking equipment is designed for magnifiers. Tuesday, the university launching the first of its kind. Academic wildfire interpreted Disciplinary Research center. For the last decade we have been focusing on fire weather and fire behavior. We really need to bring more expertise to the problem. Reporter he oversees a team of five professors, each focused on a different aspect of wildfires from ecology to fluid dynamics, behavior modeling to Remote Sensing to management and policy studies. Experts say the frequency is so called megafires, such as the multiple complex fires burning around the bay area. That will grow during the next decade, fueled in part by global warning. Firefighters already lion scientific modeling to guide their efforts, but the new centers and models use fine scale meteorology to protect when changes will come to weather and had topography. Stick my wildfires create their own weather. This is the only model in the world that can actually forecast how that impacts fire behavior. But can we help predict what the fire is going to do and try to get people evacuated before it really impacts their neighborhoods. Reporter researchers will study why and where people evacuate, the needs they have and why somebelieve that our homes nce showing that your home is more like you to survive if there is someone on the property to put out spot fires. Little ember fires. University Officials Say some research is being done on the lightning sparked czu and scu fire complexes. They say the work done here is another tool that they hope will help california and much of the west. And the heat is on this holiday weekend. We talked about it earlier. We will see an excessive heat watch in effect for saturday and sunday. Than the fire danger of course increases. We are not expecting fairwinds or diablo winds or that type of thing. Just by virtue it heats up and dries up. That a saturday and sunday, tomorrow is wednesday. Wednesday, thursday and friday slow kind of gradual warmup. Saturday you go its kind of and then sunday you go dang its hot. Is in the highs from today, mid 80s, or the hotspots. There is the fog, the spear the aryl or in effect for tomorrow and again on thursday. And it could last longer than that, and could master the weekend, too. Use of the smoke, the fog and hayes. As long as those fires smolder the smoke gets caught up in our prevailing winds and we get that. That is what we will see again tomorrow morning. Although, but you notice, it has gotten a little bit better pretty much in the last couple of days, just a little bit. As i mentioned before, it gets a lot better in the afternoon when the are calm stretches out to do the kind of thermal expansion of the call. It just warms up. When its like cool its like this and then all of the air sits in here. When you have air youve got a bigger . At that plan anyway. I think itll be a little bit tomorrow for everybody. Northbay has been having some issues too, but st. Marys has been getting we had a little bit harder. Fire print massive tomorrow morning, you see a there. And then you see the fog burn off. There is the fog in the you see the temperatures in the 70s and 80s, low 90s possible. Here is the south bay numbers, 82 in san jose, 89 in morgan hill and then the five day forecast. Heather holmes, there is the five day. Im hoping their quality in the city gets little bit better for you tomorrow. It should be a little bit better each day as we get towards freddy. Man that we can is going to be hot, thank you. One of the oldest trees in pleasanton is being removed because of safety concerns. City Officials Say the huge tree has developed an incurable fungus and has to be cut down. The eucalyptus tree is in alliance with hyde park. City Officials Say it will be removed by friday. The news is upsetting to many longtime residents who consider the tree like an alltime friend. In 1964 my office was next to this tree and i saw this tree all of these years. Reporter eucalyptus trees are notorious for setting branches and they say that the fungal issues make it a safety hazard. All right, mark is coming up next in sports with more on the giants recordsetting night in colorado. 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. Has a going, everybody. My give on his back with you. The giants make up for it by scoring about a weeks worth of runs tonight in colorado [ laughter ]. An historic evening. 23 runs, 27 hits and its yours with this guy, alex dickerson, his very first draft and absolute titanic left me shot. They say it wind 480 feet and guess what, he was just getting started. This time with a man on and it is really beginning against the rockies. Dickerson, the second is a two run shot. But he wasnt the only bat in the giants lineup exploding this evening. How about brandon crawford, that is a not too subtle nudge into the offensive category. A 3 have a 1 shot with six rbis tonight and then let the laughing out loud begin. Dickerson with his third home run takes it to right, he had six rbis, also two doubles. 16 total bases with ties for the alltime team record for most total bases in one game. Dont forget this guy, Donovan Solanos slaps it baird on the leftfield line. Is the First Time Ever the three teammates have had six rbis. They are more in the game. 23 runs, 27 hits, ties the giants team record and that is not a misprint, 235 is the final. Of lee they saved some of those for the afternoon games. Tomorrow the have to turn around and play those. The nba bubble ended the line for one team. It looks like the Boston Celtics are going to rid themselves of the toronto raptors, the defending champs beat them 10198 tonight. That is a 2zero mack laid for the celtics against the rafters. This is the one to watch, game seven here as Jamaal Murray in denver take on utah and Donovan Mitchell fast forward to the final 17 seconds. Jansen now only to mitchell, who all lined up turning the ball over. Instead of trying to run out the clock, denver pushes it and they miss a layup. The jazz will quickly come your way and mike conley will have a shot for the win at the buzzer and it will rim out, have you seen on the replay. Denver now versus the clippers in the western conference semi finals, great nba games tonight. And weve got a little time to go back to the giants game. He scored 23 runs, you figure nobody will be talking about anybody who made any defensive plays. Not so fast, check this out. Mike yastrzemski, the young diaz with a great catch rate there. Beautiful playwright there. He does something arena to help the cause. The giants are making a surprise run toward a playoff, but that Something Else to show you. Yes, vegas trying to close up. Vegas weaving his way for the goal, vancouver didnt come back to when it 21. Vegas leads the series 32. Hey. That staycation beards really taking shape, dad. chuckles its starting to trap food. Its gone from itchin to bitchin. 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