Put it in gear and take off. , next thing you know, the phone is in your hand stop we should be holding the wheel, not holding the phone. Its a busy world out there. And were all in it together. Go safely, california. Welcome back to kron 4 news at 6 the air quality as you know around the bay area is bad in fact it is among the worst in the world right now, heres a look at purple airs air quality map much of the bay area including San Francisco oakland daly city and nevado are in the purple range which is considered very unhealthy and even dangerous for people with prior Health Conditions and as he had a little bit farther east and south the air gets slightly better but its still considered unsafe to breeze for long periods of time take a look at how things look at this hour outside a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge where you can barely see one of the towers there and the rest of the bridge disappears in the haze cheaper all just. Maurice carroll here to tell us whats going
Things will get worse this fall, and we may not see things back to normal until the end of 2021. And pandemic pause. More parents are opting to create back yard schools pairing Close Friends and private teachers. Well look at the cost and the problems it may be causing. First, we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. What were experiencing right here is coming to community all across the United States of america unless we get our act together on climate change. Reporter this years fire season in the western u. S. Is already one of the worst ever recorded. Reporter these 100 fires have burned 4. 5 million acres, nearly the size of new jersey. Just incredible. Reporter sobering prediction from dr. Anthony fauci. Normal life may not return until the end of next year. Its not going to be an overnight event where you have a vaccine and then all of a sudden everything is okay. Reporter all four Police Officers charged in the death of george floyd went to court. Th
Youre watching kron 4 morning news at 7. Raging wildfires up and down the west coast. In fact its so bad that some of the worst air quality on the planet is right here in the bay area. I think blanket of smoke continues to hover over the bay area making it tough to breathe. And im healthy to stay outside. Good morning. Everybody, thank you so much for joining us on the kron 4 morning news, set saturday September Marty gonzales unfortunately that smokes expected to linger throughout the weekend. It is yet another spare the air day for the bay area, the 26th in a row. We want to get more from days far on that and look at the forecast heidi a good morning marty good morning it looks like were getting a little bit of sleight thinning of the smoke at least happening a lot of air quality the service is going to be lousy all weekend still continuing. With some improvement as we get into early next week because of some other factors are going to help out with the sky conditions to again this g
A look at san jose and weve had a thick layer of clouds moving into parts of the bay area but thats going to help keep it cooler today as we check out concord and our temperature trend. Upper 50s, clouds through at least 10 00 and then well see our temperatures slowly warming up as we head into the low 80s today. I think well take it. Well talk more about this and whats ahead for the rest of the week coming up in a few minimum. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Were looking at the bottom of my map, the south bay. The area of north 101 thats circled heading north where theres still slowing but its easing up. Its only 6 01. This is a lighter drive. The pattern and volume right now, still looking for the bay bridge as the build there happens. Its not at the toll plaza. No metering lights yet. Back to you. Breaking news this morning. We were telling you about it, that overnight fire leaving a family pet, two of them actually, destroying cars, boats, and a whole lot of memori memori
Counties that are on the watch list for increased coronavirus activity. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has local reaction. Reporter School Districts in the buy area had every intention of welcoming back students in the fall. Until covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning some parents came out to support inperson learning. Already children who have not schooled since march 16th and 17 whoth need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore continuing with the Distance Learning model has not been an easy decision for many School Districts. Heres the state superinten