And friday really in the midst of it as winds begin to pick up. I mean theres one telltale sign of the winds right there is why are your Center Towers shot waving a bit back and forth and what is otherwise a really beautiful view. Fire weather with red flag warnings in effect now all the way through friday at 11 00am for upper elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains nearly all of the east bay once you head into the east bay mountains in the inland valleys and then across the north bay to winds, especially in the north bay going to be gusting into a 50 mile per hour range at times. Winds already picked up compared to earlier this morning atlas peak vacaville, petaluma among some breezy spots winds will gradually increase on into the afternoon today you see that areas like vacaville in petaluma as well as down into the south bay at the tonight into tomorrow morning will be the breezy us tough conditions. This is thursday morning at 04 45am right here likely before youre getting up youll hear the wind in vacaville and calistoga sonoma, even in portions of the east bay really starting to gust pretty high and staying consistent through the day tomorrow all the way into friday morning after which point we start to see winds relaxing and that will set us up for at least better conditions into the weekend still be hot dry this weekend. But not near as windy not quite as hot either temperatures are starting to rise back into the 70s for hayward palo alto and oakland each right at 70 degrees now concord in pittsburgh as well as napa in the upper 60s temps continue to rise into the afternoon, this gets us into the mid 80s for San Francisco and oakland upper 80s in san jose and plenty of 90s. Well get to in the rest of your forecast james and robert all right, thank you john will now more. On our top story this morning, the high winds and the dry hot weather will likely mean power shutoffs tonight all across the bay area napa county could very well be hit hardest. By all of this kron 4 Sarah Stinson live there for us with the latest this morning, sarah. And james i just talked with a pg spokesperson and found out that its very likely that this Public Safety power shutoff will occur. Late this afternoon and into the night, especially here in the north they will be some of the first areas that could be without power so its very likely unfortunately due to Service Issues i wasnt able export that interview for you but i can tell you what she said she said that is very likely that we will have this power shut off thats because the weather is looking the way we thought it would its looking as exactly the way meteorologist john trouble predicted it take a look at your maps you can see exactly the areas affected by this power shut off. You can see the areas all the way up in the north bay, the east bay and south bay as well as the sierras and we know that 33,000 homes and businesses could be losing their power up here in the Sierra Nevada foothills in north bay. Tonight and then 2 hours later and takes time to kind of get through to the rest of the areas in the south bay and the other portions of the sears an additional 21,000 customers could be without power and thats because of wind gusts that could be ramping up to even as high as 55 Miles Per Hour tonight that combined with our bone dry humidity thats major concern for wildfire danger in even a red flag warning has been issued so pg need looking at all of that has been you know deciding whether or not to go through this power shut off and they said its its a last resort but. These conditions are not looking like theyre going to ease up so its the that theres a high probability that there will be a power shut off tonight so if you havent done so already stephan utley time to prepare especially if you are in the north bay mountains near mount saint helene a small pockets in the east bay near mount diablo the Oakland Hills east of piedmont and near the Santa Cruz Mountains if those extra batteries get your portable phone chargers and if you have a generator which i know lot of people do at this point make sure you make sure that you have everything you need with that because thats definitely a lifesaver especially if youre still working from home and definitely getting something may need tonight as i said pg need telling me it could be as soon as even late this afternoon so be prepared. Get those non perishables get that water supply and make sure you have a go bag because were not just talking about Power Outages here were talking about real wild fire danger and so you got to make sure you have a go bag youre ready to go extremely unfortunate for people up here in the north bay because theyre still recovering. From the glass fire for now back to you guys in the newsroom. All right sarah. Thank you get that fire threat on the high side, thank you. And the east bay could also be hit for Power Outages because of the high fire danger weather. This will impact homes all throughout the Oakland Hills pg e says that people here can expect possible shut off power shutoffs tonight and maybe lasting through friday morning. First thought is im keeping my fingers and toes crossed that it doesnt happen. And second if it you know the way this year his gun, its kind of got boy just one more thing i hope it doesnt it will be kind of a nuisance if it does. Yeah well pg e will be making a final decision later on this morning on which areas will have their power cut off and well definitely keep you posted. Well lets continue our Team Coverage this morning, the red flag warning in the east bay has call several east bay, Regional Parks to close and theyll probably stay closed through at the end of the week weve got problems reyna harvey following the story for us live from Kennedy Grove regional recreation area. In el sobrante good morning right now. James and darya good morning, im james and our robin good morning look i have had the unpleasant job telling multiple people you see behind me pull up this morning wanting to go to the Regional Park and they cant do it so i had to tell people all this morning that its close lot of people have sent especially when i read to them in a very long list other parks that they would maybe be able to go to but they cant were going to show you if youre out today you were going part of that one of these parks, this is the list of parts that are close Anthony ChabotRegional Park claremont canyon, Regional Reserve huckleberry regional preserve leona canyon open space Regional Reserve reinhard redwood, Regional Park roberts Regional Park sibley regional preserve tilden Regional ParkKennedy Grover on stand right now and Wildcat CanyonRegional Park, it feels like the list goes on and on no because that red flag warning theyre closing this part that is going to be in effect at least until friday. We know that also one of the Staff Members that works here at the park this morning. When they arrived they were unaware that the park it was close us if they dont typically closed for red flag warning so you see theyre taking extra steps to make sure that if anything was to happen is over the next few days they would have some sort of plan in place that means closing the park. Theyre also having extra fire personnel in place at many of these parks. So again we hope nothing happens again for a lot of people theyre hoping this weekend will be able to get back into the parks. So well be monitoring this very fluid situation for now reporting here in east bay reyna harvey kron 4 news all right folks will have to find some alternate spots to go to thank you for the update right and dont forget to stay tuned to kron on for the very latest updates throughout this high fire danger period. Kron on is our 24 7 news app if you havent already you can download it is free that is our platform for streaming live uninterrupted news right from our news room all day long. And now to another big story that were following for you out media and santa clara counties are the latest to enter the orange terror reopening, yeah, which means some Indoor Dining is now allowed people to chop indoors as well. But Health Officials obviously stress that were not out of the woods yet coronavirus obviously still a very real threat. But the numbers are doing. Good. Its encouraging. It is indeed lets check in with kron fours will tran who is live in san jose, one of our favorite spots in town good morning. Well. Good morning, robin, the governor has always said he would be driven by numbers and james are absolutely right the numbers are good theyre actually even better than what the state was looking for that means that Outdoor Dining can possibly expand up to 200 people for Outdoor Dining and now you could do it inside and that is important because with the rainy season ahead the winter season is well now restaurants hopefully will be cool. A lot of the money that they lost because of covid19 take a look at your screen i want to show you the map the state is using color coding to teach people where they are or at least inform people where they are at any particular time if you live in Sonoma County you can see youre in the purple which means widespread covid19 cases as far as the risk. James it talked about Alameda County already being in the orange Santa Clara County joins them and that is important because its the largest county in the state to now be in the orange and i remember of the year back in march and april when Santa Clara County was perhaps the hardest hit county in the fastest county. Lack of all those covid19 cases now with it being in the orange the restaurants will be allowed to have people up to 25 capacity, which is even stricter than the state the state alaska, 50 in Santa Clara County, 25 you can go to the movie theaters. You can go to museums again all social distance with a mask on, but its a lot further along than what we saw just a few months ago. But lets not celebrate just yet and heres the Health Department talking about that. Think its really important to remember that any indoor activity where you have to remove the Face Covering is going to increase your risk. And so. Anyone who is in a Higher Risk Group or who is in a household with someone in a Higher Risk Group. We strongly discourage highrisk activities like Indoor Dining. And they strongly discourage concerts so concert still not allowed at this time you cant go to son was thats probably the next step. No county in the bay area is at minimal which is the yellow yellow coding no county so far in the bay areas that but we are heading in the right direction as far as the cases the state was willing to accept change the robin a 5 Positivity Rate meaning all the cases that come in 5 test positive out of 100 and Santa Clara County. 1. 7. So the numbers keep going in the right direction which is back to you. Now we have to continue to be safe or behavior directly impacts us reopening process. Thank you will. All right time now 9. 11 still ahead on the kron 00 04am morning news, a covid19 vaccine trial put on hold well explain why its not an unexpected issue and then halloween fans got a little different this year in california will talk about the new state guidelines and Health Officials are putting out there and temperatures climbing all the way off the coast for your wednesday daytime highs will be solidly in the 70s right along the shoreline, a few spots like Half Moon Bay in ocean beac i didnt choose this job because it was easy. But i cant say i expected this. 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. Welcome back everyone, the time is 9. 14 thanks for staying with us james i was thinking for people who like to get out there and walk and run during the Morning Hours now is the time to do it because its heating up quickly outside yeah this afternoon is going to be little tough and tomorrow even worse i think john trouble in the Weather Center with more on our hot weather forecast. Yeah, i know i wish i was out there right now getting that out of the way because its just an excuse not to do it later on today might just skip the Running Shoes for another one. But yeah daytime highs going to be warm enough that you want to seek a cool spot later on especially for inland areas, east bay hills well up into the upper 80s to low 90s for your daytime highs towards the coast with an offshore breeze pushing any sort of marine layer way its even going to be a toasty one out that direction. This High Pressure ridge is replacing the cool cloudy are temperatures that we had this weekend. Now its hot dry inland. Theyre being ushered out into the bay area resulting in lower humidity. And of course the stronger winds that weve been talking about thats the changing factor today as compared to earlier this week in the forecast. Thats really upping fire weather potential north bay areas are seeing some breezy conditions but nowhere near our peak wind gusts just yet that will be tonight into early tomorrow morning. Heres thursday morning tomorrow morning at 02 20am areas like calistoga glen ellen in sonoma seeing winds gusting in excess of 20 Miles Per Hour 3040 even 50 mile per hour gusts at times in these areas and those deepest of red hues indicating that in the east bay and of the north bay at times all the way till midday on friday. Well be in the midst of some of the stronger of wind gusts that paired with the heat only getting hotter these next few days and of course the low humidity from this hot and dry air means that fire danger will be exceptionally high and were back into red flag warning territory which weve seen wildfires growing rapidly in previous events leading up to this just the season as for the Santa Cruz Mountains red flag warnings in those Higher Elevations gust as high as 35 Miles Per Hour. All of the inland east bay that includes mountains. Inland valleys also going to be affected by red flag warnings into midday friday. All of solano and napa counties and non coastal areas of sonoma and marin counties affected with gusts as high as 50 to even 55 Miles Per Hour at those mountain tops winds and heat and even warm all the way out to the coast golden gate park, its 82 today while areas like Half Moon Bay up to 81 temperatures along the bay shore will be noticeably warmer than they have been sharing a range of 80s to 90s. Redwood city and san carlos up to 91, well be seeing more and more 90s in the forecast right along the bay come tomorrow and friday and the reason behind that as those winds whole f pull out some of the hot dry air from our inland valleys towards the coast. That heat that youre seeing in those inland areas today will be spreading to our bayshore cities. The way how at 90 degrees sonoma and napa midnineties for you today and that same heat a little closer to the bay come tomorrow thats that bump in temperatures you see from wednesday into thursday for bayside areas will keep their heat around into friday winds will begin to relax midday friday, and by the weekend ahead of us we do take a step back from keep fire danger will still be dry and hot but not quite as hot and certainly not near as windy. Rob all right. Thank you john checking in on the traffic now. It is calming down out there its not too bad the drive into San Francisco has nicely improved the last time we take a look it was stacked up at least from west grand. So you dont have to deal with the big backup anymore. We call this a minor weights so easy going across the upper deck problems in downtown San Francisco little slow on the northbound central though keep that in mind, heres 92 your trip across the san mateo bridge looking good moving well, no problems between the peninsula and east bay, so this drive time so under 30 minutes between the nimitz and the bayshore and once again were hot spot free with no major crashes well check more traffic coming up a little bit later james. Time now to talk winners and losers on wall street with financial expert rob black joining us as always good morning, rob. And morning james are doing this first story that weve got set up here has made a little bit concerned covid19 the pandemic could cost americans roughly 16 trillion. Dollars whats going into that number. Lots going on that number hom lot of lost wages. Some premature death where people lose income some Prolonged Health care side effects where we continue have to pay money to get treatment covid to 16 try and about 7 train type towards death and prolong Health Care Benefits about 1. 6 trillion is going to be prescribed to prescribe to know Mental Health issues which im starting to see off a little bit a little bit. 200,000 is to be the impact family 4 the United States roughly and lost income this is going to be more expensive to treat that afghanistan, iraq in syria all combined as the wars, the United States spent since a 9. 11 2001 so its its costly to look at a worldwide basis. Youre talking about 28 trillion dollars of economic damage. And its going to be a long slow us and how so no ones looking for a quick fix no and it is the numbers are mind boggling especially when you think about you know congress and the relief bills that its been trying to push through. To date i mean just the thought of them passing packages that are trillions upon trillions of dollars and what that does to the national debt, its now that concerns everybody. Yeah, i still think we get stimulus before the election slightly thereafter and get a masslve instructional. This Time Next Year well be in a better position to not speaking. Were in earnings season right now and theyre good numbers for a pandemic theyre bad numbers on your of your level. All right lets talk about apple to because they had their unveiling. Yesterday their new iphone the 5 g iphone is out what your take on all that. Ive been talking apple for last years 85, shes coming 5 hes coming. And it wasnt all that impressive, its not going to impress of states 2 or 3 years to get more taps both fort until we get pick up with enough equipment so get good 5 g. Asias got great 5 g right now and this is really apples excuse and get more phones in asia. We saw things like a ceramic shield Wireless Charging listen to this change in no charges in the phones. The future, no cords the for the future that you have to buy them separately i got to 12 it lot of college but i thought 12 many yeah home pardon me which is basically them saying we need as many people using our platform, so its all services in the the phones range for about 700 to about 1100 to get for memory. Thats about 1400. Its called the apple 12 pro max. Stocks up 70 year over year, but this might be a situation where its for a vote. Buy the rumor of last years sell than theirs and he is now they have to execute and i dont see anything up their bag of tricks thats the car. I dont see the honor and it had second 21 me 2022 right but were not seen a walker 8 now other than improvements to what they have out there right now ok nothing that really pushes the boundaries in any one particular direction and then last we have a viewer question if you if youre up for it, weve got sarah who wrote in asking. I have not saved for retirement, how much will Social Security be so kind of try to plan out. Those later years we think. 3 specific she spirit a s s a dot gov and punching her Social Security number and ill tell how much you get the best case scenario. Taking it 70 in a worstcase scenario taking it 62 along the way more you get the average americans can get about 18,130 james. The cost of inflation just this year one and a half percent which is so security supposed to recover up 40 of your Retirement Income for a lot of people so 18,000 does not sound like much live on the bay area. Just discussed meeting that continues to climb or so just as i say got everyones check it out ok, so dont depend on Social Security solely to support you later in life get that 4 o one k. Total built up. I know that youre strong on that all right. Thank you very much rob has always keep sending those questions in just like sarah didnt robl answer for you right here on the air you can find him on Facebook Twitter email indirectly or connect with them on our website whatever stereotype youre gonna try. To put on me about having hiv isnt gonna fit. Thats for sure. My name is zach and im on biktarvy. Biktarvy is a complete, onepill, onceaday treatment. Used for hiv in certain adults. Its not a cure but with one small. Pill, biktarvy fights hiv. To help you get to and stay undetectable. Thats when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. Serious side effects can occur, including kidney problems and kidney failure. 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Its just spend time with family in the same household or maybe even consider celebrating virtually the states latest set of recommendations come as california continues to see stability in case positivity and hospitalization rates for covid19. Well while traditional door to door trick or treating is considered a highrisk activity. One Contra Costa County parent is refusing to let the Pandemic Take the joy out of the holiday got Daniel Miller of martinez creating a safe way to distribute candy using a pvc pipe. She and her neighbors are coming up with creative hands free halloween experiences for trick or treaters take a listen were large pvc pipe and were going to shoot the candy down were working were gluttons make sure that were not spending any germs. So when the kids come actually going to be standing 6 feet away from each other on the glow necklaces that will have on the ground. And so theyll be able stand apart and wait for their turn to get there can be and then when its their turn in line were going to shoot some candy down so they can put it in their their halloween. Bags. That sounds like fun. Miller says that they are also creating a map of homes that are following Health Guidelines and taking precautions to keep children safe so that parents know which are the safe houses to take the kids to. Well coming up on the kron 4 morning news, joe biden and donald trump try to sway undecided voters as the confirmation hearings when was the last time your property tax bill went down . 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. To wear a mask out in public around other people. Sure itll keep you healthy. But more importantly, i wont have to see your happy smiling face. Ugh. And if you dont want to wear a mask, ive just got one thing to tell you. Scram, go away. Ugh. Caring for each other because we are all in this together. So wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya . Ugh. Welcome back everyone the time is 9. 30 i hope youre ready for an increase in temperature change going to pretty hot today ready for it to get hot hot hot judge trouble in the Weather Center to explain more and exactly how hot its going to get a job or we ever ready for hot weather and high winds something that. We like to avoid as much as possible this time of year, especially as high fire danger is kicking back into gear today tomorrow lasting through friday. So even though were working our way towards the middle end of october. Its not over yet looking out there at San Francisco all the way to the coast skies are Crystal Clear marine layer nonexistent with such dry conditions all across the region we are going to be seeing heightened fire danger from the Santa Cruz Mountains the inland east bay and all across the north bay, starting this morning lasting all the way through friday morning as these winds remain a factor. Welder the course of our forecast ahead of us. Winds right now not all that substantial just yet and certainly have picked up from our overnight hours on into the afternoon today, youll notice winds picking up even further and then tonight into tomorrow morning our peak wind gusts with exceptionally breezy conditions up in our upper elevations of the north bay were 3040 and even 50 mile per hour wind gusts can be expected. Inland east bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains where we do have those advisories. Right there with you now into thursday night winds will pick up yet again leading into friday morning, not quite as substantial as tomorrow night will be but still certainly noteworthy enough to have red flag warnings through the middle of friday. Before winds calm down and we ease off that fire danger come the weekend. Right now temperatures are in the 70s so go ahead enjoy this morning as much as you can this is great jogging. Working in the backyard kind of weather right now before the heat of the afternoon. Daytime highs even towards the coast in San Francisco will be well into the 80s 86 in san jose 87 90s for inland areas. James robin. All right, thank you very much john. Well new this morning, the cdc now warning families that spending time together for thanksgiving could cause. Covid19 cases soar. Its easy understand why doctors say its especially dangerous when people come together in large groups from separate households and intermingle the cdc stress that its essential for people to continue taking steps to stop the spread of the virus even during the holidays and other gatherings. As hard as it may be. We are tracking the coronavirus numbers across the state and here in the bay area you can see statewide were looking at now more than 862,000 confirmed cases with more than 16,000 deaths. Across the bay area more than a 107,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus with more than 1600 people dying from it. A Pharmaceutical Company eli lilly has hit pause on their Coronavirus Vaccine trial due to potential safety concerns and this comes after johnson and johnson was forced to stop their Covid Vaccine trial after reporting a patients unexpected illness. The company says that illnesses and accidents are expected as a part of any clinical trial. President trump has continued to promise a vaccine before election day on the campaign trail. There is concern in the general population animal medical professionals that there might be some political influence to cut corners and will lease a vaccine for general use. Thats because so much has been heard that vaccines from the political side during the campaign. A number of people at the food and Drug Administration and the nih made very strong statements that we are going to see it here to the highest scientific standards. Johnson and johnson declined to reveal any more details or give specifics about the illness citing the participants privacy. Well despite the setbacks with those vaccines. Researchers are still confident that a vaccine is not too far away. Yeah, but as kevin hayes reports Health Officials are stressing that in the meantime its important to get your flu shot. To say that its coming out the next couple months is not really a not really a pine tree help is on the way in the form of a covid19 vaccine as pharmaceutical Research Goes through trials. The if has turned into an inevitable land while research and development soldier on Lehigh ValleyHealth Networks doctor Alex Benjamin says essential personnel and First Responders will be the first to take an approved product so theyre looking at trying to find 5000 150 people who after getting the vaccine actually are exposed infected with covid. To see what the effect is of the vaccine in that setting thats how theyre really monitoring once a vaccine is tested and deemed safe for the public while then it will fall on the shoulders of Health Providers and local Health Departments to get out to folks like you and me all eyes are on the future as we await the vaccine, but this also comes at a time when we are preparing for flu season is well if you are a person who never was very keen on getting influenza vaccine. You know this might be the year to really think about that the sort of you reduce your risk of complications from some sort of respiratory illness right doctor benjamin says both the potential Coronavirus Vaccine and the already available flu vaccine. Crucial through the winter and into 2021. This still going to be a large proportion of people in the u. S. And worldwide who are just not going to experience the virus and the best thing we can do is to vaccinate them. In wilkesbarre kevin hayes eyewitness news. All right now lets go to the north bay police seize 1 Million Dollars worth of heroin in a major drug bust. We have pictures of the drugs confiscated you can see them all there on the table. Officers responded to calls of a suspicious car in the parking lot of a Shopping Center on admiral callaghan lane. Officers say the driver was on parole from nevada. A police dog alerted officers that there might be drugs inside. After confiscating a search warrant they found nearly 49 pounds of heroin. In the wake of recent protests and Mass Gatherings governor Gavin Newsome now has released a report urging police to use more restraint when dealing with crowds. The report says the use of tactical weapons for crowd control can escalate things and sarah served only make things worse. He also ordered the state Police Training panel to update their standards and prioritize protecting free speech and only detaining instigators and hate groups that can turn otherwise peaceful protest violent. He also says that officers should be required to have their body cameras on during protests. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news new information about the group of men who tried to kidnap the governor of michigan, well tell you what other public figures say targeted. And then another day of questioning on capitol hill as senators grill Supreme Court nominee judge Amy Coney Barrett. And talking all about our fire danger in the days to come ahead of us were in the midst, a red flag warnings now across a lot of welcome back everyone even with the coronavirus restrictions in place is halloween people are finding safe workarounds to still enjoy the holiday, including a woman whose love of halloween helped her get through her Cancer Treatment zach summers shares her story. Susan whiter has loved halloween since she was a kid that she was determined not to let her fight with Breast Cancer keep her from creating whats known as the house by kids in her neighborhood. Well some people decorate for christmas very says a wider goals all out for halloween, its fun and this year also battling cancer susan began planning how to decorate her house for halloween while undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment lee, im looking at penn tristen going can i build this can i do that you learned there was no evidence of the disease in april and september she and her husband went to work putting up her vision. Susan says prepping for her favorite holiday played a part in her recovery lee gave me something the to you know some people might say love far, but it gave him something to. To fight for something to have fun with something to enjoy now seizing is enjoy the reaction all neighborhood children who revel in her creation its for the kids season is scheduled to have Reconstructive Surgery on thursday asked for the display it on and disinfected night. Zac summers, fox 4 news. On the kron 00 04am morning news a closer look at the voting process in Santa Clara County 4 people to vote in person or drop off their all right we are back 9. 44 is the time and weve been. Trying to beat this drum all day its going to be hot and its going to be fire danger. Hot come next couple days robin, thats right if you have something to do get out there and do it now do it early because temperatures will be in the 90s today, lets get those specifics from john hey there john hey guys yet 90s ahead of us and high winds ahead of us too thats the combination that we all know too well by now. Results of highest a fire danger even out towards the coast. No marine layer president as we do see winds pushing any sort of cool ocean air. Well off the coast that means hot dry air being pushed into the bay area. Its pretty strong winds at times especially into the evening tonight into tomorrow morning tracking these winds, the next couple of days we are seeing an uptick in wind speeds as is well continue to see winds increasing into the afternoon but the peak of wind gusts will actually be during overnight hours leading into your thursday morning when winds will gust regularly into a range of 20 Miles Per Hour. 3040 even 50 Miles Per Hour peak us for the north bay 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour gusts elsewhere in the bay area. Winds remain with us through the day on thursday pick up again thursday night into friday, not quite as much as well see tomorrow night but still enough for red flag warnings to remain in effect clear through friday at 11 00am for most of the inland east bay, the upper elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains like the east bay. We will be seeing peak gust as high as 35 Miles Per Hour at times this includes inland valleys and those upper elevations all of solano and napa counties to be affected and non coastal portions of. Sonoma and marin counties also seeing gas is high in the north bay, a 50 to 55 Miles Per Hour by the time we work our way into friday. So yes, we know exactly what that recipe means weve seen it result in rapid spreading fire so far this season so please be very wary of that these next couple of days 70s and 80s for your highs on the peninsula towards the coast where daytime highs are certainly running above average for this time of year 80s and 90s for besides cities was saying carlos in redwood city noticeably warmer than yesterday was each into the low 90s today midnineties in sunnyvale at 95, san jose a few degrees warmer at 87. Well our hot spot in the bay today as pleasant and at 97 degrees today okd in berkeley and richmond in the mid 80s while midnineties from Danville San Ramon all the way up through fairfield and vacaville napa and sonoma also tapping into the mid 90s today. Well santa rosa down through mill valley, very breezy and very warm. All in the 90s now lot of our inland areas already at our peak temperatures that will be seeing this week as hot dry winds carry those mid 90s towards the bay or bayside areas are about to see temperatures spiking noticeably into tomorrow. That means from the mid 80s today on average 4 bayside areas to the low to mid 90s come thursday and friday so the hottest weather still ahead of us for areas like oakland, San Francisco down through fremont and hayward saturday and sunday we back off the winds and we also back off or a stream lea hot day time highs that means less and fire danger into the weekend and overall just more comfortable weather to look for to around the corner. Robert all right. Thank you john the traffic commute pretty comfortable to we dont have any big problems out there looks much much better now compared to what was out there a few hours ago. It has thinned out nicely here at the richmond sandra fell, heres a live. Look and we see no delays at the toll plaza so easygoing here into the north bay, lets check out some more bridges we have the golden gate one oh one nice and smooth so far no problems into or out of San Francisco we started off with routine maintenance work. The zipper truck came through switched around the configuration and now were smooth and at the limit so far in both directions northbound and southbound james all right developing news. This morning were learning more about a militia groups alleged plot to kidnap and kill. Governor Gretchen Whitmer and of duck virginias governor Ralph Northam. Well northam is now blaming rhetoric from the white house for inspiring extremist groups to take action Felicia Bolton reports. During a Court Hearing in michigan fbi agent Richard Trask says members of antigovernment militia groups, matt and dublin ohio back in june and he says thats where they talked about kidnapping governor Gretchen Whitmer and leaving her in a boat alone and the middle of Lake Michigan trask says the plans cross state lines is a discussed quote taking out Virginia GovernorRalph Northam as and a Media Briefing tuesday democratic governor dorgan says he will not live in fear. I will not work under a cloud of intimidation. Thats not who i am i was elected to serve the commonwealth of virginia in and thats what i plan to do and you know there have been threats. I know you all are well aware that happened back in january northam says he believes rhetoric from the white house has inspired stream us groups top lot illegal action in this rhetoric is not coming from another country. Its coming from washington. And that i regret. And it needs to stop when language issues such as to liberate virginia. People they they find meaning in those words and the u. S. These things happen and thats regrettable that we hes referring to came from president Donald Trumps personal account in april reading liberate virginia and save your great Second Amendment is under siege White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany released a statement reading. President trump has continually condemned White Supremacists and all forms of hate. Governor whitmer and now governor door them are Sowing Division by making these outlandish allegations and attorneys for tigar been one of the accused suspect smoke outside the courthouse, defending him but hes not guilty. Thats his position and thats consistent with his Constitutional Rights where hes presumed not guilty until or unless its proven beyond a reasonable doubt in court that he is during the hearing Defense Attorneys kept pressing the agent about whether the informants encourage the man. To continue on with plans which included some of the men scoping out the governors Vacation Home garbins attorneys asking people to not rush to judgment. Well as bolton reporting hearings will continue on friday in grand rapids. So far no charges in the plot against virginias governor has been filed and we do not know yet if that plot even went beyond the initial planning stages so more to come. We are now 20 days until the november election and in the south bay were getting a closer look at what voting will actually looks like this year in Santa Clara County. Election officials are adressing new voting procedures ballot box security and also pandemic safety protocols. Check this out the county register voters actually demonstrated their voting booths for us most people will have or have already voted by mail. But theyre also be 100 bold centers for people to cast their ballots in person. There are sanitizing theres covid safety protocols and their social distancing between those voting booths and machines oneway routes in and out of the venues and also posted Health Guidelines. And we here at kron 4 we are committed to helping make sure your vote counts so if for any reason you start to experience some problems when youre casting your ballot. Police let us know will investigate all you have to do is send us an email at voting problems and kron 4 dot com once again voting problems at kron 4 dot com. And happening right now were still following the very latest from washington as the confirmation hearing for president trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett continues, shes now facing a second day of questioning from members of the Senate Judiciary committee were monitoring the hearing and if there are any substantial updates. Well of course bring it to you if you do want to watch it in its entirety dont forget were streaming it on our website kron 4 dot com ocean as we head to break. Live look outside we have our camera long the park and arrow. Giving us beautiful shot over the city blue skies, the bay bridge the background it will be extremely hot today though with red flag warnings in effect the fire danger is high well taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. Welcome back everyone well were almost done here on the kron 4 morning news but they never stop over at kron on lets check in with Sanaz Tahernia whos standing by with a preview of what theyre working on and off. Hi robin so the big story today, the heat and pg pg and es power safety shutoffs well be tracking the high temperatures and the gusty winds for you all day long will also be tracking the Power Outages scheduled to start today. Plus today is day 3 of judge Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings will stream that for you live right here so be sure to stay with us head over to rob store and download kronon for free to follow these stories with us and much more. All right, thank you very much seen all right check this out the first robotic firefighter in the country made its debut in l a it can hosed down. Flames in hard to reach areas that would be too dangerous for people to go in the la Fire Department is the first agency in the country to actually get this revolutionary equipment and this could be hugely beneficial obviously in structure fire situations where its just too dangerous to go inside. You can send the robot in and hopefully get a handle on the fire from the inside pretty incredible. We also have another update here for a look at this discovery fossilized skeleton of an all a source is an ancestor of the t rex. It was found in wyoming ranch back in 2016 it was actually auctioned off tuesday in paris for nearly 3 Million Dollars. Thats a million more than it was expected to go for the skeleton is 32 feet long and close to 12 feet high as one of the largest known to date and no word yet on who it was that shelled out 3 million we know it was a lot of money. Lets take a look at that 7 day forecast is going to be hot today, folks dont get to maybe put on a hat wear your sunscreen stay hydrated. Try not to stay outdoors in the heat for too long, its going to be very warm look at that highs in the 90s for the warmest inland locations and those hot temperatures will continue right through the weekend and looks like we get a little relief as we get into next week. Thatll do for the kron 4 morning news. Thank you so much for watching see you back here tomorrow morning have a great day. I didnt choose this job because it was easy. But i cant say i expected this. 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