Bay valleys and the east bay valleys. That puts hundreds of thousands of other people in play for the high fire danger now through 11 00 friday morning. Lets look at the winds. Well start up in the hills. Thats where theyll begin, then theyll eventually spread down and accelerate through the valleys. 24 is not too bad in st. Helena. 38 in dabo. We know we could get winds up to 34, 35 Miles Per Hour. Humidity levels back in the 30s and 40s. What does all of this mean for the rest of us and those of us in the red flag warning . Near record high temperatures today from 80s around the bay, 90s inland. San rafael san rafawith the bes of a record high, 92 today. Thank you. Those critical fire conditions could force pg e to shut off power to tens of thousands of customers today. Heres a look at the impact on bay area counties. More than 22,000 customers could face preemptive electricity cuts because of the prevention of wildfires. Anser hassan is live with more on this. Good morning. The dry conditions and the forecasted winds means theres an increase threat of wildfires. So pg e says they will cut off power starting tonight. The town of danville says the paps event will begin between 6 00 and 8 00 p. M. This will affect residents along parts of diablo road in east pdanville. They want people to fuel up vehicles, charge mobile devices and have an emergency kit ready which includes batteries, flashlights, cash and a firstaid kit. Theyre also reminding people to plan for your pets and pg e advises to unplug all electronics. Now, this power outage wont just impact danville but many cities around the bay area. In oakland people have been through this before. Its just more frustration for businesses already struggling because of covid19. I dont know what to do because my flowers need cooler especially with such hot weather. Well in the longterm, if they are always like on and off, on and off, it kills our business. Now, back out here in danville. The power is scheduled to be out until 10 00 p. M. Thursday. Reporting live in danville, anser hassan, abc7 news. We have this tool to help you see if your house could be impacted by these possible power shutoffs. Go to abc7news. Com and put your address in to find out. More indoor businesses are reopening in Santa Clara County. Alameda county will follow in a few weeks. It comes after state Health Officials announced those counties are moving from the red to the orange tier. San francisco is the only other bay area also in the orange tear. This means Indoor Dining can begin for the First Time Since march and larger outdoor gatherings are okay. Its really important limitation that we put in place to help try to reduce the density, to help try to reduce risk and we will be out there with our Enforcement Teams ensuring that theres compliance. Alameda county Health Officials plan to loosen restrictions in less than two weeks from now on october 26 Contra Costa County is scheduled to move from the red to orange tier in about a month now. Its 4. 3 out of 100,000, which is moving in the right direction. Weve been consistently progressing. We need to be below 4 to move to orange. We believe were on track to meet that. The county Health Director added residents are doing a good job of adhering to the Health Guidelines which helped drive down the positivity rate. Hospitalizations flattened and testing is up to 3,200 a day. The goal is to test more than 4,500 people a day. The fight against coronavirus is facing a new setback this morning as another major drug trial is put on hold. This is the second trial postponed this week. Jobina is live at the live desk with more. Good morning. Good morning. So, pharmaceutical giant eli lilly is pitting pause on its phase three testing. The company is citing safety concerns about its antibody cocktail. That comes after Johnson Johnson paused its phase flee vaccine trial on monday because of an unexplained illness. Now a texas man is sharing his story admitting he thought the virus was an overblown media hoax until he battled covid19 himself. Having been very public about my opinions about what was going on, of course it humbled me more than it humiliated me, it humbled me. You can see that full interview on Good Morning America at 7 00 after abc7 mornings. In new york city hundreds are in quarantine after a sweet 16 party. In boston, Officials Say new outbreaks in offices could be linked to carpooling. Julian . Thank you. We have a full page dedicated to coronavirus coverage with a big focus on california. You can get the latest information on our website, abc7news. Com or on abc7 news apps. Judge Amy Coney Barrett faces a second round of questioning from the Senate Judiciary committee this morning. Yesterday barrett fielded questions for more than 11 hours as she attempted to differentiate her legal views from her personal beliefs on hot button issues like a womans right to have a abortion. Is roe a super precedent . Roe is not a super precedent because calls for its overruling have never progressed. It doesnt fall on the handful of cases like brown versus the board that no one questions anymore. In the past barrett has listed a number of cases she believes cannot be challenged. Roe v. Wade was not on that list. The Senate Judiciary committee is expected to approve barrett tomorrow which sets her up for a full senate vote before the election. Lets look live at capitol hill. Barretts confirmation hearing sarts at 6 00 this morning. The committees 22 senators will each have 20 minutes in this latest round of questioning. Abc7 news will monitor the hearings and well bring you updates throughout the morning. If you want to watch t well stream it on our app and on abc7news. Com. Its going to take a bit longer for the fastest winds and the driest air to make it from the Higher Elevations down to lower elevations. So we looked at the high elevations first, now lets look at the lower elevations. Humidity levels anywhere from about 50 , 60 , 70 . Thats good. Winds are 10 Miles Per Hour or less but starting to blow offshore. Look at these temperatures, up to 18 degrees warmer in the north bay with the fastest winds. The rest of us seeing double digits around fairfield, 4 degrees warmer in hayward. Look at the microclimates in the north bay. 70s around novato and san rafael, american canyon, petaluma and mill valley, 57 degrees. We have microclimates from newark at 58, red i wouwood cit san jose, 62. Heres a look from sutro tower, activity planner is about staying safe whether its from the heat or the fire danger today. Heres a look at our winds picking up this morning. Notice they get fastest in the north bay as we head to bay. This looks like it will be an evening and overnight event. By 9 00 tomorrw morning were winding down the morning commute but the winds are still cranking up. Theyll wind down a bit during the midday. Then look at them crank up again thursday evening into friday morning. 11 00 is when the raed flag warning ends. Well look at the fire danger index coming up in the next weather hit. Lets get over to jobina and look at the morning commute. Hi, mike. Thank you so much. Good morning. We will start off with a live look in emmyville showing our or camera there. All those headlights making their way towards the maze this morning. No slowdowns in the area. I want to bring in our 880 camera at the coliseum in oakland. 880 is our problem spot if youre traveling northbound. Just when you pass the coliseum here, ill bring in the maps so you can see the impacted area because of roadwork between 25th and 29th avenues. Sometimes down to one lane, sometimes two. Speeds are kurcurrently 29 mile per hour. 101 is busy making your way towards the golden gate bridge, of course we know the bridge is very quiet around this time of the morning. Its clear once you get there. Thank you. The census count will end early friday morning. This follows a Supreme Court ruling yesterday. The Trump Administration argued it had to stop counting in order to make a december 31st deadline that is set by law. Ending the count early helps the Trump Administration retain control of the process that decides how many house seats each state is given. The Santa Clara Countys registrar of voters is pledging the november election will be safe. The county gave an inside look at its operations. There will be 100 centers for people who want to vote in person. Stations are spaced six feet apart and the county says theyre cleaned after each and every use. Changing this election include a new epoll book and speed ballot counters, too. If you have questions this year, we are getting answers for you. Join us from 6 00 to 7 00 tonight on the abc7 News Facebook pain. We will have experts who can answer any and all voting related questions. Submit your questions in advance by going to our abc7 News Facebook paining. Coming up, Distance Learning update. Its not just students struggling to adjust. Were speaking directly with educators to hear how the school year has been going for them. The challenges, the bright spots and the feelings about the future. And celebrating halloween safely. We know those kids want that candy. We have the official guidance from the state what . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. Lets look at the east bay hills camera. Already 73 degrees. Look how clear it is outside. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s, some 70s out there this morning. Look at that, nearly 70s and 80s everywhere by noon. 80s and 90s by 4 00. Red flag warning just started. As we head throughout the day, the east bay hills and the north bay have the best chance. Watch tonight, by the time we wake up tomorrow morning, everybody is pegged in the extreme, especially the Higher Elevations. Well get a little bit of a break as the north bay takes the brunt of it tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow night it spreads into the same areas. Once again, if you have not been with us all week or if you have, ill repeat this, the worst danger is while were sleeping. Lots to be prepared for. Thank you. All this week were focused on education as an integral part of building a better bay area. This morning were hearing about some of the growing pains with Distance Learning. Most Bay Area Schools started the school year virtually because of the pandemic. Heres what educators told news. I would give distance a grade of a solid solid b. At this point, i would give it a c minus. I think i would give it a b or a b plus. I would say that the biggest challenge is for our teachers to find a balance between work and life. They are spending 12 or more hours every day teaching, planning, collaborating, connecting with families. Every day im working with a teacher who is crying, because theyre getting all they have and its just really, really hard. Theres some challenges with technology. Theres some challenges with connectivity. Building that teacher student relationship is very hard. You cant see that ahha moment right away, or you cant see, you know, where some students may be suffering. Every day its different. Every day there are challenges and there are struggles, but there are also bright spots and moments of inspiration. I think its going remarkably well for the children. Theyre excited tosee their peers and teacher. Teachers have been very adaptive and flexible with the use of technology. Some that might have been steering away from it now embrace it. Our teachers are already falling in love with their classrooms, even though theyre not physically with them. I had a teacher tell me that one of her kindergartners was carrying his ipad around with him on labor day. She said i just miss my class and i want them to be with me. We dont know what is to come, but we know each day is a gift. Were hitting our stride. Were fighting our way through it. And with a lot of flexibility and a whole lot of grace, our kids are going to learn. This is not forever. We will see students back at school at some point, and that will be a very happy day for everybody involved. For more stories on building a better bay area download the abc7 news app on your connected tv device, its on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and android tv. Go to building a better bay area section. We have newscasts streaming live and on demand. Californias halloween guidelines are out and bad news for families. Trick or treating is strongly discouraged. Instead Health Officials moving things online with costume parties or pumpkin carving or a halloween themed meal outside with a small group of friends. For Furry Friends in humboldt county are melting hearts. These four rescues were dressed look at them. I cant. My goodness. Look at the costumes theyre like waiting at her doorst doorstep. I cant read. I want to look at the babies. Look at their faces. They somehow seem unamused by this. She calls them the rescue boys. She posted a message saying when you find the house giving out the best candy and you go back in different costumes hoping they wont be suspicious. The dogs dressed as teenage mutant ninja turtles, winnie the pooh, lion king, super mario. This is the cutest thing. Getting them all to stay in those costumes long enough to do this video, thats job well done. But these faces. Why do they look like people . Theyre like what are you doing to us . Thats what theyre thinking. The discipline. Adorable to almost annoyed at some point. Fan tast imim glad we showed that. Well, we go from that to the kind of the opposite extremes. Things you may not want to see but i need to tell you. San jose, its clear right now. Becoming breezy with near record warmth today, tomorrow and friday. Critical fire conditions increase tonight and tomorrow night. All of that subsides heading into the weekend. Heres the area of High Pressure thats dominant right now. That will build eastward. As it does it will increase the offshore winds. Today is just the beginning of near record levels as it will be hotter tomorrow and friday. 89 to 97 is your spread through the south bay. 93 in san jose. 91 on the peninsula. 76 to 79 along the coast. And mid 80s for Downtown SouthSan Francisco, sausalito. Low to mid 90s through the north bay valleys with san rafael at 92, tying a record high. 84 to 89 along the east bayshore. And mid 90s to upper 90s in our east bay valleys. Tonight were all over the place. 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s up in the hills and mountains. Look at those temperatures thursday and friday. 80 at the coast. The rest of us in the 90s. Some of the hottest temperatures nearing 100. Its still hot saturday just not record territory. Finally back to where we should be monday and tuesday about 10 to 20 degrees cooler. All right. Have to sink into this heat wave. Next up, 7 things to know this morning. And an exclusive look a its 5 22. If youre just joining us, heres the 7 things to know. Bracing for potential blackouts. Critical fire conditions could force pg e to shut off power to tens of thousands of customers as early as today. We just stepped into the red flag warning at 5 00 this morning and that goes through friday, 11 00 in the morning. Notice more neighborhoods in the north bay valleys, east bay valleys also included. Not just elevations above 1,000 feet like normal. Number three, Santa Clara County moves into the orange tier for reopening today. That means expanded Indoor Dining and larger outdoor gatherings. Alameda county will follow in about two weeks. Number four, eli lilly is pausing testing on its covid19 antibody cocktail citing safety concerns. And number five, in less than an hour, judge Amy Coney Barrett will begin a second day of questioning on capitol hill. The Senate Judiciary committee is expected to approve barrett tomorrow setting up her likely confirmation before the full senate before election day. Number six, we will check out a live look showing you the san mateo bridge. So far things are moving, getting busier there heading westbound. Number seven, state Health Officials are recommending that you avoid trick or treating this halloween because of covid19. Instead theyre encouraging online fun like costume parties or pumpkin carvincarving. In todays gma first look, becky worley is in oakland with an exclusive look at the new iphone 12. Reporter in this mornings gma first look, a closer look at the new iphone. This is a day weve all been looking forward to. Reporter new models with better cameras, a magnet ek back for accessories or charging and new colors. This is the iphone 12 and the 12 pro. The first thing i noticed is the squared off edges. Then the new colors. This is blue and pacific blue. The big headline is apples first 5g iphone. Today were bringing 5g to iphone. Hardly anybody can get it. Is it worth upgrading the phone for that . I dont think you need to get a 5g phone yet but this is a way to future proof yourself. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. , on Good Morning America has exclusive access to the new iphone. Well show you all the new features and details that has the phone world buzzing. Stay tuned. Im becky worley, abc news, oakland, california. Those iphone 12s will come with fewer accessories in the box. You will not get the wired headphones and you wont get a wall charger. Come on. Look. Instead the phones come with a usb cord. Apple says the move is part of its continued effort to reduce its environmental footprint. Its also likely to reduce shipping costs. You can preorder the new iphone 12 starting on friday. You still have to buy the cube, but i guess theyre banking on you have five iphones laying around at home. So you just thats what i do. Grab the cube from one of those. Cubes everywhere. Okay, friend. Ill give you one of mine. Cowere coming back with another 90 minutes of news including a Bay Area School thats the best in the country. And a new mural celebrating the lakers new title and honoring kobe bryant in a new way. A different kind of wedding march. Demand from these people all dressed up as brides and grooms. We are taking a live look outside this morning. Looking at the bay bridge. Golden gate bridge, excuse me. Traffic is light at 5 26 on this wednesday morning. Well be in the tubbs fire. The flames, the ash, it was terrifying. Thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires. Families are forced to move and higher property taxes are a huge problem. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims so families can move without a tax penalty. Nineteen will help rebuild lives. Vote yes on 19. Were all working from home right now. I have two kids going to school. When it becomes multiple days its a problem. Now at 5 30, people all over the bay area bracing for Power Outages today. Pg e could turn off electricity for thousands of people because of high fire danger. And a red flag warning is in effect right now. Mike is tracking those hot and windy conditions. What you can expect coming to your neighborhood. Thanks for being here on a 5 30 on a wednesday. We want to get mike for the latest on that increasing fire danger. Mike . All right. Thank you very much. Thanks for joining us. It started at 5 00 this morning, were about a half hour into critical fire conditions that are only going to increase as we head into the overnight hours. The difference from yesterday, look at the east bay valleys and the north bay valleys. Theyve been added to the red flag warning. So many times we talk about the red flag warning for areas above 1,000 feet. In this case, its not in those areas. Those are hundreds of thousands of folks not usually in the warning that need to be vigilant about it. Heres the sky from the sutro tower. Everything is calm and quiet. 40s up to the 80s. So far just the winds and the humidity are getting most dangerous in the upper levels. Look at these temperatures today. 70s along the coast. 80s around the bay, 90s inland. It gets hotter tomorrow and friday. More on that coming up. Julian . Thank you. Speaking of the weather conditi conditions, those critical fire conditions could set lead to pg e to shut off power to tens of thousands of people today. More than 22,000 people could face preemptive electricity cuts to prevent wildfire risk. Anser hassan is live in danville this morning. Good morning. Reporter the town of danville says these dry conditions and the high winds increases the threat of wildfires. So pg e says they will cut power to danville starting tonight. The event will begin between 6 00 and 8 00 p. M. This will mostly impact residents along parts of diablo road in eastern danville. The power outage cant be avoided but the town wants residents to be prepared, that includes fueling up vehicles, charge mobile devices and have an emergency kit ready which includes batteries, flashlights, cash and a firstaid kit. Theyre also reminding people to plan for your pets and pg e advises to unplug all electronics. I have two kids home for school, the last fire that went through here was disastrous. I would rather them safe than sorry. Power will likely be out until 10 00 p. M. On thursday. Reporting live, anser hassan, abc7 news. Thank you. Regional parks in the east bay hills are closed because of the red flag warning and extreme fire danger. Parks affected include anthony chabot, roberts, sibley, tilden and wildcat canyon. The east bay regional bay Park District will staff several fire stations along with cal fire across alibailameda and contra counties. We have a helpful tool where you can put in your address to see if you will be affected. Its on our website right now, abc7news. Com. It is a high stakes day on capitol hill as judge Amy Coney Barrett faces her second day of questioning. The Senate Judiciary committee will grill her on abortion, health care and the possibility of a disrupted election. Jobina is joining us from the live desk with details on this. Thank you. Todays hearing starts in about 30 minutes. The Senate Judiciary committee is expected to approve barrett tomorrow setting up her likely confirmation by the full senate before election day. During a marathon 11hour hearing yesterday, judge barrett declined to say how she would rule on hot button issues like abortion, health care and gay rights. On abortion rights barrett called several cases super precedents which she believes cannot be challenged, though roe v. Wade was not one of them. Barrett was asked whether she would recuse herself from an election dispute case after the president said he is counting on her to look at the ballots. I would consider it i certainly hope that all members of the committee have more confidence in my integrity than to think i would allow myself to be used as a pan to decide this election. Barrett was also questioneded by Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris about the Affordable Care act. She said she would consider the protections put in place. At times the hearing did get personal. When asked if she was bothered by the george floyd video she mentioned her two black children and said she cried with her daughter in her room. Kumasi . Thank you. Lets take a live look at capitol hill. Barretts confirmation hearings begin at 6 00 a. M. This morning. The 22 senators will get 20 minutes in the latest round of questions. Abc7 news will monitor the hearings and be streaming them all day on abc7news. Com and on our apps. Switching gears to the coronavirus pandemic. Today alameda and santa clara counties will join San Francisco in the less restrictive orange tier. Both counties can expand Indoor Dining and allow larger outdoor gatherings. The new limits go into effect in Santa Clara County today. The race to find a Coronavirus Vaccine is taking a new step. Drugmaker pfizer plans to Start Testing its experimental vaccine on kids. Cincinnati Childrens Hospital is leading this trial. Officials there say parents expressed interest in enrolling their sons and daughters. Teens aged 16 and 17 will get the vaccine this week. Kids between the ages of 12 and 15 will get it later. Researchers are testing the vaccine on kids because they can vulnerable people. A second Clinical Trial for a potential coronavirus treatment is on hold. Pharmaceutical Company Eli Lilly said it is pausing the study for safety reasons. The company didnt say what happened. On monday Johnson Johnson halted its phase three vaccine trial after a volunteer came down with an unexplained illness. Theres growing evidence that covid infections could affect cognitive abilities. Doctors and patients are calling it brain fog. Even after recovery, Covid Patients are reporting trouble concentrating, coming up with words and names even multitasking and organizing. A sunnyvale father and daughter say their entire family was infected in april and theyve both been experiencing memory issues. Going into a room and i didnt remember why i was there. Its like my memory has just gotten so much worse. Doctors say the fact that a covid symptom is losing your sense of taste and smell is probably related. Despite being neurological it does not appear to show up in a brain scan. Coming up, people who work in the wedding industry in california are pushing to be able to get back to business. The simple thing they say they want. And happening now, a red flag warning is in effect. We want to get a check on the windy and hot conditions with thank you. Starting up in the Higher Elevations where we expect worse conditions to be. Theyre starting to develop. Weve got gusts 36 in mount diablo. Everyone else less than 20 Miles Per Hour. Thats definitely faster than this time yesterday. Humidity levels are about half of what they were yesterday. 30s and 40s in most areas. We expect those to continue to drop this afternoon into the teens and 20s. Lets talk temperatures. Where you live, we still have 50s in the tri valley. Look out around pittsburg and antioch, low to mid 70s. Man, weve got some microclimates this morning. Novato, 75. Look at Mountain View, 56. Oakland, 64. San jose, 62. Same thing in San Francisco. If you are commuting, one of our essential commuters today, 64 at the bay bridge toll plaza. On the roads it will be hotter than the temperatures we have in the neighborhoods. I hope your car is ready for that. Mild this morning on mass transit hot this afternoon, dwr grab those hoellerized sunglasses sun gla polarized sunglasses if youre on the ferry. That will help tame the glare. 5 00, we have low to moderate, look how quickly we crank into the high. Along the east bay hills, the diablo range and high to extreme developing in the north bay at 7 00. That spreads to just about all areas as we head into tomorrows commute. Tomorrow afternoon, the extreme is mainly up in the north bay once again. Then it tries to spread again tomorrow night into friday morning in the same areas. Its during those overnight hours im most concerned for your safety. Well keep an eye on that and jobina will keep an eye on the roads. Lets turn it over to her and see whats going on. Good morning. We have a pretty big update from ac transit that i want to get to on the graphics. Front door boarding and also fare collection will resume on monday. This was suspended at the start of the pandemic. Hand sanitizer stations and protected shields, the installation for all of that is supposed to be wrapped up by friday, thats why theyre doing this. Bringing in the live cameras, well check out the bay bridge toll plaza. Just in case you missed mike, things are moving there. It looked slower on our sensors, but the chp is not reporting metering lights there. 280 in san jose, very clear down there traveling proposition 16 takes some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. In business you have to be then do it all over again. Comcast business gives you fast, reliable internet on the nations largest gigspeed network. And now for a limited time, you can also get fast shipping with amazon business prime essentials. So no matter what comes next, youll always be ready to bounce forward. Get started with powerful internet and voice for 64. 90 a month, and ask how you can get one free year of amazon busines prime essentials on us. Call or go online today. Comcast business. Welcome back. 5 42 on this wednesday. Lets look from sutro tower. No fog there. Its clear and it is getting drier and warmer. Look at those temperatures by noon, 60s, 70s, 80s. I think the temperature at the coast is underdone. Well be in the 70s by 4 00. The rest of us in the 80s and 90s. 70s and 80s for 7 00 if youre going out for a walk. Were not the only ones in the high fire danger. Look at the Sacramento Valley up into the foothills up against lake tahoe. High fire danger for the next three days. 80s to 90s for the central valley. 106 for palm springs. 90 for l. A. Eureka, its sunny there and 67. Julian . Thank you. Were now learning someone has died from that accident at an Outdoor Dining area in san jose. A woman who was one of eight people injured sunday afternoon has died from her injuries after being declared brain dead. Police say the driver who caused that crash accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake plowing into an Outdoor Dining tent at the grand century mall. Questions remain about who will be held liable. San jose Officials Say the mall and the Restaurant Operator did not apply to operate state law only allows county Election Officials to set up official dropboxes for ballots. There are rules for how those ballots are retrieved. The state Republican Party says the boxes are legal because its ballot harvesting which authorizes another person to take a ballot to a collection site. We have a choice. We can whine and complain about the Election Results later or get smart and figure out the rules and figure out the chess board they laid out before us and play the game theyre doing. Governor newsom tweeted a picture of a ballot box in son moment th smoonoma county saying this is what an official dropbox looks like. There will be town hall with joe biden tomorrow night. It will be here on abc7 and on our connected tv app, roku, amazon tv and apple tv. Playgrounds in San Francisco reopen today. Parents finally have something to do with the kids. Theres more than 108 in the cit city. If you go, you will find capacity limits. In berkeley playgrounds will reopen on friday following a city inspect sthun. Parent the city of palo ald 29 playgrounds so far with the exception of magical bridge. This playground is designed for kids with cognitive and physical disabilities and welcomed more than 25,000 visitors a month on average. That high visitation rate is part of why the park is not reopened yet. Parents say kids with limitations need the access the most. Make a commitment to enable them to open so the people who have been the most isolated during this time dont continue to be. The city says they are working on a plan to staff the playground. That staff would encourage mask wearing and remind visitors to stay 30 minutes or less. Members of californias private Events Industry are calling on lawmakers to set clear guidelines for reopening businesses. We went from 89 weddings down to six for the year. Its essentially an entire years worth of income wiped out by covid. Donning white dresses and tuxedos it looked like a wedding march through the streets of San Francisco. Wedding plan jer planners say looking for guidance on when they can restart indoor operations with limited capacity similar to restaurants. Newly engaged couples are flocking to an overseas hot spot helping them get married despite the hurdles of the pandemic. Gibraltar has seen a boost of brides and grooms because its one of the few places in the world that is still welcoming couples of all nationalities including americans. Gibraltar has also cut back much of the red tape involved in tying the knot. Couples are only required to stay one night before their wedding and they typically receive their marriage se certificate by mail within three weeks. I googled whats the easiest place in europe to get married. Well, despite gibraltars hospitality the cdc recommends that americans avoid traveling there now because the covid alert is still high. I cant be mad. I was googling where can i travel in europe and when. I want to go to switzerland. Where theres a will, theres a way. People will find out how to do it clearly. We cant go a lot of places. Its just realistic. Dont know when well be able to. So it looks like reggie took his vacation even though he cant go to london. I know. Yeah. Looking at going to places here. Thats the advantage because youre exploring more places closer to home. But i still want to go to europe. Next year. Maybe late next year. Next year well be fighting each other to get there. Can you imagine the prices because of the demand next year . Lets talk about whats going on. East bay hills, 73 degrees under a clear sky. Lets talk about my accuweather highlights. Critical fire conditions now through friday. Rcord temperatures possible. We could have record warm low temperatures also. Autumn returns early next week. Lets look at the pattern. You can see the storm track well to the north. It dipped down a bit yesterday. That was that holding pattern. Now the High Pressure is going to expand to the east. Thats going to increase our offshore winds. Look at the temperatures. 89 in milpitas. 93 in san jose. Gilroy, 97 degrees. 85 in millbrae. 91 in redwood city. 76 to 79 along the peninsula. Mid 80s in downtown San Francisco and sausalito. Our one potential record today is a tying 92 in san rafael. Low to mid 90s through the north bay valleys. Along the east bay shore, 84 to 89 degrees. If you lose power in danville, 94 your high today. The lows tonight in the 60s. A bit of ref leaf as you can see. The higher in elevation, the yellows and oranges, those are the 70s and 80s tonight. So, heres a look at the accuweather sevenday forecast. Red flag warning through friday. Records possible today more likely tomorrow and friday. Heat eases a bit saturday. Youll notice cooler weather sunday. Were back in the 60s and 70s where we should be monday and tuesday. No rain in this forecast. Thank you. Happening today, stanfords Football Team is returning to campus as it looks to kick off a delayed start to the season. Players are coming back as Santa Clara County moves into the orange tier for reopening. Stanford has been practicing at wood Side High School in san mateo until now. Pac12 teams will begin play on november 7th. That includes cal state and san jose state. Check this out, very cool. A new mural dedicated to the lakers nba title is all the buzz in l. A. It features the late kobe bryant smiling and holding the championship trophy. He looks over team members lebron james and anthony davis. Demonstrators in the brack ground are Holding Signs saying black lives matter and education is power. As amazon and other retailers hold sales this week, walmart announced its black friday plans. It seems like there will be more opportunities to save. First up, new concerns over the effectiveness of plexiglass but i cant say i expected this. Because it was easy. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. Today marks the first of at least Three Chances possibly four. Saturday is still looking warm for record highs. Today in san rafael, 92. That would tie the record of 92 set back in 1978. The rest of us are close. San jose, 93. Record high is 95. Redwood city, 91. Record is 94. The oakland, 87, record high is 91. San francisco with 86. Well be close to record highs heading towards tomorrow. Lets look at some of the temperatures tomorrow. The 90s will filter into the bay thursday and again friday. Theyll retreat mainly back inland. You can still see along the east bay shore a few 90s possible saturday while some 70s stake over as the sea breeze returns late in the afternoon to the coast. It is going to be warm all the way through saturday. The city of calistoga expects power to go out tonight and not come back until friday. Preparations come after the glass fire forced evacuations there and blanketed downtown with smoke. Now its dealing with another red flag warning and a potential third power power power powe just this year you have to be prepared for anything. This is another gut punch. Welcome back from this as well. To ease the pain, pg e installed this micro grid on the edge of town. Its enough power to power 60 of the city during the psps but some merchants are asking what good is having supplemental power if tourists are staying away. Theres new concern this morning over whether those plexiglass shields work to stop the spread of covid19. A medical professor says no study has proven if they are effective. Beyond that there are now studies suggesting that the virus travels in aerosols which spreads more than six feet. The cdc first recommended physical barriers in workplaces to reduce exposure to coughs and sneezes. Upgrading ventilation systems is the key to reducing viral spread indoors. A special honor for a Bay Area School after it was named one of the best Online High Schools in the country. Stanford Online High School is at the tom of tp of the list. Others include los gatoss gatossarato gatossaratoga, palo alto unified, the Mountain View district. The Ranking Service reviews the sites across the country and released the best online schools. Congrats to those topping the list. Ikea launching a program for furniture you dont want anymore. They will take back back back bb other furniture. It starts in ireland. No word if it will start in the u. S. And when. This is part of its effort to address consumption. New at 6 00, with less than three weeks until the election, reinforcement is on the way to help the biden harris ticket. And gaining control of covid19. A bay area county will allow more businesses to operate indoors starting today as infection numbers drop. A solid b. At this point i would give it a c minus. After putting Distance Learning to the test, teachers are giving it a grade. You make my heart sing wild thing i. Think i. You know what i think . I think you owe us 48. 50. Wild thing. If you ride, you get it. Geico motorcycle. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Now at 6 00, the bay area braces for pg e Public Safety power shutoffs. The utility will cut the power in dozens of counties today because of the high fire danger. We take you outside this morning looking through our east bay hills camera. The high fire danger is spreading to more parts of the bay area. Meteorologist mike nicco is tracking a red flag warning that just went into effect about an hour ago. Good morning. Its 14th. Our top story today is the weather. We want to get to mike with what we can expect. All right. Hi, everybody. Lets look at the red flag warning that did start at 5 00 this morning. Critical fire conditions in the infant stage right now. Theyre only going to get worse or increase as we head throughout the day. The difference between this red flag warning and many that we had is the valleys are included in the north bay and the east bay. That puts hundreds of thousands of other people in the path of these critical fire conditions that will last through 11 00 friday morning. Heres a look at the winds and how clear it is from sutro tower. Relative humidity out there. Its still fairly nice. 60s, 70s 80s in the valleys. Winds are still light. That will change as we head throughout the day. 92 in san jose would tie a record. 80s around the bay. 70s at the coast. Kumasi . Thank you. Those critical fire conditions could force pg e to shut off power to tens of thousands of customers today. Heres a look at the impact on bay area counties. More than 22,000 customers could face preemptive electricity cuts