tonight, the bombshell recordings. what is happening out there? dark orange skies and fires burning all around us. >> it's so strange. i don't understand what's going on. >> i'm wondering what world i'm in now. it looks like it is about 4:00 a.m. right now. >> a number of photographs sent by family and friends right now overwhelmed my in box. there is obvious concern around air quality. >> and we've had photos coming in from all over showing the sky that has not changed much since this morning.to intentorning.to good afternoon or good night, i don't know anymore. >> let's look at these images from the north bay to the east bay to the peninsula. several s tonight.he peninsula. several s it's about all anyone can talk about.

orange haze, apocalypse. and at 4:00, it is almost dark out in some areas. this is a live look from our roof top tower camera. we have team coverage today. we'll have a look around the bay. let's begin with spencer christian and a look at what is behind this eerie looking sky. ominous, spencer. >> it is. no doubt about it. i don't think i've seen anything quite like this myself. here's the satellite image showing low clouds, of course, with our marine layer, and tons of smoke above in the upper layer of the atmosphere. it has contributed to this orange look in the sky. it appears to be the orange. it is bringing up some cooler air and keeping it from getting,

the air quality from getting too bad. above the marine layer is where all the smoke is collecting. the marine layer o orso. smoke is still collecting in the atmosphere. so we've got the stronger sea breeze at the coast and the weaker winds aloft. despite that, the air quality is not terrible and you can see from our air quality indicator, the yellow dots indicating e merate air quality and most quality right so good aloft thos we go to the santa cruz mountains. a couple locations, boulder creek and scotts valley have good air quality. until that smoke dissipates aloft, we may continue to have this eerie, smoky, hazy s orange. larry? >> spencer, this is a pretty unappetizing layer cake. check out san francisco, the darkness bhixd the orange sky which has lingered throughout

the day. hive from the embarcadero with reaction to today's odd events. and as i look behind you, day, night, not sure. >> reporter: i'll say good day to you. my internal clock feels all messed up. i went around the city and we talked to a lot of people and of course we heard the usual words. crazy, scary, yes, apocalyptic. how many times did i hear that word. my favorite was this has been a lousy 2020. some of you may have wondered if this was the day the earth stood still. there were many words to describe what we were experiencing. >> i just think it is really insane. the zombie apocalypse. >> it was 7:30 in the morning. we opened the kurt ans and it looked like nighttime. >> reporter: some were compelled to record the san francisco

iconic sites when day turned to night. >> i think it is magical. >> it is amazing to be here for something like this. >> reporter: humans weren't the only ones confused. >> i think he woke up and went back to bed thinking it was nighttime. >> even the mayor thought it was necessary to reach out explaining how the combination of wildfires changed the sky. >> it hasn't really impacted our air quality yet because of our marine layer and because the smoke is so high. >> reporter: construction workers used lights this morning to work in the dark. in any given afternoon, john's grill in san francisco is packed with customers having lunch. the darkness kept them away. >> i have never seen something like the in my life. it's quite frightening.

i hope everyone keeps safe. >> reporter: it is a reminder for what's going on in the state. >> i feel bad for people right in the heart of this. this looks terrible but imagine if you're right there. >> reporter: that's right. and that's a very good reminder. all of this, of course, is very strange. but again, it could be a lot worse. larry, i feel like i'll living in iceland in the winter time. i don't know about you. very strange. >> yeah, welcome . you mentioned a warning about conditions possibly getting worse? is that the case? >> reporter: that's right. i jotted some of the things that she wrote. i thank you it was important for viewers to know this. she said if the winds weaken, then the smoke which is very high up can fall to the grounds and then of course that will create some problemsld bring, o

ashes and could even get darker than it already is. she wants people to know, don't panic. she will give updates today, tomorrow, whatever it takes. in the east bay, we saw ash covering cars and orange apock limitic skies there. live from down walnut creek. >> reporter: good evening. what a week it has been for businesses. a globalem, esive recrk, the onge sk ma. its eneebeleed drive-th a.m. felt more like 10:00 p.m. >> you say good evening instead of good morning. >> reporter: he is the general

manager at walnut creek ford. where i know what the star wars like skies is the ash. >> this is the worst it's been. >> reporter: sales have been steady during the pandemic. but a few customers did call to cancel appointments. >> the biggest challenge is it felt like it was nighttime. it didn't come like we were coming to service cars. it is a mental battle. >> reporter: the band played on where rich comes for a daily walk. >> looking at this, the skies are completely blocked out. i thought it was still, you know, 4:00, 5:00 in the morning twilight when i woke you will around 8:00 or 9:00. >> reporter: he said he was surprised to learn the air quality was much better today compared to the past few days with the extre ht so it was iis muchlthieroo onip watchint

the orange umbrellas at jack's bar matched the sky. a business client for lunch. >> i woke up thinking it was 8:30 at in it. it's wild. i've never seen anything like it. >> reporter: as far as 2020 goes, he said the orange skies seem to be right on cue. >> are there forms of 2020, just on 2020. that's it. >> you can't get away from it. >> not until january 1st. >> reporter: back out here at the dealership, management says they'll wait to see what the weather is like for the rest of the week before they decide to wash the entire fleet. abc7 news.>>all this smoke is a. all of it coming from the north. it's like nighttime out here. if you look at the cars coming

down the mountain, they all have their lights on. >> so bizarre. we'll have more from wayne coming up. the orangeiness left people stumd. le woke up dumb founded. >> so strange. i don't know what's going on. i know there are fires going on but it doesn't smell super smoky. it doesn't seem super ashy so it's so weird. >> he said he wanted to go online to find out what was happening but the power is turned off because of the wildfire threats. if it's not one thing, it's another. here's how the skies looked if novato to richmond. a surreal scene. so bad people had to turn their lights on. we're not only seeing the effects in the sky but on the cars. outside surfaces, a ton of ash everywhere. this was in san mateo this morning. the accumulation only car, that's like an inch of snow or something considering the fires responsibility for the smoke and ash more than 150 miles away.

this is remarkable. >> people all over the bay area have been sharing their photos. remarkable photos on social media. these are just a few that we've seen from our viewers and reporters. if you would like to share youring thats, use the hash abc7 now to help us find them. most of the smoke blotting out the sun is drifting in from three fires burning east of oroville. in all, cal fire says 28 wildfires have burned 2.5 million acres. the most active fires right now, the creek fire, the doleant fire, the august complex, the north complex. that's the fire generating the blanket of smoke. it has exploded to a quarter million acres. here's eric thomas with more. >> reporter: this is what extreme fire behavior looks like. flames jumping, towering, burning at a rate of a thousand

acres every 30 minutes. overnight, 80,000 acres. the fire is generating extremely dense smoke which creates pyro clouds known as thunderstorms. it is pumping into the atmosphere as high as 50,000 feet, 20,000 feet above the cruising level of passenger jets. this shows it turning up toward bear fire and moving into the bay area. on the ground, manner to evacuations are expanding into all three counties. >> very apprehensive. if fire gets in that drainage, serving gone. it will burn to the lake. >> they issued an evacuation order for an area near oroville. another was issued for paradise which burned in the 2018 camp fire. >> the u.s. forest service is

temporarily closed because of the unprecedented and historic fire conditions. you can follow the latest details on all the fires burning in california. and there are a ton of them with our exclusive wildfire tracker which is updated with the latest containment infoe from cal fire. the abc7 fire tracker available now at abc 7. news.com and the abc7 news app. wild times. from covid to fires to orange skies. is it all just too much? 2020 gets a little bit crazier. how you can cope. census 2020. it is not too late to make hey, my twitter is blowing up! so many about spicy chicken strips. wow, i hear you. so i'm bringing back my juicy 100% all-white meat spicy chicken strips combo for only $5.99!

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we'll take a break from coverage of orange wednesday for a moment. and turn our attention to the census. time is running out to make yourself count and take u.s. census in 2020. only three weeks to go. take a team of experts is answering your calls. we're joined by stephanie kim. the united way is funding $3.7

million to support the census. why is this so important? >> we are making sure that every person in the bay area is counted. getting count is necessary for our community's access to money and power. so once in a decade opportunity for to us claim resources for fundamental human rights like health care, food, hosting, and a fair say in policies that support our communities. >> keep going. >> sure. well, the covid-19 pandemic is definitely a very real and relevant example of why police and accurate census data is so important. they'll be used in the coming years for economic programs, health research, and to create policies to help the long recovery of our hardest hit communities. when you're looking at every person who is not counted in the census this year, our state can lose $1,000 per person per year for the next ten years. and where do we see that loss?

in overcrowded classrooms, underfunded services, inaccessible transand it unaffordable housing. >> has it been difficult to get census takers? some people might be reluctant to go door to door and others may not want to open the door. >> it's been a challenge for sure, especially because the time line has been extended due to the pandemic. it is an inclusive process. the census bureau has been managing that part and census takers have been following one community members who haven't yet responded and they're doing so until the end of this month. >> what are the current response rates like? do you have concerns about certain groups being left behind? obviously the homeless. that's always a concern. but young kids maybe. what are you seeing? >> sure. so the san francisco bay area actually has some of the highest

census response rates in the state of california. as of today, over 74% of the housing units here have completed the census. and that's despite all that 2020 has thrown at us. and that's thanks to the tireless efforts of hundreds of organizations on the ground who have been working on outreach with us for the past couple years. for our most vulnerable community member, the hardest to reach and our hardes hit by the pandemic, we are looking at response rates that are 10, 20, 30 points behind. you see this across the bay in san francisco, in oakland, in san jose. >> any chance of a reextension guideline? we are watching it play out now. the census bureau is currently attempting to rush to the finish by reducing the follow-up visit by census takers and reducing the quality checks they're supposed to do during data processing. and all of this is to meet the

apportionment dead line that they need according to the constitution by the end of the year. so shortening the time line shortens it for communities that are undercounted and at high risk of it again. people of color, low income communities, people who are lgbtq, homelessness, et cetera. so we are trying to call for accountability. while continuing outreach to our neighbors to make sure that a fast track census does not lead the an incomplete census. the best way to avoid that is to respond as soon as we can before the end of the month. >> all right. thank you. testify any equipment the ubl i'd way. if you have questions, you can get answers right now. a team of experts answering your calls. here's the number again. i'll go over it slowly. 844-432-9832. you can call in. get answers and make yourself count. now back to a wild view of the sky. we've been showing you images

through the day. now to a look at the tower cameras. this was the rif mond bridge around 10:00 this morning if you go believe it. it's not sunset. take a look at ourxprarium camera. it is starting at 11:30 tomorrow morning. it doesn't look that much different right now. look at this one. a street cleaning view out there at noon and it is still dark outside. sorry, spencer. >> what is making that happen? >> well, we've got an atmospheric layer cake. with low clouds and then the higher level atmosphere. take a look at this. we have the smoke up above. that's the top layer. and the top combination of the two has caused the sky to look

yellow. the smoke particles scattered blue light rays and allow us to see yellow and orange and various shades of those two we'v g lower level winds associated with the martin layer at the surface. but it is only about 1,200 feet deep. fires are still burning and more smoke is being lifted into the upper levels of the atmosphere. and we could have orange skies with us for a while. this is the view from our roof top camera. mid 60s also. 59 at half moon bay. here's the view from east bay hills. low to mid 60s. novato, napa, 70 degrees right now in livermore. really, really cool for this time of the year. and especially compared with th gate. more fog, more haze. maybe some patchy morning drizzle.

we can't say for sure if the sky will be orange but some of the sail factors will be there. and spare the air through friday. a look at our air quality. we can see through friday, we have spare the air alerts being issued. that will give us 25 consecutive days of spare the air alerts. we're expecting improved air quality but that could change. we'll see the low clouds and fog, the mash layer pushing across the bay much as it did last night. if it lipgers, as did it this morning, we could have that ain. n looks like it will pull back giving us maybe a different brighter sky view. low 60s at the coast. low to mid 70s at the bay shoreline and mid to upper 80s inlandnot much of a warm-up is way.at

temperatures. mid to upper 70s around the bay. mid 60s at the coast with minor cooling early next week. but. of what we're forecasting truly does depend on what happens with the wildfires and the smoke. we'll keep watching and looking for rain. >> unreal. >> and earlier this week we told but a campaign to lure workers out of bay area. there's new evidence that lots of workers w ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my wght.2 un oh! (announcer) for those also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers

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the pandemic has provided an option for some remote workers to move to less expensive cities or states. but there's growing evidence remote work and low interest rates could be giving remote workers a crack at home ownership. david louie shows us some examples. >> reporter: tulsa is trying to lure remote workers with $10,000 in cash to relocate. but there are signs a much shorter move might lead to home ownership. zillow believes there's a window of opportunity for san francisco rentalers. a study just double indicates 22% of remote workers in the city could afford to buy starter home if they moves elsewhere in the u.s. while 10% could do so if they were willing to buy outside of san francisco but in the bay area. millennials are the likely candidates as they start planning for children. >> maybe one kind of silver

lining of the societal changes we've got right now, that it may free people up. even if their job is in a really expensive area. >> remote work can be tough. specially for couple working from home. >> at wubl point we're working in the living room in one room together. it's not always fun to have an office mate that you have to see every day and every weekend. >> kathy ridge hernandez moved across to oakland. >> we could have gotten a one bedroom in san franciscoering with got a four bedroom house with a two car garage and beautiful views and trees. >> they paid just a whisker over $1 million for this mont chair house after losing bids on three other houses. while public transit isn't convenient, they can enjoy what the city offers. this is a home purchase by a long time renter in his toly mortgage is a fraction

of what he was paying in rent in oakland. >> i go from one bedroom to ten acres. >> so has quality of life improved by moving away from the city? >> 100%. absolutely. >> low mortgage rates are helping. so working remotely and buying a house could become a reality without moving out of state. david louie, abc7 news. covid-19 has altered how most of us live. for one group, it can be specially challenging. we'll explain. more on these wild

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bay area workers are all facing new job realities from new safety protocols to working from home. as part of our commitment to building a better bay area, this week we're looking at our changing workplace and highlighting ways that people are making it work. so covid-19 has altered how most of us live, as you know. and for parents, it's dramatic and difficult. researchers show moms are taking the burden of childcare because of covid-19. joining me now, associate professor at the university of melbourne. you're in australia? >> i am. but i'm a bay area girl. so i am san francisco born and raised. >> excellent, excellent. >> i thought neighbor gender gap would close. did it? >> we took data from the u.s.

census using the most reliable reason data. and what we show is that mothers are spending less time in employment. they're more likely to be knocked out of employment. and we looked at the people who have the most resources. we looked at mothers who are married or partnered to partners where they can both work at home. we found they also were reporting spending less time at work. what was interesting is that fathers reported work hours that pretty much didn't change. we did a study with collected data on 1,000 americans at the first lockdown. we asked about all sorts of dimensions in their life. how are they feeling about childcare? what we found is that women were reporting more anxiety about retirement. they were picking up more of the childcare, picking up more of the housework, they were reporting that they were feeling anxious, they couldn't feel calm, their sleep was disrupted. so we're talking about a pandemic hitting women in unique

unparalleled the previous four. >> it sounds like a reversion to more traditional roles and moms picking up more of the work at home, the distance learning, kids, taking the role of teacher. what is the problem with that other than a short-term dip in mom's income? >> a couple of issues. the concern would be that employers will become fatigued on it. and you're already seeing reports in the news about kind of resentment. people who don't have kids picking up the slack. you worry about the temporary gaps in employment. once mothers drop out, it is difficult to drop back in. they're already facing stigma about not being productive in ways that are similar to men or fathers. the problem is there is a big recession coming. if work places are hook for reasons to cut employees, you don't want mothers either to

select out on their own, or to be less serious about work. and this is far from done. schools are not open the way they were in the past and difficult to manage and mothers are picking up the slack. >> it sounds like it. some of it could be eased if there was better childcare. readily available, affordable. how is california in particular doing on that? >> well, it is really interesting. i wrote a book called mother lands, how u.s. states push mothers out of employment. it just came out this month. i was hook pre pandemic. i was interested in which states are the best in supporting mothers' employment. which had the best childcare. one of the things i found was california was one of the worst in the nation. hit difficult access to childcare, expensive, days were short, mothers didn't work. where california does really

well is it leads the country in terms of giving women access to qual jobs, really progressive. we do a good job in terms of bringing them into employment, higher rates. california does abysmally with childcare compared to other states in the country. this was happening pre pandemice lines, they'll throw them out for recovery. we need to understand that this pandemic is unique from others, it is getting women in ways that it is not hit go men. so we need childcare policies which are good for everyone. investment in childcare is a really good use of your money. it closes the educational gap. so it is good as well. and thinking about that. >> all right. assistant professor at the

university of melbourne. a bay area native. thank you for giving us that blue print where we're doing well and where we can do better in california when it comes the gender and work roles and childcare. coming up, why some parents are dropping out of work because of the

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all right. we are back. we woke up to dark orange skies today. we thought we would give you a look at what other people thought today through the eyes of photo journalist rob. >> this year is just weird all together. >> it's been quite a few years since i've done a night swim. i didn't think i would ever do one again at 10:30 in the morning. this is strange. just, it's weird.

>> it's crazy. i couldn't believe it. i woke up at 10:00 in the morning and i thought it was 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. >> if could i imagine what the end of the world would look like, it would look like this. >> wow! >> crazy, right? larry, i think it's you but i'll take it. i went outside but i was so confused. the kids didn't want to wake up. we can't make sense of what we're seeing. it doesn't register with what we're seeing. >> look behind me. this weird orange sky. it is so strange. if this is what the end of the

world looks like, this could be it. >> i was thinking, we've never seen anything quite like this. with you there are places, other planets where this is atmosphere you get all the time. >> mars. >> mars is a good example but who knows? >> maybe elon musk put us in a sim haitian. maybe that's what's happening. >> i've been in all kinds of natural phenomenons, bliss and tornadoes and i've never seen the sky look like this. >> crazy. >> sports teams don't have that choice to not work out. the ominous original sky in oakland. the first place as set to take on the astros. the astros are taking on seattle and look how dark it was in santa clara. the niners start sunday against

the cardinals and wednesday is a big day for preparation. especially since they have not had a pre season to work out. but kyle chanel has not, the head coach of the niners was asked about this. he said he thought he was i book of eli, a denzel washington movie from ten years ago. it is post apock limitic. what is odd, the air quality is better. the smoke has dissipated so it looks weird. but it seem like healthier air. >> i think it was about a 70 or something. the other day we were up to 240. it hoogs like it would be terrible when you step outside but when i stepped out, it wasn't that bad. the cars were just covered. it looked like a dusting of snow. >> that orange isn't ominous for the giants, orange september. i'm glad they were not day game. nighttime, you have the lights

on any way. can you imagine trying to track the ball with this orange haze? >> even though the air quality could be worse than it is now, once we lose our sea breeze at the surface, some of that could come tumbling down. we've seen ash on our cars today. imagine how bad it could be. >> orange is the new creamy. >> indeed. a word that trick or treating was banned in halloween in los y county health officials walked back the decision to ban e candy makers, the r treating complaints came in. so they are saying it is not reld. the ban is on festivals and haunted house attractions. we asked bay area officials. while trick or treating is discouraged, there is no

official ban yet. i have to think if we all do the right thing, maybe the kids will be able to go trick or treating. >> make a short term sacrifice. we can have. greater pleasures. >> yeah. and halloween is the one great day where everyone can wear a mask without complaining about it. >> absolutely. police could not help but show off with a phoney license plate. check it out. officers in millersberg, kntucky, didn't notice the plates from a distance. they noticed registration sticker was missing. an excellent artist. the police poked fun on the facebook page advising future

forgers not to forget their registration sticker. that thing looks really good. i imagine from a distance you can hardly tell. i want to give the artist some credit for his work. you have to put on the sticker. >> how hard is it? it looks pretty good. i wouldn't recommend this for counterfeit bills. >>, i ght that's now i stand corrected. that was pretty good. >> do you think that's good? it looks home made. >> that's the font. i was thinking, just the way it was double. it was like a child drew it.

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another amazing view. >> this morning, have you ever seen the sky that shade of orange? maybe at sunset but never 360 and lasting all day long. it is so bizarre. >> even with the best mental health, waking up to today's

orange skies can be a trigger for anxiety, panic or depression. so how do you cope? >> how does it feel to be in this, from a psychologist perspective. >> it feels very enclosing. it feels like, when is this going to end? this is noon in san francisco. this might be the most comforting story we could do. sitting in front of a therapist or face to face. >> if you've been mentally struggling and you're seeing this as you wake up, what are you thinking? how are you coping? >> on days where things are at their worst, my hope is that people can regroup and kind of put blinders on it and take things one step at a time. >> a child psychologist and a psychiatrist. we asked for their best advice to help understand a day up like

any other in the bay area. >> it's really easy to catastrophize and think of all the things that could go wrong. and all the what ifs. >> how do you process all of this information, all around you? >> the processing is what takes time. we can't process all the stuff at once. we don't feel alone and so that things feel a little less burdensome. >> dr. gable gave us age specific advice, starting with the youngest ones. >> just pause of the fires and keeg it simple. >> for those kids and teens with more questions. >> you want to be answering them but not in a way that causes more escalation or anxiety. >> it's important that parents stay level headed and validate their teenagers' feelings.

>> when that is the case, the doctor said you must reach for the kind of support that will get you to say this. >> if i can make it through today, i can make it through tomorrow. >> abc7 news. >> probably good advice to remember, although it's weird, it's not necessarily dangerous as we bring spencer back in. and everybody is wondering. will this last tomorrow? how many days of this? >> it depends how the marine layer lasts. we still have that smoke deck above it. and with the smoke particles scattering, and diffusing the blue light, it will look orange again. we need combination of factors. let's home it doesn't happen again. we will have low clouds and fog coming back locally inland. maybe even some coastal drizzle. tomorrow's highs under hazy, smoky skies. upper 80s inland and tack

weather forecast looks like a normahi time of year friday and saturday. spare the air again tomorrow and friday. hoping for better air quality. a little cooler pattern than average. sunday into the middle of next week. >> thank you. "dancing with the stars." the biggest sle efgest celebrit the dance floor. tia banks and the new moves she wants to bring to show. how are animals dealing with this weird weather? new at 5:00, we'll take a trip to the oakland zoo to finds out. >> plus, day feels like night. one long time report he says he's never seen anything like it. and the pop-up tha california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call

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including adding to the dance styles we'll soon be seeing. >> on the producing side there are some kind of wild ideas that i have that some people might be like what is happening right now? i think it is going to bring a lot of younger viewers to the show where they can watch with their families, which i really want. >> reporter: do the pros know they are in for some changes? >> they do. we had a zoom meeting and i told them all this and i saw some faces like wtf. >> reporter: what you won't be seeing this season bauecause of the pandemic the hundreds of fans in the studio that have been a staple of the show since the beginning. >> in terms of the audience there will not be an audience but the lighting team is working extra hard to still have electricity, you know, that feeling of audience and lights and so you'll feel a lot of energy. it won't just be like oh, this empty room and bravo. >> another change for season 29. derek huff is returning. the six-time "dancing with the

stars" champion last partnered up with mary lou henner in season 23. we'll find out what he's doing this season on tuesday. as for replacing the man who hosted "dancing" since day one -- >> tom bergeron is a comedic genius. i am not a comedian but i can be funny so i want to bring a lot of levity, a lot of humor, perhaps a lot of self-depp ra education. i think my secret sauce is a lot of like love and gushy and motivation and hype girl like you got this. >> reporter: abc 7 news. >> "dancing with the stars" premise on monday at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. i wonder if tyra banks will bust out a few moves. she is a great dancer as well. fun h a lot

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the bells adding an extra eeriness to san francisco today the middle of the day and it feels like the middle of the night. people definitely wanted to capture this moment in history. usually it is the fog that obscures the golden gate bridge but not today. >> skies in the east bay are also creepy. the smoke out from the wildfires blotting out the sun. the scene no clearer thousands of feet up. tourists were almost at a loss of words when they landed at sfo. >> what is behind this and how long will it last? our meteorologist has the answers for you. what about the animals? turns out they may have special powers. >> i'm wondering what world