Didnt get quite as dry. So now weve got blue skies, the more active again. The visibilities increase, so that means the smoke layer isnt laying down on the fire. Any time we get a little bit more visibility, thatll allow more air flow. The fire does start to burn a little more actively. Its nice to see blue skies psychologically, but i think it does invite more fire. And so do you sort of dread seeing the better area right now . Well, im conflicted. So in the cant win department, lets go to darren to see whats up next. Well, i will take the good air quality. Yeah, me too. It is registering green, a. K. A. Good, bay area wide right now. Thats right. There is Something Else thats starting to come into the picture. Look at the view from the top of the salesforce camera. You can see mt. Diablo again. We havent been able to do that for a while. Im going to take the camera and switch our view now. Instead of looking east, were going to take the camera on top of the salesforce camera and look
As it has been theres a look at the current particulate matter levels they particulate matter levels in the air much of the bay now in the yellow and orange which is much better than the dark purple and reds weve been seeing this past week and heres a look at the current air quality in the bay area as you can see. Much better tonight than the past few days the whole country theres feeling some sort of the bay area obviously. Producing a lot of it california producing a lot of it oregon washington, the whole west coast really for the most part. An incredible change from yesterdays air quality and that is good good news. No doubt about it. All right want to check in with our chief meteorologist right now. Lawrence karnow please tell me this trend will continue yeah going to get better to was certainly nice to see the skies begin to turn a little blue outside of weve been looking at this shot over the past few days we have been able to see the Golden Gate Bridge. How about that the Golden
Gavin newsom is clamping down as ktvu greg lee reports a goes further. Reporter governor gavin newson announced statewide restrictions. This is a statewide action starting today every county is impacted by the requirement to modify indoor operations. Every county needs to stop indoor entertainment 30 county is on the states watch list must shut down Indoor Worship Services nail salons and barbershops and malls. These 30 counties in total represent 80 of the population in the state of california. This includes several different areas. The states Positivity Rate has spiked 7. 4 as reasoning for the the added restrictions he said that Placer County was 20 with the icu beds available. Covid19 isnt going away anytime soon until there is a backseat or different type of therapy. There has been created confusion, they rolled back Trip Services and Health Officials say that they understand the frustration but understand that variances are needed. We will talk to the fellow counties in the bay a
South bay are having a very hard time adjusting to the abrupt closure. Maureen naylor is live with their reaction. For the south bay Business Owners we spoke with, this latest about face is taking a toll on them both emotionally and financially. At rage salon in campbell, its not anger but sadness the owner and his wife felt tuesday morning. When i saw the bathroom light come on, went in there to see how she was doing, and she was already in tears. Reporter what did she say to you . Just we cannot believe this is happening, you know. We cant believe this is happening. Reporter 24 hours earlier, mike salvador was giddy when his hair salon reopened for the first time be in four months, only to find out hours later the business would have to close wednesday because of new state guidance and santa claras rise in hospitalizations. Essentially a twoday opening follow league fourmonth closure. Its just been tough. All of the payments, the rent, everything still continues, and absolutely to in
This is nothing to alarm, but i can tell you that the san jose is shutting down several blocks. Nbc bay areas kris sanchez is going to talk about how much the city is spending, but, kris, this is really going to be a big thing for those businesses in that area. Reporter yeah. Well, you know, Restaurant Owners are trying to make up some of the ground that they lost since we started sheltering at home back in march. And the citys trying to help them do that by creating a little bit more space for outdoor dining. We can show you a live picture of that transformation here in san pedro square this afternoon. You can hear the heavy machinery probably moving those barriers into place. Along san pedro street between santa clara street and st. Johns street at the other. And to create more of the outdoor area. You should be able to find nearly all of these restaurants that we all like to enjoy serving food outside. The city will use almost 200,000 in city and county funding and also about 600,00