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It triggered evacuations in the area. Earlier flames were racing across trees and dry brush on the steel hipside. Firefighting planes dropped water on the fires. And fire crews responding to a three alarm fire. You could see the smoke there billowing up into the air from our sfo camera. This fire is on star lite street near north canal street. No word on which building is burning here, but we know this is an Industrial Area about a block or so away from the South San Francisco fire station. This fire was reported just before 3 00 this afternoon. As of 3 30 or so, it did look as the crews on the scene were getting a pretty good handle on this fire. Of course some very challenging conditions out there for fire crews across the bay area. Lets check in with Rosemary Orozco on the weather were seeing. Alex, that wind is Still Holding on, into the second part of the afternoon into the evening hours, with the advisory still in place as well. We can take a look at where were seeing a red flag warning for the Santa Cruz Mountain area. This is expected to expire at about 6 00 this evening, but for our north and east bay hills, it has now been extended to 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. So that is going to continue as we get into the evening hours. And the winds were really strong and robust in some areas this morning. They have died down just some, but we are seeing really, really low humidity. If you lack at some these numbers in the hills. Near picket road, we have 97 degrees and relative humidity is 9 . Even though the winds are slowly treeing down, it is so incredibly hot and dry out there right now, that when fires start, they just move really fast. Here is a look interest the east bay hills, berkeley reporting 96 degrees and relative humidity 8 . So critically dry. Anytime its that dry out there, it just removes any type of moisture, whatever we have from the fuels, and just allows the fire to burn that much hotter and faster. The other headline, the heat. With the heat advisory that remains in place until 9 00 tonight and includes the entire bay area. More on your forecast coming up. Well, the lights in and the a. C. Are coming back on now for so many people in the bay area after pg es last shutoffs left parts of 24 counties in the dark since wednesday night. Ann rubin joins us live. This was tough in the middle of a heat wave. Thats right. It left many scrambling for a place to cool off, and many relieved to have the power back on on such a hot day. The heat, plus high winds, bring back harsh memories for some here in Sonoma County. This is how it was in 17. Our friends lost their house. So we know were a tinder box. Were just a tinder box. Reporter joanna said that pg es Public Safety power shutoff didnt seem so bad by comparison. It was pretty decent, actually. Stayed out of the house during the day, and came back at night, and by then started to cool off, so, yeah, were lucky. Reporter if all about 41,000 customers were impacted in parts of 24 counties, with peak wind gusts wednesday reaching 65 miles an hour. But now the weather all clear has been given, and pg e is systematically bringing the power back on. Places like alameda and santa cruz counties are 100 restored. Sonoma county by midafternoon was more than halfway there. Basically you have an inspector and a lineman and a crew basically going inch by inch along those lines to make sure there isnt any damage, and we have helicopters, eyes in the sky, also doing inspections on the line. Reporter while the winds have abated, the heat hasnt yet. Its hot and makes it touch to be outside with the kids. Reporter at a whiskey bar and grill, theyve got a spot ready for those looking to leave their hot homes and have a cool drink. Still, its hard on staff. You have to think about keeping people on during it and making sure they are taking care of. Basically our staff is getting cooled down, out here. Thank god we have the shade over here. Reporter at last check, Contra Costa County was 100 restored, Sonoma County was 60 . Napa county 40 of the way there. Pg e expects all power to be back on by 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Heather . All right, glad to see that theres so much progress in regards to restoration. Ann, thank you. Oakland is seeing a steep rise in killings, with another person shot to death last night. Well look at what is fueling the increase in Violent Crime and what could be done to prevent more people from becoming victims. Oaklands Deputy Police chief joins us live. Also ahead here on the 4, a proposal to rename San Francisco schools who were named after people with racists past. Why the citys mayor is calling this a waste of time right now. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. 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So far the chp has not confirmed if there was, in fact, a shooting or some sort of pursuit here, but our photographer at the scene is reporting at least 7 bullet castings were found along the freeway. One witness told us his car was hit from behind by the suspects vehicle. When i opened my eyes, i saw a couple of officers kind of running down the shoulder on foote with a dog, obviously pursuing somebody. Anyway, the car that hit me was trying to elude or evade the police, and ran into a number of cars where they got to mine. So i think mine was maybe the last car they hit. We have not heard of any injuries at this point, and weve also not been able to determine in anyone is in custody here. This all happened in the westbound lanes right where interstate 80 and interstate 580 personal close to golden gate fields. Westbound traffic in that area is still extremely heavy at this point because lanes were shut down for the investigation. So this is probably a good inquire of the freeway to avoid this afternoon, if you can. Despite calls to stop the violence, shootings continue in oakland with another person killed last night. Police say the unidentified man was shot to death around 8 30 in east oakland. A second man and a woman were wounded in the shooting. This killing marks oaklands 79th homicide of the year and the third sheeting with multiple victims in the city this week. Mayor libby schaaf calls the increase in gun violence in oakland heartbreaking. We have seen a direct relationship between the effects of this pandemic and a heartbreaking increase in gun violence in oakland. This week has been so tragic. No motive yet for the shooting has been released, and police have not yet announced any arrests. Joining us this afternoon is oakland Deputy Police chief laraun armstrong. What we are seeing in oakland is more than just heartbreaking. A person is shot and killed nearly every four days. So what is behind this increase in shootings . Yeah, i think its a various things. Obviously were deal with the band that is having a tremendous impact on our community, and weve seen some gang and Group Violence across our city that is really having a Significant Impact on our community. Obviously were losing lives, and were seeing bullets being fired in our community at a rate we havent seen in a long time. Yeah. Lets talk a little bit about what is being done to tree to stop the surge in violence crime. What is the department doing . Well, weve adjusted our resources, reallocated resources to the areas where weve seen the most violence occurring. Been very focused utilizing our ceasefire strategy on individuals that we know have been involved in these incidents. This year weve recovered so far over 1,000 firearms in our city. And that is a 35 increase from this same time last year. So enforcementwise, weve been working hard to try to get as many guns off the streets as we can. Unfortunately we still see individuals in our community that are willing to pick up a firearm and use it. And thats troubling. Not only is it troubling for the department, its troubling for our residents in our community. It having a tremendous impact watching people yesterday as i was at another scene, be afraid to come outside their homes, because of the level of violence, is truly unacceptable. Weve been putting command posts throughout the city to provide a greater presence is that the community can see us. Were much more visible. We get officers out on foot walking in these communities that have been impacted the most. So we are all hands on to deal with this violence. Yeah, and the work that youre doing is commendable, especially in regards to the number of illegal firearms youve been able to get off the streets. Wondering if any city or Community Leaders have offered any plans to try to address the rise in homicides. Yes, our ceasefire strategy has been working directly with our clergy community. Theyll be doing night walk tomorrow night in the areas thats been impacted by violence. Weve been work with our Citys Department of violence prevention. The chief is his team of violence interrupters have been in the community, as well. Theyve been responding to our scenes to try to reduce the possibility of any retaliatory shootings, trying to provide services to those families impacted they by violence. So it really is a citywide approach. Weve also reached out to our local, federal, and county resources and support, as well. So we are reaching out to all of the support mechanisms that we utilize during these times where we see significant spikes, and i really will say that the city has a whole has really been trying to get their hands around this violence. Yeah, it really is so tragic, every time we put a mom or dad here on ktvu just pleading with information regarding the circumstances surrounding their loved ones death. Hopefully more people will come forward and provide you, the police department, with more information so you can make some arrests. Really appreciate it, deputy chief, thank you so much. Thank you for having me. A proposal is being considered in San Francisco that calls for changing the names of 44 public schools. The names have been deemed inappropriate by the San Francisco School Names Advisory committee that says the reasons are cultural, racial, or historic. Those schools include lincoln and washington high schools, as well as jefferson and Diane Feinstein elementary schools. The school board will likely vote on this proposal early next year. Mayor london breed opposes the renaming plan and calls it a waste of energy in the midst of the pandemic, putting out a Statement Today saying in part quote we are in a pandemic right now that is forcing us all to prioritize what truly matters. Conversations around school names can be had once the critical work of educating our young people is underway. Recordbricking heat over the bay area once again this afternoon. We do have change coming our way in time for the weekend. Not happening today, though. Giving you a look here at beautiful golden gate bridge. Despite the fires out there this afternoon and the weather conditions, the air quality seems to be good to moderate over most areas, but take a look at the numbers. Starting in the north bay over santa rosa, where its 100 degrees right now. A lot of 90s. Not just inland, but around the bay. 9 on the east bay sure of oakland. 93 over san jose. 92 in livermore. As you head west, Half Moon Bay at 75, but Half Moon Bay at noontime was hitting 90 degrees. So definitely a warmer day early on, and then temperatures, thankfully, came down just a bit for the afternoon. Half moon bay is still two degrees warmer than where we were yesterday. Most degrees at least a couple of degrees warmer. Along the east bay shore, down by 5, napa down by 4. Getting into saturday should feel even better. Notice as we get into tomorrow morning, we dont see the fog come our way, at least not for saturday. We will begin to transition as we get into the back end of the weekend, with even better cooling expected. But for tomorrow, going to be relatively mild. We are looking at upper 50s for santa rosa, low 50s for fremont, and 63 over redwood city. Antioch, 68 expected for you there. Still well above average getting into your bay area saturday, but not quite as hot as today. 93 expected for santa rosa. Compared to 100 degrees right now. 80 degrees San Francisco. 94 livermore. 80 degrees in san jose. The heat advisory expires tonight. The red flag warning for our hills set to expire by tomorrow morning, so were headed in the right direction. A better look at your weekend and the extended forecast coming up. Thank you, rosemary. The Trump Administration reversed course today and approved a request for a disaster declaration for six recent wildfires here in california. Now initially, fema had denied that request, saying it did not meet federal requirements. But a few hours ago, Governor Newsom tweeted he had talked directly with President Trump by phone, and he said that the president has now approved a major declaration request, a disaster declaration request. Those fires covered under the declaration include the creek fire in Fresno County that has burned more than 534 square miles and still is not fully contained. Joining us to talk about these issues here and help us sort out exactly what is going on is former fema coordinator mark nouveau. Appreciate you coming on here to help us make sense of all of this. What is your take on what happened here. Why do you think we saw this turnaround from the Trump Administration . Well, it is kind of interesting. Good afternoon, alex. Whats interesting about it when Governor Newsom was the Lieutenant Governor he requested a declaration for a fire in california and it was denied. Now that hes been governor, he has requested a number of wildfire president ial disaster declarations and hes been able to get it. So his work along with fema and the cal folks here in the state have allowed them to be able to provide up to 350 million in reimbursement for recovery and response activities associated with the fires that you mentioned earlier. So its good news, whatever is working keep it up. Sure. So when fema initially denied californias request for aid here in reference to these six fires, the agency said essentially that these fires did not meet the threshold for central assistance, in essence saying this was not beyond what the state of california or local entities could handle. How much do we know about the criteria that has to be met in order to get federal assistance, you know, as part of a disaster declaration . Yeah, the kind of the factors, the formula thats being used is the same that fema uses across the entire country for each state that requests assistance, and basicry what they do is they partner up with local officials in this case. Might be los angeles, sonoma, whatever, along with cal oes officials and fema officials. They go out and look at the burned areas and determine what is damaged. Schools, roads, wires, water distribution, whatever it may be. They put a cost to that number and then look at the population in that state, in this case 40 million, and there is a factor used, either 1 or 3, and they have to determine that that damage exceeds the factor multi application, so in this case, you know, 120. And this one did exceed it and thats why they were able to get it. Also the discussions, sometimes when youre trying to compact that through april, its not always easy to do. So to have discussions brings clarity to what that request was, alex. All right. So obviously all of this is, you know, playing out against the political backdrop here. We know President Trump has taken shots at california. He has threatened to withhold federal disaster aid in the past here. Do you think that any part of this might have been politically motivated . And how would we find that out . Well, im not sure it is or isnt, because in this particular case, you know, california is pretty democratic, and i think for the most part, that, you know, california is probably going to vote for a democratic candidate. So im not so sure the president would curry favor by doing it. I think its more about the discussions between two executives trying to figure out how to make things whole. In and in california, remember just recently, we had 27 major wildfires going with 19,000 firefighters responsible the cost is just astronomical. In this case, you know, that discussion yielded probably the ben in the factor is california. But remember, california is one of the few states that provides more money to the federal treasury than gets back. So in this case, were getting money back. So thats good for california, good for californians. Yeah, and despite President Trump and Governor Newsom sort of sparring in many cases publicly, apparently behind the scenes on these disasters, theyve had a good working relationship, is what were told. We have to leave the conversation there. We always appreciate you coming on to break United States things down. Former fema coordinator mark nouveau. Have a good weekend. Thank you. Thank you, alex, you, too. Still ahead here on the 4, the president and his democratic challenger are now back on the campaign trail after those dueling town hall duos last night. On well street today, stocks ended the day mixed after early gains faded late in the day. The dow gained 112 points, the nasdaq lost 42, and the s p was up a fraction of a point. Technology and Energy Companies fell, while healthcare and industrial stocks were on the plus side. A new report from the Trump Administration shows the federal budget deficit hit a record high of 3. 1 trillion for this budget year. Thats more than triple last years deficit of 984 billion. The pandemic has caused the government to spend much more than its collectling. Revenues fell by more than 1 , while Government Spending soared by 47 . And now to the november election, and President Trump and joe biden now in the final stretch, with just 18 days to go before the election. As Lauren Blanchard tells us, while the candidates try sway those undecided voters, millions of americans have already cast their ballots. Mishandling the pandemic isnt enough for trump. On top of that, he is still trying to take away your healthcare. Reporter after dueling town halls thursday night, both candidates let the trail friday in battleground states. Were going to be talking to our great senior citizens. Thats what im here for today. Reporter President Trump campaigning in florida, and going after the democratic nominee. Ill tell you what, its an organized crime family, as far as im concerned. Reporter while former Vice President joe biden focused on healthcare in michigan. President trump revells in division and chaos. Hell do anything to distract us from focusing on his failures to deal with this virus and to protect the nation. Reporter the latest npr merris poll, showing biden with a 12 point lead over President Trump among national voters. According to the u. S. Elections project, two and a half weeks ahead of election day, already some 22 million americans across the country have voted in person or by mail. The most voting in california, texas, and florida. We know almost 90 of voters think that this election is going to have very serious consequences on the country, and so were finding that there is a large number of people who are very interested in this campaign. Reporter over the weekend, President Trump will be campaigning in michigan, as will magic johnson, but hell be there for the biden ticket. In washington, Lauren Blanchard, fox news. A happy ending in San Francisco to tell you about. That lemur is now back at the zoo. Also the arrest Just Announced this afternoon. And Coronavirus Infections in underserved communities in oakland. Today we get the results of a twoday testing drive that has now been made public. Well talk about what these findings reveal. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No Unemployment Benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. After a whirlwind adventure, mocky the lemur is now because at the San Francisco zoo, and theres been an arrest in connection with the animals disappearance. Ktvus Christien Kafton joins us live with the update. Christien . Yeah, heather, ill tell you right now that the folks at the zoo say this is the news we all needed for 2020. Its been a difficult year and the fact that this has a happy ending is certainly the ending that they wanted. As you said, mocky is now safe and sound back at the San Francisco zoo, and the suspect is 30yearold corey, who is in custody in marin county. Reporter mocky, the 21 yearold endangered ring tailed lemur is back home safe and sound at the San Francisco zoo after disappearing for more than 24 hours. While hes back here, hes still agitated, dehydrated, and hungry. Were working with our vet and wellness teams to get him back health. She socially distancing from his primate family. She now recovering in private under the careful observation of zoo staff and veterinarians. They believe that the suspect broke into the zoo on tuesday not a and took mocky. He was arrested on an unrepresented charge. Once arrested on those charges, hell be transferred over to the San Francisco county jail, where he will face charges for the burglary, the theft of mocky. Daly city police say mocky turned up at Hope Lutheran Church Thursday afternoon. Students there say he made his way on to the playground. Theres a little play house over there. And he was just hiding in there, i think because of all of the commotion. Reporter kids and staff got a chance to see the lemur up close and personal. One of the parents told us they spotted the lemur, and once ellis herd lemur, he said where where and it just strutted around the playground area. Reporter Daly City Police officers arrived on the scene, keeping a close eye on the lemur until zoo staff arrived and coaxed him into a carrier. Picked him up like a little kitty cat. [ laughter ] spoke with the department of wildlife, and they confirmed that possessing a lemur is ill league well, but said there is certainly a black market for lemurs and other endangered animals here in the state. That church will get the 2 100 reward. And that was certainly exciting for those kids, certainly the story of a lifetime. Yeah, intended, but a little bit of the zoo came to them, and, again, an arrest has been made. Christien kafton, thank you. Oakland mayor libby schaaf and doctors from ucsf revealed the results of recent covid19 testing that was done in the citys fuller neighborhood with a large latino population. 1100 people received a nasal swab test during a twoday test. Antibody positive prevalent was found to be 9. 8 of people who live in work in the fruitvale. That number increased to 11. 9 among latino adults and children and also among guatemalan immigrants, it was 26. 8 . Covid19 is teaching us hard lessons. We must learn. And i want to say how grateful i am to be part of a governmental ecosystem that cares about these disparities, that will fight against these disparities. That are going to continue to dig for the actual truth to understand these disparities, so that we can abolish them. According to mayor schaaf and the researchers involved, he test findings revealed the need for more testing, financial relief, and house league sources, especially for those who are most at risk. Joining us now to talk more about this study is dr. Fernandez from ucsf. You took part in this study, doctor. We appreciate you coming on to discuss the results here. Lets start with the why here. What are the factors, you think, that are leading to these high test Positivity Rates and the high rates of antibodies in folks who live in the fruitvale neighborhood . Well, i think what we found to duplicate some of the findings in San Francisco and in other areas, which is that infection is really associated with a need to leave your house to work. And what we found is that 95 of people infected in our in fruitvale identified as latino, decide despite having tested a very mixed population. And these are people who either worked themselves outside of the home, or lived in a house where an adult worked outside of the home. So the second fact thats right driving this is household transmission. Okay. And in terms of the rate of infection that you saw, in terms of active infection, it was interesting, because you saw a Positivity Rate of about 4 , i believe it is. And for those who tested positive for covid19 antibodies, the Positivity Rate much higher, about 10 . What does that discrepancy indicate for you in terms of what is going on in that community . I think what it shows is that there is a higher number of people with past infections than with current infections, and that is good news. That is in line with what we are seeing throughout the bay area, where the infection rate has been coming down. And what that shows, so antibodies past infection, that was high. That shows that fewer people are currently infected than have been exposed throughout this pandemic period. All right. So the hope is, is that the number is sort of trending in the right direction. Maybe youre sort of at the tail end of an outbreak. So your Research Also ands the broader overall effects that the pandemic is having on people in this community in terms of income, in terms of employment, in terms of food insecurity. What did you find in that area . Well, here again we find large disper days. We find that la tina nos were more likely than nonlatinos to report having lost a job or having reduced income due to covid, and we also found quite stark problems with food insecurity. 42 of latinos reported food insecurity, a worry about whether or not they will be able to buy food or actually running out of money to get food. And a full 61 of people identified as mayans and came for testing reported food insecurities. These are extraordinarily high numbers, and they show how much economic distress there is in fruitvale right now. So how do you take the findings from this study and turn them into something positive in that community, and get more resources in there for folks who need them . I think thats a great question, and one that we all need to think about, as people who live and work in these areas, but i was very heartened by the mayors comments today, at the press conference, as well as comments for our Community Partners at university council, and the Alameda County public health. We are being told that there will be more test, more directed outreach toward the spanishspeaking communities, and i hope that the mayor is able to gather more resources to alleviate hunger and support families during these extraordinarily difficult times. Yeah, its a community that needs a lot of help, especially right now. Dr. Alicia fernandez, thank you for your time. Thank you. Coming up here on the 4, record breaking early voting results. The trends that were seeing so far around the bay area. And around the bay area this afternoon, the heat is on once again. Recordbreaking temperatures across the bay area. But change changes are coming. Detailing on what you can for your bay area weekend coming up. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No Unemployment Benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. Voters across the country and here in the bay area are expected to shatter previous records when it comes to early voting. Ali ramirez has more on the local county that are seeing a big increase in mailin blots. Reporter 136,000 voters have already turned in their mailin ballots, three times the number of mailin ballots said at this point in 2016. I wanted to vote hear to make sure it gets counted and not caught up somewhere. I think some people are just playing dirty, so i just want to be safe. Well, im going to be out of town on the 3rd, so ive got to make sure that i get to voice my opinion, because i cant complain if i dont come out and vote. Other bay area counties report a similar high turnout. In solano county, a Registrars Office received 37,000 mailin ballots already. This same point four years ago, it was just 13,000. Its part of a trend statewide. The california secretary of States Office says 1. 5 million vote verse already turned in their mailin ballots, nearly 10 times more than the number returned four years ago. Part of the reason is because this year, for the first time, all of californias registered voters received a mailin ballot automatically. A voter day man liquidities company took a look at the early voting trends statewide so far. The people who are returning there are ballots most rapidly are older, whiter, higher income, more likely voters. Democrats are overrepresented in this early data, and thats interesting, because generally, its republicans that are overrepresented in the early data. Reporter but that doesnt mean turnout is only high among registered democrats. It really means that voter turnout on election day going to be even more up important than ever before. It seems as though a lot of Republican Voters are listening to President Trumps complaints, criticisms about the reliability of mailin balloting, and they may be more interested in waiting to vote until election day. Reporter if Contra Costa County Election Officials say more than 125,000 people have returned their ballots. Thats roughly one out of every five registered voters in that county. In San Francisco, more than 80,000 people have sent back their mailin ballots. Napa county reports higher than usual returns as well. Marin county said they have received more than 34,000 mail in ballots already. Thats more than double what they had at this point four year nice. In Alameda County, were still waiting to get information from them about their early vote returns. Outside our doors this afternoon, its a hot one. Temperatures in the 90s around the bay pin and land. Even santa rosa hitting 100 degrees this afternoon, after napa hit 100 degrees yesterday. Here is a look at beautiful San Francisco, where it has been warm there, as well. We are expecting to break several records around the bay area. Those official numbers. Reporter come in just yet. If you are just joining us we have a red flag warning that continues until 6 00 in our north hills and east bay, at least a portion of the hills. An extended red flag warning until tomorrow morning, and our heat advisory for the entire bay area goes until 9 00 this evening. High pressure is firmly in control of our weather pattern for today. Notice the storm track well to the north of us. Just a little bit of activity reported over washington and then stretches over towards idaho and montana, but for us, its been about that offshore wind. We started out really warm, at least in most areas this morning. 70s and 80s. Never cooled off, and then we warmed from there. The onshore breeze will continue at least for another day or so. We will return to a bit of an onshore breeze later in the weekend, but its going to take a little while. In fact, beginning to see just a very light onshore breeze at the surface. But take a look at our hills. This is one of the areas that has been really breezy the entire day. Now reporting 23 miles per hour, which is an improvement. It was 30 to 35, at least from the start of the day into the early part of the afternoon. And despite the fires that have started this afternoon, we are looking at good air quality over the north bay. Good air quality in the central bay, and our south bay also reporting good to moderate air quality, moderate air quality reported over san jose right now. Here is a look at all of that heat out there. 85 in San Francisco. Low 90s in oakland. Low 90s for the inner east bay of livermore. Low 90s in san jose and into the north bay, even hotter than that. We get into San Francisco, notice it doesnt matter which side of the city youre on. We are awful in the 80s here. Typically we see that fog and cooler weather on the west edge. Not the case today. Everybody under this dome of high pressure. 91 in san carlos right now, as well as stanford, and one more ship to the inner east bay, 98 reported in pittsburgh. Temperatures are expected to cool some overnight. Upper 50s to upper 60s to start the morning tomorrow. Well still be a little breezy in our hills as we start saturday, but then well continue to die down and the afternoon highs for livermore tomorrow, still warm, into the low 90s, just not as hot as over the last couple of days. 87 expected for vallejo. 80s around the bay. 85 expected in oakland, and 94 over san jose, 97 loss logs. Mid80s expected for inland cities. You will notice in that extended forecast, though, no rain in the forecast. Okay. But a little cooler temperatures. Well take that. Thank you. Two window washers had to be rescue presumed building in walnut creek. The call came in around 6 45 this morning for a rope rescue there at the California Plaza building in walnut creek. Its a 10story building. Firefighters told us the two men were stuck about 50 feet up in the air. The mens injuries are not believed to be serious. Still ahead, complaints about businesses skirting Health Orders during the pandemic. What San Mateo County is now doing to crack down. 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. San mateo county is investing half a Million Dollars on a task force to try to help keep businesses in compliance with coronavirus Health Orders. This unit plans to start visiting businesses on monday. Reporter pacifica beach yoga in San Mateo County promotes hot yoga on its window front. In recent weeks, its become a hotbed of controversy, with numerous complaints of indoor operations going on for months. Those sweating it out without masks. The owner declined to talk. His patrons dont see problem. I feel safe going to class. I mean all the there are socially distant spaces marked out and clearly delineated throughout the studio. Reporter it is one of the businesses on the countys radar for not complying with the health order, yet no action has been taken against the studio. San mateo county comprised of 20 cities with no one system for enforcing covid rules and regulations until now. Now if theres a business that is noncompliant, and, you know, doesnt heed our warnings, then we can fine them up to 3,000. Reporter 8 county workers, nonsworn personnel from the covid Compliance Task force to crack down on violaters. A Trial Program for the next two months. This is a new division that we put together in two weeks. We think its that important in order to keep businesses open. Reporter the county manager said among the complaints, restaurants exceeding capacity limits and bars, too. Near not opening bars in the state yet, and i think some have chosen to go ahead and open. If we dont adhere to the rules we have, we cant move to different tiers. Reporter they are hope to be move forage on the States Coronavirus tiered system. Until were out of the woods, either for mitigation of the current covid situation, or finding a cure, we need to work together, and that means all of us work together, and not just a few of us. Still ahead, a big hit for millions during the pandemic. A new study about just how many people have been plunged into poverty after losing their weekly 600 unemployment checks. And the veterans that never quit on their team. When being a fan gets tough, and stretching your budget gets even tougher. Our agents put in the time and legwork for you,. So saving on Auto Insurance is easy. Because saving a little extra goes a long way. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Schmidt. We found that poverty started going up in july and it continued in august and september. Reporter and economist with the university of chicago has a study that and millions more americans are now suffering in poverty. Another study by Columbia University says results are startling. From may until september, more than 8 million individuals have fallen into poverty. As a direct result of losing the 600 a week Unemployment Benefits and stimulus checks no longer being available. Reporter the additional 600 a week and implement insurance checks from the government expired in july and congress is still far apart on agreeing to a new package to help struggling americans. Talking about families who cannot afford to put food on the table for themselves and for the children. We are talking about families who are not one step closer to not being able to pay their rent at the end of the month and potentially facing the threat of eviction. Particularly for blacks and those with a High School Education or less, are likely to have been in jobs that disappear and it was also true that poverty increased quite a bit for children. Reporter a high poverty rate is also a drag on the economy as a whole and affects all of us as the country tries to climb out of the economic crisis created by the pandemic. If you want a swift recovery, if you want to see your paychecks going up, then we need more people spending money in the economy. Record temperatures, a red flag warning through tomorrow morning and very dry air. The conditions are there and some parts of the bay area, while others those conditions have made it so pg e can finish turning the power back on to thousands. Good evening. Recordbreaking heat expected this afternoon here, a live look at mount diablo. Temperatures hitting the upper 90s in the east bay, a heat advisory has been called for the entire bay area. That file heat is making beaches a popular spot for swimmers and surfers alike. Our crew headed out to santa cruz today, the heat advisor expires tonight at 9 00 but a red flag warning will remain in effect in the north and east hills until tomorrow morning at 8 00. Thankfully the light and air conditioning have started coming back on for many in the bay area, this after pg es latest Public Safety power shut off left parts of 24 counties in the dark since wednesday night. As ann rubin explains, it was difficult especially in the middle of this hot weather. It left some scrambling for a place to cool off and others extremely relieved to have the power back on on such a hot day. Reporter the heat plus high winds bring back harsh memories for some here in Sonoma County. In 2017, the house next door to us blue down and this one lost their house so i mean we know how it works. We are just a tinderbox. Reporter just living east of sonoma says there Public Safety power shut off did not seem so bad by comparison. It was pretty decent actually, stayed out of the