>> next, on this special edition, hot and smoky. the weather is making for a long weekend. when will we get relief? plus, a huge headache for one of the largest school districts. an email that parents should ignore. take me down to curfew city? see what happens when guns and roses played past the stop last night. abc 7 news starts right now. >> building a better bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> check it out. it's a smoke-filled sunday in the bay area. haze is lingering just about everywhere you look. add in the heat, and this is

definitely not your ideal holiday weekend. thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. we were watching a special edition of abc 7 news -- you are watching a special edition of abc 7 news. hot weather and hazy air. a spare the air effect -- alert is in effect due to wildfires burning north of us. we have more with how people are coping. how are you coping out there? >> you know, i'm trying my best just to get through the day. it's been a smoky holiday weekend for sure up here in sonoma county. the visibility is as bad as we have seen it in quite a while. the west valley hills are almost invisible right now. folks are taking precautions, but they are trying to enjoy their holiday weekend. >> it's hot.

>> it's about 1000 feet. >> we found shirley braving a hike. the skies were hazy as far as you could see. >> you get spectacular views. you can see the smoke, too. >> we saw lots of smoke, blurring the views of wine country. >> we are having a college reunion trip. >> they moved their trip from lake tahoe due to the caldor fire and are monitoring air quality here. >> we are trying not to do any intense hiking. just little bits outside, then we get back indoors later. >> the view of san francisco was limited from our cam. the same smoky view from the east bay hills. >> we are expecting to see some levels of orange on the hui scale -- aqi scale, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

cornell: the scottish highland games were going full kilt at the alameda county fairgrounds in pleasanton, despite the air quality and temperatures. >> i'm wearing a hat to keep my face out of the sun. and then, all of the athletes, after we get done with the games, we'll retreat into the shade. cornell: we've been doing a lot of that today, retreating into the shade. air quality experts say those with respiratory issues should try to stay indoors this weekend, if you can. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. dion: hopefully, you can get yourself into some air conditioning soon. many thanks to you. it's not the best holiday weekend in the bay area with all the heat and smoke. we could be in for another round tomorrow. i feel like this isn't ending anytime soon. drew: we have a spare the air that's been extended from today into tomorrow. hazy skies once again.

take a look at the tracker. air quality is moderate. a little bit cleaner as you go towards the coast line. ukiah, that is where we find the poorest air quality. unhealthy for sensitive groups. you can see the haze close to the surface. as we go into monday tomorrow, we will find moderate to poor air quality to finish out the holiday weekend. tuesday, we will start to see minor improvements, more in the moderate category. tomorrow, along with the air quality issues, it's a pretty hot end to the holiday. we will have that in a few minutes. dion: thanks. a lot of our smoke problems can be traced to the caldor fire, burning in the lake tahoe area. firefighters have gained ground. the evacuation orders for some have been downgraded to warnings. still no word if people will be allowed back in. containment is up to 43% thanks

to favorable weather conditions the past few days. there was some concern today about the winds picking up and fanning those claims. the fire has scorched over 215,000 acres and destroyed hundreds of homes. you can track the air quality where you live, through our website, or any time on your connected tv. you can also see the smoke forecast and seven day forecast all available now on our app for roku and more. search abc 7 bay area news app to download it. fans heading to tonight's game at oracle park should not expect issues with concessions after the workers voted to authorize a strike. the union tells us it doesn't plan on taking any action and is heading back to the negotiating table later this week for three days of bargaining. workers are asking for hazard pay and more access to health insurance benefits. the union claims well over a dozen workers have been infected with covid this year.

the south bay a busy night for slideshow calls. some of you may find this video disturbing. this is just one of the incidents at san jose police responded to last night. take a look on the center of your screen. someone was hit as one of the cars spun around the circuit. no word on any injuries. there were reports of illegal activity from multiple locations across the city. keep in mind, you could be cited and your vehicle impounded for up to 30 days for participating in a sideshow. protesters in the bay area took to the streets today against the new restrictive abortion ban in texas. >> without basic r b can't be free. dion: the raging grannies group joined in. the texas law bans abortions when fetal cardiac activity is detected, which is typically six

weeks into the pregnancy. they say it infringes on a women's right to choose. >> it is a draconian measures. it is very pervasive. it can be imitated in other states, and other states are already talking about doing it. dion: the texas law is seen as one of the most restrictive in the country. take a look. if you got an email alert from the oakland unified school district about covid cases, it was in error. the district says in error -- an error sent out false messages every hour starting at midnight, containing information about old cases, including people testing positive for the virus or people who had symptoms. you can ignore the emails. they are turning off the system so they can fix the problem. we are nine days out from the recall election. governor newsom is pulling out all the stops this weekend. see who joined him today. plus, hear from the republicans

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dion: gavin newsom is spending the weekend fighting for his job. he is campaigning against the recall effort with some help from high profile members of the democratic party, including massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, senator amy klobuchar. election day is less than nine days away and the race is heating up with democrats concerned about the potential

recall's national implications. in an exclusive interview, senator warren explains why the democratic party is paying particular attention to the recall race. warren says her party could lose the majority in the senate if newsom is recalled. >> the leading opponent has said if he gets the chance, he will replace any democratic california senator with a republican. dion: republican opponents have seemingly relied on name recognition in this race. neither has appeared in any of the debates, nor have they complained. their gop opponents are raising red flags. >> i think they will say we've tried politicians. we've tried media celebrities. these are people that don't know how to manage. the government is trying to focus on national leaders to come into california and try and save him.

it's not going to work. we had 2 million californians that signed this recall petition. dion: vice president harris is expected to come to the bay area on wednesday to stump for newsom . we put together an originals documentary called totaled -- total recall about california's last recall. you confounded on -- find it on apple tv, amazon tv, fire tv, roku. guns and roses rock out last night. as the band was wrapping up with paradise city, the clock hit curfew time. things got strange for the crowd. see what happened next. drew: i am meteorologist drew tuma. we are tracking a h

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on guns and roses and surprise guest dave grohl last night because of the strict curfew. >> ♪ dion: and the crowd responded. "paradise city". cut short when they went beyond 10:00 p.m. the crowd sang along, when they were not calling out the organizers. "paradise city" was the last of the headlining set. the curfew was set up following complaints from the neighbors. i think the audience liked it, no matter what, amplifiers or not. drew: when you're up there during the daytime, it is hot. monday, we are keeping the heat overhead for another day. wouldn't be labor day weekend without some heat in the area. a refreshing look at santa cruz right now. the ocean water temperature is at 63 degrees.

you don't see too many people too far in the ocean water. the uv index is running high. it's pretty comfortable in santa cruz, 70's. it's hot and a lot of cities. 99 right now in nevada. 99 in brentwood. oakland. the sea breeze has kicked in. 63, the current temperature. live doppler seven, we are tracking high pressure. the high-pressure is keeping the air quality in the poor to moderate category. it's also acting like a heat pump, keeping the warm weather overhead. overnight tonight, even with high pressure, we will still have fog returning. longer coastline, stretching over the city -- along the coastline, stretching over the city. 50's overnight lows for a lot of us.

future trak, temperatures by 10:00 a.m., well into the 60's and 70's in our warmest spots. we are warming up quickly. we are well into the 90's in our hottest spots. we still have a couple hours of warming to go. 88, the high. 89 in cupertino. it's warm on labor day. a little cooler along the coast. downtown tomorrow will hit 70. 69 for daly city. it's a hot day in the north bay. 92 in napa. 99 in cloverdale. sausalito at 75. the east bay, 80 in oakland. 85 in fremont. 79 for berkeley. inland is hot and hazy with or air quality. 100 in antioch -- with poor air quality.

100 in antioch. the next seven days, it's hot and hazy on a holiday. moderate air quality on tuesday. wednesday, we can't rid ourselves of the heat. it turns more human wednesday into thursday before cooler weather moves in -- more humid wednesday into thursday before cooler weather moves in. dion: chris alvarez is joining us with a preview of sports. chris: this is the time of the year when baseball's stretch run is happening. a's struggling. find out why manager bob melvin believes their best baseball is still in front of them. still in front of them. giants and ahhh. beautiful day in baltimore where most people probably know that geico could save them money on car insurance, right? you see the thing is geico, well, could help them save on boat insurance too. hey! okay...i'm ready to come in now. hello? i'm trying my best. seriously, i'm...i'm serious.

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>> now, abc 7 sports. chris: by the end of the night, either the dodgers or giants will be in sole possession of the lead in the west. the game is underway with the division lead on the line. a pizza box and wine. a 6-1 win last night, trea turner with the home run. san francisco has put traffic on the bases this series, but hit have been hard to come by. the giants are 4-30 with runners in scoring position, leaving 26 men on base, in this series. >> you have one big moment, and it tends to be contagious. we've seen that from our group throughout the season. right now, we are not getting it

done in the biggest moments, as we put these little rallies together. to win major league baseball games, you have to drive in runs and have big innings. >> you just show up and play. it's as simple as that. chris: highlights tonight. cool shot of the skydome and tower. a's looking to avoid the sweep. starling marte lines one to left center. gricuk. -- grichuk, what a play. game recognize game. two runs score. pinder going full speed, shaken up, but did stay in the game. towo runs score. bottom three, former athletic, marcus semien. 35th homer. jays sweep the a's, 8-0.

oakland is four out of the wildcard with 25 games to go. bob melvin is still confident. >> i think the best of our season is yet to come. i really do. we are going to play our best to of baseball and get on a run. we have two teams we need to be at the end. i think our best baseball is yet to come. chris: 15 million dollars at stake in the final round of the pga season. patrick cantley up by two. a second shot nearly goes on to the 18th tee box. all kinds of trouble. he gets ready to hit his third shot. yikes. somehow, he would make obi. john ron -- make bogey. jon rahm needs this. it doesn't go. can't believe it. cantley leads by one. the tap-in birdie secures the victory and $15 million.

entering the season, he about he had about that much in his career earnings. can you imagine, your whole career, then, you double it? dion: not to mention with just one stroke. cannot wrap my head around it. thanks so much. just ahead, "shang chi" is here, and by that, we mean the actor who plays this superhero. he shared what his absolute favorite thing is about san francisco.

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dion: you can watch all of our newscasts live and on-demand through the connected tv app, available for apple, android, amazon fire, and roku. download now and start streaming. finally, the newest entry into the marvel universe is "shang chi," and it breaks all kinds of barriers. a good portion of the movie is set in san francisco. this is the first time we've had an asian american superhero on the big screen. earlier today, kristin z sat down with the title character actor. besides focusing on the significance of his role, they talked about san francisco and a certain popular hotspot. >> i know you've spent time in san francisco. what's your favorite thing?

>> boba guys. >> are not open yet. i looked into that. >> that's too bad. dion: you can't buy that type of exhort -- of endorsement. we will have much more of the interview tonight, as well as online. disney is the parent company of abc 7 news. i texted the co-owner of boba guys, and said you cannot buy that kind of endorsement. that's all we have. i'm dion lim. see you back here after the see you back here after the notre dame-florida state this is an epic bbq barbeque burger. cannonball! ♪ ♪ what? nothing, you're good. face is good. face is good. your face is there. try my bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. only at jack in the box.

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