Skies blanket the bay area from dawn till dusk. Thanks for joining u. S. Attorney and everybody high Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus certainly surreal lot of people saying these ominous skies were in a way stunning yet certainly. Unsettling to wake up to hard to know what time it was all day long want to check in first with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow. Obviously everyones wondering lawrence is going to happen again tomorrow. Yeah i think well start to see some improvement tomorrow were not going to see asked smoky conditions around the bay area but certainly. Theyll still be some smoke out there we had those north northeasterly winds remember were talking about the high fire danger yesterday, were worried about the real gusty winds. Well, those winds didnt cause or sparking fires around the bay area but we did have a fires that were already burning in far Northern California up you county near paradise they another fire burning there the bear fire lot of smoke filtering in from that fire moving right in the bay area and the smoke deep enough that are really change the color of the sky of filtered out a good part of the visible spectrum so youre left with the orange the yellows and the reds and that encompass the entire bay area as we had eerie skies continuing throughout the day certainly very strange we look toward the middle of the day the street lights are looks like that will starting tomorrow little bit you know what happens in the big pattern near High Pressure above that ridge of High Pressure you see the clockwise rotation around to bring us some of the offshore winds. Well that is going to change this ridge of High Pressure is going to move to the north and thats whats going to come up from the south kind of replacing that ridge so the circulation around this other ridge going to start to bring more of a westerly component to win and i think that will be just enough to sweep some of that smoke out of our skies and start to improve the air quality of course were fairly lucky that we had that marine layer around the bay area that really kind of separated things that kept us with some fresh air out there in some parts of the bay area are seeing that again tonight as the fog and low clouds kind of dance beginning to move on shore once again pushing into the bay and you see that making its way through the Golden Gate Bridge right now and certainly moving further and further on shore so a very the air quality in the San Francisco look at the support equality now as youre seeing the areas shaded in orange here that stretches all the way across in oakland and san leandro pockets of poor quality now and lael very bad air quality in parts of fairfield also in a vacaville while the rest the bay area look at a mainly in the yellow here those are a moderate amounts of blues building up but overnight tonight, hes going to settle out you see that smoke kind of cooling in and around the bay area sponsor you wake up the pockets of the smoke. You likely have little ash on your car tomorrow morning when you wake up, but it looks like as we head through the day tomorrow air quality should begin to improve are going to see more of a sea breeze. I think kick in tomorrow and that will be the case not only tomorrow but over the next few days looks like the air quality should start to improve approve a little bit ever so slowly hopefully not as orange tomorrow around the bay area. All right fingers crossed thank you lawrence, well, the smoke is obviously tough on people, especially those who have respiratory issues and it did force some people to go see their Doctors Today are conference theresa was in marine county, she has more on which face mask is best to use when there are smoky skies. In marine county, a rude awakening this is what most saw in the Early Morning hours instead of a sunrise. It felt like the end was near at least for some people i think its apocalyptic and scary. Lee and cyber and told me that she felt a Burning Sensation and itchy throat from these smoky skies. Her dog not happy either she is causing a little bit actually yeah, yeah so i dont i dont think its good for dogs either so we do have patients coming in with trying to suppress costing all of us take this doctor Joseph Bernardino is a respiratory care manager at moran Health Medical center thinking about everything thats being first great Building Materials vegetation. A lot of this can make anyone sick even at healthy person is law. The doctor says number one on his list, educate yourself first things first we need to Pay Attention to the local air quality whether youre in the north a south bay east bay. Of what use a u. S. Air quality index and in particular and where were at were in the. The is a moderate right now. So you can be out, but its not suggested exercise whatsoever in addition to no outside exercise. He says its best not to diner taken a break outside. If again the conditions warrant limiting your actions also if you are inside close the windows he recommends. If you have an air purifier use that if you are forced to run an errand he says mass are vital not only for covid reasons but to filter out the particulate matter. Population 95. Or surgical masks. Coverings are not going to help you. Can stand all that and say to a certain degree. But first the first 2 are your best options so again, the doctor says that. That n 95, but it has to be well funded properly fitted by experts. I also asked whether you should be wearing the n 95 and then you put on the gator on top and he said absolutely not he said gators are better than nothing but he said that the science says that those surgical masks. Thats your best line of defense given. These conditions. County theresa for news. Talk about bad timing almost like a sick joke for the first time, San Francisco today. Officially allowed gyms to set up outdoor workout spaces kron fours Ella Sogomonian live in the newsroom with how they put up with the smoky air at least in some cases plus the news that some city workers have been allowed to train indoors for a while now l a. Brent a gym owner that ive spoken with throughout the pandemic also insult to injury because his customers that had to be outside out on the sidewalk while some City Employees have that access to an indoor facility. Mister he is watching as one entire industry within this industry collapses around them and we need solutions are needed now. Haunting orange haze met san franciscans trying to work out amid a pandemic wednesday parts of the city had very unhealthy air quality and the the gyms were officially allowed to expand their Services Outdoors we just cant seem to win right now this is the 23rd spare the air days of and you know its just a demonstration that Outdoor Fitness isnt a solution truly we need to get back we need be prepared. The rains are coming. And just their quality today just demonstrates that fitness outdoors its a nice idea, but it really does work in San Francisco to add insult to injury character learned that some City Employees like sfpd have been able to work out indoors when someone shared these pictures from the hall of justice saying that it reopened back on july 1st. Well the public has had to cope with wildfire smoke and come soon chilly temperatures. The San FranciscoCovid Command Center issued a statement saying the health order does not permit indoor fitness gyms and discourages indoor activities as they place individuals at a higher risk of infection. The health order does allow departments to determine essential functions and that the department of Public Health does not support the use of sfpd indoor gyms at this time due to provisions governing gyms in the health order. It seems to be a double standard theyve unwittingly created what a great case study. That demonstrates that working out indoors is say theres been no how covid outbreaks that weve heard of. From this they should just move us back indoors. Many gyms have already been operating on sidewalks through shared spaces program. The only major changes on wednesday where that more outdoor guidelines were issued. And Fitness Centers with ample space like parking lots could move their gear permanently outside where they can lock it up plus people dont need to be supervised by an instructor. So character along with other gym owners are still waiting for the green light to operate indoors. Which they hope come soon given this record days of consecutive spare the air alerts. Mayor london breed anticipates that that could happen by the end of this month live in the newsroom. Ella sogomonian kron 4 news. Thank you ellen with so many Health Concerns because of the smoky air air purifiers are becoming quite a hot id go out of course, but you might have a little trouble finding one kron fours gayle ong live person Alameda County where says air per purifiers are selling out. They have again ran we of course see this often during the wildfires, but this time we are dealing with the pandemic just as were getting into peak fire season. As smoky and hazy conditions prevail over the bay area people are heading into Hardware Stores to buy air purifiers only to find them sold out we had an air purifier week ago, we sold that and we dont anticipate getting any more him we stopped by Hayward Hardware wednesday afternoon jim leader is the owner he shows Us Air Purifiers are not the only item selling out most of the quantities or 0 and. For a lot of items theyre negative 10 day of 20 upwards of negative 200. For popular items that we used to be able to get pretty quickly and pretty regularly. The n 95 masks meant to filter out 95 of airborne particles have been off the shelves since the pandemic. Theyre either going to the military or theyre going to hospitals for vendors like us. Theyre not in the warehouse, nor we do expect them to be would Record Number of acres burning across the state drift smoke is not going away anytime soon. Making it challenging for Small Business owners like leader to keep up with demand Hayward Hardware is down to the last load of Mass EnvironmentalHealth Experts say if you must be outside you should wear one, which has been the new normal anyway, but its best to stay indoors with the windows closed really people should not be exercising. When the air quality is bad because n. That increases that dose of the pollutants john bombs is a professor at U C Berkeley School of Public Health. He says the smoke will be challenging for people with preexisting heart and lung disease. And to be ready for more bad air days better call on the from wildfires which are driven by Climate Change so. Anybody need convincing that Climate Change is real. It should be it. Well it might be challenging to find air purifiers and portable air conditioners in stores online. Maybe the best bet live in pleasanton gayle ong kron 4 news. Thank you gail well, the red sky today was then yearly mesmerizing attraction but if you are driving that could have been a dangerous distraction this is c h ps traffic incident page as you can see. Busy morning for the Highway Patrol and they issued a warning for drivers resist the temptation to take video and pictures dont be distracted and trying to take this great selfie of yourself driving with the bread some in the background but i think the time to do when youre driving right. In these conditions, the chp advises drivers to follow night driving rules by of course it was dark out turn on your headlights. Take a look at some of these concrete the shots here this is the golden Gate Cemetery was shot by air kron 4 of you are thomas white a then now, the pyramid. Theres the here along San Franciscos embarcadero and theres the Transamerica Pyramid the distance construction workers. We just saw hanging out with that orange backdrop in the city today we also have some golden hues over the bay this picture taken in about noon if you can believe it and this photo was sent to us by a kron 4 of you leo merle of the sebastiano theater in sonoma plaza coverage of the wildfire smoke continues kron 4 dot com there you can see. A timeline of before and after pictures from around the bay area. Theres a really compelling one of dolores park in the city from this weekend and then today. We also have the whole gallery of pictures and video sent by our viewers, thank you for those sand, we have the forecast there so you can track the air quality and whats to come all that and more on kron 4 dot com. All right now to our wildfire coverage 3 people are dead and several others hurt in butte county after a wildfire there quickly spread overnight leader calling it the bear fire, its part of the north complex of fires that started back on august 17th with the those lightning strikes, eric rucker reports. Tonight flames from the bear fire remain all along highway, one 62 near Lake Oroville heavy smoke means visibility is poor. Wednesday nights hot spots no longer threaten many portions north of the lake the damage here has already been done the community of berry creek hit hard homes like this one have been destroyed every year to get worse and worse all this man decided to stay it is no worse that. Like people to put together to describe what im feeling right now very creek resident omar corwin was convinced to evacuate at the last moment his home burned after he left because im a persuaded me man like. Is the law of light come on do it you cant die got responsibility, you got people that i love you many escape the flames some could not the Butte County Sheriffs Department saying this evening. The bear fire has taken 3 lives all others remain missing. Sheriff kory holden addressing the media just short of 2 years after the camp fire became the deadliest fire in state history. The city of paradise in neighboring communities also issued evacuation notices. Bear fire. Our community is unfortunately becoming accustomed to this. I certainly hoped after the camp fire that i wouldnt be back up here. Talking with you about. Wildland fire of this magnitude. And many homes in this area look like this one does incomplete rubble even after 10 oclock tonight, the smoke is extremely thick. It is difficult to to breathe so you can only imagine what firefighters have been dealing with not only in this fire but fires throughout the last few months. The good news for firefighters is though that the wind has died down significantly. And the Lake Oroville area, im eric rucker kron 4 news. The creek fire burning in Fresno County thats now close to 167. 1000 acres, it is still 0 contained. Fire Officials Say that this fire destroyed 360 structures so far. Heres the latest containment numbers on fires burning in the bay area, the lnu complex in the north bay is currently the 93 contained. More than 363,000 acres have burned. The scu complex in the east and south bays and beyond is up to 96 containment. After 397,000 or so acres burned in the czu lightning complex in san mateo and santa cruz counties up to 86,000 acres send 83 contained and the woodward fire in the Point Reyes National seashore in west marin is now 95 contained that fire has burned almost 4900 acres, california firefighters asking nearly every state in the country to help contain wildfires that are raging up and down. Our state. Calloway is chief Brian Marshall says that even a few weeks ago the state could not all out of state fire engines and that it requested through federal programs and now california is competing for resources as other west coast states also deal with massive fires in the fire season is still far from over. Its going to be more houses destroyed more people impacted. As we go into that fall fire season. We have great concerns. To be able meet the demand that we have here in california. Now marshall says that crews from idaho, new mexico, texas and utah are helping out. Today state leaders asked for help from as far away as quebec, canada and because of fire danger all National Forest in the state are closed until further notice the u. S. Forest service initially announced temporary closure of 8 National Forest, it added 10 more today. Some people managed to escape wildfires now face a long road to recovery. 4 people were rushed to the U C Davis Burn Center today after having to run through fire. Jessica met spoke to a doctor about whats next for those burn victims. As flames ravaged Northern California. Some of that q we struggle to escape youre asked to evacuate you leave. Youll state your lives people who say doctor the ones that most the time dont make it in the lucky ones that do survive coming to the burn doctor david 3 houses for burn victims from these wildfires fo