A new spare the air alert has been issued for tomorrow and one is already in effect today. In fact, you can see the haze over San Francisco in this video from our tower camera. And look at the colors and the time lapse of the sun rise over the bay. Tomorrows spare the air alert is the 18th one this season. We are joined live from the newsroom to explain the health impacts. Health experts are telling us 2017 was one of the worst for bay area air quality because of the wine country fires and then the thomas fire in Southern California which is still burning and has sent smoke drifting our way. Stagnant weather is creating unhealthy conditions. And triggers spare the air alerts day after day after day. There were 30 in two previous seasons, the winter of 2013 2014. So we have not set a record, thank goodness, because these alerts mean our air quality is extremely poor, down right dangerous for some people. According to a pulmonary specialist. People with asthma, chronic pulmonary disease
Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Irma is one of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever. Its 1 s 185mileanhour winds wreaked havoc in the caribbeans. One death was on the small island of barba. About 90 of buildings and cars there have been destroyed. Irma is unleashing winds and rain on puerto rico and could make landfall in florida this weekend. Cars are lined up on the highways as people heed the warnings to get out. This is a much stronger storm that we have anticipated. Its stronger than what we experienced in the past, and its better to be safe than sorry. Florida has begun activating its National Guard with 7,000 members being told to report for duty on friday. Tomorrow, 100 pg e employees are scheduled to leave the bay area to restore power to people impacted by Hurricane Irma. We have Live Team Coverage for you. Leeann melendez is at sfo where some flight to florida will likely be canceled. But first, lets get to Spencer Christian with where the st
Airlifted from the park. Said the latest was same location as yesterdays but even bigger. Videos and pictures from social media show a massive cloud of thick dust covering the valley. Yesterdays rock fall killed one british tourist and injured another. Bunch of noise and smoke coming down like crazy. Lot of us thought it was fire. I thought it was fire. My wife is pregnant. First reaction is get her out of the car or run. Scary stuff. There are about 80 reported rock falls in yosemite each year, rarely deadly. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze, ama daetz is on maternity leave. Only on abc7 news, abc is getting mixed up with uous after preschool suddenly closed. Families not getting money back. Happy Times Preschool in sunset district. Lonny rivera with story only on abc7. Supply sale supposed to happen to recover lossesment hasnt been much foot traffic so we dont know if the sale has happened. For parents, many very upset, played september tuition and yet to receive money back. Kids crying
Ago. Melanie woodrow with more on this story. The family got in touch with me friday night to say it looks like beth but doe may not make it. The family says she is not settling into any living arrangements as oak monday has set up all its 430 residence. Thats all we have is each other. 92yearold beth is in a hospital following the evacuation from villa capris two weeks ago before the facility burned down. I did not in my wildest dreams foresee shed be put through this kind of trauma this stage of her life. Sherry says her mom has open wounds on her body, a broken tooth and hip which doctors replaced this past friday. She said because he mom is byline, have difficulty hearing and has dplen sha she han been able to tell them how she got hurt neither did anyone from the staff. She estimated oakmont charged her 10 to 11,000 a month for her mothers care. My understanding we were paying for her to have everything she needed to be done. She said she hired a private care giver to be present 2
San francisco has more Homeless People on its streets than just about any other city. Last check the number of people sleeping on san froon streeanci streets second to new york. Staggering number. The new police chief has an idea how to handle it and help the community. Abc 7 News Reporter vick lee and a story you will see only on abc 7. Vick. Ama, to give you an idea how much the homeless problem has grown. Here at mission station they get 1,000 homeless calls a month. Now, chief scotts vision is to have a dedicated team of officers who can help conct these Homeless People to city services. And in other words, more outreach, less enforcement. You have a place you can do laundry and get a shower. Reporter officer jared harris responding to a complaint. That a homeless camp was blocking the sidewalk on fulsom and 1th street. He and his part next, officer yasser shaw convinced them to clear the sidewalk and offered tent dwellers help in getting city services. Get your shower and Laundry