your hairline. or that thing where your knee just gives out for no reason. but... you can choose your doctor who will care for all the things you didn't choose. kaiser permanente for all that is you. zoos are definitely seeing smoke impacts from the fires from northern california and oregon. it's lofted out over the ocean and unfortunately now the weather patterns are bringing them in over us. so we're we're we are experiencing some smoke. >> yeah, right now an air quality advisory is in effect. you can probably smell it as the bay area skyline becomes obscured by smoke and haze. local police and fire officials are telling people not to call

911 because of the smoke. it is since it's wafting in from northern california and oregon. it is not from here. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm julian glover. in some areas of marin county school sports games and practices even being canceled right now because of those unhealthy conditions. >> for details on all this, let's get to abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya yeah, julian. >> and let's take a look at the air quality. it just got worse for a few cities from san francisco to oakland to san rafael. it is orange which is poor for sensitive groups, moderate across many other parts of the bay area. it is best to stay inside, close your doors and windows and put your ac on. recirculate these are our tower cameras and you can see from mt. tam, it's very hard to see because of the haze. and here is a view of it, an air quality advisory remains up through tomorrow as we are expecting the smoke from wildfires in northern california and oregon to continue to impact us during this time period. we go hour by hour with the smoke forecast and

notice that that smoke just gets worse towards tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. as the winds relax a bit and then the wind will pick up. so that will help to disperse some of that smoke as we head towards tomorrow. we also have fire danger coming up. i'll be back with a closer look at that coming up. julian >> okay. thank you so much, sandhya. and speaking of that fire danger p-g-and-e's might need to shut off power within the next two days to reduce the risk of a wildfire. public safety power shutoffs are possible in eight northern california counties thursday, including napa and lake counties . the status was upgraded today from an elevated risk of a psps watch, though it's still not high enough to call it a warning just yet. >> and don't forget, you can access the same weather tracking tools at sandhya and our weather team use, as well as our air quality tracker. just go to the weather section on our abc7 bay area app where abc7 news.com. >> now we want to get to the latest in oakland where we're hearing more from former police chief laurent armstrong and what led up to his firing and why he

was so surprised by it. >> yeah. this comes one day after a report revealed he was falsely accused of misconduct and today he sat down one on one with abc7 news i-team reporter stephanie sierra, who joins us with what he said. >> steph yeah, it was interesting. i have to say the chief was very candid with his reaction to all of this. he certainly disappointed it took this long for the truth to come out, he says, but he's looking to the future. and regardless of what happens, he made it clear oakland needs real leadership now more than ever. how are you feeling about everything? >> i feel good. i feel vindicated. >> and after everything that's happened, do you want to go back to opd? >> well, i love the city of oakland and i love the oakland police department and the men and women that work at the oakland police department. and so i think everything is on the table. >> how is your relationship with mayor tao? initially, before all this happened, i initially i thought we had a good relationship since this report has been released, have you had any communication with the mayor? i haven't spoken to the mayor directly, but my hope is that we sit down and have some

discussion to figure out what the next steps are. what about your relationship with the federal monitor? robert warshaw ? >> i've always had a good relationship with the federal monitor at any point with either of them, did you get a feeling that something was off? >> did they communicate to you that they were unhappy, or was there ever a discussion that could have led you to believe this could happen? no there was never a discussion. >> there was never a question. things seemed very positive from both relation ships. >> the report clearly states there is no evidence of systemic failures within opd. do you think robert warshaw has a conflict of interest with city officials? >> no, i think that he's given his perception on where the department is. i think it's important for the city to also have a perspective on where the department is now. hopefully this external will, you know, review will help the city understand that the things that have been said about the department may not be as accurate as was thought.

>> i wanted to share a part of the statement from mayor tao in response to all of this. she wrote, quote, by immediately and prematurely standing up for himself personally, mr. armstrong failed to stand up for accountability at opd. his conduct forced me to make one of the most difficult decisions i have ever had to make. i am proud that i, with the support of my administration, face the decision head on. what's your reaction to that? >> for the mayor to think that any individual, particularly an african american in america who's falsely accused of something should not stand up for themselves, is not realistic to me. i'm hoping that we're able to settle this, but this has had a significant impact on me as an individual on my family, on my professional life, and my ability to go out and seek other employment. >> right now, the police commission is in the process of vetting the top eight candidates to be oakland's next police chief. three of those candidates will be sent to the mayor. i asked armstrong if he believes his name will be one of those three names and he said, quote, i look forward to whatever they

forward over to the city. so we'll see what happens. but the police commission made it clear they want someone who's local, who knows the city, and that is what they are prioritizing. >> okay. big developments. appreciate it. thank you, steph. absolutely. >> late this afternoon, the alameda county board of supervisors declared a state of emergency as the number of unhoused residents skyrockets. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has a look at what the declaration means for the county. >> i have never, ever, leslie, seen it like this in my life. i'm born and raised third generation here. >> community advocate ken houston is out on the streets of oakland every day. this was on 73rd in east oakland today, not only is it inhumane for individuals to live like this, it's not right for the citizens of oakland or throughout alameda county to have to endure these situations means there is also the garbage and the dumping. they just dropped this boat in the middle of the street, a

9:00 just dropped it and cut. today, the alameda county board of supervisors zeroed in on a drastic new step, declaring a county wide state of emergency on homeless ness. the resolution directs the office of homeless care and coordination to come up with a response plan in 60 days with specific steps to be taken to address the escalating homeless crisis. the county has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and what has it gotten? >> it's gotten worse. we need a state of an emergency so we can get federal money and state money. >> some of the statistic alameda county looked at included the high rent burden. 40% of those who are homeless have at least one permanent disability, the maximum state disability benefit is just over $1,000 a month. yet the average studio apartment in alameda county rents for over $1,500 a month. that gap forces many into homelessness, as does substance abuse. second chance in newark runs a recovery

shelter, and they say a state of emergency is long overdue. i think we're at the starting point of it with the state of emergency, but it will take a while for it to trickle down. >> somebody's waiting on their next meal. can't wait on red tape to eat in the east bay. >> i'm leslie brinkly, abc7 news . >> san francisco police are increasing patrols in the twin peaks neighborhood following sunday morning's deadly shooting of a 19 year old man. officer found the man badly injured from a gunshot wound at popular lookout spot around 2 a.m. he later died at the hospital. today on our afternoon program, getting answers. mayor london breed called the shooting a targeted incident, adding that the city is considering other measures to deter crime in that area. you can hear more about those measures coming up at 530. you'll be able to see the entire interview with mayor london breed in sonoma county. >> health care workers are now under orders to wear masks as covid cases rise in the area. the county's health officer said this is due to a higher rate of severe cases of respiratory

illnesses between the fall and spring. now points out that patients in health care facilities are at greater risk of hospitalizations and deaths in those cases, particularly those who are young children, pregnant, elderly or have chronic health conditions. >> coming up, a big announcement from former bay area congresswoman jackie speier. the news she just broke in the past 30 minutes right here on abc7 news. >> plus today is national voter registration day. we're going to tell you about the event held in the south bay today and why experts say registration is just part of the battle in election participation. abc7 news at five. we'll i work for the city of new york as a police administrator. i oversee approximately 20 people and my memory just has to be sharp. i always hear people say, you know, when you get older, you know, people lose memory. i didn't want to be that person. i decided to give prevagen a try. my memory became much sharper. i remembered more!

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trims. abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more on the work being done to increase voter turnout. >> the setup is underway in santa clara county for one of many events being held across the country to get more people to use their voice. >> today is national voter registration day across america. everyone is registering as many people as they can to vote. the 2024 general election is more than a year away. >> primary and special elections are happening even sooner nationally and locally. >> candidate filing started already for the march, so it's important to be out there making making sure that everyone you know is registered. >> experts say registering

people to vote is only part of the battle in increasing election participation. getting registered voters to turn out is another challenge in the november 2022 general election, 50.7% of registered voters participated statewide. the primaries in june of 2022 saw 33.1% turnout. think the united states suffers from voter fatigue when it which means that it seems like we're always voting for everything. >> all the time. and the result of that is that the smaller elections, local elections in state elections, primary elections tend to have lower turnout. >> csu east bay associate political science professor dan lee says there's even more reasons that keep turnout low, especially among certain communities. >> historically, many minorities in and youth have not been mobilized to vote to turn out to vote. there's been a great push for these communities to be registered to vote, but that registration isn't enough and we need to do more in order to get them to actually show up to the ballot box or to turn in their voter, their voter form. >> the santa clara county

registrar's office says work is being done to make that happen, not just by the county, but community groups over 19 organizations, all around the county that are coming. >> league of women voters. csu votes, all different kinds of organizations in the area registering to vote can be done online at any post office or any government agency that has voter registration cards in order to really have a truly representative democracy. >> everyone who is eligible should register and turn out in the south bay. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> our political analyst jackie speier made a major announcement a short time ago on abc seven news. she wants to return to public service. >> i've decided to announce here on abc seven that i'm going to run for the board of supervisors in san mateo county in what's called district one, which is going to be vacated by supervisor dave pine because he's up against term limits. so. wow so i'm going back to my roots to be a represented the peninsula in the house of

representatives for seven terms before deciding not to run for reelection last year. >> she says there's a lot of work to do in san mateo county, in particular addressing housing issues, childhood poverty and the strain on the middle class. >> bay area lawmakers are now demanding more information from makers of those autonomous vehicles. the letter just sent to federal regulators as hundreds of truck drivers rallied at the state capitol to call for limits on se e pilot pr.

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and kevin mullen and house speaker emerita. nancy pelosi sent a letter to the national highway traffic safety administration today requesting more sufficient data be collected from the companies. they're concerned with the rise of incidents involving avs across san francisco. city officials say there were more than 120 self-driving car related incidents back in june. that's an increase from about 30 per month in prior months. >> hundreds of truck drivers rallied at the state capitol today to support a bill that would put limits on self-driving trucks. signed bill find out who those drivers are demanding that the governor sign ab 316. the bill would require a trained human operator on autonomous trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds. drivers say these

autonomous trucks are not safe. they also fear a massive loss of jobs. >> these big corporations want to use autonomous vehicle technology for one reason only, and that's to eliminate jobs. they want. because they want to lower their labor costs and increase their profits. >> ab 316 was overwhelmingly approved in the legislature, but governor newsom has not indicated if he plans on signing it. several states, including texas and florida, have already allowed self driving trucks on their freeways. >> all right. we need to check on the weather. you take one look outside and you're like, what is going on? >> yeah, it's hazy, smoky out there. >> checking back in with sandhya for a look at that forecast. >> yeah. >> and armond, julian, i want to show you where that is coming from. when you take a look at the visible satellite imagery, you will see that there are multiple wildfires that are burning to our north. the first . one is right there over western portion of oregon. and

that smoke is drifting into our area. we also have another one in northern california. so the combination of those fires making for scenes like this from our south beach camera, where you can barely make out the bay bridge there, look at the visibility because of the haze and the smoke just over two miles in oakland, half moon bay, three miles in napa. so definitely be careful out there. temperatures right now in the 60s to 80s. it is really comfortable in terms of the numbers, but not so comfortable in terms of breathing as we look at live doppler seven, we do have some. coastline and in the sierra, we're seeing some thunderstorms developing with some showers at this hour. we have that area of low pressure that kept our temperatures below average. once again, this area of low pressure providing the lift for those thunderstorms. that low is going to kick on out of here as another trough develops to our north and just absorbs that one. this system is going to kick up winds out of the north, and that's a dry, gusty wind for the hilltops and also for parts of solano and lake counties, which

is why a fire weather watch begins at 11 p.m. tomorrow. so it is in effect until 11 a.m. thursday for solano county until . 6 p.m. thursday. it's a combination of gusty winds, up to 35 miles an hour, 8 to 15% humidity. that is going to bring fire danger up. so let's go hour by hour. i do want to show you the winds that will be gusting as we head towards thursday morning. notice that 34 mile an hour winds coming out of the north, even cranking up a little bit more than that and still remaining gusty. thursday morning. so it's going to be a narrow window where we do see fire danger going up tomorrow afternoon. it's moderate for parts of the north and east bay. but look what happens in the wee hours of thursday. parts of the north bay hills. at high to very high fire danger. so something to stay aware of, especially if you're in the area from san jose camera. it's just a hazy sky smoky, hazy skies tonight. tomorrow, gusty in the hills, higher fire danger between tomorrow night and thursday and

autumn arrives on friday at 1150 at night. as we go hour by hour tomorrow morning, some areas of low clouds. it's not going to be a solid deck and the clouds will get blown out of here by the strong northerly northeast winds developing. so tomorrow morning, temperatures, 50s, 60, tomorrow afternoon, you're looking at another mild day. but it is going to be hazy, low 80s inland mid 60s along the coast and it will. check out the accuweather seven day forecast. we're going to keep those temperatures in the 80s inland for the warmest spots 60s coast side seasons changing friday night and those temperatures are still going to remain below average early next week. we're even introducing the possibility of showers on tuesday with the best possibility in the north bay. so looking interesting for this time of year. julian and emma. >> okay. fall coming in with a bang. yeah >> appreciate it. thank you, sandy and abc7 held its annual operation save a life event at fire station four in san francisco today. >> fire departments from across the bay.

increase public awareness of fire and carbon monoxide safety partnerships with the home depot and to have helped provide more than 45,000 free smoke alarms and more than 5000 co alarms in the bay area. abc7 news anchor karina nova and abc seven general manager tom zebrowski took part helping announce another big donation from quita. >> we see that smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors save lives. the gift that was given to us by quita home depot and in partnership with abc seven is the gift of life. it's imperative that people. these for their occupancies, for their residents. and yes, now there's no excuse for the children in taking that few extra minutes when the time changes to replace batteries or not to put it off when the you know, the smoke detector has been taken down, especially when it's being done, because maybe it sounded too much during a cooking problem. >> it's really important to make sure that you do that because when it's time, there's really

no second chance. >> yeah, that's a good point. there really isn't. and you can check with your local fire department to get a free smoke or carbon monoxide alarm. stay with us. we'll be right back. >> this is. in san francisco, live in the south bay in san jose. >> in concord. live in oakland. yes, you're watching abc7 news live anytime anywhere. we are. we are. we are. we are. we are. we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you.

for years. she has encouraged you to get out and vote. and finally she next year she will have the chance to do so. to look at that big smile right there. >> congrats. all right. we still have much more news ahead. >> now we're checking in with news anchor karina nova for a look at what's coming up here at 530. karina >> thanks, julian and ahmad. tonight, we're going to dig into the developments in oakland from former police chief laurent armstrong saying there's now proof he was wrongfully terminated to the millions of funds forfeited to help fight retail crime. why the naacp is now getting involved as well, reporter stephanie sierra and answer hassan join me to discuss. plus reporter leanne melendez shares the work done to clean san francisco streets for the dreamforce conference. the lessons learned and what can be done moving forward. join us for those stories and more at 530 on

abc7 bay area streaming tv. julia ama. >> all right, thank you, karina. and you can download the abc7 app or head to abc7 news.com to join karina in just two minutes. and if you're watching us on tv, world news tonight with david muir is up next for sandhya patel and all of us here at abc7 news. >> thanks so much for joining us here at five. i'm julian glover. >> and i'm ama daetz. we'll see you again at.

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