fresh winds coming in. that s music to my ears. now, good news because conditions are changing. the spare the air alert has been lifted for tomorrow. live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. thank you very much. south bay firefighters are battling a brushfire not far from gilroy. so far it s burned 130 acres and one firefighter has been injured. tiffany wilson has the latest. . smoke chokes the gilroy hills as neighbors look on with concern. neil lives in a house at the base of the ridge, he s been watches the fire since it started last night. he s attempted to hike through the hills where the fire burns. a firefighter ended up tumbling down a 40 foot draw, he was taken to the hospital, evaluated and released. the firefighter is now back on duty. these hillsides haven t burned before, so they re incredibly dense. a lot of fuel, a lot of fuel? firefighters are strapped as they battle numerous fires across california. i do not have an answer on whe
councilman says ending daca would create a hard fip fship f young people it protects. these youngsters are graduating from our high schools, serving in the military. they relso at the university level that are demonstrating leadership, education, strength, and most of all, helping the economy. reporter: as of 2015, there were nearly 400 dreamers attending classes here at uc berkeley. at this point, it s unclear how an end to daca would affect their educational status. laura anthony, abc7 news. we expect the president to make the announcement tomorrow on the daca. outside to a live look at what we just can t ignore. poor air quality around the bay area. this is a live view over san francisco. we re seeing slightly hazy skies over san jose in this live picture of 101. also in the north bay, here s a live look from our camera on top of mt. tam. we ll get a closer look with leeann melendez in just a minute. but first, let s check in with spencer christian on our c
country legally. good evening. thank you for joiqning us. i m ama daetz. and i m dan ashley. the announcement has left many in the bay area fearful and angry. laura anthony has the story. congress can make it right. reporter: as he prepared to return to washington this evening, he told us he s prepared to fight, with and against republicans for daca. we ve been trying to fix immigration for 20 years in this country. because of partisan politics, we ve been unable to come up with a smart way to do it. reporter: daca stands for deferred action for childhood arrivals. it s estimated there are 800,000 dreamers in the united states. a quarter of them in california. cecilia chavez is one of those. a mother of tw and holds a masters degree from san jose state. so many people depend on us. my parents depend on me and my icome. my children depend on me. and for him to terminate daca, he has no idea what he s doing. right now donald trump is focused on the wrong issues.
and the stagnant air and of course today was our 5th consecutive spare the air day as you can see on the graphic here. the north bay had unhealthful air and the coast and central bay, we had moderate air quality in the inland east bay, south central bay and the santa clara valley. tomorrow will not be spare the air. we ll break the chain as the air quality begins to improve slowly. moderate but it won t be great. here s a look at doppler 7 high clouds moving through the bay area. this is the view of the moon over the bay from our rooftop camera here at abc7 news. it s currently 68 degrees here in san francisco which is still quite mild for this hour of the night. that is usually a daytime high fr san francisco. we have temperatures in the 70s at oakland, mountain view, san jose, gilroy and half moon bay. this is the view from the east bay hills camera under skies that are fairly clear. temperature readings are in the mid to upper 70s at santa rosa, napa, novato, fairfield, co
party. several injured. among them, reportedly, a pregnant woman. and the nurse arrested for refusing a police officer s order inside the hospital. the outrage. and tonight, the nurse is speaking out right here. good evening, and it s great to have you with us here on a labor day monday, and we begin tonight with all eyes now on this new hurricane. the new storm track just in, and late today, hurricane irma was upgraded to a category 4 hurricane. florida is already preparing tonight. very likely in the path, and several other states getting ready too. hurricane irma as you can see now, sweeping toward the caribbean. winds up to 130 miles per hour, and expected to strengthen even more. a state of emergency just declared in florida. the new models just in showing several tracks that could make u.s. landfall. anywhere there from the florida panhandle up to the carolinas. tonight already, residents in florida stocking up on water, on food, fuel, store shelves empty there. hav