i honestly expected cal fire to buckle and just get overwhelmed by it. they have held up remarkably well. >> there is a little bit of deja vu, but what do you do? the human condition is to power through. so can't lay down. >> right now at 5:00, resilience city in the wildfire emergency. firefighters and neighbors feeling a turning point ahead. but we know that this fight is far from over. a crucial arrival from the national guard this morning giving firefighters a second wind. and of course weather is beginning them a big advantage. here is a look at where things stand. even though the scu and lnu remain the second and third largest in state grown just minute 3458 l tuesday to today. >> and not only that piece of

joy, but guess what we also have? mike nicco is in studio with me today. i am no longer a lonely girl here. hi, friends. >> hi. you're so cheerful. >> i'm happy that you are here. >> it is even more he have investigatievery investigation sense and bubbly in person. let's talk about what is going on. you see the wind at fairfield, about 23 miles per hour. and look at all this clean air automatic there. we have green throughout the bay, yellow in mifr more, so moderate and glean all the way up into the north bay and yellow around ukiah. so nothing is unhealthy right now. and for the better part of the day, we'll have the seabreeze. so the air quality today i think will be just a touch better than it has been. but come tomorrow, i think that we'll reverse that a little bit. so let's not get ahead of ourselves. walnut creek, you see some of the essential commuters enjoying

slightly cooler conditions. we start at 55 to 60, we end up near 60 at the coast, 76 around the bay, 88 inland. we'll talk more about the great conditions for the firefighters coming up. firefighters in the north bay are showing steady progress in the lnu complex fire. sky 7 was over vacaville yesterday, you can seeing some of the damage on oak canyon lane. cal fire says as of this morning a total of nearly 1,000 12ruk9s have been destroyed. more than 356,000 acres have burned. and they have 27% containment. and this morning firefighters are seeing much needed help roll in. amy hollyfield is live at the santa rosa fairgrounds with what is going on there. >> reporter: yeah, we're at the fay grounds where the national guard has pulled in and is staging to help firefighters

here on this fire. we have video to show you of the firefight last night in lake county. firefighters are stretched very thinly across three counties fighting this fire. it is a big one. they say that it has burned a total of 356,000 acres. some residents in lake county are helping in the fight, some say that they have used dozers to dig out a line around their homes in the hopes of saving their property. >> we did our part, we put fire lines around the valley and saved it because i like looking at green trees instead of charred ones. >> reporter: and the area looked pretty calm last night, there vie ahe wds hied down. sohat was a b hie camp, they have more than 2,000 firefighters on this fire. the weather is good this morning, it is actually pretty chilly. and there isn't any wind, so they are hoping to make a good

amount of progress today. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. and as the lnu lightning complex fire continues to burn, we're now learning that county officials struggled with confusing emergency alert systems when the fire first sparked. joe bbina has more. >> yeah, this is confusing. so listen closely here. in napa county, an alert meant to warn residents of possible evacuations did not send because of a coding error. that is according to the l.a. times. the times says a similar alert was sent in sonoma county to areas that required no evacuation. that alert lichked linked to ls kincaid fire. and the city emergency operations employee missed a call to report to work because their phone was set to vibrate.

this is all just a year after napa, sonoma and solano counties introduced the high/low sirens intented to e intended for alert of damage and they were not used. and a guerneville home owner is vowing to rebuild. it was destroyed in the lnu lightning complex fire. of course it was a heartbreaking momt as he fou moment as he found his home of 28 years is gone. >> it is awful seeing all of this. i mean, my gosh , there is nothing. three, four days in a row i went out and was driving around with my dog in the car and weeping. it is shocking that two stories can become like 3 feet high. i have my dog and my car and

insurance. so that is good. >> he says his home was equipped with fireproof siding, but that was obviously not enough. the dolan fire has burned a facility at the sanctuary. the fate of a four month old condor chick is not known. the chick's parent flew away and the remote camera was destroyed. the sanctuary is run by a nonprofit group. on the peninsula, help is needed in san mateo county and beyond for the fire evacuees who have nowhere to go and nothing to eat. and kate larsen went to half moon bay to find out how you can help. >> reporter: even under his mask, the stress of evacuating and the possibility of losing

his home is clear. if it weren't for a hotel room, he says his family would be living under a bridge right now. >> translator: no, i don't know if my house is okay. there is no notice so far. >> reporter: with the czu lightning complex fire moving closer to the coast, hundred of families evacuated from the pescadero area last week. and farm worker, janitor, arbor wris democrat still going to work. >> we'd be sleeping in our car or putting a tent up somewhere. due to covid and everything else going on, there is no other opportunity. i can't afford a hotel room every night. >> i've been staying close to the center. just one night i slept in my car. >> reporter: a nonprofit along with the red cross have provided

650 hotel 1r0u67ers. she and 80% of her staff have been swrak eighted from their own homes and they are still on the front lines supporting others. >> i think community members are helping community members. >> reporter: best thing that you can do is donate money or gift cards to places like safeway, target or ross. you can also donate physical goods, but because of covid, that has become complicated and they want to make sure that they match the right items with the right families. so go to abc7news.com to find out all of the ways that you can help. in half moon bay, kate larsen, abc 7 news. residents are honoring the firefighters battling the fires. in santa cruz county, crews fighting the czu complex fire were met with cheers a they began another shift. and 12-year-old tate robbins and

10-year-old nyla brought food to the firehouse and firefighters are still working to save their own communities. >> my parents live around here, so no way i'm going anywhere until it is over. >> and good news this morning the famous california red wood trees in the oldest state park, big basin, have been saved. >> don't you want to hug the trees? >> they are resilient in fires. that is their thing basically, to protect themselves from being burned down. >> you don't want to hug it though? >> i've hugged it once. i'm good. >> there is like thound >> who has the time? >> we have for if a care of these national treasures and see them and take care of them.

so let's not take it for granted. hi, everybody. here is a look at the current conditions. and you can see they are pretty ideal especially on the west branch of the lnu lightning complex. look at that, 55 degrees, 92% relative humidity, calm conditions there. calm on the east branch, a little bit warmer, 69, humidity only 62%. let me show you what will happen with the winds. they will pick up around 10 to 15 miles per hour. and the temperature, there is a lack of a seabreeze. and so it will be confined to the coast as we head deeper into the weekend. and that will keep the coast much cooler than inland. so we'll have varying conditions as we led deeper into the week. look at this around the woodward

fire, 54, 100%, and things will be ideal no matter what time of day. ed a tand winds could get a little gusty this afternoon, but temperatures will be pretty ideal. mid to upper 70s. we have a crash right now that i'm following in sunol. first i want to take everyone outside to take a look at walnut creek. it has been pretty slow on 680 this morning. you can see traffic is a bit busier than usual for 5:11. road work was just picked up. but as you move further down sks is zep as you heas you head tow there is a crash and speeds tine to about 10 miles per hour in that area. so heads up to anyone that way. and we have a fog advisory for

the golden gates bridge. and you can see all these various road closures due to the fire he is. we don't have any new additions to the major closures. so that is positive news as well. and just ahead, a new update from california's head of public schools on what he is doing to fix early distanc struggles. and replace and repeal plpl inside look at one of the command centers. >> and the church and gym saying they do not care, they are defying governor ne

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2 50e soe50 sold engineers arrived to help fight the fire. and number two, the scu lightning complex is burning in seven south bay counties and is 20% contained. three to four spots remain extremely active. and number three, crews are making progress on the czu lightning complex in san mateo and santa cruz counties. it is 19% contained. we expect to get an update in about 45 minutes. and number four, tremendous weather during the overnight hours for that firefighting and also for the air quality which is relatively clean. but as we talked about yesterday, the potential for poor air quality is out there and it was extended. the spare the air alert is through friday. and governor newsom will give an update at noon here on

abc 7, our app and abc7news.com. fog advisory for marin county issued by the chp once i get to the northern part of the golden gates bridge and i want to let you know that we do have an update for all the road closures related to the fires on our website abc7news.com. number seven, the republican national convention continues tonight. vice president mike pence will make his case for re-election. our coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. and i hate to tell you about this, but this morning a second firefighter has had their car broken into, but this firefighter was from out of state here to help battle the wildfires in the bay area. so sarah lee discovered yesterday that all of her gear was stolen out of her suv. >> they need to be focusing on fighting the fires especially when we have so few resources and we need to be focused on the finance section of making sure that they are paid adequate lir

f for their time. so it has really put us behind in our support to the firefighters in many ways. >> that is so terrible. so lee says when $7,000 worthst and cal fire took our abc 7 news crew along with them in scotts valley. more than 1600 call this camp home. and the massive 3r5ioperation s on a 2400 acre park. >> and out here, the terrain is a big fact to are. so just hiking the crews intois factor in how base camps are set

up. briefings that were once in huddles are now seated and spaced out. there are twice as many sanitation stations and isolation areas for anyone who shows symptoms of coronavirus. happening today, tony thurman will provide an update on the department of education's ongoing effort to support schools. most bay area public schools are now in their second or third week of distance learning. thurman's virtual news conference begins at 9:30 this morning. and coming up on gma, many where finding a shortage of desks and furniture. and rebecca jarvis has xwch xw t "first look." >> reporter: and our study guy se guide continues as millions begin studies at home, the news of a desk and furniture shortage. >> you would think that the most important supplies would be pen, pencils, crayons, proceed

tractors. but in fact the biggest searches are for kids desks.proceedtract. but in fact the biggest searches are for kids desks. chairs. >> reporter: and what can you do? one mom made a desk out of an old tv stand. >> it was posted that it was for sale for $40 and it took ten minutes to put together and it was perfect for her. >> reporter: and what kids can do to make sure that they are set up with the proper tools. with your first lo"first look," rebecca jarvis. and a ventura county gym and church are being criticized for defying orders to stay closed. the church's pastor and the gym's owner both have temporary restraining orders against their businesses. the fitness center shut do you know for two months, but it reopened in may for in-door workouts.you know for two months, but it reopened in may for in-door workouts. clibtsz

clienti clientings were calling. >> they were getting more obese, more money to the virus. we love our city, we're not criminals. buthe numbers didn't reflect the need to shut down anymore. >> you have churches popping up all over the county. they are meeting saying we don't care what the governor says any longer. >> the church is being fined $500 for every service that they hold indoors and the fitness center is facing fines up to $3,000 every day. both plan to stay open though even though the state health department is tracking them now. >> that's a lot of money. >> i'm surprised that they can take on those bills right now. >> i'm with you, after not probably having any income for five months right now, where are they finding the money?

i know the gym i belong to filed for bankruptcy. >> one of my favorite gyms is closing too because it has been so long. >> i would say good ro a doing something they shouldn't. so let's take a look at what we're doing outside. our roof camera, yeah, right above where i'm standing first time in, what, five months. 55 degrees. look at all the air is pretty clear. and increasing winds will lear the humidity, increase our temperatures away from the coast. but do the complete opposite at the coast. so the closer the fires are to the coast, the better the conditions there, the further inland they are, the conditions will get worse. here is a look at our highs today. low to mid-80s through most of the south bay. you can see near 80 at los

gatos, 90 at administmorgan hil. and 62 to 64 is along the coast today. and upper 60s to low 70s at downtown, south san francisco and salgs leto. you c salgs l sausalito. 79 in fremont, quite a spread along the east bay shore. and mid-80s to mid-90s in our east bay valleys. tonight a degree or two cooler than this morning with low 50s to low 60s. and let's take a look at the accuweather 7 day forecast, and there you go, you can see the temperatures after today climb before average away from the coast where 80s and 90s will be dominant at least friday through sunday. have a good one. and new video this morning shows a hectic scene at a restaurant in northern ireland am mid the ongoing pandemic.

it looks like there was a party going on. the video was tweeted and on lookers say that the crowd continued to grow and the owner couldn't stop them. this week uk health officials reported over 1500 coronavirus hospital admissions in northern ireland and 559 deaths. kebab shop? >> they are not that good. i mean, how good could they really be? >> huh-uh. europe is seeing a real wave now of an increase in cases. so this is concerning. >> well, we'll talk about something else. new intensity overnight, hurricane laura is now expected to slam the souths a category 4 hurricane. so mike is backtracking its path to landfall. plus i'll try to wake up my dog because it international doggy day. and do

. once it getting past a category 2 with the surge issues, no way that i'll that chance. >> all eyes are on hurricane

laura which i believe will become a category 4 hurricane before making landfall. this is a look at galveston, texas where major evacuations were causing major traffic jams yesterday. laura is gaining strength due to warm waters in the gulf. a storm surge could reach miles inland. and go"good morning america" wi have coverage coming up from the storm zone. s if winds. and the timing, it will come in during the overnight hours which is absolutely the worst time because those people that try t will be dark and there will be water everywhere which makes navigating even worse. we have a 15-foot storm surge and we could have 4 to 8 inches of rain.

this is going to be a major mess for thankfully not a very populated area, but still tell the people in beaumont, lake charles and la fay sea fayette, louisiana that. and look at our air quality, it is moderate. could get worse later. and it is time to flood social media with your cute ets dog pictures because it is national dog day. each year they aim to raise awareness about adoption and the importance of providing rescue dogs with a safe dog adoptions spiked since the coronavirus pandemic began in march. a lot of people want to have some company. and coming up on gma, you will hear from experts broke the important things that you should consider. and my dog is right behind me and i woke him up and he is not we'll try anyway. >> he is not excited at all.

give him a moment. >> he is like can i just wake up? can i just be? now he's all tangled in my microphone. >> we're so happy to see him. we'll check back with him in a bit. and we're coming back with another 90 mill minutes news including julian glover who is standing

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thousand desperately needed help is on the way if weary firefighters. 250 national guard troops will be on the front lines today in napa, sonoma and lake counties. and we're seeing signs of hope, cooler weather has helped firefighters bring containment on the three major complex fires, august clofire all close to at least 20%.

and the latest tally from cal fire indicates that california's recent wildfires have destroyed a combined 1.25 million acres of land. however, these more than 14,000 men and women on the front lines are starting to gain the upper hand. >> and of course you are never more than 7 minutes around from the accuweather forecast and here is mike. >> hi, everybody. i do have some good brought refreshing air. we have moderate air quality in san jose and livermore and up don't expect to last. the smoke will start to return to the lower levels of the atmosphere as we heat the ground and you have to replace the

rising air with cooler air. so the air quality will decrease today. we have 70 to 79 around the bay. 80s in the north bay and low 90s in the east bay valleys. we'll talk about warmer weather coming up. and this morning we are looking for even more positive signs during cal fire's 6:00 daily briefing. we'll bring that to you live in about 30 minutes. firefighters say that the weather has really helped them make a lot of progress. the fire is burning close to 80,000 acres, but containment is at 19%. yg julian glover is live for us. >> reporter: and as you mentioned, two back to back days of favorable weather have really helped in the firefighting effort here, containment inching

up from 17% yesterday to 19%, hoping to get another positive update this morning. and another piece of good news, the advantage ace warnings for people in santa clara county are clear, fire crews saying that they are confident about their containment line. they are confident that the lin wi that the flames have still done a lot of damage in the interior of the fire. 443 buildings destroyed. the majority in santa clara coun county. and so many of those evacuated are wondering what they might return home to. >> emotionally we're all a wreck. especially those who are closer to the fire who are still extremely worried about whether or not that they will have a home to go home to.

>> reporter: and it was another day of successful air attacks for cam fire, they nit they are choerps choppers in the air dumping water. and they say that air attacks, whether water or fire retar deny, it is not a silver bullet, but it is a great tool in their tool kit. so the firefight continues with nearly 1700 personnel now attacking the czu lightning complex fire. julian glover, abc 7 news. and the website is up and running showing the destroyed i zmzu lightning complex. red means that the home has been destroyed, but orange, yellow and blue mean this is there is some damage. green shows homes that have not been damaged at all. the black circle means that the addresses that been confirmed but if it has a white circle, it

still needs to be verified. you can find a link to this map on abc7news.com. and we know that beloved boulder creek camp that serves those requewith developmental d his disabilities has been destroyed. camp krem has been destroyed. and at the campground, two people were living on site, about a handful of others were showing up for work every day. but the camp director says that covid-19 had all right cancel the 5 to 10 day overnight summer secti sessions. >> quite fortunate that we were just evacuating just a couple people and not 185 people. >> and they anti-miss that they will be busy re-establishing respite care. and the largest fire is the scu lightning complex, it spans

seven counties. cal fire says it has burned more than 365,000 acres. but they are making good progress with major help from aerial water drops. this was the sceur 4:00 newscast yesterday as helicopters loaded up on water before taking off to do a drop near sunol. neighbors had to evacuate several times since the fire started nine days ago. >> mission peak was on fire -- >> so you were basically surrounded by flames. >> yeah, we had it on all sides. >> cal fire says that there are three to four spots that remain extremely active. weather conditions are now favorable in the fight against the lnu lightning complex fire. cal fire says that southwest winds are helping crews build on the fire line. and many evacuated residents are being allowed to go back home. however, 5,000 people in sonoma

county are still under a mandatory evacuation order. the county has established three reentry stations. at the live desk, i'm tracking fire crews trying to make progress on a wildfire that is burning in the point reyes national seashore. residents are under mandatory evacuation orders right now, most have packed up and gone as the wood ward fire slowly moves closer to homes. yesterday we found crews setting backfires.ward fire slowly move closer to homes. yesterday we found crews setting backfires. crews are battling uleeshe fnd helping to move the fire along. >> there are some areas that are very difficult for us to get our hand crews down into. luckily we have the support of air resources and they are doing a wonderful job. >> fire crews continue to do water drops when visibility

allows for it. the fire has charrse charred hm 2700 acres. >> and we have a wildfire tracker updated with the latest information from cal fire so you can see where the fires are spreading, how many acres have burned and the containment information all in real time. the abc 7 fire tracker is available at abc7news.com and our abc 7 news app. today governor newsom will update the state's response to the wild fires and covid-19. we'll bring you the update live h. live at noon here on abc 7, on our app and abc7news.com. california is seeing its coronavirus cases drop along with hospitalizations and counties coming off the state's watch list. so how do these counties reopen? we'll find out this week as the state takes into consideration how the virus spreads. >> we hear about transmission, the impact of what some people

say are family gatherings. we continue to beat the drum and think about the new guidelines coming out later this week, that will definitely be a theme. >> the guidance will apply to education and child care setting, they won't be allowed to have more than 14 children and two adults in one place. happening today, contra costa health services will open a community testing hub in richmond, it will offer fast testing to residents in the western part of the county, and it is locationed in the parking lot of the civic center plaza. testing is free, you do not need insurance, the site will accept both appointments and walk-in patient s. next month they plan to add drive-thru testing service. and there are growing concerns about the potential overlap of covid-19 and the flu this coming fall. the cdc is trytry hcdc is tryin

ahead of things, but they say it could be a rough flu season. >> it could be a lot worse because of what we have with covid. w've had delays for returning those covid tests, and that is not going to go away during the flu season. >> the cdc is looking into covid reinfection cases and how that might impact the flu season. they say the best recommendation, get your flu shot, keep wearing your mask. a more safety tips coming up. and protests on the streets of kenosha have turned deadly. gunfire erupted on the third night of demonstrations following the death of jacob blake. fwloo a . and the first lady front and center, hear how melania trump made the case for reelecting her husband. but first a check of the weather with mike nicco.

>> hi, everybody. partly cloudy on the peninsula, at least on the bay side. mostly cloudy on the coast side. you can see mid-50s there. and then mid-50s to even some low 60ss around belmont, red wood say and minunesot men will menlo park. and mid to upper 50s throughout the north bay. so dress accordingly if you are heading out. and here is a look at your commute planner, it revolves around a lot of smoke and some lower visibility due to that.winds are still fairly light. so the ferry ride should be relatively smooth. and let's put numbers to it. 55 in the west branch of the lnu lightning complex, 92% relative humidity. 68 and 64 on the east branch. and look at these wind, only around 10 miles per hour during the afternoon hours. that is pretty good. but look at the temperatures, they will go down as the winds pick up and winds will increase,

but they will bring warmth to our eastern parts. and that will decrease our fire conditions. the closer you are to the coast, more likely that it will get better. look at this, winds will be rather fast for the woodward fire and temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60s. we'll take a look in santa cruz mountains coming up next. first let's get it over to the morning commute. thank you so much. good morning. i want to let you knee i'm following a seg aleigalert in t. there is a car fire and it is causing quite the backup. so this is westbound 580 before grant line road. and you can see there that it is just around 10 miles per hour in the area. and just very quickly moving over to a look at our road closures because of the fire, there is some positive news.

there have been no additional closures added to the list. if anything, it looks like things are starting to slowly open up as far as minor streets. but no new major closures. and we'll take a live look showing i san jose. clear conditions on 101 right now. only slow spot is as you approach the bay bridge toll hurry in for huge savings and make this labor day

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a third night of protests turned deadly in wisconsin. two people were killed, another person shot as outrage continues and protests go on over the police shooting of a black father, jacobe.deo outside a gas station in kenosha. "new york times" reporting that group of men armed with guns were stage there had promising

to protect property as arguments broke out and the protests were on. city wide curfew was largely ignored as groups gathered outside the courthouse to rally no jake sob blake who was shot by police multiple times on sunday in the back. blake's mother condemns the violence. >> do jacob justice on this level and examine your heart. we need healing. >> blake is paralyzed from the waist down and remains hospitalized. wisconsin's governor has declared a state of emergency. an released the name of the officer involved in the shooting but protestors are calling for him to be is currently on administrative leave. and let's take a look at what is going on in san jose, we're at 63 degrees right now and you can see cloudy conditions there. more so than smoke. you have moderate air quality

the coast today where the clouds will retreat back as they normally do. 76 to 88, pretty close to average at 4:00. and barely 70s at 7:00. and here we are with the czu lightning complex, 59 and 97%, light winds, but they will pick up a little bit as we head into the afternoon hours spiking during the latter parts of the afternoon into the evening hours around 10 to 15 miles per hour. but that will also keep the mar layer becomes a little more stout over the next couple days. here is a look quality today. the models are picking up that most of today will be relatively clean, however, w towards tomorrow and friday, the

air quality could rapidly decrease. and i'll show you that coming up next. new this morning, look what showed up? a new friend in the street of new york. all of a sudden the 4.5 ton bronze statue of a silver backed mountain gorilla has taken up residence in hudson yards. and it will be hanging out 9 next nine months. they wanted to bring awareness to endangered animals. how cute. >> i love that, but we shouldn't be touching that, right, during coronavirus? >> just let me have this moment. didn't that little boy look krut is this. >> you can have the moment, but stab in front of it and take the picture. people had their hands all over that thing. back here in san francisco, hayes street will be the latest city street cse to cars in an effort to help the struggling

businesses. the "chronicle" reports that it will shut down between laguerre that and franklin streets every weekend. hopefully this will give a boost to the hayes valley neighborhood. they have seen about 20 bars and restaurants close permanently during the pandemic. >> that is tough. and an oakland restaurant is back in business all thanks to a grant from the african-american change better than ofmm. this sxwrant grant has helped this chef open for outdoor dining on the weekends and she is providing 300 meals a day given out to the local community. >> until we started this

project, we had no true idea of how much need there was in our ghinity for basic things like food. so this is really important. >> she is just one of dozens of grant recipients from the african-american chamber of commerce and it supplied grants to 52 local businesses, they have raised more than $1 million. so excited to see that money being put to good use. >> that is great. and coming up, the girl hi. what's on your mind?in. can you help keep these guys protected online? easy. connect to the xfi gateway.

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have changed drastically. the invisible enemy, covid-19, swept across our beautiful country and impacted all of us. my deepest sympathy goes out to everyone who has lost a loved one. >> first lady went on to say that four years ago the trump administration went into election day underestimated but that it won't happen again. chris christie praised the speech on "good morning america." >> she was authentic, she was honest and they were her words. she talked at length about the racial crisis in this country, at length about the covid crisis, and made the pitch for her husband being the best person to solve those problems. >> tonight the focus will be on vice president mike pence. he will deliver the keynote address from fort mchenry in baltimore. and live coverage of the

convention continues tonight right after the news at 6:00 and it runs from 7:00 to 8:00. and with the wildfires iman who work outside are having a difficult time including postal workers. many spend up to 12 hours a day delivering mail with the smoky air and most of the trucks don't have ac. >> when someone inhales wild fire smoke, within an hour, we could see increases in ambulance calls for respiratory and cardiac problems. >> abc 7 news spoke with uspa district officials who say they ref recently received 20,000 n95 masks. they are available to all letter carriers who request them. and another order has been placed for 50,000 more. and a spare the air alert for the bay area has been extended now through friday because of the wildfire smoke. so here are the current conditions on purple air.

mike nicco has been telling us that it may be a while before it completely clears out. but this morning most of us are in pretty good shape. >> that is absolutely true. so far all the air quality has been on the moderate to good side and even though we're looking at a lot of cloud cover in san jose, not nearly as much smoke. and that could change. increasing warm and breezes means fire conditions will deteriorate away from the coast as we head deeper into this forecast. 67 at san francisco, 70 to 79 from richmond down toward freemont. 90 in morgan hill. and upper 70s to mid-80s through most of the north bay. so here we are, and you can see the smoke forecast which did a really good job yesterday, remember that bulge of clean air it brought during the afternoon and evening hours? it was a nice walk last night. so you can see most of today is

pretty quiet, but then high pressure will take over and the winds will become more erratic tomorrow and you can see the smoke billowing up in the north bay for thursday and for more of u as we head into friday and that is why as the temperatures increase our likelihood of poor air quality will increase also. temperatures will remain above average through the coast through the end of the 7 day forecast. have a good day. xwl this morning the giants are the number one trending search on google after an amazing comeback. >> line drive, left field, and it is out of here! and we are going home. >> i love it. they still have so much energy even though no fans are in the stands. and we are enjoying watching it. the walkoff home run in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the giants a 10-8 victory over the dodgers. they rallied to score in the

ninth and tenth to keep the game going. san francisco has now won seven games in a row. the two teams meet again tonight at oracle park at 6:45. coming up next, the cdc is updating its guidance on who should get tested for covid-19 and what you should do if you come across somebody who is not wearing a mask in public. and more team coverage of the bay area wildfire emergency, we're standing by for a live update on the fire that is

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firefighters gaining control of the wildfire in the santa cruz mountains, we'll bring you the update to you live. and here is an yoefrp true of where the fires currently stand. lnu has burned more than 356,000 acres. hundreds of members of the national guard have been brought into help on the front lines. and the sc zuchlt ligsc zust complex is the largest fire. and the czu has xwurneburned mon 79,000 acres. it is 19% contained and we'll likely get a new number in the next few minutes. good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, august 26. let's check in with mike and the forecast. >> yeah, we'll t