now at 5:00, smoky skies across the bay area. the bad air is still lingering this morning. mike tells us what we can expect a couple of clear days coming up soon. cover up or pay up. the city on the verge of proving a mask mandate that could mean $100 fines. serious social distancing with the help of robots. workers at this store don't even ned to come out from back to stock the shelves. that is quite the story we'll have. it's tuesday, september 15th. >> guess what. another spare the air day. mike nicco. >> 29 and counting. hopefully 30 is the last one, guys. i do see signs of cleaner air. we're seeing it in some neighborhoods. we have unhealty air to poor air tomorrow to thursday and friday possibly our c and

cleanest days moving forward. here's a look at the north bay. look at this. we have napa and ukiah and sensitive groups and everybody else, okay. until you get to san rafael, oakland and then look at livermore and go down to redwood city, fremont, san jose. just keeps getting worse as you head south. all the way down to the monterey bay. here's a look at sfo this morning. fog in the north bay and smog for the rest of us. temperatures going to be a little bit warmer as the upper levels like they did yesterday continue to get brighter as less smoke is up there. i'll let you know where less smoke is down where we breathe, coming up. this is day 29 of our spare the air and a doctor told one of our reporters it's like smoking eight cigarettes, even if you're a nonsmoker. that is the kind of stuff you're putting your lungs through every day. amy hollyfield with how people are continuing to cope with this

bad air. amy? >> reggie, another day to keep your mask wardrobe you have your pandemic mask and you also need your smoke mask because it is another spare the air day. here's a look at what we saw yesterday and what we can expect for today. smoke covering the area. terrible for us to breathe. in fact, medical centers across the bay area are saying they are seeing more and more patients in this last week. many of them with smoke-related issues and complaining of chest pain, of coughing. we did see a lot of people or some people out and about yesterday. some of them just saying they had to get out and they had cabin fever. >> you try to keep moving the best you can. try to get as much fresh air, you know, as you can. >> it has been heartbreaking. i hope that it clears up really soon and we get blue skies and we can start breathing again. >> health officials advise that you don't exercise outdoors

during these conditions. stay in as much as you can. you know, i heard a lot of y pod to be oong g arhis day and it's still supposed to be unhealthy air today. so, stay inside, if you can. reporting live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> i believe nothing any more, amy. thank you. of course, all the smoke is having an effect on our health. doctors say people who have pre-existing conditions are urged to stay inside. smoke can cause decreased lung function and doctors say it can even cause strokes in older people. scientists at stanford are researching the long-term effects. they say early findings show polluted air creates changes in our immune system. >> paced on the air quality today that's like smoking eight cigarettes a day, if you're just outdoors without a mask just breathing normally. >> see, there's that stat i was

talking to you about. you'll never forget that after you hear it. researchers say it will take most people from a few days to wee weeks for their lungs to heal. you can track that air quality where you live any time. just head to abc7news.com and you'll find the map on the top right of our homepage. today at noon california health and human services will pro provide an update and mayor london breed will have a separate update on the city's response. we'll stream both on the abc7 news app. in the east bay the berkeley city council is likely to approve a $100 fine effective immediately if people don't wear a mask or properly social distance. the mayor has heard of instances where people are willingly breaking the law. that includes just off the uc berkeley campus where fraternities and sororities have had large gatherings with few

masks in sight. >> right now the penalties is a misdemeanor. we don't want people to be criminalized. but we want compliance. this is a last resort. this is not, we're not just going to go around and start finding people. our goal is to try to encourage our community to really be good neighbors. >> other bay area counties have all passed similar mandates. marin county issued 14 fines for not wearing a mask and contra costa county issued one fine. a pittsburg bar owner is facing charges for serving alcohol indoors. the skorz sports bar on railroad avenue. charged the owner with two counts including violating a health order. currently bars are not allowed to be open to the public because of the pandemic. president trump is back on the campaign trail today following his visit to california. yesterday he met with the governor and got into a climate

change clash with the state oficial. >> it will start getting cooler. you just watch. >> i wish science agreed you. >> i don't think science knows, actually. >> the president was in sacramento for a wildfire briefing yesterday. he blamed our wildfires on the lack of forest management. the president also disagreed with california's secretary for natural resources about climate change. >> this doesn't have to be a partisan issue. science, again, tells us that this climate change is driving this catastrophic fire experience that we're having this summer. >> and the governor said the meeting was an opportunity to remind the president that more than half of our forest land in this state is under federal jurisdiction. governor newsom got a chance to tour an animal rescue in butte county. this was yesterday afternoon. he said the state has to focus on prevention, forest management and climate change in its effort

to prevent massive wildfires. abc7 news spoke with two climate experts who have different approaches to forest management. some are in favor of prescribed burns and other believe fire preventive safety measures are key. one thing they agree on. homeowners can take actionable steps to fireproof their homes. >> with screens over vents to prevent embers from coming in. >> we could replace every roof in rural america with a metal roof that sheds the embers. that alone would protect that home over 90% probability of surviving a fire. >> people can also clear vegetation near their home to protect it from wildfire. if you want to keep track of all the fires burning in the state right now, you can use abcp exclusive wildfire tracker right on abc7news.com and on the a abc7 news app. a live desk update. >> at the live desk, hurricane sally has strengthened to a

category 2 storm and expected to make landfall tonight near the mississippi/alabama border. here's a live look right now. checking out pensacola. you can see the beach there in florida. doesn't look too bad yet. hopefully we're really pulling for the best here. the -moving storme gulfng win of100 miles per hour. officials fear that the hurricane will stall once it makes landfall dropping more than 20 inches of rain with life-threatening storm surge. >> that is concerning. the longer it stays out in the gulf of mexico, the more and higher the likelihood is that it continues to grow. >> there are currently five tropical cyclones churning in the atlantic. the national hurricane center has just one storm name left, wilfred. this is something really incredible yesterday. after that storm forms, we'll have to use the greek alphabet to name the storms here because we've essentially run out.

the national hurricane center does not use x, y and z names because there aren't enough names starting with those letters. mike, when you told us this yesterday, i was reall r r r away. people are worried down there about what sally might bring. >> they also don't use q and u. we have 21 names every year that are a blend of french, spanish and english names and they alternate male or e-mafemale. an amazing amount of rain. yesterday we were talking about how slow it was moving. now down to 2 miles per hour. it hasn't made landfall yet but it is going to eventually and you can see the warnings and watches out there. gusts to 110 miles per hour. 10-foot coastal surge and then the risk, high risk of damage and loss of life. look at some of these rain totals the next 48 hours. pensacola nearly 12 inches and 11 1/2 in mobile. new orleans. we were so worried about new

orleans and it is going to receive a lot lesser amounts as the westward push of this storm looks like to be lessening. atlanta seven inches. quite a bit more. let's talk about what is going on back home. a whole lot of smoke and fog. livermore at 58 and low 60s to our inland east bay neighborhoods and you can see the fog thicker across the north bay and 64 in oakland and hayward. 61 in san jose and 60 in los gatos and pacifica some of our warmer spots.rnat inland eastay toy. poisibility on the roads this morning because of the smoke and fog. here's a look at your smoke forecast and you can see the north bay that is the cleanest as we head throughout today and into to and then most of us will be pretty clean wednesday. thursday is looking a little iffy as is friday right now. at times, but they could be some of our cleaner days as you see saturday is not looking quite as

good. so, we'll talk more about that coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you, mike. we are going to be looking at traffic this morning. and we have two slow spots that i'm following. i want to first bring in our oakland 880 at the coliseum camera there. you can start to make out the brake lights as people pass the coliseum. just a heads up that we have road construction between 29 and 23rd avenue. if you take 880 regularly, you know about the road construction. walnut creek 680 because we have road work until 6:00 there and, wow, you can see the backup there between main and gary and that is also picked up at 6:00 a.m. expect delays. new this morning, i want to bring in video because we had an awful situation happen in san jose overnight. a deadly crash that was initially reported shortly after 1:00 a.m. a sedan ran into the back of a

big rig and we did learn from the chp overnight that that person in the sedan died. they had the roadway cleared by about 3:00 this morning. awful situation unfolding overnight in san jose, reggie. >> thank you, jobina. happening today, apple is expected to unveil a new watch and ipad. it will be completely virtual because of the pandemic. sent out an invite with the caption time flies. certainly sounds like it's about the new watch. the ipad air is also expected to get a major redesign could reveal a subscription bundle that would bundle services like apple tv plus, aparcade and i cloud storage. notice i didn't say anythig about a phone because we don't expect that top ha happen today. we think that is delayed because of the pandemic. virtual learning struggles. a psychologist is asking the question, hose doarents

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for thursday and friday. but this weekend is looking a little dicy and i'll show you that coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. liz? >> thank you, mike. tonight the walnut creek city council will address the steps of training and improved police response after the deadly involved shooting of a mentally ill man. police body camera recorded this june 2019 shooting of 23-year-old miles hall. his mother and grandmother called for help after they claimed he threatened him. officers shot hall who was armed with a metal bar. walnut creek has since made it a goal to expand training so that officers are better equipped to handle mental health emergencies. this week as we work to build a better bay area, we're focusing on race and social justice. a huge part of that is policing and police reform. the police killing of george floyd sparked many people to ask what can be done so this doesn't happen again. now, california lawmakers are discussing some policies that could lead to change. >> since the police killing of

george floyd, several states across the country have passed or introduced bills that relate to police reform and regulating use of force. in california, more than a dozen bills related to policing were introduced this summer. only a handful passed the legislature, including one that bans the chokehold. the california department of justice will investigate police killings and enshrines reporters' rights in covering protests. one bill that failed to come up for a vote was sb 731. a bill that would have made it possible to strip officers of badges conducted of certain crimes or misconduct. it's known as desertification and california is only one of t in order to see real change. >> we can ban chokeholds and define the grounds of what police can and cannot do at protests but what needs to happen in the state of california and we're behind the times is we need to get all of these dirty officers off of the streets. >> james birch with the

anti-police terror project supported the bill. brian marvel, president of the peace officers research association of california was against it. but not entirely. he says it is in favor of a decertification but who gets to monitor the licensing. >> one of the things that we're really looking for in the police licensing piece is something that is fair and provides due process rights, which i think anybody who has a professional license would want the exact same thing. >> reporter: the hope is to find common ground and there is another policy that could do that. ab 2054. >> a bill that provides a crisis response without the use of law enforcement. >> reporter: both birch and marvel agree finding alternatives to police is one good solution. >> when somebody calls 911 there is that expectation that a police officer will come and fix the problem and that may not necessarily be the case in all circumstances. we have been advocating that there needs to be changes for many years.

>> good to see some common ground there. abc7 will have more stories like this one all week focused on race and social justice as we work to build a better bay area. this afternoon we're covering latino heritage month and how it's changing under covid-19. other stories will range from the struggles of minority business owners to our perceptions of each other. you'll have to plan a little want to ski at squall valley or alpine meadows this season. the lake tahoe resorts are warning you will have to purchase tickets in advance to reduce crowds because of the pandemic. working from home looks a lot different in tokyo than it does here. a giant robot named model t is helping convenience store workers keep their social distance and get the job done. workers control the robots as you can see here with a virtual reality set up. it's seven feet tall and has three fingers on each hand along

with cameras, microphones and sensors. the japanese start-up developed model t. you cannot buy one. instead the start up rents out the robot for a fee. >> but why is it so creepy looking? >> right. >> why does it have three fingers? is that preferable to five fingers? >> i don't know. >> i thought you needed an opposable thumb. >> right, where's the thumb. >> yeah. i don't know. looks like something out of the creepy cartoons my son watches. the villain. all right. let's talk about what is going on weather wise. you know how we feel about robots on this show. kgo roof camera back there at the studio looking south towards the embarcadero towards the ferry building and bay bridge, which we can see thankfully. spare the air through thursday and our afternoons brighter and warmer as the upper level winds are clearing out that smoke and

still sitting right where we breathe and then we have drizzle possible and cooler temperatures thursday and friday. and that should translate into some of our cleaner afternoons. here's the area of low pressure bringing much needed and unfortunate very light showers to just select cities along the pacific northwest and not really doing much of a dent for their fires and is bringing hopefully slightly cleaner air because they had worst air qualthy than we had the last couple days. the low to the south is one i'm watching for us the next couple days. until then mid 70s to 80 down in the south bay and los gatos and gilroy. and we head up the peninsula 77 in redwood city and mid 60s along the coast today. look at that 70 in downtown and 72 in south san francisco and 74 in sausalito. low to mid 80s through most of the north bay valleys with mid 60s along your coast and low to mid 70s along the east bay shore. mid 80s to a 90 out in brentwood. tonight is milder and not quite

as cool as this morning, thanks to those southwesterly winds drawing in temperatures in the upper 50s to mid 60s tomorrow morning. all right. tomorrow afternoon, could be just as warm, if not slightly warmer than today. you could see the dropoff thursday and friday as that low nears and brings us a chance of drizzle both mornings and then a slight off shore breeze this weekend and another warming trend and another chance of smoke. we'll talk about that coming up, here's liz. >> thanks. facebook wants to empower the community to fight climate change. it's launching a new climate science information center to connect users with the world's leading climate organizations. there people can learn about climate change and what they can do to help. facebook says its operations will reach net zero emissions by the end of this year. facebook hopes to reach net zero emissions for employee commute and business travel by 2030. coming up, yeah, all right. coming up next, the seven things you need to know this morning.

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all right. it is 5:24 on this tuesday morning. if you're just joining us, seven things to know this morning.

number one, today san jose city leaders will continue talks about police refois comes afterd police for multiple incidents during george floyd protests earlier this year. number two. the air quality is bad in the bay area, once again. we are now entering a record 29 days of spare the air alerts. doctors are urging people to stay inside and avoid outdoor exercise for now. do i hear 30? anybody 30? 30, 30. that's what we have. 30 consecutive days because tomorrow is a spare the air also. we'll try to bring in a couple of clean air days across the board thursday and friday before possibly more smoke this weekend. number three. senator kamala harris is back in california today. the democratic vice presidential nominee will be in fresno to get an update on the wildfires. number five. president trump will be in philadelphia tonight for an abcnews town hall event.

george stephanopoulos will host the live event that starts at 6:00 right here on abc7. number six. live look at walnut creek. we have been following a back up as you can see for people making their way southbound. this should be picked up by 6:00 a.m. between main and gary. expect delays. number seven. today the berkeley city council is likely to approve $100 fines if people don't wear masks or properly social distance. if approved, it would go into effect immediately. in today's "gma first look" virtual learning struggles. families at home are still trying to make it work but some feel that young kids are having a hard time keeping up. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma first look" how young is too young for virtual learning. >> he was just kind of laying there moaning like this is so boring. >> reporter: these are pictures of frustration. parents and kids trying to navigate the new world of

virtual learning. we turned to dr. dave anderson a clinical psychologist with the child mind institute to ask some of parents' biggest questions. >> how much are we expected to support our children physically by being present next to them during their lessons? >> see how long the kid might stay engaged without parental oversight and then try to intervene as minimally as you can and keeping them engaged online. >> reporter: what is a parent to do? coming up at 7:00 a.m., more expert tips you need to know. with your "gma first look," abc news, new york. and we're coming back with a full 90 minutes of news, including half masking. a new demonstration showing exactly why experts say we need to cover our mouth and our nose. and steps ac transit is taking -- it looks like "dancing with the stars" is back. the biggest moments from night one in the ball room.

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rvesh f . for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. talking police reform in the south bay. one big thing we expect from the san jose police department today. the poor air quality taking a toll on everyone, including kids. a doctor talks about how to make sure your home is safe and when you really need to be cautious about goinoutdoors. ♪ >> oh, yes. "dancing with the stars" is back. we'll show you the highlights from the first night in the ball room. >> a cage and everything. >> i couldn't sleep last night so i ended up watching. it was something. we'll talk. good morning on this, yes, tuesday, september 15th.

>> let's get back over to mike. i have a feeling you did not stay up for that occasion. >> am i that transparent? you're right, i did not. a doubleheader football game on espn. come on. our sister network. love me some football. let's talk about what is going on with the poor air quality. southerly wind and keep the monterey bay and south bay unhealthy air and some of that will slip into the east bay. look at san francisco and concord,ukiahnd unhealthy for those most sensitive.rosa, and it's healthr everybody. i haven't said that in 30 days. sorry. here's a look at some of the fog up across the north bay. watch out for that visibility very low. and look at this. winds are very light at the surface. so, don't expect that fog to move much. temperatures are going to be warmer today. mid 60s at the coast. mid 70s around the bay to mid

80s inland. expect the need of sunglasses also as it will be brighter. reggie? >> mike, thanks. because of the spare the air days the poor air quality is starting to take a toll on kids. some nursery schools and day cares have had to close because of it. doctors say the air is safest at home with air filters and the windows closed. >> return to school might be best once the air quality is enhanced and that fires are a bit more well controlled. children are a little bit closer to the ground and breathe faster and may be affected more severely than adults. >> so, keep a close eye on the number. if it's above 100, the air quality index, then doctors say you need to really be careful about taking your kids outside. parents should keep kids with asthma on their medication and call the doctor if increased coughing, breathing rates, leth

lethragy or irritabilitrritabil. breaks down the readings around the bay area. san jose city council will meet today to discuss police reforms and also expected to reduce additional body cam video from the george floyd protest earlier this year. this week as we work to build a better bay area, we're focusing on race and social justice. julian glover is live with what we can expect at the meeting this morning. good morning, julian. >> hi, good morning, liz. yes, it will be pretty packed san jose city council agenda today. the focus, as you mentioned, the san jose police department's response to the protest following the police killing of george floyd and what the department can do differently going forward. the council will review hours upon hours of police department video and the may and june incidents including a collision between police, motorcycle and a running pedestrian and the incident involving officer jared

yuen. also reviewing the 230-page report outlining the department's count of what happened during that period of civil unrest. another big development expected to come out of this meeting, though, the council will vote on six changes including the minimum age that minors can be handcu handcuffed. they're going to try and pass something about stop hiring recruits with tattoos linked to potential hate groups and also prohibiting sj officers from covering their badges among other changes being proposed there. facing a federal civil rights lawsuit over the use of rubber bullets during those protests in may and june and those large crowds banning those rubber bullets and other projectiles is another item the council will take up today. we expect to get a lot of new information out of the council meeting start at 1:30. reporting live, julian glover, abc7 news. >> julian, thank you.

senator kamala harris will be in california today. the democratic vice presidential nominee will be in fresno to get an update on the wildfires and later she's going to travel to las vegas. tonight, the president and the people. abc news holding a town hall event in philadelphia. president trump expected to take questions about the election, the pandemic and more from a group of undecided voters. it comes as the trump administration faces new questioning about the pandemic. >> good morning. with less than seven weeks to go until the election. president trump facing fresh criticism. overnight president trump on the campaign trail in arizona where there was little social distancing and few of his supporters wore face masks. >> this virus was a big setback but now we're back to business. >> reporter: this coming as the number of american lives lost to the covid-19 pandemic inches closer to 200,000. the president facing fresh

criticism for holding his first indoor rally in nevada this weekend in defiance of regulations. the city of henderson now issuing a $3,000 fine to the venue that hosted the event. meanwhile, the president now dealing with the fallout over comments made by michael caputo a top official in the department of health and human services. accusing scientists at the cdc of sedition and trying to undermine the president. caputo under fire to change weekly reports on covid-19 to better align with the president's optimistic claims. house democrats are now launching a probe into the politization of the cdc science memos seeking the voluntary testimony of seven dhs officials including michael caputo. inesde la cuetara. >> the president and the people at 6 p.m. right here on 7.

more businesses will be able to reopen tomorrow. that means personal care services that involve close facials and waxing, they can operate outdoors. tattooing and piercings are still not allowed. race tracks and card rooms may operate outdoors. film andoduction can resume. the county says it updated the health order to align with the state's new tiered system. contra costa county is in the purple tier as is much of the bay area. san francisco mayor london breed will give an update on the city's respauronse to the pande. salons and gyms are back open for indoor business, again. new safety rules and restrictions on capacity. >> it's been stressful, but we're all happy. everybody is just, it's a relief for our clients, too. >> i don't know that i'll be able to recover from six months of closure but i'm going to fight like hell and i'm sure

into to housing essential workers and now take tourists. nail salons and massage studios are allowed to have customers inside. if you want to double check what is open in your county and what is closed, find the latest on our interactive map right on our website, abc7news.com and on the abc7 news app. coming up, trying to find a fix for this trash issue. the push for $3 million in funding in the south bay. hershey is doing its best to make sure halloween happens this year. the new tool to help families figure out what's safe. first, we check in with meteorologist mike nicco and our unsafe air. yay. >> yay. once again. come on. 29 days. you're used to this, right? wrong, right? correct. let's take a look athasgoin

le smog and air quality for those who are sensitive. 56 in ocean beach and ferry building about 58 degrees right now, as is downtown. most of us in the mid to upper 50s until you get to pittsburg. san leandro. here's a look from our roof camera and you notice the flags on the ferry building not moving too much. stagnant air and that's why we have smog this morning and air quality issues for anything you're doing outside today. n 5 mask helps if you want to spend time outside. unhealthy across the board and i believe parts of the north bay as we're seeing this morning will be moderate at times. poor tomorrow. that will be our 30th consecutive record setting unhealthy day spare the air alert. here's a look at our smoke forecast and you can see the north bay looking pretty impressive as we head through today and tonight and some slips down along san francisco and along the peninsula coast and as we head through day, tomorrow

could be one of our cleaner days as this smoke fofrecast shows. we could see a slight uptick but notice it does mix out a little bit friday before the northerly winds kick in saturday and bring in more smoke to the forecast and also bring back warmer weather. we'll show you that coming up in the accu weather seven-day forecast. now it's time for traffic. here's jobina. good morning, jobina. >> good morning, mike. good morning, everyone. we'll start off with a look at the graphics here because we're following a crash in san lea in, leandro. an ambulance called out to the the scene. this is southbound 880 before the 238 connector. so, heads up to you this morning. i'll let you know when it clears or if we get any additional details fromchp. move over now to a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. i just checked. no word on metering lights from the chp, which is i would say a

little nu little unusual because we've been seeing them come on earlier and earlier and over at walnut creek has really been our hot spot all morning long due to some road work in the area. you're seeing the residual delays for anyone making their way southbound. the road work supposed to be picked up at 6:00 a.m. cleared early. that was between main and gary and we should hopefully see this moving in a few minutes or so. also happening today if you ride the bus, you'll be able to grab a few mask and hand sanitizer on ac transit and found on the rear door of most buses. the alameda county costa is part of a plan to maintain and protect the health of transit passengers and help reduce the spread of covid-19. each bus in the if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. ha! these drops probably won't touch me.

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>> let's head down south really quick. hurricane sally winds gusting up to 105. it is getting near the hurricane 2 status but notice it slowed down even more. 2 miles per hour. that means it is going to dump a ton of rain. up to 20 inches along with a ten-foot storm surge and high risk of damage and loss of life. and the red you see there, that is a tornado watch while the green is a flash flood watch. not only do we have those items to contend with, we normally think about with a tornado or with a hurricane but then we have tornados and 12 inches in pensacola and nearly 7 in tos >> gh ke, thank >>newdetails on rolling blackouts in california. "the chronicle" reports a mistake made by pg&e may have contributed to them. it says the utility sent a message intended for a small plant in fresno county to ramp up to full capacity. the message ended up going to a

bigger plant that caused that plant to reduce its power output. the independent california system utilities ordered it to start cutting power. new developments on a story, as well, that we brought you last week about trash and illegal dumping in san jose. city leaders announced that they are looking for a $3 million boost to combat the issue. hundreds of illegal dump sites throughout the city. mayor sam licardo to get onboard to help clean up. >> by making this commitment and resources, we're saying it is on us. we recognize we're going to step up and do our part and making sure we dedicate the resources to addressing this very serious challenge we have in our city. >> the city has already identified priority locations. you can use the san jose free 311 app or call 311 to report dumping issues. i'm excited about this. the deyoung museum in san

francisco is going to reopen next week and a new exhibit. it's a big one that features freda >> we sent our curriers back to their homes and the museum had shut down and no one had seen it except for myself and a few of my colleagues and we're excited to share it with thede young wlo memberc next friday. the museum is limited to 25% capacity and masks are required. now, to the latest premiere of "dancing with the stars." the judges had their claws out for carole baskin. ♪ >> the woman who gained

widespread fame scored an 11 out of 30 on her routine. it was actually the star who performed before her who stole the spotlight. ♪ >> all right. that is nelly doing a back flip on stage to his own song "ride with me." one of our writers want me to point out he's 45 years old in that that is jgeriatric. the judges gave him a 16 out of 30, which is not a very good score by the way. so, i don't know what they want. >> he did -- >> a.j. from the backstreet boys got an 18 out of 30. >> nelly did a great job. i was busy dancing to that song. did we show the backflip?

>> it was super impressive. >> can we see that cat again, reggie. >> i know mike -- wait, liz, you have seen "tiger king". >> oh, yeah, definitely. >> mike still thinks this is just like this nice lady carole baskin on the show. mike, please watch this. >> did you see the ad? there's rumors and accusations she killed her husband. the family of her husband put an ad that aired during "dancing with the stars" commercials last night of them saying and accusing her of killing her husband. >> yeah. >> the drama never ends. >> don't i feel stupid. egg on my face for not watching now. all right. you got me hooked. >> or you're mentally healthy. i'm not sure. >> all right. let's move on and not answer

either of those. san jose we're looking at cloudy conditions this morning. and it's about 61 degrees. i'll use this as the backdrop to tell you a little brighter today. grab the sunglasses. a little warmer, also, especially across the north bay. milder tonight as some of that warmth will linger. a little smoggy tomorrow. a little drizzle possible along the coast and into the east bay hills. that will continue the next couple of nights and then the weekend we'll get that off shore breeze which means warmer temperatures and the return of smoke. here's a look at where the rain is falling on some of the fires up in washington and oregon but it's not just hea but it is helping. obviously, much more than hot temperatures and dry air would. let's talk about our temperatures. smoke in the south bay today. 76 in sunnyvale and near 90 in morgan hill and gilroy. head up the peninsula and wn 70o us are in70 63 to about 65 along the

peninsula coast with low to mid 70s in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito not quite as breezy as yesterday afternoon and low to mid 80s through the north bay valleys and 71 at berkeley and oakland 74 to 75 in fremont. as you head into the valleys, 5 in pleasanton to brentwood at 90. today a lot of us in the 60s. that's how much milder it is going to be with smog and white drizzle. tomorrow could be the same if not just a touch warmer than today with less smoke. our cleanest days and our coolest days right now thursday and friday. and then it warms up again and gets kind of smoky saturday, sunday and monday. have a good one. liz? >> thank you, mike. treick or treating won't be the same because of the pandemic and hirsershey wants you to celebrate safely. come up with this website halloween2020.org. features a map showing the severity of the outbreak in your area labeled by color. green, yellow, orange and red. much of the bay area is in the

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you saying, yo, home to bel air. people will soon be able to book an air bnb stay at the house from "fresh prince of bel air." will smith made the announcement yesterday. it only open to l.a. county residents only due to covid-19 restrictions. it will only be available for five nights next month. during each one-night stay guests will have access to the wing that smith's character h lived in and it costs $30 night. i'm sorry, e i assumed it was going to be $30,000. $30 a night, much better in honor of the 30 years since the show premiered. i had trouble getting through that. that's kind of cool. for $30, that is a good deal. but only for l.a. county residents. >> why would i want to stay in a house that is not as nice as

mine? that is some huilarity there. 30 bucks. i'm there. i'm moving in. that's much cheaper than my mortgage. let's take a look at what's going on with future clouds and radar and notice that low spinning off the pacific northwest today, tomorrow, thursday. yeah. bringing them some waves of much-needed rain. we have a chance across northern california thursday into early friday and then you can see that storm system moves on and behind it, this is what i'm worried about for the weekend. see the wind flow. that is coming off the mountains and where all the smoke is. if we see any measurable stuff the next couple days, it will be drizzle in the morning. liz, reggie. >> mike, thank you. new at 6:00, the new idea being voted on today to save some north beach restaurants. the difference for a handful of local spots surviving the pandemic and we'll tell you what is going to happen, what's it about. the next bay area city that could fine you for no masks.

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> there's probably about 200 different types of intoxicants in the air and we d tare. that is like smoking eight cigarettes a day. >> clearly not good no matter who you are and this record of thick smoggy smoke continues today but finally a chance to see those blue california skies. it is getting a little bit better, but we're not quite there yet on this tuesday, september 15th. we'll check in now with meteorologist mike nicco to watch our progress. hi, mike.

>> hey, reggie. hi, liz, jobina. hi, everybody. thanks for joining us this tuesday. it was brighter yesterday as the wind shift did clear out the middle and upper parts of the atmosphere and still locked into the marine layer. you can see right here across the monterey bay and the south bay heading up through the bay and into the east bay. not until we get to san francisco, concord, san rafael, napa and ukiah. unhealthy for those most sensitive and not, it's fine for all of us around fairfield, santa rosa right now. that's some good news. let's look at what is going on. fog across the north bay. visibility a half a mile and smoke for the rest of us and warmer temperatures this afternoon. 60s, 70s and 80s. >> mike, thank you. 29 days and this kind of air is a long time for anyone and we are seeing people