you can read phil matier's columns every wednesday and sunday. when we come back, we'll turn the conversation from fire to smoke and how damaging is it for us. we'll talk with a local lung >>> welcome back. wildfire smoke is everywhere. we are on our 28th straight day of spare the air alerts now and this will continue at least through wednesday. we're told to stay indoors as much as possible but at some point, most people do need to get outside. stanford health care, thank you it's going on for quite a while right now. >> this is unprecedented in california that we've had such a long stretch without relief from wildfire smoke. and it can have long-term effects on our health and on our life span. so if we look at other parts of the world where they have bad air quality for many days of the year, we see that babies or children who have been exposed to poor air quality. these are just some of the long-term benefits but this is something of active investigation to understand. >> is it possible to get vertigo from the smoke? >> vertigo can happen for

san francisco chronicle insider and abc 7 news contributor, phil matier is here, phil, i don't know if we saw a presidential debate or mma fight. it was something else. >> it was. we had lincoln-douglas. nixo nixon-kendr nixon-kennedy and now trump-biden. this was a knock down drag out. in california chances are it isn't going to move the needle much because it is a heavily democratic state and chances are will go with joe biden no matter what happened tonight. the rest of the country is very narrow and the question whether anybody would change their mind on this be debate remains to be seen. what we saw here was between a debate and embarrassment. don't want to sugar coat it or sound partisan, just from the get-go nobody could get a word in or out and complete the answer. and i'm not sure how many people could actually sit through the whole thing, it was that taxing. >> a agree. it was exhausting. it was a little nerve-wracking, undignified to say the least. it was chaotic right from the outset. a debate in tone and tenure we have never really seen before. there were some good ideas e

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phil matier is reporting that new round of ghilti iguilty ple expected in a pay for play scheme. he fbi says that wong accepted bribes from officials. and you can read phil's column on sundays and wednesdays in the "chronicle." >>> a redevelopment plan could transform the area between piers 30 and 32 into a mixed use project are. these are some of the renderings of what the piers could look like. the development firm created -- that created this plan has hundreds of housing units, a floating swimming pool, retail and commercial space. the 13 acre sitnow being used as a drive-in covid-19 testing site and before that, it was a parking lot. the barers previously considered the site for the new arena. >>> ikea could soon be coming to downtown san francisco. they bought a vacant shopping center on market street. the complex opened in 2016, but has been mostly e. the only active business is a parking garage. not clear when the plans for the project will be revealed, but mayor breed says the addition would be transformational. >>> and cal iso has issued a statewide flex alert which calls

. >> reporter: san francisco insider and contributor phil matier first reported on this in july.bout name suggestions will be held in november. i'm amanda del castillo, abc7 news. >>> today justice ruth bader ginsburg made history, lying in repose at the capitol. by this time tomorrow, it's expected president trump will have formally announced his pick to take ginsburg's seat. abc7 news reporter elizabeth schulze on who it's expected to be. >> reporter: justice ruth bader ginsburg makes history one last time as the first woman and first person of faith to lie in state at the capitol. in an intimate ceremony inside statuary hall, personal touches to honor the life of the iconic justice. her love of opera music -- ♪ >> and her personal trainer of 20 years doing a push-up to say goodbye. a reminder of justice ginsburg's tenacity and a long fight with cancer. >> today we stand in sorrow, and tomorrow we the people must carry on justice ginsburg's legacy. >> reporter: republican and democratic women in congress lining the steps of the capitol to pay their final respects. but the rare

. >> reporter: san francisco insider and contributor phil matier first reported on this in july.eeting about name suggestions will be held in november. i'm amanda del castillo, abc7 news. >>> today justice ruth bader ginsburg made history, lying in repose at the capitol. by this time tomorrow, it's expected president trump will have formally announced his pick to take ginsburg's seat. abc7 news reporter elizabeth schulze on who it's expected to be. >> reporter: justice ruth bader ginsburg makes history one last time as the first woman and first person of faith to lie in state at the capitol. in an intimate ceremony inside statuary hall, personal touches to honor the life of the iconic justice. her love of opera music -- ♪ >> and her personal trainer of 20 years doing a push-up to say goodbye. a reminder of justice ginsburg's tenacity and a long fight with cancer. >> today we stand in sorrow, and tomorrow we the people must carry on justice ginsburg's legacy. >> reporter: republican and democratic women in congress lining the steps of the capitol to pay their final respects. but t

and phil matier writes that wonk kept a journal 6 hof his dealingings and accepted bribes.sundays and wednesdays. >>> and a redevelopment plan could strachbs fotransform the san francisco's waterfront into a mixed use project. these are some of the renderings of what the piers could look like. the development firm created a plan for hundreds of housing units, a floating swimming pool, retail and commercial space. the site is now being used as a drive in covid-19 testing site. and the warriors previously considered this site for their new arena. >>> and ichltskea could be comi down town san francisco. their parent company bought a vacant shopping center on market street. it has been mostly empty and it now is active right now as a parking garage and it is not clear when the plans for this project might be revealed. but mayor breed says it would be transformational for the district. >>> and two earthquakes shoot the bay area, the first happening around 11:30 yesterday morning. it struck just east an dree. and saturday, a small earthquake was also recorded near croc debt. >>>

phil matier is reporting this al "chronicle" column.been nearly 5,000 burglaries reported in this yea. and that is more than 40% over last year. break-ins that occur when the resident is home have shot up more than 60%. the worst hit police district is the one covered by northern station, that is hayes valley north to the marina. that has seen over 1,000 burglaries. you can see phil's columns on sundays and wednesdays in the "chronicle." >>> and it is the back ben of our economy, child care centers. many parents can't physically go back to work without them. and san mateo county, only a third of child care centers are still operating and that is at 25% capacity. foot steps child care, a nonprofit with nine locations across the peninsula, cared for nearly 800 children a day in early march. and now they care if for about 200. >> we'll lose at least $500,000 for this year if things continue. and that was money that we've been saving for a long time. >> currently there are more than 500 child care centers across the county. that could be at

phil matier says not likely. >> what we saw you here was somewhere between a debate and an embarrassment. i don't want to sound partisan because it just wasn't on both sides. it was a -- nobody could get aed word in edge wise or complete the answer. and i'm not sure how many people could actually sit through the whole thing, it was that taxing. >> fact checkers were again hard at work. go to abc7news.com. >>> now back to the north bay. developing news on the glass fire which continues to burn in napa and sonoma counties. firefighters it havedid have a of a better day yesterday, but one area where no one should be is an quinn but yet people are there. and amy hollyfield is in lisz toe calistoga. >> reporter: and firefighters are still working hard to find this video. we have video from overnight, crews responded to a burning home in the deer park area. and day four of this fire and homes are still burning. this fire is still a huge threat, that is why officials have issued another evacuation order, this one for the town of anquin east of calistoga. >> a lot of times they couldn't get back

. >> all right, phil matier, thank you for joining us. l's columns in the san francisco chronicle every wednesday and sunday. of course we appreciate his contributions to abc 7 news. >>> still to come on abc 7 news at 6:00, we are working to build a better bay area by combatting racial and social injustice. but do you know it when you see it? >> i don't know if it's a he really. >> you can't tell anything. >> tonight the perception test. everybody felt fine. but now im super sick. everyone is sick. i just wish we had been more careful. it would have been easier than this. so wear a mask. do what you can outside. stay six feet apart. because some things you just can't take back. do your part to lower the risk. >>> and once again, tha breaking news we've been following for about two hours now, the passing of justice ruth bader ginsburg. we do want to take a live look outside the u.s. supreme court in washington. this is a taped video in d.c. where a steady stream of people have been showing up to mourn her death. flowers placed at steps, the

phil matier reported in the "chronicle" that new round of guilty pleas is expected in the next week ort wong expected bribes. phil's column is on sundays and wednesdays in the "chronicle." >>> and there is a redevelop plan along the waterfront. these are some of the renderings of what the piers could look like. the development firm created the plan for hundreds of housing units and a floating swimming pool. retail and commercial space. the 13 acre site is being used as a testing site. and the warriors previously considered the site for the new arena there as well. >>> and ikea could be coming to downtown san francisco. a lot of people excited broke tha about that. they bought a vacant shopping center on market street. it is unclear when it the plans for the project will be rewe'll have. but mayor breed says the addition would be trance for are mafgs al. >>> and cal iso has issued a statewide flex alert. and small businesses are struggling to do brings in the time of covid and are bracing for the potential of rolling power outages. and the owner of this cafe says that they are relation