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. let's 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 won't go away, it seems. they're clearing a crash that was a hit-and-run 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. it's 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 he'd those evacuation notices and leave the area if you haven't 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 county's threatening small, and spirit is called the woodward fire. it was started by lightning. it has burned 2000 acres. it's 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 can't 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. here's 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 half-moon 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 won't 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 trump's 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 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campaign early this week ens any changes would be suspended until after the election. critics claim he was hindering the agency's accountability to accommodate an expected surge in mail-in 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. covid-19, 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 drive-in 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 national convention 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 company's 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 won't forget president trump's 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 they're 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. that's 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 there's a massive fire just south of salinas. lily everyone in the house is online and i can't 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... that's 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 it's actually $200 and the money will come anytime soon. it's being run through fame as part of an emergency relief program but it will take some time for states to reconfigure their systems to distribute the money. has bars recalling 53,000 watergun sold at target telling people to stop using them immediately. the safety commission says the stickers on the nerf super soaker xp 20 and xp 30 may contain higher levels of lead in the ink then is federally allowed. the water guns were sold between march and july of this year. customers can submit a claim for a refund through hasbro's website. coming up, taking action and going door to door as a tow truck driver risks his life to make sure everyone is evacuated. what he did as the weather was approaching homes in vacaville. also as a bay area deals with the ongoing threat of covid-19, another problem is lingering from the wildfires pick the warning 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evacuations. bless a massive fire in the santa cruz mountains still burning out of control this morning. we have the latest on the firefight and what is blocking firefighters from getting control. good morning. it is friday and fridays feel different. typically we look forward to outdoor activity but because of the poor air quality due to the wildfires, this weekend is a lot different than last. i stepped out yesterday and it literally smelled like it was standing next to a camp fire pick the smoky conditions, albeit some cool pacific clean air coming into the bay era. so many fires around us that we cannot get rid of the smoke complete. expect hazy smoky skies again. spared the error alert into the days ahead and today. the temperatures took a drop yesterday and we will remain that way. upper 60s at the coast in mid to upper 90s for the hotspots i will have details on current conditions and what to expect in just a little bit. onto the highways. thank you. good morning. right now we have lighter than usual commute. we had problems early that have cleared up but right now in case you have to go anywhere, it should be pretty nice going into san francisco on the bay bridge. no major problems there. interstate 880 cleared up here in oakland and it looks fine. in the south bay hazy sunshine with northbound 280 tropical good. back to the breaking news pick big wipers that continue to burn across the bay area and of the central coast. now we have video from overnight. one of the sizes burning in the mountains of the santa cruz and san mateo. allie is following this story to bring us the latest information on the ccu lightning complex fire. >> it is a cluster of fires that's burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. overnight it has burned a total of 50,000 acres so far since the fire was sparked by lightning this weekend. 64,000 people have fled their homes in santa cruz and sam a matteo counties. because of the fires and things like this. here's a new video from overnight of homes burning in the community of boulder creek. this video was taken along acorn drive. buyer said at least 50 structures, most of them homes, have been destroyed by this fire but they expect the number of homes destroyed to go up to triple digits with the have a chance to go in and assess the damage. the latest evacuation orders included felton and paradise valley and scotts valley, west of highway 17, and the uc santa cruz chemists. san mateo county also has evacuations. their group grew 2000 acres overnight. the dog overnight help but as soon as that receded, cal players said they saw the fire light up again. they cannot let their guard down with this fire 0% contained. a big problem cal fire head overnight is trying to get people to heed the evacuation orders pick over that we talked to one man in bonnie doon who refused to leave. spoke uncertainty. we want to know what happened to our place and if it was still standing with that we have a good chance of defending a. we got here and planes were in front and halfway down my driveway. my house was set way back. we just started getting to work and we put the fires out. so far we saved it. >> less that we had three separate rescues that pulled vital resources away to rescue those individuals because they put themselves in peril. they are not trained firefighters and they want to do the right thing for their property but in the long run, it created a bigger problem for the first responders. it took firefighters away from the firefight to rescue them. bottom line, if you are in an area that is supposed to be accurate, please leave. if you don't you are putting firefighters and emergency responders in danger and yourself in danger. the sheriff's officials say they are adding extra officers to the evacuated areas to make sure no one is trying to burglarize any homes. if people want to go back and save any pets or animals they may have left behind, they can contact animal control in santa cruz for help. the official say they open an additional vacuum ration center at the sand matteo, and event center. we have a list of evacuation centers and evacuation orders@ourwebsitektvu.com. park officials that big basin redwood state park say they will spend the next few days assessing the damage there from a welfare. the fire caused extensive damage to the parks buildings, ranger station, campgrounds. the headquarters built in the 1930s has been reduced to ash. people who love the parks redwoods say they hope the giant trees survive.'s bake if they were big enough and hot enough to take those structures, there is no way to tell. we are crossing our fingers until we have a chance to get in and take a look. big basin has trees 50 feet around and as tall as the statue of liberty. four new deaths reported in the north bay lane on the lnu complex fire spread a man's body was found in debris along pleasant valley road where the man lived. the flames destroyed two dozen stone homes in the blue ridge era. people unaccounted for in two of the homes there. the flames move so fast, homeowners were trapped. >> they could not get out and some of them have pools and ponds and told them to go shelter in the water. and do what you can because we could not get to them. >> i was scared and then i knew i had to be strong and help my little brother who was really upset. cal fire reported three deaths on highway 128 in napa county but no other information about that. one tow truck driver to croak action in the early hours of a fire that forced evacuations around vacaville and in vacaville as well. the driver, brent smith, post a video shows him going door to door early wednesday morning. he told people to leave their homes due to the approaching wildfires. smith used his horn to wake up residence and yelled the fire is here over and over. he said he decided to act after he learned that firefighters would not be able to reach certain parts of vacaville. in the south and of the east bay, cal fire and local agencies still working on the acu lightning complex fires. a big cluster of fires in steep terrain in the diablo range that includes five counties. frank is here with an update on that big fire. good morning. >> new numbers pick the acu lightning complex fire up from 5% two% containment has burned over 246 square miles and includes part of rural alameda contra costa santa clara san joaquin in stanislaus county's. a group of 20 different fires. catheter group that into three different zones. the deer zone near contra costa county, calaveras and canyon zones. much of this is very steep and rugged terrain. 230,000 acres have burned so far and that is a new number this morning. no homes or structures destroyed by 20,000 homes are in harms way. two first responders suffered some injuries while fighting the fire. evacuation orders and warnings have been issued in rural parts of all five counties. caught up with a family in livermore near mainz road last night clearing brush and doing everything they could to save their house. >> we are taking down low trees, pulling branches up off the ground. clearing out all the combustible material under trees. >> we had our things packed since we got the evacuation notice and now it is clearing further anything we possibly can so that hopefully if it does come, you can save at least the house. there has been some confusion about the acu fire since it is a collection of 20 separate fires. cal fire set up a mapping system that users can punch in their address to find out there evacuation zone. more information about fires in their area. >> click on the acu lightning complex and that will show the geographic area. the results and details on the list. all the roads, streets and errors that are being evacuated. the warning is get ready to go. and the order is to leave. >> we had our things packed since we got the evacuation notice. hopefully if it comes, we can save at least the house. we posted a link to the cal fire website and all the information you need on the scu lightning complex fires. go to ktvu.com. the fire, smoke and recent heat wave have not stopped many california farmworkers. we have video taken your silliness yesterday not farm from where the fire in monterey county is burning. close to the fire zone for the river there. osha requires employers to monitor air quality and provide and 95 masks when it reaches. we have unhealthy air this morning as rosemary comes back. i guess there is no chance of fog or even a drop of rain for us. >> not for the next few days. we are now tracking a possibility of maybe another surge of subtropical moisture coming our way. but we don't necessarily want that either. let's talk about what's going on outside our doors. the marine layer deepened by 1000 feet or so. seeing it inside the bait. some of us have the cloud cover where we did not have it yesterday. there's a look at sfo where there is cloud cover their. semper cisco 57. 64 oakland. 63 over san jose. a look at where we are seeing some fog along the coastline with less than a mile visibility. it is inside the base. winds are generally lot and i want to point out with the air quality issue, we are looking at which way is the wind blowing? it's coming in from different directions. we have a fire here. so san francisco is downwind of that. and then mount st. helena where the larger fires burning closer to vacaville and parts of napa county, a north breeze. that's pushing some of the smoke downwind. and oakland coming in from the south. even though the flow is more northwest predominately and west, getting some cool clean pacific air into the bay area, we have so many fires burning that we just can't clear out this smoke. hopefully we was a bit of improvement today and then as the days go ahead. unhealthy for sensitive groups in the north bay and portion size and of the san francisco area coastline unhealthy. when i come back, a look at the afternoon highs for today and into the weekend took the bigger concern is not the numbers or temperatures, but the possibility of moisture coming our way. more on this coming up. president trump once again saying california officials are not doing enough to prevent wildfires. how governor newsom response. and coming up, the dnc is over and joe biden secured the democratic nomination for president. we will talk with a senior political correspondent. and helping fire evacuees and first responders how the salvation army is helping people in the north bay. lily everyone in the house is online and i can't 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... that's 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 two more protest in portland oregon last night pick one of them led to another clash with the police. the crowd gathered outside the immigration building where officials say there was a riot the night before federal agents when the crowd over loudspeakers and then they moved in with flash bang grenades. the demonstrators cleared out about 10 minutes later. three people arrested. an earlier march to the police union headquarters was a peaceful one. president trump is criticizing california officials as well fighters burn up and down are set. speaking at a campaign event in pennsylvania yesterday, the president accused leaders from improperly managing state forcibly to first print he also suggested ending federal aid for our state. >> massive fires again in california. maybe we just have to make them pay for because they don't listen to us. so you got to get rid of the leaves and get rid of the debris and get rid of the fallen trees. santa cruz auditorium, governor newsom made an unannounced visit. he also took a moment to address the president's remarks. >> he threatened the state of california. to defund our efforts on while fire suppression. because he said we had not raked enough leaves. you can't make that up. the governor said he has requested mutual aid from organ, austin, texas, colorado and montana. doctors from ucsf morning the wildfire smoke is adding to the health problems for people already at risk for covid-19 they point to studies on people with pre-existing breathing and heart problems. the smoke from wildfires can't irritate lungs, cause inflammation and have a bad effect on the immune system, meaning you could be more bondable to covid-19. >> there is some data suggesting that there might be an association between air pollution and covid-19. we do think that it certainly could affect our susceptibility. now the doctors at ucsf say if you are at high risk for covid-19, stay inside as much as possible during this air- quality crisis. san francisco will stay on california's covid-19 watchlist at least for now. you will remember yesterday there was some thought it might be removed soon. the states data shows the city failed to meet two of the safe threshold to be removed at san francisco had 123 cases per 100,000 test during a 14 day span for the states threshold is 100. the city has only 17% of intensive care beds available compared to the state threshold of 20%. a police sergeant from that richmond police department died from covid-19. he was sergeant virgil thomas. he began his career as a police officer in the albany and no bottle police departments and assert for more than 24 years with the richmond police department. sergeant thomas worked with the neighborhood services team training officers in the officer training program and the school resource unit. also, he coached youth baseball and softball and was ahead of the richmond police officers association. he is survived by his wife and four children. all of the beaches around monterey bay will be closed for the coming labor day weekend. officials say this unprecedented move is to help slow the spread of covid-19. beaches will be closed from september 5 through the seventh. it is subject to input and ratification by each of the jurisdictions elected leaders. all of the agencies including estate parks will be assigned teams to be out there and manage the beach closings. anything but a typical friday morning commute although slower than usual. it is a quieter than usual date. usual problems but those have been removed. i want to mention that we don't have any major problems in the east bay anymore after we had those problems in heyward on 880. that cleared up which is nice. for the most part we are on a good commute. very smoky out there but the bay bridge traffic is nice. we had some earlier issues here and traffic in oakland is doing well. the smoke seems to be the big theme. >> you are right. finally the temperatures are a little bit above average but not too bad not like the last several days. we took a drop yesterday and we will remain that day through the weekend with subtle changes expected. it has to do with the system moving through the pacific northwest and bringing rain to heirs over washington and farther to the north. we have a system, tropical storm genevieve, that is working its way off the coastline of baja california. over the next couple of days, it will continue a north west north past. by saturday into sunday, we will notice an increase in the mid-and high- level clouds and a sunday into monday, we may actually be dealing with some of that moisture that we saw this past weekend that brought on the thunderstorms. that will be something we what's closer. looking at future cast, into the afternoon, we have partly cloudy skies up the coast and mostly sunny as well. rolling through saturday into sunday, you continue to see clouds drift from the south. that's the moisture i mentioned. again, some the remnants from genevieve. a spread the air alert is in place for today and through the weekend because even though we are getting a better push from that cool pacific cleaner air, we have so many fires out there. it will take firefighters some time to get a handle on those. 58 in san francisco. oh 60s in walnut creek this afternoon, upper 60s in pacifica. 74 san francisco. 80s around the bay. 81 in heyward. inner northbay with 94 santa rosa. into the suspect, 96 over morgan hill. the extended forecast, when it comes to temperatures, subtle changes. slightly warmer tomorrow and slightly cooler on sunday and that will begin a cooling trend that moves all the way through to tuesday. a setback for san francisco businesses and schools that want to rip with. coming up, the latest on san francisco's status on the states watchlist. plus, a message from joe biden, what he has four rotors after officially accepting the democratic nomination for president. but first, planes that fly themselves may 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the courtroom. many survivors and family members of those who he killed said they spent decades thinking they would never get justice. some of them lashed out at d'angelo in the courtroom. >> you hurt our family and so many other families so much but now that part is over you know longer live in the shadows but we all know who you are. >> i am so thankful that you will spend the rest of your miserable life in prison. >> as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death valley, d'angelo pleaded guilty back in june to 13 counts of murder and 13 counts of kidnapping with robbery. the wife of a russian opposition leader who may have been poisoned is pleading with the russian government to let him be flown to germany to receive medical treatment there. doctors from a german medical nonprofit organization are now in sir bury where the opposition leader remains in a coma pick the russian hospital disputes whether he was poisoned and is refusing his transport to germany. though the hospital has now allowed german doctors to see him at the kremlin denies any involvement. he is a popular opposition leader and critic of vladimir putin. president trump is facing criticism for accepting the support of the qanon right wing conspiracy group. political business leaders and working against president trump. members of the group shown up at trump rounds. strategist say the president should distance himself from the group and the online conspiracy theories started in twentysomething with those from something he's a government insider calling himself q. the fa labeled the group domestic instruments. in san francisco, the city is closing some parts of 18th street in the castro district this sunday so more businesses can welcome their guests outside. to normally busy blocks of 18th will be closed to cars between 2 pm and 7 pm under the city's shared spaces pilot permit program. one of the goals is to give restaurants room to serve customers outside. the castro merchants group said it will try to keep the program going all year. a bay area company is working on a self flying plane that is almost ready for takeoff work the east bay startup company called x wing said it developed a fully self flying plane using a converted cessna and has conducted several successful takeoffs and landings. the company still has to conduct several more important test but the executives are competent that this self flying plane will revolutionize the air cargo business. >> is the first of his class to be able to have the capability it has from full takeoff to landings. and everything in between. it is being able to have decision-making capability that stands it out from the competition. if it is approved, the company hopes to launch a new air cargo service for companies like amazon or ups in the coming months. the raging wildfires in the north bay turned deadly with nearly 500 structures destroyed in this morning, more evacuations and wipe. in san mateo and santa cruz counties, more than 60,000 people are told to evacuate. how state officials are doing to help all evacuees across the bay ear. and a blanket of polluted air covering much of the reason region where the winds can take it today and how to keep your family and pets safe. we will get mike up in a second. we can hear him but can't see him. the weather is changing. >> you are right. good morning. happy friday to all of you. right now, an increase in the cloud cover pick you may notice more cloud cover along the coastline inside the base, but the haze and the smoke continues as well. smoky conditions, a spare the air with unhealthy air expected today. temperature wise, a nice cool down yesterday in most areas. relatively speaking, because mid to upper 90s is not necessary, but better than where we had been. a near repeat for temperatures this afternoon. a look at current conditions and your weekend in just a little bit. we want to check in with traffic now. we do have commutes that have been improving in the last few minutes. we had some earlier slow traffic and fire closures but most of the major freeways doing very well. including 680 and 24 if you are driving on the bay bridge into san francisco, that looks good. also in the east bay. i've been looking at the problem spots and we have improved including the bay bridge. on the massive cluster of wildfires bringing out the north bay, authorities just announced that the lnu complex fires group by 5000 acres overnight pickett is now at 342 square miles earned. more significantly, containment went from zero present to fight present. alyssa is monitoring this changing situation. the north bay is not alone. problems all across the bay area at this point. san francisco is the only county without an active wildfire burning. we can go to some video from brave failed fairfield. a fierce fight against funds. the flames are around into 341 in vacaville. the hennessey fire was growing very quickly in size. the scene is pretty much dark except for the orange glow of trees and homes on fire. embers flew onto the fire truck as crews were driving it through the flames. now to the cz you august lightning complex but those fires are causing damage in san mateo and santa cruz counties. areas that have not ever burned before are now burning according to officials. we have new video from this fire as well. flames engulfing homes and cars in boulder creek just an hour ago we brought it to you live your cal fire administrators announce the fires increased in size and they have now burned through at least 78 square miles. containment remains at 0%. some 65,000 people almost in the santa cruz mountains have been told to evacuate. >> this is a historic event. by bringing in errors that may have never burned at all. so as the star continues to grow, as we try to get resources into contain the fire, we need to make sure that those that are being evacuated he'd those evacuation notices and leave the area if you have not. we are taking vital resources that we have which are very limited and we are having to commit those to rescue those they decided to's day and assist those communities. authorities say they have been battling low humidity and moderate to strong winds. another big cluster phase is the scu lightning complex in the diablo range in the southeast part of the bear. 20 separate cars here in mostly remote areas of almeda, contra costa, santa clara, santa joaquin in stanislaus county spare they combined to burn through 246 square most. so far no homes destroyed but some 20,000 are in the path of flames. declaration orders have been issued in rural areas of all five counties pick the scu complex fire is just five% contained. some mandatory evacuations are right outside the immediate bay area in san joaquin county. north bay, lnu complex fire. alyssa has joined us with a lace information. there is some good news. not a lot of good news but containment is up from zero now to 7%. that containment is with the hennessey fire which is the largest one burning in this cluster of fires in the north bay tech fire officials are very worried about armstrong woods and those communities near the russian river. guerneville has been evacuated along with the town of monte rio. more than 30,000 homes and structures are threatened. 480 have burned. the cluster of fires in napa, sonoma, and lake counties started on monday and continue to merge and move. it was believed they were ignited by lightning strike spread the walbridge fire has now merged with the stewart fire and burning west of healdsburg more than 21,000 acres. firefighters hope to get some relief from coastal pulpit >> we are no longer in red flag warning. we did get cultural influence on site so the humidities came up. we hoping now that we have had a little shift in the weather pattern that it works in our favor. firefighters have been aggressively attacking the flames on the ground and by air . a boeing 747 supertanker dumped retarded on the flames yesterday but it did have to be granted after smoke impacted disability. cal fire expects these fires to grow significantly. the largest buyer is the hennessey pair. there still tens of thousands of residents under evacuation orders. we posted a list of all the different evacuation zones and warnings on our website and on ktvu mobile app. if i bring along the marin county coast has now threatened several small communities. the woodward fire started up by lightning early this week and has now burned 2000 acres. that's double the size compared to 24 hours ago. it is burning in a remote rugged area and yesterday afternoon firefighters finally did receive some air support for the first time picked up by her specifically is burning five miles north of bolinas and people there received an evacuation warning meaning that they need to be prepared to leave. space >> it is stressful. most people many have no place to go. this is scary but it is not really even on the fire map because all the other fires are so much bigger. at this point, no structures have burned in the woodward fire is currently 0% contained. state interest officials are reminding people who have been forced to evacuate because of wildfires that relocation expenses should be covered by their insurance. the california insurance commissioner said additional living expenses can be covered to help ease the cost and burden of mandatory evacuation. he said renters and homeowners should keep all of their receipts for an evacuation related costs including food, housing, storage, transportation. evacuees should also check with the insurance company to learn how renters or homeowners insurance my might apply to a water vacation pick based the air alert will be in effect for the next few days because of the fires burning across the bay area. the latest map of the bay area air quality management district shows recent breezes have created clearing but only in some parts of the bay area pick the air has not cleared enough to lift this specific alert. the fires continue to spew smoke and other dangerous particles into the air. asked settling into many parts of the bay area adding to the dangers. even people indoors can't seem to avoid the smoke. >> i can't sit at home because the smell is in the house. it smells like fire in my house. >> they were fires in eight of the nine bay area counties and a number of them outside the region that are impacting air quality and will continue to do so through sunday. air quality experts are urging everyone to stay indoors, stay out of the direct sunlight, and avoid outdoor activities. they also say the masks that most people wear during the pandemic will not fully protect them from the smoke coming from these wildfires. of course pets can be affected by the poor air quality, too. the american veterinary medical association says you should limit the time your pet stays as i pick up your windows closed. dog walk should be minimum and be taken in the minimum morning or evening hours weathers to become more moist in there. look out for your pet you may be suffering. vets say you should look to see if your pet is coughing or gagging. having difficulty breathing. lookout for eye irritation or excessive eye watering. inflammation of the throat or mouth and nasal discharge. if your animal has any of these or other concerning symptoms, you should contact your veterinarian. if you haven't downloaded the ktvu weather app for yourself, now is a great time to do so. things change frequently so use the ktvu with up to find conditions in your area. my dog doesn't understand what's going on because she loves to get out and chase the ball for 10 or 15 minutes. a lot of indoor activities with the pup. i was all of that weather app saturday and sunday because of the lightning and the thunderstorms we are expressing. and you are mentioning yesterday that we could have more lightning possibly sunday or monday? >> we may see a bit of a repeat. even if we do get moisture that comes our way, hopefully not quite as severe as what we had this past weekend. that would be not good at all. let's talk about what's happening here and then we'll talk more about the possibility of some moisture coming our way. 60 degrees in santa rosa now. partly cloudy and partly sunny over san francisco at 58. a live look at sfo. the cloud cover has returned. oakland reporting mostly cloudy and 65. 65 over san jose with cloudy skies there as well. the fog along the coastline is quite thick. less than a mile reported that half moon bay for visibility. it is inside the bay in the north bay as well and over sections of the south bay. here is a view of the satellite. although the wind and flow is predominantly from the northwest, you can see how we begin to see a little bit of a westerly breeze here. a north breeze here. here we have a north breeze pick anybody that is downwind of the fires with buyers in the inner e >> as well but the flow is pushing it out toward the sacramento and san joaquin valley work in any event, it explains why the wind shifts a bit, it gets worse in your area. then he gets better and then it gets worse. it will be one of those days that depending on which way the wind is blowing, you will see the smoke. we have smoke surrounding us pretty much. i should say fires. areas of the north bay have sensitive areas. the coastline is not too bad. central and south expected to remain unhealthy. the highs for today are like you said. 94 in santa rosa. 94 in livermore. san francisco 74 pick 80 degrees in oakland. we have got a tropical storm genevieve come off the coastline of baja california and that may bring us a little bit of moisture into the weekend. more on this and the extended forecast, coming up. steph curry of the words and his wife spoke at the dnc pick what they want their daughters to learn from their appearance yesterday evening. also the home of goodyear tires acting to trumps goodyear attack on twitter. and how this could affect the election. lily everyone in the house is online and i can't 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... that's 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 the u.s. post master general louis dejoy is testifying before a senate committee. democratic leaders are demanding he answer questions about policy and operational changes before the election. dejoy said he needs to take drastic action in response to the postal service financial pumps. he says the planes overall the agency will affect the election in november >> it has been three years since the commission concluded that our current system is not working. the we urgently require the prc to do his job and establish a more regulatory system for our mail products. he is a major donor to the trump campaign he announced no changes until after the election. critics claimed he was hindering the agencies to accommodate an expected surgeon mail in voting. golden state warrior star steph curry is throwing his support behind democratic nominee joe biden. curry and his wife recorded a video for the convention last night pick the curries said they wanted to ensure their children live in a nation that is safe, happy, healthy and fair. the three minute video ended with the family asking americans to vote for biden. political and union leaders in ohio are showing their support for the good due to they gathered for a rally yesterday. after president trump called on americans to stop buying goodyear tires. president trump's anger about goodyear's policy that bans all political activity is workplace for the band clues from prohibiting workers for wearing maga hats. >> we are here to send a message to donald trump to say that we are not going to see in the white house again because you do not respect ohioans. you do not respect workers. you do not respect women. the goodyear tire company said it has no plans to change his policy regarding political messaging at work. companies account say they're getting support from across the country. let's look at that friday,. i want to put up a map of the closures in the santa cruz mountains and boulder creek area just in case, you probably are not planning to go there, but just in case this area and purple is the area that is completely closed to through traffic. only diapers and authorized vehicles are allowed on these roads. for obvious reasons, they are fighting the fire now pick you need to push into the rest of the silicon valley,. the freeways in the actual valley are okay most are open and have not had a lot going on when it comes to normal,'s. if you are in that area, you will see a lot of closures and make plans for that. the smoke is no joke this morning in the bay area. outside our doors, i can smell smoke. we have clouds overhead as the marine layer has deepened in the last 24 hours or so. you get away from the marine layer in the hills, still warm seeing some of that farther inland. here's a look at the system that provided us with the cool down yesterday and brought back the marine layer with the orange or breeze and the clouds that will be with us for the weekend and also watching tropical storm genevieve as it moves right there off the coastline of california and expected to remain there with a west northwest trek. on sunday, at does deteriorate. in any event, it looks like it will send moisture our way. looking at future cast, into the afternoon today, hartley sunny and cloudy along the coastline. mostly sunny for the rest of us. it begins to creep in on saturday the bigger concert looks to be on sunday. but the future cast model is a good indication of what may come our way into the we can. we will watch that and the possibility of thunderstorms. today, poor air quality will remain in place. the fire is contained to burn. this bear the air alert is anticipated through the next few days and hopefully allowed to expire on sunday. 59 in san francisco. low 60s and heyward. for the afternoon today, temperatures will be nice in most areas. and little bit toasty for england cities. 94 in livermore today with north bay over napa. if there is the extended forecast temperatures up a bit on saturday and then cool slightly and sunday with the cooling trend continuing monday and tuesday. after being threatened wishing down, x-ray threatening to shut eye, uber and lyft are still running the company paid what a state appeals court did to keep drivers on the road. also several homes destroyed as a massive fire is going south of salinas. why farmworkers have not started stopped working despite whole of the smoke in the air. awesome internet. it's 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the fund is run through fema as part of an emergency relief program but it will take some time for states to reconfigure their systems to distribute the money. hasbro is recalling almost 53,000 water guns sold at target and telling people to stop using them. if you bought them privacy, according to u.s. consumer product safety commission, stickers on the nerf super soaker xp 20 and xp 30 may contain higher levels of lead in the ink that is federally elected the water guns were sold between march and july of this year. customers can submit a flame for a refund at the company's website. a tow truck driver risk his life to make sure everyone is eventuated and what he did. less as the bear he deals with the ongoing threat of covid-19, another problem lingering from the wall face pick the warning from doctors about the impact the smoke is having on people infected with covid-19. ♪ ♪ i got it all from you ♪ ♪ i'm always pushing through ♪ i know we'll make it to the finish line ♪ ♪ i know you're waiting on the other side ♪ ♪ i'm like you on-demand glucose monitoring. because they're always on. another life-changing technology from abbott. so you don't wait for life. you live it. it is california's second biggest welfare from the east bay burning down to the south bay pick we will show you just how large this fire has grown and bring you up to date on evacuations. also another massive fire continues to bring out of control in the santa cruz spent the latest on this firefight and what is preventing crews from gaining control. it is friday, we are glad you are with us. we miss running into viewers. on twitter, got a tweet that sums it up. i will read it for you. stacie thompson tweets us to say, 2020 is that's. now entering the level 8 of jumanji pick these poor people had to be evacuated due to walters, discipline, rolling blackouts, wildfires and high temperatures. how much more can someone take pick that's just fast forward to 2021. she finishes it was steak day. she sums it up perfectly. to think of you still have a good 4+ months left of 2020 pick focus now is for people in the bay area is knocking down the fires. the first thing i do every morning is see if the treetops are dancing in the wind. this morning, it's fairly calm when it comes to the wind. this is the time of year from here until the first rains arrived, we really start to watch and hope that we don't see a lot of fires. as we know, this past weekend, a little bit of a typical weather moved through and brought us thunderstorms with dry lightning. and so now we have fires burning all of the bay area. hazy skies will remain for today. temps are slow to warm but by this afternoon, very similar to yesterday. upper 60s along the coast. 80s around the bay. 90s expected inland. details coming up in just a little bit. the highways are okay. a couple of things going on. first of all, if you're taking the san mateo bridge, there's a stalled vehicle and watch for lanes to be taken away. elizabeth slowing approaching the foster city side of the bridge pick and there are closures on highway 1 heading into santa cruz and parts of other roads in the era pick a good area to avoid as they firefight continues. san jose with smoky air in the city of san jose. no problems on 880 or at the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. breaking news. san mateo and santa cruz county mountains are the scene of a wildfire that continues to burn out of control this morning. we are following the situation. the latest on the cz you lightning complex fire. >> this group of buyers in san mateo and santa cruz fires has burned 50,000 acres and about 64,000 people have had to flee their homes because of this fire. tens of thousands of people included in the evacuation orders. new video to show you in the past hour. this was taken long big basin way near boulder creek. the homeowner is okay and everyone got out safely but the home is destroyed. big basin near boulder creek you are looking at. reports of trees being ignited by flames in danger of falling along the highway. telephone poems being ignited as well. the cz you structures have been. this is video from overnight of homes burning in boulder creek pick this video was taken along a drive. overnight, the fog helped with the firefight slightly pick the fire group by 2000 acres overnight pick where said they cannot let their guard down with 0% containment. this firefight is far from over. >> this is a historic event. we have fire burning in areas that have never burned at all. as this fire continues to grow, as we try to get resources into contain the fire, we need to make sure that those are evacuated he does evacuation notices, leave the area if you haven't as said, we're taking vital resources that we have which are very limited and having to commit those to rescue those that decided to stay and try to assist those communities. >> firefighters said they had to pull resources away to rescue three people who stayed behind and defied evacuation orders. santa cruz chef officials said they are adding officers to evacuated areas to make sure no one is there burglarizing home homes. if people are worried about going back to their homes to rescue any animals or pets, they can contact animal control for help with that. san mateo county officials say they opened an additional evacuation center, the san mateo event center is now and evacuations that bid we have a list of all evacuation centers and evacuation orders regarding this fire at ktvu.com. we have breaking news is that voters are reporting four new deaths and connection to the lnu complex fires. the body of a man was found on pleasant valley road. two dozen homes were destroyed in the blue ridge era. people and four of those homes have not been accounted for. the flames came so quickly that some homeowners were trip expect they could not get out so some of them have pools and ponds and we told them to go shelter in the water and do what you can because we could not get to them. >> i was scared at first but then i knew i had to be strong and help my little brother who was really upset. cal fire reported three tests on highway 120 in napa county. no other information has been released yet. a tow truck driver in vacaville is being praised this morning for trying to save lives. driver brian smith posted video of him going door to door early wednesday morning as he told people to get out of their homes because the flames were approaching quickly. smith used his horn to wake up residence and yelled the fire is here several times. smith said he decided to act after he learned preference would not be able to reach certain parts of the vacaville area. the south and east bay cal fire fires continue their work on the scu lightning complex ice. 27 fires located in steep terrain including five counts broken up into three zones. the design, calaveras and canyon zones. frank joins us live with more on these fires. >> good morning pick we are getting new numbers of cal fire. some positive news being made on that scu lightning complex are. it was five% contained but as a 4:00 this morning they bumped it up to 10%. it's a group of 20 different fire scattered about. they burned nearly 230,000 acres so far with including parts of rural alameda, contra costa, santa clara, san joaquin and stanislaus counties. five structures have been destroyed but no homes so far although 20,000 homes are in harms way of the flames. there have been four injuries reported with two of those as first responders with non-life- threatening injuries. warnings issued in the rural parts of the five counties i mentioned. one livermore family was working all day on thursday to put some space between their home and the fire. >> we know we are boxed in between two fires that are starting to come together and the concern is that we are right in the middle of these two pieces of the scu lightning complex. >> we got in evacuation yesterday at noon and have never really heard anything since. from anybody. >> there has been some confusion about the scu fire since it is a group of several fires. fire set up a mapping system where users can punch in their address to find out there evacuation zone and more information about the fires that are close to their homes. for more information on the scu lightning complex fires, go to our website, ktvu.com. we have a link in there that will send you over to cal fire for the vital information that you need to know. many people are being told to stay inside for their own safety for the fire and smoke and heat wave have not stopped farmworkers from doing their jobs. video was taken near salinas yesterday not far from a fire zone in monterey county. cal osha requires employers to monitor air quality and provide masks when the air reaches unhealthy levels. many activists groups criticized some forms for not adequately protecting workers from the risk of contracting covid-19 and unhealthy air. doctors from ucsf warning that the wi-fi smoke is adding to health problems for people already at high risk of contracting covid-19. they examine studies on those with pre-existing breathing and heart problems. wealth are smoke can irritate your lungs,, cause inflammation and have an adverse affect on your immune system meaning it could be more vulnerable to the effects of covid-19. >> there is some data so far suggesting that there might be an association between air pollution and covid-19. we do think that it certainly could affect your susceptibility. the utes ucsf doctors say those at risk for covid-19 to stay inside as much as possible during air-quality crisis. here is video of a woman who helped save some birds from the santa cruz mountains as the fire was burning there. the birds were being held that a sanctuary in felton before it had to be evacuated so marcy loaded up her truck and brought the birds to a sanctuary up in petaluma. marcy is one of many volunteers from local animal groups who are doing whatever they can to save animals from the wildfires. back to rosemary. here we were last friday talking but tripled digits across much of the bay. cooler this friday but we need it. i hope it stays around. >> we are going to continue here with only subtle changes when it comes to temperatures moving into the weekend. hello to you and everybody out there. the smoke and the haze continues over the bay area. in the last 24 hours we had the mayor re-marine layer deepen and clouds moving across the bay. sfo has partly sunny skies at the moment eric you can see a little bit of a golden orange hue at their indicating smoke weather in and around the bay area. 59 and san francisco. 66 in oakland. san jose at 65. with cloud cover in place, it's a little warmer out there this morning. blanketing the area is what the cloud cover is doing so without sunshine it might feel cooler depending on how you like it. is a look as to what's going on when it comes to the fog. acclimate reporting visibility of less than amount. there is a northwest flow of winds into this afternoon. a variable wind coming from this direction, southwest oakland as well. a fire burning over the heirs of the north bay that could push smoke downwind into areas of san francisco. mount st. helena where we have the other napa county fires and burning in areas over vacaville, that could be pushing some of that smoke towards the east bay as well as the delta. today, unhealthy air expected. central seppi only slightly better over the north bay. when i qucbec, and look at the afternoon highs for you today. and look at the extended forecast and the possibility of moisture coming. i wish you you that in the extended forecast, coming up. offering help to fire evacuees and first responders asked her to come, how the salvation army is lending a hand in north bay committees. first, joe biden back to campaigning and down trump preparing for republican campaign next week. we will break this all down, right after the break. lily everyone in the house is online and i can't 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... that's 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 my mother's name is jeannie and my name is robert. family. that's how we came up with jr's. and my wife rita and my son robert the 4th all work here. my dream for jr's barbeque is that it's still that old neighborhood spot 50 more years from now. ♪ joe biden is returned to the campaign trail today after accepting the democratic nomination last night. during his speech, he highlighted his running mate, kamala harris. >> she's a powerful voice for this nation. her story is the american stroke. she knows about all the obstacles shown in the way of so many in our country. women, black women, black americans, south asian americans, immigrants, the left out in the left behind. biden speech came at the end of a big week for the democrats pick we will talk about this more. san francisco chronicle senior political writer eric good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk about last night. we heard character highlighted and focusing on joe biden. we heard the words compassion, decency, science democracy is this more about character than policy at this point. the last four days we have seen the democrats paint a portrait of joe biden as a fundamentally decent man. and that is what biden has done in his closing. he said this is what's going to be on the ballot. compassion, decency, science, and that the contrast. not a lot of policy there. he ticked off a few things but this was mostly about he was the man to bring stability to america at a time when we have a pandemic. we are in the precipice of a depression. and there's a blossoming racial justice moment movement going here. he portrayed himself as the man for the moment. he did not use president trump's name but he did attack him. i don't think the gloves came off though. was that not the time for that sort of an attack? >> joe biden will be -- he portrays a self as an upstanding guy. plenty of other democrats to take down trump. that is what the rest of the convention was about. you will see a lot of that taken up by his vice presidential nominee, kamala harris. she's the one with the gloves off. she's the one taking down trump and pence at every turn. truck all weekend, special last night, we heard democrats painting the picture of the 2020 10 with president trump on the one side and everyone else on the other. how do you expect democrats to go after independent, progressive and republicans unsatisfied with president trump. how do they get everyone else to be in their corner and to go to the polls. >> these are two different things. one of them is that we saw a record number of republicans at the dnc. like former governor kerry of ohio, joe biden is not going to be too far left and he's a guy we can work with. the challenge for biden is that progressive like bernie sanders say joe biden is with us. he's a progressive. not a progressive but we can work with him. so biden has a to very carefully navigate those two forces as the democrats tried to build content to take on trump, they are building a tent of folks against trump. the other hand, voting early. we heard that as a mantra all through the week. the consulate gave out the texting information on how to get in touch and how to learn how to vote early. that is what you will hear democrats hammer on for a long time. they are very concerned about the cutbacks at the postal service delaying votes in those posts may not be captured pick they are concerned about that so you will hear about vote early, vote early for the next 74 days. did republicans now have a tough act to follow with their convention next week? >> you see a very different convention. as we alluded to, the democrats are trying to build an avengers. the avengers are all the superheroes together. we are taking on the bad guy, trump. trump is the opposite. remember, four years ago his mantra was that i alone can fix this. republicans have built up this personality around trump were biden is the team approach. and so it will be a very different scene next week at the republican party. he was the california being highlighted as sort of the dystopian future of what this country could become and joe biden and kamala harris being the embodiment of that. look for california to be basically a punchline all next week at the republican convention. it will be a very darker dystopian view of what america could become if the radical democrats as republicans like to say, take charge. all right. good to have you on, joe foley. >> thank you for having me. we will expand our coverage next week to bring you the rope of kind national convention starting monday. it will be a mix of live and taped speeches and virtual content. president trump said he will accept the nomination for president for his party on the south lawn of the white house. one last check of traffic on this friday morning. good morning. we are looking at a commute where someone asked me about highway 17. i will put the map up because highway 17 so far has not been restricted pick you can get over the hill if you need to go pick a lot of the other freeways or highways i should say, in santa cruz and san mateo county where that is in purple, it's just not open. including a large section of highway 1, 35 and other roads in the era. stay within that area unless you have a urgent business. even then, they may not let you pass. if you are resident, they may. 17 is open from santa cruz all the way to saratoga in both directions. the conditions are not good to drive in because of poor visibility due to a lot of smoke in the air. not advisable to go there. here's a look at san jose. it is smoke there as well from the nearby fires. here is 880, still overcast. the freeways by the way, the major freeways, that commute is mostly over if you have to drive to san francisco from oakland, it has been a decent drive. let's now check on the weather. good morning. happy friday to all of you. a mix of sun and clouds in addition to the haze and smoking conditions that will last for today. unhealthy air especially the central and south bay. looking at two weather elements. one will to the north of us and well to the south. looking in errors over the north, this is the system that is providing us better weather, cooler conditions that began yesterday pick the onshore breeze returned as well as the deeper marine layer and cloud cover this morning along the coastline and inside the bag. also watching this tropical storm here off the coast of baja california now moving northwest at 10 miles per hour. genevieve will continue in a northwest pattern. there is a look at sunday. it's expected to deteriorate but expected to hold together long enough that it could actually bring us some moisture. looking at future cast today, partly cloudy because. mostly clear for the rest of us. notice areas south, on saturday, here comes some more getting into sunday even more. right now the sunday monday time frame looks to be the one of concern. we will track it between now and then pick the model is not completely in consensus on that. we could see tropical and subtropical moisture heading our direction get paid for today, spare the air, with hazy conditions. 59 in san francisco. 64 in walnut creek. this afternoon, upper 60s at the coast 74 in san francisco. 80s around the base. mid to upper 90s and the hotspots. temperatures going up a bit on saturday and then cooler on sunday and that cooling trend will continue monday and tuesday. vacaville man decides to 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francisco and closing part of the 18th street is on sunday, so more businesses can welcome to guests outside. two normally busy blocks will be closed to 2:00 in the afternoon and 7:00 a night under the shared spaces permit program. now, one o testify goals is to give the restaurants room to serve customers outside. if a success, they will try to keep the program going all year long. tomorrow, several lines are up and running after being suspended for five months. some of the lines are modified to support essential workers and running the errands. some are the 45 union stockton and 67bernal heights. first responders are facing massive fires burning across california. :how the salvation is helping people in the north bay communities. also, firefighters step in to save the house after flames from the complex fire threaten to burn it down. what the family has to say about standing their ground. good morning. you're looking at a live picture of the oakland and also with the smoky and overcast sky in the background for obvious reasons. today we had planned to bring