Good air quality returning much like yesterday all across the region were off to a mild start right now with some 60s oakland at 66 san jose in pittsburgh at 67, San Francisco right now one of our cooler spots. Right at 60 degrees talking more about what to expect today still to come robin. All right, thank you john lets check in on the commute now the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza is growing it spilling beyond the atb overcrossing its all the way out to west grand. So it has reached that point words pretty packed coming in, but you wont run into any problems right now so no crashes no stalls just the fog thats the issue Poor Visibility here from the maze right through the pay gates and as we said before you got any the headlights in the wiper so just be careful dont follow anyone to closely space yourself out when youre dealing with dense fog like this here on 92 are looking good busy but not bad 13 minutes to the peninsula. And just a really quick peak at one oh one theres a stretch of crowding leaving san jose, its right between 6 ad an ad but thats it north 1 one is about 29 minutes from san jose to menlo park darya james thanks a lot rob, and its 6 oh one and in the south bay, san jose county leaders are giving the green light. For students to return to the classroom but mid city is saying theyre going to sail. Yes through December Kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in san jose with more and an explanation of all of this era. Live here at the San Jose Unified School district where they have notified the community and parents and staff theyre going to be Distance Learning until the end of december the entire semester and will the reason being is they want consistency. They want all of the above the parents, the staff the students to have consistency because thats what they have weve seen a lot of you know wishywashy across the bay area just trying to navigate this time going off of the case numbers and then trying to figure out what a time to head back to the classroom. Well theyre not going to do that until at least 2021 even after Santa Clara County went into tier 2 which is of the red tier which allows k through 12 grades to go back to school cases remain low for 2 weeks even so superintendents as cases continue to rise specifically in san jose and theyre just not comfortable reopening schools for in Person Learning the district put out a survey to parents staff and students and it showed people wanted a consistent plan throughout the semester so theyre giving the people what they asked for a while in Person Learning is the very best type of learning they said that they will revert back to that when it is known to be safer and hopefully that will just be in 2021, its very likely it all depends on case numbers and accessibility to Rapid Testing which has increased in the last couple of months that district Officials Say early december they will have a better idea of what will happen next semester but in the meantime its time to hit the books at home. Time to open up their computers and do that Distance Learning for now live in san jose Sarah Stinson kron 4 news okay. Thank you sarah and Santa Clara CountyHealth Officials announced a plan for enhanced testing to make sure everybody. Can get a test if they need one this is a new order that expands the definition of essential worker and that will require Insurance Companies to provide free testing for more workers workers including not Just Health Care providers, but teachers in Grocery Store employees and the like. And it also has a mandatory guidelines for patients ensuring they get tested quicker and they get the results sooner. 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. Yeah, they dont want a insurance and confusion over how youre going to pay for this to be get in the way of you getting tested if you needed. This order is mandatory and violations come with fines and other penalties. In the east bay, although Alameda County hasnt been given the green light yet to open up more businesses it doesnt mean that the county is in a deep covid crisis in fact Alameda County sheriff greg ahern is also the director of the countys office of Emergency Services and since the shelterinplace began back in march. He says hes been collecting data. Nonstop and he says based on what hes seeing Alameda County is in fact improving. 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. Health officials are waiting for next week thats when Data Collected in the wake of Labor Day Weekend will be released and well see where the numbers go after that comes out. Time now 6 05 Berkeley City Council members approved a mask fine after seeing an increase in covid cases in july and august other bay area counties, including santa clara nap and marine counties already have fines if youre not wearing a mask. While President Trump is saying a vaccine is just around the corner, hes the only one in the government who saying that the cdc is actually saying a vaccine is not going to be available until at least the summer or maybe even the fall and their officials testified in front of congress saying that actually a mask is better than a vaccine anyway and a local doctor at ucsf agrees. Number one is to take a while for the vaccine and number 2 were to see the vaccine is but we know these protected eventually populating the masterful multiple components spots transmission and then by reducing the amount of cars that get you get in it may reduce the severity of in berkeley, anybody with the rules anybody caught not wearing a mask could get a fine of a 100 for the first violation and that money is going to go towards a fund for buying masks for low income families. Well as the flu season looms in the east bay doctor now suggesting people who come in for a vaccine should also get tested for coronavirus doctor farnitano says that its possible to suffer from both especially since they both have basically the same symptoms and hes working now to acquire more covid test sites and flu vaccine so that when a person does come into their clinics. Theyll be able to get tested for both in that one visit. Were trying to prepare this is you know this is a long haul where where were going to be in all to the winner. So were trying preparer sites to be able to be indoors when the weather requires it. People at higher risk are 65 and older as we know and also people who smoke or have Underlying Health conditions like diabetes heart disease, asthma or weakened immune system. Flu activity usually begins to increase in the late november or december months. A new report reveals children of color are dying from covid19 at a higher rate. The cdc looked at more than 391,000 cases among children and young adults under the age of 21 and only a 121 cases were deadly bought 17 of them only 17 of them were white thats compared to 35 deaths of black children and 54 hispanic deaths, the cdc is pointing to social disparities like crowded Living Conditions food in security wealth educational gaps and also racial discrimination. Halloween is just a few weeks away and trick or treating is definitely going to be different this year Contra Costa County health of your son back say that your kids should do it at all. They dont think its smart that doesnt mean that you cant celebrate though kron fours michelle kingston takes a look at 1 one neighbor had plans to do. 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 each 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 youve got small children gathered together in front porches and front 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 and 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. 6. 10 is the time still ahead on the kron 00 04am morning news, San Francisco city officials are cracking down on illegal sideshows will tell you the actions are looking to take to try to keep everyone safe. Plus wildfire containment across the bay area continues to rise. Well have the latest numbers for you and after the break the millions of people are feeling the wrath of Hurricane Sally as that storm continues to creep further inland after devastating the gulf coasts and today will be a pleasant one here in the bay area with temperatures just a little cooler than yesterday skies just as clear and air quality just as good. Their forecast is ahead. And the line at the bay bridge toll plaza is getting longer and longer prepared to do a lot of break tapping coming into San Francisco, the backup air spills just west of the remnants of Hurricane Sally are now moving north from the gulf coast with catastrophic flooding. In their wake and florida and alabama seeing lots of flooding and damage brian and 10 shows us the aftermath in orange beach, alabama. Hurricane sallys eye wall came ashore after midnight along the alabama coast when the sun came up the wind had settled down but sally left behind devastation in orange beach, major roads impassable flooding in low lying neighborhoods left houses under water, it was. So loud all night long is it scared us to death bills we seem like it would just never. David burrowes his home is totally flooded. It took us inside for most of his belongings are drenched in drouet everything started. Floating in the refrigerator fell over we heard a crash last night. The deep freeze. Pretty much all night long we just have kept hearing things crashed orange beach Officials Say more than 100 people had to be rescued by boat. The water rose much faster and much higher than residents anticipated after relentless rain fall from more than 24 hours to slow. Founded a its been a worse one we rode a while the water seemed to cause most of the damage 100 mile per hour winds also left their mark ripping the roof off this church in snapping trees. So many like david say they dont have insurance so we building will be a struggle in orange beach everyone we talked to agreed that they underestimated sallys fury field every bit of a chip that house. All night brian entin. And that can happen to a new here its a category one category 2 you think all wow you know katrina was a cat 5 these are probably right mall or its all about the speed all right if theyre slow than they could sit and im forever. Yeah they can wreak and with 100 plus mile an hour winds. Yeah thats going to do a lot of damage that speed to yeah all closer to home. Lets talk about the weather that were dealing with john travel in the Weather Center with that good morning john yeah well sally leaves devastation in its path down in the deep south were looking at an improving forecast at least here on the west coast. Obviously weve had the impact of wildfires in the smoke, the past few weeks smoke is not something we saw yesterday across the bay were going to keep the clean air around today to a view above the clouds that marine layer that scooted in across the bay area overnight. Definitely making for low visibility right on the bay, this is your Berkeley Hills cam right here looking down at those foggy but not hazy skies as air quality is good across the board yet again until you head to the Sierra Nevada if you are heading out that direction this weekend anticipate poor air quality towards the mountains. Bay area though we will remain good. Throughout the course of the day tomorrow and into saturday too stormtracker 4 shows you dry skies aside for some coastal drizzle that fog is definitely making for a situation that you want to turn your windshield wipers a time or 2 for sure as youre driving the bay this morning specially closer to the coast. This cold front has been lingering offshore for a few days now and has already resulting in some showers up in the Pacific Northwest helping with wildfires in oregon and washington. Were a little too far south to be seeing showers from this system, although you will see some offshore sprinkles right off of the mendocino coast. Nothing towards sonoma or further south from there so as we make our way through the next couple of days, well just cool down and see the sweeping winds from this system pushing through not so much any chance of rainfall after the system passes through sunday, we could see the return of haze so do plan around that for your weekend after a few good days of air quality today tomorrow into saturday. Winds are calm right now, but you see in the north bay, they pick up into the afternoon and remained pretty breezy into the close of the day today and eventually into tomorrow. Todays daytime highs comfortable yet again with 60s and 70s for your highs and coastal spots well 70s and 80s back for else or other locations in the bay area. Bayside areas, mostly 70s today, even san jose falling back to 79 degrees after yesterdays 80 degree day time high east bay temperatures 70s 80s as well for you with 75 in hayward oakland at 74. Concord while the creek and danville warm but not too warm. At 86 degrees today, some 60s along the brain and sanela coastlines. Tomorrow temperatures will be even cooler yet with some better air quality anticipated. Throughout the course of the rest of this week. Now sunday and monday your last 2 days of summer we reverse this onshore breeze that is clean air quality out with an offshore wind that will warm things back up and push some smoke likely back out our direction into early next week fall kicks off on tuesday and a little bit of a cooler note to start the season. Daytime highs fall back into the low 80s by that day. Robin. Thank you john the fog still pretty stubborn here across the golden gate so youre going to have to deal with for your commute between the north bay in San Francisco. But were looking good as far as the traffic so no problems no crashes its an easy trip for now just foggy 90 minutes nevado to San Francisco here the bay bridge. We have some fog and some slow traffic youre backed up just about to the bottom of the maze right through the tolls up the incline but the suspension and the skyway both look really good. There is a Little Pocket of slow traffic heading into morgan hill that a minor northbound one oh one from sen martine avenue up to 10 it. Its a little crowded, but the rest of the bay area looks great 6. 80 south through on a creek in danville the dumbarton bridge, a nice trip going west. No problems livermore to dublin and then from the peninsula to San Francisco, northbound one on one wide open and 10 minutes to make it to the 80 split james. All right. Thank you very much rob and now to the latest on the wildfires, 25 people have died here in california alone from the recent wildfires. Governor newsom says the flames have also burned more than 3. 4 million acres now and destroyed more than 4,000 structures, many of them homes. Roughly 38,000 people still cant return to their homes. Its just too dangerous wildfires burning here in the bay area, however, are almost fully contained. The lnu complex fires and the scu complex fires are both 98 contained now and as you can see the czu complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties are now 95 contained theyre almost there full containment of the cva lightning complex fires is expected by sunday so far. Those fires have destroyed 925 homes in san mateo and santa cruz counties, including t