Includes all of the inland east bay and much of the coast on the peninsula too as we make our way through the day we will see winds very presence on through the evening tonight into tomorrow and even lasting into friday morning gust as high as 40 Miles Per Hour in upper elevations paired with our hot and dry conditions does mean that fire danger is still a concern as we work our way through the rest of this upcoming week as for winds right now we may lutz of lee calm but by the afternoon 02 00pm here, widespread rains winds kicking back into gear across the bay area into the evening tonight still continuing to be breezy with tomorrow actually expected to be our windiest day of this forecast with atlas peak in vacaville, especially breezy. Come the time we work our way into thursday evening. Friday we begin to calm down and a cool down that leads us into a much more comfortable weekend. A little bit more fall like come the weekend just around the corner too. 50s and 60s for current temperatures with Oakland Alameda in hayward each right at 60 degrees few 40s like yesterday morning up in the north bay as we move into the afternoon daytime highs in the 70s for oakland and San Francisco. Well, san jose back into the low 80s today. Robin thank you for the update lets update folks on the morning commute. Were taking a peek at your drive around the bay area, heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza which is doing fine by the way no major traffic issues here working your way from downtown oakland to downtown San Francisco. So off to a really good start a quiet start. Its under 10 minutes here from the bottom of the maze off to fremont street, lets head over to 92, normally its our busiest bridge during the Early Morning hours. And thats happening right now we have more brake lights leaving hayward heading over to the peninsula no big problems, no crashes no stalls so nothing in your way it will be under 25 minutes to make it from the nimitz across the span there of 92 and off to one o one as you connect into san matteo lets head over to the Golden Gate Bridge all we have some Maintenance Work under way this is completely normal usually happens on the northbound side with one lane blocked off heading out of San Francisco on the right thats why you see those flashing lights and a chp unit out there, but they do it early early enough to beat the morning rush. No significant slowing passing the scene although when you see construction cones out there on the road want to slow for the cone zone slow for the workers on the road be extra cautious passing by well check more traffic coming up a little bit later. For nearly 7,000 pg e customers across the bay area are bracing for another round of power shutoffs heres a look at p g nice future outage map check it out you see those yellow areas, the yellow shows the areas that could lose power and keep in mind that it spans across alameda contra costa now puff santa clara solano and sonoma counties. Now this is due to the hot dry and windy conditions expected today john has been telling us about that. Well the majority of the outages will affect people in napa county kron 4 Taylor Bisacky has more from calistoga for parts of calistoga this could be the second time without power within just a week really seems like its been one thing after another for this area. These power shut offs come just weeks after folks he returned from the glass fire evacuations, another round of pge Public Safety power shutoff could parts of the bay area the napa county being the most affected. Pg says the possible psps is slated to affect more than 4,300 customers in napa county including those living in parts of calistoga were filling some gases are going to shut off the power. Chad taylor isnt the only one getting prepared get free hutchens was also filling up his gas tanks on tuesday to power his personal generator, im on the wrong side of the river looks like huchins lives on the west side of the napa river which is the area of calistoga that usually loses power during the shut offs. However, the east side of the river is another story. Thanks to the city generator most downtown businesses and homes in the east side well continue to have their lights on all these power shut offs are to prevent wildfires. People living in calistoga say its becoming a new normal as weve seen more pg e power shutoffs and wildfires over the last few years the guy i work for has been here for. 40 something years he says ive never seen fires every year like this and all these years well the last 5 years israeli thing, Mother Nature this going to do it once. For best. The potential power shutoff is expected to last from wednesday night to friday morning and for customers, some of them that is about 1500 here in calistoga like these downtown businesses the power will remain on because of that city generator in calistoga Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news yeah, the guy said it best be prepared and hope for the best. Keep in mind you can track the weather in your neighborhood anytime with the kron 4 app its great to have downloaded youll get full forecast and interactive radar and weather alerts sent straight to your smart device going to do that now download the kron 4 app for free for free you dont have to pay for it right now in the app store and google play as well. More than 1000 inmates at San Quentin State Prison could be transferred or even released. A California Appellate Court ordered the prison to reduce its inmate population by half. Now according to Court Records 75 of inmates at san quentin have covid19. The president must release or transfer inmates to other facilities that can allow for social distancing. The prison was also review its expedited release program. One idea that they came up with us to release inmates over the age of 60 who have served at least 25 years of their sentences. This could include those sentenced to life or even 3 struck offenders judges say the move would allow the prison to place inmates in a single cell limiting the spread of the virus. Kate have feel with the Justice Collaborative project says transfer inmates the south said quinn became a hot spot in the first place. I said you know, hey this came from transfers so you cant do this didnt say this but you cant do this haphazard way you know youre aware now that what the transfers have don t need to do this carefully last and in and do it in the right way into the right facilities and in fact more people in california prisons have died as a result of covid19 then have been executed. So fact being incarcerated right now in california is turning into a death sentence for many people. Well so far there have been more than 2200 cases and 28 inmate deaths from the virus at san quentin. Nearly 300 prison workers have also been effect infected and since march the department of corrections has released more than 21,000 inmates all across the state. Well to the north bay now Sonoma County is expanding free covid19 testing to residents, it opened up a popup testing site yesterday it and these unity park in the morley neighborhood. Its one of the communities with a large live next population and a high number of coronavirus cases. But you know community for the most part there are a social worker isnt so. They are exposed they come home a lot of families especially in southwest center is alive and multifamily or multi generational household and so the exposure is just a lot greater. Well the testing site will be held at different locations and you can find the full schedule on our web site you want to check it out just head over to kron 4 dot com. To the peninsula now children 5 years and older can now get tested for the coronavirus for free. In San Mateo County so appointments are available throughout the week weekdays from 01 00pm to 08 00pm the of the county website. Kids dont need to have any symptoms or and or even have been exposed to anyone with the virus in order to be tested. Testing is happening at the sand, the tail event center. Well we are now 13 days away until the november election and all bay area counties are seeing record high Voter Registration numbers and return rates for those mail in ballots. Now if the trend continues this years voter turnout could be historic. But those record numbers to come with some questions from voters kron fours noelle bellow explains. Can i really trust this trough box can i mail it just basic basic questions as millions of ballots continue to be cast in california voter questions are also filing into local registrar offices. A big one what to do if you havent received your mail in ballot officials are urging anyone who hasnt received their ballot to contact your local registrars office. Now if you havent registered yet dont worry well online registration may be over in california, you can still register in person at a polling place all the way up to and including election day. Now the countys register voters says were urging people to use or saturday sunday and monday dates. Because theyre usually not busy Solano CountyOfficials Say they currently have 12 more registered voters than in the 2016 election and 3 times as many ballots have already been returned. But after someone set fire to a ballot drop box and la county over the weekend. Some voters are concerned over the safety of those boxes Solano County assistant registrar of voters says you shouldnt be worried. All of our ballot boxes are observed by at least one person but most of them have 2 people in attendance. We dont leave boxes out overnight or unattended so. Were pretty secure. We always pick those up and bring them back to our office at the end of each day right now the county has 16 drop boxes next week bill up that to 25 and on election day there will be 100 polling place locations across the county Officials Say returning your ballot as early as possible, though is widely weve done a lot to protect our that are working through this dont want advertise into our owners up different options that they can take to protect themselves as well and now were just going to getting the message out about returning that ballot early to so that we can process prior to the election and was often the issues that might come up. Now in Solano County if you plan to vote in person still you dont need to surrender your mail in ballot. But thats not the case for every county so contact your local register voters or find the answer in that voter information guide you received in the mail in the newsroom noelle bellow kron 4 news. And here kron 4 we are committed to helping make sure that your vote counselor for any reason you start to experience problems casting your ballots. Let us know and we will investigate you can send us an email at voting problems at kron 4 dot com thats voting problems at kron 4 dot com dont hesitate to send us an email. All right coming up next morning news a huge leap for San Francisco in his handling of the covid19 as it enters a new reopening tier what this means for business. Plus States Health leaders release reopening guidelines for theme parks, the new guidelines do not apply to many of your favorite destinations. And will there be a covid19 relief package before the election well have the latest on the effort to reach a deal. Welcome back everyone and thanks for staying with us the time is for 14 good morning to you lets get an update on the forecast, i know we still have you know the concern of strong winds and warm temperatures so lets see that how thats going to shape up for hump day and the rest of the week hey there john yeah, the rest of the week not looking much better than today either robin were going to be seeing these winds causing concern for fire danger really over the course of the rest of the weekend even as we make our way into the weekend in some cooler conditions. This going to be rather windy at times so that is the theme of this forecast for sure looking outside there are clear skies over much of the bay area and that includes the east bay, pretty calm right now for coastal spots a little breezy up Calistoga Atlas peak down through fairfield winds will generally pick up this afternoon and by the evening tonight. We do look at some pretty consistently. Windy conditions all across the bay area. Tomorrow going to be even windier yet for some spots gas into the 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour range regularly for upper elevations, abort the north and the east bay and into friday, a continuation of some breezy conditions too. That is likely going to continue into the weekend but as temperatures cool down this weekend that lee should help with fire danger concern as for red flag warnings we are in the midst of widespread warnings in effect right now for portions of the north bay but spreading across the rest of the bay area on through the rest of the day today you can see how the inland east bay, coastal areas and upper elevations of the north bay all being affected by that heightened fire risk yet again as we make our way through this week as for temperatures today will be 60s and 70s for San Francisco, another coastal spots, staying nice and cool thanks to an ocean breeze elsewhere in the bay area little cooler than yesterday palo alto youre back into the upper 70s, foster city still hanging on to low 80s today well in the south bay back into the low 80s, san Jose Santa Clara and milpitas down to 81 after yesterdays mid 80s 70s to 80s across the east bay with union city in fremont 7 takes in 78. Oakland berkeley and richmond also back in the 70s with danville walnut creek in concord falling out of the low 90s yesterday back to the upper 80s to 90s hang on in fairfield and vacaville, well santa rosa in petaluma at 8685 today. Heres a look ahead to tomorrow and the rest of your forecast so tomorrow we still have high fire danger as well as gusty winds. But temperatures do begin to cool down and by the start of the weekend at our warmest were only in the 70s for inland spots with 60s 70s right along the bay. Do anticipate some strong gusty winds as we make our way through the weekend and on into next week too. Robin, thank you john lets check in on the commute and take a look at the bridges and your drive around the bay area. Well start off with the bay bridge. Its usually one of the most busiest during the morning drive. But you can catch are delay free commute in the early hours like the 4 oclock hour. So thats really to the best time to just come on and get out there early if you can if you want to roll out of bed early its going to be an easy trip here from oakland to San Francisco. And i dont see any problems on the skyway the central or the james lick so were in good shape. So far off to 92 its already getting a little crowded here between hayward and the peninsula look over to the right thats westbound commute direction picking up already for 92 so leaving hayward is going to be a little sluggish often on west of the tolls on the flat section but pretty easy going into foster city and connecting with one oh one 2. 80 well take a look at the richmond sandra fell in golden gate coming up a little bit later. Well negotiations on a coronavirus stimulus bill will continue today in washington d c lawmakers extended 3rd at tuesday nights deadline to work out a relief package before election day. Despite yet another stall lawmakers are staying positive joe khaleel reports. The deadline for a pre election day stimulus deal between democrats and the white house has come and gone, but both sides still hold out hope. We certainly hope to see progress the American People deserve its tuesday evening. Speaker pelosi released a letter saying quote, todays deadline enabled us to see that decisions could be reached and language could be exchanged she added quote both sides are serious about finding a compromise meantime in the senate and people across america need help and they need it right now theres a battle over an entirely separate republican covid measure. A socalled skinny stimulus bill senator Debbie Stabenow democrat from michigan says the bill leaves too many people behind dave introduced a bill that ignores urgent testing and other health care needs. Our families our children and far too many of our businesses the bill does not include new money for state and local governments nor does it send out 1200 stimulus checks. I dont think the fact that. Those structure not a part of this package. As others have said is a good argument for not doing. What we are laying on the floor Republican Senate leader Mitch Mcconnell says the 500 billion dollar package does provide much needed relief to schools, businesses and the unemployed, but it does address. An awful lot of things that we do agree on democrats believe that. Giving the American People nothing is better than great giving them something republican senator todd young of indiana says democrats insistence on a large stimulus package is delaying immediate help he says that posture makes him doubtful both sides will find compromise on stimulus my hope that that can happen but. I am not optimistic in washington, im joe khaleel. Federal investigators are blaming the owner of conception for one of californias deadliest maritime disasters. 33 passengers and one crew member were killed last year on that dive boat on labor day weekend. Nearly a half of the victims were fright here from the bay area. The National Transportation safety board ruled a lack of oversight by the conceptions owner Truth Aquatics Incorporated led to that fire. Investigators also said that an adequate coast guard regulators contributed to the high death toll such as a lack of requirement for smoke detectors and pour emergency escape or arrangements. Well the case against Scott Peterson will return to a courtroom on friday, a judge in stanislaw county will determine whether peterson needs a public defender or has hired his own attorney. Well the state superior Court Ordered his murder case be reexamined due to possible juror misconduct. Now its unclear whether peterson will appear at Fridays Court date in person or by video from san quentin if he even appears at all peterson was convicted back in 2004 of murdering his wife lacy and their unborn son unborn son connor and dumping her body in the San Francisco bay. Well coming up next on the kron 4 morning news a new concern over distance learning. How some students are taking an unfair advantage of their virtual classroom to get ahead. And before we go to break were just going to check in on conditions outside your door, heres a live look at the golden gate. We still have that routine Maintenance Work wrapping up northbound is on the right. So if you plan on heading out of San Francisco youll see one lane blocked you see crews out there, lots of flashing lights to be careful slow for the cone zone southbound looks good and the weather looks good too its shaping up nicely well have specifics for your city in just a bit. Welcome back everyone, a new concern for teachers and parents, the world of Virtual Learning is making it easier for students to cheat. Aaron cargo spoke to a teacher in texas who recently caught students, cheating during a virtual test. Its something that i was fully aware was going on she was aware because of comments from her own 2 teenagers now this around a parent has proved some students are cheating during virtual classes as a word of warning she says parents forwarded her this letter from a Round Rock High School teacher sent to that teachers class that said some of you are under the assumption assessments are a group effort. The teacher said she saw screenshots of students taking pictures of questions and discussing the answers in a group text your child is. You know being impacted when the classmates are scoring higher and you know raising up in their class rank regardless of whether theyre the one who is actively cheating or not way a fight at round rock isd says theyve been redesigning assessments with open ended an essay style answers and mixing up the order of multiple choice questions. Theyre also turning to Higher Education had spurts for more tips. University of kentucky Professor Emeritus doctor Thomas Caskey recently wrote this blog post in Education Week about this very topic he recommends some of the same strategies round rock is using the teacher purposes of my little skills. And then access to google and birds and that sort thing. Because you teachers learning alongside their students. All right kids be on your best behavior. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news newly released guidelines in california allows fans back into stadiums for sports. But one theory county is holding back well explain after the break. Before we go to break we are going to go outside take a little trip over to the bay bridge toll plaza where it is a partly cloudy and 60 degrees right now in the city of oakland 58 in San Francisco, good morning to adding up here at 62 hello napa at 5149 in santa rosa well be right back stay with us. Welcome back everyone, thanks for waking up with us on this hump day we just got to get over the hump and finished the week strong we can do it for checking in on the forecast now john trouble standing by john hey robin we are looking at conditions out there today, nice and clear across the bay area definitely no fog to be looking at from c church hour here just a fire weather warnings in effect, these red flag warnings in effect for the north bay right now, but spreading across the best rest of the bay area for much of the rest of the week were going to be seeing winds gusting as high as 40 Miles Per Hour over the course of these next few days for upper elevations on the specially the north bay but also in the east bay, too so future cast a wind gust shows you that by 02 30pm today winds left picked back up. Tomorrow morning we start things off a little lighter yet again before even windier conditions into tomorrow afternoon. Then comes friday with a continued steady breeze and even the weekend ahead bringing the steady winds too. 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with Oakland Alameda in hayward each right at 60 degrees. San