Some of the worst air quality here in california in the world, however, it was much better out there today, this was the view of San Francisco, the skyline from the east bay, the improved air quality is giving businesses a glimmer of hope kron fours taylor sackey stopped by several restaurants today that started to see an uptick in business and she joins us now live in the city with more taylor then we moved into that better air quality tonight and you can see here behind me that people are still taking advantage of it now earlier today we were in that moderate level but even then restaurants say that it was a breath of fresh air could because finally they were seeing customers sitting outside at the restaurants yet again. The first time in a while because of that that air quality and they say its something that is much needed right now after hitting that second hurdle in the pandemic. The past 2 days has just been really smoky, ive tried to kind of avoid going outside as much as i pos
Tonight, the air quality in the bay area night yet great but dramatically better than the past few days. You can see just how much clearer was in sausalito today we have been living in some of the most unhealthy air on earth over the past week but people are slowly getting back outside as we start to see and to smell a difference in the air. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with details yeah guys finally getting those winds to start to clear things out still got some haze in the atmosphere and you can boy needs shot from the Berkeley Hills here lot going on to get some haze out there from some of the smoke some high clouds all some patchy fog. Begin to move in along the coastline. But certainly the air quality much better around the bay area today looking out toward the Golden Gate Bridge you can see it again we have some thick fog moving a little early on but that will be back again pushing into the bay and certainly overnight tonight kind of filling in around the bay a
Unhealthy. First it was tacky talked to several Restaurant Operators in the city and taylor today some fresh air fried some hope. It can finally move we moved into better air quality tonight and you can definitely see the change in the streets of San Francisco a lot more people out today and while we were in that moderate level for a majority of the day Restaurant Owners say that it was a breath of fresh air as i mentioned it was nice to see people back out and sitting outside of the restaurants, they say its something that was a much needed after hitting 80 yet again another hurdle throughout this pandemic. Obviously with the fires. Back to kind of having to close for 2 days people not going outside again. So its kind of a bummer to have like a whole nother the thing this year that 6 people inside and not sitting at my table Jacob Roberts owns in the country and polk street. Thats one of the many restaurants in San Francisco, the close its outdoor seating because of smoky conditions o
Also nothing on the suspects or a motive. Were going to bring you more information as we get it in. Again, a deadly shooting in san jose near the san jose state campus. At least two people are dead at this moment. Also this evening, the latest on our microclimate weather alert. At this hour, a lot of green and yellow on the air quality map. That is great news. Weve gone from bad to much better. Weve been waiting for this weather for so long that today is a day for everybody to come outside. You can see with that bike helmet on hes getting some fresh air. After a month of unhealthy conditions, were finally all breathing that fresh air. Among the Big Questions moving forward, will this clearing continue, or will the smoke return . Jeff ranieri joining us with some answers right away. Well, i think the short answer on this is we should see some good air, good to moderate air through friday. We might see some of that smoke creep back in. Right now whats changing this up for us is this syst
Sky fox. To demonstrators, you cant see it from this picture but demonstrators are gathering at the bay bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and the dumbarton bridge. Is possible, underscore possible , that the protests might cause problems for the evening commute we will continue to follow the story and keep you up dated the moment we get new developments. Heres a live look from the plaza in oakland. To demonstrators are expected to gather there at any moment. There are a handful of people there now. It looks like there are some poster boards there with pictures. Im not exactly sure what those pictures show. Im guessing though, it is probably people who were killed in incidents with Police Officers. We are working to get more information on that. As we do, we will bring it to you. Again, the protest is set to begin around 5 00 tonight. In louisville kentucky a kerf a curfew will remain as people prepare for protest. Thousands people for the protesting side are expected to show up. 125 demonstra