i'm tracking the dangerous conditions this morning. >>> and mayor schaaf is joining us live at 6:45, we'll be asking her questions about covid-19 testing and reopening the city. good morning, everybody. it is friday, september 11th. straight to mike for more details on this air quality. >> and it is some of the worst air quality we've had during this consecutive streak of 25 spare the air alerts. we have places like willitts and napa and concord and san francisco unhealthy for everybody. but then you look at santa rosa, san rafael, fairfield, even worse there, very unhealthy. and the unhealthy air extends all the way into the south bay. so nowhere can we go to escape it unless you wake up on the other side of the santa cruz mountains. in fact that is a look from our exploratorium camera and you can't even see across the street in san francisco to any buildings along the embarcadero there. visibility less than a quarter of a mile along the coast, san francisco, up through the north bay. and look at the winds, they are fairly calm. so we won't see anything that will stir up the atmosph

mayor schaaf says always a good time to introduce folks to oakland. they talked over each other so many times. and this morning on ghchma, chr christie said there was no clear winner. >> the president came out too aggressive and joe biden came out in a way that concerned me as well because there were numerous times where he drifted off in mid sentence, where he got numbers wrong, where he didn't seem to be able to make or complete a point. >> the next debate is octoberoc -- 15th in miami, and the vp debate is next wednesday in salt lake city. and of course the fact checkers were hard at work to find out which claims actually hold up. go to abc7news.com. >>> vauntss a vaupt . >>> in san francisco, vauntds a restaurants and churches can begin to operate indoors today. and this is just one of the things that we're tracking closely. and julian glover is live with what question need to know. >> reporter: do you remember how it feels to go to a restaurant, be able to sit down indoors and enjoy it? it's been six months, but that changes today. you will have

>>very very powerful message lynn thomas schaaf with calfire thanks so much for joining us. >>coming up next the emotional support animal tagging along with >>the crews fighting the fires and the north bay are heroes and tagging along with them is a golden retriever named here's a look at carrots instagram profile when it's time to go to work. she shows up for the firefighters. i love that she actually has an account kerr's was raised in sandra fell to be a guide for the blind but her energy and affectionate temperament major a more ideal candidate for emotional support training, she went on to earn certification as a therapy dog. carrots handler is a named heidi carmen and kerith is so so cute and this is new video today showing firefighters battling the flames in saint several families we're in the area watching the fire burn hoping could stop the flames from spreading to their homes. >>house is a quarter mile up the road on how mountain road and the fire was about a 100 yards from her house. so right now we're waiting and hoping firefighters can. >>when the battle how you

. >>> today, oakland mayor libby schaaf was on hand for donations of personal protective equipment. an islamic- in the community gave about 600 masks to the prescott joseph center, alsoed 300 profit. care packages with gloves, face shields and hospital gowns. >>> today, a catholic church in san francisco held its first outdoor mess. dominic's reopened for public worship this morning at 8:00 with people gathered in a parking lot next to the church while maintaining a social distance. services will continue each morning with three ceremonies on sunday. the church has already been live streaming it services during the pandemic. e realthing, y ki human interaction. we were conscious and having conscious of the city state the protocols. we decided that following those protocols we would gather in person. >> reporter: each service can accommodate 12 people and facemasks are mandatory. ticket are required through event brite. >>> taking a live look at the big boy this friday afternoon, the dow just took a bit of a tumble, down almost 35 points. this is all coming off of a relatively positi

we spoke with mayor libby schaaf, who stressed the importance of testing. >> it is frustrating because oakland and alameda county is getting really close to moving from purple to red. testing is a really important part of stopping the spread of covid and also making sure people get resources. >>> a local hardware store chain is seeing a rush on air purifiers. cold hardware says it is nearly sold out and is scrambling to get more purifiers in stock. >> a lot of the warehouses are sold out, like our regular ace warehouse that we buy a lot of our merchandise from, they are probably pretty much sold out. we have been having to find outside sources. >> cold hardware expects to add to its stock later today and get a larger shipment early we have live pictw ofvernor ne toure sides arke bill right now. you can see that he is speaking to some of the people there, rving some of the damage firsthand. this is the fire burning in butte and yuba county. it has been burning for 20 days, then suddenly blew up. the governor has just declared a statewide emergency, because with all of the fires in extre

. >>> they passed out about 1000 masks today, and mayor libby schaaf was out in oakland for a donation of personal protective equipment, an islamic school gave about 600 masks to the prescott joseph center, a local nonprofit, the donation also included 300 care packages with gloves, face shields, and hospital gowns. >>> some businesses in alameda got the green light to reopen today, the list of approved businesses includes hair salons, barber shops, malls, other indoor retail stores, at 25% capacity. outdoor recreational activity, such as mini golf, driving ranges, and go kart racing. to see what is opening your county, you can go to kpix.com. >>> whiplash on wall street, the closing bell signaling the end to another wild ride for investors. the dow at one point plunge, more than 600 points. it recovered, to closed on 159. the nasdaq and s&p also closed in the red, as textures tread recovered from yesterday's huge selloff. >>> solid jobs report was just not enough to help the market. it showed the economy added nearly 1.4 million jobs last month less than previous months. still, the un

. >>> oakland mayor will bey schaaf said her city is ready for peaceful protests but there will be zero tolerance for violence and vandalism. >> we do not tolerate vandalism and we are clear about the lines 13 those two. we are prepared to hold and honor people's grief. >> she called it tragic and avoidable. if you're dealing with social shoes, we want to help. go to take action for a list of local resources. >> covid isolation, the fallout of the pandemic. how social distancing is affecting mental health. >>> check out counter. the candy at the check out. have you seen the water baseball? a 6-month-old on water skis. the picture is really cute and stirring up a lot of controversy. >>> i'm spencer christian. we have a heat wave coming our way inflammation in your eye might be to blame.ck, looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. ha! these drops probably won't touch me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. what is that? xiidra, noooo! it ca

. >> mayor schaaf said a testing event planned for the next weekend at the east mont mall is still on. meantime, a free drive-up testing event is underway right now and will be open until 6:00 this evening. anyone living or working in the city can get tested. no insurance required. you can keep track of the air quality levels where you live by using the tracker on our website. abc7 news. >>> governor nooewsom saw first hand the destruction of the butte fire. more than 3 million acres have burned in california and the governor was quick to put this fire season into perspective. >> we have now currently had five active fires that are five of the most destructive fires over the last, in the history of the state. >> the governor's tour quickly shifted to focus on climate change. he went on for several minutes, criticizing doubters and saying all the evidence is right in front of them. >> what we're experiencing is coming to a community all across the united states of america unless we get our act together on climate change. unless we disaabuse ourselves of all the bs being spewed by a ver

. >> and at one point last night, pesident trump talked democrat mayor schaaf responded with a tweet featuring a he video titled oakland we love you. >>> and san francisco is the first bay area county to reach the orange otier. so more businesses can reopen starting today. >>> and number six, aside from the fog advisory issued by the chp for the golden gate bridge, it has been a pretty smooth ride across the bay area. >>> and number seven, google is set to unveil new products today including a new pixel 5 smartphone. >>> and in "first look," the heiress that could get five years in prison. here is mona kosar abdi. >> reporter: sentencing day for the sea grams heiress set to be sentenced for her role inside nexvm. saying that her wealth was used to fund a criminal enterprise. >> why is it that i can have a relationship with multiple women for a long time in. >> reporter: prosecutors say that ranieri was a con man and predator when took advantage of women alleged ary recruiting some into a secret society within the group to have sex with him. and coming up, we'll have more details from

mayor schaaf hosted a town hall to discuss distance learning yesterday. t a national expert joined into give swriadvice. >> if you are red lining, don't just keep taking it. other parents are feeling that way too. have an open and respectful conversation with your teachers. >> he says make sure your students are getting 20 to 30 minutes a day in reading, writing and math. and he also emphasized the importance of going outdoors and allowing them to socialize with others. and we spent a week focused on education issues as students go back to school and you can see all those stories right now on our app and a bs oig. abc7news.com. >>> and police officers are off the job in rochester, new york accused of causing a black man to suv of indicaffocate to deat. the city's mayor said that she was misled about the incident back in march.daniel prude died officers put a hood over his head to stop him from spitting after he was found running naked in the streets. the mayor says that she just learned last month that prude's death involved use of force. she has accused

. >>> and mayor schaaf will be joining us this morning to talk about reoeming schools, and t i. >>> and zoom is really designed for one speaker at a time. and that is an issue if you are a musician or singer. and david louie shows us the fix. ♪ >> reporter: the pandemic put a stop to live musical performances, it also marked a zi shift to zoom. but there was a hurdle, delays in sound over the internet that caused them to be out of sync. the delays are measured in mill milliseconds. the solution lies in this device developed by the center for computer research in music. it goes by the name jack trip. >> as long as you have your microphone and head phone, you can plug it into your router and get up and running and singing with it. listen to it without jack trip. now with jack trip. ♪ it has been beta tested by several coral groups of up to 30 people and up you to 500 in simulation. >> we want to get it into a range where it feels natural that you are not waiting, you are just making music together as you would if you were in the same room together. >> reporter: this is a breakthrough for

mayor schaaf and others attended a ceremony this morning at the school of islamic suffism. the school is donating the ppe. it is on the international day of charity when they plan to donate these essential supplies to those in need. >> i want to thank the community for your incredible gifts, not just of your charity work, your generosity, the incredible service that you are doing here today, but also for celebrating your culture, for bringing the richness of your beliefs, your culture, to our community. >> volunteers from the school have also organized a variety of charitable initiatives, focused on disaster relief, homelessness, and support for children. >> medical teams from the national guard are now helping the staff at sonoma county's largest hospital. santa rosa memorial hospital is dealing with a severe short allege of workers caused by both the pandemic and the north bay wildfires. the press democrat reports 17 hospital employees recently tested positive for the coronavirus. those national guard members will help with transporting patients and also checking their vi

mayor schaaf hosted a town hall yesterday. and an international expert in distance learning joined in. >> my advice to parents feeling overwhelming, if you are red lining, don't just are keep changing it. if you feel that way, other parents are feeling that way too. have an open and respectful conversation with your teacher. >> he stressed parents should make sure their students are getting an average of 20 to 30 34i7b9 minutes a day each in reading, writing and math. and also let them go outdoors and socialize with others. we spent a whole week focusing on education and all those stories are available at abc7news.com and on our connected tv apps. >>> at the live desk, seven police officers in rochester, new york are off the job after they have been accuse of causing a black man to suffocate to death. the city's mayor said she was misled for months about what happened in the march incident. 41-year-old daniel prude died a week after officers put a hood over his head to stop him from spitting after they found him running in the

oakland mayor libby schaaf tweeted, justice ginsburg's life was dedicated to advancing the life of women and marginalized people everywhere. all of us who work in our trail blazed path must push it further. and hillary clinton tweeted, justice ginsburg paved the way for so many women, including me. there will never be another like her. thank you, rbg. house speaker pelosi just released a statement. the loss of ruth bader ginsburg is devastating. justice ginsburg embodied justice, brilliance, and goodness, and her passing is an incalculable loss for our democracy and for all who sacrifice and strive to build a better future for our children. we must honor justice ginsburg's trailblazing career and safeguard her powerful legacy by ensuring that the networks associate justice of the supreme court upholds her commitment to equality, opportunity, and justice for all. >> let's take a live look now at president trump, just holding a rally in northern minnesota. he's not commented on ginsburg's passing yet. he started the rally before the news had broken. it's unsure whether he was told yet at t

a spokesperson for mayor libby schaaf says would it make oakland the home to the first african-americantball team in the nfl. a league that desperately needs more diversity among the owners. they said they'll have an update in october. >> let's return to our weather forecast and this crazy smoky sky. >> yeah. sandhya has the latest for us. >> yeah. let's take a look at this live picture from our roof camera. it is pretty smoggy out there. be careful if you're stepping out. a spare the air through monday. it will be healthy to very unhealthy. the fog and the smoke. highs from low 60s to the mid 80s so similar to. today one thing is for sure. we're still expecting smoke to continue to shroud our skies. we do want to show you some hope. middle to latter next week, a possibility that there are a few showers that may make it down into the north bay. hopefully that will clean out our air. the spare the air the next three days. we are looking at an improvement sunday afternoon and evening. >> can't wait for that. can't come soon enough. >> let's. let's turn it over to casey pratt. some 49ers n

. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf agrees. in a statement she said in part: the police commission will select four finalists by the end of this month. the mayor will then pick next chief from that list. >>> coming up on ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30, more trouble for san francisco commuters. why muni's light rail system won't reopen until at least 2021, and the actions city leaders are taking to address the problems. >>> also, the giants scored an eye popping 23 runs last night. were they able to continue that hot streak today? mark ibanez with highlights from a day game in colorado. >>> and democratic presidential candidate joe biden pulls in a record amount of fund-raising money for august, but is that helping him in the polls? how he stacks up against president trump just 61 days from the election. why do i love being a doctor at kaiser permanente? my only job is to take great care of my patients. i'm empowered to do what's right for you. our digital records mean your medical history is in one place, so i can give you great care.

. >>> and today we spoke with mayor libby schaaf who discussed how small gatherings with family and friends can make a big difference to the pandemic and its impact. >> our ability to open and stay open is really going to depend on individual choices. put off that picnic. we have seen the cases caused by family gatherings. that is what will drive our ability to reopen and stay reopened. that's the choices you make. >> just last friday, alameda county allowed more outdoor activities like pools, salon services and wine tastings. you understand the new color coded classification system for coronavirus activity, alameda is purple, as you can see. it means coronavirus activity is widespread. all but two bay area counties are classified purple. napa and san francisco are one step down in red. you can access this map which shows the status for all california counties on abc7news.com. >>> there is a call to look into the backlog of unemployment claims and alarming reports of fraud and abuse. 7 on your side's michael finney has been on top of this for months now. >> what is going on at the e.d.d.? t

the commission had originally planned to send the names of finalists to mayor libby schaaf by the end of the month. >>> we are learning more about a brush fire in sonoma county this afternoon. a spark from a landscaping crew apparently touched off the fire. crews were on high alert heading into a dry, windy weekend with high fire danger. ktvu's debora villalon talks to us about why homeowners thought this was dcc vu. >> reporter: cal fire didn't wait on this one, dispatched air tankers and helicopters based in sonoma county, they were overhead in minutes. a big relief to residents, all too familiar with fire. a firefight by air and ground north of santa rosa, and about 12 acres burned, but caused some outsized alarm, scorching the same area. even rebranding the scar of the huge temps fire three years ago. >> i was angry. we just put this house together and moved in. how could this be happening now? >> reporter: this new house, occupied only four weeks, replaces the one destroyed in 2017. to see fire recent at it once again- >> it was 1053 days to build this house and [ laughter ] we l

we asked oakland mayor libby schaaf about her take on the controversy this morning. >> as elected officials, we have to set an example. we have to be extra careful that we are come mying with rules and really being role models. >> the speaker said she thinks the salon owner owes her an apology. all right. joining me now to sort this out, abc7 news contributor phil, this seems like a really bad look for nancy pelosi at a really bad time coming up with the election weeks away. is it reasonable to assume as an elected official, you of all people have to know the rules in your own district? >> well, you should know the rules in your own district. chances are you helped make them one way or the other. and nancy pelosi is urging for the entire country to wear masks and follow these procedures. that puts her in the frame. it reminds me, a couple years back i was having a conversation with a democratic political consultant that was operational research. he dug up dirt on other candidates. he explained something. he said, if a politician wastes $1 million, that just goes over the average voter's hea

. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf agrees. in a statement said shed in part it's an incredibly difficult job. our residents demand a police chief who will embrace the mandate to reimagine policing. the police commission will select four finalists by the end of this month. the chief will be picked from that list. >>> another round of layoffs. this time affecting thousands who fly for united. be prepare in order airline industry to look quite a bit different for years to come. >>> plus, it's a goal, not a guarantee. the ongoing discussions between san francisco and the city's teachers before possibly putting kids back in classrooms later this month. >>> and get used to seeing muni trainers out of service. while they'll be shut down physical at least the end of the year. ♪ ♪ try my $4 mini munchies with marinara or ranch. back at jack in the box. we love our new home. there's so much space. we have a guestroom now. but, we have aunts. you're slouching again, ted. expired, expired... expired. thanks, aunt bonnie. it's a lot of hou

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>>mayor schaaf hopes to get bipartisan backing saying that the fiscally conservative should recognize. it's more expensive in the long run having 30 million americans uninsured. and it is worth the investment mayors for medicare would like to have 100 mayors sign on to this initiative by the end of the year. coming up tonight at 10 we'll also talk about a freedom of information act. the mayor chef is backing to get more details from the trump administration regarding his deployment of troops to demonstrations across the country live in the newsroom. ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>now to the pandemic and this is cool in the east bay, a new drive-thru covid testing site with self administered tests is just hours away from opening its located at the delaware street entrance to the north berkeley bart station parking lot. patients skin drive up to the side roll down their window to get a lab kit from a staff member roll, the window back up to swab their own mouth for a sample and then give them the completed kit the location will be open for 3 weeks starting tomorrow to make an appointmen

. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf agrees.a statement, jeff tudor said oakland standards are high. the residents demand police chief will embrace a mandate to reimagine public safety. we want a person who can protect systemic racism and restore trust, also do hard work to reduce crime in our city. the police commission will select four finalists by the end of this month at the mayor will pick the next chief from that list. henry lee, fox 2. >>> there's a lot of people that want to get out and play. >> bay area car cruise get the go-ahead to reopen in a matter of days. how they plan to set up securely in parking lots. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin tracking the return of that hot weather. he will show us the changes that are coming. ♪ can't read, can't read, no, you can't read my poker face. ♪ why do i love being a doctor at kaiser permanente? my only job is to take great care of my patients. i'm empowered to do what's right for you. our digital records mean your medical history is in one place, so i can give you great

>>chris and vicky oakland mayor libby schaaf is on board saying that she wants documented answers on paper from the federal government explaining what business the president had sending in troops to demonstrations when they were not welcome so coalition of 7 cities filed what's called the freedom of information act giving the trump administration 20 days to respond citing places like portland ore troops were sent despite the mayor specifically rejecting them. president trump defended the move saying that he considered protection of federal property from rallies that turned violent. but this group instead called the move political and an unnecessary taxpayer expense they believe this should be handled at a local level and that there is no reason for the president to step in. >>we've also coordinated with local. agencies some of which are federal, but that's always been with local partners that have long histories of these types of coordinated efforts that are at the direction of the local government that knows their community that is respecting freedom of speech and we are very concer