There is too much warm air, it is down on the deck. There is reduced visibility and miss drizzle around oakland. Santa rosa has a halfmile of his ability. Reduced visibility is showing up. The fog will burn off. 5559. Santa rosa is a location with fog, warmer for most. On the immediate custody will not be, but the low clouds have fog. Warmer temperatures today. Sunny for all as temperatures make the move. Near average to a little bit above for today. Lets get over to sal, it is friday morning and he will be telling us to this time that we have better news . Yes, northbound traffic is moving along pretty well. As you drive past to the coliseum, it was slow. They are picking up roadwork in the fruitvale area. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, it is light. Usually it starts aslant 6 00 but it is a friday. Lets go back to the headlines. We are in for a hot and smoky bay area weekend. The operator of the power grid has issued a flex alert, asking us to conserve energy. This comes at the same time we set a record four Straight Days of spare the air alerts. Alyssa harrington is live with all of the details. Good morning, alyssa. Wildfire smoke is impacting the bay area. Today is the 18th consecutive spare the air day. The bay area air Quality Management district said the long string could last through saturday. Unhealthy air mixed with intense heat will make for a very uncomfortable weekend. Air quality officials urge people in areas greatly impacted, like the north bay, and parts of the east today to stay inside with windows and doors closed. They are extending the spare the air alert until saturday. We are going into the Labor Day Weekend with the smoke situation still very much present. Meanwhile, a flex alert has been issued as a wave of extremely hot weather is expected. The California Independent system operator issued to the other statewide. Residents are asked to reduce electricity use from 3 p. M. To 9 p. M. , starting tomorrow through monday. This means not running a washer or dryer during peak times, and avoid blasting your air conditioner. Use a fan when possible. Alyssa harrington, mornings on fox 2. Fire crews are gaining ground on fires causing bad air across the area. The czu august lightning complex fires fire is now 51 percent contained after burning through nearly 135 square miles. The fire has destroyed 1500 buildings. Yes, sorry, i thought i misspoke. The fire continues to burn across seven counties including alameda, contra costa and santa clara. Cal fire says it is 80 percent contained after burning 610 square miles, and flames have destroyed 105 buildings in this case. Firefighters and the north bay continue to make progress in their battle against the lightning complex fire. Cal fire says it is at 86 percent containment after burning through 86 square miles. Six people have been killed including a pg e worker. The fire has destroyed an estimated 1500 buildings across napa, sonoma and solano counties. They warn that utility crews are working in the area of lake berryessa, and the work could cause traffic delays. The woodward fire is 37 percent contained after burning seven miles over the national seashore. Evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted, the point raised seashore remains closed as we begin the holiday weekend. New reports that medical teams from the National Guard are helping the staff at sonoma countys biggest hospital. Santa rosa Memorial Hospital is dealing with a severe shortage of workers. It is caused by the pandemic and the north bay wildfire. The democrats says that hospital employees recently tested positive for the coronavirus. The National Guard member will help with transporting patients and also checking vital signs. State regulators are shutting down a Dental Clinic at san quentin state prison. They cited concerns of the coronavirus and the prison. Among the problems, the clinic reportedly did not set up a safety plan for performing certain procedures like drilling falcons gray droplets from the mouth of a patient. 2200 inmates and 2700 Staff Members at san quentin have already been infected with coronavirus. 26 prisoners and one correctional sergeant have died. That bay area reports troubling numbers this week on wednesday and thursday. Alameda county reported the most coronavirus related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. The county set a single day record yesterday was sad. 21 deaths. Happening today, despite the increase in coronavirus deaths, Alameda County is rolling back some of these restrictions. Hair salons, barber shops and Retail Stores with malls will be allowed to operate indoors at 25 percent capacity. Outdoor Recreational Activities like miniature golf, batting cages and to the driving range will reopen today. Struggling Business Owners say it could not happen soon enough. We are thrilled. It has been six months and it has been a really long and hard journey. We are open now and we are ready. We know that we are safe. We hope that this is an opportunity to prove everyone wrong. They say that opening outdoor did not give the clients the best care, the heat and smoke from wildfires made it more difficult to operate outdoors. San franciscos mayor is continuing the campaign to encourage everyone to wear a face mask. She reaches out to different minority and age groups and she will get support from the most famous gayrights group, the sisters of perpetual and elegance will join her in distributing facemasks at dolores park this noon time. It is part of the mask up project. A tough place to beat the heat, some parts of that bay area will top 100 degrees. That beach weather comes as it is will be closed due to Public Safety concern. The beaches are among those off limits this weekend. Under normal circumstances, we welcome those folks. During these times, we are very concerned about the spread of covid19 on beaches that are crowded, where people are not able to social distance. Beach is another part of San Mateo County are close to this holiday weekend. Sunbathers can go to several beaches and San Francisco, alameda and parts of the north bay. At this hour, outside of our studio, it is cool. It feels nice. I cannot get comfortable with this, right . That is correct. Enjoy it for a few hours. We had a cool pattern, cooler fog. The highest building and rapidly. It is sending the fog down onto the deck. Temperatures are set to move today. We will be at average or slightly below. Concrete is at 84. Today, things will warm up. It is nothing that we have not seen or dealt with before. It is the start of three or four days of testy temperatures. These are pretty close to average. They are not that far above. We are looking for temperatures to release or on the weekend. Sunday, and excessive heat warning kicks in. There is a heat advisory, the lesser of the advisories. That is for bayside and coastal locations. The same timeframe saturday at 11 am. Fog yesterday was just massive. It disappeared and came back overnight. It is more of the fog variety then it is the overcast. Reduced visibility, disdain drizzle is reported, a mile and a half to 3 miles of visibility. 50s on temperatures for most. Walnut creek is at 51. Seneca is 54. Fog will burn off sooner, and i think everyone will get in on the sun and temperature is at area to fog and it will be warm. 60s, 70s and 80s today. Temperatures will really rock it up. Sunday is still the day. Maybe 109, near vacaville or in that area. Monday i will cool down. Tuesday looks breezy with 90s on the temperatures coming down. Going back to the classroom, in north bay schools, we have details on what school plans to reopen next week. A scary moment in new york city, car drives into protesters. How many were hurt, and what provoked the driver . 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The Census Bureau is reportedly seeing an unexpected trend in california during the pandemic. The record shows many of the wealthiest residents are not filling out the 2020 census forms, they are now sheltering at vacation homes. The response is a down 21 percent this year, and malibu the figure is down 20 percent, down 10 percent among those whose home is in beverly hills. The undercount could mean the california could lose a seat in the house, and receive less federal funding. And washington, authorities kill a man who was wanted for shooting and killing a right wing activist in portland last weekend. The federal Fugitive Task force tracked down Michael Reinhold at an apartment complex last night. Authorities say he pointed a gun at them, when they tried to arrest him, forcing them to open fire. He died at the scene. He was suspected of killing erin danielson, after a confrontation between supporters of black lives matter in a pro trump caravan. Police and new york city are searching for the driver of a car that plowed through a crowd of black life matter protesters. This video shows the car driving into protesters who were formed at times square. It appears the cyclists stopped in front of the car, and the driver started honking his horn. The driver hit the gas on the car, and ran through the crowd. Three people were treated for minor injuries at the scene. In san jose, dozens of people who protested against the killing of george floyd will not be prosecuted. San jose enacted and 8 30 p. M. Curfew after several nights of violent street protests four days, protesters were arrested on charges of violating curfew and ignoring orders to disperse. The mercury news reports that san joses acting City Attorney questioned the legality of the arrests, based on a 1993 court case that regarded a curfew order that was issued during the rodney king riots in los angeles. Today, chp begins the labor day crackdown on impaired drivers. The maximum enforcement. Begins at 6 00 tonight, continuing until late monday night. Chp and Law Enforcement officers will be enforced, watching for drunk or impaired drivers, officers urge everyone traveling to wear a mask, whether out in public or not. Practice safe physical distancing at all times. We are going right to sell to find out what is happening on our roads. How do we look, sal . It is the friday before labor day. A lot of people are taking the day off. Some schools have minimum days. That means that it is not going to affect the traffic so much. People are doing it virtually. We still may this afternoon see people getting out there. This is the first labor day that we have had since the pandemic. I am not sure what i will see. I have never seen it like this. We will see what happens. Bay bridge looks lighter, coming into San Francisco. There are no major issues on the interstate 880 in oakland. San jose is off to a nice start on northbound 280. What is the weather going to be like today . That is the 64,000 question for Steve Paulson. Not bad, warmer than the past four days. It is the weekend. Although the ice will be on sunday. Today it will not be too bad but you will notice it will warm up. These are the forecasted highs that are coming up that we will see. They will take us not only into today but for the weekend. It today, we will start to see 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Saturday we get upper 90s and 100s. Sunday is the main day. These could be higher. These will be close. The city is very tricky. It depends on the wind direction. If you maintain a puff of a westwind, if it turns northeast, all bets are off. Monday looks hot, it looks like things are trending down a little bit. Fog which was huge, is now disappearing. They came back overnight. We are in the fog variety than the low overcast. We have reduced visibility. Santa rosa is 2 miles. Drizzle is reported in the past hour to the oakland airport. 50 on most of the temperatures. Almost across the board, except brownwood, 61. Will burn off, it will be sunny and temperatures will warm up. These are pretty close to where we should be. By saturday, sunday and monday they will all be about as temperatures are going to go rocketing up. Sunday will be the hottest day it looks like, by far. Guys . There is hope in beirut, one month after a deadly explosion has rocked the citys board. Signs that people could still be alive in the rubble. New films are starting to be released again as theaters are reopening. How this theater could be a big factor for the industry and future releases. So youre a Small Business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. 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The spy thriller performance could signal if audiences are ready to return to movie theaters. If tenant is a success, we will see a rush of releases. We will see more come out for sure in november. Film is off to a strong start internationally, opening with 53 million. Despite Wearing Masks and social distancing, many people were excited to experience the big screen again. Everyone is Wearing Masks. It is pretty safe. The u. S. Could be a different story. 50 percent of u. S. Theaters were up and running, with so much uncertainty, many studios are skipping movie theaters in favor of streaming. Disney had released the highly anticipated ballon through the streaming service on friday. Subscribers could pay 30 to pay the liveaction remake from the comfort of their own home. Alonzos training release does not mean we will not see another disney movie and theaters. Disney ceo has called the decision a one off. And los angeles, anita vogel, mornings on fox 2. The oakland as will return to the field after a week off because of a positive covid19 test. They said that their pitcher is a team member who tested positive for covid19 last weekend. A Major League Baseball had postponed the past four games while everyone else on the team was tested. Team Officials Say he is asymptomatic and quarantined at a home in houston. No one else has tested positive within the traveling party. San Francisco Giants will host the diamondbacks tonight when the teams play tomorrow, fans will see see a familiar face. Madison baumgartner takes the mound for the first time as a visitor. The champion spent 11 years with the giants before signing a fiveyear 85 million deal with the diamondbacks. The 146th running of the Kentucky Derby, the most famous horse race will take place four months later than normal because of the pandemic. The Kentucky Derby is the first leg of the triple crown, but it is the second race this year. Rnor who law is the fa