get what you need, when you need it. now at lowe's. the cars they steal. catalytic converters. >> more security measures coming to san francisco's twin peaks neighborhood. now at five, how the city plans to keep visitors and neighbors safe. plus let me be clear. >> we will not be silent and we will not roll back the clock. a call for equality in education. >> the lesson plan ban in san jose causing many to stand up and push back. >> another day of smoky skies in store across the bay area. here's what it looked like yesterday. the bay bridge not as clear as it usually is, although i feel like this morning it was better. am i imagining that? am

i just getting used to the smoke? >> i hope not. you know, it really varies in your location. like i'm kind of close to the water and i had a really strong onshore flow yesterday and i was like, it's not that bad. but then i heard other people say, it is way worse. so the wind has a lot to do with it and it should be worse in the morning because the winds have backed off. and with that, we kind of get the smoke piling up. but we also have the marine layer out there this morning, which is over 2500ft deep. so, yes, in some spots, when we look at the current air quality, it is moderate. we even have a green there by vallejo. so it is a little bit better. i really think that sea breeze yesterday they helped us out, not a whole lot going on with the sea breeze. now we have the upper level northerly winds. here's our loop from today. notice we're under the light blue, which is better than the oranges. so that means we'll have some haze. and i do think it might be a little bit better. look, in the morning, temperatures upper 40s novato, santa rosa and here are the north winds. you can see saint helena, 30 miles an hour. so that's why we're still under a

red flag warning here for to the north of us through 5:00. so certainly dry conditions, relative humidity is at 55. it will be dropping through about 30. much colder air this morning. so grab the jacket, then a hazy sun throughout the day. good morning, jobina. good morning, lisa. >> thank you. hi, everyone. so we are following a crash right now in lafayette. it is in the commute direction, eastbound 24, just before oak hill road. so heads up. that's a part of your commute this morning. elsewhere though, we're looking pretty clear in emeryville showing you 80 right now. the headlights are traveling towards the maze for your reference, tail lights here in this live picture from the san mateo bridge traveling towards the peninsula in the westbound direction. we are already seeing some slowdowns, though, this morning. tracy to dublin, 36 minutes and antioch to concord, 25 minutes. we'll continue to watch those. >> thanks, jobina i trifecta of weather related events is happening today. a spare the air alert is still in effect through today because of that lingering smoke. a red flag warning is in effect for fire danger in sections of the north bay. and those winds are leading to a chance of a few p-g-and-e's

power outages and i really mean a few here in the bay area. yeah. >> first, let's get to the smoke . a blanket of it has settled across the bay area. just look at this haze. this is across downtown san jose. video taken yesterday. the lingering effects canceled some sports practices but didn't stop everyone from spending time outside. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez in the south bay live with a look at the air quality there this morning. hi, gloria. >> good morning. kumasi i know reggie mentioned that it seems a little bit better today. does seem a little better today in palo alto from our perspective so far. i feel like yesterday when we got here, you can kind of smell the smoke more more than you can today. but it is dark out, so it's hard to tell if it's still hazy out there. but that spared the air alert is in effect today. and those unhealthy for sensitive group conditions will continue likely through tomorrow. so there have been some impacts to activities because of the air quality. daly city recreation activities will be held indoors for the rest of

the week for the safety of seniors and youth in redwood city. red morton park soccer practice was canceled for austin woodward's seven year old daughter and pickleball player ben philippe decided to take the extra step and mask up during his match with the smoke on wednesday. really got to him, but it didn't stop hundreds from enjoying oktoberfest in downtown redwood city last night at the five day event runs through sunday. even in spite of how smoky it is outside, we've got all sorts of traditional german beer, food and everything, everything you could possibly ever want. >> we have a couple of people in masks, but everyone seems pretty comfortable. all thank you. appreciate your time. >> i know a lot of people, pereira says his son and 100 other kids with rc 40 niners were going through their regular practice last night and others also were not too concerned. the air district says that the wildfires smoke is difficult to predict because of a lot of

factors such as the wind. live in palo alto, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria. in the east bay the effects of the smoke were felt all across oakland children's fairyland closed yesterday early because of the poor air quality. the oakland zoo never even got that far. they decided in the morning that it would be closed for the entire day. a preschool near lake merritt ended up having to send kids home after the air got worse throughout the day. >> say we had probably about 40 students come by and they were only able to play for about two hours before we had to make that phone call to send them home early. >> oakland public schools took precautions, including keeping kids with sensitive conditions like asthma indoors. the district says canceling classes is a last resort. >> p-g-and-e's has raised the likelihood it's going to shut off power for a preemptive move to reduce the risk of wildfires. this will affect very few of you, only one bay area counties included napa, and it's only for 7 in 7 customers. it's part of a

psps warning. it went into effect yesterday. it goes into today in total, about 5000 customers across eight counties in northern california may be impacted. you can get live air quality and weather forecasts anytime through our abc7 news bay area app. it has 24 over seven checks on the conditions where you live. just download the app wherever you stream in the east bay. >> the oakland city council passed a sweeping public safety plan. it aims to shore up the police department with more officers. ask for the fbi's help in investigation and install high tech cameras. this decision is coming after the city missed a critical deadline to get funding to fight retail crime. >> it takes a comprehensive approach to address crime, to reduce crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everybody by creating a grant program that allows business associations to purchase these cameras and put them on private property that opd would have access to. >> it also funds reentry for people who are living incarceration that supporters see, that supporters see that as critical to reducing crime as

well. the city has until december to come up with a status report on each item in this plan. >> safety changes are on the way for the twin peaks neighborhood in san francisco, and po live there say anything would help. a camera will be installed at the twin peaks entrance on portola drive. mayor london breed's office tells abc7 a license plate reader is also in the works. people living in the area say they welcome the changes because they worry about their safety. i do support it because you know i've lived here for a while and i had my house broken into. >> maybe cameras would be good. i don't know. anything to help you know, solve the problem or at least catch the people that are doing it. >> the changes follow a deadly shooting in twin peaks, which left a 19 year old dead sunday morning. in an in-studio interview with the mayor called the shooting a targeted attack. more on the school flag debate in sunol. the school board held a follow up meeting to last week's very contentious meeting , but it ended up not taking any action. last night's meeting drew another huge crowd

following last week's decision that essentially banned the flying of any flag that is in the us flag or the state flag. there were rumors the sunol glen district board would fire its superintendent as well as its legal counsel. but that didn't happen. the superintendent did say he is against the flag ban. yesterday's meeting drew the alameda county superintendent, who said that she would consider withdrawing support for the district over the ban. >> it is our moral imperative to make our schools safe for our kids to thrive and learn and it is really, really troubling when we let politics take that over the last people are upset because this would affect the pride flag. >> it's not clear what's next. but there is already at least one challenge to the flag ban and there are groups considering other actions, including pulling students out of the district. >> out in the south bay, there's a showdown brewing over what's

being taught in the classroom. a rally billed as no room for hate took place outside san jose city hall yesterday. it's in response to another group that is seeking to ban teaching critical race theory as well as numerous books perceived to have an lgbtq+ theme. >> we will not stand silent and let them roll back and ban books. we will not stand silent as they go after the lgbtq community and those transgender youth. we will not be silent >> two san jose city council members are proposing a resolution that reaffirms the city's commitment to racial justice and inclusivity. >> the federal government announced it will begin reviewing the discharge records of lgbtq plus veterans to see if more vets could be eligible for benefits. the department of defense announcement comes on the 12th anniversary of the repeal of don't ask, don't tell for the first time, officials will be proactively looking at the records of veterans who were less than honorably discharged because of sexual orientation.

if they are eligible to be upgraded to an honorable discharge, this entitles them to full veteran benefits. veterans are also able to apply for this review today. >> ukraine's president vladimir zelensky, is arriving in washington, dc. the white house is planning to provide a new $24 billion aid package to ukraine. it includes additional artillery , anti armor, anti aircraft and air defense capabilities to help the country fight russia. some republicans on capitol hill oppose the funding as a federal government shutdown is looming. zelensky is expected to discuss how the aid will help ukraine win the war. >> developing news in washington . lawmakers have just nine days to avert a federal government shutdown. republican house speaker kevin mccarthy says that he has a short term plan to fund the government through october, but it's unclear if it has enough support to advance in the house and the democrat led senate jobina is tracking that from the live desk. jobina thank you, reggie. >> the shutdown deadline is at midnight, september 30th, and after an hours long meeting with

house republican conference members, speaker mccarthy is leaving up optimistic about a short term government funding deal that they worked out. sources tell abc news the proposal includes deeper spending cuts and stricter border policies, but it faces an uphill battle in the senate. former house speaker nancy pelosi accusing the republicans here of not keeping their word on spending levels agreed to with democrats. some hard line republicans are voicing opposition to same. carthy is breaking deals he made with them that to become speaker. >> all we've gotten are lies and broken promises and failure and shutdowns. >> it's very hard when you don't have shared values without a funding plan. >> estimates project that 4 million workers won't be paid, including the military and federal law enforcement. speaker mccarthy says he intends to hold house members in washington until at least saturday as the

september 30th funding deadline looms for everyone. >> good morning, everyone. another spare the air alert today. live doppler seven. there is fog out there and we do have a red flag warning which continues until 5:00 for the mountains of the north bay. we're already picking up some pretty good gusts over 45 miles an hour. even 50 and 58 miles an hour. so relative humidity dropping. it's not going to be till late morning when we see the winds subside in the hills. so poor air quality today, moderate tomorrow. and then look at the weekend. it looks pretty nice. we will have our onshore flow today, a lot like yesterday, but still hazy skies expected 52 in sunnyvale. and as we look up towards the north, look at those 40s in santa rosa novato as well upper 40s. here's a look at the relative humidity now it's pretty high. that's what we like. but as we go through 11:00 look, santa rosa, napa, fairfield drop in to about 33% there and as we continue this loop here, you'll notice

that it stays pretty dry right throughout the afternoon. so with that, those winds allow for that red flag warning throughout the north bay interior mountains through 5:00, 75 today in vallejo, 76 in fremont game tonight. it looks like we'll have a little bit of hazy conditions in the 70s as 5:00 for the niners. >> thanks, lisa. still ahead, the slight chance the poor air quality could impact the niners home opener at levi's stadium tonight and talks are happening to move the ferris wheel out of golden gate park. not this again. >> not this. we're going to talk about it and where it might go an affordable place to live with unparalleled access to fresh produce and yes, it is right here in the bay area. >> we're going to show you the new working farm that just

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in san francisco wednesday. vo is also asked if he thinks concerns like cars getting in the way of first responders are valid. he acknowledged the vehicles moved differently than human drivers, but that they result in fewer collisions. >> the observation wheel that popped up in san francisco's golden gate park back in 2020 could be on the way to the waterfront. according to our media partners at the standard, there's an idea floating around the port of san francisco's north, an advisory committee to relocate it when the city hosts the asia pacific economic cooperation summit or apec summit in november. organizers are still working on a permit. they're trying to figure out where would be the best spot. the apec meeting is expected to draw 30,000 people to san francisco. now it's set for november 12th. that is that's basically tomorrow. that's basically tomorrow. so if you see a ferris wheel moving through the city, that's it. >> here's a live look at the bay bridge this morning. we have an update on the lights project that would illuminate the entire

western span. you probably remember the lights got turned off in march because the people behind the project didn't have the money to fix it. they are now just $2 million short of their goal of 10 million. if they hit it. the plan is to light up both sides of the span. >> this is an example of where your philanthropy, your generous investment can really go. a long way. not only will you unleash the full $10 million, once we cross that that $10 million threshold, you'll create a work of public art that will be radically accessible to millions of people. >> turning the lights on would not be instantaneous because it would take several months to repair the old installation and set up the new one. >> today's san francisco city leaders are unveiling a project at leeds wharf. they are hoping the updates will transform the landing into a downtown destination. people can expect to see murals, lots of outdoor seating. they have a lot of events planned, ranging from performances to morning gym classes. there are also

restaurants, bars and shops nearby. and i read that they have free food for people if you get there early. so i'm trying to go down there. this looks really cool. >> okay. yeah. a new farm is now open. one of the busiest areas in the south bay. it's apparently the largest urban farm in the state, and it's called a first of its kind space . it's on north winchester boulevard in santa clara, near the border with san jose that is very close to santana row and westfield valley fair mall. it's called agrihood, and it offers up a lot more than just fresh produce. there's also affordable housing that's geared toward seniors and veterans. >> this is the first urban agrihood in a city of this size or in any in any city in this country. not just for the residents. it's for everybody. and that's that's really the goal is. so this is a this is a community public asset. how does public space serve the public? and that's really what i think this will do. there are plans to hold dozens of pop up events throughout the year at the farm to build community. >> one local dog is going to be in the spotlight in an upcoming

play in silicon valley. theatreworks held a dog audition yesterday for a small part in the upcoming play. mrs. christie. the tony award winning company is producing a madcap mystery about the queen of mystery novelist agatha christie. dozens of dogs and their owners put on a show hoping to portray christie's beloved wire-haired terrier, peter. now her real pup was a terrier, but the artistic director of the show says they are looking for a well trained dog of any size that can also sniff out clues. >> they say don't bring a dog or a child out on stage unless you're ready. and today was fantastic because we realized, yeah, this is fun. >> the mrs. christie play premieres saturday, october seventh and will run through sunday, october 29th. why are you laughing, friend? why are you laughing? >> because some of these dogs aren't going to make it. >> they're not going to make it. they don't know. hey you were so generous with the cheer kids. >> you didn't deny any of them.

and you're saying that these dogs are going to make. lisa's got the receipts. >> no. wow >> the dancing kids are a little better trained than some of these dogs. i feel like it has to be the most trained dog you've ever seen in your life. to work on stage. uh huh. >> what about personality? >> personality is great, but they can't be running into the audience, you know, like someone can't sneeze and then go like, huh? you know, they have to be, like, extreme focused. >> that's true. yeah. i'm excited to see what they pick. >> mhm. >> all right. all right. lisa, what are we talking about today? because this smoke. >> well, you know, it was a little better yesterday. i thought, in my neighborhood. but then others didn't think so. but as we get to the readings, you'll see that we have improved since yesterday. and actually tuesday was the worst when we had the red and as we get that onshore flow day after day, it does help a little bit. and here's a look at our air current air quality where we're in the moderate category for san francisco, oakland, you can see sensitive groups still in the orange here from the east bay to the south bay. but we haven't

gotten into our sea breeze, obviously, upper 40s in novato and santa rosa, but we have those strong north winds. that's why we have our red flag warning for the interior hills around hillsborough to around 40 and 50 mile an hour winds already. but there's a look at our fog as it pulls back. then we'll get into the sea breeze so the rest of us will have that hazy afternoon sun. it's the north bay until about 5:00 because of this system here dropping to the side of us that will allow for those breezy winds. then we get a good weekend. and look what is on its heels. a cold front that looks to bring just a little bit of precip our way for the beginning of next week, maybe a couple hundredths over a 10th up in santa rosa. so as for today, the hazy conditions, the breezy to gusty winds above about 2500ft in the north bay. and we'll look for temperatures to stay the same. upper 60s in san francisco, low 70s oakland low 80s inland and air quality gets better tomorrow. fall arrives for the rest of the week. we're looking at good air quality and

into next week a cold front feeling like fall jobina. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everybody. so we are starting here with mass transit, letting you know once again that bart muni and ace train are on time. so great opportunity to use mass transit if you'd like to. this morning. golden gate bridge. no advisories with fog or wind. no problem there. we do have a minor slowdown at the mid-span on the richmond san rafael bridge due to a stall. that's reported in that area right now. so just a heads up if you're traveling westbound here on 580 and then we'll end with our drive times green across the board. i'll let you know if things pick up out there. carmassi. >> thanks, jobina coming up, the seven things to know this morning, bridging a gap in diversity within the game of golf. >> how a local golf

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counties farther north and our air quality certainly reduced this morning with the spare the air alert and the red flag warning where moderate to poor. >> and we'll look for hazy to smoky conditions. again, this afternoon. >> checking in on traffic here and bringing back the camera from the richmond, san rafael bridge, because we do have a stall here at the center span. so you will face a minor slowdown number five, the biden administration is now granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of people from venezuela who are already here in the country. >> this move gives the eligibility to work legally in the united states as the government grapples with growing numbers of people arriving at the us-mexico border. >> number six, free at home covid tests from the government are happening again. the mailing program is being restarted. given the rise in covid cases nationwide side tests will be available for at a time don't do it now. i just checked. it doesn't start till september 25th. you can order them at covid tests. dot gov.

>> number seven the cvs store on mission and second in san francisco is going to be shutting down on october 23rd. if you have a prescription there, it will be transferred to the one on van ness and turk after it closes next month, the company will have less than a dozen locations in san francisco as well. despite the haze that we're seeing in the air, tonight's 40 niners game at levi's stadium against the new york giants will almost certainly go on as planned for the nfl to consider to postpone it. the air quality index needs to hit 200, and it's not even close to that, even though it's pretty hazy out. the last time, poor air threatened a niners home game was in september of 2020. but even then it went on as scheduled. >> the poor air quality didn't stop people at tpc harding golf course in san francisco, the second annual university of san francisco, howard university intercollegiate golf tournament wrapped up tuesday and was a success. 13 teams participated this year, which is an increase from last year's nine teams. the tournament puts an emphasis on,

including historically black colleges and universities, according to golf digest, less than 1% of the 29,000 pga members are black. >> golf needs this. the golfers . now, to me, the inclusive piece to give everyone who enjoys it should have the opportunity to compete and play . >> howard's connection with the bay area also extends to nba champ steph curry in 2019, curry revived howard's men and women's golf teams with the men winning the pga works collegiate tournament twice. you can watch along with the howard teams through the highs and lows of their seasons at a new espn plus series produced by curry. why not us is available now. disney is a parent company of espn and abc seven. coming up at 530, the tragic crash along a north carolina road that's landed google in court over its maps. >> and elon musk company neuralink now searching for willing participants to begin human trials on its brain implant. we explaining who the

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major policy announcement by the biden administration. the resources now heading to the southern border in an effort to grapple with the influx of mass migration in the bay area. >> 100 people in san francisco are being told to leave the new parking lot, forcing many to move. >> california's efforts to combat pollution now being undone by all this wildfire smoke. a look at a new study showing just how dramatic that reversal has been. >> good morning, everybody. it is thursday, september 21st. >> let's start with the check on the weather with lisa. >> all right. the next couple of hours, four hours or so are high elevation wind creating that red flag warning up here in the north bay. this is a look at the smoke forecast, a loop for the day today. and tomorrow, we're in the blue. that's a little

better. yesterday, we had the yellows and oranges. so we'll continue to be moderate to unhealthy today. our spare the air alert, our red flag warning winds to the north at 26 miles an hour out of the north. look at mt. diablo, 45 mile an hour wind gusts. and so the relative humidity, 80 to 90% right now. but as this continues through the next four hours or so, the relative humidity drops. look at the cool temperatures, 46 novato, 49, santa rosa, 55. san ramon and looking at a 13 degree temperature drop in the north bay, six degrees cooler for hayward. so the fog it will clear quickly. we'll be left with mostly sunny skies, hazy conditions. some smoke out there. i think it will be slightly better today. our onshore flow increases throughout the afternoon. good morning, jobina. >> good morning, lisa. hi everyone. we're going to start with the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights on yet. of course. we'll let you know when they flip on. our only significant slowdown this morning is actually going to be at the richmond san rafael bridge due to a stall on the center span there on the

westbound direction. this is walnut creek, though, showing you 680 tail lights in the southbound direction. and then let's check out our drive times. they remain consistent for both tracy to dublin and the antioch to concord commute and then san rafael to san francisco right on time along 101 in the southbound direction. you're looking at 14 minutes coomassie. thank you, jobina. >> time is ticking for more than 100 families living in rvs in san francisco in three months. people who keep their rvs along. winston dry behind stonestown mall will not be able to park there long term anymore. sfmta just voted to start implementing a four hour parking limit so crews can start to work on a pedestrian safety project. we spoke with one man who's lived in his rv with his wife for a year. we have families here that they have children. >> they have teenagers. they have kids. and i don't know what's going to happen if they lose their place because nobody wants to see them living on a tent. >> the parking restrictions don't go into effect for three months. the city is hoping that

gives enough time for residents to and the city to find solutions. the city's department of homelessness and supportive housing confirmed 20 families with kids have been offered long and short term housing vouchers . the department is also looking into potential safe parking sites. >> new details this morning on the windows that broke in downtown san francisco during the storms in march. a new report looked at 31 windows and says most of them already had problems before the storms blew through. repair those would have prevented just about all of them from shattering the department of building inspection says it's going to make some changes, including requiring visual inspections of all buildings, 15 stories or taller. that were built after 1998. it expects building managers to make repairs promptly in the south bay highway 87 will be closed this weekend. all northbound lanes will be shut down between interstate 280 and highway 85. in san jose. caltrans crews will be repairing the pavement, working on one direction at a time. repair work begins

tomorrow at 9 p.m. it'll wrap up monday, september 25th. by 5 a.m, caltrans says anyone traveling on highways 101 to 80, 85 or 79 can expect a major backups. a judge has denied bail to the suspect accused in the shooting death of a los angeles county deputy sheriff. >> 29 year old kevin salazar pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to multiple felony counts, including murder with multiple special circumstances and murder of a police officer. prosecutors believe salazar knew what he was doing when he allegedly shot and killed deputy ryan clink clincoln boomer excuse me, in palmdale on saturday. >> he purses his gun. he used a gun. we know that he functions generally well. he holds employment, you know, so we know a lot of things about him that indicate to us that he had you know, that he was aware of the import of his actions.

>> salazar's court appearance yesterday happened as l.a. county law enforcement officers escorted clincoln boomer's body to a mortuary in covina. the 30 year old was a third generation sheriff's deputy. he now to the us mexico border where the biden administration is proposing new policy ways to handle the surge of migrants. abc news reporter rhiannon ally tells us more about the new plans as border cities declare emergencies. >> this morning the biden administration is announcing new policies to handle the surge of migrants crossing the southern border and overwhelming cities across the country. >> there's no end in sight. we don't know when it's going to end. >> the administration will now send 800 defense department personnel to the border in addition to the 2500 national guard members already deployed to help customs and border protection. the administration is also expanding deportation protocols to remove more families under an already existing program. and in perhaps

the biggest move, it's granting temporary legal status to 400,000 venezuelans already in the us, making it easier for them to get authorization to work. new york's governor praised the decision. >> you have people here who are in shelters support by the city, and mayor adams is doing an extraordinary job. but they can't work. this is for people who came before july 31st. so it's not an enticement for more to come after new york city is currently paying to house 60,000 newly arrived migrants and more could be on the way as the southern border sees a new surge . >> eagle pass, texas now declaring an emergency with 2500 migrants arriving yesterday alone and hundreds of migrants were seen riding on top of this mexican train heading north. >> this isn't a political situation. this is not a left or right issue. this is a an immigration system that has failed as a county. we are not risk forced to handle this. many people know coming in.

>> rhiannon ally, abc news, new york. >> the smoke that is clouding our air here in the bay area is actually part of a disturbing long term trend that could have significant health consequences . researchers at stanford confirm the link in a study just released yesterday and abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez has been looking at that. what are the findings as yeah, you know that study finds that wildfire smoke is actually reversing or slowing the progress that we've made on cleaner air in dozens of us states and the lead author of that study is also saying that those tiny particles that are emitted from wildfire smoke are unregulated and they can also harm our health. >> researchers at stanford's dauskardt school of sustainability find that wildfire smoke is exposing millions of americans to extreme pollution levels and unraveling decades of air quality gains that were made by cutting pollution from cars and factories. with the help of the clean air act, which was passed

more than half a century ago. while the landmark law regulates most sources of pollution, they say it does not include wildfire . as environmental scientists. marissa childs was a coauthor of the study, which shows that wildfire smoke could have significant health consequences , particularly in california. >> wildfire smoke is undoing a bunch of progress towards air quality improvements. and in california, specifically, we estimate that the trends in air quality have reversed because of wildfire smoke. and reversal has been dramatic. >> they say that particulate pollution in california and nevada had actually fallen by 32% from 2000 to 2015. but from then until now, that same pollution index is up 14. it's driven in large part by the wildfires that have swept through the sierra and elsewhere. and the lead author also says that wildfire smoke now seems to be sticking around

a lot longer and having a bigger impact. live in palo alto, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria, thank you. firefighters say that moisture expected this weekend in the oregon area where a series of wildfires are burning could shift the flow of the smoke. that is good news for us here in the bay area. it's part of a sudden spike and an otherwise slow fire season across the west that we have been very fortunate this year, although 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 . >> the bay area has 30 air quality monitoring stations to track the latest air quality index levels. the data shows the air quality we experienced yesterday hasn't been this bad in nearly two years. you can check on the air quality any time using our online interactive tracker. find it along with our full weather

forecast right now at abc7 news.com coming up, your commute of the future. >> the company taking driverless taxis to a whole new level. >> plus, the hilarious story behind this intimate photo between an nfl player and a football. but first, checking the weather with lisa. >> got me. all right. good morning, everybody. we do have fog out there, but obviously we're concerned about the smoke , the haze and the red flag warning and gusty winds to the north of us. and the higher elevations. the winds are quite gusty and the relative humidity is dropping. so for parts of napa county and the sacramento valley, this is going to last until 5:00. and you look at the north, winds 25 miles an hour. saint helena elsewhere there. later lighter, but up towards knoxville, you can see the colors there indicating 23 miles an hour. red relative humidity, 80 to 90. but look what happens as we go through about 11:00. we're already down to 33. santa rosa, the delta, 26. and it continues right on through the

afternoon. so the dry air in combination with that northerly wind that is picking up in the next couple of hours is a concern for sure. the poor air quality today and a spare the air alert moderate tomorrow, then it improves significantly friday into the weekend. 53 pacifica. we have the gray sky from san rafael over into hayward at 57. hazy conditions continue with moderate to unhealthy air again today. our spare the air alert upper 60s downtown. the temperatures have been cool. in fact, the breeze is cool. that sea breeze throughout the day today should help our air quality a little bit. and as we look at the niners game tonight, hazy 70s

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participants will have a chip placed in their brains, which then sends signals to an app. the goal is to control a computer cursor or keyboard with their thoughts. the fremont based company has faced scrutiny since a monkey died during a trial last year and amazon's alexa devices are the next thing to step into the future of ai. >> the company claims the voice assistant now feels exactly like you're talking to a human being . >> how did my soccer team do yesterday? >> yesterday ol reign won 120 against the portland thorns. >> amazon says the voice was given a more human sounding tone. now you decide. alexa and echo devices dating back to 2014 will now also be able to resume conversations without having to wake them back up. they can also respond more quickly. they learn your preferences change tone based on the topic. and now they're even offering opinions for in what we don't know when

the update is going to come through, though. take that off. can you imagine? don't worry that. where are you going? >> not with him. him again. in today's gma first look, several major authors are suing openai, the creator of chatgpt for copyright infringement, for using their books to train ai models. here's abc news reporter rebecca jarvis in this morning's gma first look. >> the best selling authors taking on openai, the creator of chatgpt. more than a dozen authors now suing openai claiming it used their books to train its chatgpt bot without their permission and without compensation. openai responding to the lawsuit saying in a statement, we respect the rights of writers and authors and are working to understand their concerns. this morning, two of those writers, michael connelly and david baldacci, are telling gma why they've taken this legal

step. >> they shouldn't have taken them and fed it into this machine without even contacting me. i feel so violated. >> it was like someone had just taken my entire library without my knowing it. so what plot twist will come next? >> it's all coming up at 7 a.m. with your gma. first look. i'm rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> a family in north carolina says depending on google maps cost a man his life. the tragedy is now part of a case that includes accusations that the company ignored multiple calls to correct its directions to what became a deadly crossing. jobina is tracking the lawsuit against mountain view based google from the live desk, jobina. thank you, kumasi. >> the family of a father of two killed after driving off a bridge is now suing google, claiming the company's app led to his death. philip paxson was driving home late at night from his daughter's birthday party outside of charlotte, north carolina. his family says he was following a google map route that led him down this road to

where a bridge had washed out nine years earlier. paxton's car flipped as it fell off the unguarded edge of the collapsed bridge, trapping him under water where he drowned. and the lawsuit claims in the years before the accident, multiple people wrote to google about the error, but nothing was done for years. >> google attempted to lead people over a collapsed bridge despite being notified by users of this exact danger. >> i want who's ever responsible l mean to be held accountable. and you know, i just we want to make sure that this doesn't happen to anyone else. >> in response, google issued this statement saying, quote, we have the deepest sympathies for the paxton family. our goal is to provide accurate routing information and maps. and we are reviewing this lawsuit. the family is seeking compensation and punitive damages. no amount has been requested yet. the owners of the bridge and the

private road are also named in the suit. reggie. >> sabrina, thank you. new developments in a story we first alerted you to a couple of months ago. google is now stepping in with new software upgrades for its chromebook books. that is a huge sigh of relief for school districts across the country. the software for the low cost laptops was going to expire soon. it would have rendered them useless and cost school districts millions in new tech purchase is now. google will automate update every chromebook each year for the next ten years. if it's a model released in 2021 or later, no model older than that will expire for at least two years. a new driverless endeavor is about to take off. >> yes, we're talking about flying taxi says a company called super. they just opened an office in fremont. the vision is to create an air taxi that would seat four people. now, at first it would have a human pilot going about 120 miles an hour with a 25 to 30 mile

battery range. the company is, though, actively working with the faa on it because they want to make this affordable, kind of like what you would pay for a 45 minute uber ride. >> you're going to see a lot of movement in in the rotors. so you're you're taking off vertically. you're flying as a plane forward and then you land back vertically. so it's a it's a mix between a helicopter and a plane. oh so for now, the target markets are la miami and seoul. >> i think that makes sense. they want to stunt. >> oh, i see what you're saying. yeah >> you want to show up in a air taxi and i don't know when it's going to get here, but they said the goal is to eventually have them in the bay, but they didn't give a date. but, you know, we could see that soon. >> okay. >> we haven't perfected the

autonomous car yet. yeah >> yeah. >> can we do that? >> yeah. and then can we talk about this? >> i think that's. that's the time. >> all right. >> that's the timeline. >> yeah, they said. >> was that in the script you read about the year? they said 2028. i think is what they were talking about for the bay or for everybody at least to have them flying, like to have them in use. >> that's about right in use. >> okay. so somewhere in there. >> well, we'll wait. we'll let you know. >> lisa, you think we'll be around in 2028? >> oh, yeah. thank you. kidding? yeah and today, i think she's not. >> i'm not sure. tomorrow >> yesterday. got to you. >> i don't know. >> lots of things are going on, lisa. >> yeah, that's true. >> one day at a time, right? >> one day at a time. >> all right. this morning, we have our air quality issues for sure, but they have improved. i mean, if you look at this satellite image, some things haven't changed with the thunderstorm activity in the sierra nevada. we have that

trough dropping down, tightening the northerly gradient. and as it does that, we've had that onshore flow also kick up. so we're now in yellow here. the moderate category. we had more oranges and reds yesterday. so that onshore flow helped us. our marine layer is helping us. here's a loop of the smoke forecast and you can see the yellows here. that's what we don't want. but as we go through the next this is into friday, we will get a little bit more smoky into the morning hours. but the afternoon hours when we get the sea breeze, you can see how it lightens up a little bit. so we are going in the right direction. friday today we still will have the haze. and there's a look at the wind throughout the next several hours, over 25 miles an hour. we have had gusts upwards of 50 miles an hour above 2500ft. and the relative humidity already critical, 20 to 30% there in the upper elevations, 49 santa rosa, 63in clear lake. and the clouds and fog all throughout the bay area. so 4 to 11 degrees cooler this

morning. and a look at that. one system heads out of town. then we have that nice weekend to look forward to. and then we have a cold front. so going from typical fall to actually maybe even winter like conditions with some raindrops for the north bay as we get into monday and tuesday. but as for today, hazy , maybe a little smoky out there in spots. well, it will be smoky in spots. the air quality less than ideal for sure. it improves tomorrow as fall arrives tomorrow night. good morning, jobina. >> good morning, lisa. thank you. hi everybody. so metering lights are officially on at the bay bridge toll plaza. they flipped on actually, i don't know the exact time. let me see if i can check for you because i know some people plan their commutes around this. 537 that's when they flipped on for you. so the backup is starting to fill in there. san jose, 280. those headlights are traveling southbound for your reference. and you've heard me mention this morning the slowdown that we're experiencing right now at the richmond-san rafael bridge. if you're traveling in the

westbound direction, we still have that stall at the midspan westbound 580 there. so your speeds are going to be around 12mph. i'll let you know when it clears. reggie, thanks for being a new at six the local poker player caught lying about his cancer diagnosis after getting thousands from a gofundme. >> why he says he's not planning on returning the money. >> first, though, the unwelcome substance that's washing up on some beaches in southern

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scene on the water. officials and environmental groups have been monitoring the tar and oil, but it's still not known where it's coming from. locals say it's almost impossible to avoid . >> and there have been times

like in the past where you can't go to the beaches because there's like a literally a thick sheen and a film of oil. yeah. so when you go on the water, it actually gets on your skin. >> a group called heal the ocean has been flying a drone to see if the oil is coming from one area or if it's accumulating thing. what a mess. nf nfl player. kylen granson is celebrating his first career touchdown with a unique instagram announcement. he posted a series of photos with his touchdown ball cradled in a towel alongside his partner, imitating a photoshoot for a newborn child. caption reads. after three years of trying, it's finally here. on sunday's game, officials initially ruled the indianapolis colts tight end was short of scoring. they eventually reversed that decision. someone says log off the internet. did you see that he did it? >> no. >> hey, we have 48 mile an hour wind gusts on top of mount diablo right now, not even in the red flag warning there. this

is the area that the national weather service has highlighted. the sacramento valley, portions of northern and eastern napa county where the winds are at 30 miles an hour. so it's really dry out there. and as we look at the winds here above 1000ft, you can see the colors indicating how windy it is. so a red flag warning continues. the relative humidity dropping our air quality is poor. and as we go through this loop today, you'll notice it gets a little bit better throughout the afternoon. but still in the moderate to poor air quality back to you. >> all right. thank you, lisa. new at six, san francisco's police chief is weighing in on claims that he sent back and did nothing while a man was dealing drugs on the street. >> then finally, progress on the hollywood writers strike. the meeting today that could end a stalemate between both sides and the latest business to pull one of its locations from downtown san francisco

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again across the bay area today. many of you are going to likely see and smell hazy, smoky skies. lisa is here with when it will start to clear out and trying to make san francisco safer. >> the new changes coming to the twin peaks neighborhood in an effort to prevent crime and then down and out. >> the woman who had to be rescued from, let's just say, the most unfortunate of places. oh, god. >> is there anything more embarrassing than b