what she's saying about the at least from the angle there devastating wildfires here and how to help the victims. near the toll plaza. plus, an up-close view of let's check in with rob and the damage left behind. see what's going on weatherwise. fog, nobody minds. president trump heads to it's just the rest it that's got californ california. what he's planning to do. we track dangerous people coughing. conditions across the bay area >> reporter: if only we had a as some people weigh the risk of stronger sea breeze with the fog heading outside on their en to help pousht t the news at 4:30 starts right now. good evening, everyone. to help publish out the smog. thanks for joining us. temperatures inland did manage to warm up quite a bit. >> the bay area again dealing with unhealthy air and wondering consider just three or four days when we'll get a break. ago highs in the 60s. let's look at the air quality you see on the map we managed from our 20 live cameras across 90s around santa rosa, the bay area. you can see right now there is livermore, concord. you saw san francisco, 64 with haze everywhere. fremont even still orange. the fog. >> here's a current map of the yes, temperatures did climb, upper air smoke thinned enough air quality. to allow more sun to warm the and it's unanimous, all of the bay area labeled red for ground which resulted in the warmer temperatures inland. unhealthy. again, here's the big story -- let's bring in our meteorologist for an update on when it's going the wind. and the concentration of smoke to clear out. rob, can you give us some good at ground level, below the inversion -- generally about news? >> well, long-range forecast is 1,000 feet up like a lid over starting to show a little bit of the bay area. better news. not much mixing of the lower

right now if you've been levels of the atmosphere. until the wind picks up, we're outside, you no doubt know the still seeing sites like this. haze has been sticking around. warmer today if you look at the walnut, unhealthy air, 91 satellite view. we did manage a little thinning degrees. of some of the upper level smoke similar toward the tri-valley. across the region. maybe just a mile or two of you see here on the map, still visibility through the smoke. the fires off to the south and east. san jose, similar view, 83 the upper air flow still pulling some of that off to the north degrees. and west. for tomorrow, unfortunately, the view in san jose shows the looks like a repeat benefits. the numbers you see here in the story. 83 degrees, warmer than forecast from about 190 to 199, yesterday, more sunlight reaching the ground as the smoke just about the same range we saw has thinned a little bit higher up. for today. at ground level, everybody's so what we're seeing now in san unhealthy once again. the range from 170 to almost 187 francisco, more of the fog will probably spill across the central bay for the morning. toward morgan hill, and again, morning temperatures in the 50s as we start the day. numbers close to very unhealthy again tomorrow, inland, 80s to levels in inland valleys. low 90s. 60s closer to san francisco. here's what's giving us some san jose near 80 degrees. hope. notice the trend there. by tuesday, rain pacific antioch and concord pretty close northwest locations where the wildfires are burning in oregon to 90 for tomorrow. this is what's locked in all the and washington. potentially some good news there. and for us, we're hoping for the ash and the smoke pollution. shift in the wind that may warmer air aloft which happens arrive toward the end of the to act like a lid on top of the weekend. we'll certainly see better odds bay area. by tuesday. not enough wind to push the coming up, we'll talk about if smoke out. we may see some improvement come now by tuesday we'll begin to see low pressure approaching the coast which will provide a tomorrow for the 49ers game and

santa clara, too. little more wind. for the mountains, not such good we'll look at that coming up in news. still dry. a few minutes. >> see you soon, rob. we'll have to watch for the thank you. sierra. wind speeds will pick up around now to our other top story the fires. tonight -- as wildfires continue here's what we're hoping is that to burn across the state, there will be enough wind by president trump is coming to tuesday to begin to push the smoke out. it's probably not going to have california. the president will be visiting a big impact for the weekend. mcclelland park on monday. notice the upper air pattern by it's a former air monday and tuesday begins to mo there. mr. trump is expected to get an the fires into washington and oregon, they'll see rain chances update from the front lines. as we head toward the middle of just yesterday governor newsom the week. high pressure south and east as spoke from a zone in butte the upper air pattern probably pushes a little more smoke county saying that climate toward the east. change is undeniable and that now is where it gets the state must do more to interesting. friday, some showers perhaps on improve our environment. the last time president the north coast. trump toured a fire zone in good to see for a change. california was back in 2018 when he was in paradise. could be measurable d anything you might remember before the visit, he talented to withhold rainfall in the northern california coast and significant federal funds and blamed the rainfall possible in the pacific fire on, quote, poor forest northwest. notice the long-range forecast. end of the week heading toward management. >> look at other countries where next weekend, slowly but surely they do it differently, and they starting to look a little better spend a lot of time on raking for air quality, and could and cleaning and doing things. possibly toss rain at least on and they don't have any problem. the fires in the pacific >> mr. trump has criticized northwest.

for san francisco, as we go for not publicly referenci a tw. through the week, we should see temperatures climbing a little bit tuesday and wednesday. valley temperatures, too, will rebound a bit. no real signs of big heat. but his administration noted that sign a until those winds start to pick disaster declaration for california about a month ago and up, right now it looks like that fema grants for -- for fema tuesday and wednesday will have a better chance of seeing that. grants to help with projects to it still looks like we'll see the spare-the-air day obviously lower the state's fire risk. tomorrow, and i believe the bay any moment now, president trump expected to land in reno. area air quality management this is video of him leaving the district has spare-the-air day through monday. white house this morning. monday and tuesday a hope for better air quality in the bay he will hold a small rally at the airport. he lost the state of nevada in area, and pleasant to see rain chances in the extended the 2016 election, but his forecast. not too far away. campaign is hoping to win it in maybe not mendocino county november. south, but areas north of there following these remarks at the could see showers around friday. airport, the president is going to travel to las vegas. finally, a little bit of good tomorrow he's going to hold a news in the weather forecast. back to you. >> after a long campaign event at a manufacturing plant there. to an interview you'll only coming up next, an uncertain see on nbc future for the giants, but they got a ray of hope. senator kamala harris sitting the as, they got some serious down one on one with ourative c news about one of their stars. watching the wildfires across >> reporter: in our digital the state. series about b.a.r.t., there's a take a look. >> senator harris, nice to have brand new season for you to you back on the program here. watch.

just your first reaction when we've spent months riding and you saw the images coming out of recording during this pandemic to show you how a once your hometown, coming from the bay area, coming from the west world-class transportation coast. system got derailed. what was going through your you can watch all our episodes right now. give you my world ♪ mind? >> you know, i was there in paradise when paradise burned. the camp fires. i feel an incredible amount of concern and, of course, what we need to do is we need to give the families, give the ♪ how can i, when you won't take it from me ♪ firefighters, the first responders, as much assistance as possible. so my first response is that we've got do everything we can ♪ you can go your own way ♪ to help these families and folks who are battling these fires and who are being evacuated and ♪ go your own way being displaced. >> reporter: would there be more of a national outcry if your your wireless. your rules.bi fellow members of congress or media based in new york were to wake up to the smoke and see it fro firsthand? right now it doesn't seem to be a big issue. >> i think that people have to understand that this is everyone's issue. i've talked with my colleagues who represent our neighboring

states who are dealing with the same thing. and by extension, if you look at the tragedies that people on the gulf coast have faced because of other extreme weather conditions, i think most americans should understand that we are all being impacted, and people are dying because of these extreme climate changes. when their growing family meant growing expenses, >> reporter: you talk about an immediate response. yesterday governor newsom, your our agents helped make saving on insurance easy usaa. longtime ally in california, said he had a long chat with president trump, and the president was very supportive in what you're made of, we're made for. terms of federal help. usaa the president himself will be in sacramento to tour the burn area himself. is he doing enough? optically and through his actions he is moving forward here, the president. >> listen, i have talked to the governor on a frequentfirefight. my brother-in-law happens to be you look up and see this a firefighter in california. and we need all the assistance apocalyptic sky. we can get, and nobody should be >> so orange. >> we are going to be showing playing political games with your photos and videos throughout the newscast. this. the reality is that what >> it was very creepy.

>> jeff joins us with helpful answers -- californians, especially those >> it's about the color losing their homes and people who have family members who have spectrum. lost their lives, they don't green, blue, gets kind of caught have any time for photo ops and up in the smoke. political games. but red, orange, and yellow this needs to be about getting people the resources they need colors, they can travel farther. on the ground as quick low as so they're just going right possible and not distracting through the smoke, and that's from the needs of the people. why to your eye the sky was that in terms of joe biden and me, orange to red color everywhere. our first priority is always going to be making sure people two games canceled, one up are safe which is why we have a plan for dealing, for example, in the air. today the second of two with the coronavirus which has scheduled games between the giants and the padres called off impacted over six million people and almost 200,000 people have because of a positive covid-19 test within the giants died. donald trump has had no national organization. plan for testing, for contact not clear who tested positive. nbc sports bay area now says tracing, for administration of that person is testing negative. treatment, for masks, for ppes, giants releasbe isolating in hon and these are all areas of focus for joe biden and myself. san diego. the team is doing contact >> senator harris also talked tracing. no word if the giants are going about the possibility of to play any games tomorrow. this one really hurts for as president trump contesting the fans. the team has world series hopes, election if he loses. her response was, "vote and vote but they took a serious hit as early, the american people will be heard." we're going to post more of the all-star third base man matt interview with senator harris on chapman is expected to miss the rest of the season. he injured his hip. he's scheduled for surgery next

nbcbayarea.com, just log on week. the as made the announcement there to watch it. again, nbcbayarea.com. before their double header at tonight there are 28 major texas. chapman has not played since leaving hurt in the fifth inning wildfires burning across california. of oakland's game last sunday here's a look at how widespread they are. against san diego. since the beginning of the year, next, a special caravan in wildfires have burned more than the south bay bringing much-needed smiles. three million acres and destroyed almost 4,000 structures, and 19 people have died. the north complex fire continues to cause a lot of problems near chico. containment actually inched down to now 21% contained today compared to 23% yesterday. more than 252,000 acres have burned there so far. here's where we stand in the bay area. the scu fire near the south bay and east bay is holding steady at 98% contained. the lnu fire in the north bay is now 95% contained. we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. no change from yesterday either. czu fire in the santa cruz an army family who is always at the ready. mountains is now up 86% so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. contained. that is up from 85% yesterday. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. the august fire in mendocino county is only 25% contained, they called usaa -

who help fthe right coverage for them and the creek fire raging in the and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it- sierra national forest near fresno is 6% contained. easy. back to our coverage of the unhealthy air quality. a lot of people continue to watch the conditions right there in santa clara at the levi's stadium. in less than 24 hours, the 49ers set to kick off their season right there at levi's. it all hinges on the conditions, of course. if it's too smoky, there's flow game. if there is a game, if it's clear enough for a game, you're going to have hundreds of thousands of people inside instead of outside watching the game instead of breathing the air. rob, what's the situation? >> reporter: in the forecast now, unfortunately looks kind of like what we're seeing outside currently. again, the aqi numbers in the unhealthy range, well above the spare-the-air numbers we typically see. usually about 100. a few areas there almost double that in a few spots. notice the trend here. this this one of our upper air smoke models looking through the day tomorrow.

you see the red band hung up over the bay area. there's a shift as we head toward sunday night and monday. you can begin to see the back edge pell grants appro -- perhaps approaching the north bay. the time stamp, not until 4:00 a.m. monday. the air quality expected to be about the same the next 24. santa clara valley at 199. now to a special morning in i believe the threshold for the football game is an aqi of 200 the south bay. the coastal kids home care helps or higher. we're going to be pretty close medically vulnerable kids heal. to that. we'll be watching closely. they say the pandemic has been the aqi forecast around kickoff especially hard because the kids are confined to their homes time still in the unhealthy until they get vaccinated. range. literally with the air quality so in place of an in-person could be a game time decision there. i think air quality might improve if they were to move the fundraiser, a parade in san game maybe to a monday. so we'll see how that goes tomo. jose. >> it is so important to not let right now, numbers haveindex. cancer bring you down. it is so important that you to by tuesday, things will start to improve around the rest of the bay area. we'll have a closer look at that and some rain chances, actually not too far from here, in the i'll be able to come back from seven-day forecast. some better news perhaps on the way coming up in ten minutes. this. this doesn't change who i am. >> we are looking forward to that. >> thank you so much. >> absolutely. home care has also been bringing >> thanks, rob. it's unclear if the players

will be in action tomorrow, but supplies and food to the today, some weekend warriors families. back with final weather in two minutes. decided to brave the air. many saying they simply can't stay inside anymore. we have a live look now, this is walnut creek. yeah. not looking too pre hazy air is obstructing the view of mt. diablo. let's go to nbc bay area's peter is -- pete seratos. >> reporter: the unhealthy air levels are becoming the norm for folks if walnut creek. it appears to be business as usual at this farmers market. as one local explained to me, there may be good reason. >> i think everyone wants to get out for sure. you know, obviously school started, and so the whole compression of being home for tl for a lot of people. >> reporter: angie grizard shares the sentiment and hoped that the gray skies meant she could finally get some fresh

air. >> most of the time i'm just in. but i figured it didn't look too bad today, but i guess as they say looks can be t a change of plans for this group who meets at this local park every weekend. some deciding to skip their usual morning walk. >> there was too much smoke. too much particulate matter in the air. >> reporter: i got to speak with aaron richardson with the bay area air quality management district who says we can expect more of this bad air quality as the wildfire smoke continues to drop to the ground level. and while it may be frustrating for folks to stay inside as we deal with these unhealthy air levels, even if you're not in the at-risk kind of go out for a little bit if you have to run errands, things like that. but there really aren't a ton of definitive studies for, you know, when air quality gets this

high, you know, what the results are. we know it's a lung irritant, and we know that wildfire smoke i think i speak for everyone creates vascular problems. in the bay area when i say i >> reporter: in walnut creek, can't wait for this smoky air to get out of town. nbc bay area news. >> it's been a rough month. pete was talking about the scene there in walnut creek. >> yeah. in san jose, this is what it >> reporter: yeah. into the fourth week really of looked like at the farmers unhealthy air quality. market in willow glen. and another round tomorrow as we not all that busy when we were see, another spare-the-air day. there. very similar levels in terms of definitely some to folks -- some air quality around the bay area folks not worried about the air quality. how about a little mystery tomorrow. seven-day forecast does offer a little bit of hope as we head this weekend? still ahead, a look at the toward tuesday and wednesday. reopening of the winchester we'll see a system bringing rain mystery house. to the pacific northwest that what visitors can expect when they visit. could bring a change in the wind. so that's what we're hoping for as we head toward the middle of the week. cooler temperatures and just maybe even some good news in the weather, some showers on some of those wildfires burning acrossl. >> that will be such good news. rob, thank you very much. thanks for watching. stanley cup playoffs are next.

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good news for the3.9%, the lowest since the start of the pandemic. the number of daily cases is continuing to drop, as well. today the state confirmed just more than 4,100 new cases. and take a look at this --

this shows the number of daily cases, new daily cases, since march. you can see that cases peaked thursday in mid-august. since then, the number of cases, they've declined. case levels are similar to how they were in june when the shelter-at-home toward was lifted. over in england, oxford university says trials for its coronavirus vaccine are going to resume. that announcement comes days after it was paused due to reported side effect in a patient. the university says it's common for some patients to have a reaction during large vaccine trials. it's important that they evaluate every case to ensure the safety of the vaccine. oxford's not disclosing the reasons for the patient's reaction due to confidentiality. university says they will continue to monitor this patient closely. apparently just one patient, 18,000 people are estimated to have received this vaccine as part of the trial. two pilot projects are being rolled out at uc san diego, at uc san francisco this month, in

the form of an app. this app confidentially notifies people who may have been exposed as someone who tested positive for the virus. it was developed in a rare partnership with apple and google. if successful, the technology could be made available statewide. this might be just what we need right now. the doors are finally open at the historic winchester mystery house. you may remember santa clara county is now in the red tier which allows some indoor businesses to reopen with reduced capacity. tours are now self-guided. advance tickets must be purchased on line. guests aren't going to be alone. >> you'll see visuals set up in each room. we also have mansion hosts that can answer questions. it's a multimedia adventure as you explore the house that helps you better understand the story. >> social distancing, masks, hand sanitizer stations will be required and implemented. want top mention ghosts at the winchester mystery house still have to wear masks. that's true.

a live look at the golden gate bridge. and we've got the fog there. the hazy air is in impacting the look at the that's the gol disappeared.