The news station. Youre watching kron 4 news at night youre just looking at really bad air quality continue from yesterday and unfortunately we continuing on through the weekend 40 things took a turn for the worse on friday. Were seeing a lot of smoke mixing down from a number of sources. Unhealthy air is just sitting over the bay area this weekend. The extremely poor air quality just doesnt want to leave. Thank you so much for joining us tonight here on kron 4 news at 9 im justine waltman im Jonathan Mccall right now air quality levels across the bay area needless to say are at unhealthy levels get this. Some areas like livermore seeing air quality levels at nearly 500 thats dangerous folks we have Live Team Coverage of that bad air including one event held today in the east bay. Despite the spoke it conditions forced gayle ong is live right now for us in livermore with details good evening, gayle. Good evening just cnn jonathan where you are in the bay area, the smoke is bad. Organizers of one night market were on the fence about canceling their event because of the smoke but decided to go on to support Small Businesses. The made in livermore market made its debut saturday night but didnt expect smoky and hazy conditions going back and but weve got Everybody Needs a little happiness the bay area air Quality Management district are seeing the highest readings in the north and east bay area with hazardous an unhealthy air due to smoke from wildfires burning across the state oregon and washington. One problem were having right now is theres so much smoke offshore the evening. We get our afternoon breezes which usually clear things out its just bringing more smoke into the bay area, Scientists Say these wildfires have made breathing the air like smoking about half a pack of cigarettes a day the indoors with your windows and doors you know what your condition recirculate if you can set up a portable air filter. If you have to be outside you cant rely on your covid masks to give you much protection from air quality you would really need in 95 or above masks may get a little more market residents are out despite the conditions very heavy you can tell the area probably can see it definitely gotten worse all day. You can smell you misspoke now trying to do our best out here short terms kind of get to where we need to go. Support from local businesses on and they get home. A boost for vendors. I think that when people look at food, you know it makes him happy the way. I do the cooking people still want to be out and about and support i was actually blown away by how many people did come out, especially its been awesome. Some of these miners hit hard by the pandemic so this event definitely lifted their spirits now despite the air quality being so bad here in livermore you can smell the smoke but it doesnt make its still bad of course. Here in downtown livermore lot of people are out and about dining al fresco. What they have areas still under spare the air alert through monday and that could potentially be extended live in livermore gayle, ong kron 4 news. And there are a few Different Air quality maps that are out there that you can use to determine just how dangerous the air is outside and your neighborhood we put them on kron 4 dot com. But lets take a look at them right now this is purple air dot com. And you can see that the bay areas covered all in these. Colorcoded circles that have a number on top of them the color in the number of both correspond to the Environmental Protection agencys index for air quality. Number 100 indicates that the air may be unhealthy for anyone who is extra sensitive. A circle, thats colored orange means bad for preexisting conditions but once you hit one 50. The circle turns red meaning the air quality is bad for everyone regardless of how healthy you are. And a 200 the caller turns purple but at that point the air is so unhealthy everyone in the region should stay indoors as much as possible as were looking at the map right now at showing us the peninsula and we can see. Parts of the peninsula in the south bay and even the east bay are covered in these red and purple dots saying that the air quality is really unhealthy anything above one 50 is just considered bad flat out. So think of it goes higher than that. What thats meaning for health. Experts say prolonged exposure to this toxic air can have lasting and negative impacts on our health and also increases our chances of catching the coronavirus. Because while star smoke increases the risk for lower respiratory Tract Infections and given that were in the middle of a pandemic i worry that the exposure to this bear is increasing the risk of covid19. So if you have to go outside doctors advise wearing an n 95 or surgical mask. If you only have a cloth mask to wear you just have to wash it every time you go outside because the smoke particles can actually get trapped inside the material. A live look outside sfo where once again that smoke that haze that fog has just been lingering all day long and really all weekend long. From all the wildfires that weve been seeing. Lets check in now to find out whats happening with our Weather Forecast with our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez. I think every one of the bay areas just hoping that this smoke and haze hits the road. Yeah, it wont hit the road just cnn jonathan until around tuesday thats when were going to notice moderate air particles instead of that unhealthy to very unhealthy range that were seeing now lets take a live look outside Half Moon Bay socked in with dense low clouds and fog mixing in that those poor air particles from the smoke and ash and that is why were noticing it dropped to the surface bringing us some very poor to worst air particles out there right now we will notice some improvement by sunday afternoon through sunday evening, thanks to the return of that stronger sea breeze but not really going to help out that much still tracking very unhealthy air. Particle so please limit your Outdoor Activity as much as you can not only the young and young at heart, but also those of you with pulmonary and respiratory issues that are most susceptible to this poor air quality we do have a spare the air alert and also an air quality advisory in effect from now through monday because were still tracking the very poor air out there in this dense fog advisory out there right now from 9 oclock along the coast of the bay area for your sunday morning certainly not going to help because it is going to be the poorest for your sunday morning because of that dense low and high cloud cover future cast for though will show we are going to see that low cloud cover extending to our inland valleys may actually have to have this dense fog advisory extended through around your noon lunch time hour, but right now it is set to expire by around 9 oclock sunday morning wind speeds out there right now not helping in fact we want those double digit wind speeds to push all that smoke and ash away from the bay area but that wont arrive until later sunday afternoon through early sunday evening and also tracking cooler weather in the days ahead more coming up in my full forecast in a few minutes jonathon just seeing back to you risa thank you. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump expected to get a firsthand look at the damage from the California Wildfires. The president is expected to visit Mcclellan Park in Sacramento County on monday which has been a base for cal fire operations. The president issuing a disaster declaration for the golden state last month. Meanwhile President Trump is in nevada for 2 days of Campaign Events hes hosting a or an event tonight in reno and will host another rally tomorrow afternoon in las vegas. The state called in reinforcements from the east coast to help fight the major wildfires burning here in the bay area and those resources arrived in the Worlds Largest cargo aircraft. Kron 4 suite of all reports from San FranciscoInternational Airport where that plane landed earlier today. A welcome sight in a breath of bad air for the california Governors Office of Emergency Services callow yes teamed up with fema to fly in a russian antonov cargo aircraft billed as the largest airplane on the planet is the first coming out here for almost 20 years. And crew members from the new Jersey Forest Fire Service touchdown at San FranciscoInternational Airport saturday afternoon carrying 3 fire engines and a truck. The task force assigned to deadly and destructive bay area wildfires hoping other crews already stretched thin california getting the worst of the worse. Here and they plan on staying in the state for 2 weeks they specialize in wildfires, especially attacking flames in remote areas sightings of forest fire is an arduous task is very large and very dangerous as fastmoving is very easy for people to be injured. Therefore it had to be taken slowly and methodically and. Its its not an easy tasks. But thats the thats what we do. And the task forces arrival comes at a critical time thousands of homes have been destroyed and more than 3 million acres of land have burned in california since the start of the year it seems like and and then the next year seems to be worse off. One state we can only hope at San FranciscoInternational Airport fleet of all kron 4 news meanwhile tonight fire crews continue to make progress on putting all 3 major wildfires here in the bay area. The lnu complex fire in the north bay now and 96 containment. The fire has burned more than 363,000 acres. The scu complex in the east and south bays now at 98 containment with 397,000 acres burned. Crews now have this czu complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties at 87 containment with 86,000 acres burned the woodward fire at Point Reyes National seashore in marine county is that 95 containment that fire has scorched some 4900 acres. Oregon Officials Say as many as 8 people have been killed in wildfires there. 10s of thousands of folks have had to flee their homes because of wildfires. Meanwhile take a look at this one woman filmed as a wildfire creep dangerously close to home. Us house sir. Ice but. Definitely scary to think about Authorities Say more than 1500 square acres have burned in oregon during recent days thats nearly double the amount in one to pull year. And thats an area thats actually larger than rhode island. Were still watching the breaking news tonight out of los angeles were to Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies have been shot in compton. In whats being called an ambush attack this is a live look at the scene. One male deputy and one female deputy were ambushed as they sat in their patrol vehicle. This is all according to the la county Sheriffs Department and i want to take you now to the video that the Sheriffs Department just tweeted showing us what happened. Both of the deputies have sustained multiple gunshot wounds america, critically in they have they are in Critical Condition right now and are undergoing surgery. The video shows us as the Sheriffs Department is saying that the gunman walks up to the deputies and opens fire without warning and without being provoked. Theres a search right now for the suspect this video might be considered disturbing to some. But this is the reality right now in los angeles 2 sheriffs deputies have been shot in whats being called an ambush attack as weve been following this since it happened just after 8 oclock this evening. As soon as more details come in we will bring them to you. Also coming up tonight a military hero was honored this week with one of the countrys highest honors. After freeing dozens of hostages. Plus details on one California City rebuilding after devastating wildfires has even more wildfire threats, lou. And well masks really cups, plates, burgers, chips. Masks, outdoor air, 6 feet of distance, as few people as possible, and plenty of hand soap. Make sure lowering the risk of spreading covid19 is on your list for your next small gathering. Do your part to lower the risk. And Health Officials continuing to warn everyone to wear a mask in order to limit the spread of covid19 but its still unclear just how much protection you have if you come into contact with someone who does have covid19 shay arthur spoke with a doctor to find out just how safe we are with masks. Question tonight could wearing a mask and not really you to covid19 if you had just small amounts of virus that youre exposed to it sort of like back sunday to against against the virus. Thats a question raised by researchers the unproven theory floated in the new england journal of medicine we talked about this memorial Infectious Disease specialist doctor Steve Threlkeld about the idea you know its a theory is what it is very little bit country dated to 2 of the verify it would be it would you be able to do such a study that verifies that you think you could get lived up to really tested, but he did say this the idea that its better to be exposed to less virus is certainly a reasonable idea and go but while its an idea now doctor threlkeld acknowledges often human nature is to protect ourselves. This could lead to more masking but to the extent that that doesnt bigger so that it would just only get up to him to make people wear masks more this is going to be a good thing for us all regardless of the motivation behind shay arthur. California saw more than 4,000 new cases of covid19 162 deaths in the past 24 hours. Among the hot zones for those new cases here in the golden state. Los angeles sacramento, san diego and riverside. Nearly all of California State University classes will remain online not only for this fall, but also for the rest of the upcoming academic year. Csu announced that the spring 2021 semester will be held online due to the coronavirus outbreak the csu chancellor says there are more than a half a million employees and students in the entire system and that the impact of faculty and students is being considered along with the larger community. Lets talk about our 4 zone forecast right now as we take a live look here at breeze is showing us the Storm Tracker and also jonathans here. The 3 amigos summit together once the new weekend crew. I love it were glad youre finally able to join us but recent had been missing the last 2 weeks i know ive been on vacation much needed vacation, but lets take a look at our Storm Tracker for we are tracking some pretty dense low clouds and fog along the coast. That so we have a dense fog advisory in effect from now through 9 oclock for your sunday morning but daytime highs today 5 to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday warming up into the low 70s for downtown San Francisco and even in the low 90s for those of you in livermore unconquered santa rosa seen that double digit warmup at 91 degrees. For your afternoon highs today and taking a live look outside cant even make out city hall in the distance because of that thick layer of smoke and also fog also known as smog out there that is going to impact your sunday morning as well, but its already cooling down temperatures along the coast, mid 50s for Half Moon Bay low 60s for those of you in downtown San Francisco, san jose in the low 70s with mid 70s for those of you in livermore most of their tribe valleys, including conquered as well low to mid 60 throughout the east bay shoreline with oakland at 65 degrees napa also in the mid 60s as is santa rosa, thanks to the return of that deep marine le are out there for your saturday night and we are going to notice some patchy coastal drizzle for your overnight hours and even sunday morning still going to stay socked in with that low and high cloud cover better clearing as you make your way inland by sunday afternoon, but stubborn marine layer along the coast. Thats whats going to contribute to your cool down where youre going to be a few degrees below average for most of our coastal cities but overnight lows tonight, widespread mid 50s and tomorrows daytime highs cooling down to below average for downtown San Francisco in Half Moon Bay. You should be in the upper 60s but instead cooling down into the mid 60s low 70s for the east bay shoreline, widespread mid 80s for the tribe valleys, san jose 78 degrees in napa 79 degrees with mullah who in the low 80s. But we do have a slight chance of drizzle later next week by around thursday and friday could pick up a few traces of an inch of rain with this widespread drizzle that could make its way into the bay area certainly much needed much welcome really truly clear out the skies and also give us a break from the warm temperatures back to you just jonathans over to thank you tonight, Oakland Police are searching for a suspect wanted in a fatal stabbing. Just before Midnight Police say they found a man stabbed on 35th avenue in the fruitvale district. Paramedics took that man to the hospital where he died in surgery. So far his name