> reporter: crystal's unlikely obsession with canned pasta began after the birth of her daughter, ashlynearlier this year, she stopped eating food all together, with the sole exception of spaghettios and meatballs. teachers and therapists were working to expand her palette when the pandemic hit, clearing the grocery store shelves of more than just toilet paper. >> we couldn't find spaghettios anywhere, it was like they were there one day and the next they were gone. >> reporter: but wait, why was there a run on spaghettios? >> i don't know. maybe people thought if the world ended you could survive on spaghettios. i just know i was losing my mind trying to find them. >> reporter: and that's when the miracle happened. like prepackaged manna from heaven, spaghettios just started showing up on her door steps in the mail, hundreds of cans from people in the community who had heard about ashlyn in the local paper and wanted to help. >> if it wasn't for the kindness of people like that we would not have gotten by. when you have a child with special needs their future is always in the back of yo

. >> her obsession began afternoon the birth of her daughter ashlyn. she's autistic. she stopped eegtd food altogether with the sole exception of spa get owes and meats balls. teachers were working to expand her pal lat when the pandemic hit. >> we couldn't find spa get owes anywhere. >> why was there a run on spaghetti o's? >> i was losing my mind trying to find it. >> that's when the miracle happened. spa get owes started showing up reds of cans in the people l. in the community who heard about ashlyn in the local paper and wanted to help. >> if it wasn't for the kindness of people like that we wldn't have gotten by. their future is in the back of your minds. who's going to take care of them when i get old and to see people come out and embrace us gave me so much hope that they will love they are and take care of her when i'm not here. >> spaghetti o's is hardly. every can now is fortified with faith in humanity. steve hartman, on the road in add lt borough, massachusetts. >> and that is the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for

>> reporter: crystal's unlikely obsession with canned pasta began after the birth of her daughter ashlynic. earlier this year she stopped eating food altogether with the sole exception of spaghetti-os and meatballs. teachers and therapists were working to expand her palate when the pandemic hit. clearing store shells of a lot more than just toilet paper. >> couldn't find spaghetti-os anywhere. they were there one day and then they were gone. if people thought like if the world ended you could survive on spaghetti-os. i just know that i was losing my mind trying to find them. >> reporter: and that's when the miracle happened. like prepackaged mana from heaven, spaghetti-os just started showing up on her doorstep, in the mail, hundreds of cans from people in the community who'd heard about ash lynn in the local paper and wanted to help. >> if it wasn't for the kindness of people like that, we would not have gotten by. when you have a child with special needs, their future is always in the back of your mind. who's going to take care of them when i get old. and to see people come out and emb

this is the stuff, this particulate matter, the ashlyn's following.rief, it's just not for anybody. a lot of times air quality folks take into consideration ozone, carbon dioxide, all the different pollutants. but we are talking business a piece of ash, a piece of particulate that winick is in your long it can cause problems and infections too. i do you know that, but just beware of the. a lot of times which require quality alerts, we talk about ground level is on , not particulate. so in this case it is particulate. it shouldn't be as much tomorrow . in san francisco tomorrow kind of cloudy and yucky. by the afternoon hazy, smoky. you see little blue sky coming through. i hope the model is right. it is hard to get smoke forecast right. more relief in the afternoon according to this particular model. it will be gunk in the atmosphere with the smog and fog in the morning hours. remember a couple days ago 110, 115, record, record, record? today, just a big drop off in temperatures. could imagine today with some heat? holy smokes that would have been bru