effort to try to keep the peace and for their own safety, but there was a confrontation and four people were taken into custody. now, this march across the golden gate bridge was billed by conservative organizer brandon streak as an effort to save san francisco. he's behind a campaign called walk away, an effort to have the democrats leave their party and join the republican party. there was a flotilla of floats with trump banners but that didn't organize. organizer says they were peaceful but they became animated when a traffic cone was thrown at them. >> these very same types of people who spent the last three plus months destroying our neighborhoods, our city and country show up. yeah, our side's going to have something to say about it because they're really, really ang are i. >> reporter: four people were taken into custody but the chp has not released any details on charges. counterprotesters say police unfairly closed off access to them and commuters trying to cross the bridge. a bicyclist, he wants us to call marcus, wasn't part of the group. he surprised when officers told him he wasn't allowed to ride his bike across can the bridge. >> i'm allowed to believe what i believe. we can be in the same space, so, how are you going to tell me i can't use a public space that's -- that i pay taxes to use? >> reporter: now, a spokesperson for the golden gate bridge authority says bicyclists are not allowed to use the east side facing pedestrian walk because of a lot of pedestrians on weekends. in fact, bicyclists are allowed to use the west side facing walk. marcus tells us, that was not clearly explained to him. reporting live at the golden gate bridge, sergio quintana, nbc7 news. another support in support of the rally, controversy as well, this was a caravan. north of l.a. police are investigating a shooting that happened near this caravan. a woman who was driving past the caravan says her tire went flat after she heard what sounded like gunshots. police say the tire appears to be damaged by a bullet or bullet fragment. no reports of any injuries. it's not clear if the shooting is connected to that caravan. now to the fires burning across the bay area and the impact on our air quality. good news here is that firefighters are gaining the upper hand on the fires but all of that smoke that you see right there and the haze continue to blanket some parts of the region. on the left is oakland. on the right, walnut creek. rob mayeda joins us. will we get any relief? >> we will get relief when the sea breeze picks up in san francisco. we saw moderate air quality but it pushed the smoke to concord. notice the banner there, spare the air alert extended to tuesday. what typically happens mid-afternoon and evening. we see the onshore winds pick up. as you look at this time lapse into tomorrow morning, looking at this computer model, the north bay continues to see at times pockets of air while the majority of the really bad smoke from the scu fire east of san jose is heading on of to the central valley. tomorrow morning we're likely to find increased air pollution into the north bay. we're watching for the potential for more heat and less of that marine air influence, which could make things a little tougher in terms of fire danger and could also lead to, perhaps, some heat advisories later this week. we'll have a closer look at the seven-day forecast ahead. let's get you up to the spoo ed on the latest numbers. crews are making progress on the lmu, 375,000 acres. containment stands at 58%. not much of a change from last night. along the san mateo, the czu complex fire. 84,000 acres. 37% contained. this is the smallest of the fires. that 37%, up 8% from yesterday. in the south bay and east bay, the scu complex continues to grow at more than 377,000 acres. it is the largest of the fires. containment up significantly to 55% from 45% last night. firefighters are giving us an up-close look into one way they battle fires. take a look at this video right here. cal fire czu tweeted this out. you can see a helicopter dropping buckets of water over part of the czu lightning complex fire which has now burned more than 84,000 acres along will the san mateo and san jose coast. some ben lowman residents were allowed back in their homes tonight but it will be a longer wait for folks in boulder creek, who are relying on social media to help them get through this. we have that story. >> reporter: kevin foster's pickup truck is loaded with cat food, dog food, chicken feed and water. the of the base bofacebook group boulder creek residents. >> i had to get out of there so fast, i couldn't catch my cat in time once the evacuation orders were sent out, can you leave some food or water at my residence? so i would go put a pile of cat food or make sure -- and i'd have the back of my truck is full of donated food, cat food, chicken food, dog food and water. >> reporter: the facebook site is some 6,500 members have come to depend on, sharing information about resources, navigating insurance issues and trying to find out if their homes are still standing. as foster goes into the burn zone to document it for the santa cruz mountain bulletin, he's been able to get some answers. >> i would try to do videos of certain streets real quick as i shot down the streets just so people can get an idea. i think not knowing is bigger stress. i believe the best use of social media is to help other folks. >> reporter: the damage to their community is so extensive t will be a while before they can get back in. the latest cal . fire briefing, officials say there is more progress but infrastructure repairs will determine how soon more neighbors can get back home. and on the front lines, they've got more help. >> today we brought in nearly 300 men and women from the california national guard to bolster the fire fighting efforts. >> reporter: in santa cruz county, nbc bay area news. we're posting the most up-to-date evacuation orders and warnings across all of our digital platforms. make sure you download our nbc bay area app and get alerts as well. a big change for the bay area. it's taking effect in a matter of a couple hours. the governor's new plan for reopening businesses goes into effect. it's a little complicated. it's a tier system. each county assigned to one of these tiers based on the rate of new cases and positivity. the dark purple is widespread. that is the most restrictive tier. the yellow is minimal, the least restrictive. take a look where each bay county area santands. the most restrictive in purple. all counties are allowed to reopen some indoor businesses with modifications. that includes hair salons, but not all counties are allowing it. this map is showing you. san francisco, alameda county requiring salons to work outd z outdoors. counties can place stricter requirements on businesses than the state does. a decision not to let alameda county salons move inside has some business owners angry tonight. nbc bay area's marianne favro in fremont with the story. >> reporter: rudy ramirez is testing out his pop-up tents, putting out cones and reading through ten pages of health guidelines as he prepares to reopen his fremont hair salon tuesday. he's not been able to cut hair here since mid-march. while he's excited to finally get back to work, he's not thrilled alameda county requires him to cut hair outside, even after the governor just announced a new tiered reopening system that would have allowed it. but counties are allowed to enact stricter rules. >> we're on display like zoo animals. we're forced to do this. we need to support ourselves. we need to work. we have to do whatever it is we tell it to do. >> he questions how he can compete with other salons in nearby santa clara and san mateo counties where they'll be able to style clients' hair inside starting tomorrow. >> we should all be treated equally. >> reporter: they hope they ease restrictions soon. >> i think if the other counties are doing it, i don't see why alameda county wouldn't, if all the hair dressers and patrons are wearing masks and taking precautions, i don't see what the risk would be. >> reporter: businesses are easing. starting tomorrow, indoor malls can open at 25% capacity. but that doesn't help rudy, who's trying to make up for nearly six months of lost earnings. >> it's very difficult to stay afloat. i've gone through my whole life savings over this. and nobody really seems to care. >> reporter: in fremont, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> you see stories like that, we asked alameda county to further explain the decision not to allow salons to work indoors. when we get a response, we'll be sure to let you know. san francisco is giving the grown light for outdoor salons to open this week but mayor breed says the city is reviewing all of the new state guidelines which just came out on friday. right now hair and nail salons can start outdoor services starting tuesday. gyms and fitness centers can also reopen outdoors, but next wednesday, that's september 9th. mayor breed said any changes in san francisco remain the decision of health leaders. baseball on hold for the oakland a's. today the club announced someone traveling with the team tested positive for covid-19. the a's say they found out last night. the team is not saying if it was a player or staff member who tested positive. today's game against the astros was postponed. the entire team tested this morning. results expected tomorrow. when that happens, they'll talk with the league and medical staff to figure out where to go next. >> ultimately we need to see if this is an isolated infection or larger issue. the only way to do that is to be patient, make sure everybody isolates at the hotel, which they're doing today. >> mr. forst says the players have taken the virus seriously and understand the sacrifices that had to be made in order to play. still ahead, powerful words from someone who knew chadwick boseman well. deadly situation during the protest in portland and the blame game between the city's mayor and president trump. hey, my twitter is blowing up! dear jack box, bring back the spicy chicken strips, still waiting for the spicy chicken strips, so many about spicy chicken strips. wow, i hear you. so i'm bringing back my juicy 100% all-white meat spicy chicken strips combo for only $5.99! is it the juicy 100% all-white meat? or because you can spice them up or cool them down? or because a little birdie told me you wanted them back really bad... get my spicy chicken strips combo for only $5.99. his passing is still really hard to grasp for so many. fans of the late chadwick boseman are reeling from the news of his death. he died friday after waging a four-year battle with colon cancer that few knew about. ryan kugler shared his thoughts in an emotional tribute. part of it reads, he lived a beautiful life and he made great art. day after day, year after year. that is who he was. he was an epic fire work display. i will tell stories about being there for some of the brilliant sparking till the end of my days. what an incredible mark he's left for us. now thousands are signing a petition to replace the confederate statue with a memorial for the actor. it's happening in his hometown of south carolina. the creators of the petition say, as fellow citizens go about their day, they should have a fact that sees all people as equal. and added, mr. boseman is, without question, an american treasure and his worknhe place him. the petition has more than 6,000 signatures in just two days. a after a week of protests and turmoil, the white house says president trump will visit kenosha, wisconsin, this week. demonstrators have taken to the streets after the shooting of jacob blake. demonstrators are pointing the finger directly at president trump for the protests there and across america. >> reporter: one week after 29-year-old jacob blake was shot in the back by a kenosha police officer, people are still demanding reform. president trump will go to the city to show support of the police officers. >> the president is on the side of law enforcement and rule of law. >> reporter: blake has admitted to having a knife in his possessi possession. democrats are blaming the president for civil unrest sweeping the country. >> the chaos and the disorder and the lawlessness that we are currently seeing, that's donald trump's america. >> reporter: president trump not backing down. on twitter sunday he threatened to send in the national guard to oregon after demonstrators took to the street for the 94th night in a row. >> do you seriously wonder, mr. president, why this is the first time in decades that america has seen this level of violence? it's you who have created the hate and the division. >> reporter: the biden campaign unleashing a strong indictment of the president's handling of the turmoil. >> you saw donald trump go to new hampshire on friday and say, you know, protesters my [ bleep ]. he's had every opportunity to speak as a leader. >> reporter: the biden campaign promising a different message of unity when he hits the campaign trail this week. both candidates with the public, appealing to their base, with two months to go until the election. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. tonight we're learning more about the victim of last night's shooting in portland. friends are identifying him as aaron danielson. there's already a gofundme account set up for his family. a photograph from the scene shows the victim was wearing a hat with the logo of the group patriot prayer. the group's founder confirms danielson is the person shot during the demonstration last night. the alt-right group made headlines in the bay area in 2017 by planning proceed gun and pro trump rallies. the event at chrissie field was eventually called off because of security concerns. the civil unrest has led to an historic multisport boycott. this morning on "meet the press" chuck todd interviewed wnba player sue bird and ethan thomas. thomas talked about how it's not new but unity between players is new. >> when we're unified, one voice, that's where the impact is felt for us. >> a lot of people are saying, why is lebron feeling so emotional about this? because the fact that you are making millions of dollars on the nba doesn't save you from being black. and that's the difference. >> president trump, who's been critical of protests in the sports world, is headed to kenosha, wisconsin, on tuesday, and meet to law enforcement and look at the damage. you can join our ongoing conversation about race in america led by jessica aguirre and marcus washington. our fifth installment airs next month. all of our previous conversations can be found at nbcbayarea.com/raceinamerica. here's a look at what crews are up against on the fire lines. cal fire posted this video to instagram of the scu complex fire burning near the east bay and south bay. you can see those flames raging in rugged terrain and also that massive, heavy cloud of smoke. firefighters in marin county still trying to gain the upper hand on the woodward fire. that's the fire in point reyes national sea shore and burned more than 3,000 acres and 17% contained. it's on the coast. gets fog just about every morning. still it's difficult. they tweeted this video of fire fighting operations. firefighters are warning people who live in the valley to expect heavy smoke. >> there was a break for parts of the bay area and then it got pushed somewhere else, rob. >> yeah, it's the imports and export of the smoke is the daily challenge of the weather forecast. still dealing with unhealthy levels that are certainly spare the air worthy but at times almost very unhealthy. sometimes twice the levels we typically assign to a spare the air day. right now we're seeing fog in san francisco, a case of fog that's making a big comeback. 57 degrees, misty clouds. 66 right now in san jose. high earlier was 78 degrees. walnut creek, hazy skies, that's where some of the bayside smoke moved to once the sea breeze picked up this evening. 71 currently. into dublin, another spot that did see the smoke concentrations pick up as the sea breeze passes it to the altima pass. right now, 72. for tomorrow, i think we'll see more smoke draining down from the fires burning off to the fires of lake county and the lmu complex and woodland fire in marin county. the north bay during the morning and i think the east bay, more so the inland east bay, we'll see the numbers come up. everybody dealing with unhealthy air quality with spare the air extended through tuesday. lots of low clouds through the coast and inner bay. marine layer air and czu complex in the santa cruz mountains is helping the fire fighting efforts on coast and ocean-facing side. different story, inland across the hills in lmu or czu complex where we see pretty dry conditions. shake out the animation. looking to the august complex, mendocino county, 7:00 a.m., still 25% relative humidity there in lake county. kind of a battle between the marine air, sea level and warm and dry conditions inland. temperatures come up a little more tomorrow. we'll see low to mid-90s across the inland east bay. mid-80s near san jose. through the week we'll be watching high pressure strengthening. right now it doesn't look like it in intensity until the end of the week. the changes we're looking at in the seven-day forecast, slowly start to bring the temperatures up. san francisco dealing with the hazy skies at times. upper 60s to low 70s. but by next weekend, that looks considerably hotter. right now most of the weather models midway through next weekend could put us back into the mid to upper 90s. trending warmer and hotter inland. if there's a little bit of good news, no dry lightning assigned with some heat coming our way. we'll have to watch for very dry conditions across the hill tops and prospects of maybe seeing heat advisories around this time next weekend. that's a look at the changes ahead over the seven-day forecast. let's send it back to you. >> thank you, rob. still to come, a launch that hasn't been seen since 1969. a spacex rocket takes an unusual route. experience the ultimate sports hub. where you can find games, news and highlights. all in one place, right on your tv. the xfinity sports zone. use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. follow the teams you love. and, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. so you'll never miss an update. with the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. now that's simple, easy, awesome. click, call or visit a store for details. blastoff, another spacex falcon 9 rocket headed into orbit. taking an unusual route. the launch happened just after 4:00 p.m. today in cape canaveral. the mission marked spacex's first polar orbit launch, which is when the orbit around the north and south poles which is better for image and weather satellites. normally those launches are done during southern california. so during the launch it flew south instead of east over open water. it was carrying an observation sal light for argentina's space agency. the spirit of rosy the riveter is alive and awell even today. the rosie the riveter trust isb anniversary, which is located in the east bay, the national park dedicated to women who built ships during world war ii. more than 700 ships were made just in richmond during the war. largely by women. tonight the trust and the park celebrated 20 years with a special virtual event. the homefront national park is temporarily closed because of the pandemic, but it will open as soon as restrictions are lifted. speaking of which, she's a 98-year-old national park ranger who preserves the rosie the riveter museum. earlier this summer, nbc bay area cheryl herd had a chance to sit down with pier in betty reed soskin. she opened up about the current climate, shared some advice from her story. when you're 98, you have good wisdom. the interview is on our website, nbcbayarea.com. still ahead, salons getting ready to reopen in parts of the bay area. we'll show you how they're getting ready tonight. and help getting back home. as firefighters raced to contain the lmu fire, some hope for people who live in vacaville. - i'm norm. - i'm szasz. 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everybody else. >> reporter: tamara is co-owner at the mane gallery in concord. after waiting so long to finally reopen indoors, she learned that customers would be allowed to come back in starting monday. >> we were a little confused by the information and where to go to. we figured it out. and we knew it was -- we're back in business. >> reporter: the salon is ready with extra cleaning supplies, dividers, signs and layers of safety precautions. but they didn't have to scramble. they already had the supplies in place. >> the last opening up we were kind of like, you know, we're opening and then shut down, so we were just kind of took us back a minute. >> reporter: the business shut down when contra costa county went on the state watch list. many businesses are hoping this tiered reopening on friday makes the process easier to understand and it will lead back to another shutdown. >> no, we have not heard what we're allowed to do or not allowed to do. >> reporter: while businesses are preparing amid the pandemic, not everyone is aware of what takes effect tomorrow. >> i would have to see how they set the salon up, but since i've been cutting my own hair, i'm not in a rush to go inside. >> reporter: at the mane gallery, they have taken all the steps and have loyal clients ready in concord, nbc bay area news. there are more than 83,000 cases in the bay area and more than 1,000 deaths. contra costa county, which we told you is in the widespread tier, is reporting 240 more cases, bringing its total to more than 13,000. san francisco and napa are the only two counties in the red tier, which means substantial spread. san francisco added 79 new cases, which since yesterday, napa is not reporting any new cases. happening tomorrow, a big step forward for the court battle over opening california schools. today a los angeles judge decided to merge a preliminary injunction hearing in the case set for tomorrow with the trial itself. that means the first public hearing in the brock versus newsom lawsuit challenging the governor on his decision to keep schools mostly online happens tomorrow. a lawyer for it the parents bringing the suit says the decision is proof that parents who want in-person schooling are gaining momentum. some 6 million california students could be impacted by the decision. >> a coronavirus vaccine might be on the market before phase 3 trials end. the chief of the fda steven hahn says he's preparing to bypass full federal approval in order to make the vaccine available asap. he guarantees it will still be safe. he says the vaccine developers still have to apply for approval, but that could happen before the trials are completed. he says he's doing that because the benefit outweighs the risk in a public health emergency like this one. hahn added the emergency authorization is not the same thing as full approval. it would just allow the vaccine to be given to certain groups. let's get you up to speed on the latest numbers for our bay area wildfires. along the santa cruz and san mateo county coasts, the czu complex is the smallest of the three major fires. 84,000 acres have burned. containment stands at 37%, which is up 8% from yesterday. in the south korea and east bay, the scu complex continues to grow. it's the largest fire burning more than 377,000 acres. containment for that one is up to 55%, which is up from 45% last night. the lnu complex in the north bay has burned 375,000 acres. containment stands at 58%, which is up slightly from last night. as firefighters continue to battle the wildfires across the bay area, community centers are opening up to help those displaced by those flames. the local assistance center is now open at community college in vacaville from 9:00 to 5:00 every day of the week. the center is providing all kinds of services. they have critical document replacement, mental health counseling and now the food bank of contra costa and solano counties is setting up shop to help out as well. >> right now the need is to actually get just a little -- a little bit of food for right now. some people have gone shopping and they're staying in a lot of hotels so they can't cook a lot of stuff. we have ready-to-eat so they're able to have something. >> that food is available at the center until tuesday. in oakland, another night of clashes between protesters and police. six people were arrested. one officer was hurt. at times, officers had to use tear gas to disperse the crowd as police say people were throwing rocks and bottles at them. a follow-up now to mail collection boxes removed from downtown oakland. the six mailboxes were on the same area. their removal sparked outrage from the public and elected leaders, like congresswoman barbara lee, especially since we're so close to the election. the post office now saying boxes are going to be put back tomorrow. city of oakland. a statement reads in part, f ine this is just a temporary and precautionary measure taken to protect mailboxes within the area of possible civil protests. a man is in jail tonight accused of chasing two windsor girls and trying to get into their home. police say the two teenagers were chased by the man on their way home but they were able to make it inside. then the man started. pounding on the door when the girl's father opened the door, the man punched him and tried to enter. luckily the man was able to hold him down. police say the man followed the girl home last week but that incident was never reported. our making in the bay area covering housing in the bay area. fremont is opening a new housing navigation center. they say the goal of the center is to help homeless people transition into more stable and permanent houts ising. a virtual grand opening is set for 6 enclose k tomorrow. the center is right next to city hall. as work from home becomes a new reality for many, some are reconsidering where they live. now a growing number of millenials are looking for houses on instagram, which is owned by facebook. the account cheap old houses is listing vintage homes for less than $100,000, some paying as little as $10,000 a home. elizabeth now has more than 1 million followers and she's seen a lot of it during the pandemic. >> they're more likely to take the kind of risk, move across the country and find a house based on instagram, which many people have doned. >> she added while the homes are fixer uppers for sure, home buyers say saving a historian landmark is well worth the hassle. yesterday we showed you one of our favorite events when nbc bay area and telemundo teamedel. more than 1,800 animals adopted through our program in the bay area this month and tens of thousands of dollars raised for shelters. it's want just us. in fact, one south bay girl has done something extraordinary. here's nbc bay area's garvin thomas. >> 14-year-old mina has been a dog lover for a long time. as you hear, she was fascinated with dogs before she could even spell the word dog. but lately it's one type of dog, older ones, that she has been focusing her energy and her considerable fund-raising talents. >> oh, baby. >> mina's parents tell a cute story from when she was a baby. while in the process of adopting her from india, a stray dog had puppies near the apartment where they were staying and 2-year-old mina was transfixed. >> every day i would go and visit those puppies. that would keep me entertained and my parents entertained. >> she would just spend hours and hours, you know, just watching them. >> her mom figured she had a daughter who would love animals but had no idea what lengths she'd go to save them. what wouldn't be completely clear until a few years later. >> it all started when i was 9 years old. >> that is when mina met george, a neighbor's dog. he reminded mina of, well -- >> george reminds me of my grandfather and my grandfather was old and i took care of him to the best of my ability. >> george, it turns out, had been rescued by muttville, a san francisco nonprofit that specializing in finding homes for senior dogs. mina wanted to help. so, she started walking and sitting for every dog she could in her neighborhood. and the money she made went right to muttville, and there was a lot of it. >> over the past five years i've donated over $14,000 for them. >> mina says she does it for a simple reason. >> thanks, baby. >> the dogs need it. >> thank you. >> but, perhaps, there is something deeper at work. a girl grateful for the life she has, wanting to share that good fortune with other creatures. >> i was both me and the dogs are animals, creatures, that didn't have homes and now we both have homes and it's so that mazing. >> garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. coming up, danger in the sky. a troubling situation for a bomber pilot. why a jet came so close. it's a hot commodity these days, hand sanitizer. tonight a new quarng. what you might be putting on your hands that could be dangerous. unsafe and unprofessional, those are the words the u.s. military is using to describe what you're looking at here, a close encounter. a u.s. air force has a bomber flying over all 30 nato who is the grandson of two holocaust survivors. kushner will join an israeli delegation tomorrow by an israeli commercial air lines to united arab emirates. returning now to our coverage of the pandemic, the world has surpassed a milestone here. there are now more than 25 million cases and there have been more than 840,000 deaths. the data does show a steady global growth but the disease's epicenter has shifted. india set a new record for daily cases of any country with a tally of 79,700 new covid cases. previous record was reported by the united states back in mid-july. that number was a little more than 75,000. a new warning for a product that's quickly become part of many people's daily routine. the food and drug administration has issued multiple warnings about hand sanitizer during the covid-19 pandemic. but until now, those warnings have focused on what's inside the bottle. but nbc reports, the agency is now telling you to watch out for what's on the outside. >> reporter: a new warning this morning for consumers, especially those with children. watch out for hand sanitizer packaged to look like food. the fda says it's discovered sanitizers for sale that are, quote, packaged in beer cans, children's food pouchs, water bottles, juice bottles and vodka bottles. in one case the fda says a confused consumer bought a bottle they thought was drinking water but turned out to contain sanitizer. the agency is also warning parents to avoid sanitizers with food scents like chocolate or raspberry because it may entice children to eat them. sanitizer can be ingested and calls to poison centers are up 70% for sanitizer exposure. it's the latest warning for the hygiene product this year. last month the fda expanded its earlier recall of sanitizers to including more than 75 brands because they contained methanol, also known as wood alcohol. most of the dangerous products were made in mexico but sold in stores throughout u.s. with the demand surging in march and april, and established brands hard to find, poorly produced alternatives flooded the market. at least ten people in new mexico and arizona have died from consuming sanitizer. place them on a high shelf and out of sight where children can't reach or see them. keep them in their original containers. don't reuse water or alcohol bottles to store sanitizers and save the number for poison control in your phone or post it on your fridge in case of an emergency. still ahead, small business owners across the country are struggling to make ends meet. regulators are now cracking down on one group of people. we'll tell you who next. they're not just trying to put the flames out. firefighters are also trying to protect historical landmarks. what these southern california firefighters worked to save coming up. watching the smoke very closely from the major wildfires. extending our spare the air days. we'll talk about that and a big warm-up in the seven-day forecast. as more and more small businesses are struggling to survive, regulators are start toggle crack down on a major group of lenders. they say they are targeting vulnerable businesses with high-cost loans and abusive collection tactics. here's kathy park with more. >> reporter: for nearly 30 years, jay hoen has found joy in personal training and he turned that passion into running a private studio with his wife in la jolla, california. >> it's a great opportunity for us to do something we love. >> reporter: but a recent injury set his business back, so he took out a loan. a month later, covid-19 hit. he was forced to close his studio and unable to pay his lender, par funding. >> i told the people at par due to the current circumstances that i definitely didn't see coming, i'd like to freeze my account. >> reporter: in return, he says par began turning the screws. >> what was probably the most egregious threat they threw at you? >> this concession of judgment, threatening they would reach out to business associates that i've had. >> reporter: under the deal they signed, par has access to his checking account. last month the company filed a concession of judgment in court that gives them the right to freeze his accounts if he doesn't pay. >> they're borderline criminal harassment. >> reporter: known as a merchant cash advance company, par funding is a group of lenders preying on small businesses, charging up to 400% on small businesses like hoen's. since 2008, major banks have cut lending to small businesses and merchant cash advance lenders vz helped fill the void. since they're not banks, they are subject to lighter regulations. now regulators and law enforcement are starting to take action. late last month, the fbi raided two par funding offices in pennsylvania and the securities and exchange commission filed suit alleging the company is at the center of a $500 million investment scheme, misleading investments about default rates on loans and hiding the criminal past of an owner, convicted of fraud and running an illegal gambling operation. lawyers for the company and owners vigorously dispute the allegations but declined to further comment to nbc news. recently regulators have filed lawsuits against two other merchant cash advance companies, rcg, which declined to comment, and yellowstone capital, which didn't respond. >> this is a broken market. >> reporter: a commissioner at the federal trade commission says comprehensive industry reform is imperative. >> we're seeing a business model where lenders can actually make big profits even when the borrower fails. >> reporter: federal officials say they're considering whether these loans should be subject to caps on interest rates the same way loans from banks are constrained. as regulators play warns others -- >> you can make mistakes if you don't take the time to do your homework. firefighters aren't just trying to put the flames out, they're also trying to protect historic landmarks. for culver city firefighters, it's the giant coast redwoods in sonoma county. take a look at these photos the firefighters posted on their instagram page. they say the colonel armstrong tree is the oldest tree in the grove. how old, you ask? more than 1,000 years old. you can see flames getting close to the tree but so far it's still standing. let's take a look with rob mayeda and see what's going on to maybe help the firefighters this week. >> right now we're seeing some of that help in the form of the marine air below 1,000 feet. mist and drizzle across the coastal hill tops. temperatures were in the 70s and 80s. now 60s speak drizzle and am mist around san francisco. a sneak preview of what you'll get tomorrow morning. 57 degrees. towards dublin, still pretty warm. 72 as we had a high earlier of 90 degrees. it's going to be there in the inland east bay. during the afternoon we'll see numbers for smoke pollution going up. you'll see for the moment after the sea breeze went through this after and evening, numbers are looking good. look closely at the north bay. for the morning the areas of orange and red, you can see the woodward fire in marin county pushing smoke towards novato and smoke out of lnu dropping into napa county. on the cost you're seeing a little in san francisco, low clouds to start. coastal fog will be part of the story there for the afternoon as well. for morning temperatures in spr microclimate temperature have 60s and 70s coast side. san jose into the 80s and also 80s into napa and santa rosa. doesn't look like the high will get too strong. not much change in temperatures. they may come down slightly towards wednesday and thursday. next weekend the models continue to trend warmer. you can see the red on the map, that's the high pressure that will likely push high temperatures even near san francisco by next weekend into the 70s near 80 degrees. enjoy the relatively mild temperatures. near average or slightly above average for the day tomorrow. we'll drop down wednesday and thursday. right now looks like next weekend we may see numbers that could get hot enough that we could be contending with heat advisories. other than the smoke, which is the main concern, the reason for microclimate weather alert continues to be tracking looks like this time next weekend could see more upper 90s across the valley. enjoy the ocean air condition while we have it. next weekend may not so much. sports is next. we'll be right back. hi. we're glad you came in. what's on your mind? can you help keep these guys protected online? easy. connect to the xfi gateway. what about wireless data options for the family? you can customize and save. what about internet speeds that can keep up with my gaming? let's hook you up with the fastest internet from xfinity. and now with our stores reopening, we're putting healthy practices in place. come visit 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