Skies got worse today, prompting advisories to stay indoors and keep windows closed. The smoke is considered very unhealthy in some areas and unhealthy everywhere else. Here is a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge tonight. You will have to take our word for it because you can barely see it. You can see how thick the smoke is at this hour. Our reporter begins our coverage. For people who have to work outside, exposure is really unavoidable. Reporter you really have to feel for people who are out stuck in it, or have respiratory problems. Whats the Tipping Point for smoke exposure . It turns out that answer is murky too. Servers may not have a choice, the customers do. My hunger is overcoming the dangerous, i guess. Make this dad and daughter aware smoke is bad for them. Yes, so is the pollution and Everything Else in the air. Is bothering me, i just dont think it should inhibit my life in any way. Reporter but modify is exactly what doctors order. With West Coast Air quality they warned dont risk it. Those particles just to go right through this mask. The mass does not capture them. Reporter vinnie jaw is a pulmonologist and says only n95s can keep tiny particles from the lungs. You may not be able to find one, but the second best is just avoidance. Reporter eating out, not something he would do. You can get symptoms pretty quickly. The irritated eyes, sore throat, cough. Reporter those are signs of inflammation in the body. Until the numbers drop, its best to avoid long walks or bike rides since exertion requires more air. In terms of the number of hours one can be out in order to be safe when its in the red zone, or in the purple zone, that information is not known. Thats why we say, minimize it. Weve been out here in the smoke. Reporter the san rafael tree service is still out on jobs, but gives workers the option. If they dont want to work, they dont have to go out in the stuff. We will let a guy go home as paid. Reporter like grocery workers fetching shopping carts , or letter carriers getting the mail delivered, and please with sustained exposure are most at risk. A little bit hard to breathe with the ash and everything, but we have to work. We have to. Weve been trying to hang tough and make it through this, im praying the wind will start blowing and blow it all the way. Its just weird. Reporter weird it is. And dr. Joss as we really need to trust air quality ratings and adjust our activities because appearances and everything. That orange sky earlier in the week was actually better healthwise than what weve experienced in the past few days. Thats so crazy to think of. Its a good reminder that just because the sky looks better, doesnt mean that our quality is better, thank you. The poor air quality has forced the cancellation of some services and attractions. Even the 49ers debut is questionable at this point. Reporter this airquality problem really began as more of a nuisance, but it has transformed into something that is downright dangerous for a lot of people, especially those with respiratory problems. Another thing that its done, it has forced some people and agencies to really respond all of this in ways like weve never seen before. Folks, its smoke all over the place, north, south, east or west. Reporter in our quality expert issuing the big picture view of what many are seeing with their own eyes, and a clear of unhealthy, smoky air that is difficult to escape and making some sick. I felt congestion and attic and everything. Reporter in oakland, for the first time ever, the city has responded by creating respite centers, sanctuaries where people can temporarily escape the bad air. Mainly focused on our seniors and homeless populations, those that cannot get out of the bad air easily. Reporter the Diamond Library and a Senior Center are two locations chosen specifically because of their air filtration systems. Susan took advantage of the opportunity, saying the smoky, warm air made it uncomfortable at home. I have a very sensitive respiratory system and it kills me. It basically kills me, so i try not to be out in it as much as i can. Reporter the city of berkeley postpone fridays trash collection for at least a day and also close its recycling center, giving outdoor workers a break. Golden Gate NationalRecreation Area has temporarily closed alcatraz, mere woods and four point. The danger is in the data, with airquality index numbers and cities registering in the mid to hundreds, well above the good zone that tops out at 50. Airquality right now, widespread, is very unhealthy. Closed friday afternoon could potentially remain closed for the 49ers Season Opener sunday. Thats a fair quality doesnt improve. My understanding as if it gets to 200 thats on the nfl will really start his guessing what to do with the game. Im kind of upset, but it is what it is. Safety is first. Reporter unprecedented times calling for unprecedented action. Really all any of us can do is try to be as patient as possible, take the necessary precautions and just be mindful that this is temporary. The coverage continues at ktvu. Com and our meteorologist will join us in about 15 minutes to show us when some of the smoke might start to lift. They lowered the death toll down from 10 to 9. Sherriff sent what investigators that were a set of remains turned out to be a body of a skeleton used for study. North complex zone fire is burning north of oroville and its 5 contained. 19 people are reported missing. Authorities are trying to keep residents out of evacuated areas until its safe for them to come back. In the meantime, cal fire said improved weather is helping them build containment lines. 2020 is now the worst fire season on record in california for lost acreage. Firefighters are battling 28 largescale fires in the state and many smaller ones. Governor newsom said today the debate is over on climate change, accelerating the states already Ambitious Goals to produce greenhouse gases. Ucs professor Scott Stephen says last month lightning storms astonished him. That is really unprecedented. We had lightning like 2008, but that hit the sierra nevada, the claimant mountains, not in the bay area. Most fire scientists also believe the state needs to do far better managing vegetation. There have been more than 7700 fires in california this year, consuming close to 3. 2 million acres. In oregon the governor says dozens of people are missing from the large wildfires burning across the state now. Reports of missing people are coming from Southern Oregon in the northern part of the state near the capital of salem. At least four people have been killed and some 500,000 residents have been evacuated statewide. Hundreds of firefighters were aided by helicopters driving fire retardant and water today, fighting to keep large wildfires from merging into the most opulent parts of oregon, including suburbs. Tonight, two dollars and lay along the new york city skyline as the nation marks 19 years since the deadly attacks of september 11th. Todays ceremonies were held across the country to remember that nearly 3000 people killed. President trump, joe biden and their running mates all paused to remember. Reporter on this 19th anniversary of 9 11, President Trump honor the passengers and crew of flight 93. 40 towering patriots rosa, took charge and made their stand and turn the tide and change the course of history forever. Reporter flight 93 crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania. Its thought for the crew and passengers were down the plane have been hijacked to the u. S. Capital. Nearly 3000 people who died in pennsylvania, new york and the pentagon that day were honored with a moment of silence. A few miles away in virginia, the ceremony remembering those who died, when another plane crashed into the pentagon. Democratic Vice President ial candidate, harris spoke at this event for the Fairfax County fire and rescue, one of many teams who rushed to the pentagon that day. If we learned anything watching the heroes of 9 11, its that the strength of the human spirit knows no bounds. Reporter Vice President mike pence spoke to survivors and their families in new york by reciting the bible 23rd psalm. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden attended the same ceremony, where he and pence showed a covid aware elbow bump. Leader in the day biden visited the shanksville site, as the president did. The elbow bump between pence and biden is the closest any of these candidates onto each other in quite a while in a rare moment on a rare day of unity. The city of san rafael continues to honor residents who died that day. On 438 attic gated garden sits with flowers and a plaque that reads, her courage gives us strength, her bravery gives us hope. Will always remember. I do know that she was on the plane on 9 11 in the morning and it was going down and she made several calls to let people know the situation and she was three months pregnant. Warren made a call to her husband who left one message from the plane. She was on her way to San Francisco when the hijacked plane crash in pennsylvania. Coming up, nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. See how they pay tribute to colleagues who died of covid 19. Up next, new research from the cdc on restaurants and weather taking your mask off to enjoy a meal raises your risk of coronavirus. 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We went from having tablecloths to plastic coverings that we disinfect in between every guest. Reporter from the kitchen cooks to staff and customers, masks are mandatory, except while eating or drinking. A new study by the centers for Disease Control suggests there is a higher risk for in person dining that some other community activities, such as shopping or salons. The researchers compared data from adults who tested positive for covid19 with a control group that tested negative. Those who tested positive for more than 10 times as likely to have eaten onsite in a restaurant in the preceding two weeks. Reporter dr. Jennifer lawson at Stanford University is one of the researchers. She said the study did not explore one big distinction. This study did not look at the difference between indoor and outdoor dining, but i think thats going to be an important followup question. Reporter Public Health experts now one big difference between dining and entering a shopping mall, religious gathering or salon. If youre getting a Manicure Pedicure you can still wear a mask. Reporter dr. John schwartzberg, a Public Health expert at uc berkeley says the study did not impact table spacing, air circulation and other precautionary protocols. All restaurants are not the same. If you have a restaurant with excellent air circulation moving it away from people, exchanging the are frequently in your room, thats probably a much lower risk. I feel like as long as i am able to distance in the air is flowing i feel safer. Each of us has to make an individual decision. Bottom line, the Research Says if you want to minimize your risk, offer take out or delivery. They say the data really emphasizes the reasons why its important to comply with masking, social distance and other Public Health guidelines. Young children can contact covid19 and spread the virus to adults without ever showing any symptoms. Thats according to another new study published today. The report details covid19 outbreaks in three childcare facilities in utah from april to july. Researchers said the findings are timely as Daycare Centers and schools reopen across the country. A growing number of children are being diagnosed with the virus. A vigil honoring fallen nurses was held tonight. The online event paid tribute to more than 200 nurses who have passed from covid19 while carrying for patients battling the same violence. Janine potter was one of the nurses on her tonight. Worked out Center HealthMedical Center for 24 years before covid to her life. Nurses say the Healthcare Industry and federal government have failed them. Coming up, an arrest in disappearance and killing of a vallejo woman. And in bay area weather, still tracking haze and smoke in here saturday. Heading into next week the power changes and i think you might like the forecast. Ni munchies with marinara or ranch. vo my name is cynthia hawkins, the owner of Hawkins House of burgers. 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. Try my 4 mini munchies with marinara or ranch. Back at jack in the box. New at 11 00, a vacaville man is behind bars on suspicion of homicide. 28yearold victor sarah 10 oh was taken into custody this morning in santa clara. He was booked into Solano County jail on a no go warrant for a homicide. He is suspected of killing Priscilla Castro of vallejo. The 32yearold was reported missing by her family august 18th. Detectives learned castro had traveled to vacaville august 16th for a date with the suspect. Officers discard absurd a body in a rural area of Solano County september 2nd. It was later confirmed to be Priscilla Castro. Police in palo alto are asking for the publics help to locate a sex crimes suspect. They are hoping these two questions will generate some tips here. The man is between 40 and 50 years old, about five a nine inches tall. On labor day a man resembling these images approached two women. He exposed himself to one and touched the other inappropriately as she was sleeping. Both incidents happen on labor day. The first occurred at El Camino Park in camino real. The other happened at Timothy Hopkins present park on palo alto avenue as the victim napped with her boyfriend. When the boyfriend challenged the suspect, he took off. Anyone with information should contact palo alto police. In bay area weather so much has happened over the past week. Remember last week . We are talking about the extreme heat wave in the bay area and the fires and smoke. Now this weekend we are not talking about any reds like fire warnings, no extreme heat. Still, we are dealing with the smoke as we head into saturday and possibly her sunday. Take a look at the satellite pictures of the past few days. Us was wednesday, a really dark sky day with the orange color in the sky. Its thursday, the smoke drifting closer to the surface and basically the same story for today as the smoke layer has dropped to sea level. We have seen air quality levels come down quite a bit. We are in the unhealthy and very unhealthy range. That will likely be the case as we head into your saturday. Here is the satellite, thats not cloud cover overhead. Thats on the smoke drifting in and having a huge impact on their quality centers. Right now we are showing a bunch of reds for santa rosa, napa, fairfield and vacaville. Any indicating unhealthy air for tonight. San francisco in livermore toward fremont and redwood city. The spare the air alert continues right on through monday. Is of the projected levels for tomorrow. Unhealthy and very unhealthy levels once again. Theres really nothing to mix out the smoke. As a result, we are going to have to deal with this at least into your saturday. You can see what happens though. This forecast model is hinting there may be a change later in the day on sunday. That would be a welcome change. Its always so tough to forecast lows. Current numbers right now in the 50s and 60s. We have the smoke and fog and an intense fogernight lows will in the 50s to around 60 degrees. Areas of fog, haze and smoke, you can see temperatures for tomorrow morning. And into the afternoon hours were showing you those brighter colors to reflect warmer temperatures out there. Some lower 80s for your forecast for tomorrow. Here is your weekend and then into next week we are talking about the warmup out there. I guess i wouldnt have enough time for the five day. But i would say the five day were talking about is 80s to the weekend and improving air quality heading into next week. Coming up after the break, sports director mark ibanez with the latest on positive covid tests. Up first, a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza on this smoke in a. In just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together. So youre a smallher. Businor 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. Nobody escapes the strangeness of 2020. Giants have done a great job with all of their precautions and protocols with regard to covid19. The game down in san diego tonight with the padres postponed minutes before it was scheduled to start. In fact, you can see their manager gabe kapler come out. He was looking like they didnt know what was going on at the time. The giants confirmed one of their players tested positive. They actually had to make sure the players didnt return to the clubhouse is. Both teams are in the stands for a while until they figured out what the next move is. My best guess is the entire series will be postponed with the padres. Dont expect the giants back in action proudly until tuesday at the earliest. Ever be healthy with the as and bob melvin master at making sure it stays that way. Luis garcia of the rangers locked to the first three and then matt olson clears the bases. 13th homerun of the year, second grand slam, fords admin shot murphy later in a mammoth shot him a disabled 464 feet that got everybodys attention. The dugout, the cameraman had wondered where it went. Robbie grossman later homered 106 as. They have won five of their last six games. Nba bio bubble, the clippers , while they kind of fell asleep in the second half and blew a big lead against denver. The nuggets stayed alive, despite kawhis 36 points, that series is still elliott 32. Game to see the, game seven, Boston Celtics in the rafters. Boston up six when kemba walker hit jaylen brown with a beautiful past. He slipped, but he is okay staying in the game. A key sequence here with under a minute left. Norman pound scream to the hoop, only maurkice with a great play, blocking billy emily to save the day 9287. Celtics prevail, the defending champs from toronto are done. It will be boston and miami in the eastern final. Friday night with the videos. We have a little time to check this out as we take a look at what im going to call a walk on water basketball trick. This is Edwin Fernandez with the trick shot. Nice bucket there after his walk on the water. And we cannot have a sports cast on this day without paying tribute to the people who lost their lives on 9 11. Volunteer firefighter mike bruno climbs 110 floors on his stair climber in full uniform to help honor those we lost on 9 11. That is a nice tribute and that is the sporting life for a friday night. Andre and christina, i miss both of you. I hope to see you soon in the studio. Hey, buddy. Nothing sorry. Habit. Im not actually doing anything wrong. Just checking to see if i got into a. S. U. Without us . guys, get in here its happening claire phil saw videos online of families celebrating the moment their kid got into college. For pure drama, you cant beat that thing when an entire familys nervous anticipation turns into an explosion of utter joy. Come on come on, ny. all groaning notre. Haley squeals . Damn. Claire groans all righty, here we go. And record and. Welcome to arizona state. both cheering its happening oh, my god welcome to arizona states admissions portal. sighs we regret to inform you. groans aww, pal. Well, dont leave us in suspense. What did they say