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It, the whole deal again. But yeah, like you said, the good news is its not going to last too long. Today and tomorrow on air quality advisory as our winds have shifted, the upper level winds out of the north, dragging that smoke down from the anvil fire. And you can see the Current Conditions where we have for sensitive groups, very unhealthy out there. And were going to see another day where were in this category, the yellows right here and the oranges as we get through the rest of your wednesday. And then into thursday, it gets a little bit more mixed out as our onshore flow should increase. We have a fire weather watch from 11 00 tonight through 11 00 thursday morning. North winds 10 to 20 miles an hour for the north bay interior mountains here. Were looking at portions of napa, sonoma county, Mount Saint Helena healdsburg could see gusts of over 40 miles an hour. So this will take us through thursday. Look outside right now, lots of fog out there , cloudy. Well get into hazy conditions throughout the afternoon. So once again, air quality is not going to be good today. It continues into a portion of your thursday and then well talk about a pretty nice weekend ahead. Good morning, jobina. Good morning, lisa. Thank you. Hi, everybody. So were going to start here with the live picture from emeryville showing you 80 those headlights traveling in the westbound direction. This is a quick traffic update because generally were starting off in great shape. Not a single advisory coming in from the chp or even a blocking issue. Live look here at the san mateo bridge tail lights traveling in the westbound direction towards the peninsula. And well end here with the drive times, tracy to dublin. 32 minutes, every thing else around the bay area is on time. Reggie and coomassie. Thanks, jobina. Lisa just gave you that smoke forecast. Heres what it looked like yesterday. See how bad that is . You smelled it. You certainly saw it as the wildfire smoke from way up north has now settled on top of the bay area. Sky seven captured what it looked like over the peninsula. Not a lot of visibility above south San Francisco. This is along highway 101, not too far from the airport. The hills and the house is just really disappear into that haze. Well, the conditions were no better in the east bay from the port of oakland. You can barely see the bay bridge or San Francisco skyline. This haze has become an almost annual occurrence during wildfire season on the west coast. Of course, it brings Serious Health and respiratory concerns along with it. Abc seven News Reporter Gloria Rodriguez in palo alto this morning, where air quality also is impacted. Gloria thats right. The air district issued an air quality advisory for today because of that smoke from the wildfires in Northern California and oregon. They havent issued an air the spare alert, though. So that is important to note. Theres some footage we want to show you. There was so much smoke in the bay area yesterday, you could hardly see the bay bridge and the smoke was so thick from the port of oakland that it was hard to see the San Francisco skyline. People all around the bay area were seen and smelling the smoke in the east bay. Some high schools canceled sports practices because of the bad air quality at coal hardware in north beach. People were stopping by and buying face masks. Ive had a couple come in, but i expect more to come in shortly because its just been times when its just, you know, its if youve ever smoked, its kind of like that truly bad. I mean, usually you can see east bay, very smoky. It smells like a campfire. It started to feel it in my throat. And now i have my mask on. Yeah, a lot of us were really feeling it yesterday. An air quality experts say we could expect to see impacts for the next couple of days. The smoke can irritate your eyes and can cause you to cough. It can cause irritated sinuses, scratchy throat. So if it is possible, all air quality experts say its best to stay indoors and keep your windows and your doors closed. Live in palo alto, Gloria Rodriguez, abc seven news. Thank you, gloria. A moment ago, lisa also talked about the winds in the area that could be an issue, especially in the north bay pgandes says that it may now need to shut off power to some homes this week to reduce the risk of wildfires. The utility says a Public Safety power shut off is possible in eight Northern California counties tomorrow. So napa is the only bay area county included in that list right now. It is just a watch. Of course, well keep an eye on conditions over the next couple of days to see if that changes as you can get live air quality and Weather Forecasts any time through our abc7 bay area news app, it has 24 over seven checks on the conditions where you live. Just download that app wherever you stream security and safety was improved around San Franciscos Moscone Center during the salesforce. Dreamforce conference abc7 spoke with the mayor to discuss the challenges of making that change permanent. Our teams are out there working really hard to try and get people into treatment at. We just got to keep at it. We got to be as aggressive as possible and we dont need obstructionists and people who are pushing back against what were trying to do. This is not homeless sweeps. This is homeless help. This is trying to get people into help. Mayor london breed says one major obstacle the city is facing is that federal injunction that puts restrictions on clearing homeless encampments. The unhoused crisis in the east bay is prompting Alameda County to declare a state of emergency on homelessness. The order was unanimously approved by the board of supervisors yesterday. It directs county staff at the office of homeless care and coordination to come up with a Response Plan in 60 days with specific steps to be taken to address the crisis. The number of unhoused people in Alameda County shot up by 73 over just the last five years. Second chance in newark runs a recovery shelter and they say a state of emergency is long overdue. I think were at the starting point of it with the state of emergency, but but it will take a while for it to trickle down. Somebodys waiting on their next meal. Cant wait on red tape to eat, declaring a state of emergency also sets the stage for the possibility of additional state and federal funding. In sacramento, the countys District Attorney is now suing the city for their alleged inaction on this issue. In the last seven years, our unhoused population in sacramento has exploded. To over 250. We have more Homeless People in sacramento than in San Francisco. And that is saying something the da says he is suing the city of sacramento for not cleaning up homeless encampments and instead letting the issue escalate. The lawsuit also claims the situation has created a Public Safety crisis. The da has a list of demands, including more shelters and a ban on daytime camping. Sacramentos mayor says the da lacks a basic understanding of the situation on and off the capital citys limited finances. Now to the war in ukraine. Many republican lawmakers in capitol hill are calling for funding for ukraine as government. As the Government Shutdown looms, ukraines president is going to be in washington, d. C. Tomorrow. And jobina. There are some warnings now coming from president biden. Yes. So president biden, along with president volodymyr zelensky, warned his military and Financial Assistance runs out. Russia will wage war on other independent nations. They made that message very clear as they met with other United Nations leaders this week. The white house wants to set aside 24 billion for ukraines security and humanitarian aid. But some republicans on capitol hill slammed the proposal, saying the us simply does not have enough money. Its not a good time for him to be here, quite frankly. Any money we give to ukraine, were borrowing from our future. I dont think i have to commit anything. Wheres the accountable on the money we already spent . What is the plan for victory . President zelensky is also warning about war fatigue. Last year, he addressed a joint meeting of congress where he received bipartisan un support, a very different scene from this year. Tomorrow will be his third time meeting with president biden, along with house and senate members. So we will watch that one. Reggie, thanks, jobina. And just a few hours, Governor Newsome is going to speak at the United Nations climate ambition summit. Newsom has set ambitious climate goals like having the state reach net zero Carbon Emissions and 100 Clean Electricity by 2045. Hes expected to deliver remarks on californias future as a world leader in climate goals. Thatll be at 7 a. M. San Francisco State senator scott wiener is predicting that as recently passed, climate accountability bill is going to be a game changer. He made that pronouncement yesterday during a discussion at the climate conference. Thats underway in new york. His legislation requires all large corporations doing business in california to publicly disclose their Greenhouse Gas emissions. This is really going to unleash. And so much Corporate Innovation because the bill doesnt say this is how you have to reduce your Carbon Emissions. Its you figure it out, but were going to youre going to be transparent about what your Carbon Emissions are, including from your supply chain. Wiener estimates the bill will impact about 5500 corporations in the us and overseas. Governor newsom has already announced he will sign the bill. Good morning to our air quality advisory and also looking at our fire weather watch for intial near north bay valleys as a system comes out of the north here and its increasing our north winds. We saw that yesterday dragging that smoke down from the anvil fire. So our air quality forecast is issuing that moderate air quality throughout the day today. And tomorrow. So smoky to hazy conditions out there. 59 in nevada right now. It is 58. In san ramon, we have that in combination with some low clouds and fog. But the upper level winds are out of the north. And so that is why were looking at that element now, taking over from our westerly winds. Usually we have that onshore flow. We do. But were also going to see the emphasis from the system to the north. So heres a look at the low clouds, the fog. They peel back, but weve got the haze left with us today. And that system to the north and west. Did you see that . It gets into the sierra nevada. It brings in some high elevation snow there. And as we take a closer look, you can see how its going to miss us. Slide to the east. Thats exactly what happens this time of year. And were on the back side of it, getting those northerly winds, increasing our fire danger, decreasing our relative humidity, particularly for areas to the north around healdsburg, the mountains, the higher elevation, were watching wind gusts to over 35 and 40 miles an hour, 68in richmond today, 76 in san rafael and fremont with some perhaps low 80s inland. The accuweather seven day forecast. Weve got the haze for another day or two and then looking at a better air quality, a nice looking weekend and then the potential for a few raindrops next week. Reggie camozzi thanks, lisa. Bay area lawmakers now demanding more information from the makers of autonomy vehicles. 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They also fear a massive loss of jobs. These big corporations want to use Autonomous Vehicle technology for one reason only, and thats to eliminate jobs. They want to eliminate jobs because they want to lower the labor costs and increase profits. Governor newsom hasnt indicated that if he is going to sign the bill, several states, including texas and florida, already allow selfdriving trucks on their freeways. New developments on the nearly 1 billion purchase of land in solano county. Our abc seven news iteam was the very first to break this now national story. And now California Attorney general rob bonta tells abc ten in sacramento that he also has questions for the group behind this Huge Development project. A group of Silicon Valley investors is buying up the more than 50,000 acres to develop a, quote, utopian city partially surrounded by Travis Air Force base. Earlier this week, governor gavin newsom expressed skeptical of the project. Abc7s political analyst Jackie Speier says she wants to return to public service. Ive decided to announce here on abc seven that im going to run for the board of supervisors in San Mateo County in whats called district one, which is going to be vacated by supervisor dave pine because hes up against term limits. So wow. So im going back to my roots. Well, after that announcement, right here on abc seven to offer would be opponents, Burlingame City Council member emily beach and millbrae Council Member gina papan. Both took to social media to announce they would suspend or pause their campaigns effective early dropping out of the race and leaving speier virtually uncontested and spear represented the peninsula in the house of representatives for a seven terms before deciding not to run for reelection last year. She says theres a lot of work to do in San Mateo County, in particular with addressing housing issues. Child hood, poverty and the strain on the middle class. Abc seven held its annual operation save a life event at fire station four in San Francisco. Fire departments from across the bay area were there yesterday to increase Public Awareness of fire and Carbon Monoxide safety partnerships with the home depot and have helped provide more than 45,000 free smoke alarms and more than 5000 co alarms here in the bay area. Abc7 news anchor karina nova and general manager Tom Zebrowski took part in this helping announce another big donation from quita. Weve see that Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors save lives. The gift that was given to us by quita home depot and in partnership with abc7 is the gift of life. Its imperative that people get these for their occupy acs, for their residents. And yes, now theres no excuse for the children in taking that few extra minutes when the time changes to replace batteries or not to put it off when the you know, the Smoke Detector has been taken down, especially when its being done, because maybe it sounded too much during a cooking problem. Its really important to make sure that you do that because when its time, theres really no second chance. You can check with your local Fire Department or get a free smoke to get, i should say a free smoke or co alarm. A major milestone for our friend and colleague, abc News Reporter loose pena. She just became a us citizen and luis gave us a glimpse of her swearing in ceremony in San Francisco. Or purpose of evasion. So help me god. So help me god. And thats it. This is so exciting. So loose has been a permanent us resident since she was 11 years old when she emigrated to the states with her parents from her native colombia and i am a us citizen today. Finally, i will get to vote. So excited. Yay oh loose and she said she went and registered to vote right after her ceremony yesterday. I am so happy. Yeah, it really warms my heart. Yeah. Shes so cute. Yes. Yes yes. Oh nicholas and i know she is happy too, so this is great. Yeah, i love that. Yes. So that was so wholesome. Yeah. Its the most wholesome thing weve had in this news for weeks now. Yay put it on a loop. Yes. Just smile. Yeah, yeah. Thats cute. All right. Good morning, everybody. Our weather yesterday. What a bummer, right . Yeah. Were looking at those hazy conditions with smoke filled skies once again, as the wind shift has allowed the smoke from the anvil fire in oregon and Northern California to move down into the bay area. So as we look at our air quality today and tomorrow, its moderate. That doesnt change until we get a wind shift. So heres a look at the yellow and that indicates that youre seeing it. Youre smelling it, and it continues into a portion of thursday. And then by later on thursday, looks like this will be more aloft and then well begin to see some improving conditions. It is 58in San Francisco, 55in napa, gray skies as the fog has not made it into concord. And our fire danger index goes up overnight. Tonight, the blues indicated indicate a moderate chance of that extreme, perhaps fire danger going into thursday morning. When you see we have the yellows and the oranges. So this is what were concerned about. The winds kicking up. We look at a south wind generally throughout the day today, but as we get into the evening hours, check it out. This is up to the north near healdsburg. Those winds gusting to over 30 miles an hour, up to 40 miles an hour. And so, of course, that decreases our relative humidity below 20. So thats what were concerned about. Napa, sonoma, part of vacaville. Otherwise, its hazy out there. And its certainly seen the smoke, but its going to take till probably friday where we really improve the air quality. So keep that in mind today, 72 san mateo and are looking at a pretty nice weekend, though, as this all gets behind us. Good morning, jobina. Good morning, lisa. Thank you. Hi, everybody. So for the most part, traffic is incredibly light. Mass transit is on time as well. You see bart muni and ace trains all running as they should this morning. The golden gate bridge. No advisories to report at the moment for wind or fog right now. So youre in great shape there. Same thing goes for the richmondsan rafael bridge. These headlights are traveling in the westbound direction towards the north bay and then we will wrap up here, highway four to the may 16th minutes across the bay bridge going westbound. A quick eight minute ride. San francisco to sfo specifically on southbound 101 nine minutes as well. Kamasi, thanks, jobina. Coming up, the seven things to know this morning. Simone biles making history again. The accomplishment the superstar olympian just achieved your hairline. 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Number one, smoke from wildfires in Northern California and in Southern Oregon have pushed their way right here to the bay area. And that haze has triggered an air quality advisory. Yeah, took the words right out of my mouth. Air quality advisory today and tomorrow for those hazy conditions. Temperatures 70s to near 80 and well get some relief by the weekend. Number three, we may have advisories for the air, but not for the roads. You are completely clear for your commute this morning as we show you this live picture in walnut creek and 680 number for Governor Newsom will speak at the United Nations climate ambition summit this morning. Hes expected to deliver remarks on californias future as a world leader in climate goals at 7 a. M. Number five, jackie spears says she is getting back into politics, running for the board of supervisors in San Mateo County. After that announcement which happened right here on abc7, two of her would be opponents took to social media to announce theyd be suspending or pausing their campaigns as number six Bay Area Health care workers in sonoma. Contra costa and san mateo counties will be manned ated to wear masks again. Its due to a higher rate of severe cases of respiratory illnesses between the fall and spring. The mass order will be in effect from november 1st to april 30th. And number seven, the 40 niners are all ready for tomorrows home opener at levis stadium. They got in a light practice ahead of the matchup against the new york giants. The niners are two and oh after beating the rams this past sunday. Superstar gymnast simone biles is making history as the only woman in the us to qualify for six world teams. The 26 year old locked in a spot for the usa olympic team after winning the all around at a gymnastic selection camp in texas. She finished with 55. 7 points. Now this video is from a previous competition on team usas remaining five members are going to be announced after a competition that happens today. Oakland chapter of the naacp has been quick to call out the direction of the city. Now, a group of local activists is calling out the Civil Rights Group company for 530. Why they want National Intervention. Plus, millions of people who play a Popular Video game are now expecting to get refunds. Were going to explain how you we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. Like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. Great on their own, even better together. Try cretors, handcrafted smallbatch popcorn. There it is. That feeling you get. When you can du more with less asthma. It starts with dupixent. Dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. And can help improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. Dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks. 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Pg what they say about the group and how its acting in the interests of its people. But first, depending on where you are, you might be able to already smell it in the air. This morning, were taking a look at our air quality and how long we can expect these hazy skies. Good morning, everybody. Its wednesday, september 20th. Okay. So lets start with lisa. Hows it going this morning . All right. Good morning to you. We are certainly in the bad zone with the air quality. So today and tomorrow, air quality advisory, the oranges and reds indicate the worst air. And weve had this yesterday. And with the wind slackening off overnight, right . Yes, it gets worse. We need that mixing and we dont have it for the next 24 to 48 hours because the winds coming straight out of the north on top of us. And that allows for the yellow and the oranges, the worst air quality. And then as we get to later on thursday, gets a little bit better, gets more higher in the atmosphere here as a result of the north winds. We have a fire weather watch from 11 00 tonight through 11 00 thursday morning for clear lake saint helena. Thats parts of sonoma and napa and even vacaville, where those north winds dry out. The relative humidity below 30. It is in the 60s and mid 50s for us. Well clear out, but we will have that haze again today. And looking at temperatures really not changing the next several days until we get to the weekend. So were kind of stuck in this pattern today, tomorrow. So keep that air filter going. And if you have air conditioning, keep it on the refresh mode there. Jobina. Yeah, thats for sure, lisa because you can still smell that smoke for sure in oakland this morning. Hi, everybody. If youre coming from the east bay, wanted to bring you a live picture from the bay bridge toll plaza. No metering lights on yet. Were starting to see traffic pick up a little bit more. But so far we havent had any blocking issues reported. Still no advisories either. As we show you, san jose and to 80. And then we will end here with the drive times. Everything is green across the board. Not a bad commute at all this morning. Reggie and kumasi, thanks, jobina. Were going to talk now about that haze and just that horrible smell that so many of us are experiencing in the bay area. These are images taken from the east bay, from the port of oakland. You can really barely see the bay bridge or the San Francisco skyline. There you see it there or dont see it. Its better over the peninsula or i should say its not better of the peninsula. Sky seven capture what it looked like there. Not a lot of visibility above south San Francisco. So the haze has become an almost annual occurrence during wildfire season on the west coast. Of course, it brings those Serious Health and respiratory concerns with it. This morning, abc seven News Reporter Gloria Rodriguez is in palo alto. Can you smell it there, gloria . Yeah, reggie, i could smell the smoke here in palo alto, also in San Mateo County, where i live. It was super smoky yesterday. And i know people all over the bay area are really feeling the impact. So all of this haze has been enough to trigger an air quality advisory, but not quite a spare the air alert. So we have some footage that we want to show you from yesterday. An orange haze was hanging over cupertino in the south bay and there was so much smoke in the bay area that you could hardly see the bay bridge yesterday. The smoke was so thick from the port of oakland that you could barely see the San Francisco skyline. People all around the bay area are seeing and smelling the smoke and air quality. Experts say we could expect to see impacts for the next couple of days. This fires up north in california and in Southern Oregon have kind of picked up over the weekend and unfortunately, the weather patterns have changed and its just bringing it right over us. Now, there might be sort of short term unhealthy patches of air quality, so people should, you know, use the should take precautions. In the east bay some high schools even canceled sports practices because of the bad air quality and air quality. Experts say that if it is possible, you should stay indoors. Today and also close your windows, close your doors if you have an air purifier. A good idea to keep that running today as well. Live in palo alto, Gloria Rodriguez, abc seven news. Gloria, thanks. You can check on the air quality anytime using our online interactive tracker. You can find it along with our full Weather Forecast right now at abc7 news. Com. Activists are criticizing oaklands naacp chapter claiming it works against the local black community. In a letter to the national naacp, this group of activists, including one former member, the host of the black Business Roundtable podcast, is saying this tough on crime rhetoric targets black people. They also say it evokes stereotypical narratives of black criminality. So now this group is calling on the naacp nationally to look into the oakland chapter. The Oakland Branch is currently using its position to hijack the legacy of the Historic Organization and using it as a weapon, a weapon. In a statement to abc seven news, terry wiley, whos a member of the oakland chapter of naacp, says, quote, i have no comment to accusations that are intended to distract everyones attention from the rising number of retail thefts, robberies, carjacking and murders, business closures and overall lawlessness that has everyone feeling unsafe. In the city of oakland, the city of oakland is still looking for a new police chief. This as an independent investigator cleared former police chief Leronne Armstrong of any wrongdoing following his firing earlier this year. He was fired by the mayor officially for no cause. But ■of course, this came after there was an internal investigation about what happened with a couple of Police Officers in the force. Armstrong sat down with abc seven news to provide an update on where he is. My hope is that, you know, we acknowledge the fact that, you know, ive been vindicated and we acknowledge the fact that i do have a passion for the city of oakland, and well see what decisions are made after that. Oaklands naacp is now joining the call for armstrong to be reinstated. And the Police Commission has hinted he could end up on the short list of candidates that sent to the mayor. Oakland businesses are criticizing the city for missing a deadline to get funds to fight retail crime. The issue came up at last nights city council meeting. All of your districts, you guys see it every day, prioritize Public Safety and help your small businesses. Thats where the money needs to go because they create jobs for the community. Small businesses are now preparing to fight back on their own with a one day strike. The date has yet to be announced. A building a better bay area breakthrough in menlo park last night, a special benefit concert was held for local farm workers nearly eight months after the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay. Abc seven News Reporter tim john shows us how neighbors are stepping up to help neighbors in the months since high on. It was music for a cause on tuesday night gilroy based nonprofit earth to table hosted a benefit concert for farm workers in Half Moon Bay without them, we would not eat and so their work is so sacred. The event featured a variety of performers as well as speakers. Its goal was to highlight some of the struggles faced by local farm workers, some of whom were in the crowd. The smiles on their face tonight, seeing them on stage and also just them seeing coming out of the their environment to see how much the community appreciates them. Honestly, it really means a lot. Belinda arriaga is the founder of alejos, one of the beneficiaries of the fundraiser. She says the past year has been especially difficult for many in the community. First, with the mass shooting that left seven dead and then with the heavy winter storms that flooded fields around the state and put many out of work with the donations, with the funding that we get, were able to turn it around and buy resources for them. Some of those resources include things like economic assistance as well as Mental Health counseling. Beyond the money raised, though, some workers like ramone say it was just nice to feel appreciated. He spoke to us with the help of a translator. I feel really happy. My blood is like pumping. And i actually wanted to start to dance. Organizers say they hope this benefit concert is the first of many more to come because for them, the hard work is worth it. We must uplift, we must respect act, and we must advance the rights and protections of farmworkers who are toiling every day in menlo park. Tim johns, abc seven news. All right. You have until tomorrow to apply for a free smile makeover. This is a third year of the smile again program. Its put on by seven by seven dental implant and oral surgery specialists of San Francisco. This is for anyone who has multiple missing or failing teeth and cannot afford restorative treatment. Now, the process typically costs anywhere from 30 to 40,000, and insurance usually offers minimal coverage for this. Oral surgeon dr. Eric schaaf says this is really life changing for recipients as youre afraid to smile because of how you look. It really takes a toll on the patients self confidence. And its sort of a domino effect. You know, they dont have their selfconfidence. A lot of these patients just dont really want to get out of the house because they dont feel confident in their job or job seeking. If theyre looking for a job or relationship status is also affected by this. So when we do these types of cases, we see really a total change in the patients life. Dr. Schaaf says they get more than 100 applications every single year. Theyre expecting several hundred this year, too. If youd like to apply, you can go to the website that is listed right there on the bottom of your screen. Still ahead, the nfl now dealing with a Death Investigation after a patriots fan dies after a fight in the stands. Plus, las vegas is taking the next weird step into the future. Well show you the new ai bot that will be welcoming city visitors to say its a sin city. But first, a check on the weather with lisa. All right. Good morning, everyone. We are looking at this system as the culprit. Its way to the north. Its going to drop down to the north and east of us and those northwesterly winds transporting the smoke and the bad air quality. See Current Conditions right now for sensitive groups and everyone else. Very unhealthy out there. So thats why we have our air quality advisory continuing today into thursday, 59, nevada , we have low clouds and fog as well. Were 60 in the south bay. And a look outside, itll be gray for quite some time. Then well get into the hazy conditions throughout the afternoon and then looking at those gusty winds in the hills of the north bay, portions of marin, i should say sonoma and also napa, parts of vacaville. And looking at altimira, living on friday night. Heres a look at the north bay. And we have a south wind in general stopping this at 11 00 tonight. And you notice the wind gusts here over 30 miles an hour. It ramps up to 40 miles an hour. And that decreases the moisture in the atmosphere. So its extra dry out there. And heres another look at that trough sliding to the south and east of us. So its going to be today into late thursday until we get into our usual westerly winds. Then well have a nice weekend and then perhaps look at that monday night into tuesday. We could be welcoming in the first precip of the season awfully early, dont you think, for mid september. But as for today, hazy, smoky, low 70s in oakland. Well be welcome to big tobaccos fantasyland. A new, healthier World Without cigarettes. As long as you dont count the 6 trillion sold worldwide every year. And vaping wont lead to smoking, if you ignore the research that says otherwise. In big tobaccos fantasyland, the deadliest industry is your friend. Shh. New England Patriots fan. He died after a fight in the stands at the nfl Football Game and jobina. There are still questions. But whats the latest this morning . 53 year old dale mooney was at Gillette Stadium in massachusetts for a patrick its and dolphins game on sunday. Video shows mooney in a patriots journey and hat getting into a row of seats as a fight broke out. His friends who were also at the game claim they were verbally taunted by other fans. Witnesses say mooney was punched twice and never regained consciousness. I just saw a guy in a dolphins jersey come over. He delivered two punches and at that point everybody kind of let go of the guy. And he fell back into his seat and he unfortunately never, never woke up. Witnesses also say people were trying to do cpr on mooney for about 10 to 15 minutes. He was eventually taken to the hospital where he later died. His wife says he did not have a medical condition. She was aware of Gillette Stadium. Officials say they were they were heartbroken by the death of mooney. And they also describe him as a lifelong patriots fan. And 30 year season ticket member. Reggie, how awful. Okay, jobina thank you. In todays gma first look, police in birmingham have released body cam video. It shows police, tasing and arresting a band director that band director allegedly refused to stop the bands performance and leave the stadium after a Football Game. Heres abc News Reporter andrew dymburt. In this mornings gma first look, shocking body camera footage showing a High School Band director being arrested and tased right now at the center of a Police Investigation in i didnt deserve to be tased. Im a good citizen. Birmingham police say this all happened after johnny mims refused their orders to cut minor high schools band performance and leave the stadium after a Football Game last week. And this morning, mims is telling his story to gma. What was going through your mind at that time when you heard everybody shouting, stop, stop. Honestly, i was thinking more about i got to figure out how to get my students out of out of here. Like i need to make sure that everybody is safe. How do i make that . And so a lot of the reaction you see from me to the police is as a director, you know, youre responsible for everybody that youve come to that game with. And well have much more of this interview and the fallout from the tasing coming up at 7 a. M. With your gma. First look. Im andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. Actress and model Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from danny masterson. The couple was married in 2011 and they have a daughter together. This filing comes less than two weeks after masterson was convicted on two counts of rape and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison. Mastersons lawyers say they plan to appeal his case. The parents of found sam bankmanfried. They are now facing legal troubles of their own. Joe bankman and barbara freed live in palo alto. The companys current leaders are suing them, accusing the parents of fraudulently misappropriating millions of dollars from ftx. In a statement, the couples attorneys deny the claims. It claims the legal action is an attempt to undermine their sons trial. Just days before its set to start. Sam bankmanfried has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of fraud and conspiracy. Millions of dollars are coming back to fortnite players , or at least the parents of children who play fortnite epic games. The company that produces fortnite has agreed to settle a Us Government complaint that users were misled into making unwanted purchases. The ftc accuses the game of making it easy for children to buy items without parental consent. Epic games will now pay out 245 million in the form of refunds. Affected users will soon receive a claim number from the ftc that they can use to apply to receive money from the settlement fund. Vanna white is going to be staying at wheel of fortune for a little longer. She just extended her contract for two more years. Vanna white and pat sajak joined the show together in 1983. Sajak retired at the end of this season. Ryan seacrest is going to take over as host next year. Wheel airs at 730 here on abc seven after jeopardy and right after abc seven news at six. All right. Check this out. So the las vegas new las vegas sphere has added some next level ai technology. So instead of a human warm welcome, the guests are going to be greeted by aura , which is a humanoid robot. And this is where she sounds like, hi, my name is aura. Forgot chat bots come chat with some real bots and experience the future of technology. Uh huh. Shes a little stiff to be jobina sphere. I havent been to it, but i saw it when i was in vegas. Our room. We could see it from our room. Its a really cool. Its a hotel. No what is it . Its a performance venue. Okay got it. So aura is going to welcome visitors to all the events that happen inside the 4d dome. And well explain how it operates or will debut starting next month. I dont need aura, but did you see when you were in vegas, did you see sphere . I did not. You didnt know . I dont know if i wasnt paying attention, but is it . Im trying to understand how all of thats working on the exterior. Are they screens . Oh, its so big and so vibrant when you are landing in vegas because you can see it during the day. Its that bright. Wow. So sometimes its like a giant eye. Sometimes its like, thats weird. Sometimes it says things, whoa, its baby. Yeah. A very cool thing. I just dont need this robot. Whats the next to its kind of. Its not. Its not right on the strip. Okay . Its on the side where, like, paris is that side. Oh, yeah. Okay. A little farther off. Okay. Uh huh. All right. Well, youll be welcomed by aura or not. Aura. You stay over here. All right . Well, i wish i could push that smoke away. Right. And just kind of move it around. Well, its coming down into the bay area out of the north here. Its a trough. And because this is sliding to the east of us, our winds have shifted. That happened yesterday and that has allowed for the smoke from the anvil fire in Southern Oregon, Northern California, to move into the bay area. So our air quality forecasts and advisory today and tomorrow for moderate air quality. So not much has changed. In fact, getting a little worse before it gets better. 59in nevada, we saw a yesterday how hazy it was out there, 59 in fremont. Not much of a change simply because the upper level winds already look at them. Theyre strengthening Mount Saint Helena here, 22 miles an hour. So theyll continue to strengthen. Theyll continue to come down out of the north. And that is just cutting off that onshore flow that brings us our free air conditioning right . So thats going to resume as we get into the overnight hours, thursday into friday. But our fire danger index goes up with those winds out of the north. So throughout the overnight hours, were going from moderate to high here just where those winds will be, gusting to 30 to 40 miles an hour. Parts of sonoma to parts of around vacaville and napa county. So keep that in mind. Hazy conditions that hasnt changed. Temperatures mainly in the 60s, downtown, low to mid 70s bay shore, maybe a few 80s. But we have the haze that will continue. And then by friday, as fall arrives, better air quality. Good morning jobina. Good morning, lisa. Thank you. Hi everyone. So the newest update in terms of traffic is going to be the metering lights are officially on at the bay bridge toll plaza. They flipped on at 541. The backup is beginning, but not too bad yet in san rafael. Looking live at 101. Those tail lights are traveling in the southbound direction on. Youre in good shape there for our super commuters. 42 minutes now. Tracy to dublin. So its increased just a bit. We also have a report of a stall in the santa cruz mountains, northbound, 17 around hamilton avenue. So well show you that in our 6 00 hour. Reggie jipina, thank you. And new at six, a setback for those who are hoping for an alternative to epipen, one that doesnt involve needles. First, though, californias salmon industry crisis, the impact last years drought is having on business. This is abc 724 seven. Live in San Francisco, live in the south bay in san jose in concord. Live in oakland. Yes, youre watching abc seven news live anytime anywhere. We are. We are. We are. We are. We are. We are where you are. Never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. Download our abc seven bay area streaming app join us and start watching you didnt choose your hairline. Hot flashes, the flu, or that thing when your knee just gives out for no reason. You didnt choose your bad back or this. Or. That. You didnt choose depression, melanoma, or lactose intolerance. 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Researchers have successfully recovered genetic material from an extinct species, according to a study published yesterday, scientists were able to extract the rna molecules from the extinct tasmanian tiger. It disappeared about 2000 years ago from the earth. So new genetic material well could help scientists learn more about the animals genetic makeup and possibly bring it back in some form. A High School Teacher in arkansas is working on repopulating the endangered louisiana pine snake. Theyre believed to be one of the most rare snakes in the country. Chance duncan, who teaches at russellville high school, has been working on repopulating them since 2016. The summer he had a breakthrough when a female snake laid eggs, which he believes led to four louisiana pine snakes. Now, students at the school will extract dna from those snakes to confirm they play a really critically Important Role in their ecosystems and their are very, very important to preserve their their presence and keep them around. So one day. Okay, chance the arkansas school, believed to be the First High School in the world to conduct this experiment. All right. Well, this weekend may be a good time to visit a National Park because you can go for free. The National Park service is waiving all entry fees on saturday for National Public lands day. You do still have to pay for some things, like if youre planning to camp or take a special tour. If you cant make it on this saturday, the next and last free admission day of the year is november 11th, which is also for veterans day. Yeah, the weekend is going to be nice. First weekend of fall. Well get out of this muck here, this smoke by friday. And that should set up a good weekend. But as for right now, air quality, as you know, very bad out there from all the smoke being transported from the fires down from the north. And you can see were in the red here. Parts of the peninsula, the south bay, the oranges. And that means its a good idea to keep those windows closed and get into the recirculating. Some of that air inside your house. Theres a look at the yellows which indicate were going to be hazy again today, taking this through thursday into thursday night. Still in the yellows and the light green there. So its friday when we begin to see this trough head out of town and get a return to that onshore wind flow that will bring good air quality and those blue skies back. 63. In hayward, it is 62. In union city and we have patches of fog. This will all lift for some sun mixed in with the haze and the smoke out there. But temperature wise, really thats doesnt change as we get into your friday. Still 60s and 70s. And then we want to see a couple degrees of warming warming for saturday. But youll notice really not much change out there. So well be looking at comfortable temperatures. And once the smoke moves out into your friday, well be back to those westerly winds transporting that cooler and cleaner air our way. But as for today, that advisory stands and were looking at a fire weather watch as we get into tonight for the hills of the interior valleys of the north bay. Back to you guys. Thank you, lisa. New at six, kitty litter shortage. Whats causing supplies of this necessary pet product to run low . And a teenage thrill seeker is forced to be rescued after getting stuck dangling under a california bridge. And the rally outside San Francisco city hall to support the citys reparations plan. First, this live look outside. It is 557. Were coming right back but his vision dimmed with age. He had amd. I didnt know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. 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