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And the improved air quality had customers for one business lining up around the corner. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore, thank you for joining us for kron 4 news tonight, a day we begin with that Health Update in the east because of the pandemic. If we want. People of the safety part of the solution not part of the problem. Contra costa county Health Officials are discouraging the traditional halloween celebrations, we all know and love but they told kron fours michelle kingston that doesnt mean you cant celebrate at all. Tracy nelsons family loves halloween. These are just some of their costumes from the past few years but with restrictions in place this year because of coronavirus she decided to get creative will be a little bit more work but it will still give them the opportunity to trick or treat instead of trick or treating in her neighborhood looking like this shes encouraging her neighbors to do a driveby celebration and put a table in the front yard with candy that way they can go by they can say trick or treat if youre in the front yard and they can still get their candy still celebrate Contra Costa County Health Officials say traditional trick or treating is not a good idea and discourages haunted houses and big parties to we are that. The traditional trick or is a kind of risky during the covid pandemic or youve got small children gathered together in front porches and in front of front touching on high touch surfaces like door knobs and door bells candy candy jars. And so that all those type of activities pose a risk for covid. The recommendation from county Health Officials though are not stopping all families from still planning to head out like they always do on halloween lori lopez and her grandchildren are still going to trick or treat. But say theyll sanitize their candy wrappers before digging in the forward to this so much that. Picking up their outfits in going out for a night really having a lot of fun so thats what were going to do the right Contra Costa County Health Officials say that you wont get fined for trick or treating theres no local or state ban but they do discourage you. From participating in brentwood, michelle kingston kron 4 news and this just in san jose unified will continue Distance Learning for all students through december, the district made that announcement less than an hour ago. The decision comes despite Santa Clara County moving into the red tier of the states Monitoring System which allows schools to reopen at full capacity if they remain in that tier, but 2 weeks but the district recently surveyed parents and students and employees and found that all of them strongly support a plan that remains consistent through the end of the semester plans for the Spring Semester will be announced in early december. All right the air quality around the bay area oh my goodness we could finally consider a close to normal after more than a month of the smoky on healthy conditions and you can see how clear the skies looked earlier from alameda de like so we took a giant squeegee and just wiped away all the heres a live look over downtown San Francisco. Thats not smoke. Thats our goal friend fog creeping into the bay area chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow here with that. Details are lot of us have been kind of holding our breath for the last 30 days or even deeply now enjoy it put its so great to have that fresh air out there tonight, and it continues you do see a little haze on the horizon, so still some of the smoke some pollutants in the atmosphere but down where we live were looking good around most the bay area now that fog. Is starting to creep back on shore really helped out too we had a good pretty good marine lair and even some drizzle outside that of course help to take some of the blues out of the atmosphere gorgeous shot for the Golden Gate Bridge right now is the low clouds begin to surge back on shore but yeah, that air quality looking good during green all the way into livermore now san ramon conquered, san jose still got some moderate conditions modern pollutants building up there like nice compared to what weve had in fact the best day for equality in quite some time now tomorrow. Youre starting out a little haze in the morning. That the smoke has to settle when the winds begin to calm down but as we get toward tomorrow afternoon. I think were going to see widespread rain again push all across the bay in the valleys and i think were looking at some very nice fresh air the next few days. But we may not be done with all of the smoke and all explain why coming up in a few minutes. Thank you laura as well the latest on the wildfires burning in the bay area which contributed to so much of that smoke they are inching closer to full containment tonight, the lnu complex fire in the north bay is 98 contained tonight. The scu complex fires in the east and south bays also 98 contain the czu complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties are now at 95 containment the woodward buyer at Point Reyes National seashore in marin county is also 95 contained the air quality today as weve said has been much more welcoming than in the past few weeks well, it was just a moment is here to show us just how big a difference one we can make just seen help and you remember how the sky was orange that was this time last week and that dark smoke coating, the sky has finally cleared in the fresh air. Is now here this is what it looked like in San Francisco today blue skies much better air quality filly can breathe open up the windows people really happy to be able to do that and get outdoors for the first time in weeks. It was just one week ago the bay area residents woke up to that dark tangerine tinge sky. It looked like the apocalypse and it stayed like that throughout the day there was also covering cars raining down across the bay area. Now well go through a time lapse of day by day this is a 7 day time lapse youll see september 11th this what is what it looked like along the Golden Gate Bridge then to the 12th and the 13th, the skies slowly starting to clear by the 14th we get to see a little bit of blue 15th. Were almost there until we reach today. And and folks back there tonight you can really see how drastic. The difference is air quality experts say after 30 consecutive days of spare the air alerts there will not be one tomorrow. Live right now in the newsroom, im Justine Waldman kron 4 news that is really good news the improvement in our skies and air quality had a lot of people out and about today with. Many of them focused on getting ash off their cars kron fours noelle bellow stopped by a couple of car washes in the north bay where business was booming. After weeks of hash just collecting on top of their vehicle, folks i spoke with today say it was time her a clean place. Yeah she after another cause filed into matin jeffs car wash and Detail Center in novato wednesday afternoon looking for a bass. Were getting it light snow in sandra fell after all the dust grime dirt much in the air than the moisture. Its time for clean fact its costing because some people are trying to get it off as soon as it gets on owner Matt Broderick says its not hard to figure out why hes seen a constant stream of customers just thing from bloom not feeling a little bit better about the health out being outside so forth. I think working to our advantage at this point. The last couple of days has been the most busiaess theyve received since the pandemic hit and its a similar story down at blue wave in sandra fell for the line of dusty cars wrapped around the building its value weve been here. We open in 2017. Manager earnest, juarez says that theyve been cleaning close to 900 cars a day this week with customers all on the same page i was about to carla says pack also. I was like a lot todays the day yeah all the action all the pollen all the things over the past month and a half. Just just to it and it was clear the end result was exactly what they were looking hell i feel like a new man i feel like ive taken a shower in the north bay noelle bellow kron 4 news. 25 people have been killed by wildfires this year in california governor Gavin Newsome made that announcement today the flames from those fires have burned more than 3. 4 million acres destroyed more than 4,000 structures, roughly 38,000 people still can not return to their homes tonight as thousands of firefighters continue to control the 25 major wildfires burning right now the governor is optimistic that the weather will help the fire crews take control in the days ahead. If you want to check the air quality where you live you can head to our web site we posted a new air quality map. The map is color coded ranging from good indicated by green as you see there to dark purple for hazardous which thankfully we dont have on that page right now this all can be found on our website kron 4 dot com. Other news now in the south bay, the San Jose City council has voted to continue to allow Police Officers to use rubber bullets and other projectiles in some crowd control situations if they are directly attacked. This despite backlash from mayor sam liccardo and other activists back on june the 6 eu police chief eddie garcia banned the use of rubber bullets as a method of crowd control so that officers could only use them to defend themselves that decision happening during the protests that broke out in late may and early june in san jose following the killing of george floyd gunfire erupted on the streets of san jose 6 people were shot 2 of them were killed 4 others are in the hospital. So far none of the victims have been identified this all happened late last night at south 8th and reed streets just a couple of blocks south of San Jose State University. As kron fours rob fladeboe tells us police are still searching for suspects and a possible motive for the shooting. They pop pop pop pop. It was fast. It was like back. Her south 8th street neighborhood still cordoned off wednesday morning as police processed the scene the president midea salinas is a little nervous about the fact that the gunshot she heard, were on least right outside her apartment. Was like why was i went outside and think that it was. Right there in front of. Our apartment this was the scene just after 10 oclock tuesday night. Police say 6 people were shot. 2 of the 5 male victims are dead 3 other men and a woman were injured, but are expected to survive. Police said the victims were attending an outdoor candlelight vigil when they were shot, its not clear as yet if the shooting is somehow related to the vigil, but the publics help is needed to San Jose Police Sergeant Christian camera real this just happened would still interviewing witnesses were still trying to connect all the dots. Obviously if we do. We have more information share we will certainly put that out but this investigation is still very active. Were still talking to witnesses. Police confirmed officers responded to an earlier 911 call from the same vicinity earlier in the evening. But could not say if the 2 calls were related. The neighborhood was sealed off from much of the day wednesday as police processed the scene and canvassed the neighborhood also we can buy those gunshots nina duran was still a bit shaken as she returned home this afternoon youre just i was just shouldnt have been in saying and i got like i its like you get heavy hearted because. You dont expect Something Like this to happen and we get to that so well police said very little about a motive or possible suspects in the shooting. Theyre quite certain that there is no connection between the shooting in nearby San Jose State University in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Coming up manmade dangerous parking in the east bay during wildfire season, how Law Enforcement agencies are working to stop trouble like this along a popular scenic routes theres a new enhanced coronavirus testing order in Santa Clara County. Now Health Officials are making sure everyone who needs a test can get one and watching and waiting why there is reason for optimism in alameda unlike other counties in the bay area Alameda County has not been given the green light to advance and open up more businesses due to the pandemic cut has come for us to reassess reports the numbers are actually lining up and it looks somewhat good going forward. Here in oakland which is part of Alameda County is the covid19 caseload is not good enough for the state to allow it to progress and move into tier 2 however, the director of the office of Emergency Services for Alameda County says that the county is actually on the right path right now were seeing a slight decline in the number of positive cases of covid19 lot of decline in number of hospitalizations for patients and for patients in icu is and were seeing a decline in inmates who have been tested positive for covid19 as well. That is Alameda County sheriff greg ahern who is also the director of the office of Emergency Services of Alameda County and the regional director as well since the shelter in place in march, he says that he has been collecting data nonstop. One of the figures that are. At your disposal. So we receive numbers from public we record our own numbers of deaths as they come into the corners nearly get reported to close their accounts and we checked the numbers from Johns Hopkins as well. Her and says in these times with the data coming in from so many different agencies it can be overwhelming and painting pictures that are less than clear. He says what he knows right now Alameda County. Is progressing we could be moving towards. Bradley a look at the number of cases so right now were dealing with doctor stacy he is taking care of our Public Health in Alameda County. And he indicates were currently we remain in the purple tier and we do me one week of red to requirements on the states blueprint for safer this case counts have dropped below 7 new cases per day per 100,000 residents and we continue to meet testing positive thresholds so we maintain that trend we could move to the red here. However, hes a to remind us that we currently have Labor Day Weekend. And the past holidays memorial day and labor day we saw a slight spike in the number of cases so were monitoring labor day as well to see that has any effect on the number of patients. Out at lake merritt in oakland for the most part most everyone had masks on heard says that is also a good sign said the bottom line right now is what the numbers will show next week going forward. In oakland theresa kron 4 news. Also in the east bay, the Berkeley City Council has voted in favor of issuing citations to people who do not wear face masks amid this ongoing pandemic the decision was announced today any person violating the Public Health order could be fined up to 100 for the first violation penalties within increase for repeat offenders. Other bay area counties which have already approved similar measures include santa clara napa and moran. In the south bay Santa Clara County Health Officials announced new enhanced testing orders today. Making it easier for people to get tested for covid19 kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia has more on what Health Officials are asking for specifically and what local leaders have to say about it probably Santa Clara County Health Officials announced an enhanced testing order to ensure access to readily available covid19 testing the new order expands the definition of essential worker. Requiring Insurance Companies to provide free testing for workers like teachers, Grocery Store employees and health care providers. Health care providers are now required to inform their patients of their right to testing by posting notices in all patient care areas. Their web sites and in their communications. The order also sets mandatory timelines for patients to get tested quickly and to get their results sooner as well and finally practices that inhibit discourage or delay testing are prohibited under the order. We are grateful that the county has announced an order that is going to demolish the labyrinth that too many of our residents have found themselves when theyre trying to find their way to get to testing. County Officials Say the order is a mandatory and violations of the order can result in fines and other penalties. Sue moss turning reporting kron 4 news. Now to our 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look outside and no matter where we look at least were not seeing smoke fog us good bone across goal gate bridge. Pam yeah, in fact things are going to cool down our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with de