>e' hearing how some small businesses are planning to move indoors and when other counties could follow suit. and good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, september 9. a lot to get to this morning. we want to check in first with mike to see what our forecast has in store for today. s ma above it,re still out ofthe noir two more hours. and check out the exploratorium, there is mist in the air. and temperatures in the 60s, 70s and 80s today.

happening right now, thousands of pg&e customers are still in the dark this morning. and the power might not be back on until tonight. so here is a look at the outage map. pg&e cut the power in nearly two dozen counties across the state, august because of the high fire danger. the purple triangles indicate those public safety power shutoffs. calistoga is one place that is impacted. the mayor says the shutoff was a necessary step because of the threat of high winds. at one point, there were half a million people in the dark statewide. crews will be working to restore power once the sun comes up. high winds and dangerous heat are making it difficult for firefighters battling dozens of fires across california right now. and i really want you to pay attention to this number. so far wildfires have burned about 2.3 million acres in

comparison to this same time last year. and this same time last year, just during a press conference yesterday, governor newsom said that he has had it with climate change deniers. >> i have no patience, i say this lovingly, not as an idea lo log oig, but someone who is interested in evidence but i have no patience for climate change deniers you may not believe it, about you yobut you experiences tell a different story. and three firefighters were hurt yesterday while trying to protect a fire station they're big sur. one of them is in critical condition. crews have rescued hundreds of people from the sierra national forest. climate scientists say this year's fire season is just a sign of what is coming ahead and they predict that there will be more wildfires that cause greater destruction because of

climate change. >> the large wildfires in california's history have occurred in the last -- [ inaudible ] and right now just over the last three weeks, we've had california's second, third and fourth largest wildfires. >> this year a dry wayneny season and low snow pack left plenty of fuel. fire and weather meteorologists with the bureau of land management have noticed a pattern in recent years. the wildfires are happening sooner than anticipated. some indoor businesses are reopening in santa clara and santa cruz counties. they improved on the tracker from purple tier to the red tier. and that means that indoor personal care services and gyms can start back up with modifications of course. but many business owners have been here before and that makes them reluctant about reopening. lauren martinez is live for us at the westfield valley fair mall this morning.

>> reporter: it is a big step forward. we're in front of westfield valley fair where shopping malls can open at 50% capacity. gyms and fitness centers are only on allowed to open at 10% capacity on tuesday.lass continued as planned. the owner says that they must k other businesses have are experienced reopening just to be shut down again. >> i don't ever want to shut down again if sure and i know my members and staff don't ever want to shut done again. >> reporter: if the metrics continue to improve, the county would be eligible to move forward to a less restrictive tier after three weeks. indoor dining, gatherings and movie theaters are still off-limits. lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >> we know so many of you are looking for more information about reopening where you live. so we have updated our website

so you can see which color tier your county is in and what businesses are allowed to open there. you can find it at abc7news.com. the bay area was set to begin phase three trials of the astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine but there teromody par a source says that the patient is in the uk where astrazeneca is based. the company is now reviewing save e. safety data which has to than whenever there is an unplained illness during a trial. >> it is reason to be concerned, but it is not unusual that this would happen. >> if research hers find that the patient became sick because of an unrepresented reason, the trial may be able to continue. astrazeneca says that they are doing everything they can to minimize the potential impact on the vaccine release. there is a series of

abc7news.com on the race for a vaccine. president trump's latest campaign rally out in north carolina with only a few in sight. hear what he is now saying about nancy pelosi's illicit salon visit in sf. plus a robot is asking for your trust this morning. what an artificial intelligence bot said in an op-ed. let's take a look at what is going on here. some good news. this could be our last day of the spare the air. but i think that there is a slight chance that

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check out this video of the apocalyptic glow of the sun yesterday. the smoke and fog so thick in some places last night, it blocked out the sunset. now let's see wt happen today. you can see the winds are blowing onshore and as we head from noon into the latter parts of the afternoon and evening hours, look at that seabreeze ramp up. so it could be a comfortable evening for a dog walker. and look at what it does to the fire danger. we're moderate, which is yellow up in the north bay, now through about 2:00. and then once the seabreeze kicks in, watch us go down to blue moderate to green low to even no fire danger as we head into the evening hours. so we're almost out of the woods. upper 50s to low 60s for the

most part in the south bay and mid-50s to even mid-60s in other neighborhoods. as we head throughout the day today, you will want to monitor are the air quality with our app because it could change and become a little worse as it normally does during the afternoon hours. so all your outdoor activities should be revolving around that. temperatures in the 60s, 70s and 80s today. we'll talk about the 7 day forecast and a nice weekend coming up. first let's talk more about the commute. oakland has really been our hot spot throughout the morning. i'll take you there to the man so we can show you the road work has been picked up on southbound 880 in between 23rd and 29thues. but look at that stretch of traffic already backing up past 980. speeds are down to about 7 miles per hour. i want to bring in now a live look outside showing you the 880 at the coliseum camera in

oakland. on the left hand side of the screen, that is where you will see the southbound traffic. so you can see that the heavier traffic is beginning to move through. so you can expect this to pick up in the next few minutes. and now a live look showing you the bay bridge follow plaza. we were watching a backup earlier, metering lights came on at 5:47 . once you make it through the metering lights, the drive on the bridge is not too bad. but inching back towards that normal commute. and mark zuckerberg 1 eithering the record straight, how he is defending facebook from accusations that it has become too political. and a major shakeup for the oscar, the one new requirement that it is enacting that will dramatically shift what we are seeing on our screen for years to do. and taking a live look

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your voice, your vote. president trump has returned to washington following a campaign rally in north carolina. jobina fortson has that and an unprecedented move from the justice department to defend the president in a defamation lawsuit. good morning. >> good morning. yes, we'll start talking about that lawsuit first. the justice department is taking over president trump's defense in a defamation case. a new york woman who claims the president raped her in the 1990s filed the lawsuit. after mr. trump denied knowing her and accusing her of lying, the doj has filed paperwork to move the case from state to made tti anwhe thesident hel a mpai ralrd nd m his dino wear masks at the rally.

the president assured people a covid-19 vaccine will be released soon. >> we're producing a vaccine in record time. this is a vaccine that we'll have very, very soon. by the end of the year, but much sooner than that perhaps. >> the president also mocked nancy pelosi for her hair salon visit. as many he know here, she was ile svice inside is still not permitted. and mark zuckerberg is firing back at claims that the social media site is a right wing echo chamber and that they try to find things that enrage the american public. zuckerberg said that it is true that there are a lot of conservative voices on the platform but it is because part is an content is often what get. >> the stories that get the most

reach, right, on a day to day basis are the same things that people talk about in the mainstream. they are not highly partisan politicalkeergied that he is trying to influence the outcome of the election. his supporters are saying that he couldn't have predicted the problems when he created facebook. and a washing frning about for their kids online privacy. a new study finds marketers are using tens of thousands of apps to collect data on children, including location data being shared with third party marketing companies to develop targeted ads, experparent s should update privacy settings and monitor what their kids are doing. well, if you need more proof that technology i th i it. "the guardian" has published an

article written entirely by a robot. so researchers asked a robot write an he essay from scratch. it wrote that robots come in peace. it also made a plea to give robots rights saying that they are just like humans. they are made in our image. also bragged that it is a thinking being. and that uses less than a 12th of the capacity of its cognitive -- 12% sxuexcuse me o its cognitive capacity. that robot is doing too >> can do did we expecmi takov the wor? kind of sa ju kill you with kindness. >> that's what it was. bless your heart.

>> yeah, let's take a look at the west wind at 15. look at how foggy it is, that is a great sign that our hot and just nasty air mass is being undercut by a nice seabreeze today. that is why the critical fire conditions will fade. spare the air today, could get worse as we head through the afternoon hours. and it will be an enticing forecast to get outside. here is a look at that area of low pressure that brought the snow to deny swrevedenver. that is crazy. but with that flow, it is backing that cooler autumn air into our neighborhoods and that is why we're seeing the 90s eliminated from the south bay. peninsula, mid to upper 70s. and 66 to 67 along the coast

today. low to mid-70s downtown, south san francisco, sal sausalito. and 82 to about 88 through your vall valleys. east bay shore, mid to upper 70s, richmond, hercules, berkeley, oakland. we still have a touch of heat in the inland east bay neighborhoods, low to mid-90s. check out tonight, even more widespread marine layer influence with temperatures in the mid-50s to the low 60s. and a little fog and drizzle like we'rerngescially higher elevations some of that mist and drizzle. so after today, we'll try to get rid of the 90s, we'll have 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay, mainly 80s inland. and we the put the warmest temperature possible in the region, you see a few 90s inland, but those will definitely be the exception. we will almost out of the dan r danger. and now let's turn our attention to ginger zee with what is coming up on gma.

good morning, ginger. >> julian and could you you mku be with you. i'm at the southern california. we've seen some wind gusts, and they could get up to 55 miles per hour thanks to the great basin high. we'll bring you the stories f here through oregon and washington state, 330,000 acres burning. that is nearly the size of connecticut. so i'll that. also of course the coronavirus and the race to the vaccine on pause because somebody -- one of their trial people got sick. so will that slow down the whole process especially as kids are at some college campuses.parents

and amazon will have thousands of jobs for all the americans looking for work. you may be one of them and so you will want to hear demi low rat tvato will be on g. so so much to talk about. thank you, ginger. coming up, the baby boom continues at the zoos.thgh i ne there is a new tiny baby gorilla. they didn't know yet the sex of the critically endangered little one, but the zoo says the entire primate area will be closed while mom and the entire troop bond with the baby. and in dallas, they are celebr thr lion cubs. 1974 t zoo has welcomed ance

litter of multiple lion cubs. and they are pressure issuare p >> so cute at that size. >> exactly. can you believe it? the nfl suiting up for a season like no other tomorrow night. up next, one of the teams allowing thousands of fans to watch in person hi. what's on your mind?in. can you help keep these guys protected online? easy. connect to the xfi gateway. what about wireless data options for the family?

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we've talked about a more conducive weekend for outdoor activities. you see friday, a few 90s inl d inland. and by sunday, mainly 60s, 70s and 80s. new this morning, president trump has been nominated for the nobel peace prize again. a norwegian lawmaker said it is for his efforts in the east reaching a peace deal.

thes same lawma ll 22-year-old tennis star competing at the u.s. open is getting a big thank you from the parents of trayvon martin martir ahmaud arbery. >> i want to telling you thank you. >> continue to do well, continue to kick butt. >> i feel like i'm a vessel to spread awareness and hopefully it is not going to dull the pain, but hopefully i can, you know, help. >> naomi osaka has been wearing face masks that bear the names of black people killed by police. yesterday she wore a mask with george floyd's name on it. she will play in the semifinals tomorrow. the nfl is back, the season officially begins tomorrow night. the first game is between the

ns t t em, and the houston texans. we're learning that 16,000 fans will be allowed into arrowhead stadium to watch while social distancing. players will take a knee before the game to support the "black lives matter" movement. a move that bill o'brien says he openly supports. >> earlier in the spring i was asked if my players asked me to take a knee, would i did a knee that i would. them and i said >> earlier this year, the nfl considered delaying the season because of covid-19 but that did not he said end up happening. new data shows that just one player tested positive during the most recent testing period. the nfl has tested an average o players and personnel during each of the three testing periods. the academy awards show is shaking things up a bit in year as people continue to advocate for change in america.

the academy has announced new standards for diversity and inclusion for any film hoping to be eligible for the top prize best picture of course, movies will have to be two of four standards which includes thing like having a lead from an underrepresented race or ethnicity or a story line centered around a minority group. the changes take effect before the oscars in 2024. abc 7 is your home for the academy awards every year. and tonight you can watch an all new ground breaking series here, all this month abc news is bringing you turning point, it examines the racial reckoning happening in the nation right now and whether it leads to lasting reconciliation. you can catch it nightly at 12:05 a.m. and of course you can set the dvr if that is too late. and coming up next, parts of sonoma and napa counties still without power hoping today will be the last day. that story coming up.

and record-setting wildfiring raging up and down the west coast. we have new

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always more prepared this time. knew it was coming. but it doesn't make it any easier. we have a lantern and flashli t flashlights and just pretend like you are camping. >> right now, thousands of north cal families forced into an all-too family situation. pg&e shutting offower for multiple days. the reason? the west coast wild fire crisis like we have never seen before. brand new evacuations are in

place right now as firefighters say these flames are moving faster and faster. here is the very latest look at the his door ritoric threat cal is facing. right now more than 900 fires have burned more than 2 million acres. pg&e saying that they had no choice but to cut power to thousands across the state. >> thanks so much for being here on a wednesday. it is september 9. we have a lot to talk about including the weather. many wondering if we'll are breathable air today. >> yes, not necessarily dadtoda but maybe more so tomorrow. but i'm not completely sold on friday and we'll talk about that. but let's talk about what we're dealing with right now, waking up under a red flag warning outside of the santa cruz mountains. we east bay hills and north bay mountains. critical fire conditions for about another hour and a half. and here is what is going to change. you can see the winds in the

upper parts in the hills coming out of the north, but the streaks you see, that is the seabreeze coming out of the west that is undercutting our fire threat, taking our temperatures down into the 70s, 80s and 90s. and increasing the humidity which is also going to help the fire conditions. and thousands are waking up in the dark this morning. pg&e cutting power as a precaution because of the high fire danger this week. check out the purple triangles, this is the company outage map. and amy hollyfield is live for us in calistoga this morning. >> reporter: we yujust got word from pg&e that as soon as the sun comes up, they will send the crews out to check for any damage. once they determine that no damage was start tuin the lights back on.

calistoga is one of the towns in napa that did have the lights turned off and some neighborhoods looked very dark last night, but you could also hear the hum of generators as many have bought them to power their homes because they have become so common now in the late summer and early fall. pg&e shut the pourer ower off b of the windy and hot weather. resident residents are doing what they can to get through. >> we have jen wrat a generatort of good wine. >> reporter: around 5,000 customers in napa county an 17,000 ctomers in noty are with. pg&e will head out later this morning because the weather has improved and they will start the work toward getting the power turned back on.

so hopefully by later today, later this evening, everyone's power will be back on. the weather right now is much better. it is pretty cool and no wind at all here in calistoga. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thousands also had power shutoffs in sonoma county that caused some traffic confusion with no street lights along highway 12. sonoma county endured more than a week of the shutoffs last year. and overnight new evacuations near oroville as the bear fire is exploding in size. you can see the intense conditions, fire was engulfing this bridge. people were trying to escape. and the fire exploded in size now to near 58,000 acres.

>> nothing that i could do. it was too late to leave. it was coming on me so fast. i had to go into a sheet metal shop on this propertyburned to except for the shop with plea in >> the bear fire is part of the north complex which sparked last month from lightning strikes. high winds are feeling it. there are now evacuations across three counties. and firefighters from the bay area are in the central valley joining in the battle against the creek fire. it has scorched more than 152,000 acres since friday and it is 0% contained. the flames have forced more evacuations and rescues. ke kachlger e campers to safety.

>> it was such an anxious wait not knowing when they would be here. so it is surreal just having them here in the flesh. >> the smoke was so thick, there is no visual to identify the locations where the evacuees are. >> and the flames have destroyed at least 60 homes. at the live desk, it is not just california that is on fire. oregon and washington are burning as well. here is a man showing the major wildfires in the state. the governor of oregon has declared a state of emergency. parts of marion and clackamas counties are under evacuation orders and people struggled to get out. >> our horse trailer got gridlocked do you know eed dow we had to walk the 2 1/2 miles so we could get down on the hill. >> a large portion of medford

was ordered to evacuate last night because of a fire burning near interstate 5. it forced officials to close 25 miles of the highway down to the california border. now let's take a quick look at the three major wildfires in the bay area. the scu complex has burned more than 396,000 acres in seven counties. containment has edged up to 95%. the lnu complex has scorched more than 375,000 acres and it is 91% contained. and firefighters are still making progress on the czu complex. it is 81% contained and more than 86,000 acres have burned there. you can follow the latest details with our wildfirer tracker, it is updated with the latest containment information

from cal fire and you can also find air quality data where you live. it is available right now at abc7news.com and the abc 7 news app. back in business, how santa clara county will be choosing to do it and how soon the rest of the bay area might be making it happen. and a live look at the big board stock exchange. morning money report coming up, but opening up on this wednesday morning. and the pandemic proving to be very for one business in the bay area. but first, it is 6:38 and we're checking in with mike. >> hey, everybody. here is a look at our winds around 10:00 to noon, you can see that they are blowing a little bit onshore, but look at the latter parts of the afternoon and evening hours, the seabreeze starts to pick up so i

think that we'll have some pretty fresh air and more comfortable for our activities. and look at the fire danger index. it is high in the north bay until about 2:00. and then watch the winds kick in and we have blue to green, low and then even some of the logos away, there is a lot of this by the time we get to the evening hours that have no critical fire threat. that is some good news. let's talk temperature, we're in the mid to upper 50s with cloudy conditions. a little mist in the air. so we're a little cooler than we were yesterday. here is a look at some of the fog. still 1, 2 and 3 mile visibility and it is thick over the golden gate bridge. we have the west wind at 14. so smoggy and then the smoke and the spare the air and hopefully

this will be one of the last days that we have to talk about that. let's talk more about the commute with joe bee injobina. >> all right, first thing up, i do have the golden gate bridge. so as mike was just stating, we do have fog in the area. and in orinda, the sigalert has been canceled. this is westbound 24 before the fish ranch road off-ramps. again all lanes are open, so things should pick up soon. also in oakland, southbound 880, we have road work this morning that was picked up around 6:00 a.m., but there is slow traffic past 980. and as we bring in the camera here live, you can see all those headlights making their way south. it will be busy as you move in and out of oakland.

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mexico. that is pretty crazy. back here at home, that is the marine layer you are looking at from the exploratorium camera at pier 15. and 60s at the coast, 70s and 80s around the bay and mainly 80s inland. a few 90s will crop up in the east bay. and look at what it is doing to our air quality. other than ukiah, all of us are good green or yellow moderate all the way through the north bay and down into the monterey bay. so let's talk about the bay area air quality management district forecast. they have our 23rd and final possibly record consecutive day of spare the air alerts. but i want to show you the smoke forecast and you can see that we're kind of the dough thut ho doughnut hole. we'll have the wind starting to increase tonight and into tomorrow and look at that, it could be unhealthy tomorrow according to this forecast. and again on friday. so we'll have to revisit their forecast when it comes out at about 11:30 this morning. we'll do that during midday live or you can follow me on social

media at mike nicco abc and new developments in the burning man celebrationabc seve. and new developments in the burning man celebration that through more than 1,000 to ocean beach. the supervisor 1 calling for an investigation into the saturday night event. she is urging the city attorney and the district attorney to pursue charges against the organize organizers. this party was in violation of an order that banned gatherings of more than 12 pipe. a and santa cruz and santa clara counties moved from purple to red tiers on the state's coronavirus so some services can open back up with modifications. but with so many, it comes with a sense of caution and reluctan reluctance.

lauren martinez is live for us with that. >> reporter: yeah, they are cautious because they had to shut down previously. blossom nail and spa owner says that her employees are cautious as they have had to maneuver with changing reopening plans. she was happy to hear governor newsom announce santa clara county has moved from purple to the less restrictive red tier. >> i learned after what happened the first time just go day by day, you know. whatever challenges we're face, we'll hasn't ndle it as it so i'll invite my customers indoors if they feel comfortable, if not we still have outdoors. >> reporter: and the change also means waxinging salons, tattoo piercing salons can open indoors with modifications.

shopping malls at 50% capacity which is up from 25%. if the county remains in the red tier for 14 day, k through 12 schools can reopen, gyms and fitness centers can reopen at 10% capacity. from san jose, lauren martinez, abc 7 ws. riding in an elevator put you at risk of coronavirus? we're looking in to what it will be like when people return to the office. and so i spoke with harvard public health expert joe allen and he says the risk of getting infected in an elevator is rlow but you have to take the proper precautions. >> load in a checker board pattern and maximize spacing. everyone should face forward. announce your own floor. but the person who is closest to the burt tons should push them and use your knuckles. that will go a long way in keeping airborne viral particles

low for that short ride. >> some other tips to stay safe, wear a mask and don't talk unless it is necessary. and if you n to sezecougn tord l iour elbow. vaet of topics and stories that you can see right here on your screen. you can find all of the stories on abc7news.com and on the abc 7 news app. now the morning money report. apple has released invites to a digital only event in less tan a than a beak. the company is expected to reveal new products. apple usually holds its annual iphone event this month but that tedoelayedleneck stokes this morning. the big tech stocks lost more than $1 trillion in value over the past three days.

companies bayed here in the bay area including tesla, facebook and apple are among the hardest hit. analysts say there is concern tech stocks may have climbed too quick quickly. and we're taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. the opening bell ringing about 19 minutes ago and trading is performing up right now. good news. and talk about the right place at the right time for zoom ceo in 2020. he has made it into forbes list of the wealthiest americans. the founder and head of the san jose based video conferencing company now ranks number 43 out of 400 on forbes list. his fortune said to be worth nearly $16 billion. zoom has become an essential tool for remote working and distanceerb toyeah, i zoom thise zoom later. >> that is how you know you are

official. >> it may be seventh, but disney world is already getting into the holiday spirit. the florida theme park announced how it will be celebrating the holidays. in november, sticinderella's cae and the magic kingdom will be lit with red, green and gold lights. epcot will showcase holiday dishes from around the world. and characters will dress in their holiday finist aest and s will be there too. disney is the parent company of abc 7. and trick-or-treating, not allowed in los angeles county this halloween. county health officials just released these guidelines for the holiday and they ban door to door trick-or-treating ha while trying to social distance. also kids are nallowed to collect streets going car for car and haunted houses are banned and parties are off-limits with people outside

the household. feels like they canceled halloween. what's left? >> i guess you buy the candy for your kids and just scatter it around the house or something? >> where is my kids' candy for a me to eat? >> yeah, you're right. >> hey neighbor, just put my candy this my mail box. that's too bad. just something else that we look forward to that is taken away from us. let's take a look at sfo. you can see it is pretty cloudy and a lot of that is just as sm has been the last couple mornings. it is 59 degrees. so moving forward, a little more sunshine today but low clouds will pull away. i don't think that the high clouds or smoke should be quite as thick as it was yesterday. we'll still have the milder

seabreeze. we could have drizzle tonight and seasonal this weekend. and here is a look at the low clouds, and you can see how they will pull back into the bay by noon and mainly out of the inland neighborhoods and that is when the haze from the smoke will become more dominant. let's see what it does to our temperatures. 83 to 88 in the south bay. 76 to 83 on the peninsula. and around 66, 67 on the peninsula coast. low to mid-70s around downtown, south san francisco and alsousa. around 65, 66 along the coast. and then inland, we have the mid to upper neighborhoods. east bay shore, from about castro valley, san leandro southward, low to mid-80s. everybody else in the mid to upper 70s. and then inland low to mid-90s. tonight you can see the marine level more dominant. cleaner air. no fire threat and mid-50s to low 60s. the 7 day forecast, 90s will be

the exception the next several days. and 60s, 70s and 80s high temperatures and fingers crossed we have clean air also. we're less than a week away from the new season of "dancings and it will look a bit different this year because of the pandemic. "good morning america" getting a first look at what is being done to keep the ball room safe. the dancing pros and celebrities will be filming themselves to limiting exposures to producers and other staff.married pros mu completely separate. and the full cast must undergo covid-19 tests five times a week. rehearsals will also look different. >> four cameras, so it will couple in the room. couldn't be safer. >> gma will have a full report

coming up at 7:00. and the new season of "dancing with the stars" monday night at 8:00 right here on abc 7. another thing that i'm excited about, happening tonight, the beloved 1980s tv series t"the golden girls" is reimagined with an all black cast for one night only. so there will be a watch party over zoom at 6:00 tonight. this is funny, how they flash back and forth. so the updated version of the sits com will star some of my favorites. and if you want to watch, you have to sign up first to get messages about how you can be in presidenalelection. >> i'l sign me up. >> is nts thn't that hilarious? >> they just got a bit of a makeover, right?

that's all. i love it. >> this is hilarious. they say it is only for one episode now, but of course it will be such a big hit, you watch, it will deep going. >> we'll s . >> we'll see. and coming up next,s 7 things you need to know on this wednesday.

here are the 7 things to know this morning. number one, new video is showing us just how dangerous conditions people are facing as they try to evacuate near.e high winds are

bear fire which has burned more than 58,000 acres. number two, dangerous wildfires are also burning in oregon and washington. the fire near med ford, oregon shutting down part of i-5. and numberi three, pg&e cres will be working to restore power. tens of thousands of customers are in the dark right now as a precaution because of the high fire danger we're facing this week. and while we excellent last night, we had the red flag warning. winds are starting to taper a bit in the hills and mountains. and in the lower levels where we live, you can notice the increase in the coolness from the seabreeze. so conditions will be improving after 8:00 when the red flag warning expires. number five, overnight amazon announced its career day for 2020 is set for next wednesday, september 16. the company is expected to hire 33,000 tech and corporate jobs. jobina will have more on what they are looking for tomorrow morning with job hunting with

jobina. oh, yeah. thanks for the plug. number six, we'll take a live look at the toll plaza where metering lights came on at 5:47. and academy awards are rolling out new standards to qualify for a best picture nod. the foe xhus cus is on inclusi inclusion. i know my friend is not here, but it is reggie's birthday and i'm thinking about him. he is somewhere living his very best life. but happy birthday, friend. >> and we have to check his twitter to see if he got that peloton, right? >> didn'twe have to check and s. >> the best birthday gift. >> and is he in a peloton commercial, that is the next step. >> i really hope he got it.

>> have a great morning, everybody. good morning, america. breaking overnight, the wildfire emergency exploding across three states. fierce wind turbo charging the flames. homes engulfed, cars incinerated after tires melt directly onto the road. thousands of people racing to evacuate. nearly 14,000 firefighters battling infernos and triple digit temperatures in california alone. ginger is live again in the fire zone this morning. vaccine setback? a trial for one of the most promising vaccine candidates halted after a patient had a serious side effect. as parents across the country send their kids back to school, mississippi now ar