. >> the cries from demonstrators in san fransisco in the urgent calls for action to help the people of afghanistan. >>> thank you for joining us. i am juliet goodrich. we begin tonight with a live look outside where a haze is slowly blanketing the bay area. wildfire smoke is lingering, and that is causing bad air. coming up at 6 pm, kpix's devin feely speaks to a bay area expert on what to expect over the weekend but first let's get right to meteorologist with more. mac it is going to get a little better tomorrow, but not good enough. look at how bad it is right now. it is one thing to look at the haze but it is really a lot of read on here. all of the red dots show you where it is leading unhealthy. not just unhealthy for sensitive groups, unhealthy for everybody. if we take a look at the south bay, it is in the orange. i would not want to be outdoors even if it is unhealthy for sensitive groups. and then, it starts to turn orange but it is read in fairfield and santa rosa. the important part of this image is we are still in this tomorrow. i do have good news and the forecast, and

father kevin kennedy, you are a preach of the 28th of san fransisco, a roman catholic priest. many of us including myself don't know much about the business singing, but you got involved in this method of worship. >> i became interested in high school and even more so . visit churches, i always thought what a beautiful form of worship, the icons, the liturgy, i wished to be in full communion with rome. would not it be wonderful to have the full communion, and that is what visiting catholicism is. there are groups of orthodox christians who throughout the centuries have sought to reenter into that unity that existed in the first millennium in the history of christianity, the union between east and west. these byzantine catholic communities have their home --co rm in the early 20th century is so small it doesn't have its own hierarchy, so, we are entrusted to the archbishop who appointed the pastor of this russian byzantine catholic parish, and he was visiting us just this last january 7 for our christmas, so we were delighted to have him, and we rejoice in his support for us. >

. >>> taking a long look at san fransisco, it is one of the places under a spare the air alert because of the wildfires. the air quality management district says the air is bad enough that people should generally limit their time outside and avoid strenuous exercise. they say that most masks won't filter out the smoky air. >> some of that smoke is now filtering down towards the ground level where we breathe it. if you smell smoke stay indoors with the windows and doors closed. that is going to be the best thing you can do. >> the highest levels of pollutions are in the east bay and santa clara valley. >>> right now, caldor fire has areas evacuated. the blaze stands at more than 152,000 acres in size. containment said that 19%. crews are trying to stop the flames spreading into residential areas. >> you can hear the popping and cracking of dry brush up and down highway 50. the joe biden -- caldor fire choking the air with thick smoke. the u.s. forest service deploying crews from across the nation. we met this team of hotshots from idaho. >> what are the challenges you guys are pacing to