Skies today in san jose. The skies werent as orange there, but you can still see the thick of smoke around the city. Even at 12 30 this afternoon. Tom vacar is live in beauty county with the latest on the north complex fear that has for thuses of people to evacuate. We begin, though, with Cristina Rendon for a closer look at todays weird weather. Cristina in. Reporter well, julie, weird is right. Its still raining ash here in my backyard. The Patio Furniture is still covered in ash. It was the difference, he, this morning of that or an sky. It felt like night in the middle of the day. My wife said its yellow. Would say its more orange. Reporter wednesday felt like we woke up on a different planet, mars perhaps, or a world filled with falling ash . It looks like nighttime. Its insane. Reporter angela was a bit disoriented when her alarm went off. I woke up this morning and it was a really eerie feeling. I felt like did i mess up . Is it nighttime . Whats going on. Its disorienting. Feels kind of like armageddon. Reporter this is courtesy of the california wildfires. You can barely see the sun is just a Little Orange orb up there. Reporter their daily walks its disappointing, but it didnt hold us back. Some people find it just unhealthy to be here, but they choose not to. However, we are the healthy ones or maybe the stupid ones. [ laughter ] reporter the orange back drop make something appreciate the ordinarily blue skies. We are in end times. Looks like were in the apocalypse, like if you were in a zombie an pock a himself or the world was endings. Thats what it looks like right now. We have compiled pictures on our website at ktvu. Com, as well as on our social media pages. Julie . Some great photos, and a strange an pock a limittic is a good way to describe it. Bill, im 62, grew up in the bay area. I have never in my life seen anything like this. I woke up this morning, and it was dark out, and i checked my ipad, and it said 9 00. Thought theres in way its 9 00. So i checked my iphone. It said 9 00, and i thought theres still no way its 9 00, and i then oh, my god, did i sleep through the entire day and miss the 5 00 and the 6 00 news, and now im late for the 10 00 news . So i ran out into the living room and flipped on the tv, and i turned it to channel 2, because i know we have a 9 00 newscast, and there was gasia, and i thought holy cow, its 9 00 in the morning, but it looks like its 2 00 in the morning. Well, its funny you bring that up, frank. I was going to tell that story, but not same story. I got out of bed at 10 30 today, because i thought it was 7 30. It was bizarre. S that it was that kind of day most of my job as a meteorologist has been in its in this market for 35, 40 years doing weather in this area, university of california berkeley. So i started a long time ago. Most my job is to say listen, this is not normal. This is something ive never seen before. This is something not many people have ever seen before. What were seeing today, what weve seen today, is the first time really any of us have seeing some like this. I was up in patriots last year for that fire. Today is the closest imagery i have seen to Mount Saint Helens and the eruption. So this is a big deal. Ill show you this as we chat a little bit here. You see it in the upper atmosphere, the winds are bringing that smoke in on a northerly projectry. So the smoke is my. Thats why youre not spelling it as much. That smoke starts to fall out of the atmosphere, and thats why youre seeing ash on the ground. The smoke is going to continue to be a problem for the next day or so as it settles out of the upper atmosphere. Its really like a giant sunset, frank. When the sunsets and it goes down, exhibit yourself out at ocean beach looking towards the west. As it gets down low, its cutting through large layers, chunks of atmosphere, as opposed to when its high in the sky. Well, this is the like a giant sunset, except if the middle of the day, the atmosphere is so thick with smoke, that the atmosphere, the particulate matter is taking the rays of the sun and refracting them, that means bending them, into the orange and red spectrum. Its a sunset, basically, row guys, but just with a ton of smoke overhead in the middle of the day. So it is a big deal. Last thing, frank, i read a lot of history, and in history, they talk a lot about weather, california history in particular. California weather, when you read history books, even back in the 1700s, they talk about situationing like this. Fires then, they didnt put them out. So in the summer, they talk about smoke and the sun being blot out, and i think, yeah, i wonder if this is what they were talking about. The indians and the first native americans talk a lot about environments. His is the kind of thing that they were describing describing, and this and what were see with these many fires. I have friends up in oroville and patriots, theyre evacuating. No the town of paradise, but up towards skyway, theyre moving people out of there. Theyre scared. A lot of ptsd out there. This really freaks people out, so we have to be sensitive to that as well. Bill, what im curious about is why today. These fears have been burning now for several weeks. Why is it that all of a sudden today it looked like night when it was day . Okay. The smoke was coming in overhead. The winds were blowing out of the north. Thats where the red flag warning came into effect. The winds were Higher Elevation. Last night the winds were onshore at the surface, but above us. So that north wind is transporting all of that smoke from lets say the bear fire. Its coming from butte county all the way towards us, and then the wind dies, and now it stops, and now it falls down. Im sorry i didnt answer that right off the bat, frank, thats exactly what happened. No, but thats a great answer and that explains it. I have so many contacting me today saying what in the heck is going on in the bay area . Bill, well talk to you later in the newscast. Thank you. Dozens of wildfires are burning off along the west coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted this timelapse today that shows the view from their satellite of the fires burning in oregon and Northern California. You know see just how much smoke those fires are putting out. The bear fire burning out of control in butte county has now forced thousands of people to evacuate. That fair fire is part of the north complex fire which has burned nearly 200,000 acres since yesterday. You can see it is burning in the Plumas National forest and growing closer to the towns of paradise and oroville. Tom evacuation joins us Lake Oroville with the latest on the firefighter there. Tom, how is it going . Well, its still a very active fire. Last hour we showed how the towering smoke was coming out of the top of that mountain. Now you can see it has moved down the side of the mountain. From time to time, you will actually see large flick obvious light, which are, of course, flames burning up trees and stuff like that, but its creating so much smoke, and with these particular least conditions, its hard to see. My guess is when we come back to 6 00, we will probably see some more flames. The thing thats important with this fire, which started on october im sorry, started on august the 17th, and relentless, and now september winds could make it far, far worse. Majestic highway 162 that circles scenic Lake Oroville is not quite so majestic since pierce winds whipped up the bear fire overnight, threatening oroville proper, forcing mandatory evacuations in many nearby villages and hamlets. At one point, the fire was incinerating 2,000 acres an hour through steep pine for es, which went up like roman candles. It was so fast, it sounded like a jet flame, and it was fire 360 degrees around me. I had to go into a sheet metal shop on this property, and everything burnt to the ground, except for the shop. Reporter here is an object lessons in why fires so dangerous. When the wind calls down, the flames calm down, but when those winds come back up, theres plenty left to burn. Now that the winds are picking up a lot more fire activity, as you can see in the background. We hear a lot of popping, trees exploding and a lot of crashing, trees falling to the ground. Winds pick upped up creating faster moving flame walls that killed lots of trees. A major problem remains hot spots throughout the region that only need a stiff wind to become a raging fire again. His is the kind of fire we can expect now through early november, as diablo, and santa ana winds drive through the golden state, leaving back char and destruction behind. Its during september, october, and early november when california has seen its biggest, most destructive and deadliest fires historically year after year after year. Now for the next few days, weather forecasts up here, and the canyons, those light winds often turn into harsh winds, but probably not enough to really blow this thing up. However, having said that, the problem is it will still sit there and smolder, giving firefighters a chance to get some of the hot spot some better lines around this fire, but if any big winds come up, then were right back into the circus again, because the winds will throw embers everywhere, and thats what theyre afraid of. Those are just some incredible pictures of the flames. One of those shots, there was a home with a car right next to it, just up in flames, like an inferno. There are mandatory evacuation orders. Do you get a sense that people are heeding those warnings, and orders, and getting out of the way . Well, ive been up here for several fires, and for the potential dam problem, and theyre very independent folks up here. Yeah, a lot of people leave because they have good sense. A lot of people are really tough up here, and they dont want to leave, and its kind of hard to force them, especially when theyre hiding out and stuff like that. So we did see beyond where youre not suppose today go, we saw some civilians that were stick big their properties, but most of the people have left. However in every case ive ever covered these big fires, a lot of people stay behind, because they want to try to defend their properties, because in many cases, its the biggest investment they have. Well, we hope everyone stays safe. Tom, thank you. The town of paradise, which was ravaged by the campfire back in 2018, essentially destroyed by that fire, is in the sights of the north complex fire. Evacuation warnings in effect for parts of paradise in butte county. Our crew got this footage today in paradise. You know see the quiet streets and the gutwrenching sight of homes under construction there. The deadly campfire killed 85 people, and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes. Here in the bay area, contain system up on the three largest fires currently burning in the region. The lnu lightning complex fire burning in napa, yolo, sonoma, and lake counties has charred more than 363,000 acres, and tonight is 98 contained. The scu lightning complex fire in contra costa, alameda, santa clara, stanislaus, and sunday walker counties has burned more than 396,000 acres. And the czu lightning complex fire in santa cruz and san mateo counties has tore through more than 86,000 acres and right now it is 83 contained. Well have more on the fire danger and the smoky skies tonight. Coming up at 5 30, well hear from the experts about the Health Effects of the poor air quality weve seen for more than three weeks now. Plus, pg e is working to restore power in the north bay after this years first round of Public Safety power shutoffs. An update on their progress after the break. And Governor Newsom takes action to help Small Businesses. The bill he sign ed today to keep businesses afloat through the pandemic. So are we. Prudential helps 25 Million People with their financial needs. With over 90 years of investment experience, our thousands of Financial Professionals can help. Go to prudential. Com or talk to an advisor. Your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. Well, dr. Farrell, it feels really good. Thats good. And. Im sorry. Baby, dont touch that. I dont want you to play with that. singing twinkle, twinkle little star. How i wonder what you are. still singing up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. Im so glad that your shoulder is feeling better. But, how are you doing . Im hanging in there. Schedule a video visit with your doctor. And get quality care with no copay. 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It was all part of an effort to deep is equipment from sparking a wildfire during the dry windy conditions. Christien kafton jones us with the latest numbers in napa and sonoma counties. Christien . Yeah, julie, more than 100,000 Northern California power customers had their power shut off in that latest psps. 23,000 of them right here in the bay area. Ive been in contact with pg e throughout the day. They say that 97 of Sonoma County residents have had their power restored. 41 of Sonoma County residents have had their power restored. They hope to have 100 restored sometime tonight barring any discoveries of any damage to those power lines before they reenergize them. With dark skies around the bay area. Parts of sonoma and napa counties had to get by without lights and power, because of the latest Public Safety power shutdown from pg e, the utility saying the shutdown was necessary because fire conditions so were dangerous. We dont want to shut off the power, but the conditions that were forecasted were so extreme that we felt like we had to shut off the power for safety. Pg e saying its taking Lessons Learned last year and trying to make the Power Outages shorter in duration and smaller in scope, sayings have been out inspecting lines by truck and on foot. The all clear coming the wednesday afternoon, and pg e saying that has helped accelerate line inspection and restore power. So now we have gotten the to go ahead start flying our health comes in inspect those lines in the Higher Elevation areas in he rough terrain areas we cant necessarily inspect with people on the ground. The psps shutdown impacting customers ability to run lights, and air conditioners for the heat and to clear the air. In santa rosa, one grill said that the Power Outages forked them to use generators to keep the refrigerators running, trying to keep their doors open in the midst of a pandemic. Its a hassle, back and forth all the time. First with covid19, and then we got the shutoffs. Were just trying to do our best to keep up with everything. Pg e saying it understands how inconvenient the shutoffs are, by saying it is essential, and had to make a decision between shutting down power, or run the risk of energized lines starting another wildfire. Weve learned a lot from our mistakes from last year. This year, think youll notice that they are shorter, smaller, and smarter. The utility is continues its work to inspect those lines, tries to restore as much power as it can to customer as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, pg e said at this time there are no planned psps shutdowns in the immediate future. Christien kafton, ktvu no objection news. All right, christien, thank you. Were back on smoke watch. We all experienced it today. I want to mention again, that smoke comes in on that. Basic lay lot of this in this smoke is from the bear fire, so the smoke comes in, and normally with that wind blowing, it keeps coming down the coast, and here the winds shut off, and then this dies down, just went away, right . All right. Huh. Oh, here it is. All right. All right. Theres a microphone. Wow. That was an effort. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] okay. Thats what happens when you do weather out of the garage. Were back. Sorry, jules. The smoke dies out, and now whats happening is that smoke it just kind of comes out of the atmosphere, and thats what were seeing now. You can see where the main fires are involved. Thats up around the paradise area. All of that smoke coming down. Its going to be a nasty set up tomorrow. Were looking at winds in the fire zones right now more southwesterly. That indicates that were not seeing as much of a direction, wind direction coming our way. So julie, bisquely what i just said, smoke was right over us. Bad air quality, and now were getting different wind direction and an opportunity for this smoke to kind of keep on moving more towards the east now. Yeah, we were all talking about it. So strange out there today, and bill, way to make it work in the garage. We can hear you now, and it was good in the second part. Thanks. Well see you in a little bit. A black lives matter sign that was vandalizeddous odd a church in fremont over the weekend has now been removed. It was part of an art installation at niles church which honors black people who have been killed in incidents racial violence. The church said someone spray painted over the word black, and then above it spray painted the word all twice. The church has placed a note where the sign was displayed, explaining what happened. Fremont police are investigating. Did President Trump purposely downplay the coronavirus back in february . Up next tonight, new tapes released today set social media ablaze. How the president is defending them. And coming up on ktvu news at 6 00, Oakland Police announce arrests in multiple homicide cases as officers recover a cache of guns. Plus sad news for fans of the 60s music group cool and the gang as one of the co founds has died. Ns, the owner of Hawkins House bur. My grandparents came here in 1939 and weve been serving this community for over 80 years. My dad always said, take care of your community and they will always take care of you. And they have done so. Through the ups and through the downs. My name may be on this building, but this place belongs to all of us. We sand my heart fell. Oke i knew wed lose our home. And we did. Over 24,000 homes have been destroyed by wildfires in the past few years. Wildfire victims need help so im voting yes on 19. It limits property taxes on wildfire victims so families can move to a replacement home without a tax penalty. You never know what youll be faced with. Please, vote yes on 19. There are now more than 739 case of 739,000 cases of covid 19 here in california. And 13,841 people have died here in our state since the start of this pandemic. That includes 83 people who died yesterday from the virus. Governor newsom signed a bill today meant to help Small Businesses affected by the coronavirus restrictions. The governor was joined by salinas state senate anna, who co ottered the bill. It will give a new tax break for companies that rehire employees who have been laid off during the pandemic. One of the most pressing and important issues this state needs to face is the state of Small Businesses, and the imperative andism importance that we do everything in our power to support our Small Businesses all throughout the state of california that have been hampered and hammered by this pandemic. Under the bill, companies could receive a 1,000 tax credit for each employee they rehire, and a max numb of tion,000 in tax credits. . 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The book entitled rage is out next tuesday. We all saw the skies today made it seem like was still the middle of the night, even though it was midmorning. Up next, we hear from an expert about what caused todays unusual orange glow. Also, a good sign for b. A. R. T. In the midst of this pandemic. Why they are adding more trains. And more problems with the states unemployment department. People in the bay area getting otherin other peoples edd mail. While others have been waiting months to get their benefits. . Im a taxpayer, im off. This is tax identity being wasted. The identity and fraud concerns coming up next. Hey, my twitter is blowing up dear jack box, bring back the spicy chicken strips, still waiting for the spicy chicken strips, so many about spicy chicken strips. Wow, i hear you. So im bringing back my juicy 100 allwhite meat spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99 is it the juicy 100 allwhite meat . Or because you can spice them up or cool them down . Or because a little birdie told me you wanted them back really bad. Get my spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99. More now on the unusual skies weve seen today in all corners of the bay area. These are pictures from a viewer in concord. They say ash was falling from the sky this morning. You can see the bright orange skies, and also the thick layer of ash that was left on their car. And it was even orange along the coast this afternoon. Many people describe the season as apocalyptic. These are photos from pacifica. You can see the bright orange sky and thick clouds above the water. And in san francisco, the lights on the pyramid and other buildings in the financial direction were still turned on when this video was taken at 9 30 this morning, because it still looked like it was only about 2 00 in the morning. This is literally a dark day in the bay area, and one that has left many people wondering what is causing these unusual skies and whether its harmful to be outdoors. Rob roth talked with some experts, and rob is here now with what theyre telling him. Rob . Frank, whats going on outside is giving new meaning to the phrase where did the day go. And the answer has to do with smoke and the marine layer. No, this is not an orange tinted sunset in berkeley. This video was taken early wednesday afternoon. The bay area is some shrouded in eerie darkness. Were seeing a lot of smoke concentration over the bay area from fires across our state. Reporter Bay Area NationalWeather Services brian garcia broke done foreign us what is going on, as the sunlight map of Northern California shows, smoke from the fires in Mendocino County has been blowing in by winds traveling from north to south instead of east to west, which has been the case this week. Randy said that smoke is high in the atmosphere, which is why we havent spelled it. On top of that, a marine layer is sitting between the smoke and the ground. The sun is trying to get through them, and the sun is being absorbed by this gray and dark material. What were left with is this orange glow outside. So its like a me. Ial sunset. Today just ended up being that right side up and the right spot for the bay area to experience this intense kempt of smoke in the upper atmosphere. Reporter its the 23rd consecutive spare the air day. The previous streak was 14 days set two years ago due to the campfire. Were not expecting to see a full unhealthy episode today. Reporter dr. Ron burrow in oakland said breathing the ash many are finding on their cars and backyards could be more of a problem than the darkness, along with the sheer number of days of unhealthy air. Now that youve had it for 23 straight days, theres a persistent inin a mace and challenge to peoples systems so thats a problem. Frank . S so so bizarre out there this morning. Thank you. Its extremely frustrating, because theres nothing i can do about it. It keeps happening. People who never applied for unemployment getting award letters, checks, and debit cards in the mailboxes, and others who did apply, getting dozens of letters addressed to other people. Ktvu is tracking case of potential Identity Theft and fraud involving the States Employment development department. Brooks jarvis has been taking a deeper look at this growing problem. Brooks . The state has given out 77 billion in Unemployment Benefits since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but the numbers just arent adds up, and neither are the names and the addresses on some of the edd mail. Its all points to a system failure and increasing fraud. As a retired police officer, eric found it suspicious. Mail from californias Employment Development department sent to his address with someone elses name on it. I dont know how they got my address. Ive never filed for unemployment in my life. Reporter he reported it to edd, but then another letter offering pandemic Unemployment Benefits for up to 17,550 dollars, hit and could be delivered through the mail by check or debit card. If i wasnt an honest person and not this mail, i could have filled that box out, signed a name, taken that atm card, but a hat on or something and started spending. Reporter instead, he contacted the Danville Police department. Investigators havent gotten far, especially with edd, but he isnt alone. Supply dont know who these people are. Reporter jason lives in South San Francisco and said dozens of peoples edd mail show up at his address day after day. This is not my mail. Reporter he has no idea what happened to his edd benefits. Once an uber driver, he filed for help months ago. Im paying interest on some of my debts, so, like, you know, i need the money. I cant wait much longer. Reporter the governor addressing those concerns said the problems arent unique to california. This is unacceptable. But so is the condition of the system when we inherited it. Dont look at that as an excuse, but i can assure you this, having talked to almost every governor in this country, they were experiencing similar challenges with their systems that were not designed for the kind of level of activity this pandemic has advanced. Reporter data shows 12 million claims have been filed with edd since march, and the state has paid out 77 billion. The question is where did it all go . There is nothing more important going on than getting people their checks on time and preventing fraud. Reporter mike is an attorney and edds former director. He was alarmed at recent numbers. More than 4,000 pandemic employment assistance claims were filed in one week, more than half of all claims acrossfy country. While our numbers are higher, Unemployment Rate is higher than the nations, not by this amount. Some element of fraud strongly appears to be going on. Reporter he said that california makes up 11 of the civilian labor force, but 58 of all claims. That is a huge red flag. There is something wrong in california. Reporter that red flag has also caught the attention of 40 lawmakers, calling for an emergency audit of edd. The governor also launched an investigation and assembled a strike force to look specifically at payment of claims. Still, problems persist. This is what my constituent got just in two days. Today i counted 97 total. Reporter the edd actenninged fraudsters exploiting the system, saying in a statement our investigators are working with local, state, and federal partners in exbodying fraudulent schemes thats core of these multiple claims. It has accelerated during the pandemic, largely because of the amount of morning at stake. Reporter and its unsetting to to those left waiting or wondering why they received unsluicisted money in their mailbox. Im a taxpayer. Im off. This is taxpayer money just being wasted. We took the names sent on the mail to those wrong addresses and tried to track some of those people down. Every Single Person i spoke with said they never even applied for edd benefits. So now many of them are fearing their personal information could be in the hands of fraudsters now. Yeah, you can understand why it is so frustrating to so many people. Brooks, thank you. A critical vote is set to take place tomorrow in the u. S. Senate on another coronavirus stimulus relief bill. The republican proposal needs 60 votes to move forward, but on that likely, because it does not have support from democrats. It includes 300 a week in added Unemployment Benefits. More than 250 billion for a second round of paycheck protection program. And provides 105 billion to help schools reopen. It leaves out 100 stimulus checks and money for the u. S. Postal service which is supported by democrats. Raid share democrats protest against uber. Why they say the companys new Antiracism Campaign is hypocritical. Also, President Trump has been nominated for a nobel peace prize. Why a member of the Norwegian Parliament said our president is worthy of the prize. And a 17yearold girl just months away from graduating from high school now fighting for her life after a car crash on her way home from work. How a good san mateo may have saved her life. Fly card dog a new research poll, joe biden leads President Trump in six key battleground states biden holds a narrow lead in arizona, florida, michigan, north carolina, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. His edge over President Trump in those states is unchanged from two weeks ago, before the Republican National convention. Rideshare drivers held a protest today to protest ubers antiracism billboards say they are hypocritical. The billboards say if you tolerate race imdelete uber. The protesters say they are hypocrite critical because of ubers support for prop 22 which would make them except from californias gig worker law. According to protesters, uber drivers which are a majority of minority drivers, would be negatively affected. The track record is filled it inhumane misdeeds. Uber hasnt commented on the protest. The company pledged 10 million to support black owned businesses. Starts next week, b. A. R. T. Will have more training running during the morning and evening commutes. B. A. R. T. Cut service when rider ship plummeted during the start of the pandemic. Trains will run more frequently and earlier in the morning. Told me pull over, make sure everything is okay. An offduty san quench sergeant pulls over to help a 17yearold girl after she was in a chad car crash. Well hear from the good san mateo about how he helped save her life. Superfast internet. Its a beautiful thing. Superfast internet with an xfinity flex 4k streaming device included . Even beautifuler. And now flex also comes with peacock. Ooh la la. This rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, shows, news, sports and more. And with flex, its all at your beck and call. Show me parks and rec see . The best really did get better magnificent. Switch to xfinity internet and get a flex 4k streaming device with peacock premium included for no additional cost. A 17yearold girl in the hospital after because critically injured in a crash in a freeway on the east bay. It happened on i80 in richmond near mcdonald avenue. We spoke to the Good Samaritan who stopped to help and who the family is calling a hero. Reporter 17yearold alace is had just finished her shift in albany friday night. About 10 15 got worried. Its not like her to be late. Reporter she call go ahead he daughters cellphone. Something told me to pull over. Reporter he had just gotten off a shift at san quentin prison when he came across the crash. He said she was alive, but she bass not doing well. And i could hear her gasping for air. He was saying alyssa, here is your mom, hang on alyssa. Reporter the Good Samaritan stayed on the phone and kept her airway open. Flores said he is a hero and her angel on earth. And words will never express what he did to save her. Hes the reason she is he fighting for her life. I just felt like i stopped and helped, and thats it. Reporter he doesnt consider himself a hero. She is on a ventilator in the icu. She is not responding to commands. Reporter a promising lively now on hold. Alyssa is the oldest of four children, sent to graduate in january from hercules high, steak classes at Contra Costa College in hopes of being a child psychologist. Flores is a pediatric nurse at kaiser. Her medical pack ground at times makes things more challenging. Part of it is helping and hindering, because as a nurse, you know what happened. Reporter here is look at the honda civic. Traffic had slowed because of another crash in the opposite direction. The other driver stayed on the scene, but the chp is asking for any other witnesses to come forward. Im hoping for a full recovery and to meet her under better conditions. That san quentin sergeant tells me his gps gave him a different route to avoid congestion, but he believes define intervention caused him to talk his normal route. Here we are at the airport. These coastal sections with that fog and then add the smoke in, and some of the areas like pacifica and half moon bay, it looked like night. At least the pictures i saw. It looked even more intense than what we were experiencing in some of the inland locations. Want to show you this. This is the wind patterns right now. Thats a southwest wind generally. Right . Thats at the upper elevations. Last night the wind was doing this. Thats why it was coming from the north, in the upper elevations. Well, his subpoena around about 8,000 feet here, this wind. So thats good, right . It will start moving that smoke. Thats good. Now lets go down a click to the next level. no audio . Coronavirus cases are still spiking on college campuses. Ill have details coming up. And coming up on ktvu news at 6 00, we are continuing to track the bay areas ominous orange glow, including more footage captured from all across the bay area. Plus Oakland Police announced a series of arrests in four unrelated homicides, as officers seize a cache of weapons. It was just a get together with friends. No big deal. Everybody felt fine. But now im super sick. Everyone is sick. I just wish we had been more careful. It would have been easier than this. So wear a mask. Do what you can outside. Stay six feet apart. Because some things you just cant take back. Do your part to lower the risk. Your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. Well, dr. Farrell, it feels really good. Thats good. And. Im sorry. Baby, dont touch that. I dont want you to play with that. singing twinkle, twinkle little star. How i wonder what you are. still singing up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. Im so glad that your shoulder is feeling better. But, how are you doing . Im hanging in there. Schedule a video visit with your doctor. And get quality care with no copay. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. The u. S. Plans to pull more than 2200 american troops out of iraq in the copping weeks. That would still leave 3,000 american soldiers there. The top u. S. Commander in the most today said it is due to confidence in the Iraqi Security forces increased ability is to operate independently. The drawdown comes as the u. S. Military shifts some of its resources from iraq to other areas. Im not as concerned about the actual troop numbers. I think a lot of those troops, we do need to see a shift and focus on what i believe is the greatest threat to the united states, and thats the chinese communityist party. The centurylink also expected to announce a reduction in the 8600 troops still in afghanistan. The president said he would like to cut that number by more than 4,000. President trump has been nominate the 2021 nobel peace prize. It was made by a member of the Norwegian Parliament, the nomination. Under Nobel Committee rules, members of National Assemblies can nominate a candidate. The same member nominated President Trump in 201 for18 for meeting with the north korean dictator. A rally at the reno airport has been canceled. It was set for this saturday inside a hanger with 5,000 people set to attend. The owner of the hanger had to cancel, after the Airport Authority told them was a violation of the states restrictions on large public gatherings. The white house said President Trump plans to travel to nevada anyway. Cases of coronavirus are spiking on many college campuses. Jonathan tells us that is leading to new concerns about s virus. More than 190,000 deaths in the u. S. , and the coronavirus outbreak is still spreading. Were see big spikes on dozens of college caniouses, including indiana university, confirming more than 1300 cases since august 22nd, and Arizona State university. Some professors and students say they dont feel safe on campus because administrators arent keeping us informed. Theyre not providing us on information to make sense of them. Reporter meanwhile, hundreds of schools across the country are reopening this week, most with a hybrid system, but there were some rocky starts with virtual classrooms. In hartford, connecticut, classes delayed by two days after a Ransomware Attack impacted some school systems. We are often the subject of cyber attacks. This was, however, the most expensive and significant attack that the city has been subject to. Reporter Public Health officials are now predicting a second surge of cases in the fall, and theyre urging folks to avoid large gatherings like the sturgis motorcycle rally in south dakota, which has been labeled a super spreader event, but south dakota governor Christie Noem tells fox news thats not true. 124 cases that were died to the turnic motorcycle back rally out of a half a Million People that came . So what they have done here is a completely falls. Reporter the tsa screened nearly a million passengers on friday in Labor Day Holiday traveling. 2020 keeps on giving with one of the strangest days in memory. Smoky skies blocked the sunlight, turning day into night across much of the bay area. Its crazy. The street lights are on around my house. It looks like its nighttime. Its insane. Headlights on at noon today, street lights, as well, and ash falling from the sky, plus body clocks disrupted, and for many a sense of being completely out of sync. An odd day to be sure. The smoky skies we have seen for days turned home us in today with the sun barely able to shine through. San francisco looked more like an instagram filter with its orange glow this afternoon. This photo was sent to us from shawn. You can see the lights on the bay bridge, as long as the street lights along the embarcadero all turned on in the middle of the afternoon. And acrossed the bay in berkeley, illuminated by the orange haze. This photo was taken around 10 00 this morning by jay, a ktvu viewer. And the peninsula no different. Kerry banks shared this photo showing the orange tin emergency smoke as far as the eye can see. And the north bay is not immune, even as the sonoma coast. You can see goat rock surrounded by that glow. This is at the mouth of the russian