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live, where you live, this is is abc 7 news. escaping the flames and facing a new crisis, hundr hundr find refuge in a walmart parking lot. >> even in the dark, you can see the smokey haze from the campfire. san francisco saw the poorest air quality day since the fire smoke started to blanket the bay area. in the east bay, it's not much better, we have live team coverage from the impact of the campfire smoke. we are live in livermore. >> reporter: yeah, that is right, usually when you drive down the 580 corridor, you can see mount diablo, not tonight, nothing but thick smoke. jorge gonzalez and his son made

it out to grab dpinner but they have been trying to stay in doors sdwlmdoor s -- >> when you come down, the visibility is gone to a minimum. you cannot see very far ahead of you. >> gonzalez is concerned about all the smoke coming in from the campfire, he said that he noticed a big change, even just from yesterday, that has him concerned about his son's health. >> i'm surprised the schools have not been shut down and the kids with asthma and hard breathing. >> that could change, the livermore school district said they may cancel class tomorrow if the air quality gets worse. the calm winds meant that the smoke settled in the valley. at 4:00 p.m., the air quality index red 272, at 300, air quality is hazardous. >> i look out of the patio door and it looks foggy and i know it's not fog. it's smoke. it's just terrible. >> reporter: as air quality

reach today the worst levels of the week, air masks were given out, so many impacted by the thick smoke, especially young kids. >> we have been kind of like playing outside, but now we can't. because of the smoke and it's bad for your lungs. >> reporter: now, if air quality worsens overnight, it could impact the morning commute. plan accordingly. reporting live, abc 7 news. >> okay, thank you, and schools around the bay area are closed because of the poor air quality, we learned all three cal state east bay campuses will be shut down. abc news was at san francisco state, where school officials announced that the classes are cancelled through saturday, because of bad air quality and the library will be closed until next monday morning. the know students are happy to get a early start to the holiday break, and others were concerned about those that rely on the campus resources for working on assignments. >> all the doors were shut and

you could have good air conditioning and have students studying there. >> classes resume after the thanksgiving break. >> almost 90,000 people signed an online petition, asking for schools to close in marin county. you can see a blanket of smoke in the area. >> a student organized the competition, and the office of education has a process with the public health department to decide whether to keep schools open. on the website, abc 7 news.com. we have a full list of schools closed tomorrow. we are updating it scantly. if schools make -- it constantly, if schools make changes you can count on the site to be updated. >> let's show you video from the camera, we will show you how bad it was saturday and monday and now today, it looks the worst. sandy patell is tracking the conditions all across the bay area. >> and let's look at live

doppler 7, it's the live satellite picture showing you how intense the smoke has been. i want to show you where the smoke layer was spilling over in to the region as you will notice, all afternoon long. now, that thick smoke, was so bad, and in livermore, on live doppler 7, we were picking it up on radar this afternoon, that was not a good thing, it's where the worst of the air quality remains this afternoon and this evening. 2:26 in terms of the par particular late matter. anything over 150 is and you are unhealthy, it's unhealthy for the rest of you, napa saw some improvement, it's poor right now. visibility is down to 2-1/2 miles, watch out for the community, wind is part of the problem, i will be back to talk before the spare the air alert and the air quality advisory that is going to remain until friday. >> thanks, very much. >> tonight, the butte county has

said they found the victim -- found 8 more victims. a list of 103 people still missing has been reviewed. >> the fire has burned 138,000 acres and still is 35% contained. more than 10,000 buildings were destroyed 8600 of those are homes. and with so many left homeless, there's a new crisis brewing in the surrounding communities. >> yeah, we are wi-- where will all those that have been displaced stay and for how long. >> a make-shift tent city, is growing quickly. >> that is right, this place is growing, in part because the shelters up here are full. and even though it is a place that has been safe, so far, even though that set it up are worried that it's unsustainable. >> we need to have an exit strategy and we need to know what phase two is.

>> they helped to set up the make-shift relief center in the walmart parking lot, but now that it swelled to several hundred people, they are worried what happens next. >> we have natural deadlines coming up and we have no answers. it's going to rain soon. there's the virus going around and it's been said to have been out here. >> it's not just dragging in fema travel trailers and manufactured homes in much. >> with the communities uninhabitable. there's no plan to house those left homeless by the campfire. this is a search for bodies, continuing, 56 people have been found dead and twice that are missing. the sheriff here doesn't rule out of the possibility that some will never be found. >> the kids got out sooner. >> yeah. >> >> reporter: in the meantime, we spent time with governor jerry brown who toured the

devastation. >> it's been so devastating that i don't have the words to describe it. it looks like a war zone. >> they rescued him today. >> brian smith's primary concern was finding his dog, chester and today, after six days the two were reunited. >> where are you stay something. >> in a tent. >> it's supposed to rain next week. >> that's next week. >> one day at a time like life. >> now, finding a place for all of these people that go in the short-term is a huge challenge, kpount ed -- compounded by the fact that several have come down with a virus. >> well, i thank you, and more on what she was just talking about, a nurse on site tells abc 7 that the virus broke out of the butte county shelter. and a second break out is

expected in a different shelter. people became ill. more than 160 people are staying at the shelter. and if you would like to help fire victims we have resources on our website, you can make a $10 donation to the red cross, by texting red cross to 90999 sdwlm. >> next, the man convicted in one of the most publicized -- >> he died of heart failure in san diego in june. he and his wife were convicted of the fatal dog mauling of their mask heights neighbor. but that was in 2001, and noel was poe rolled in 2003, nolar up for parole next year. >> the fan that disappeared in levi stadium, they have been

searching the last known location of ian powers. we have the details. >> power air quality prevented a possibility of air support in wednesday's search for ian powers. however, smoke did not stop a ground crew of nearly 40 officers. the police say they need to gather exterior surveillance footage from nearby businesses and search waterways from the sky. >> we have done an indepth investigation thus far as to his whereabouts, and financial and social media since the last time he was in contact with his family. >> powers was last seen at monday night's football game. which he attended wh his girlfriend and his kids. he sent a few texts before vanishing. his uncle, sean powers was on site wednesday. >> deep in my heart, i know it's not looking good. >> the search continuing thursday. >> on the papa anyone s -- on t

peninsula, there's a proposal that is so controversial, they have moved the meeting to a theater to handle the crowd that wanted to have their say. they talked about why the district may close several schools. >> reporter: frustrated, stud t students parents and teachers filled the meeting over proposed school closures and mergers. they are facing a deficit of $10 million on the next ten years. they say they cannot sustain schools with less than 400 students enrolled. >> the school district has lost 2,000 students to three charter schools that operate in the school district and family as the are moving outside of the bay area because of the high cost of living. >> we are mo-- we have 300 students. >> reporter: she has been a teacher in the school for 17

years. the plan to disperse the kids to other districts will result in more kids in charters because families will not get the kids to schools further than home. >> they have two kids in haase and said that she'd consider switching to a charter, because her husband, who doesn't drive, walks the kids to school. >> these charter schools are everywhere recruiting. i mean, they are offering, transportation. they are offering after school tuterring. >> the board of education will decide how to balance the budget in the next meet engine two weeks. >> a -- meet engine two weing i. >> we have a proposed list on the website, that is abc 7 news.com. >> and abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. this week, we are looking at ways to help you beat the traffic. find out how smartphone apps, could

i am a techie dad.n. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area, we are looking at issues that affect our quality of life. and tonight, it's the traffic

apps. >> as the app popularity it has evidence that it could make traffic worse. it's been a while since we have shown you the don't trust your app sign. the indication of a problem that was more extreme. >> they are making things worse, because they are sending vehicles and motorists in to neighborhoods they were not intended or designed for. >> when the highway slows down, the apps send traffic on alternate routes, so those routes get backed up and so do surrounding streets of. >> there's so many commuters trying get on to 680, it's horrible. >> state of the art models show that the impact can go well beyond a single neighborhood. >> this shows in some circumstances, apps make it worse. >> the director of institution

of transportation studies, shows the top level with 20% of drivers using the app and the bottom is regular traffic with no apps. over two hours, using real traffic data, the traffic with apps has worse long-term congestion than the traffic with no apps. >> this problem is growing and it's not going to cure itself. >> he thinks the app should be required to cooperate with government traffic agencies to improve traffic for the good of all, not just the individual drivers. >> and they are fighting back. >> we monitor traffic on a daily basis and run tests. >> engineers watch the apps to see where they are routing drivers, just before 3:00, it's sending driving in to a residential neighborhood. >> we have high school traffic and it's sending the motorists in to high school traffic. >> google maps shows drivers that they can turn their 38

minute drive to 28 minute drive buy getting off of the freeway. >> it's saving 4:00 and it's impacting a large part of the community. >> fremont added no turn signs to discourage cut-through traffic, but as things get better in one neighborhood, the apps route drivers to another. so engineers expanded use of a tougher tactic. >> if you exit the freeway and looking to save time, using our residential streets, we are going to delay you at the traffic signals. >> it's a lot longer the today than it was the last time. >> engineers are tweaking the timing. >> to try to find the balance of reducing the cut through traffic and not impacting our residents significantly. >> early indications are that the number of drivers cutting through fremont is down. but traffic is still backing up. >> even though they slowed down the traffic lights, this way is a lot faster for me. >> well, none of the app companies we contacted would agree to an interview on this

issue. ways and google maps defended their policies. >> now, another campus closure because of the smoke, san jose state will close thursday and friday because of the poor air quality. >> and for the latest on the weather and the air quality, let's go to sandy patell. >> we will be breathing easier as we go to next week. some improvement this weekend, let's show you the time lapse, this afternoon and evening, the sun went down at 4:59, and the it was hard to miss the thick layer of smoke. now, we are looking at air quality right now in the unhealthy to very unhealthy category for most of the bay area, but not all, it's really unhealthy, very unhealthy in livermore, like it has been this afternoon. notice moderate air quality in santa rosa, we are starting to see some signs of change, if you are looking for a place that has

good air quality, right now, it's someplaces around tahoe, and parts of southern california. here's a look at what you can expect tomorrow, smokey conditions, unhealthful ayers and areas of low visibility. that means you will need extra time for the morning community. poor to unhealthy tomorrow, poor, friday, saturday and sunday, and all the way through friday, we have the air quality advisory, the spare the air alert as well, so, keep it in mind, avoid exposure if you can by staying in doors. the mask will only protect you so much. a murky view from the sfo camera, more smoke visibility related delays tomorrow. we have clear skies right now, but the smoke will continue to impact us. temperatures 30s, 40s at this hour, and los gatos at 50. a live look, looking towards the bay lights in san francisco, smokey, hazy the next few days and slight improvement with cooler weather this weekend and it looks like rain next week.

tomorrow morning, don't leave home without bundling up, temperatures in the low 30s to the mid to low 50 and is mid 60s and hazy skies expected for your thursday, want to turn your attention to thanksgiving as in a week from tomorrow. this is the gfs model, this was dryer earlier this afternoon. look at it now, as we head towards friday. starts to bring in a system that means rain here, sierra will be seeing mixed precipitation and saturday, another system comes through, it's going wetter now european is the next model. it's looking wet for next week, parts of thanksgiving going in to black friday. that is encouraging news for the firefighters around the state, for us here locally to get better air quality. i want to show you the seven-day forecast. smokey sunshine tomorrow, hazy for friday. cooling over the weekend with the switch in the wind direction, perhaps a light improvement in the air quality and next week, not a lot of

change in terms of temperatures, but hopefully we will be breathing easier come tuesday

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tomorrow marks the fifth anniversary of a big day in bay area history, are it was the day that san francisco became gotham city, 5-year-old leukemia survivor could become bat kid and save the city. it started as a simple make a wish request, but 16,000 volunteers showed up. miles is now a happy 10-year-old in the tenth grade and his cancer is in remission. >> we have some news about the hatfield and the

the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and, if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ]

>> short-term goals for the warriors, the friendship may never be the same, but the quest for a championship is still there, playing the rockets in houston, perfect, because the teams don't like each other, steph curry will be out a while, on the texas trip is the mvp mediator and the train going will keep him out, he will be reevaluated in ten days, in addition to the three, he has six more games to be out.

and lebron james and the lakers looking to make history. lebron passes wilt chamberlain for fifth. 41,419 points. 44 for the next lebron, 285 pounds of dunking rage and he is a freshman. you see this, look at the reaction from the poor kid playing for eastern michigan. with authority. 21 for zion, and duke is 48-80. that is showing up and showing up angry. how about the cheer leaders, visiti ining mexico state. nice driving lay-up, he led all scores with 28 points. knocking down a deep three ball. saint mary's won, 73-58, they are 3-0, abc 7 sports, all eyes

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