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 29 in st.

helena. you can see the winds are already strong. and look at this, the red flag warning through at least 8:00 wednesday. so, even when the winds subside, the humidity very low as we head through tomorrow morning. let's break down today. going to be almost as hot as it was over the weekend but not as quiet. the east bay hills still 85 degrees up there with those winds. so, expect 70s at the coast 80s in san francisco and 9 os and 100s for the rest of us. this could be the last day we say 100s. i'll show you the seven-day forecast coming up. here's kumasi. today is the first day of classroom instruction for hundreds of students in the north bay. marin county approved waivers for more than a dozen schools to reopen during the pandemic. education, as you know, one of the five issues that we focus on to build a better bay area. lauren martinez is set at a school that is set to welcome back its students.

>> we're in front of marin not all 15 will reopen, but they are allowed to do so. now, the county says based on the most recent local coronavirus metrics, the state has moved marin from tier one, it's most restricted status to a slightly more open tier two because of improvements and virus results. now, another 11 schools have applied for waivers and if they are also approved, they can reopen on september 14th, which is next monday. now, after two weeks at tier two, all marin public and private schools will be allowed to reopen on september 22nd. reporting live from san rafael, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> thank you, lauren. we spent a week focused on education issues as students go back to school and all those stories are available on ab abc7news.com as well as our connected tv apps. scorching temperatures for

the fire crews across the state and pg&e warning in 22 counties of a public power shutoff. 22 wildfires burning across the state including the massive creek fire near fresno. it already burned over 135,000 acres with no containment at this point. kenneth moton has the latest. >> reporter: this morning firefighters across california are battling dozens of wildfires fueled by record-breaking heat. one of the largest fires outside fresno exploded overnight to 135,000 acres with 0% containment after already burning dozens of homes in the town of big creek. monday night, the california national guard attempted another rescue using a military shinook helicopter after reports of 14 hikers trapped at a mountain resort. but authorities said the mission was unsuccessful because heavy smoke prevented the pilots from making a safe landing. unlike this successful rescue over the weekend when a helicopter pulled hundreds of people to safety as flames surrounded them at a camp site. >> some were in critical

condition with burns or broken bones. to get aircraft to fly at night into the mountains is really something else. >> reporter: now concerns about the extreme fire danger spreading to other states. in colorado, a wildfire north of denver is now the largest in state history. burning nearly 100,000 acres. and in oregon, the air quality deterrierating as rare east wind funnel smoke in. one of the fires burning near spokane, washington. more than a dozen homes have been destroyed by a fire sweeping through the area. this resident posting a picture of the fire writing the entire town is gone. kenneth moton, abc news. and new evacuations ordered for sonoma county because of a flare up of the walbridge fire. jobina fortson at the live desk. >> good morning, julian. the walbridge fire part of the lnu complex has been burning

since mid-august the mandatory evacuation order issued for the portion south of mill creek road and north of sweetwater and east of palmer creek road. first responders have been going door to door overnight to let residents know of the evacuation. before the flare up, the walbridge fire had burned 5,400 acres and 45% contained. sheriff officials are asking residents to tell their neighbors about the order. kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. the largest of the fires burning is the scu complex it's burning in alameda, and santa clara counties. it's charred nearly 970,000 acres and 94% contained. the lnu complex in napa and sonoma counties is 91% contained and has burned more than 375,000 acres. czu complex burning in santa

cruz and san mateo counties has burned nearly 87,000 acres and now it is 80% contained. well, some of the people chased from their homes from the czu complex fire are finding that resettling comes with unexpected issues. some pepeople are finding it is just best to stay away for now. lifted its ongoing do not drink and do not boil notice but 500 are still under that order and more than 350 have no water at all. the fire burned seven miles of pipeline and water storage tanks, water distribution stations are set up to serve residents. >> you don't even have water service at our house. our house is half burned and lost two other homes completely to the ground. so, this is the water we have. >> one resident said that he got this text from pg&e saying that power will be restored next saturday. that is more than a month after the fire started.

you can follow the latest details on the fires with our exclusive wildfire tracker. it's updated with the latest containment info and find air quality data for where you live. the fire tracker is on our website abc7news.com as well as on our abc7 news app. record heat had people crowding bay area beaches over the weekend. police had to step up traffic enforcement yesterday at ocean beach in san francisco because drivers were just double parking all over the place. there were many people on the sand, as you can see there, too. now to half moon bay. another place people escape to beat the heat and people lounging on the beach and going into the water yesterdy. the city chose to keep its beaches open for the entire holiday weekend. and people were trying to get to the beach for good reason, mike. it was hot yesterday. my goodness. >> oh, my goodness. we set so many records. all-time records. i mean, what is it with labor day the last few years?

especially in san francisco. the couple times we hit 100, it's been during the labor day weekend. i mean, maybe we're not going to look forward to it as much any more. let's take a look at what is going on. down in san jose you can see pretty hazy as we look north along 87. i want to talk about the planner since we're talking about the beaches. you will have the most comfortable air. most likely the cleanest and the coolest with temperatures in the 70s. but if you go inland and heading up the hills, it will get significantly warmer 80s and 90s and the fire threat will ramp up which most of us will be dealing with today. let's look at the winds and watch as we head through time. during the lunch hour 30 to 35 but then they come down just a little bit in the afternoon hours. but look at them explode again during the evening hours. the fastest winds this evening after the sunsets. that's when st. helena could reach 60, 70, 80-mile-per-hour

gusts. as we head through tomorrow morning you can see them subside substantially and orange is very high. red is extreme. you can't get any worse than that and that's up in the north bay right now. but notice we start to get some very high as we head towards the lunch hour and eastern contra costa and santa clara counties and even goes extreme there while the extreme spreads across the north bay. that's why we need to be super vigilant today and then as we head to tonight, the greatest chance is going to be over the north bay, once again. we'll talk about when those cooler temperatures get to your neighborhood coming up next. >> all right, thank you, mike. hope those cool temperatures get to people soon. the good news as far as traffic is concerned, no major blocking issues or crashes coming in from the chp right now. we are going to check out a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza right now and see the kipgzs out there. much busier at 5:09 this morning in comparison to yesterday for the holiday. i am seeing a bit of slow

traffic coming out of tracy this morning, that's how you know the commute is picking up when checking the speeds here for the map. 16 miles per hour through that stretch as you approach the altamont pass. that's what we have going on for traffic. julian? >> looking good so far. thank you, jobina. 5:10 right now. the u.s. senate back in session with a focus on the coronavirus relief bill. lawmakers still remain divided. they face a deadline of two weeks before they depart for the month of october to focus on the upcoming november election. as if the agenda was packed already, lawmakers also have to reach a deal to fund the government by september 30th to avoid a government shutdown. the house oversight committee is launching an investigation into post master general dejoy following claims he pressured employees to make campaign donations. dejoy is accused of reimbursing employees for campaign contributions they made to his preferred gop politician. house democrats have called for his immediate suspension.

and a rally for schools took over the east bay drumming up support for a measure that will appear on the november ballot. a car and bike caravan started at oakland tech high school yesterday. want people to vote for proposition 15 that ames to close corporate tax loopholes which would generate billions of dollars for schools. >> one step towards getting the money and the funding to actually make this a reality. >> opponents say prop 15 goes too far reaching and poorly timed considering many businesses are still recovering from the hits they took due to covid-19. coming up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. as firefighters gear up for a difficult fight against a dangerous wildfires, we take you along for the ride. and when life gives you lemons, it may be time to trade them in for something

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under a red flag warning. high fire danger goes through 8:00 tomorrow morning. but at the top of the hour we came in to the wind advisory and expect the winds to pick up and it will get even worse the fire conditions as we head throughout the day. please, be vigilant. number two. pg&e says dangerous fire conditions is prompting a public safety power shutoff. outages started around 3:00 this morning at sonoma, napa and lake counties. new evacuations have been ordered for parts of sonoma county because of a flare up of the walbridge fire. first responders going door to door overnight to let residents know about this evacuation. good update here. we just learned 13 people trapped in the creek fire in fresno county have been rescued. that happened just after 3:00 this morning. the rescue to effort others still under way. number five. some schools in marin county are reopening for in-person learning today. the county public health officer approved waiver applications for

15 schools, but not all of them are reopening today. and number six, we are going to take a live look outside our commute is looking very nice at least this morning. so, here is a live picture for you showing you 280 in san jose. and number seven. something sweet here. it's one of the top stories on ab abc7news.com. the website for a treasure hunt contest where the big prize is your own candy factory has crashed. it created a lot of buzz when he announced he is giving away one of his candyman kitchens in florida. i'm more excited about the $5,000 if you find one of these golden chains. >> i'm excited about the candy factory. that lasts a lot longer. >> you give me the $5,000 and i'll let you have the keys to the candy factory. the best western in novotto has temporarily turned into the biggest fire station in marin county as they staged a team to respond to fires during this red

flag warning. kate larsen road >> reporter: a new type of weather response. an extra strike team of 36 firefighters and a fleet of engines in highway 101 ready to take off. >> the wind and having the warm, dry air roll out of your oven. this is nature's version of it. >> reporter: anthony invited us to ride along why he surveyed a nearby neighborhood. >> we want to make sure to try to prevent if there was a fire going from one section of grass to the brush to the trees. >> reporter: on a 110 degree day he says they're doing their best to prepare during an already hectic fire season. >> we just had two strike teams that came back for out to 17

days nonstop. al. >> redwood tree on fire. >> reporter: then a nearby call for help. so our ride along abruptlylyly when they had to respond here to novato boulevard where an arsonist was setting fires. >> we observed a third fire being lit at that time. if someone is intentionally starting fires it's just adding insult to injury with everything going on right now. >> reporter: novato police arrested a 55-year-old homeless man for the fires. to keep people and property safe, marin county is closing parks and open spaces like sky oaks, mt. tam and the parking lot. kate larsen, abc7 news. cash flow is a serious problem for small businesses during this pandemic and that has led to a renewed interest in bartering. part of the changing peworkplac that we're focusing on. a network of 7,000 businesses

that barters for goods and services based in the bay area has reported a 30% increase in traffic. say a restaurant needs a plumber, for example, it gets credits but doesn't have to use it at that time. >> he will take dollars he'll earn and go use it for whatever he wants like vehicle maintenance and new shirts, getting advertising or, you know, office equipment. >> $100 million worth of transactions were done last year. redeemed goods and services while the expense of providing them becomes a deduction making the deal tax neutral. that's a pretty cool idea. we've got more stories like this on the changing workplace every night this week and you'll want to check them out tonight and focus on the major road blocks involved in returning to the office. our schedule is set for the rest of the week. you can find these stories on our website after they air by going to abc7news.com. >> i like that bartering app.

that is really cool. >> i like that you don't have to use it at the business you helped out. that's pretty cool. yeah. >> i like it, also, it's nice to see how people are still pivoting during this pandemic and still trying to make a living and help their fellow co-workers and friends. i'm just wondering what is the irs going to say about this? >> yeah, they're going to want it eventually, right? >> yes, eventually they're going to get their money. you got that right, julian. hi, everybody. let's take a look. hopefully i have some good news to talk about also. i do. we have to get through another hurdle or two before we get there. here's a look at san jose where it's partly cloudy and 65. hot and breezy with a high fire danger today and unhealthy air quality. the fire danger will linger tonight with widespread temperatures from 50s in san francisco to 80s in our hills. it will be seasonal this weekend and trending quieter and not looking at any watches or

warnings or advisories. let me show you a couple things. little see saw and high pressure building and that low diving along salt lake city. creating the off-shore flow and our typical fire danger for the fall season. but look what it's also doing to places like denver. 93 yesterday and now 35 degrees. almost 60 degrees cooler and they're expecting possibly a half a foot to a foot of snow. talk about your weather whip lash. here we're just dropping out of the 100s in a few areas. still have plenty of 90s in the south bay and also on the peninsula. you can see the 70s along the coast and the 80s still holding on to downtown in san francisco and sausalito and along the east bay shore 89 in richmond to mid 90s else where and east bay valleys least we're not in the. 50s and 60s where most of us

live and 70s in antioch and brentwood. drop 70, 80s, 90s tomorrow. there's something good. the 100s are gone and almost get rid of the 90s for most of us starting thursday with highs in the 60s, 70s and 80s and keep that all the way through the weekend. kumasi? >> thank you, mike. prince harry and meghan markle say they have repaid all the taxpayer money used to renovate their home in windsor. they have fully covered the necessary renovation costs for the cottage. harry and meghan agreed to pay back $3 million when they quit working as senior royals in march. they recently bought a house in santa barbara and released a deal with netflix to produce a range of programs. the labor day holiday might be over, but the shopping deals are still on. still ahead, the savings you need to be looking out for. the warning about using disinfectant in the fight against covid-19. how it might be giving you a false sense of security.

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now your accuweather frecast with mike nicco. >> look at the northern half of the country. up to 25 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago and that number is going to get even bigger. it is going to get up to around 50 and 60 by the time we get to the afternoon hours. we'll get some of that cooler air, not a lot. but at least it will be cooler and cleaner. you can see tomorrow the 100s are gone. let's take a look at thursday. barely some 90s around fairfield and antioch and livermore. most of us in the 60s, 70s and 80s that will feel oh, so good. and then friday a few 90s usual spots. we're almost through this. almost. now an abc7 news live desk update. >> at the live desk. i know this is not exactly what people want to hear this morning, but deep cleaning and sanitizing may not protect you from covid-19 and that is deep cleaning and sanitizing

surfaces. so, here's what we're learning this morning. the cdc says it's a long shot that you can get the virus from a door knob or a package. scientists say surfaces aren't the problem and that sanitizing gives people a false sense of security. however, disinfecting surfaces is a very good habit to keep because it can prevent other viruses like stomach viruses which can then lead to the stomach flu. experts hope the level of cleaning done now because of the pandemic just shows people how little they were doing before. julian. >> there might be some truth to that right there, jobina. thank you. labor day might be over but savvy shoppers are still out there finding big deals. becky has our details this morning. >> reporter: labor day might be over, but the sales are just getting started. >> everyone is going to be shopping earlier because they don't know what is going to come in the next couple months. there might be another lockdown.

so, people are going to be getting their gifts earlier. >> reporter: the next savings event is the big one. black friday. and let me tell you, it's going to be weird this year. why? because as brick and mortar sales have dwindled or disappeared during lockdown, online sales have boomed. >> there were shutdowns and they had a lot of merchandise. so, instead of just moving that merchandise out, they're putting that out on deep discount so people can actually purchase them. >> reporter: so, where can you find these big fall deals? we'll have everything you need to know to save big coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your gma "first look" i'm becky worley. >> all right. if you're a dog lover, you will probably love this. look at this pug. look at the baby. oh. so, he's so cute. okay. he's just one of ten furry finalists in the people's world's cutest rescue dog contest. animal lovers from all across the country sent in more than

10,000 photogenic pups and these are the pick of the litter. the winner will be revealed on "good morning america" later this month. i want to look at them all again. oh, look at them. >> i'm starting to see a trend. a couple of them have the hanging tongue that is just so adorable, kumasi. >> how cute. that was so cute. >> we'll have to see who wins. well, we're coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including cal fire deputy chief explaining the creek fire rescue effort overnight. the woman

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and we did. over 24,000 homes have been destroyed by wildfires in the past few years. wildfire victims need help so i'm voting 'yes' on 19. it limits property taxes on wildfire victims so families can move to a replacement home without a tax penalty. you never know what you'll be faced with. please, vote 'yes' on 19. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. now at 5:30, high winds fanning flames. new evacuations issued in the north bay as pg&e shuts off the power for safety.

and trapped in the wildfire. the ongoing effort to rescue at least 50 people stuck in the sierra national forest. >> no regrets. i do miss my sushi in san francisco. a midwest city gave her 10 grand to move out of california. so, was it worth it? a look at one campaign to lure remote workers. >> i guess the sushi isn't as good in tulsa. >> i guess not. >> good morning, tuesday, september 8th. thanks so much for joining us. >> first, we want to get to the high winds and, mike, we have been talking about this. maybe 30 minutes ago. kind of like the zone right now where we really have to watch. >> right. yeah, yeah. i appreciate you picking up on that. 5:00 the wind advisory began and so we are in the danger zone right now and the winds are reacting to that. look at that. 57 miles per hour now at about 3,800 feet and knoxville creek 47, st. helena not reporting now

but that is the area i have some of the greatest the wind advisory goes through 11:00 this evening and knocked down some trees and power lines and spreads so rapidly it will be uncontainable with those winds. evacuations needed quickly. be prepared anywhere you see red here. i you live in one of those areas, the east bay hills and the diablo range and the north bay mountains and even the santa cruz mountains through tomorrow we have a high fire danger. right now temperatures are running inthe 50s and 60s in most neighborhoods. 70s and 80s in clearwo lake and brentwood. 70s at the coast and 80s and 90s around the bay and 80s and 90s inland. kumasi? >> thank you, mike. happening right now in the north bay, the high winds are fanning the flames of the walbridge fire. overnight, new evacuations were issued for people in sonoma

county who live south of mill creek road west of west side road and east of palmer creek road. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with the threat of that and pg&e doing the public safety shutoffs in napa and sonoma counties. amy? >> hi, kumasi. yeah, they started overnight the power shutdowns and napa county has been spared so far. we see the lights on in this oakville area in napa county but sections of sonoma county have had the power shut off. that started at 9:00 last night. pg&e tells me a second phase of shut downs happened at 3:00 this morning. pg&e says these shutoffs could affect about 172,000 customers across the state. the forecast is calling for dry and windy conditions. pg&e is calling this critical fire weather with a high ignition risk. so, they're afraid a power line could fall and start a fire. that's why they're doing these power shut downs. some sonoma county residents

don't think they could handle another devastating fire. >> i'm going to tell you this, if this burns down, i will never come back. i would not drive up the hill because it's just been, well, you know, one thing after another. fire, fire, coronavirus, fire. i mean, it's been devastating. >> officials are watching the walbridge fire this morning. it jumped a containment area in the and an ev ev ev issued. 30 to 40 acres burned. the scheduled public safety power shutoffs will impact parts of sonoma, napa and lake counties. the forecast calls for these dry and windy conditions through tomorrow morning. pg&e says once the weather improves, then they'll head out to inspect their lines and see if there is any damage. they expect that to last about 12 hours and then they'd hope to get the power back on. so that could happen by tomorrow

evening. but it's still to be determined. reporting live in napa county, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> all right, thank you, amy. rescue operations for the creek fire near fresno are happening right now. jobina fortson is at the live desk with the new developments within the last couple hours. >> yes. and a positive development, julian. cal fire says they have rescued 13 people who were trapped on china peak. that happened just after 3:00 this morning. cal fire says the smoke cleared up which was enough overnight for a helicopter to land there safely. originally, officials thought there were 14 people trapped, but that was not the case. those 13 people are safe and were taken to the fresno airport. right now two rescue operations are under way. >> other helicopters in the air and national guard helicopter trying to reach hidden lake and also another search and rescue i believe from the navy trying to get into lake edison.

>> deputy nick schuller said on "gma" this morning he hopes they have turned a corner. record high heat and low humidity and strong winds are making this containment very difficult, kumasi. >> all right, thank you, jobina. well, the woman who poppwho popularized the gender reveal party is telling people to stop. jenna karunidis wrote a post on her facebook said, stop it. stop having these stupid parties. for the love of god, stop burning things down to tell everyone. no one cares but you. cal fire says a pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party is what started the el dorado fire. it burned 7,300 acres in southern california. the device was supposed to emit blue or pink smoke but now the family could face felonies because the fire spread to forest land and it could also face felonies if the flames end up destroying structures or

other property. a fast-moving wildfire is now forcing evacuations. this is new video overnight of the oak fire which is burning west of highway 101. it scorched at least 1,000 acres since the started just after noon yesterday. cal fire says the flames have been moving north and more evacuations are possible because of the wind. happening today. some schools in marin county reopen for in-person learning with coronavirus case data improving, the county public health officer approved waiver applications for 15 schools. they are required to comply with specific plans. all other schools may not be far behind. they may be allowed to reopen two weeks from today on september 22nd. if the county remains in tier two of the state's new reopening plan for two consecutive weeks. we want to show you the latest numbers in the covid-19 pandemic right now. the bay area including santa cruz county now has more than 93,000 diagnosed cases. it total number of cases in

california stands at more than 735,000. the u.s. total surpassed 6.3 million cases with more than 189,000 deaths. 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 could find a solution to this and just like all of you, my hopes is that 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. that's exactly what two of the businesses did and their fines were waived. coming up, the big change coming to the louisville metro police department after the death of breonna taylor. would $10,000 cash be enough to convince you to move out of

california? hear from one woman who took the deal and left for oklahoma where the sushi isn't as good apparently. before we get there, we want to talk to meteorologist mike nicco who is tracking the intense winds this morning. >> sounds like a hot topic. how much would it take for you to get out of the bay area. especially right now. come on. well, temporarily it would be nice to leave, wouldn't it? and get rid of these winds, julian. they're ramping up. here we are at 8:00 and let me go through the forecast. 6:00. the winds are actually going to calm down a little bit as the atmosphere expands during the heat of the day and the winds won't be as concentrated. watch as the sun sets and the winds ramp up and even faster across the north bay during the evening and overnight hours. they're 40 to 45-mile-per-hour gusts and a possibility of 70 to 80 on st. helena and wake up tomorrow you can see the winds are much calmer and the wind advisory will be over. watch the fire danger index mainly up in the north bay and you want to watch the orange and the red.

very high and extreme. notice how do they do spread into the eastern parts of contra costa and alameda and expand as we head into the afternoon hours and then as we head into the evening hours, it really is concentrated up across the north bay where those fastest winds are going to be and notice by tomorrow afternoon, it finally starts to fall by the wayside. the winds because of the off-shore breezes. look at this. most of the smoke pushed out over the ocean. the closer you live to the north bay or north bay coast, the more likely you are to get a little smoke on the spare the air day. i couldn't leave you without telling you this. temperatures up to 13 degrees cooler this morning when you step out. we have 50s and 60s in most areas. unfortunately, it won't be knigquite that cool this afternoon but there is a trend where we get rid of the 90s and 100s and show you that in the seven-day accuweather forecast. here's jobina. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. i want to start off with a sig alert that i'm following in

oakland right now. westbound 24 just before the caldecott tunnel. what i'm learning from the chp four cars involved in this crash. two lanes are blocked as you approach the tunnel. speeds will almost come to a complete stop as you approach the crash site and i cannot tell if injuries reported here. but they have not given us an update to when this will reopen. you can expect the sig alert to remain in effect for a little bit. also just want to move over to an overall look here. if you look up top between oakland and san francisco you can see the yellow and now forming red lines on the bay bridge. looks like some sort of obstruction there. not a crash. at least according to the chp right now. i will keep you posted on what changes there. and as we move over now to a live look showing you san jose,

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22 and counting. that's how many consecutive spare the air days we have and today is the 22nd and tomorrow is the 23rd. fingers crossed the last in this record setting. take a look at all of our reporting stations. green good or yellow moderate even as you head from the north bay into the bay into the south bay. however, some red to our east and with the winds blowing from east to west today, some of that could filter our way. so, that's something we will keep an eye on and you can keep an eye on it using our app. that will tell you how bad the air quality is. temperatures today, you can see we're in the 50s and 60s. cooler but by the time we get to 4:00, 70s at the coast, yeah. 80s and 90s around the bay and 80s and 90s inland. i'll show you that coming up next. here's julian. >> we will take it. thank you, mike. we are in the last stretch of the campaign season with just 56 days to go until election day. yesterday president trump announced another big surprise on the way in the fight for

covid-19 vaccine. but democratic nominee former vice president joe biden says he would only accept a quickly produced vaccine if it is, quote, completely transparent. biden campaigned in pennsylvania and said he would be better at taking the u.s. out of a slumped economy. >> stand in the way of 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. >> joe biden, the radical, socialist, democrats would immediately collapse the economy. >> president trump will travel to north carolina, where a gop chair is calling for him to wear a mask when he arrives for his airport rally. senator kamala harris has traveled for the first time as the democratic vice presidential nominee. yesterday she was in wisconsin where he met with the family of jacob blake. of course, he was the man who was shot in the back seven times by police in kenosha.

>> wonderful. i mean, they're an incredible family and what they endured and they just do it with such dignity and grace and, you know, they're carrying the weight of a lot of voices on their shoulders. >> senator harris capped her visit by hosting a round table with black business owners in milwaukee. abc7 news live desk update. >> at the live desk. a black woman will now lead kentucky louisville metro police department after that department has come under heavy scrutiny after 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 were going on for over 100 nights. announce whether criminal charges will be brought against the officers soon. the third black person to serve as police chief. kumasi? >> all right, thank you, jobina. hundreds of black lives matter protesters took their message to the golden gate

bridge. they marched yesterday to protest the deaths of george floyd and breonna taylor as well as the police shooting that left jacob blake paralyzed. law enforcement surrounded the crowd to make sure no one jumped over the fence to block traffic and that frustrated some demonstrators who said they didn't turn out to cause any violence. they thought the police presence was an overshow of force. if you are fighting for a racial or social justice, we want to help you find an ally. go to abc7news.com/takeaction for a list of local resources. check this out right here grizzly bears at the oakland zoo had fun trying to beat the heat. you can see them playing around and splashing around in the pool inside their exhibit yesterday. home of two sets of brother grizzlies and they like things cooler than our current situation here. the bears like to spar in the pool and use fire hoses for floaties and i'm just looking at this and i'm jealous. the pool at my apartment complex

is still shut down. and they look like they were having a good time just cooling off. >> right. >> i would never try that. >> we'll just observe. >> excuse me, mr. bear. excuse me, mr. bear. can i sit over here? i won't bother you. no, no. it did look like fun. i'm sorry, julian, your pool is still closed. how else will you beat the heat everybody flocks the s to the . we're in a no-win situation. we'll find a way out of it coming up in the seven-day accuweather forecast. west wind at 12 and little bit of a marine layer there but it is going to be quickly pushed off the coast as we head with that off-shore wind and to the afternoon hours and brings us the dry and breezy conditions that makes the fire danger increase and, also, makes the heat linger. we have spare the air poor air quality through tomorrow and then an average autumn arriving

later this week. here's our set up low to the east counterclockwise flow. high to the west clockwise flow. the high and the low pressure are the faster your winds are. it's called a pressure gradient and it's really fast across the north bay. here's your set up for today and tomorrow and the reason why we have issues with the winds and the fire danger increasing. all right, 92 to 102. that's your spread and believe it or not as hot in the south bay. mid to upper 80s downtown, south san francisco, sausalito. 95 to 102 through the north bay where the winds will be the fastest today. oh, that blast furnace dry, hot winds. that's miserable. 89 in richmond. and 87 in berkeley and everybody else in the low to mid 90s along the east bay shore. triple digits, once again. but maybe not. 110 to 119 like it was in the east bay valleys. temperatures in the 50s and 60s and 07s a70s and 80s up in the ,

again. 70s and 80s and 90s and mainly 60s, 70s and 80s thursday all the way through the kd wiweeken. those 90s will be the exception but still out there in the north bay and east bay neighborhoods. we have one to two more days and then it's all over for now. for now. >> thank you, mike. well, bay area workers are all facing new job realities because of the pandemic. and 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 is targeting tech workers here in the bay area. it's called tulsa remote and it offers $10,000 in cash to workers, remote workers who relocate within six months. tulsa says it's almost reached its goal of attracting 250

remote workers this year. half of the applicants have not stepped foot in tulsa. >> do whole foods. i wasn't willing to give up. i came with an open mind but still thinking this probably will not work out. >> of all the people who made the move to tulsa, only two have given up. most of them liking it. >> giving up? >> like left. >> what is this like a reality tv show. i can't do it. i can't finish the season. >> i miss my sushi. we have stories on the changing workplace every night this week. so, tonight we're going to be focusing on some of the major road blocks involved as you return to the office. you can find all of these stories on our website after they air. just go to abc7news.com. well, coming up new at 6:00, the covid-19 pandemic causing a new boom for one type ofs wi business. how this one might have you getting cold called by a sales

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lake and cloverdale in the 90s for friday while the rest of us in the 60s, 70s and 80s. we'll turn it over to julian now for more news. >> thank you, mike. now an update on a story that got a lot of attention yesterday. this morning we're hearing more from a texas mom about the potential dangers of sanitizers around flames. kate wise was badly burned, as you can see, when her sanitizer caught fire. she rubbed it on her hands before she lit a candle at home. never a good idea. and the flames quickly spread. >> the explosion happened in a matter of two seconds and lit my entire body on fire. i heard my daughter screaming, mom's on fire, mom's on fire. >> she suffered burns to 20% of her body. she is sharing her story to warn others not to do the same. make sure your hands are completely dry before handling anything that might have an open flame. you can watch the full report coming up on "gma" at 7:00 right here after "abc7 mornings."

. wow, badly burned there. fans will be able to watch the 2020 french open in person later this month despite rising numbers of covid-19 cases in the country. the grand slam event was originally scheduled for may but pushed back due to the pandemic. tournament officials will limit the amount of fans allowed to enter. will be required to wear face masks and players will be tested regularly. hopefully it all works out there. well, it looks a little bit different than usual, but oakland restaurant week is under way. more than 75 restaurants are offering outdoor dining and hundreds are offering delivery and takeout. on the visit oakland website you can look up the restaurants based on cuisine and neighborhood. >> this is an opportunity for locals and oaklanders to go out and show love to their favorite places and some places that they might not have checked out before. >> so, oakland restaurant week late summer edition runs through

sunday. new at 6:00, baby yodda is back. we're getting an exclusive sneak peek this morning of season two of "star wars" on disney plus. >> i cannot wait for that, kumasi. the public safety power shutoffs are here again. people already losing power in the north bay this morning where pg&e is planning on cutting power in the bay area today. >> the stress and added work lad of going in and out of that fire every time is definitely by far the toughest that i've ever done. a chilling rescue mission from california's air national guard to save those stranded in the creek fire. he

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pit falls with at least one staff member testing positive. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, september 8th. a very busy day, especially when it comes to the weather and those winds that are picking up right now. we want to check in with mike for a look at that. mike? >> they are picking up, kumasi. that's the scary part of it. we're an hour into the wind advisory that goes through tonight and already 57-mile-per-hour gusts in diablo and up to the 40s across the north bay where we expect the most damaging winds through at least 11:00 this evening. knock trees down. they can knock power lines down that could spark a fire and then rage out of control because it would be fanned by the winds. it would feed it the oxygen it needs and then also push along at a very rapid rate. so, be vigilant today and remember if you have to evacuate, have something ready at the back door or front door and get out quickly. here's a look at our fair danger. not only in the north bay but east bay and santa cruz mountains and that goes through at least 8:00 wednesday morn