. >>> a live look at alcatraz which remains closed today due to poor air quality.e not allowed at alcatraz or for mere point. >>> things are looking better for us mary lee. >>it is for sure. air quality is a little better compared to this morning. little by little we are catching that improvemenwiour a i want ow you current aiqualco looking at moderate air quality in san francisco also for redwood city, oakland, livermore unhealthy for sensitive groups with a ui value of 127 at this noon hour. looking at moderate air quality for santa rosa, berkeley, vallejo, concord and unhealthy air for sensitive groups in san pablo as well as vacaville. we are catching an improvement, it has been such a long stretch of heavy, heavy smoke in the bay area. here's a beautiful view with our golden gate bridge camera. 70s, looking at 76 for a temperature right now. current reading at concorde 68, mid 60s in san francisco and 70 degrees for san jose. the west coast wildfire smoke from here in california up through oregon and washington state pushing across the upper midwest and into t

that's supposed to be alcatraz. many local, state and national parks are closed this weekend to discourage people from going out and breathing in all this unhealthy air. despite all the air quality and covid dangers and concerns, some people still wanted to get out for their friday night. here's "today in the bay's" sergio quintana. >> reporter: for the third night in a row smoke is making for a groommy situation. street life is pretty sparse. most people i talked to are visiting. these men planned on visiting alcatraz. >> it got cancelled at 9:30 this morning right when we landed. >> the parable parks service cleared out tourists to keep people out of smoke. this district is usually buzzing with people but night in a row, the streets stayed open fornt into a bustli pedestrian mall. >> for the past two months it's blocked off completely from 5:00 until 10:00 at night. this place is very busy usually. not today. >> reporter: in north beach the smoke didn't stop a few men from tossing a football around in washington s

that right there through the smoke is the alcatraz. many local and national parks even closing to discourage people from going out and breathing in this unhealthy air. despite all the challenges and concerns, some people are braving the elements on this friday night. here's nbc bay area's sergio quintana. rrz from this vantage point at dolores park, the bright lights of downtown san francisco usually make for a perfect backdrop, but check it out tonight. you can barely make out anything in that smoky haze. for the third night in a row, smoke is making for a gloomy situation, so it's no surprise street life is pretty sparse. most of the people i talked with are visiting the city. kyle br these individuals are here from the central coast. they had planned on touring alcatraz. >> it got canceled. we got in through the plane flight and it got canceled at 9:30 right when we landed. >> reporter: the national park service closed down tourists to keep people out of the smoke. on valencia street in the mission district, it's usually buzzing wit

permanezcan con nosotros >>> te esperamos la isla de alcatraz cerró este sábado debido al deterioro enre que representa riesgos para la salud de los visitantes, este lugar histórico cerró por cinco meses por la premia y solo hace un mes reabrió sus puertas al público. >>> la alcaldía sigue luchando para progresar de apagar este incendio hasta el momento se han quemado más de 250,000 acres y cuenta con un 21 por ciento de contención, siguen en vigencia las órdenes de tacos y de los condados (nombre extranjero). mientras que existe la esperanza que la condición del clima permita a los bomberos ganar ventaja, este siniestro sigue siendo el más mortífero de este año >>> al sur de la bahía visitaron los centros al aire libre a pesar de la mala condición, en este video podemos ver gente en el mercado de san josé, personas con las que hablamos nos dijeron que para ellos es importante apoyar a los pequeños agricultores a pesar de la emergencia de salud y el aire insalubres. >>> mete los incendios se devoran miles de acres que desplazaba personas de sus hogares el gobernador expresó su frustrac

on any other normal day you'd be able to see into the bay, alcatraz, bay bridge, golden gate, but this is not a normal day. even though it was a strange day, those of us who live here have to go on about our day. >> reporter: mars eat your heart out. >> it looks like hell. >> reporter: smoke high up in the atmosphere altered the sunlight and st much ina life instagram filter. it stretched far south as palo alto. >> this is one of the strangest years ever by any measure. hopefully this time next year we're looking back and things are brighter. >> reporter: highway 101 and poplar after new, it was so dark construction crews had to break out light to finish their work. many woke up this morning thinking they had more time to sleep in because it was so dark. check out monterey heights in san francisco at 11:00 a.m. >> reporter: we made to it san mateo and it looks like the skies are darker and more k th. this is 12:15 right now. long time resident, nick, says he need add head lamake youeel about 2020? >> like i was for a buddy and now all we're waiting for is an earthquake to happen. >> ki

there's alcatraz and 70 in novato, 62 by the delta. numbers warming a bit quicker in the north bay than they are in the east bay. notice that 59. but upper elevation winds have already switched around to the north and northeast. if you go up 1,000 feet for a bike ride, a hike it'll be warmer. you'll feel that warmer air mixing down and it will be gusty. right on through monday morning even for the valleys of the northnd et ai quality will be good today. you may notice haze a bit later in the east bay as they numbers begin to climb. the winds increase, the fire danger does as well. the atmosphere continues to dry out, and we'll look for the records perhaps into monday and the hazier conditions. it all coincides with the wind flow. so as we look at the air quality throughout the day today, this is 11:00. the lighter colors indicate the good air quality, and as we continue this loop here the oranges and pinks get closer and they get pushed offshore. that's due to that north, northeast wind. as we look at this at 2:00 in the afternoon we'v

. >> reporter: that bad air prompted alcatraz to cancel tours of the rock. >> did you want to go to alcatrazanted to. one of the main spots that we planned. but yeah. we are disappointed. we came a long way and spent a lot of money. but it is what it is. >> we had got an e-mail saying it was cancelled. >> reporter: the city was invisible above chrissy field and the bay bridge appeared to vanish in the smoky haze. for the first time, in a long time, san francisco public library branches are reopening, this weekend. as clean air respite centers. >> the main library, chinatown, and mission bay branches are offering a room to chill out with some social distancing, a covid-19 health screening is required before entering. the oakland zoo tweeted it was closed saturday, due to ongoing air-quality concerns. in the north bay, the air wasn't much better. mt. tam, shrouded in smoke. mcginnis park in san rafael was closed due to air quality. pulmonologist dr. karen hardy urges everyone to stay inside this weekend. >> it's important for everyone to have a mask if they have to be outside. and to try and f

on any other normal day you'd be able to see into the bay, alcatraz, bay bridge, golden gate, but thisa normal day. even though it was a strange day, those of us who live here have to go on about our day. >> reporter: mars eat your heart out. >> it looks like hell. >> reporter: smoke high up in the atmosphere altered the sunlight and st much ina life instagram filter. it stretched far south as palo alto. >> this is one of the strangest years ever by any measure. hopefully this time next year lo

francisco orange skies rain down ashen in the berkeley hills you could not even see the a bridge or alcatraz. >> this morning the sky was yellow and the sun was orange. >> this guy is horrible but the temperature is a lot better. >> would rather be in hawaii if i could. have to deal with that sometimes. >> the bad news is not going away anytime soon? >> whenever the wind shifts around and gives us hope but it lasted night and blew the smoke in from the fires in northern california. air quality still an issue for the north a and east bay on wednesday and solano county as well. sensitives groups might not be as bad today. the smoke was a little dispersed instead of being concentrated at ground level but the air quality is significant. look at how the air quality changed throughout the day. read flag warning in effect for higher elevation until 8:00 tomorrow morning north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains. winds not as strong as they were initially but 20-30-mile an hour sustained winds gusts to around 50 miles an hour combined with low humidity especially above 1000 feet,

. >> reporter: that bad air prompted alcatraz to cancel tours of the rock.ne of the main spots we planned. but we are disappointed. we came all the way and spent a lot of money to see the places. but it is what it is. >> we had gotten an email that it was canceled so we came to see if we could reschedule. >> reporter: thegeaparo al ithe time, san francisco public library branches are reopening this weekend as clean air respite centers. the main library, chinatown, and mission bay branches are offering a room to chill out with some social distancing. a covid-19 health screening is required before entering. the oakland zoo tweeted it was closed saturday due to ongoing air quality concerns. in the north bay, the air wasn't much better. mt. tam shrouded in smoke. the guinness park in san rafael was closed due to poor air quality. stanford pulmonologist dr. karen hardy urges everyone to stay home this weekend. >> it's important for everyone to have a mask if they have to be outside, and try to filter it kind of matter, you would need an n95 mask. >> reporter: cle

that's the scene from the sales force looking north across the top of alcatraz, and up into richardson bay. the peak is showing up right under the sales force tower cam. and with the review on this we know that the gauge starts at zero, and we go by the colors to give us an idea. just to show what the currents are out there, really good in south bay, looking at good air quality. once you start getting up into the north bay things start to trend moderate. that's where the concern comes in. there's a little bit of smoke filtering and to the bay area from the north, that means in the north bay and even in the east bay we noticed the air quality dip down to moderate. we will have a little more detail in the complete forecast coming up in a little bit. >>> doctors are warning that smoke could make coronavirus worse.>> when you are exposed to pollutants chronically, the receptors on your airway cells in the lungs get upregulated. ace 2 receptors, that is the receptor that the coronavirus attaches to to get into the airway cells. so presumably if you have more of those receptors you are more

on any given day, normal day, you can see into the bay, golden gate, alcatraz, but not today. this is life in sepia tone. do not adjust your screen. this is real life. >> the color of the sky is orange, yellow, scary ing. >>reporter: smoke from the wildfires that drifted more than a hundred into the atmosphere steer blocked out all of the blue light batheing the area's iconic landmarks in a hazy glow of orange, yellow. the golden gate bridge, bay bridge, the dish, hoover tower.. somebody described it as apocalyptic. >> it's kind of beautiful yet eerie. >> reporter: at treasure island, one of the best times to shoot is during golden hour at sunrise and sunset. today one photographer said it was all day twilight. he spent the day traveling across the bay area from sun up to sun down, capturing what is likely to be remembered as the instagram worthy days. seems like you're obsessed with this. >> i don't know when it's going to happen again. it's important to document it and capture it to have a better way to prevent nit the future. >> reporter: all right, so we've been all across

did you want to go to alcatraz?to, one of the main spots that we planned but we are disappointed. we came all the way and spent a lot of money to see the places but yes it is what it is. >> we had gotten an email it was canceled so came in to see if we could reschedule. >> reporter: the city was invisible above chrissy field and the bay bridge appeared to vanish in the smoky haze. san francisco public library branches are reopening this weekend as clean air respite centers. the main library, chinatown and mission bay branches are offering a room to chill out with social distancing, a covid-19 health screening is required before entering. the oakland zoo tweeted it was closed saturday due to ongoing air quality concerns. in the north bay, the air wasn't much better. mt. tam shrouded in smoke, guinness park in san rafael was closed due to poor air quality. stanford pulmonologist dr. karen hardy urges everyone to stay inside this weekend. >> it is very dangerous to be out in this kind of air, so it's important for ever

golden gate national recreation area has temporarily closed alcatraz, mere woods and four point. the danger is in the data, with air-quality index numbers and cities registering in the mid to hundreds, well above the good zone that tops out at 50. >> air-quality right now, widespread, is very unhealthy. closed friday afternoon could potentially remain closed for the 49ers season opener sunday. that's a fair quality doesn't improve. >> my understanding as if it gets to 200 that's on the nfl will really start his guessing what to do with the game. >> i'm kind of upset, but it is what it is. safety is first. >> reporter: unprecedented times calling for unprecedented action. really all any of us can do is try to be as patient as possible, take the necessary precautions and just be mindful that this is temporary. >>> the coverage continues at ktvu.com and our meteorologist will join us in about 15 minutes to show us when some of the smoke might start to lift. >>> they lowered the death toll down from 10 to 9. sherriff sent what investigators that were a set of remains turned out to be

and sent to alcatraz prison in san francisco bay which was then a new prison, state-of-the-art prison. he contacted syphilis. so he wasn't quite as faithful to his wife as people thought and he died of syphilis in 1947 still in jail in alcatraz. now another indication of the new urban culture which many americans admired but many other americans abhorred appeared on screen. 1920s movies, as i said before, became the most popular form of entertainment in america. even more popular when you started to have talking films in 1927. al jolson i mentioned before is one of the patrons at texas guinan's club was the star of the first full length motion talking picture called "the jazz singer." and hollywood already even before you had sound movies was already a synonym as it is today for beautiful, talented people making lots of money living in thoroughly immoral ways. charlie chaplin the biggest film star of the 1920s was well-known for having a series after teenage mistresses. when he finally got married, he married a woman 40 years younger than him. the second most popular comedian in the 2

he is sent to alcatraz prison in san francisco bay, which is then a new prison and state-of-the-art. he contacted -- contracted syphilis, so he wasn't quite as faithful to his wife as people thought and died of syphilis in alcatraz. another indication of a new urban culture which many americans admired, but many other american support, appeared on screen. 1920s movies became the most popular form of entertainment in america. even more popular when you started having talking films in 1927. i'll joel son who i mentioned before, was the star of the first full length talking picture. it was called the guessing or. hollywood already, even before you had sound movies, was already a synonym, as it is today, for beautiful talented people making lots of money and living in thoroughly immoral ways. charlie chaplain, the biggest star of the 1920s, was well known for having a series of teenage mistresses. when he finally got married, he married a woman 40 years younger than him. the second most popular comedian in the 20s onscreen was a guy called fatty our buckle. he was accused of raping and k

visitors were not allowed at alcatraz or fort point. reservations are being canceled and refunded in full. >>> the city of san francisco is opened up for the centers are people looking to escape the bad air. there are a total of four locations so far. the san francisco main library, chinatown branch library, mission bay branch library, and this out these community facility. >> right here, there is hvac, there's air conditioning, people can bring their laptops, their snacks, their books >>> new video just coming into our newsroom, gov. newson meeting with people who were forced to evacuate from the north complex fire. 14 people have been killed in this blaze, that is now burned more than 260,000 acres in butte and plymouth county's. it is now just 26% contained. residential was in northern california today to hear about the deadly wildfires. he also honored seven california national guardsmen. they rescued a group of people from the creek fire at mammoth pool earlier this month. the 10 hour air rescue mission sage 242 people. today they

you almost couldn't see alcatraz. and it even affected construction sites. some crews had to use their lights in the middle of the day. >>> and this is what travellers leaving or arriving at sfo were seeing. a passenger took these photos from a window seat as his plane was landing. >> you could smell smoke in the cabin. and we could he see outside, so it wasn't like engine fire smoke. it was just burning. you could just smell it. you could see the ground on that side, you couldn't see it on this side. and it was just dark, dark burnt orange. crazy. >> sfo says that air quality did not affect departures or arrivals. so the air quality hasn't taken a big hit with air readings painting a different picture. and chris nguyen has the story from the south bay. >> reporter: as wildfires burn, a combination of smoke and haze made for a rtli ow >> it feels like it is the end of the world or something is lurking. something is in the making. it is a very eerie feeling. >> reporter: with ash falling from above, the darkness during the day could almost be mistaken for an

and look here, you can barely see that that is alcatraz. the dark orange skies even affected construction sites because they had to turn on the lights fast it awere the middle of the night but it was the middle of the day. and we're seeing effects on cars and outside surfaces. check out the ash in san mateo, pretty amazing considering the fires responsible for 24 smoke a and ash are more than 150 miles away. and in the north bay, pg&e efforts were slowed to restore electricity about an 16 helicopters being used to in-pekin inspect power lines had to be grounded because of visibility issues. they had cut pour because of the danger conditions. and we have a photo gallery at abc7news.com. you can look at the explan nation as to why the sky was so strange. >>> and developing news, firefighters are battling the bear fire. and more than 252 240ur,000 acr already burned and is 24% contained. parts of the town of oroville still under threat and that is where kaylee hartung is this morning. >> reporter: it is a difficult firefight in this area. two

here's how alcatraz looked from fisherman's wharf. tourists couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> i think it is really end sane. the zombie poapocalypse. >> it was pretty scary. >> i think it's magical. what do you think? >> it's amaze go to be here for something like this. >> i've never seen something like this in my life. it's quite frightening. >> i feel bad for the people right in the heart of it. this looks terrible. imagine if you're right there. >> very good point. workers had to get through it too. they had to use lights to get through the dark. >> moa fire has burned a quarte of a million acres. it is 38% couldn't taned. the creek fire has burned 163,000 acres. it is not contained at all. 0%. and the august comple and the mendocino national forest has charged 421,000 acres. it is 24% contained. more on the north complex. >> this is what extreme fire behavior looks like. flames jumping towering pines and over rivers, burning at a rate of 1,000 acres every 30 minutes. overnight, 80,000 acres. the fire is generating extreme

but some outdoor activities this weekend were shut down like the oakland zoo and tours of alcatr alcatraz. it caught people off guard. >> without masks, we can feel that the air is not healthy. so very disappointed. >> it is very dangerous to be out in 24 kind of air. so be so have a mask if you have to be outside. and to filter this kind of matter, you really need an n95. >> and we hate for this to be the impression that tourists good getting of the bay area. we want to point out as the doctor mentioned, if you do have to go outside, make sure that you have a problem mask and if you are going outside, try to limit the amountle of time that you have to be out there. julian glover, abc 7 news. >>> and we have made it eas for you to track the air where you live. you can find this air quality tracker on our website abc7news.com, the link is right at the top of the home page. and on the free abc 7 news app. >>> cal fire is monitoring 29 major wildfires still burning across the state. firefighters on the front lines of the north complex fire burning in butte and plumas counties are racing agai

the national park service is shutdown alcatraz, fort point today. >> we are activating whether these centers for people who need access to weather relief. >> we will give you the current conditions on what to expect this weekend. first we take it to ktvu's ann rubin with how people are handling the health effects with all of the smoke in the air. >> people are doing their best to stay indoors. doctors say they are already seeing the impacts of all of this bad air. >> day after day of awful air quality is starting to take its toll. >> i have had like three migraines this week. >> carbon health, which runs care clinics around the bay area has seen an influx in complaints and not just for people with asthma or emphysema. >> what you miss is that there is a higher risk of things that are sinus related as well. the irritation of the air particles will cause you to have more frequent headaches. >> there are more serious impacts of the air quality too. at stanford, doctors are seeing increases in everything from cardiac complications to strokes. >> we have noticed an uptick of upwards of 20

thought some of the really funny ones were someone asked, is it shorter to raft from san francisco to alcatraz or san francisco to treasure island? and after that, they said, what's the phone number for the coast guard because i think they should come with me. or another favorite was -- they didn't have internet, but they asked, can you look me up on google earth and see if it looks like i'm growing weed at my house. but we get those types of questions, but also the normal things, like when is this book coming out? many of them were, when are you going to open for curbside service? we answer those questions, and have been there since march, trying to answer questions from the outside world. next, we're trying to do meetings on zoom, teaching people how to use resources. many people had never checked out an e-book through the library system or downloaded music through the library system, so we're trying to show them those tools, as well as other tools that they might need. we've shown people on zoom how to use zoom, how to join a conversation and a chat group on zoom. those have been really pop

devin meier sent us these pictures taken today of alcatraz. camera off auto correct, you just have to manually override the color protection and auto exposure. >>> governor newsom said 50 more wildfires were reported up and down the state just last night. the governor also said today three wildfires in northern a car the focus now of the greatest concern. they are the north complex in plumas and butte counties, and the fork fire in el dorado county, and the yuba fire. resources are strained. >> we continue to get out of state resources and support, though we have wildfires in the pacific north that we are struggling with, as well, and states like washington and oregon are also struggling. but the mutual aid system coming from other states is presenting a kind of support you would expect. >>> the governor also thanked the white house for approving more firefighting grants to cover some of in costs of fighting these fires. >>> the forest service said it is now closing all 18 national forests in the state in the midst of the wildfires. on monday,

attractions including near woods, alcatraz and fort point are all closed today due to the poor air quality. >> what are the effects of this poor air quality on our health? dr. stephanie christiansen joins us live this afternoon. she is an assistant professor of medicine at ucsf. the dr. thank you for being here. we are going on nearly 4 weeks in a row of these conditions. what are the dangers of the extended exposure to this wildfire smoke? >> i think especially for people with pre-existing conditions like lung diseases such as asthma or copd or heart diseases you can get exacerbations of those diseases. it could include up to hospitalization. those are the people that are most at risk. really, anybody especially with the air quality as bad as it is can start feeling shortness of breath, get a cough, i tearing and knows watering. we also worry about over time with these repeated exposures that are prolonged that you could actually have increased incidents of getting lung diseases like asthma or copd. >> let's start first dr. with those who are most at risk. are you in fact seeing more peop

it was taken on alcatraz island. you can see there is san francisco completely disappearing in the background. and karen keller sent us this picture from hillsboro with trees creating silhouettes against the backdrop. we have team coverage tonight. our chief meteorologist phil martin is tracking this month for us. we also have several reporters looking at the impact of this weather. we start though with ktvu's jana katsuyama . >> reporter: the surreal skies by themselves would have been unsettling, but the ash and darkness today really dealt a blow to businesses that already have been struggling to survive the pandemic, record heat and wildfire smoke. almost like a dream, the entire bay area woke up to this. >> it felt like we were living on mars. we couldn't figure out what time it was, even in the afternoon. it was so dark and >> it was apocalyptic. by 10:00, 11:00 in the morning it was darker than it was at 7:00 a.m. >> reporter: the darkness stretched from the bank across east contra costa county like a nuclear f

>>and depending on conditions may remain closed tomorrow as well near woods alcatraz of fort point nationaltoric site all closed to the public. as health experts caution about being outside for extended periods of time for more on these weather we welcome in chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. to maybe tell us when we can breathe easy again. yeah, you know what though we really need a kick in the atmosphere to get these gone vicki and i think we're going to get it. >>you can see some haze out there right now is that smoke settles in for another very bad night of poor air quality all around the bay area looking toward the golden gate bridge. you see the surge of the low clouds and the dense fog that is making its way on shore right now that will begin to fill into the bay overnight tonight as well but the air quality still going to be horrible tomorrow, very unhealthy in the north bay and also along the coastline just inside the bay, the east bay and healthy as well continuing to the south bay so it's just a rough time but we're going to see some changes here and you'll see right here see t

the golden gate national recreation area has temporarily closed alcatraz, mere woods and four point. the danger is in the data, with air quality index numbers in many cities registering in the mid to hundreds, well above the good zone that tops out at 50. >> air quality right now widespread as pockets of very unhealthy folks. closed friday afternoon could potentially remain closed for the 49ers season opener sunday if air quality doesn't improve. >> my understanding is if it gets to do hundred, that's another felber start discussing what to do with the game. >> i would be kind of upset. but it is what it is. we're dealing with tough times right now i'm a safety is first. an unprecedented times calling for unprecedented action. all any of us can really do is try to be patient, take the necessary precautions and maybe repeat the phrase, this too shall pass. >> that is a good point. on that point, a lot of people getting irritated and wanting to get outside. we bring in our meteorologist with a look now of where the smoke and air quality is the worst. >>> that's right. as you know, we h

you almost couldn't see salcat z alcatraz.nd this is what travelers leaving or arriving at sfo saw. they probably just wanted to fly back wherever they came from, right? a edge pa took these photos from a window seat. >>> you could smell smoke in the cabin. fortunately we could see outside so it wasn't engine fire smoke, you could see the ground on that side, you couldn't see it on this side. and it was just dark burnt orange. it was crazy. >> and sfo says the air quality did not affect departures or arrivals. in the north bay, smoky skies slowed efforts to restore electricity after the public safety power shutoffs. 16 helicopters were grounded because of visibility issues. the company says that it had to cut power because of dangerous wildfire conditions. fortunately, the lights are back on for almost all of its 172,000 affected customers. and that includes more than 22 240ur ,000 residents in sonoma and napa counties. we have a photo gha$allery at abc7news.com. >>> now let's talk about the fires. north complex fire is what i

. >> reporter: poor air quality has also shut down a number of attractions, including alcatraz, mereds, and four point. alameda and contra costa among other counties, warning all residents to stay indoors, as the bay area hits its record 25th straight spare the air alert. a spokesperson for the bay area air quality management district doesn't see an end in sight. >> unfortunately, we just decided this morning, to extend our string of spare the air alerts through monday, so that will make 28 and that doubles the previous record of 14 during the campfire. >> reporter: these numbers tell the story there have been nearly 7700 fires in california this year, 3700 structures have been destroyed, 3.5 million acres have burned, and that is roughly 3% of the entire state, and we still have another 2+ months of fire season to go. >> that is just incredible, we know a lot of the smoke we are experiencing is from the august fire, which is the biggest single fire ever in california but there is so many fires throughout the state, we had fires in eight of the nine bay area counties, and now unfortu

but this weekend outdoor activities shut down like to yourself of alcatraz and also the oakland zoo shut down saturday. the city was invisible and bay bridge appeared to vanish catching some tourists off guard. >> we can feel that the air is not healthy. so very disappointed. >> it is very dangerous to be out in this kind of air, so important for everyone to have a mask if they have to be outside and to try to filter this kind of matter, you really would need an n95. >> reporter: now, it is important as you heard the doctor mention, the pulmonologist, that if you do have to go out ford of time, you he the proper mask, an n95 mask that will help filter out some of the part kells. and if you do go out, try to limit the time you actually are out there. julian glover, abc 7 news. >>> we have made it easy for you to keep track of the air quality levels where you there. there is a tracker at abc7news.com, the link is right at the top of our home page and on our free abc 7 news app. >>> cal fire is monitoring 29 major burni across the state. firefighters on the front lines of the north complex

system is announcing closures today in depending on conditions may remain closed tomorrow near woods alcatraz fort point national historic site they're all closed to the public. the park system also added what we have heard from health experts over the last few days at the current air quality may pose a risk to anyone spending an extended amount of time outdoors today and suggest people avoid unnecessary outdoor activity. >>today oakland open 2 locations for people seeking relief from the unhealthy air. the spots open today they will be open tomorrow as well unclear. if they're going to need them sunday. because of the bad air the city's telling people look try to move any physical activities you had scheduled indoors. can't do that may be rescheduled them or at least keep it short for information on respite centers and the air quality in the bay area you can always head to our website kron 4 dot com. we've got a lot of smoke in our skies still the question is will it start to clear out over the weekend. we'll talk about that forecast coming up next and san jose police released new body camer

it is that other island, not alcatraz, but that other island in the san francisco bay that is now a california state park. so, the immigration station on angel island was open from 1910 to 1940. we primarily think about it as an entry point for immigrants from china and japan. and two thirds of the immigrants who did come through angel island were from those two countries. but as you can see, there are over 80 countries represented for the immigration stream that came through angel island according to our research. it ranged from places like denmark and luxembourg, french indochina, the name for cambodia, vietnam and laos, south africa, spain, switzerland. there were also folks who came south from canada and north from south america. this is a photograph of the administration building on angel island. when immigrants would dock, they would land on a pier and go up this pier, and this is the first site they would see. there are three entrances here. racial segregation was the order of the day. there was an entrance for employees, there was an entrance for whites, and for asians. within that adm

did you want to go to alcatraz?main spots that we planned but we are disappointed. we came all the way and spent a lot of money to see the places but yes t is what it is. >> we had gotten an email it was canceled so came in to see if we could reschedule. >> reporter: the city was invisible above chrissy field and the bay bridge appeared to vanish in the smoky haze. spran public library branches are reopening this weekend as clean air respite centers. the main library, chinatown and mission bay branches are offering a room to chill out with social distancing, a covid-19 health screening is required before entering. the oakland zoo tweeted it was closed saturday due to ongoing air quality concerns. in the north bay, the air wasn't much better. mt. tam shrouded in smoke, park closed due to poor air quality. stanford pulmonologist dr. karen hardy urges everyone to stay inside this weekend. >> it is very dangerous to be out in this kind of air, so it's important for everyone to have a mask, if they have to be outside, an

thought some of the really funny ones were someone asked, is it shorter to raft from san francisco to alcatraz or san francisco to treasure island? and after that, they said, what's the phone number for the coast guard because i think they should come with me. or another favorite was -- they didn't have internet, but they asked, can you look me up on google earth and see if it looks like i'm growing weed at my house. but we get those types of questions, but also the normal things, like when is this book coming out? many of them were, when are you going to open for curbside service? we answer those questions, and have been there since march, trying to answer questions from the outside world. next, we're trying to do meetings on zoom, teaching people how to use resources. many people had never checked out an e-book through the library system or downloaded music through the library system, so we're trying to show them those tools, as well as other tools that they might need. we've shown people on zoom how to use zoom, how to join a conversation and a chat group on zoom. those have been really pop

basically shutting down the parks in their system today, including mayor woods as you can see there alcatraz. >>4 point because they don't want to encourage people to come out so they're telling you right now if you had any plans on coming to one of the parks just stay home because they're the parroting the same message we're all part of which by the way indoor and nose or a nearby parts i just got a text from a friend who was going to yosemite this weekend. >>and apparently that's not happening back country yeah smoky they don't exercise outside which is why san francisco state is canceling all on-campus activities because of the air quality and if kids were in school and be the same thing remember when we have bad air a couple years ago the kids weren't having soccer practice they were having games they were in the door, but now the kids are not typically in school anyway so just keep them john haha yeah, i know that's not good news, but it is good news that people don't have to go out there for these events today or at least feel obliged to do that is you do not want to be. >>outside as l

thought some of the really funny ones were someone asked, is it shorter to raft from san francisco to alcatrazancisco to treasure island? and after that, they said, what's the phone number for the coast guard because i think they should come with me. or another favorite was -- they didn't have internet, but they asked, can you look me up on google earth and see if it looks like i'm growing weed at my house. but we get those types of questions, but also the normal things, like when is this book coming out? many of them were, when are you going to open for curbside service? we answer those questions, and have been there since march, trying to answer questions from the outside world. next, we're trying to do meetings on zoom, teaching people how to use resources. many people had never checked out an e-book through the library system or downloaded music through the library system, so we're trying to show them those tools, as well as other tools that they might need. we've shown people on zoom how to use zoom, how to join a conversation and a chat group on zoom. those have been really popular as pe

in the vietnam war and had they called the alcatraz gang of how to have a p.o.w. resistance. this guy, i think he won something like 26 medals, stars, medal er of-or winner, admiral stockdale, later went on to become president of a naval war college. we're dealing with a very serious person and stockdale and ross perot just admired him. he thought this was the type of person that we needed in government, and so he chose him as his v.p., it was an interesting choice. what people forget in 1992, ross perot did well in the debates. he clearly won the first debate bush.st clinton and some people would say he won all three but that's how he got to 19% pre-debates, perot was, you or something , 8% like that. post debates he hit up to 19 so he did well. stockdale struggled. he only had about a week to prepare. debating with dan quayle and al gore and he got out of the gate wrong by making a comments like who am i? because a lot of people haven't heard of him before. he actually got a lot of applause when he did the debates, stockdale but the media went to town on him and he wasn't r

san francisco, 75 monterey get little closer here in the 4 zone forecast 79 for mission district alcatrazut 65 will do lower 70's covering the coast 73 for daly city on the bay side upper 70's to 82 burlingame heading down south a stone 80's department here 87 palo alto 86 redwood city 84 from mountain view. and down south in the south bay, only morgan hill los gatos managing about 90 or so most other readings in santa clara valley will be in the upper 80's, some lower 80's going on the east bay shoreline to the south here lower 90's to tri valley 94, dublin looks like 93 walnut creek 92 going on for concord 85 san leandro 84 oakland and berkeley, even for richmond looks like 82 vallejo got some lower 90's ups little county vacaville fairfield 87 for napa and about an 88% a rose in more 80's heading down south beaches, not looking bad at 66 for stenson beach. so a brief warm-up we have today in response to the calendar we to see temperatures fall with our first little system here. monday tuesday zone much of the week pretty much hanging in the 80's there little bit of a warm-up happens fr

thought some of the really funny ones were someone asked, is it shorter to raft from san francisco to alcatraz island? and after that, they said, what's the phone number for the coast guard because i think they should come with me. or another favorite was -- they didn't have internet, but they asked, can you look me up on google earth and see if it looks like i'm growing weed at my house. but we get those types of questions, but also the normal things, like when is this book coming out? many of them were, when are you going to open for curbside service? we answer those questions, and have been there since march, trying to answer questions from the outside world. next, we're trying to do meetings on zoom, teaching people how to use resources. many people had never checked out an e-book through the library system or downloaded music through the library system, so we're trying to show them those tools, as well as other tools that they might need. we've shown people on zoom how to use zoom, how to join a conversation and a chat group on zoom. those have been really popular as people have really ta