To hot weather expected although not quite as hot as we were early in the week. Temperatures similar to yesterday after taking a little fall. Temperatures around antioch in the upper 90s. Pacifica and Half Moon Bay in the mid to upper 60s. The cloud and fog is back. What to expect for this afternoon, coming up. Lets check on the highways now. Good morning. We have traffic doing very well. I want to talk about the east bay where we still have slow traffic that wont go away, it seems. Theyre clearing a crash that was a hitandrun at south 81 near whipple in that house traffic going slow. Otherwise, San Francisco had a stalled vehicle in an earlier accident that excluded. And traffic into San Francisco from east bay looks okay. No problems on the Richmond Bridge this morning and on 880 in oakland, this traffic is moving along very nicely. Brick newsprint more destruction caused by the walbridge buyer, part of the bigger lmu complex fires in the north bay. This video from this morning showing a house burning to the ground in the healdsburg era. Cal fire announced more deaths blamed on the wildfires including them in his body was found in debris in the vacaville area. Alyssa is here with more on the information on that lnu fire. Good morning. These fires have been burning since monday. They were believed to have been started by lightning. Almost a 500 structures have been destroyed and four people have died. Here is some video from overnight from the fire burning in sonoma county. This is wahlberg fire. A large house is on fire on Wallace Creek road. That road is not passable this morning. Also a fire burning on mill creek road. The walbridge fire burned 20,000 acres. And now, does along the Russian River are threatened if the winds pushes the fire down from the hills. Evacuation orders in the area with the lnu complex fire have been continuing and moving. Agencies are stretched thin all over the state. s bake no more equipment is out there. You have heard that for three days now, no more equipment out there. The people on the line have been on the line since it started. A boeing 747 supertanker dumped fire retardant over the flames but it had to be granted when heavy smoke impacted visibility making it too dangerous. Firefighters have engines to respond if buyers reach those communities by the Russian River. The hennessey fire is burning to the spirit that fire is the largest in the cluster. Its at 192,000 acres and continues to burn out of control there is still zero containment this morning. I want to show you video from the Fairfield Fire Department showing you some of what firefighters are facing. Look at this. Flames surrounded engine 341. They rushed to Pleasant Valley road in vacaville as the hennessey got bigger and bigger. It was dark except from the orange glow of trees and homes on fire. The embers flew onto the fire engine as it was going through the path of all of those flames. The ccu august lightning fires are causing damage in san mateo and santa cruz counties pay damages the likes of which have not been seen in decades. Video shows a flames engulfing homes and cars in the community of Boulder Creek. One hour ago, we brought it to you live as cal fire demonstrators and as these fires increase overnight. This fire has now burned through 78 square miles. Containment at 0 with 65,000 people in the Santa Cruz Mountains have been told to evacuate. This is a historic event. Fire is burning in errors that have never burned at all. So as this fire continues to grow, as we tried to get resources into contain the fire, we just need to make sure that those who are evacuated hed those evacuation notices and leave the area if you havent yet. We are taking the vital resource of which we have that are limited and committing those to rescue those who decide to stay and assist those communities. Authorities say they have been battling low humidity and moderate to strong winds. Another big cluster of buyers is the fcu lightning complex which is the fire burning in the diablo range mostly in the southeast part of the bay area. 20 separate fires and remote areas of alameda, contra costa, santa clara, san joaquin and stanislaus counties. They come by to burn through 246 square miles. At this point, no homes have been destroyed but we know 20,000 are in the path of the flames. Evacuation orders have been issued in all parts of all five of those counties. The scu complex is that 5 containment. Mandatory evacuations are just outside of that area at san joaquin county. Fire near point reyes is burning along the coast in marin countys threatening small, and spirit is called the woodward fire. It was started by lightning. It has burned 2000 acres. Its in a remote rugged area and yesterday afternoon firefighters received air support for the first time. This fire is burning for miles north of bolinas. People have been warned that they should be ready to get out at any time. It is stressful. Most people in this community have no place to go. It is scary, but it is not really even on the fire map because all the other fires are so much bigger. At this point, the woodward fire is 0 contained. State interest officials are reminding people who were forced to evacuate their homes because of the wildfires that relocation cost should be covered. The california insurance commissioner said additional Living Expenses can be covered to ease the burden of mandatory evacuations. He said renters and homeowners should keep all receipts for evacuation related costs like for food, housing, storage and transportation. Evacuees should check with their Insurance Company or the state Insurance Department to learn how renters or Homeowners Insurance might apply to a wild fire evacuation. The air is not good around us. The spare the air alert will be in effect for the next few days because of the wildfires. Here is the latest map from the air Quality Management district. It shows recent breezes that created some clearing in some parts of the bay area but it is not clear enough to remove that spare the air alert. The wildfires are still shooting out smoke and other dangerous particles into the air. Hash is also following in many parts of the bay area adding to the danger. Even people staying indoors cant avoid the smoke. I cannot sit at home because even the smell is in the house. It smells like fire in my house. There are fires in eight of the nine beer counties and some outside of the region that are impacting the air quality and will continue through sunday. Drove the air quality experts say stay indoors, stay out of the direct sunlight and avoid Outdoor Activities whenever they also say the masks people are wearing during the pandemic will not fully protect you from the smoke coming from the wildfires. We know that pets can be affected by the poor air quality caused by the fires take the American Veterinary Medical Association said you should limit the time your pet spends outside and keep your windows closed. Dog walks should be kept to a minimum and should be taken in the morning or evening hours when there is more moisture in the air. That are nearing say some of the symptoms pet owner should look out for our coughing and gagging, difficulty breathing and more noise when breathing. I irritation and excessive eye watering. Inflammation of the throat or mouth and nasal discharge. If your animal has any of these or other concerning symptoms, contact your veterinarian. Truck now is a good time to download the ktvu weather app. You will see conditions is and where you live along with hourly temperature forecast. Rosemary is in for steve with the forecast. Where are we now . The air quality is going to be a bit concerning today. We are seeing an improvement of the onshore breeze with cleaner air moving in. But with fires burning on all sizes, we will not be able to escape the smoke. Heres a live look at sfo where the marine layer is deepening with low clouds moving back across the bay early this morning. Sfo with partly sunny skies. I see a little bit of a golden hue out there and you can see the hazy you as well. San francisco at 57 degrees. 64 oakland. Low 60s in livermore. San jose 63. Temperatures this afternoon, not a lot of change. We took a nice drop yesterday and today will be a repeat when it comes to the numbers. Looking at some of the fog with halfmoon bay has visibly less than a mile. Some of the north bay as well. Temperatures and many spots are little bit warmer than yesterday morning with cloud cover insulating us a bit. 62 in heyward 59 over areas of the San Francisco pick the winds are generally light coming in from the northwest and a southwest breeze over the e spain now. Oakland coming in from the south at nine. Calm over areas of the north bait. Getting into the second part of the morning and early afternoon, if you watch those arrows, they begin to shift over the course of the day at times coming in from areas over the east. Coming from the south and the northwest at guerneville. This afternoon, they shift again predominantly northwest and west which is good news. In any event, every shift will bring a drift in a different direction. Unhealthy for the afternoon today. Central and south bay unhealthy for sensitive groups over the north bait and when it comes to temperatures, a bit above average but better than where we have been. 94 in santa rosa. 74 attempts to sculpted 80 in oakland. Into the weekend, temperatures wont change much but there is another concern. A possibility of moisture coming our way again. Details on this, coming up. Steph curry of the war years and his wife spoke last night at the dnc pick what they want their daughters to learn from their appearance. And the home of Goodyear Tires reacting to President Trumps twitter attack on goodyear. Hear their message to the president and how it may affect the election. Experience the ultimate sports hub. Where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. Use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. Follow the teams you love. And, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. So youll never miss an update. With the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Click, call or visit a store for details. The u. S. Postmaster general testifying before a Senate Committee before congress. Democratic leaders are demanding he answer questions about policy and operational changes at the Postal Service before the election. He said he needs to take drastic action in response to the Postal Service financial proms. He said his plans to overhaul the agency wont effect the election in november. Its three years since the commission concluded that the Current System is not working. We urgently require the prc to do its job and establish more regulatory system for mail products. He is a major donor to the Truck Campaign early this week ens any changes would be suspended until after the election. Critics claim he was hindering the agencys accountability to accommodate an expected surge in mailin voting. Jill biden goes back to the campaign trail today after accepting the democratic nomination. His acceptance speech talked about how he would deal with issues facing the country. Covid19, the economy and climate change. And he said he would work to unite the country. While i will be a democratic candidate, i will be an american president. I will work hard for those who did not support me. After the speech, jill biden and his wife walked out to the parking lot wearing masks. They enjoyed a Fireworks Show and shared with people in their cars who watched the speech on a big screen at a drivein movie setting. Where you start steph curry is showing his support behind biden. The curries said they wanted to ensure they are children live in a nation that is safe, happy, healthy and fair. The video ended with the family asking minutes to vote for biden. The Republican NationalConvention Starts on monday and we will bring you coverage of life and tape species. President trump said that he will accept the Party Nomination on the south line of the white house. Political and Union Leaders in ohio showing their support for the Goodyear Tire company work they held a rally near the companys Head Quarters in akron, ohio after President Trump called on americans to stop buying Goodyear Tires. Perez drop is angry about good you President Trump is. Supporters of goodyear say they wont forget President Trumps call for a boycott on election day in november. We are here to send a message to donald trump to say we are not going to see you in the white house again because you do not respect ohioans pick you do not respect workers pick you do not respect women. The Goodyear Tire company said it has no plans to change its policy concerning political messages at work and Company Executives say theyre getting support from around the country. Typically we have seen a letter compute commute on fridays. Today we have road closures due to fire activity and evacuations. Thats right. We have fire activity closures but for the most part, people are seeing of the roads. We had earlier problems in the east bay but now those are cleared up. The bay bridge looks good driving into San Francisco. No problems on 880 in oakland and the south bay has been quite. There are closures near the fires but the freeway commutes look good including 280 in san jose. Good morning. You may have a smoke and haze outside your doors this morning. Slightly improved weather when it comes to the air quality although we will remain with unhealthy air in the central and south bay. Looking at the satellite view, the system that it has provided us with a cool down over the last 24 hours, the onshore breeze and the deeper marine layer still bringing a little bit of wet weather to heirs around washington and farther north. We are going to remain under this influence as we roll through the next few days. We are also watching this. At this system here, Tropical Storm genevieve, off the coast line of Baja California will continue northward and you can see it will be right off the coastline of san diego and Baja California. That is going to bring with it the possibility of moisture not only for Southern California but for us as well. Today, partly cloudy for the coastline with mostly sunny for the rest as we get into saturday and now sunday, you begin to see more cloud cover from the south that the tropical moisture that we will be watching closely. Very similar to what we saw over this past weekend the models are not in complete agreement as to how much moisture will come in. Thus spared the error alert will continue today but also through the we can pay temperatures 58 in San Francisco pick low 60s in walnut creek. For the afternoon, 80 in oakland, 74 San Francisco. Mid to upper 90s in the hotter spots of the inner east bay similar to yesterday. Slightly warmer tomorrow and slightly cooler and sunday with a cooling trend continuing on monday and tuesday. After being threatened to shut the service after threatening to shut down service, uber and lyft are still running in california. What a state Appeals Court did to keep drivers on the roads. Also several homes destroyed after theres a massive fire just south of salinas. Lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att we will start with dollars and cents and focus on right ear companies were mac and lyft which are still operating in california. After they throw it down to threatened to shut down you separate the state Appeals Court made an emergency stay order yesterday allowing those companies to treat drivers as independent contractors until mid october as a legal better over a b5 continued spared that requires gig workers to be classified as employees. Yesterday there was protests outside of the headquarters in San Francisco. We cannot allow companies to get excused from following the law and also get unfair advantage over their competitors. That is what lyft and uber have been doing for years. Some drivers say they prefer to remain classified as contractors and support proposition 22 that would exempt them from a b5. Experts are warning that unemployed americans will have to wait for they start collecting a new round of enhanced benefits. The extra 600 of enhanced benefits expired at the end of july. President trump said he would take executive action to send an extra 400 to out of work americans. But a cunning menace say its actually 200 and the money will come anytime soon. Its being run thro