I know a lot of you are going stir crazy, and i will include myself in that. Julian glover is live with more on this. Reporter ad add me to that tally. Yeah, 28 days of the spare the air alert. And it is starting to get to some folks. Lingering wildfire smoke giving the west coast some of the worst air quality in the entire world according to experts. And at a time when getting outside has really been one of the only reliefs during the pandemic. But some Outdoor Activities this weekend were shut down like the oakland zoo and tours of alcatr alcatraz. It caught people off guard. Without masks, we can feel that the air is not healthy. So very disappointed. It is very dangerous to be out in 24 kind of air. So be so have a mask if you have to be outside. And to filter this kind of matter, you really need an n95. And we hate for this to be the impression that tourists good getting of the bay area. We want to point out as the doctor mentioned, if you do have to go outside, make sure that you
Complex fire. Well conduct this in spanish. So everyone remain seated please. To give the perspective, but were going to give you a quick reminder. This incident is a very complex incident that includes seven different counties. The counties are santa clara, alameda, san joaquin, rased, and san benito. Right now, the scu lightning complex is the second largest fire in california history. Second largest. Quick update. The incident stands at over 365,000 acres in size and 25 containment. We have over 1600 firefighters fighting this fight and up to date, 37 structures that have been destroyed and 20,000 that remain threatened. Two civilian injuries. Take you back to 2019 before 2020, and in and today in 2020. We have the incident here with chief tim ernst. My name is team ernst. The several sim bogg symbology. And extremely happy with the amount of black light. Weve contained the fire on the map. 24 to 4 hou8 hours. This entire east side, show under containment. We do not expect any futur
To be saved by the marine layer, well have unhealthy air today, tomorrow and more likely saturday. Ill explain coming up. Disappointing but learning to live with it. And still so much buzz about that orange sky that we saw yesterday. You see the bay bridge there and there is coy tower. And Amy Hollyfield is live in the east wibay with reaction. Reporter and were watching the skies this morning. No sign yet that it will be the orange darkness that we saw yesterday. We also arent seeing falling ash yet this morning. Well keep you posted on how it looks as the sun comes up. Yesterday was definitely one for the record books. And people repg rcognized that,y people taking pictures of the orange die. And also people were out on walks or fishing saying that they were trying to add some bit of normalcy to the strange day. Others the darkness threw them off. I was pretty disor yefbtsed. I missed an appointmentment. Almost never do that. Yeah, it was bewildering. Yeah, it is just everything. Jus
Exposed. I hesitate to say malpractice but i dont think it is a good idea especially in a context like Contact Tracing they absolutely need to be tested. The governor is also taking issue i dont agree with the new cdc guidance period full stop. Neither do leaders in the bay area, in the south bay specifically, they are blasting the new moves, calling them bizarre. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. As abc 7 News Reporter chris wynne explains south bay leaders say the abrupt changes could within st. Claira county this afternoon Health Officials didnt hold back after learning of the new covid19 testing guidelines from the cdc. When i first heard about this change in guidelines, i actually didnt believe it. Reporter the Nations Health Protection Agency now says as long as a person doesnt show symptoms testing may not be necessary. Health officers however are questioning the guidance saying it is important to identify infections in the small window preceding the onset of symptoms whil
A night of pageantry and politics that collides with breaking news on our shores and in our streets. Protests continue for the third night in wisconsin after the shooting of jacob blake in the back by police. A young vigilante who took up a rifle to confront protesters there has now been arrested for shooting three. Two of the victims are dead. And in an extraordinary move, the nba has posttoned tonights playoff games after the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their game to protest the shooting of blake. The wnba, major league baseball, Major League Soccer have postponed their games tonight. Meantime, hurricane laura is bearing down on the louisiana texas border. Now a fierce category 4 storm. Set to be one of the strongest ever to make landfall in the United States. So, lets get the latest from ginger zee in port arthur. Ginger, i can see the wind is kicking up right now. We are just about to get in the main shield of what is hurricane laura. That category 4 storm, now the center of it is ab