abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley is line at uc davis where three significant studies are now under way. leslie? >> reporter: some fascinating work being done here. there is of course data on breathing in smoke. cigarette smoke, secondhand smoke, air pollution. but this is new. this is uncharted territory. breathing in smoke for all of us from wildfires and burning homes for the second straight year. 11 days of heavy toxic smoke in the bay area this month. this was our reality. >> so this keeps all of our samples -- >> reporter: at the center for health and environment at uc davis they're taking filters that collected particulates in the oakland hills during that time and are studying the toxicity. >> and i collected this in about six hours. >> reporter: keith bines says with normal pollution it would take four weeks for a filter to get this dirty. that's what our lungs filtered too. >> the issue then becomes if a person has it every summer, every fall, every year of their lives, then there are chronic health problems that start to arise. we don't really know how to respond when the

in concord, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> leslie, thank you. abc 7 news spoke to professor of environmental sciences. he said breathing in wildfire smoke may be as bad as breathing in diesel exhaust. it can have lasting health consequences. >> with what we're breathing in are small particles that can get into the deep lung. they can generate injury and inflammation in the air ways and lungs. it can affect people with cardiovascular disease, heart disease. >> he tells us risk of heart attack or stroke increases when the air quality is this poor. it's also a humg factor for asthmatics and smokers. it's important to close windows of your home and not to circulate air from outside unless you have a helpa filter. >> >>> let's get into it. we've got smoke across the bay area as you know. it's quite smoky and unhelpful for tomorrow in the north bay. the inland east bay. air quality is going to be poor through the weekend and through monday as a matter of fact for virtually all the bay area. red flag warning in effect for the hills and mountains from 1

in oakland, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> polls close at 8:00 tonight.t gives you a little more than three hours to get there if you have a vote by mail ballot, you can drop it off at any polling place and mail it as long as it's postmarked today and received by friday. most mail-in ballots need extra postage and don't forget to sign the back of the envelope. >>> on to consumer news, if you have cake mix in your cupboard, you want to check it. >> duncan hines announced a major recall, more than 2 million cake mixes may be contaminated with salmonella. >> the cake mix giant is recalling 2.4 million boxes of the most popular flavors. it received five reports of sal m nell la. it recalled covered classic white, classic yellow, butter golden and confetti cake mixes. all affected boxes have a best by date of march 7 through 2019. those who got sick may have consumed some raw cake better. the company advises don't lick the bowl or eat any unbaked mix. anyone with a recalled mix can return it to the store where you brought it for a full refund. >>> if you're ti

leslie brinkley shows the effort to encourage everyone to get votes in. >> dear young people. >> don'tt vote. >> everything is fine the way it is. >> nationally there are viral videos like this tauning young voters to vote, because seniors certainly do. meanwhile locally, silver haired soldiers armed with cell phones and ipads tap their way into potential voters heads, actually texting get out the vote messages. >> you're technology savvy. >> we are technology savvy. 66 here in ross more were part of the texting group. are part of the texting group that started in march. and we have texted over 3.6 million people. >> locally republicans are also on the move. >> we have also deployed about 20,000 door hangers that have -- who are recommended our candidates are endorsed candidates are. and we have deployed hundreds of thousands of digital ads. >> i worked on jfk's campaign. >> theeare happy to have a nick >> we are the gray army. anhonestly, i think we were the gray activist army who are doing this work on behalf of not just ourselves, to save medicare and social security, but for our ch

abc 7 news news reporter leslie brinkley encourages everyone to get in re votes in. >> deer young peopleon't vote, don't vote. >>. everything is fine the way it is. >> nationally there are viral videos like this one taunting young voters to vote. because seniors certainly do. meanwhile locally, silver haired soldiers armed with cell phones ad ipads are tapping in voter heads. actually getting get out the vote messages. >> you are technology savvy. >> we are technology savvy. 66 of us here in ross more part of the texting dwroup are part of the texting group that started in march. and we have texted over 3.6 million people. >> locally, republicans are also on the move. >> we have also deployed about 20,000 door hangers who our recommended candidates and endorsed candidates are. and we deployed hundreds of thousands of digital ads. >> i worked on jfk's campaign. >> the democrats of ross mother are happy they say to have a dig name. >> we are the gray army. and honestly, i think we are the gray activist army who are doing this work on before of not just ourselves to save medicare and social

in san leandro, i'm leslie brinkley.ou can go online to our website for morcific information. the truckload you saw, it's expected chico any minute now. >>> stay with us for the latest on the camp fire including the latest numbers on containment. you can get the latest numbers on the news app by enabling push alerts. >>> five people under arrest for possession of child pornography, including a san francisco pastor. officers arrested 59-year-old lutheran pastor steve sabin last thursday. san francisco police say he had more than 600 clips of child pornography on his phone and in cloud storage. four other men were arrested for varying charges relating to possession and distribution of child pornography. this was part of a special operation. >>> we have new developments involving a missing 49ers fan. the coroner confirmed the body found in the marina saturday was that of a 32-year-old ian powers. his death was ruled an accidental drowning. the washington man was last seen a week ago a tenning the niners game with his girlfr

our reporter leslie brinkley shows us the effort to encourage everyone to get votes in >> dear young people. >> don't vote. >> don't vote. >> everything is fine the way it is. >> nationally there are viral videos like this taunting young voters to vote because seniors certainly do. meanwhile locally, silver haired soldiers armed with cell phones and ipads are tapping their way into potential voters heads. actualliy texting get out the vote messages. >> you're technology savvy. >> we are technology savvy. 66 of us here in ross more part of the texting group that started in march. and we have texted over 3.6 million people. >> locally, republicans are also on the move. >> we have also deployed about 20,000 door hangers that have who our recommended candidates are, our endorsed candidates are. and we have deployed hundreds of thousands of digital ads. >> i worked on jfk's campaign. >> the democrat of ross more are happy to have a this nickname. >> we are the gray army. honestly, i think the gray activist army who are doing this work on behalf of not just ourselves to save medicare and s

"bc 7 news" reporter leslie brinkley was at the san leandro warehouse as part of the urgent mission to beat the rain got under way. >> we anticipate it will be quite cold, especially rain. we are collecting and sending ponchos as well as blankets, socks, in addition to those n95 masks. >> reporter: med share volunteers launched into action. >> my heart goes out to the people up there. it just goes out to them. i cannot imagine what they're going through. >> reporter: early this morning, med share volunteer lynn allen went on a shopping spree to tj max, macys and safeway. >> i got socks, underwear for mothers, dads, kids. >> reporter: rain is coming to the fire zone. med share always boxes and ships medical supplies and personal care products to people in need in disaster zones around the globe. this time the need is a three-hour drive away. >> what is great is that my dad, you know, offered the truck and my friend, christina, offered the trailer. med share has the supplies. >> reporter: you're the driver. >> i've got the time. let's just make it happen. >> reporter: bingo, it all came

"abc 7 news" reporter leslie brinkley got answers to all of our questions about masks and other wayshe smoke. >> reporter: we are all improvising, perfecting our mask-wearing technique to protect our health in the smoke-choked air. >> is it a good idea to wear the mask while driving? >> i think it would be because you are getting in and out of your car more frequently, and you are mixing the airs. >> reporter: dr. allison is an allergist with the allergy medicine group of the bay area. she says ill-fitting one-size-fits-all masks that are too large can be folded and sealed with medical tape. >> wrap around glasses are a good idea, and sunglasses, regular glasses. you can use goggles if you want to, because a lot of my patients are having eye irritation in addition to coughing. >> reporter: is something like this, a snorkel mask, overkill? >> why not, really? >> reporter: whatever works? >> whatever works. i think it is a great idea, a great improv. >> reporter: of course, if you have access to an industrial respirator, that might not be a bad idea. >> you can use it if you happen to

leslie brinkley talked to a doctor about possible alternatives. >> we are all improvising, perfecting our mask wearing technique. >> does it help to duct tape the edges much doors and windows. >> it does, absolutely. because you want as much ceiling as possible. >> this doctor is an allergist with the allergy medical group of the bay area. she suggests wearing the masks even in your car. she says ill fitting one size fits all masks that are too large can be folded and sealed with medical tape. >> regular glasses, sunglasses you can use goggles if you want because a lot of patients have eye irritation in addition to coughing. >> is something like this a snoerkle mask overkill. >> why not, really. >> whatever works. >> i think that's a great idea, great improv. if you have access to an industrial respirator that's not a bad day sfl if you happen to have access to one. you can. >> if you are running out the door and grab a bandanna, a scarf would this help. >> better than nothing. >> and again a thicker scarf is better if can you. >> we have a lot of people looking for bandanna's to help

in rossmoor in walnut creek, i'm leslie brinkley, "abc 7 news." >> talk about grassroots. >>> today weed at a ballot measure that could be a possible solution to homelessness in san francisco. proposition c would tax businesses and administrative offices in the city that make more than $50 million in revenue. supporters say the money would pay for things like permanent housing perhaps and mental health services. last week one of prop c's biggest supporters, salesforce ceo marc benioff joined me to talk about it. he says it is time for businesses to give back. some homeless people seem to be in support of this plan. this man is wearing a yes on c shirt. these images were posted to a twitter account about life in the soma neighborhood. a video shows a yes on c shirt among another homeless person's belongings. there you see it there, the blue shirt. today, no on prop c campaign spokesperson jess montajano joined us to explain his concerns about the proposition and the petition process that got it on the ballot in the first place. >> so proposition c we believe is the wrong approach to add

in concord, i'm leslie brinkley, "abc 7 news." >>> along the peninsula flights were delayed about 45 minutes at sfo because of the widespread smoke and haze. the airport tweeted a warning this morning to travelers, telling them to check their flight status with air airline. oakland and san jose airports didn't report problems with the smoky air. >>> our air quality is visibly worse today compared to yesterday. just look at this. this is the view from mount tam, yesterday on the left and then today on the right. many north bay schools were shut down today because of the poor air quality. "abc 7 news" reporter wayne freedman watched the air quality all day from sonoma county where the smoke felt ominous for survivors of last year's north bay fires. >> reporter: masks and we're well past halloween. when so nona closed schools today including grant elementary in petalumas, the kids were free. >> if there's something to keep our kids safe, i'm about it. >> reporter: she said that on the day where brown became the new blue, where people who looked ready, did so with the bad air settling in

i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> stay with abc 7 news as we track the air quality in the bay area. you can check the current conditions where you live by going to abc 7 news.com there you find a map that updates every five minutes. the time is 6:06. president trump is on his way to california see the devastation from the camp fire first hand. this is video of him leaving washington, d.c. he is expect today land at beil air force base at 9:45 this morning in yuba county. last week the president caused outrage on blaming fires on poor forest management. the preponderate has change his tune. last night he tweeted he is looking forward to joining governor brown and governor elect newsom during his visit. the tweet was in ponce to a joint statement from the governor brown and governor elect numbers both vocal critics of the president. but they welcome the visit appear say now is the time to pull together. >>> here is the latest on the camp fire, scorching 146,000 acres or 228 square miles since is it breck out. it's 50% contained. the butte county sheriff confirms 71 people have died.

leslie brinkley, "abc7 news." >>> a lot more to bring you. a homicide investigation is under way in san jose tonight. >>> one man stabbed death, another suffering a gunshot wound. the typically quiet ninehood. >>> a square at san francisco's hall of justice. what someone did inside that led to the evacuation of the entire building. >> elation for some, disappointment for others. >>> in the south bay, people who live near san jose's japan town are in shock after learning one of their neighbors was fatally stabbed today. chris nguyen was at the scene all day, and has the latest. >> reporter: in one of san jose's oldest neighborhoods, a typically quiet street rocked by gun violence, has neighbors questioning what went wrong >> very unusual to have activity like sieof popsn neighborhood n. police responded shortly thereafter and found the womevi stabbed in a house. the suspect was found suffering from a gunshot wound and taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. neighbors say an elderly couple lived in the home with their adult son, w

leslie brinkley talked to alternatives. >> we are all improvising perfecting the mask wearing technique to help our health. >> does it help though duct tape edges of doors and windows. >> yes it will. >> this doctor is an allergist with the allergy and medical group of the bay area she suggests wearing the n 95 masks in the car. lal fitting masks that are too ca ar mandn sealed with medical tape. >> wrap around glasses is a good idea. regularglasses. you can use goggles if you want because a lot of my patients have eye irritation in addition to coughing. >> is something like this a snorkeaser mlll. k >> whatever works. i think that's a great idea. great improve. if you have access to the industrial respirator might not be a. f he aess b tado one. >> if youre a door and grab a bandanna, scarf doess thi than nothing. a thicker scarf is better if you can. > we have a lot of people lo bandannas or neck buffs to cover nose and smo. >> at the sports basement store some came in asking for desert goggles like these and camping gear. >> instead of walking aroundrked head down to pinnacle and set

abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley is looking into the science of how smoke from wildfires affects our health. see what she's discovered coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >>> and take a look at some dramatic video from world news tonight. you're looking at the rescue of a whale shark in oman that got stuck on a beach. a huge group of people came to its aid. eventually they were able to push it back out to see. >>> hard to miss the effects of the latest storm in the sierra dumping snow with some locations reporting more than a foot. off the san mateo county coastline sky 4 found big surf at mavericks. a high surf advisory remains in place. we bring in abc 7 news anchor spencer christian with a look at live doppler 7. >> today's storm continues to slowly wind down. here's a look at live doppler 7. here's what we mean by scattered showers. see how widely scattered these showers are. but it's still wet over much of the south bay peninsula. heavy downpours near fremont along highways 680 and 880, 262. this is a challenging commute for commuters this afternoon, evening. we still have flash fl