Extended all the way through friday. With not a lot of change with that smoke in our atmosphere. Temperatures running right around where we should be for this time of year. Upper 60s in San Francisco and low 70s in oakland and mid 80s in san jose and looking at upper 80s for concord. Well talk about the rest of we and what you n up in just a minutes. Now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic for the latest on the commute in san mateo county. Good morning. Good morning. Yeah, taking a look at the roadways right now. 280 is open and looking good in both directions but we still have the ongoing closures along the coast on highway 1. Both directions due to the wildfires still shut down between pescadero and the Santa Cruz County area. La honda road still in effect. And closures along highway 9 are also still in place. Parts of highway 1 through there at schafer road and highway 9 at Paradise Park and 35. Bear creek road at 35. Also parts of 17 accessing that from the off ramp. For example like sims road might be a bit difficult. But thats because well keep you updated on that. Anne . Im anne makovec at the live news desk here. And we are continuing to follow the investigation into a deadly crash in walnut creek last night. At least three people died in this crash. It was on 680 north and the north main exit. For some reason, the vehicle left the freeway, hitting a tree and bursting into flames. It happened just before 11 00 when they put the fire out they found the remains of at least three people in the wreckage. Investigators were there on scene for several hours this morning before they towed away that vehicle. It was headed to the Coroners Office where the investigation continues. The good news is that 680 has since been reopened. Michelle . Back to you. Anne, thank you. This morning, on our fire watch, thousands of crews are fighting some of the largest blazes in state history. More than 1200 square miles have burned in the bay area alone. Thats roughly the size of rhode island. And its not even the peak of of fire season yet. Happening today, National Guard troops will arrive to help at the front lines of the lnu complex burning in the north bay. The fire has killed five people and burned about 1,000 buildings. This morning, its 27 contained. But good news, evacuation warnings have been lifted for the city of healdsburg. More help is also coming to the incident command post. Cal fire says they have deployed the california c conservation corps and there are now more than 2100 firefighters battling the complex. Thanks to relief crews from all over. Originally in the incident resources were definitely stretched thin. Firefighweworking 72 to 96aight. Siificant number of sign and firefighters have the shift on and shift off. Scheduled here to receive 12 National Guard hand crews with roughly 250 people assigned to the hand crews. Also getting some help from the weather. The temperatures overnight cooled down and humidity was high. The scu complex east of san jose has overtaken the lnu as the second largest fire in state history. But crews are gaining ground. At last check the fire is 20 contained and evacuation warnings have been lifted in fremont and morgan hill. Fire crews are focusing their efforts on protecting the heavily Populated Areas along the fires western and northern fronts. Farther into the fire zone, a close call atop mount hamilton. The flames narrowly spared the historic lick observatory. However its still unclear if theres any unseen damage from all the heat. And to the west, in the santa cruz mountains, cal fire says 77,000 people have evacuated from san mateo and santa cruz counties and this morning, seven people are still missing. The czu complex is now 19 contained. Thats up from 17 yesterday afternoon and while the fire grew by only less than 800 th map shows the area between Boulder Creek and bonny doon just west of ben low man. The darker dot there is represent homes that have been destroyed. Evacuation orders remain in effect in marin county. The woodward fire burned about 3,000 acres and firefighters are especially concerned about the terrain and conditions in the northeastern section of the fire. Dozens of homes are evacuated near inverness park. They added to it with little more specifics. If you hear a siren that goes [ sirens ] you have had an hour. To be gone so weve all packed bags. The woodward fire is 5 contained as of this morning. And today, Governor Newsom will give an update on how the state is responding to the fires. You can watch that today at noon on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. Meanwhile, thieves have stolen valuable gear from one firefighter who traveled all the way from the rockies to help with the woodward wildfire. Sarah lee parked her suv outside the hotel when it was broken into monday night. In marin county. Thousands of dollars worth of equipment was stolen. This is the second time someone on her team had their car broken into this week. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. Lets go live to kenosha, wisconsin right now where it was another violent night in the protests over a Police Shooting. Two people are dead and a third injured in kenosha in a shooting just before midnight. The sheriff told the New York Times that his office is investigating whether the shooting resulted in a conflict between demonstrators and a group of men with weapons who were trying to protect their businesses. This was the third night of protests over the Police Shooting of 29yearold jacob blake on sunday evening. Blake is still in the hospital right now. His family says that he is paralyzed from the waist down. Now wisconsins governor declared a state of emergency after cars and buildings were set on fire on consecutive nights and called in 250 members of the National Guard to help. So we are continuing to follow the protests there and the federal response. Back to you. Happening today, a military memorial to honor a san quentin prison guard sergeant who lost his life to covid19. 55yearold Gilbert Polanco died this month and he was an army veteran and worked at san quentin for 34 years. A 21 gun salute will happen at 9 30 this morning at the bay area mortuary in san jose. The pd vehicles will then escort the body to irvington memorial cemetery. We were always having family get togethers. Developing this morning the golden state killers daughter has written a letter to the court showing a side of her father Joseph Deangelo which never existed for his victims. Defense attorneys read that letter describing how she lived with deangelo in a stable home. She said quote, he was consistently selfless about caring for and providing for his family. She went on to describe how he was a good listener and gave advice she said quote the father i know and love is a good person. I feel like maybe he was good to his family members. He hid behind that mask you know . Maybe he did pretend to be a different person. Deangelo pled guilty to 13 murders and 13 rape related chges anenof his life in prison. The plea deal allowed him to avoid the Death Penalty. Time now 5 08. Still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area in the next half hour,. Sorting out technical kinks for Students Learning at home. There are still going to be those persistent gaps. While educators are unable to close the Digital Divide for some bay area students. Thats coming up. And a spare the air alert remains in effect today all the way through friday. Ill show you current air quality conditions coming up. And delays are building. Traffic is stacking up in the Altamont Pass due to a car fire. Details coming right up. And dont forget, kpix 5 is partnering with the red cross and a virtual telethon for fire relief. And you can donate all week long. Just call the number on your screen. 1855848give or head to kpix. Com to give. Great day on the lake it is. Lunch is cookin and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. Fellas, can it get any better than this . Whoa my old hairstyle grew back. So did mine. [80s music] what . I was an 80s kid. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. On our storm watch this morning new satellite images of hurricane laura show lightning strikes around the eye of the storm. The hurricane is just hours away from landfall and is now forecast to become a catastrophic category 4 storm. More than half a Million People are under urgent orders to evacuate. Extreme winds and flash flooding and a storm surge of around 13 feet is expected along the gulf coast. Water is creeping up in some parts of louisiana already. And 20 Million People are in the storms potential path. Texas officials are putting evacuees into hotel rooms to avoid packing shelters during a pandemic. More than 20 people have already died when the storm churned over haiti and the dominican republic. Mary will have more on the storm coming up in just a few minutes. Back in the bay area, and back to school. The San Jose Unified School district has been scrambling to close a gap in attendance and technical kinks impacting online learning. When anne darling elementary opened the new school year with online instruction, nearly a third of its students simply did not show up. And those who did, found themselves butting heads with equipment issues and spotty wi fi connections. So we had some struggles in the beginning. With equipment that was provided. One of the devices that we had actually had a to. The district says it has already handed out more than 19,000 laptops and tablets and more than 5,000 wifi hot spots. We have been able to reduce the inequities over the last couple of weeks again, due to the efforts of our school staff. But theres still going to be those persistent gaps. We can have a student who lives in a 2 million houseless than a mile away from a student who doesnt know where theyre going to sleep that night. And to try to make things equitable for all of those students, i dont know that its possible. The staff at anne darling elementary was able to boost their first day attendance numbers from 70 to nearly 90 last week. Teachers say the equipment unfortunately doesnt completely level the Playing Field for students. Remember to stay uptodate on all the ongoing changes this school year. Check out the special section on our website. Kpix. Com backtoschool. Between the wildfires and covid19 and distance learning, its a lot of stress for parents. And children. I spoke with a doctor with Stanford Childrens Health about how to help our kids through all of this. We need to have strategies to calm our bodies. And feel a sense of being safe. So parents can always they need to talk openly with their children about whats happening. Its very important for them to emphasize that theyre safe. Dr. Bentley also said its helpful to have some regulated routines like trying to have regular meal times or bedtimes something they can actually count on. For a mother of three i definitely listened to the advice, we want to sew what back to annsat vis but the seats may not it is empty the entire season. The team says theyre having ongoing talks with Santa Clara CountyHealth Leaders about possibly a limited amount of people at the stadium. The niners fight to win on the field this season, but off the field, struggling businesses dependent on fans will be counting their losses. We anticipated to some degree but it will keep us from hiring additional people and bringing people back that were here before. Its just a sad situation all the way around. I cant wait until we get through this and back to some sense of normalcy. Jonathan there and his r own and operate the booth inside levis stadium. The brothers say it was successful last year especially as the 49ers won the nfc championship. So far the 49ers have one game that fans can watch in person but thats because its in dallas against the cowboys whic games. Starting friday, Alameda County is allowing more businesses to operate outdoors including swimming pools. Hair salons, barbershops and Skin Care Services and nonmedical massages. But nothing that requires you to take off your mask like facial waxing. Also wineries will be allowed frano,street cars so people hav more room to use social distancing while still enjoying the bars and restaurants and stores. The closure will begin as a soft launch sunday to give the city a few days to work out any kinks before beginning the full weekend shutdown on september 4th. For a list of the whats reopened in your county and across the bay area, just go to our website. Kpix. Com. All right, over to gianna now with a big rig on fire on the Altamont Pass. Whats going on there . Yeah, this is an area as you know michelle, that is busy mmu. Withthsupeommuters makiatters w got a big rig caught fire. Fire crews just arriving on scene. Right around grant line westbound 580. Fire crews are blocking that right lane there. So traffic is building and it went from 45 minute drive time to 69 mine 205 over to 680 as you head west of there over to 680. So again its right around grant line and lanes are blocked there. And you are going to see a bit of backup in that area. So its definitely slow and go. You can stick with the alternates or side streets if you can in the meantime. But no word yet how long those lanes will be locked but that big rig fire still pretty active as you head through there. Another trouble spot on south 680 right before koopman road. The right lane is blocked for an accident. Chp and crews are on scene for this. An area where there has been ongoing construction as well. So thats kind of making matters worse. You have got a backup at least over two and a half, maybe three miles at this point. So pretty significant as you head into the sunol grade this morning. Definitely pack your patience if you want to go through there. If you want to use 84 thats it willth starting to bog down just a bit as well. Golden gate bridge looking okay right now. The construction just north of here just look like its causing any backup as ou head through there. We had reports of some fog though overnight. Might be an issue along 101 just north of sausalito. And it is a spare the air day. It continues due to the ongoing wildfires in the unhealthy air quality so if you want to utilize mass transit. Everything is on time. But Service Change for muni metro. And now we have the wildfires here in california but out on the gulf coast theyre getting ready for hurricane laura. Heres mary with more on that. Theyre bracing for that. Very consethe massive storm taking up almost the entire gulf of mexico. Its a category 3 storm. Packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour. It will rapidly intensify into a category 4 storm before making landfall late tonight. So overnight, making landfall across the texas louisiana coast as a major category 3 storm with winds over 110 miles per hour. Extreme winds and flash flooding for the area and life threatening storm surge. Likely a devastating hurricane for the gulf coast. So watching that closely. And also watching here at home, all of this smoke. So unhealthy air quality once again with a spare the air aelect in effect all the way today now extended through friday. Heres a live look with the Treasure Island camera. Low clouds and area of fog along the coast and right around the bay. Temperatures this morning in the 50s and 60s. Looking at 62 in concord and oakland at 58. Livermore, good morning to you. At 61. Mid 50s in San Francisco and 63 in san jose. And looking at 54 for santa rosa this morning. So heres what you can expect. We have morning fog along the compost and right around the bay. Still dealing with the haze and that smoke especially inland. Near average temperatures today. And that spare the air alert continues through friday. Tende further than that. So taking a look at current air quality, it does look a little bit better compared to yesterday at this time. Moderate air quality from the peninsula to the south bay. Redwood city, down through Mountain View and san jose. To the east bay, moderate air quality from hayward and union city and the trivalley and dublin and pleasanton and livermore. Looking at moderate air quality from concord and walnut creek and danville as well as around the bay. Good to moderate from stance to oakland but north bay, we have that unhealthy air closer to the lnu lightning complex fire. So novato, san rafael dealing with unhealthy air as well as fairfield. Looking at smoke and haze and that could help to mix out at least some of the smoke. But at least higher relative humidity values that should help firefighters a bit. Through the day, westerly winds 5, 10, 15. Up to 20 miles per hour. So for the south bay, looking at 84 in santa clara and san jose. For the east bay topping out at 89 for concord and pleasant hill. For the north bay, upper 70s to low to mid80s. Heres the extended forecast and what you can expect. Were going to continue with that haze and that smoke and temperatures on the rise. Thursday and friday. That will likely continue into the weekend and early next week. Back to you. Trading in his badge for a stethoscope. The Security Guard taking on a brand new role at the same hospital. Thats next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. And coming up at 7 00 on cbs this morning, tracking hurricane laura as the storm strengthens over the gulf of mexico. Plus investigating the overnight violence in wisconsin. And recent grammy music educators of the year share their fears, hopes and plans for the new school year. Well be right back. Like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. You can adjust youriggest sacomfort on both sides. Eep your sleep number setting. Can it help me fall asleep faster . Yes, by gently warming your feet. But can it help keep me asleep . 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Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now or call during business hours. 5 25 right now. A former hospital Security Guard had big dreams to be a doctor one day. And now get this, hes a medical student in rotation at that same hospital. One night in 2010 while working as a guard, at this louisiana hospital, russell aday was escorting a surgeon when he asked if he could shadow him one day. Today the 34yearold is a third Year Medical Student at the same hospital. He says getting to wear the white coat is the highest honor. Reporter good news for the firefighters who fighting the fire in wine country. Whos headed there to help them out and right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, troops called in to tackle wildfires burning across the region. Were live where wornout crews are ready to welcome them in. [ sirens ] a third night of violent clashes in wisconsin after the shooting of a man sparks more grief and anger. This morning, the lives now lost in the aftermath. And was federal law violated during the rnc . The backlash over the secretary of states speech. Good morning everyone, its wednesday, august 26th. Aye michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning, right to gianna now with the lathest on the big rig fire causing problems on the Altamont Pass. Yeah, it is causing some big problems although supercommuters getting ready to head out the door, headsup. A big rig trailer caught fire westbound 580 right at grant line. Over to the right shoulder but fire crews have the right lane blocked until further notice. Issued a special Traffic Alert in the area and you can see on the maps traffic is backed up well into that 205 tracy area at least to 11th street at this point. Theres a broken down vehicle around mountain house. Making the merge from 205 over to 680 incredibly definitely right now. Chp says they should hope to have lanes open up by 6 30ish. So at least an hour for this closure. 80 minute drive time 205 over to 680. Right now we want to check in with mary on the air quality slightly better this morning. Due to the wildfire. Mary . And thats right. So a little bit better this morning gianna, in spots. So checking current air quality conditionyou can see those green and yellow air dots. But still looking at unhealthy air especially for portions of the north bay. Because of the unhealthy air with the hazy smoky skies, a spare the air alert re effect for today and now extended all the way through friday. That haze and that smoke will continue for the bay area. Our temperatures, seasonal upper 80s for concord and livermore and mid 80s in san jose and youer 60s to low 70s around the bay. Ill have that full forecast and what you can expect taking you through the weekend into next week coming up in a few minutes. Emily . Reporter yeah, good morning mary. It is finally some good news for firefighters here in Sonoma County. They are expecting reinforcements and they are ready for them. You can see theyve got everything set up here the fairground for the National Guard. They can finally get some sleep. Now after a week of running thin or more, National Guard members are arriving to provide help for exhausted and overworked firefighters. Some troops have already arrived and in fact yesterday, but more of them are going to be arriving today. In fact, therell be about 26 in all. Now unlike previous fires up here they wont be guarding evacuation zones. Instead, theyll actually be putting out fires. Theyre not trained firefighters and of course theyre not going to be in the more dangerous areas like to the fire fight. But they will be out in the field. According to cal fire, theyre going to be therina support mission, being used for mop up situations and away from the front lines and again more fire resources are also set to arrive soon. Originally in the incident resources were definitely stretched thin. Firefighters were working 72 to 96 hours station. Since then had a number of additional firefighters assigned to the incident so firefighters have the shift on and shift off. Reporter and fire is burning across the bay area and burned nearly 1300 homes and other buildings. Theyve killed seven people and prompted evacuation ordestafct 7 people these are the second and Third Largest wildfires in california history and officials are concerned because theyve struck very early in the fire season. Theyre hoping that this is not going to be setting the pace for the rest of fire season because of course at this point, theyre already stretched thin and more fires for the remainder of the year. It is going to be a very long remainder of 2020. Reporting live in santa rosa, ilrn, kpix 5. Were keeping an eye on the other fires still burning in the bay area. The scu complex east of san jose has overtaken the lnu as the second largest fire in state history. But crews are gaining ground. At last check, the fire is 20 contained. To the west, in the santa cruz mountains, seven people are still missing after 77,000 people evacuated san mateo and santa cruz counties. The czu complex is now 19 contained. And in marin county, evacuation orders remain in effect. The woodward fire has burned anne makovec at the live news desk and lets go live to galveston, texas right now. Ahead of hurricane laura, expected to bring widespread damage to the area. The National Hurricane center now expects it to become a category 4 hurricane and we just got this new satellite image of this storm and along with this really dire prediction. They are talking about a storm surge up to 13 feet going 30 milesinland. This could be absolutely catastrophic for the border between texas and louisiana. She was forecast to become a category 3 or higher by tonight. As the storm approaches the u. S. Coast. Now as a tropical storm, laura left a lot of damage in haiti piling debris on the streets and damaging homes and tornadoes of water carrying rocks down from the mountains into the city of portau prince. At least 21 people were killed and 198 families were left homeless. And you know, this isnt even the peak of Hurricane Season which is midseptember. This doesnt bode well for the next couple of months. Len, back to you. [ sirens ] developing now in wisconsin, Kenosha Police say two people are dead and another injured during jacob blake protests. Gunfire broke out overnight and at least one gunman is on the loose this morning. Earlier in the evening, demonstrators faced off with police and National Guard troops. The 29yearold shot sunday by police is currently paralyzed from the waist down. And remains in the hospital. They shot my son. Seven times seven times. Like he didnt matter. Ovelastfedays, protesters have set fires and smashed store fronts causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Wisconsins governor has issued a state of emergency in wisconsin due to the ongoing violence. To campaign 2020 now. President trumps family took center stage during night two of the Republican National convention. First Lady Melania Trump used her speech as a call for national unity. Im here because with e need my husband to be our president and commanderinchief. For four more years. He is what is best for our country. Other highlights include mr. Trump pardoning jon ponder, a convicted bank robber turned prisoners rights activist. And viewers also saw the president taking part in a naturalization ceremony. Mike pompeo addressed the gathering in israel becoming the first secretary of state to make a Convention Speech in over 70 years. Some democrats believe pompeos break with tradition may have broken the law as a possible violation of the hatch about. It forbids federal employees from taking part in Political Activities while on duty. But the state Department Says pompeo didnt involve the use of any Government Resources and Vice President mike pence headlines the list of tonights convention speakers. President trump will deliver his acceptance speech tomorrow night. And we have full coverage of the rnc every night starting at 7 00 followed by expert analysis and a special kpix 5 newscast after cbs prime time. Looking live at San Francisco now, where several events to celebrate the centennial of the 19th amendment today will include a socalled w challenge with mayor london breed and assessor carmen shoe. They will share how their personal experiences as women of color influenced their leadership styles. Retirement savers could be catching a break this year. Naomi ruchim joins us live for todays money watch report. Good morning. Reporter len, good morning to you. 19,000 American Airlines workers are at risk of losing their jobs. The company says if no more federal stimulus is provided by october, their work force will shrink by about 30 . The Airline Industry was given 25 billion by Congress Earlier this year with the promise they would not lay off workers through the end of september. Retirement savers are catching a break this year because of the pandemic. The c. A. R. E. S. Act for Coronavirus Relief allows people with retirement accounts to skip retired minimum distributions for 2020. This applies to americans in their 70s and older. If you have already made the withdrawal you have until the end of the month to put it back. 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An education worth the price tag. The Bay Area College named one of the top in the country for transforming students lives. Thats next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. Well, spare the air alert remains in effect today and now all the way through friday. Due to our unhealthy air. Ill show you the air quality for this morning coming up. Ill have the latest on a big rig fire coming up. And dont forget kpix 5 is partnering with the red cross in a virtual telethon for fire relief. Just call the number on the screen. 1855848give or you can head to kpix. Com. To give there as well. Its 5 41. Welcome back. 5 45. We are following o major problem for the ride into the Altamont Pass this morning. Westbound 580 a big rig caught fire. The trailer caught fire. The right lane now is shut down for fire crews. Theres a big backup in the area. You are backedup well beyond 11th street with the slow and go ride into the Altamont Pass. More details on this coming up in the next report. New this morning, all the smoke from the north bay fires now has some wineries fearing they wont be able to make any lnu complex of fires may have damaged his grapes. Tainting them with smoky aromas and flavors. Theres one less thing evacuees and firefighters have to worry about. Were talking dinner. Nonprofit world central kitchen is partnering with restaurants from San Francisco down to santa cruz to dish out hot meals in the wake of the fires. Chefs and organizers ar dishout alto crews and evacuees near vacaville. Celebrity Chef Jose Andres founded the organization back in 2010. Shining a spotlight on Small Businesses owned by minorities. Its a black Restaurant Week in the bay area. And a week dedicated promoting businesses who dont have the marketing dollars to do it themselves. In 2017, there were just 12 restaurants participating in black Restaurant Week in the bay area. This year, that number has more than doubled. Italian eatery marzano in oakland is participating for the first time. Opening a business can be particularly challblack owrs. Lot of black owned businesses unfortunately dont have the type of capital that others have when starting. Theyre usually starting restaurants with their own credit line. Black Restaurant Week runs through sunday. 5 45 right now. A Bay Area University is getting a shoutout. Just topped the list of the rarosshe country. Money magazine took a look at all the colleges across the country factoring in students academic and economic backgrounds. Graduation rates, post grad earnings and loan repayment rates. San Jose State University came out on top after crunching the data as the most Transformative College in the nation. The schools provo says graduates enter the job to soci when you come here, you can really reimagine your life and you can really transform who you are. The provost went on to say they can change their place on that socioeconomic ladder because of the opportunitied presents at sjsu. A live look now at sfo. E airport is out to internation terminal. Next tuesday the a gates will resume operations. Its been closed since april 1st. From the air now to the roads. Some problem areas out there this morning. Gianna has you covered. Thanks len. Yeah a major trouble spot in the Altamont Pass. I want to show you some video we just got into the newsroom. This is that area westbound 580 another grant line and you can see there as the car travels by the flames and smoke just coming from underneath the annd tracy heading into the Altamont Pass. So give yourself a few extra minutes this morning. You can see traffic is backed up well into tracy. Beyond 11th street. 70 minute drive time from the rtto68 line affic ea a lot. Because everything is actually moving at the limit. Just all that stuff before that is causing the drive time thats 70 minutes. Altamont pass road although that might be getting busier as well as folks utilize that as an alternate route. Very tough ride in the Altamont Pass because of that rig big trailer that caught fire. And fire crews still on scene in that right lane. They say about 6 30 will likely see the reopening of that right lane. I want to show you trouble spot here, this is south 680 as you head into the sunol grade. But look at that damage is done. It is a slow ride as you work south 680 headed through there. On the flip side, northbound 680 just as you come out of fremont, we have some late running road work causing a bit of backup there as well. So traffic is sluggish and 84 road also seeing some brake lights also. If you want to use that connect to 680 a slow and go ride through there as well. Thats a look at the morninsome ongoing wildfires. Thats right. Spare the air alert in effect today and now extended through friday. Not a lot of relief here. Just so many of those massive wildfires burning in our region just bringing all the smoke and unhealthy air for us. Heres a live look with our san jose camera. Looking at mineta airport. San jose right now at 63 degrees and looking at 62 in concord and oakland at 57. 61 in livermore and mid 50s in San Francisco. And 53 for santa rosa. Its a foggy start along the coast and right around the bay. This morning. We are looking at that smoke and haze inland for sure. Near average daytime highs as we head through the afternoon. And again, that spare the no so letscheck current air quality conditions. It is a little bit better compared to yesterday morning at this time. Thankfully so. So some improvement here as we start off our day. So lets zoom in. First for the peninsula, and the south bay, you can see those ye modeair quality for redwood city and Mountain View to san jose. And milpitas. Thats some good news there. As we look to the rest of the east bay, and r the tri valley, moderate air quality. As we look to concord, walnut creek, danville, moderate air quality for you as well. Around the bay, good to moderate for San Francisco and for oakland. But up to our north, still dealing with unhealthy air, you can see those red and purple dots that indatesindicates that unhealr. A libi the lnu complex fires dealing with that unhealthy air and smoke. Now we are looking at the smoky skies that upper level winds bringing that smoke and ash from the lnu complex fires south and that heat dome kind of trapping the smoke and ash over the bay area. So as we head through the afternoon, thankfully with that sea breeze kicking in, it will help to mix out at least some of the air and improve the air quality but still we will be dealing with those hazy and smoky skies. So near normal daytime highs. And that smoke will remain though as we head through the next few days and possibly even beyond that. Unfortunately, so. Looking at 84 in san jose as well as for santa clara this afternoon. As we head to the east, upper 80s for concord as well as for pleasant hill. Around the bay, upper 60s to low 70s. And looking at the upper 70s to low to mid80s for the north bay. So looking at that smoke for tomorrow, friday, temperatures will be warming up a bit. And those warmer temperatures continue through the weekend and early next week. Back to you. Whoever was in their house, they grabbed this beit was important. A priceless discovery found in the fire zone. The search for the owner, next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. And remember, kpix 5 wants to bring you the good news happening in the bay area. Just go to kpix. Com together. To f want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . And u can help make youreit happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. Altamont pass is a tough cute r this morning. A big rig fire on the right she would receiver causing a major backup out of tracy. Delays from at least beyond 1 th street into the Altamont Pass and you have got a lot of activity there on scene. Use alternate routes and ill update you on this all morning. A decades old wedding photo discovered in a Solano County driveway days after the complex fire forced thousands to evacuate. Well, now a vacaville woman is on a quest to find the rightful owner. She found the black and white photo of gibson canyon road. She shared that find on facebook in hopes that someone would recognize and claim this precious piece of family history. But so far, no luck. Obviously, whoever was leaving their house, they grabbed this because it was important. Duran is asking if you recognize the photo or think know what it belongs to. You can find that pod her on facebook. Hopefully gets back to its rightful owner. 5 55 right now. 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The extra manpower arriving today to fight one of the biggest fires in state history. Another day of unhealthy air in the bay area. Mary shows us what will help to clear the skies. And a nasty crash overnight in walnut creek. Three people are dead after a car leaves the freeway. Anne has the latest on the investigation from the live news desk. Good morning everyone, its wednesday, august 26th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. First a Traffic Alert this morning with gianna. Yeah, weve got some major delays in the Altamont Pass. Just checked in with chp though. Westbound 580 at grant line, lanes are now open. So thats the good news. You are looking at some video we got earlier this morning. Of a big rig trailer that caught fire. Prompting the closure of that right lane. Fire crews were on scene but they managed to get the fire out and everything is now over to the right shoulder. However, look at the backup. Its just a line of red and it is slow and go out of tracy and all the way back from beyond 11th street at this point. 580 patterton pass thats as far back as the delays are through there. Definitely give yourself