Spare the air days. This is completely unusual. This is not something usual. I have never experienced anything like this. That was aaron richardson, a spokesperson for the bay area Quality Management district. He went to urge people to stay inside as much as possible when air quality levels reach the very unhealthy level. We talked to some local Hardware Stores who say air purifiers are flying off the shelves. We sold out of them very quickly and have not been able to get any out of the warehouse. We have almost sold out. We have at this location when left. We are expecting more on monday and tuesday. Lets bring in meteorologist mark tamayo with more on the air quality. The question everyone is looking for is if there is any relief in sight from the unhealthy air. We may have to wait a little bit but we were starting to see some changes showing up on the weather map as we head into as early as sunday but a better bet into the early portion of next week for monday, tuesday and into wedn
Smoke at levels releasing. Rarely seen. Today mark 25 days of spare the air alerts and they are now extended through at least monday. Take a look at this view from jack london square. Visibility severely limited. The oakland estuary disappearing into the smoke. He was was to blame, a massive smoke plume that extends off the california coast, breaking it up wont be easy. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Our meteorologist tracking changes that will start to help. And how much exposure is too much. First we go to how the smoke is affecting everything from trash pickup to whether the 49ers home opener will even happen on sunday. The air quality has gone from simply being a nuisance to downright dangerous for a lot of people. Especially those with respiratory problems. Its also forcing some to respond in ways like weve never seen before. Folks, its smoke all over the place. No matter where you go. Mcnair quality expert assuming the big picture view of what many throughout the bay area ar
With the National Guard about providing reinforcements as an already devastating wildfire season. Threatens to get even worse. The scu fire complex is the second largest fire in state history. Scorching now more than 365,000 acres containment is up to 20 . Its followed closely in size historically and currently by the lnu complex fire which has burned more than 356,000 acres in the north bay that complex is 27 contained and then theres the czu complex in the Santa Cruz Mountains thats burned. But 80,000 acres and containment has grown to 19 altogether these local fires have burned about 800,000 acres in just over a week all right, lets get a closer look at each of those major we start off with the scu lightning complex and. Contra costa Alameda Santa clara, san joaquin and stanislaus counties more than 365,000 acres have been scorched in the fires are 20 contained tonight, 5 people have been injured 3 1st responders and 2 others more than 20,000 structures are threatened. Now that lnu
It appears that a twitter employee who had access to the twitter Management Panel was compromised and that was the way they got access to all of these otherwise very well locked down accounts. The compromised twitter accounts include bill gates, kanye west and former president obama. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. And im julie haener. The twitter hack is raising alarms about Tech Security and the potential from anything from election misinformation to stock market manipulation. Live coverage now from ktvus Jana Katsuyama and what we learned about the security breach. Reporter twitter acted quickly to remove the messages that had been placed on the hijacked accounts, but not before the hacker or hackers pulled in 100,000. Experts say its also possible they couldve had access to users direct messages and other data. The scam was a simple message, send money to an anonymous account and get double the funds back. Hacking attack hijacked dozens of highprofile twitter accounts.
Americans are receiving stimulus payments from the federal government for those who havent, you are able to track the status on a new website created by the irs. Cristina rendon shows us how it works. Reporter millions of americans are checking their Bank Accounts for direct deposit on the federal government. It will help to pay off some of the bills, you know, it is not enough. The irs launched a new feature on their website wednesday called get my payment. It allows taxpayers to file their returns for 2018 or 2019 to input their Bank Information to receive the payment by direct deposit. You can also check the status of your payment. Many say they are receiving messages like this one, payment status not available. The irs said the site is operating at record volumes. Physical checks are expected to be sent out to the end of the month. I do understand its not delaying anything and im satisfied with that. I dont imagine its a big deal. Im sure people will be very happy to get a big, fat