Streaming on cbsn bay area , we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look at east low lying fog. Good morning, it is thursday, september 17th. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. Good to have you with us. And lets get your forecast. The fog is out there, mary, but our air quality is a okay today. It is so nice, len and michelle are looking at that refreshing ocean breeze kicking in once again, so looking at that better air quality. Here look e t air quality. They are good to moderate as you start off the day. That is great to see. We have that sea breeze pumping in that fresh air once again, helping to mix out all of the smoke. Into it. Another day to get out there and hopefully take advantage of this beautiful weather with those clear skies. As we go through the afternoon, those daytime highs are looking at high temperatures that are going to be at least a seasonal if not a little bit below average. As we go through our afternoon, daytime highs are in the upper 60s in San Francisco, mid70s in oakland and mid 80s for concord. We will talk about some changes for the upcoming weekend. Details on that are coming out. Fome of r bridif you y,you want to take the Golden Gate Bridge, you might have some limited visibility across the span. You can see it is a little murky, so that is a heads up. A fog advisory is in effect the schp on the bay bridge and it is a little foggy. As far as drive time to come this pretty easy, a 10 minute drive across the span. There are no advisories across the san mateo bridge. Traffic is moving nicely in both directions. There are no traffic delays around 101. On 880, there is ongoing roadwork. I will have details on that in my next report. We are keeping an eye on the destruction from sally. Now, tropical depression. Were looking at atlanta right now, drenching rainfall continues across the southeast, at least one death is being blamed on the storm. Lets look at the latest satellite and radar. Salle turn into a tropical depression last night, picking up speed and she could be threatening right now other areas like the carolinas could get up to a foot of rain today once she moves through the atlanta area. Sally is leaving behind a trail of destruction. Nancy chen has more right now from fort walton beach, florida. Reporter sally packed winds of 105 miles an hour yesterday morning. We have a large tree. We heard it come down. It was like a gun going off and needless to say, we did not sleep very well. It was widespread through southern alabama and along the florida panhandle. It destroyed trees everywhere. It sank boats or tossed them onto land and it tipped over trucks, and left behind lets trails of debris. We started having our windows pop. For brooke started coming up and the siding was ripped open. This memorial did not survive. It is under water. It is gone. Heavy, relentless rain have left this roads impassable and it may be days before the flood waters fully recede. We are being very careful. It is hazardous. There have been hundreds of rescue missions already. It is more than i expected. I do not think we were going to get this much. Some say they are tired of picking the pieces up. Everybody on this corner is just about to their wits and. People are wanting to sell and leave. After making landfall, sally diminished to a tropical depression and is now drenching the southeast with its heavy rainfall. Nancy chen, cbs news from fort walton beach, florida. There are plenty of fallen trees and power lines. Here is another look at the city of atlanta as they are taking a pounding from the storm. More than half 1 Million People are without electricity in South Alabama and the florida panhandle. Uthorel continue to live to the back to you. One east bay person is being described as a fire danger zone. Grizzly peak sees visitors stopping by to take measures of the majestic view. Officials say trouble starts once it my fault that some people are lighting fireworks, bonfires, and there have been eight small fires in the area since june. We are a ticking time bomb of swords. It is not a matter of if but a matter of when. Do not come here at night. If you are here during the day, you should not be smoking. They are beefing up nine time patrols and it is not a curfew but Officials Say there is a new rule. No stopping in the turnouts along grizzly peak from 9 00 until 6 00 unless it is an emergency. San Jose Unified School District has announced Distance Learning will contue through at least the end of december. Officials say conditions remain unsafe for in person learning. We are just one month into the new school year. Santa clara county entered the red tier under the states reopening plan and that tier could pave the way for schools to reopen under state guidelines but ultimately, it is up to local officials. While coronavirus might not be spreading as fast in the bay area, the daily death counts is rising. The region has an average of more than 70 deaths each day over the last week, a record high according to data compiled by the bay area news group. Statewide, nearly 110 people have died every day on average over the past seven days. It is important to know experts say case rates and death rates do not typically show the same trends at the same time as it can take weeks for patients with covid19 to die. Santa clara counties has private Healthcare Providers need to do more when it comes to coronavirus testing. Three months ago, they ordered privalthcare companies to step up testing but say they are still falling short. In the first week of september, the county did 13,000 tests and private Companies Including kaiser, stanford, and hca are doing far fewer. Kaiser says it is committed to making sure they are doing timely and accessible test for members. A group of Business Owners across santa clara counsel he are coming together to tell county leaders that they are the ones destroying the economy, not covid19. The county de the red tier but the county is still not allowing places of worship and indoor dining. Now Business Owners including at least a halfdozen chambers of commerce are calling on county supervisors and dr. Sara cody to follow the states red tier guidelines. Today forget about us . It is ignorant and inappropriate and callous. It is a misunderstanding what we do to keep our clients is safe. Estheticians are not even listed on the tier list and one esthetician tells us med spas offer the same services as they do, yet they are allowed to operate. The county tells us the red tier means that the presence of covid19 is substantial. Californias 18 National Forests will stay closed until monday. With dozens of wildfires already ravaging the state, there is concern campers could start new fires. The largest fire burning in Southern California is the bobcat fire. Fire crews are facing a number of challenges in they say steep terrain and dry brush are causing them to rage unpredictably. The blaze has scorched 34,000 acres. As the bay area air quality clears, the smoky air is blowing up into nevada and tahoe. They are reporting that locals are learning that travelers should not come to tahoe. A hurts your lungs. Offire smo it might come as a surprise to people already on their way here. Many are flocking your thinking it will be better but it really is not. Your quality is unhealthy which means it could cause Health Problems for everyone, not just those with pre existing conditions. That seems to be all the way up through the tahoe area. While people and tahoe struggle to breathe this, people in vacaville soak in their first does a better air in days, the moderate air quality is much less noticeable. We hope that clean air is going to keep moving up the foothills into the tahoe basin. They say the smoke in tahoe comes from wildfires down south, including the creek fire, and scu complex. We are hoping it will go in the right direction. Meteorologists expect the smoke to clear up by thursday evening but the best chance for better air quality will be friday and until then, the advice is to stay inside. Chris martinez reports on the winners and the big performances from the Country Music awards. We have a tie for entertainer of the year. Carrie underwood and thomas read took home the top prize at the 50th annual academy show. It was the first four the errors which is usually in las vegas. But coronavirus delayed the show, which was hosted for the first time by 2019 entertainer of the year, keith urban. Do not blame me. They hurt performances from some of the biggest stars from three Iconic National venues, including the grand ole opry house. That is a eye on entertainment. It is 4 41. Streaming on cbsn, bay businesses affected by the pandemic show who was hit hard. We have those stories and more in todays money watch report. Wall street was mixed on wednesday. The dow rose 36 points and the nasdaq went up 139 and the s p 500 lost 15. Stocks lost ground after the federal reserves latest Interest Rate update. The central bank expects to keep its benchmark Interest Rate near 0 for another few years to help drive growth. Jerome powell said the economy has recovered faster than expected so far from the coronavirus pandemic however Getting Better control over the virus will help sustain that growth. 60 of businesses that closed down due to the pandemic are now permanently gone. That is according to data from gallups latest local economic report. It down more than 160 thousand businesses were forced to shutter since the virus took hold and nearly 100 thousand of those are done for good. The hardest hit states are also some of the most impacted, california, texas, florida, and new york. A week after microsoft debuted its new xbox, sony is out with his playstation five. That gets competitors with the ps five coming in two versionsm blew away drive and one that is 100 less and relies on digital downloads. There was supposed to start today but many retailers like walmart, target and game stop jumped the gun yesterday and have already sold out. That is your cbs money watch report. We are looking at the better air quality, thankfully so. We are checking current air quality conditions and you can see a lot of green dots and that is good air quality and looking at moderate air quality up in the north bay and santa rosa as we start off our day here. We have seen so many amazing beautiful blue sky photos from many of you and this is another one, jonathan, one of our loyal weather watchers sent this in from South San Francisco during his lunch break yesterday and he loved how blue the skies are, being able to eat outside. We are looking at another day of that improving air quality, thully so. Wehave that ocean brthk to help skies. Here is a look with our Golden Gate Bridge camera. You can see how foggy it is. It is because of the strong onshore flow, foggy conditions and even patchy drizzle along the coast and the bay. We are catching that drizzle in the mid 60s and also for concord. 63 in livermore, 61 in San Francisco and san jose is 67 and a foggy starting santa rosa at 61 degrees. Now we are down to a half mile at Half Moon Bay and a mile and a quarter at petaluma and a half mile for santa rosa. So morning fog and drizzle are good to moderate as we go through the afternoon. It out there and enjoy it and maybe take a walk around the neighborhood and then as we look to our afternoon, seasonal daytime highs for this time of year, if not a little below average because of that strong sea breeze kicking in. That is what is helping scour out all of that smoke and clean out the skies. This low pressure system to our north in the pacific. To the northwest, there. That will bring rain to the pacific northwest. It will continue to usher in that deeper marine layer. As we go through the afternoon, we are looking at some clearing through our day and as we go through tomorrow, we are looking at low clouds in areas of fog and some patchy drizzle in the morning and catching that clearing in afternoon. Temperatures could be cooler for friday. As we look to the weekend, this is a concern for us. These offshore winds could bring more smoke as we look to our weekend. We will watch it closely for you. It is 77 in santa clara and san jose, 86 for concord and pleasant hill, upper 60s in San Francisco, mid70s in oakland and for the north bay, in the low 80s. Heres the extended forecast as we see temperatures a little cooler tomorrow and then warming up as we look to our weekend. Must check with gianna for look at traffic. It is a bit foggy as mary mentioned that that might affect your drive, especially around the Golden Gate Bridge, where chp is issued a fog advisory. Just a heads up if you are going out early this morning and you plan on making that commute out of marin county. There might be some fogginess. Speaking of, we have slow and go conditions on southbound 101 into the waldo grade. Northbound as well, they have some ongoing roadwork. Things are definitely slow as you go on the southbound side of your drive towards the bridge. Northbound has a pocket of slowing your that waldo grade, just past the tamil. There are brake lights along the minutes freeway. This is between that portion. They only have one lane of traffic to squeeze through. It is slow and we are seeing a backup building in that area prefer keeping a close eye on that. Hopefully, things will get a little better as the morning progresses. West town 580 into Allatoona Pass is getting busy. It is the usual spot out of tracy towards grant line. Things are clear as you make the connector on two 680 however your drive times already 34 minutes from 205 over towards 680. Coming up, we will look at the bay bridge. 4 49, new guidelines and Contra Costa County could put a damper on those halloween plans. Health officials are urging people not to trickortreat or hold parties because of the coronavirus. Instead they are encouraging parents to get creative. They recommend Holding Virtual costume contests and festive car parades. Coming up, the 49ers have lost a key player. We will tell you who and for how long. 99 miles an hour to the head. We tell you how dylan moore is doing. We hope he is all right. Here is a look oubefore we go to break. Here is the city of san jose on this thursday morning. Remember, we we want to bring you the good news happening in the bay area. Just dear california, we know these are challenging times. And with summer here, energy bills are rising. Together, we can save energy and money. By taking steps to stay cool while using less. Keep safe and keep it golden. We missed a lovely sight. We are good to moderate for the air quality. We are bringing in that fresh air, that is so nice to see. Its 4 53. I am on what you can expect with air quality as we go for the next few days in just a few minutes. The giants were supposed to be in seattle last night, but smoky air forced the series to come to oracle park, even stranger, the giants were the dicker who is having y o much fun. There are five the foul balls. Hammer one. That is his eighth home run of the year. Is 83, giants. They pepper them with the configuration and they scored 25 runs in three games against seattle. They had dylan moore in the head with a 99 mile an hour fastball. He was removed from the game. It seems he will be okay. The giants win 93 as the visiting baseball team. Dave roberts is officially headed back to the postseason. Chris taylor put them away with a shot in san diego. La wins a 75. They are the first team to clinch a playoff spot according to roberts. They followed the rules and did not celebrate. He was upstaged by one of the best baseason. Tony can in a rundown, they looked like they were going to get doubled up and he threw it home. They could not avoid the tag by joshua. If you cannot block the plate he took full of image and they won 31. They get the day off tomorrow. And the nfl, they are powering up for the San Francisco 49ers. Richard sherman was placed on the injured reserve yesterday, meaning is going to miss the next three games. The sky sdot missed many games and on sunday, 37yearold frank or will start in the field against his former team. This rusher, from 2005, fred warner was nine years old. It will be an honor to go against him this week. He still has it. They rarely can play at his age, which shows how dedicated he is and how much of a Football Player he is. The big ten conference will now play football, beginning october 24th. There is the belief that the pac 12 will make a similar decision very soon this coming about a month after both conferences voted to shut down football in the fall. The timbers will be hosted. San jose is the equalizer. He barely got the ball across the line. They confirmed the goal. It is 11. They have yet to win since returning from the mls tournament. You know what today is . It is the first round of the u. S. Open. My prediction, Phil Mickelson gets his first i know it is a longshot. Highlights are tonight at 6 00. See you tonight. It is 4 56. Still coming up, how the smoke and this guy is changing the flavor of the grapes on the vine. Oscar the grouch here to tell you, yeah, you, to wear a mask out in public around other people. Sure itll keep you healthy. But more importantly, i wont have to see your happy smiling face. Ugh. And if you dont want to wear a mask, ive just got one thing to tell you. Scram, go away. Ugh. Caring for each other because we are all in this together. So wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya . Ugh. Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area , fire danger in the east bay hills of prompting a new crackdown. Why officials are calling it a ticking time bomb. Staying distant in the south bay. The latenight decision to keep kids out of the classroom for the rest of 2020. The e waking up to clear skies, finally, and no spare the air alert. Mary has the good news from the weather center. That is good news. It is thursday, september 17th. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. It is good to have you with us and to have that clear air for the forecast with mary lee. I love it. I love to bring you that good news today. We are ending a record streak of spare the air alerts for the bay area, so no longer having to deal with that. We have clean sks