now at 5:00, movie theaters reopening in one bay area county. but the strict guidelines we're expecting. and fertility fraud, and at-home dna test leads an east bay woman to sue her former doctor. the unexpected results uncovered 40 years later. and heavy smoke impacted yosemite. mike is looking at our air quality. good morning, everybody. it is friday, september 18. good to see you guys. it was really weird to hear that yosemite, i was supposed to go there last weekend and we had to postpone the trip. but now seeing the park being closed all together, it is weird >> yeah, it has just got worse as the wind shifted. you can't escape it. and it is going to be there for the better part of the weekend. plus they have the high fire danger right near the red flag warning. and back here at home, still green. how about that for the third consecutive morning. we do have a few clouds out there as a dold frocold front w through today andbring us a touch of autumn. and katrina is to our south and that is where it will stay. so check out our temperatures, waking up mainly in the low to mid-60s, mid-60s to low 70s at lunch. and mainly 60s and 7s at 4:00. and a comfortable evening, temperatures back nto the 60s. may even need a light jacket. we'll talk about the weekend coming up. new overnight, crews in san jose on the seen ofcee of a fira tire shop. access to the area and high gra hi hgh dwrantss was tricky. and crews are expeted to be there for a while. they will let the tres burn. s cause is still under investigation. and you can start going back to the movies today in marin county. they had been forced to shut down for about six months now. and amy hollyfield is live in san rafael with what we can expect to see. >> good morning. they had five movies here at this theater in san rafael and the showings will start at 1:00 this afternoon for the first time in six months. the movie theaters are open in napa, so we did head up there to check it out, see what it looks like during these times. and theaters are only allowed to fill up to 25% of capacity.

masks are required except for when you are eating and drinking in the auditorium. and the theater will make sure not to sell the seats next to you. we spoke to a couple in napa who said that they were happy to be out. >> i've missed it a hot, just missed coming here with friends and family. it gives us something to do. like kind of stuck at home. >> nice to see a movie and not have to sit in your bed while watching it. >> reporter: opening theaters is allowed once the county reaches the red level of the state he's reopening plan. but a county doesn't have to open them. san francisco and santa clara are red, but have decided not to open theaters yet. but today they open in marin, so if you are ready to get off the couch, you have this opportunity. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. at the live desk, a new report finds controversial testing guidance released by the

cdc last month was actually not written by cdc scientists. the guidance said patients without symptoms should not get tested for covid-19 even if they were exposed to someone who is infected. according to an email obtained by the "new york times," trump administration officials at the health and human services department rewrote the guidance despite warnings from doctors to actually ramp up up testing. this comes after dr. red field and trump went back and forth over a time line for a vaccine. >> i think we're probably looking at late second quarter, third quarter 2021. >> no, we want to go immediately. >> meanwhile the trump administration is facing new criticism after recently uncovering memos revealed the white house blocked a proposal from the postal service to send 650 million disposable masks to american households back in april, this is around the same

time the president was largely resisting wearing a mask. an east bay woman is suing her former doctor for medical rape. 40 years ago, she thought that she was artificially inseminated with a sperm donor, but now you a test reveals that her ob/gyn is likely the wouldbiological f. >> i look in the mirror and i don't even recognize myself. sometimes i see him. >> reporter: him meaning dr. michael kiken seen her in a facebook post. at 40 years old, julie discovered that he is likely the biological father. >> this all dates back to when my husband and i were newlyweds and trying to conceive a child. >> reporter: and katherine richards is julie's mother.

she soughtn nefertility treatme and on wednesday, she filed this lawsuit against kiken alleging battery and fraud. the complaint says that kiken inserted his own sperm into richards without her consent and against her wishes. the suit characterizes it as medical rape. >> dr. kiken lied to us. >> reporter: last year she received a 23 and me ancestry dna test kit. >> i was jewish and had a half brother. so you need to start question things. i got connected to gene yol guest and was able to make the connection. >> and so we tested my son and found he shared the same biological father. >> dr. kiken needs to answer for what he did to katie and to others. >> reporter: an attorney says that boy in the richards neighborhood was also the result

of kiken's deceitful insemination. >> we're aware of three children who were the product of dr. kiken's violations. we don't know if there are any others. certainly something that we'll find out through our lawsuit. >> reporter: kiken now lives in virginia and he is still licensed to practice medicine. but a former clinic says he hasn't worked there for about ten years. i spoke to kiken's attorney and says i have no comments and i don't speak to reporters. kate larsen, abc 7. what a story. all right. developing news now, an arson investigat is under way at an armenian church. yesterday morning fire gutted part of a community center. and officials say the cause of the fire is under investigation, but church leaders believe that someone purposely did this and used at least one molotov cocktail to start it. in july the armenian school associated with the church was vandalized with hateful

messages. >> we think that lot of people that they don't like the arrest meanians and somehow through that hate this is the way that they take their revenge. >> the church is offering a $25,000 reward. yosemite will likely be closed through the weekend, smoke from the creek fire forced to close to visitors last night. this is time lapsed video from yosemite valley looking toward half dome but you can't see it. yeah, they have been undera shifhed smoke into their neighborhoods. and tahoe is under a dense smoke advisory. and back here at home, partly to mostly cloudy conditions on the peninsula, 60 to 64 degrees. so kind of a mild morning there. as you look around as we expected, mild temperatures, low

to mid 60s. 67 in antioch and 57 in answer rosa. not nearly the fog that we had yesterday. and in fact you can see some breaks in the clouds from our exploratorium camera at pier 15. so you want to have the sunglasses early. and your activity planner for today, everything is pretty good. it will be confident abomfortab. and the beaches will have sun and clouds and temperatures a little above average and the water temperature about 57 degrees. and your air quality forecast through the weekend, and now the smoke forecast, tomorrow morning it will start getting hazy in the north bay first and then it will spread northern half of the bay throughout the day. and then overnight sunday, you can see it tries to reach more of the bay, maybe excluding the south bay. and then monday, that is our last day with haze as another nice clean cool air mass is headed our way tuesday.

now let's find out about ght? defy do. yes. thank you, good morning, everybody. and happy friday. the main story for traffic is what mike was talking about with that fog. so we'll get to a live picture now showing you our south beach camera, an overall look at the bay bridge. the chp has issued a fog advisory for the bay bridge thothis morning. things are looking pretty smooth. and we'll move over toll golden he o wind e and see how that one advisory through the at at at at pass po pass. and abc 7 news partnered with the red cross and abc stations up and down the west coast to raise money for fire

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here is another look at the smoke in the san joaquin valley and bleeding over to the coast. and also up into yosemite. here is a look at our forecast for the fire conditions. they will be through at least tonight, all up and down from bishop, tie hhrough lake tahoe, reno. and then the forecast for today,

75 in yosemite with that smoke. palm springs at 109 and a few showers around eureka. unfortunately the cold front won't bring us any shower, but a pretty comfortable day. there is a new plan to pave over a "black lives matter" mural. the day after it was painted in july, it was vandalized. and the next day a man was arrested for allegedly waving a gun at nearby protesters. inside then it suffered just regular wear and tear. martinez's city manager says that the street will be repaved in october as part of a larger downtown project. and we're focusing on race and social justice this week. and we're also launching new series giving you a chance to hear the diverse voices in our communities. and jobina is here to kick things off. >> yes, as you stated, we're doing something new here at abc

7. we're turning our mics over to people in our communities for a segment we're calling for the better. highlighting those that are working hard to build a better bay area. so this morning you will hear from tyson amere and mike davis with an organization that promotes literacy and also competerehension through releva content in classrooms. >> you already know if you were here last week, i write heavy bars. so we want to break it down. >> the black program is an evolutionary step for us because as the title says, building leaders and activists, they will get the writing skill, they will get stuff that allows them to touch on the common core and kept standards that the state of california or the united states wants them to be exposed to in school. but in addition to that, they will get the social, the political, the cultural, historical foundation that they

should have but we know that the school system is in the going to give them because the school them was the not set up to educate our community properly. we bring in that education allege experience that so many are hungry for. >> i use poetry to bring in the trauma and so that they can learn to articulate their emotions, identify certain traumas that impact them. and then provide them a platform to express themselves. because oftentimes they are shut down or they don't feel like they have a voice. so we try to provide that in a setting where they feel safe to express themselves and to be creative with that expression. >> let's talk about it. okay, i got you and then you next. >> and that is just a small part

of our conversation. you can hear much more from tyson and mike on your streaming apps and also on abc7news.com. and this is just the beginning. eery couple of weeks you will be hearing from different people from all over the bay area about our communities, their communities and the work that they are doing. and what i found really fun about this kind of project, and i think that we'll all be able to do it at some point, is that we're so ubeg telling the story, but this is a chance for people to tell their own stories which i thought was really nice. >> makes me want to go back to school. >> and i love how he approached it. it is just like you are just talking and -- i love that. i love it. i can tell that they are really engaged in that. thank yoyou jobina. >> yeah, very enlightening. and let's talk about the weather

and hopefully we can learn even more. here is the setup for today. the remnants of katrina down to our south. you can see it trying to break out a few sprinkles. a lot of that is evaporating before it reaches the ground. and the area of low pressure is about to come ashore. you can see it kicking up some showers from crescent city up toward medford, much needed for the fires up there. and it will induce a really nice day from 74 at sunnyvale, san jose 77, 70 to 76 your spread on the peninsula. mid-60s along the coast. daly city about 62. and 62 to 64 there. and upper 60s for downtown, south san francisco, salgs sausalito, 70. and 70 at rischmond, 75 at

fremont. and and party cloud over the east bay. tonight a little cooler behind the front. 50s, low to mid-50s in the north bay valleys, rest of us in the upper 50s to low 60s. and today will be our coolest day moving forward. a little breezy during the afternoon hours. smoke increasing especially across the north bay and then all of us will be smoky and up to 10 degrees warmer by sunday. and then another push of clean air on tuesday which is and a drive-in movie theater opening in san francisco tonight. minions and the matrix will be showing on a 40 by 25 foot screen at fort mason. tickets are just under $60 bucks

per car. and that supports nonprofits in the bay area. this has become very popular because september shows are sold out, but you can still get tickets for next month and, yes, i did look not to it, they have bathrooms available. you know i'm always looking for that. >> so this is a friend outing option since there is a bathroom. >> you got that right. and snacks. >> and snacks. that is all we need. okay, friend. well, coming up next, the 7 things to know this morning. summer is gone but the travel deals you can find. and california is mandating face masks to stop the spread. so that is why abc 7 wants to remind you to wear a mask for yourself, for your loved

here are the 7 things to know. number one, crews are on the scene of a tire shop fire in san jose near east capital expressway. the fire is under control, but crews warn that there will be ta while. number two, an arson investigation at an armenian

church in san francisco. church leaders believe that someone started the fire yesterday morning. in july the armenian school associated with the same church was van dalg l v was vandalized. >> and first in a pa and nnapa county are welcoming movie goers at 25% capacity. they were six months dark. >> anybody miss that smell of popcorn? let's take a look at what is going on. our third consecutive morning waking up to clean air and the air district thinks that it will last through the weekend. i think that we'll have a little bit of smoke and i'll tell you why coming up. and we'll check out a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza because we have a crash reported just before the toll plaza on westbound 80. two cars are involved here and

it also looks like there is one person trapped inside one of the vehicles. they have called for an ambulance, at least one lane is blocked. so expect delays. it is out of the view of our camera. and number seven, this is our chance to own a piece of history. i say ours if i am participating but i'm not. this t rek, stan, is up for auction. christie's expects stan to sell for up to $8 million. >> i know that you are saving your $8 million. and good for you. >> thank you. and in "gma first look," summer may be over, but many are still looking for a getaway in the fall. and there are apparently a lot of travel deals out there. here is mona kosar abdi. >> reporter: already thinking with holiday travel? in-ti

in-ti enticing deals for travelers. with the holidays just around the corner, the deals may stick as people cancel their big trips. >> we're seeing airfare being cut for travel not only six, nine months down the road but position for travel tomorrow. >> reporter: and people are interested, but experts say they aren't committing just yet since last minute tickets are so cheap, many are waiting. >> without the business travelers, the airlines don't have as many people that they could potentially get extra money from from last minute bookings. >> reporter: and coming up, we'll tell you what you need to know for stay safe and save money. i'm mona kosar abdi, abc news, new york. and since we're talking about trip, you could see have i it theresa may aga visit hawaii again. but you have to show a negative covid-19 test. you have to take it sometime in the three days before you are

set to arrive. >> getting on a plane with 100 or 150 other people that have already been tested too is a relatively safe choice i think and i think a lot of people will prou probably jump at the chance to go to hawaii. >> so the state is working with kaiser to provide the tests. if you don't get one, there is a 14 day quarantine requirement. flep friend, have you booked your flight? >> yeah, i'm excited when i found out about that last phil and iach li en areoing > dk including pupp ve, there is a new dating site for pets. >> okay 2020. positi also would be thione thing tha kimmel says he is nervous about

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prop 19 limits taxes on our most vulnerable. yes on 19. now at 5:30, the next steps for schools. will distance learning continue? the big district we're keeping an eye on this morning. and the countdown to the presidential election, the stark contrast between donald trump and joe biden's dueling events. also -- >> here they come, robots roaming the streets in the south bay. how they have turned into a lifeline for local businesses. and will there be fresh air for

the entire weekend? mike nicco is tracking our air quality. welcome to friday, september 18. >> yes, because i have plans and i need to know what is going on. >> i don't want to cancel your plans again. >> i know. i can't take it. >> well, i didn't cancel them. >> it wasn't your fault. >> i know you want to get to yes accept ci yosemite, but yeah, i think that they are closed. but back here, air quality is fine this morning. we have a few showers town to o down to our sort and a cold front to the north. and that is overturning the atmosphere. no marine layer, so not much fog at the golden gate bridge. is cleaner and cooler air this afternoon. mid to upper 60s along the coast

and into san francisco. and low it mid-70s around the bay and mainly mid to upper 70s inland until you get to the east bay valleys, a touch of low 80s this afternoon. yeah, we have warmer weather and hayes returning this weekend, we'll talk about that coming up. and will your student go back to the classroom by the end of the year? well, it covid complicated. and right now one of our largest school districts is trying to figure it out. julian glover is live with the ongoing negotiations. >> reporter: good morning. yes, we are closely watch the meetings between the san frncisco unified teachers union and the district, we're hear going there could be several meetings on the books next week. unclear the topic of discussion and if in-person learning versus distance learning could be on

the table there. meanwhile the oakland education association telling as soon as 7 reporter lee yanne melendez, th have not negotiated with the school district and there is no talks of reopening schools there at this time. and in san jose, it was announced that they are committed to distance learning for the rest of 2020 and we're trying to figure out what exactly that means for the other school districts in the bay area. >> and the issue is elementary school districts, it is easier to bring back their teachers if you are a unified district, that is hard because the union may take the position what is good for one is good for all. so a harder negotiation to make. >> reporter: and san jose unified say that they will be regrouping in decembdede so they are doing distance learning the rest of the

calendar year. but other districts have not yet announced their plans. we'll let you know when we get updates there. julian glover, abc 7 news. and speaking more about education, a small nonprofit school is serving as a model for the bay area and beyond green schoolyards america is partners with the lawrence hall of science and others to create the national covid-19 outdoor learning initiative. >> we're trying to help them think about how they could be outside as a first priority. >> of what was set up here outside was temporary, meant to deal with the pandemic. but the hope is that it will become a permanent part of the future. university of california's top health executive is warning campuses to prepare to continue with online learning beyond this

fall. the doctor who heads up uc health says expect another year of disruption to university operations. so far uc campuses have not announced plans for winter and spring. there are only two of nine campuses that have started the fall term. berkeley has reported 61 new cases of the coronavirus since classes began. and we've dedicated the week to cover back to school stories and you can find them all on our connected tv app or your streaming device. andpening dacongresswoma vi after the deaths of dozens of soldiers at that base including vanessa guillen. she is speer heading your sites of the military installation. and so far this year, nearly 30 service members died, some under

unusual or even suspicious circumstances. investigators say guillen was murdered. and ft. hood has the worst race of violent crime and incidents among its u.s. in-stastallation. it is just 46 days until election day and president trump and joe biden are both headed to minnesota today where early voting begins this morning. and here is kenneth moton. >> reporter: president trump holding a late night rally in wisconsin, attacking former vice president joe biden. >> the man is incompetent tepts. he's been there for 46 year, he didn't do a thing. >> reporter: and he is speaking to a mostly maskless crowd. >> and what we've done in a very, very short period of time is what nobody thought and we came in and we did it and we did it for you. now we have to get four more years to cement it and to do

additional things including tax cuts. they will raise your taxes. >> reporter: and the president's rally comes as wisconsin sees a spike in coronavirus cases. in stark contrast, biden last night holding a drive-in town hall in pennsylvania. voters in cars parked behind biden listening on fm radio. both the audience members and the vehicles socially distant as biden took questions in his native scranton. >> didn't i meet you when you were chief in. >> we did, sir. >> that's what i thought. looking at you like i know you. >> reporter: biden acknowledging that he has been fitted from white privilege but faced unfair treatment of his own during his working class up bringing. >> we're used to guys who look at us and think that we're suckers. look at us and they think that we don't -- very are not equivalent to them. if you didn't have a college degree, you must be stupid. if you didn't get to go to an ivy school. >> reporter: biden blasted trump saying the president should step down because of how he has

handled the pandemic. >> this is all about would be thing, t -- one thing, the stock market. it is all about his re-election. it should be about the american people. >> reporter: and now another former member of the trump administration turning against the president. olivia troy who served on the coronavirus task force as vice president pence's adviser says that trump has a flat out disregard for human life. before leaving for wisconsin, the president reacting. >> i have no idea who she is. never met ter to the beher to t knowledge. she doesn't know me. >> reporter: kenneth moton, abc news. and salesforce is giving all of its employees date off to vote on election day. mark ben i don't hac benioff ma announcement and he says that the best policy will take into account the unique challenges

facing voters. other companies like uber, nofrford, airbnb have already made similar commitments. you can get a free flu freeu tomorrow in santa clara county. the bay area and country preparing now for the double threat of the flu season and rue s resurgence of covid-19. >> it will prevent you from you ending up in the hospital and making sure that we have hospital availability for those who do have covid who are very sick. >> this saturday it run from 9:00 to 4:00. you don't need an appointment but you need a mask. coming up, this is the mask mobile cruising the streets in one bay area county. and takeout meets tech.

the bay area company behind this contactless experience. and plus breaking news about tiktok coming up. but first let's check in with mike nicco. let's take a look at some neighborhood temperatures. welcome to friday. thanks for joining us. low to mid-60s through most of the east bay. even 58 in la fayette. we have increasing clouds this morning. a late arrive of layer. and we are fresh breezes and clean air. no real drizzle to speak of except around 2700 feet. and there will be some breezes this afternoon. but no small craft advisory. air quality district, this is their forecast for today through

at least monday. here is a look at one of the smoke models. and it hasn't checked much other than it will be maybe not as con seb traitsed congress send straighted in the south bay. and you can see that it is spreading into the north bay and along the coast. and as we head into sunday, it tries to push into the south bay and it almost makes it before it clears out a little bit and as we head into monday, still a little bit of smoke, but come tuesday, another cold front, another refreshing breeze. we'll talk more about how that will affect the temperatures coming up. now a look at the morning execute. let's look at the bay e toll plaza. no word on the metering lights. and what i'll talk about is out of the view of our camera. but westbound 80, we have a two car crash, major injuries involved. and one of our.

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joaquin valley. and we do have a high fire danger even with the rain this morning up and done the spine the sierra through tonight.done the sierra through tonight. crews are going through homes in sonoma county to remove any hazardous materials. county supervisors say that you crews are spread thin but they expect the process will only take a few weeks. park officials are trying to track a coyote who bit a woman while hiking in the marine head lands. it happened tuesday on ten see beach. the woman suffered minor injuries.see beach. the woman suffered minor injuries. the mask mobile is now cruising the streets of san mateo county. and this specific van was in

daly city yesterday. and the supervisor and countyaf handing out reusable cloth masks to businesses and their customers. the goal is to help people understand the importance of mask mandate. fines for not wearing one in san mateo county start at $100 per person and $250 for businesses. there is a potential new life line during the pandemic. berkeley based startup kiw ibot oig is pairing robots like these with restaurants in san jose. >> reporter: we captured this had scene outside san jose city hall, about a dozen robots rolling through downtown. and it led us here it paper moon cafe where takeout meets stick. t tech. the delivery robot startup is employing people with a contactless experience.he deliv

employing people with a contactless experience. >> the pandemic helped us realize this stuff to start incorporating the robots to li. >> reporter: and departments are locked inside until reaching the right customer. but beyond that, the ceo says clean energy was the inspiration. >> we're creating a solution to augment the society. in the last six months, definitely our pipeline has exploded. >> reporter: he says his robot crew eliminates person to person kankt contact, keeps people inside and helps small businesses. >> it has been trying to figure out how to get established through the middle of the pandemic. and one challenge is the fact that people don't want to come outside anymore. >> reporter: and 25 were launched for beta testing. and this is the first 1i to bcie integrated with the robot cot.

amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> i'm not ready for this new life. >> i'm not either. >> i'm okay with helping small businesses, but pa businesses-46. >> i went to get my air cut on wednesday and i stopped by a business and it was closed. >> oh, no. >> gone. and i'm like, oh, should have went there a little more often. i felt so bad. but maybe the robot will keep something like from happening. but i know how we feel about robots. hi, everybody. here is a look from the roof camera. and clouds are a little late getting organized. and we'll have party cloudy

conditions and a refreshing breeze off the ocean. clean air once again. cooler tonight, party cloudy and warmer becoming hazy and smoky through the weekend and into through the weekend and into monday. today it is mid to upper 70s in the south bay. low to mid-70s on the peninsula. and 62 to 64 along the peninsula coast with more sunshine in the last couple days. upper 60s for downtown, south san francisco. mid to upper 70s through the north bay. it is one of those fridays that you want to kickoff work early and maybe do wine or olive tasting. just a day to relax. here is a look at tonight, mi

mid-50s to low 60s. and the 7 day forecast, we will have increasing smoke. it appears that the united states will block tiktok downloads by this coming sunday. i know a lot of people are reacting to this online. the department of commerce just announced the massively popular app along with wechat will be blocked, it is still not clear exactly what will happennouncel not be able to download or update the app. the move is in direct response to president trump's exec i have it order in august that forced tiktok to sell its u.s. operations, the app is currently finalizing a deal with oracle. this all comes as tiktok is reportedly considering instagram creator kevin systrom for its vaca vacant love have

tinder, now pets have pinder? all the users have to have four legs. now, come on. some dogs have three, so let's the not discriminate. pet parents can create a profile for their furry friends. once you swipe left or r find a possible match, well, then you work out the do he tails for meeting up. the new york "post" spoke to the founder and he said that he came up with this idea after realizing how tight knit the niche community of pet influencers is. pinder is holding a halloween costume contest to kick off the swiping. so then i looked and saw this quote and is isfinding a dog to also possible. >> what? >> you heard me. >> we are officially doing too much. >> between this and the

robots -- >> i feel like it is for people owners. that's what i feel like. >> yes, it is. thank you for getting down to what it is. because that's it. >> on oh, look at your dog, let's all meet up together. >> what are you doing later? >> we see you. coming up, traffic is picking up again in san francisco. and since muni service is reduced, turning to a once controversial mode of twrpgs to fi transportation to fill in the gap. and plus the 2020 emmy awards going virtual this year. so one thing that host

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two weeks. members will be the first ones allowed back in. the museum is only letting a quarter of the regular capacity in. and you can reserve your ticket starting next friday. the 72nd emmy awards on this sunday, of course will look very different because of the pandemic. all the nominees will be at home live and ready to is the ch statues. >> i'm nervous about the technical end of it because it is not something that i know much about. think about trying to zoom with your grandparents and now imagine that we've got 150 celebrities who haven't made themselves lunch in like 19 years many of them now trying to

connect technically to an award show and those are the challenges that we're facing. >> you can watch this sunday night, it airs at 5:00 right hee here on abc 7 and repeats again at 8:00. and a quick trip for the tropics. sally is unwinding, heaviest of the rain is offshore. but we'll look at what could be wi wilfred, there is a 90% chance that this will turn into a hurricane. once we get through wilfred, we'll have to go to the greek alphab alphabet. right now it is a coastal flooding storm. and it has been four years since he played in the nfl, but

coal len c colin kaepernick's brand new jersey has sold out in less than a minute. nike he released this $150 all black jersey yesterday morning. it commemorates four years since the former 49er took a knee to proceed at the time racial i injustice and police brutality. i saw this on instagram, but it didn't hit me that i needed to like buy it in a minute if i ever wanted to see it. >> yeah, i mean i had a feeling it would be popular but wow. >> that was quick. and coming up next, oakland addressing the concerns raised from the "black lives matter" movement. how a new task force is responding to calls for tee funding the police. >> reporter: and movie theaters now allowed to u

movie theaters reopening, the stricter guide lines that you can expect to see. and here is a live look outsided from our exploratorium camera, we have enjoyed some nice air. mike is tracking the air quality. good morning, everybody. and happy friday. it is september 18th, glad that you are waking up with us this morning. and mike, we really have been enjoying this air. and we havetoack. tch o haze this weekend. not quite as blue as it will be today. still have to see how much smoke and if it will reach unhealthy

levels. first the new streak of clean air. even good except for down in san jose, but still healthy air for all of us. and we have some rain falling right now up in the sierra. hopefully it helps clean out some of the nasty air that they have been dealing with. and there is a cold front to our west and kicking up the marine layer. we'll be low to mid-60s. but cooler afternoon, look at that, 64 to 72 the spread. 65 at the coast, rest of us in the mid to upper 70s. and then back into the 60s, he this evening. and we'll talk about the weekend forecast and the smoke. and new overnight, crews are on the fired of a tire shop. this is near