that is in effect through tomorrow. poor air quality expected both today and tomorrow as we look at the winds, though, they're starting to ramp up right now, gusts to 26 in napa, 22 at rio vista. this onshore breeze may tempoorary really bring some improvement, which we're starting to see right now. some parts of the bay area going to moderate air quality, even some green there. good air quality, but it is still very clearly poor from parts of the south bay to the east bay in that orange. so we go hour by hour looking at that smoke forecast still going to be hazy at 5 p.m. this evening as we head into the latter part of the night. it gets a little bit better. and then tomorrow, the haze lingers. but we will start to notice an improvement later on this week. we do have a fire, fire danger going up with a red flag warning for the north bay mountains. i'll be back with a closer look at that coming up larry. >> all right, sandy, we'll see you in a few minutes. air quality officials say the brunt of the impact right now is south of the golden gate. and they say it'll get worse before it gets

better. so here's what's causing all the smoke in the air. a number of wildfires burning in the northwest corner of the state north of eureka, into oregon, and they're impacting the entire region. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra tracking the impact. >> it is hazy out here today. the bay area air quality management district says the brunt of the impact is south of the golden gate bridge, which is where we are right now. conditions north into marin county are improving, but experts tell us it will get worse before it gets better. the bay area is bracing for several days of hazy skies as some of the largest wildfires burning in the us are merging in the dense forests of california's northwest corner. it's causing scenes like this. no sailboats out on the bay, but smoky skies drifting over the golden gate bridge. the forecast models had indicated that we were going to see impacts from smoke, but not to the extent that we ended up seeing yesterday afternoon. >> so it did catch us a little

bit off guard. >> duc nguyen is an air quality specialist with the bay area air quality management district. he says the wind circulation is expected to become heavy and will continue to bring unhealthy conditions to the area. >> for we do anticipate impact in the bay area to continue through today and thursday. >> the haze is stemming from intense smoke from several major fires burning along the southern coast of oregon and in far northern california, south of the oregon border. >> it's possible these conditions could remain for a few days. our incident meteorologist is looking at a cold front coming into the area today. that is going to bring in strong winds. and so we have a likelihood of additional fire growth and fire growth means additional smoke. but as we look out towards the weekend, there's increasing chance of rain. >> jesse bender is part of the great basin team fighting the anvil fire. she explains the moisture expected this weekend could shift the flow of smoke, bringing relief back to the bay area.

>> looking into the future with wildfire being so unpredictable or just wildfire behavior overall, the smoke coming down take long distances. there's a lot of variables, including when temperatures impact, how the smoke plume is going to behave. >> unpredep detectable just like california's wildfire season. >> i think we have been very fortunate this year, although how we started off very slow, very below average for the most part across the entire western us. the past few weeks have seen a dramatic increase in activity and have had several very large fires with a lot of challenges for containment. >> the bay area has 30 air quality monitoring stations that track the latest aqi levels. >> and to put it in perspective, for you, the air we're breathing today is the worst it's been in nearly two years. so expect the spare the air alert to continue through thursday with unhealthy conditions that could persist

through friday. reporting in san francisco, stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> all right. well, the poor air quality prevented the oakland zoo from opening today. staff remains on duty. they're being encouraged to wear masks while working. they are monitoring the animals but they say there they're currently no health concerns. also in oakland, children's fairyland closed today at 1 p.m. due to poor air quality. now the smoky skies affected flights this morning at san francisco international airport. here's a live look for you at the airport. still doesn't look very good. it's still very hazy, but the faa placed sfo on a delay program earlier due to reduced visibility. an airport spokesperson says a total of about 10% of flights had some delays is averaging less than 30 minutes. there was no known impact at airports in oakland and san jose. >> it looked like dust suspended in the air today in san jose. the air quality index reached 127 this afternoon and that's considered unhealthy for sensitive people. it is expected to slightly improve to 96, which

is in the poor range. so we're striving to become poor at this point. the epa's index ranks air quality from 0 to 301 or even higher. that would be the worst range, obviously. and the smoke created a golden hue this morning in palo alto. it's actually kind of pretty. you see patches of some clearer sky there. it's a smoke filled horizon. air quality here expected to substantially improve by tomorrow. and everybody wants to impact of the smoky air could have on our it's hard to breathe at times and you know a lot of a lot of sinus congestion and coughing, no doubt. >> so that's why oleg patel, our correspondent here, talking about the health impacts. so just looking at a day like this, how concerned should we be on the impacts on our health, especially concerned if you have underlying heart or lung disease. >> pregnant women should also be concerned and children and infants especially. we need to pay close attention to. and we can't forget about our furry friends, as i see people outside exercising right now, which you should not do when the air quality is bad, you can exercise indoors and there with their poor pets who are probably out

there being like, what is this air? >> well, at least it's not the orange skies that we had a few years ago, which was, you know, apocalyptic. but let's say you have asthma. any kind of difficulty breathing. what do you suggest? obviously not going outside to exercise, but what else? >> one thing i got to go back to what you mentioned about the time when it looked like blade runner outside and it was orange. i don't think people should be fooled by thinking that the air is safe if you don't smell or see anything. because at times the aqi can be really bad and you won't actually smell smoke in the air. could be clear. and i remember even when it was orange, the aqi was better than it was the day before when it wasn't orange. so that's why everyday people should really check that aqi and just look to see if it's safe, especially if we have wildfires. now, if you do have if you are sensitive, if it is bad outside, you want to make sure that not only you're paying attention to the aqi, you're getting out of that air, spending as little time as possible, whether it's exercise yard work or whatever it may be. you're keeping an n95 and also getting indoors and making sure you have the right type of air filter or you're

making your own air filter. there are your air filter, your own air filter. they are do it yourself box fan air filters. you can make right now. >> really? yeah i think we tried that at home because for a while it was actually really hard to get an air filter or how that works. air purifier to know it works. it works. yeah. yeah. but i want to ask you like, so if you've got jogging, if you've got, let's say kids sports and their coach hasn't canceled, what should you do? >> i think it's totally on parents to have that conversation with coaches and ask like is it actually safe because the air quality can differ in certain areas versus others. when can change all of this as well? and so we want to make sure that there's plenty of eyes on the air quality right now. and people are ready for things to get shut down and closed. >> are you recommending that people wear masks if they're going outside, at least for the next couple of days or is it only if you, let's say, have asthma or some some other underlying condition? >> i would recommend that people at least have them available. we don't know when the aqi is going to change. hopefully it gets a little bit better. now if it's below 100, the average person

who does not have underlying health factors is probably not going to feel anything. i would say just limit your time outdoors, but keep one on you just in case you have to spend more time. >> all right. i still have so many left overs, so may as well use them when you see conditions like this. >> yeah, for sure. >> they still work. they're still great for your heart and lungs. >> all right. thanks, doctor patel. >> and you can check the air quality anytime using our online interactive tracker to find it along with our full weather forecast. anytime. just go to abc7 news .com. >> well, yesterday's oakland city council meeting lasted almost 12 hours. much of that time filled with concerns and complaints about crime. abc seven news reporter answer hassan had details on the city's latest efforts s made during that meeting to try to improve public safety. >> it takes a comprehensive approach to address crime to reduce crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everybody. >> oakland city council member dan kalb says the resolution that passed tuesday night is a new, more comprehend. to increase public safety and

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north bay mountains. parts of lake and solano counties, 11 p.m. tonight until 5 p.m. tomorrow. we are looking at those gusty winds, low humidity. so any fires that do break out are going to rapidly grow in size and intensity as we go hour by hour, 11:00 tonight. notice that northerly wind to 29 miles an hour. that gets stronger at 2 a.m. we are looking at over 30 mile an hour winds. this is not expected to be a very strong wind event. and the humidity is still going to be high enough that it's not going to be a very high fire danger situation. but it certainly will be elevated around this time of year. so stay aware as we go into tomorrow afternoon, the winds will begin to subside. look at how bad the air quality looks right now from our sutro tower. camera 66in the city. it is 69 in oakland, san jose, you're at 79 degrees. pretty mild weather, 73 in palo alto. and from our sfo camera, hard to make out whether it's just haze or some low clouds as well. it's kind of a combination. 69 in santa rosa, napa, 71. you're at 82 in

vacaville, mid to upper 70s from concord to livermore from santa cruz camera, we are seeing a gray sky there. hazy skies and spare the air through tomorrow. gusty in the hills. higher fire danger later tonight and we're looking at fall arriving friday . better air for all of us to breathe easier for the weekend. tomorrow morning, we'll have some areas of low clouds and we'll really pretty much see those clouds get blown out of here for the afternoon and the evening hours. so limited in cloud cover, hazy skies tomorrow morning. temperatures in the 50s for most of you tomorrow afternoon, you're looking at similar temperatures to today. still hazy sunshine, low 80s inland mid 60s coast and a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. notice below average temperatures continuing right on through early next week. fall begins on friday and we will have an improvement in the air quality as we head towards the weekend as well. there is a possibility of some showers between monday evening and tuesday morning with our best opportunity looking like the north bay. but one model wants

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>> i know that my students are hurting. i know that they come to school every single day trying to figure out when their director is going to be back. >> mims has been placed on administrative leave. he faces charges, including disorderly conduct, physical harassment and resisting arrest. you know, it's hard to know exactly what happen . but, you know, chris, you would like to see something like this resolved without anybody getting tased. >> yeah, i think, as you mentioned, i'd like to know the full story there, but it's hard to imagine it getting that out of hand that quickly to where they needed to do that. so like a little more on the story. but it's an unfortunate thing, especially for the kids to see something like that. you wonder what kind of traumatic experience that is for the for the young students. yeah >> anybody else want to jump in here? >> yeah, i think it was a little extreme, but we do need to know more details on this. i mean, if the person wasn't cooperating, i mean, did it go on for a while before they had to tase him?

>> yeah. even if it did, if the whole problem is just the continuation of music. yeah i have a hard time seeing how he progressed to that. >> yeah. yeah. >> we need to know more. yeah we do. >> okay. it seems some women are voicing concern over a feature on apple's new operating system. the feature is called name drop and allows iphone users to quickly share contact information by just tapping their phones together. some women say the feature poses safety risks and awkward encounters. apple says those who don't want it can eily disable it. all right. well if you can disable it, that's fine. and presumably you do. if you want to do this, you can. >> you know, this was available on phones two years ago. don't you remember? i think it might have been samsung that had the thing where you click the two phones together and then you transfer your information. so i'm not sure what's new about this, but i would hope that the feature is disabled when you get the phone and if you want to enable it, then you can and then we can click the phones together and go from there.

>> it's like airdrop. i don't want random people's pictures, you know what i mean? it's like i set it to only my friends or contacts can find me in airdrop. so i presume if you can do the same thing, then why not? yeah. no wonder. why do you think sandy anyway? i don't get your photos. >> i mean, you could if you can turn it off. >> i think it's good. kristen yeah. >> yeah. all right. if you're pushing to work remotely now, you have another positive in your favor. as mike singletary, a former linebacker, would say, this is my kind of party. >> anyway, a new study found telecommuting is better for the environment. >> researchers study for that. >> well, you know, it's good. it's from cornell, so it's legit , they say. >> cornell and microsoft teamed up and they did this study. they say it could cut a person's carbon footprint by 58, compared to in office work. one day at home did not make a significant difference. so i've been outspoken on this topic so much

that the bosses have just told me to just just leave it where it is. but anybody else like chris, wouldn't you want to work at home more? no larry. >> no, no. chris is a thing about working in person and being around people. but also you think about just san francisco and the way we've gone with the city and we talk about all the empty buildings and the economy and trying to bring the city back to life. so if everyone's working at home, you can't bring the city back to life. i'm specifically speaking about san francisco, but i think it would be that way anywhere of places that are trying to have kind of having trouble coming out of the pandemic. i know it's been a while, but you still look at san francisco, doesn't still feel like it was pre-pandemic, at least to me, like 2019 ish. >> chris is just ascend it in management's rankings. after that response there. that was well done. i applaud you, chris sandia yeah, i mean, you know, i think there is a benefit to working in person versus from home, but obviously some of us

work from home. >> so i mean, we can see how that would be better for the environment, right? >> larry i'm a little a mix. how about a mix? >> you know what would be great for the environment, too, is if we have fantastic transit, a ways to get to work that can allow for the in-person collaboration on the days when we're there, but without the carbon footprint of everybody driving in their individual cars, sitting in traffic, not moving for a long time, air taxis. yeah, that's the solution . >> exactly. >> five years. all right. >> social media has done it again. a tiktok trend has led to a new product. pringles has released a crisp and caviar collection. the limited edition products went on sale yesterday. it pairs pringles flavors with the caviar companies, caviar and roe. the unusual snacking combo is available online. prices start at $49 and go up to $140. the companies say the combination is the epitome of luxury snacking. wow wow. >> quite impressive. it seems a

little. you know what? you know, everybody's into their shark boards now and making that stuff . and i think if you got a bunch of people together, that could be a fun thing. and, you know, maybe not too excessive. >> charge them 50 bucks at the door to come in for your pringles platter, you know. >> oh, is that what i'm going to see at the wedding next week? thought i already got you a gift. >> that was a good one. that was a good one. yeah. no. well, getting me back. >> i'm trying. >> i'm trying. >> who wants the. the potato chip caviar combo? so i'm a vegetarian, so i'm not going to go for it, larry. >> i'll just say i don't think it's that surprising of a combo like, i think caviar bro, is often served with something crunchy that is a vessel for holding it, and that seems like it's perfect. yep. so okay. >> all right. so chris, i'll be expecting that caviar next week when we show up. all right. we'll see you there. all right. >> that's it for the fourth. for >> we'll be right

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here? >> what's going on? what are we smelling? what's going on up there? >> all. all right. what we're smelling up there is a lot of smoke right now. >> yeah, it looks bad. sandra, what's the latest? >> yeah, the latest is when you take a look at this air quality, larry and kristen, we're in the moderate to poor category in the yellow and orange. but there are a couple of spots in the north bay that have gone to green, which is good and live doppler seven showing you some low clouds near the coastline. as we check out those temperatures for tomorrow, mid 60s to low 80s, not a whole lot of change in terms of the numbers. hazy sunshine, breezy coast side. we're going to fast forward to early next week. a cold front coming in monday night into tuesday morning. could bring us some showers. certainly this model is painting a wet picture . this would be the first rain of the season and if you buy this computer model just about everybody getting in on a little bit of rain under 15 hundredths of an inch. ukiah about 4/10. accuweather seven day forecast fall starts on friday and we're going to keep those temperatures below average. but here's the good news. air quality is going to be better for your weekend

plans and then chances of showers early next week larry. >> all right. thank you, sandhya . and on the subject of air quality, you can get live air quality and weather forecasts any time on our abc7 news bay area app. we've got 24 over seven checks on the conditions where you live. all you have to do is download the app. it's free wherever you stream. all right, coming up, a new program is changing the game of golf. >> it's adding diversity ahead. a tournament shaking up a game built on tradition known for lessons that matter.

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at ten. catch the rookie then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. historically golf is known for its diversity issues, whether it be racially or with women. two universities from opposite sides of the country formed a unique tournament to combat those problems. here's abc seven news anchor jobina fortson from tpc harding park golf course. >> the tpc harding park golf

course is witnessing history. you can see it on the flags waving as you enter. and it's a little more obvious when you look at who's playing on the fairway golf needs help. you're looking at the second annual university of san francisco, howard university intercollegiate a golf tournament, shaking up a game built on tradition. the first one was last year on the east coast at tpc potomac. my brothers actually a member at tpc potomac, back back in washington, d.c. so we were trying to get howard some access to practice at tpc potomac. >> and we thought the best way to get them access was to put on a golf tournament, give the club some money, and here we are last year, nine teams participated. >> this year, 13 the tournament puts an emphasis on including historically black colleges and universities like howard and also schools from our region and ivy leagues. >> the partnership has worked out best for really well for all parties. so very excited about that. >> golf needs this, the golf is, to me, the inclusive piece to give everyone who enjoys it

should have the opportunity to compete and play. and i think that's what this tournament is doing, is showcasing a lot of great programs, some of whom may not have an opportunity to play together. >> according to golf digest of the nearly 29,000 pga of america members, fewer than 1% are black. less than 10% are women. ahead of the tournament, young girls could be spotted at the howard usf first tee clinic for kids college kids were running the clinic giving back to the kids of the future of golf, which was really special. >> that was more more important than the golf tournament, really. >> the bay area connections run deep for the bison, and in 2019, warriors star steph curry donated millions to resurrect howard's men and women's golf teams. they debuted at the division one level, with the men winning the pga works collegiate championship twice and during this interview we found out the women won their first tournament at the fall slate. i can't believe something unless you see it. >> you can watch both teams now

and an espn plus series executive produced by curry. >> he exemplifies someone who's not just trying to write a check. you know, he does it in in time and in talent. and so, you know, like i was texting with him this morning, he's crossed seas right now. and you know, texting him, wishing the team good luck and different things like that every element of the usf howard partnership is rooted in access. my dad was an all-american in golf in 65, so i mean, i've been in golf my whole life. you know, your friends look different. you play, you play in different communities, you play good courses, bad courses. you travel the country to play. that was my exposure. and so now being able to bring it full circle and to give the howard students an opportunity to do that, it's been exciting. >> reporting from the cart path in san francisco as a proud howard alum, jobina fortson, abc seven news, the usf howard intercollegiate uh- has already signed their tournament agreement for next year and they'll be playing at tpc

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