california is at more than 735,000. the u.s. total surpassed 6.3 million cases with more than 189,000 people dying. santa clara county wants to give businesses a chance to right their wrongs when it comes to covid-19 health order violations. >> our team has engaged with over, well, nearly 300 businesses and of those 300, we only had three that resulted in fines. that shows you that together we could really accomplish a lot. together we can find a solution to this and just like all of you, my hopes are we get back to normal very quickly. >> according to the ordinance adopted three weeks ago, businesses in violation of health orders have a grace period to make corrections and that's exactly what two of the businesses did. their fines ended up being waived. happening right now in the north bay. the high winds that mike was talking about are fanning the flames of the walbridge fire which is part of the lnu lightning complex. new evacuations for people in

sonoma county who live south of mill creek road and west of westside road and east of palmer creek road. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with with pg&e public safety shutoffs. good morning, amy. >> hi, good morning, kumasi. pg&e started shutting off the power overnight in parts of napa and sonoma county. the utility said this should impact 172,000 customers. we are on our way up to napa county right now to check out the situation. pg&e says it's doing this because the forecast is calling for dry and windy conditions. calling this critical fire weather with a high ignition risk. they are afraid a power line could fall and start a fire. pg&e says while this weather calls for being on high alert, it does not look like the weather we saw in 2017 when the

fire happened. >> this event doesn't have as much as we call upper level support with it. so, we don't anticipate it being as strong. >> they are also watching the walbridge fire jumped a containment area. evacuations have been ordered there and they're just hoping that wind conditions don't pick up. 30 to 40 acres have burned near hacienda. this public safety power shutoff will affect parts of sonoma and lake county and dry, windy conditions to last through tomorrow morning. pg&e says then it will head out once the weather has cleared up to go and inspect their power lines and make sure they're all okay and they hope that will take about 12 hours and then they'll be able to get the power back on. so, possibly get that power turned on tomorrow evening and that is still to be determined. live from napa county, amy

hollyfield, abc7 news. a rescue operation is under way to get dozens of people out of the path of tcreek fire. the fire doubled in size just yesterday scorching more than 135,000 acres with 0% containment in the sierra national forest. jobina is at the live desk with more on this. good morning, jobina. >> good morning, kumasi. officials say 14 people are trapped on china peak and at least 50 people are trapped at lake edison. as far as this morning, we'll let you know from crews as they try to get them from helicopter last night, but the heavy smoke made it too dangerous. at last check they were trying again overnight using night vision goggles. medics are on standby waiting to treat the rescued people. this is the second rescue since the fire broke out friday. >> campers and hikers were all over the place prior and during the entire creek fire event. and they're rendezvousing at different locations and we're

discovering those locations as we speak. >> as crews say the fire is unpredictable, erratic and dangerous, that's making it difficult to get to the impacted areas to see what has been tajed. nearly 1,000 firefighters are battling the creek fire right now. more are expected to help out later this week. kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. the woman who popularized the gender reveal party is telling people to stop holding them after one stunt sparked the eldorado fire. it reads in part. stop it. stop having these stupid parties. for the love of god, stop burning things down to tell everyone, no one cares but you. a power technic device started the el dorado fire and now that fire burned more than 7,300 acres in southern california. the device was supposed to emit blue or pink smoke but now that family could face felonies because the fire spread to

forest lands or they could also face felonies if the flames destroy structures or other property. a fast-moving fire in mendocino county is forcing evacuations. new video of the oak fire which is burning west of highway 101 and scorched at least 1,000 acres since it started just after noon yesterday. cal fire says flames were moving north and more evacuations are possible because of those winds that we are expecting. well, blistering hot temperatures and dry vegetation all raising concerns for firefighters in the oakland hills. >> we're at 99 degrees. 22% humidity and our fuel moisture is down to 4% right now, which is explosive. >> the deputy chief of the oakland fire department explained yesterday that those conditions are just a recipe for disaster. so they are stepping up patrols, they're calling in neighboring departments to help keep watch. people who live in the area are on edge. the sleepless nights from the

extreme heat just not helping at all. >> a lot of houses are small and old and, so, we don't have the luxury of having air conditioning units. >> for some people, the heat is so unbearable, they decided to wait it out in a local air conditioned hotel. we are just 56 days away from election day. both president trump and democratic presidential nominee joe biden are on the campaign trail with their eyes on battleground states. abc news reporter faith has the details. >> reporter: delivering a stump speech from the northern steps of the white house on labor day. stepping up attacks on his political rival joe biden as he announced yet another big surprise on the way in the fight for covid-19 vaccine. sdwr we're going to have a vaccine very soon. maybe even before a very special date. >> reporter: on the campaign trail in pennsylvania, biden hitting back at trump's handling of the pandemic. >> he didn't have the guts to

take on covid and throw up the white flag. >> reporter: the small socially distanced gathering, biden telling union supporters he, not trump, would be better at digging the u.s. out of a slumped economy. >> the only thing standing in the way for us getting for people to be in a position where they have the ability to make a decent wage is to make sure that we remove the guy who's there right now. >> reporter: both candidates still talking about those bombshell allegations published in the "atlantic" magazine accusing trump of disparaging service members wounded and killed at war. still blasting "atlantic" piece as a phony, made-up story. saying this about the current military leadership. >> the soldiers are. the top people in the pentagon probably aren't because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy. >> reporter: the president heads

to winston salem where they're calling on the president to wear a mask faith, abc news, washington. the pandemic is putting a new twist on a political tradition. an event space in mission district is taking a page from nearby restaurants. moving their operation to the streets. the owner calls these victory boosts to try to elect joe biden and kamala harris. crews are building the socially distanced booths. so far manny's raised more than $11,000 to make them. would $10,000 be enough to convince you to move out of california. we're hearing from one woman who took the deal and left for oklahoma. the nationwide treasure hunt under way right now. one lucky winner will snag the sweet grand prize but there is an issue this morning. already? we just talked about this

yesterday, mike. >> just went from positive to negative, just like that. what happened? >> oh, fries, candy, friend, are we matching today? >> i noticed that. hey. >> hey. >> even when i've been gone for a while. you and i just like that. coming banck. i know you had a rough weekend in the city with all that heat but let me show you the temperatures this morning. this is the trend. up to 12 degrees cooler in san francisco while it's still not as comfortable as you would like it to be or used to being, just a couple more days. but notice across the board, except for up in our hills, it is a little cooler this morning. east bay and our early temperature alert and waking up in the 60s to even a few 80s like around antioch where it's 82 degrees right now. else where looking at temperatures in the 50s and 60s and all over the place because of the winds today and tomorrow. we've got an undercutting marine

layer. look at west wind at 12. that's bringing us the cooler temperatures but still going to have plenty of smog in the air and still going to be a very hot day. here's a look at our winds, once again. look at them picking up as we head to noon up in the north bay. they'll calm down a little bit in the afternoon hours as we head towards 5:00 and then look at them, again, during the evening and overnight hours. that's when the fastest winds. this is going to blow the hardest right before it finally says i'm finished as we head through tomorrow morning. so, watch the critical fire conditions. they're very high orange to red, extreme in the north bay and watch them spread and spread southward as we head throughout the day and into the evening hours. so, we need to be vigilant everywhere about the fire. all right, let's turn it over to traffic and see what jobina's got. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike. thank you so much. good morning, everyone. so, we're beginning to see that commute come back. we know we had a pretty quiet day yesterday.

as you look at the map here, you can certainly see the backup picking up there for people headed out of tracy this morning. but a little closer in to san francisco and we're going to see what things are like on the, excuse me, the golden gate bridge. it's been pretty light there. but we do have just some fog but we do not have an advisory from the chp. the visibility shouldn't be too bad for you as you make your way in and out of san francisco and everything else is looking where can a healthier heart lead you? for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto.

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now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> 4:43. let me take a look at the air quality with you. in the north bay green to yellow, which is good to moderate. same thing as we head through the bay and inland east bay and into the south bay. now, we know that could change as today is another record-setting spare the air and tomorrow will be our last. keep our fingers crossed, this go around. it has been way too long. we deserve some fresh air. let's see if we find any today. we'll find dry breezes today. that's what is the issue. still very hot away from the coast with 80s and 90s around the bay and 90s and 100s inland. let me show you reno. 72. look at lake tahoe. 66. that's a 20 degree drop from yesterday. some of that cooler air is spreading our way. we'll let you know when it gets here coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. we know bay area workers are all facing new job realities

because of this pandemic. as part of our commitment to build a better bay area, we're spending this entire week looking at our changing workplace and highlighting ways that people are making it work. remote work has given people freedom to move. some across state lines. and a city in oklahoma targeting tech workers in the bay area. it's called tulsa remote and apparently it's succeeding. david louis has the story. >> reporter: floors and floors of empty high rise offices reflect how many people are working remotely. tulsa, oklahoma, is doing all they can to lure them away. >> i had to look at a map and go where is tulsa, oklahoma. >> reporter: fourth generation san franciscan came across this website. offers $10,000 to remote workers who relocate in six months. it is funded by the george kaiser family foundation. >> it is a leap of faith but we succeeded with over 20,000 applications from every state in

the union. >> reporter: even work space available at a facility called 36 degrees north as you settle in and look for an apartment or house to rent. tulsa almost reached its goal of reaching 250 remote workers this year. half of the applicants have never stepped foot in tulsa. >> do they have a trader joe's or whole foods. i wasn't ready to give up all my amenities like ethnic food. so, i came with an open mind, but still thinking, this is probably not going to work out. >> reporter: after a quick visit, stephanie was hooked, impressed by meeting the mayor and city staff at a reception. newcomers seemed welcome. here's a big difference, she could buy this four bedroom, three bath house for $285,000. her rent apartment in san francisco was $2,700 a month and now rents for $4,500. >> we had 40 plus homes purchased thus far and we believe that is a strong indicator for people's likelihood to stay.

>> reporter: only two people have given up after moving to tulsa. tulsa doesn't always succeed. the community made a big play to elon musk even putting likeness on the golden driller. the city of 400,000 lost the tesla bid. but they love their parks, arts and culture scene and the lower cost of living. no regrets? >> no regrets. i do miss my sushi in san francisco, though. >> reporter: david louis, abc7 news. >> sometimes it is the small things. we have stories on the changing workplace every night this week. tonight we're focusing on some of the road blocks. find all these stories on our website after they air by going to abc7news.com. the frenzy over a treasure hunt where the big prize is a candy factory has crashed the gold ticket website. jelly belly is pulling a willy

wonka. david cline announced the contest online saying the big winner will walk away with the key to their very own candy factory. he said thousands of dollars in prizes are also up for grabs. klein posted the details on goldticket.com but the website is down now. klein who no longer owns jelly belly says he's giving away one of his candy man kitchens in florida. you have to pay 50 bucks to enter but it looks like people did not care about that because the website crashed. hopefully it will be back up because who doesn't want their own candy factory, mike? >> hello? i don't hear anybody saying, not me. that would be fun. i would give you a lifetime supply, you know that, right? if it was me. >> thank you, friend. >> i'd take care of you. and jobina and reggie and everybody else. but i'd start with you.

all right. let's take a look at what's going on. it's tuesday. let's start with the record. let's get us out of the way. tomorrow hopefully the last day and it will be 23 consecutive spare the air alert days. let's going to talk about what is going to happen by san jose at 87 and 66 degrees right now and dry and breezy today with heat lingering, but easing just a little bit. that spare the air through tomorrow as we mentioned and average autumn temperatures for the remainder of the week. can't wait to get to the seven day and show you. set up high pressure to our northwest and low to our southeast and you can see the wind flowing between those accelerating, compressing as it goes from high level to low level. when you compress air it heats and it dries out and it heats even more and that's what makes it so dangerous today and tomorrow with those critical fire conditions. now, it is also bringing in some slightly milder air and most will stay up in tahoe today and still in the low 90s to 100s in the south bay and 92 to 102 and still in the mid 80s to 90s on

the peninsula and 70s at the coast. that is where it is coolest. 80s around san francisco and upper 90s to low 100s in the north bay. along the east bay show 89 at richmond and 94 in oakland and look at these, triple digits still in our east bay valleys. now, tonight we'll even have some 50s filter in some neighborhoods and 60s in our lower elevations. but up in the hills and especially in the north bay where it's breezy, once again. we'll have 70s and 80s. here's a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll drop about another 8 to 12 degrees tomorrow. and then get used to 60s, 70s and mainly 80s starting friday. those 90s will be the exception. so, come on thursday, friday, saturday and sunday and get all of this behind us. kumasi? >> yes, indeed. thank you, mike. the big change coming to the louisville metro police department after the death of breonna taylor. in today's tech bytes.

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check out the temperatures across the northern half of the state or country, i should say. right now at about 4:54, you can see fall breaking out with temperatures 10 to 24 degrees cooler than they were 24 hours ago. for us, we'll tap into some of that, but not all of it. i mean by tomorrow, the 100s are gone and we'll even try to get rid of most of the 90s thursday. if there are any 90s, they're barely going to be around fairfield and antioch while the rest of us are in the 60s, 70s and 80s. hang in there. just a couple more days and we're finally through this grueling event. we'll have the latest details on how hard it will be today and tomorrow coming up at the top of the hour. i'll see you then. abc7 news live desk update.

>> at the live desk, a black woman will now be the chief of kentucky's louisville metro police department which has been heavily criticized since officers shot and killed breonna taylor. serve as interim chief of the department. long-time police chief steve conrad was fired in june because of a separate incident. protests have been going on more than 100 nights since taylor's death. the kentucky attorney general will announce whether criminal charges will be brought against the officer soon. third black person to serve as chief of the louisville metro police department. kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. it might look a little different than usual, but oakland's restaurant week is under way. more than 75 restaurants are offering outdoor dining and hundreds are delivering, doing delivery and takeout, actually. on the visit oakland website, you can look up restaurants based on cuisine and neighborhood.

>> this is an opportunity for locals for oaklanders to really go out and show love to their favorite places and some places they may not have checked out before. >> oakland summer restaurant week runs through sunday. coming up next at 5:00, hundreds of students go back to school in person. we are live at a school that is approved to reopen today. wildfire evacuees returning home to find that their struggle is far from over. the unexpected problems they're running in to. at 4:56. we are taking a live look outside from our sutro tower cam. have a great morning, everybody. >> i count. i count. >> do you? make yourself count. be part of the 2020 census. >> it's completely confidential. your answers could mean millions of dollars for your local community. >> if you still have questions, abc7 news is here for you.

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more than a dozen local schools have the okay to transition from distance learning to classroom instruction starting today. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, september 8 lth. good morning, julian. >> hey, good morning, kumasi. happy to be with you. we want to rope in meteorologist mike nicco has a lot to talk about from the high winds and high temps, too, mike. >> it really is, julian, kumasi. hi, everybody. thanks for joining us on this tuesday. we just entered the window of most dangerous winds. at 5:00 the wind advisory began for the north bay. you can expect winds sustained up to 30. i even saw reports in the forecast of 70 to 80-mile-per-hour gusts possible on st. helena. that will fan the flames. if anything starts by pushing the tree down or power lines that sparks a fire, it's going to fan it and make it move rapidly. so, be prepared to act quickly today if more fires break out. we're at 48 miles per hour in diablo right now and 29n