Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Nurses honoring their peers killed by covid19 months after the 7 00 p. M. Cheer stopped. Bay area nurses say theyre still facing tough conditions on the front lines of the pandemic. Good morning, everyone, its sunday, october 11. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. Well have more on that in just a moment but first, as always, a quick look at the weather and a heat wave coming. Heres meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, liz. Youre right, its going to be a warm week, typical for october. Were starting out with a little bit of patchy fog. 56 in the city, 65 in oakland where its getting a little hazy. 61 in san jose. Golden gate bridge, really good visibility there. Temperatures were much cooler in the north bay earlier. We are looking at still some pretty good conditions up by the glass fire incident. Although at 62 degrees, look at the relative humidity, its only 56 right now. Drying winds from the north. Air quality is moderate over in oakland. In our east bay and north bay were looking at somewhat less than ideal air quality day for a spare the air alert. Low 80s inland. Well talk about how warm it gets in a few minutes coming up, liz. Developing news, an attempted carjacking suspect was shot and killed by a San FranciscoPolice Officer late last night. Sfpd says they were called to an attempted carjacking with a knife near market and goff streets. Officers began to chase the suspect. When they tried to detain him, an officer fired their weapon. The suspect died at the scene. Police said they found the knife used earlier. Police say the incident is under investigation by the d. A. s office. Nurses in one Bay Area Health system are demanding better protection from covid19. Abc 7 news Lauren Martinez has the story. Reporter 70, registered nurse, burlington, new jersey. Passed away may 25. Names were read aloud during a candlelight vigil outside Alameda Hospital. Each one of them, a life lost. Each of them had somebody who loved them and cared for them. Reporter this reverends mother was a nurse years ago of when she spoke of the sacrifices and hard decisions nurses make every day. I dont think they should be making choices on whether they can live and work safely. Reporter before the vigil, registered nurses from Alameda Hospital continued a fiveat a strike following failed labor negotiations with alameda Health System. Their lack of trust with the nurses, locking up ppe. We filed numerous cal osha complaints. And it just didnt bring them to the table, didnt make them understand how serious we are. Reporter in a statement, alameda Health System said, quote, while we are disappointed that the unions called this strike at a time when there are already extraordinary strains on health care providers, we encourage them to return to the bargaining table where we can resolve our differences and Reach Agreement on a fair, mutually beneficial contract. Nurses say they do not take the decision to strike during a pandemic lightly. But it is for the protection of their patients and themselves. 70 of registered nurses who have lost their lives to covid19 in california are filipino. Its hitting our community in a very particular way. And its not just hitting ndividuals. Nurses. Its impacting their families as well. There are whole families that have been lost because of this pandemic. Reporter in alameda, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. And heres a look at where the pandemic stands in california. There are more than 4,100 diagnosed new cases, sevenday average is 3,300 cases. 72 deaths from covid19 were reported and the 14day Positivity Rate is at 2. 6 . That number indicates the transmission rate of the virus. Now, President Trump hosted his first inperson event since testing positive for the coronavirus. Hundreds of supporters gathered at the white house for an event promoting one of the president s s poen is also d order. Out on the campaign trail. Here are the differing messages coming from addressing them frm a white house balcony. Were going to defeat this china virus, as we call it. Reporter he claims the coronavirus is disappearing despite new cases reported on friday. It is disappearing. Vaccines will help. The therapeutics will help a lot. Reporter as he and dozens connected to the white house battle the deadly virus. Im feeling great. I dont know but you. Reporter releasing a memo saying hes no longer a risk to others. The president pulling out of next weeks nowcanceled debate after the debate was turned virtual in the wake of the president s diagnosis. The president will appear in a competing event on nbc news and. Biden, speaking to Union Workers. America deserves a president who understands what people are going through. Youre facing real challenges right now. And the last thing you need is a president who exacerbates them. Reporter trumps event targeting black voters. Sleepy joe bidens betrayed black and latino americans. If you think he can run this country, youre wrong. Reporter faiabc newsabc ne , washington. We released an alert on our abc news app when trumps said he was able to able to able events. If you want to get alerts like these, download our abc 7 news app. You can save your money, keep your peace of mind. Reporter the saturday Farmers Market is back in downtown calistoga. Scary last. Thank god were back. Reporter it was canceled last week when most of the town the approaching glass fire. Luckily it never made it this far. Just about everywhere you look, people are giving thanks to firefighters who protected their town. Calistoga is incredibly resilient. And theyve been faced with this time and time again. And they do pull out of it. Reporter in a town dependent on tourism, others hope wine country visitors will come back soon. As locals, we can only do so much. And we need that coming here every year for the economy. Reporter a Food Distribution was held sunday to support more than 300 Hotel Employees impacted by the fires and power outages. Nothing speaks to family more than a meal. So we felt that this could be an effort, a gesture to just extend that family hospitality to our team members. Reporter here in santa rosa, those impacted by the glass fire are getting the help they need and some answers at this local Assistance Center at maria correo high school. We want to find out from red cross how to safely go back to our home site. We love that area. We love the people around us. And the intent is to build back up. Reporter from ruin to recovery, this Community Getting back on its feet yet again. In the north bay, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. And the bay area has broken the record now for the number of days under a spare the air alert this year. An alert has been extended until tuesday, and that extension marks a total of 51 days this year that weve been under an alert compared to the previous record of 46 days in 2017. Smoke from the august complex and red salmon complex fires triggered this latest alert. It bans wood burning, discourages unnecessary driving and encourages residents to stay indoors. The bay area Quality Management district says we could likely see several more spare the air days this year and thats because upcoming winds and warmth heighten fire concerns. And lisa, i know we had some sprinkles yesterday in the north bay, light sprinkles, but its unclear if thats going to be enough to stop the fire danger this week. And not to sound trite, liz, but what a difference a day makes, because in the north bay, 38 to 45mileanhour wind gusts on top of mt. Tam and mt. Diablo out of the north. Already big changes ahead, a warmup today and well above average temperatures. Your forecast is next. Also ahead, some east bay Restaurant Owners are pushing back against their countys decision to delay reopening indoor dining. Why they say they may not last much longer. And the sun is setting today on the popular sunny doughnuts shop in the south bay. Why the owners are retiring. Woman 1 get your woman 2 you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. Surfer or you can fill it out anywhere. Man 1 its easy to mail it back. You dont even need a stamp. Man 2 or you can use an official drop box. Woman 3 you can even drop it off at the polls. 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Shame on turkey reporter as tensions between armenia, turkey, and berber ab continue, people in the bay are what theyre trying to do really is finish off the armenian genocide. Reporter saturdays march one of many gatherings of its kind across the country. In los angeles earlier in the week, proarmenia protesters shut down streets, calling for peace. Tensions were renewed on september 27th when fighting between azerbaijani and Armenian Forces broke out. It was the largest attack since the war between the two countries that ended in 1994. We see everything thats happening and the young kids that are dying. And it is our duty to make sure that our voices are heard. Their virusoices are heard. Reporter in recent months, there have been hate crimes, vandalism, antiarmenian crimes. The Azerbaijani Cultural Society of Northern California has raised tens of thousands of dollars for war victims. Marchers in San Francisco hope the days actions send a message to leaders. Were all together because and you, we will make a huge difference. Reporter dion lim, abc 7 news. A man has been arrested accused of a paintball attack on a 18yearold pregnant woman in marin city. The suspect is 19 years old and from marin city. The Marin County Sheriffs Office says the woman was hit by about 30 rounds and was taken to the hospital to have her injuries treated. Investigators did release this picture of the paintball gun they say they found during the arrest. Its not clear if the victim and suspect knew each other. Investigators say since last month there have been nearly 20 incidents with young adults recklessly discharging paintball guns. A man was shot and killed by nris duty last week. Protesters demanded justice. A group of people filled Veterans Memorial park in napa for 47yearold juan garcia, shot during a traffic stop monday night. The Sheriffs Office said garcia got out of the car and approached a deputy with his hand behind his back and refused to show his hand when asked. They were afraid he had a gun. He was a chef and leaves behind a wife and three kids. As the bay area bounces back from the pandemic, the economy is one of the things that abc 7 is focused on as we try to build a better bay area. Restaurant owners in pleasanton are pushing back against Alameda Countys decision to delay reopening inside dining. They say Outdoor Dining may not be successful much longer and they may not survive. Abc 7 News ReporterLaura Anthony has the story. Ten miles away you can drive down the road and have a meal. Reporter with their counterparts in neighboring Contra Costa County now allowed to have indoor dini, strant owners ileanar none too county Health Officials wont grant them the same privilege despite meeting the States Coronavirus threshold. I think weve gotten drug into whats going on in oakland where their numbers are quite high for the coronavirus. Reporter in deciding to delay inside dining for four to six weeks even at 25 capacity, Alameda CountyHealth Officials stated, quote, having different households together while they eat and drink for extended periods of time in an enclosed space eliminates the protections social distancing and wearing a mask provide. In june, pleasanton closed its main street here to facilitate outside dining. It certainly helped some of the restaurants survive. But it ends november 1st and the weather is changing. Especially for the wife, shes too cold, got to bring a inside makes it easier. Reporter these folks are from michigan where limited inside dining is allowed. I dont feel unsafe. I feel cautious. You have to use your common sense. But it doesnt stop us going out. Reporter even with outside seating, business at haps steak and seafood is off 80 from last year. The owners had to lay off 40 people. There will be a lot of businesses that arent allowed. Reporter Laura Anthony, abc 7 news. Customers lined up for one last street at sunny doughnuts in san jose before it closes today. The owners have decided to retire after 33 years. They said on facebook its because of the pandemic and the resulting drop in sales. One man said he plans to make one more pilgrimage today. Hes enjoyed sunny doughnuts for decades. Doughnuts are fabulous, weve been comingyear grandkidsthese lol siss sttg wn owners chip and sarah, i love that photo of them, came to the bay area in 1982 after escaping an oppressive regime in cambodia. They worked in fast food restaurants and cleaned homes, saving their money to eventually launch their own business in 1987. There is nothing, lisa, like a local doughnut shop. Were wishing them well in their retirement, too bad they have to close. For sure, a doughnut sounds good just about now. It was kind of a nice fall day yesterday with sprinkles, 2 100ths at half moony. Prty bo changes already as gusty northigust y northerly winds will be mixing down not only warmer air later on but drier air. Were have periods of gusty offshore winds throughout the week ahead. The strongest period looks to be wednesday into thursday. Wait til you see the temperatures by wednesday. Theres a look at live doppler 7. Not much left of the fog, not much left of delta here. This was a hurricane, then a tropical storm, then a depression. Now were just looking at heavy rain from the carolinas. And the rain continues up through the eastern seaboard. How about new jersey, d. C. , and parts of new york really getting battered with about two inches of rain from the hurricane. And were looking at the opposite, as High Pressure builds in at the surface. Upper elevations, we get a wind shift, this classic october setup. As we look out from mt. Tam, looks a little hazy. Spare the air alert today, north bay looking hazy at times. 65 at oakland, a good recovery from cooler numbers this morning. We had 45 up towards santa rosa. 63 in novato right now, thats what those north winds will do. Were looking at 67 by the delta, 61 in concord. As we look at above a thousand feet, the direction obviously out of the north, look at mt. Diablo, wind gusts of 45 miles per hour. And the colors indicate the very fast winds. 26mileperhour wind gusts, mt. St. Helena, not what we want to see. The good news is well continue to see these winds dial back later on today. But theyre still going to be an issue in some areas of gusty winds in the Higher Elevations today. As we look out live, the fog is gone. Its sunny and well see a little bit of haze. The big headline, the big takeaway is the high fire danger all week long. So as the winds come out of the north, we get the smoke from the north. And thats going to be the forecast not only today but as we go through tomorrow and tuesday. Got to know the routine by now, right . As air quality continues to deteriorate, the warmth is going to be with us. Heres a look at the wind profile for the rest of the day. Still kind of gusty from the coast and north bay, direction out of the north, the only good news, a subtle onshore push and they will back off into tuesday. So check out those highs tomorrow, 80s to low 90s. So we get warmer tuesday, 70s in the city. Look at wednesday, were near 100 degrees inland. Mid80s in the east bay. Back to today, kind of the best day, with 75 in oakland, 76 palo alto. The average sevenday forecast, were gaining on the warmth. Those periodic winds are pretty gusty wednesday and thursday. Well have to watch this closely, liz. Not surprised, this definitely is the time of year for that. Absolutely, were not out of the woods when it comes to these fires. Thanks, lisa. 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