Widespread of winds a lot of us are actually starting off the morning quite calm while others not just yet you look outside right now does show some continuously very dry skies. Marine layer, not very present across the bay because the predominant nature of these winds has been an offshore wind thats keeping fog and ocean cool theyre away from us even though temperatures have remained pretty mild calistoga snowman atlas peak vacaville, fairfield the napa all among our breezy us to spots petaluma youre at 22 Miles Per Hour for your winds right now well in the meantime, san jose oakland concord livermore in San Francisco are very calm by 06 15am a few hours from now still very breezy in the north bay pockets of heavier winds in areas like danville and then as we work our way into early afternoon eventually into the evening tonight. We do see winds generally beginning to calm down for the north bay area still breezy but not as much so and continuing to come down into tomorrow, red flag warnings expire for upper elevations at 05 00pm today you do see those red flag warnings holding on across the upper elevations of the east bay sonoma and marin counties. Well pretty much all of napa solano lake and mendocino counties still at a fund that heightened fire danger upper elevations, especially susceptible to those stronger winds right above the bay little bit calmer as you head down in the lower elevations. Temperatures right now are showing a range of 40s 50s and 60s antioch get a cool 57 conquered at 51, while fremont and palo alto 58 degrees skies. Clear as you can see and thats making for some pretty easy going on roadways. This morning. By the time we work our way into the afternoon, a touch warmer for daytime highs inland areas back into the low 80s. Well bayside areas, mostly holding on the 70s. Back to you rob it all right. Thank you john checking in on the traffic want to. Take a live look at the trip into San Francisco. Were doing well looking good no problems knife life smooth on the upper deck trouble free on the skyway so its a great time to come on in if you can roll out of bed early we know its hard we do it here every morning. But the earlier you can get out there the better your commute will be all right off to 92. Were checking in on the san mateo bridge. No problems no crashes no stalls, its a little busy thats completely normal but no big problems here from the east bay working your way over to the peninsula, your drive time still under 30 minutes from 8. 80 across the span and off to one on one just want to quickly mention that we do have a high wind advisory for the benicia bridge and the antioch bridge but we do not have one for the 7 tail or bay bridge. But you know that was a problem strong winds. There was a problem yesterday as well so just watch your speed out there off to the richmond sandra fell west bound 5. 80 hot spot free. One truck rolling through the pay gates was so far all is well into the north bay well check more traffic coming up a little bit later. Well, thousands of people right here in the bay area are waking up to another morning without power, its been very frustrating. Check this out this is a look at the latest outage map on pg es website and all those little purple triangle show the areas without power due to the Public Safety power shutoff pg and e began shutting off power over the weekend of course of head of this major wind event kron fours dan kerman has that story from san anselmo since early sunday evening nearly 14,000 marin county residents have been in the dark today and it is in the end it was in getting dressed in the dark and it is just thinking rally. Im much more can we take the outage has impacted nearly 3,000 customers in fairfax. But many are better prepared this year than last. A lot better prepared. I have lights, you know canned food and water enough food for my dog in case we have to be out for week again i got books. To keep me occupied. Still a steady stream of people stopped by the fairfax town hall where a charging station is available. Im here because we dont have any power in our house we have no Internet Connection and our phones are working them, im here to charge iphone so that i could some interaction with the rest of world. Downtown fairfax has a bit of a split personality this time around with businesses on the sir Francis Drake side having power and those in the broadway side not having power. Its all about the fire risk and people get that i didnt sleep better last night knowing i was off because it was very windy, theres a lot of i could hear branches, falling down and i could hear things hitting her dad and i was like at least i dont have to worry that a line is going to go down. Have to leave quickly in the so i do feel safer knowing that the as of monday afternoon areas such as wood acre and the enforce knowles of received the all clear and that means restoration is underway. Areas such as sen and in fairfax in mill valley hope to have their power restored by 10 oclock monday evening. Those areas have not received the allclear by monday afternoon and that means its likely power wont be restored there until sometime on tuesday. In san anselmo dan kerman kron 4 news. Well a brush fire in the north bay shut down highway 12 and sassoon city in both directions it broke out monday afternoon right along highway, 12, just south of Travis Air Force base. It burned 300 acres in less than 3 hours of move quickly at one point the fire even jumped highway 12 air force members from the base help respond to the fire and share these photos with their said you see right there. And fire crews eventually put out the fire. No one was injured. Thank goodness and highway 12 is back open to traffic this morning. Santa clara county residents affected by recent wildfires can preregister for Disaster Relief from calfresh that was a program that provides food benefits in the form of an ebt card which can be used Grocery Stores pre registration is available by calling or texting disaster calfresh you can find details on our website just head over to kron 4 dot com. Well the oakland zoo could be closed today because of these power shut zoo was closed yesterday as well anyone who bought tickets for the annual boo at the zoo, even a lot of folks are excited about that can use their tickets wednesday or thursday backup generators are in place at the zoo course to supply power for any animal related habitats or facilities which needed. Make sure you download the kron 4 app its great to have its are streaming news service. So you get the streaming news service kronon as well for the latest weather developments in your neighborhoods and for all the updates from pg knee and restoring power. You can find both apps in your app store to it if well some restaurants in california are suing the state because they were charged for fees. While being closed during the pandemic so lawmakers asked the state to refund more than a 100 Million Dollars and liquor and health permits also truism assessment fees, the businesses say that they were threatened with permanent closure. If they did not pay up. California officials have 45 days to respond the lawsuit was filed in los angeles for restaurant officials expect more lawsuits to be filed on behalf of restaurant in San Francisco and fresno. Well some relief is coming for entertainment and of course nightlife in use in San Francisco. Well, the city is waiving regulatory license fees and Business Registration fees, you know thats been a big concern too. And also waiving the payroll expense taxes for 2020. The city says it this is equivalent to a 2 point 5 Million Dollars in financial support. Well infected with racism that is what governor newsome is saying about the states Death Penalty process. The governor of filed a brief with the state Supreme Court under the current process, the death sentence must be with jurors but jurors do not have to unanimously agree on each aggravating factor in a particular case. So the governor says that that must change because it increases discrimination based on race he make this claim in a brief in the case of dante Lamont Mcdaniel you may remember that story he was sentenced to death in 2009 for murdering 2 people. Well coming up next on the kron 4 morning news early voting totals for the selection have already exceeded those from back in 2016 nationwide. Well talk about how officials in the south bay are handling the influx. Plus force officials are concerned about the longterm fire hazards and the high sierra as we head into the winter months. Well explain coming up after the break. Great day on the lake it is. Lunch is cookin and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. Fellas, can it get any better than this . Whoa my old hairstyle grew back. So did mine. [80s music] what . I was an 80s kid. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. Back everyone and thanks for staying with Us Forest Service firefighters in northern california. Responded to a wildfire that started monday morning in Eldorado National forest crews to put out the fire quickly. But force officials are concerned about the longterm fire hazards and the high sierra as we of course headed to the winter months lonnie wong reports. Are at the driest feel conditions ever. It was a close call after flames were spotted by a fire Lookout Tower in the Eldorado National forest 60 miles east of forest hill with the wind gusting at 30 miles an hour air support was not possible. Luckily. Forestry crews were put on 24 hour shifts for this wind event. We actually had crews on overnight last night as part of this wind event and we were able to send them out a very very early as soon as the fire call came in. The fire is burning slash piles left from the aftermath of the massive king fire in 2014. Crews had to deal with spot fires caused by the heavy winds to make matters worse several fire facilities in the Eldorado National forest are running on generator power because of the pga any power shut down. Usually by this time of year that would be at least one web storm to ease fire conditions or even in the fire season. But recently the climate has been different. There was summer precipitation. No thunderstorms that we normally get. There was a winter last winter that was drier than normal and of course its been very hot all summer long. Well temperatures took a dramatic dip this week that humidity and wind on the bigger concerns. The nearby for fire has been burning for a month and a half and though it is mostly contained the when threatens the fans still smoldering embers. These kinds of conditions with the winds and the fuel conditions are the recipe for a large fire growth. So weve monitoring very closely the fork fire. In the past week there have been 15 own illegal campfires in the Eldorado National forest that spans amador and el dorado counties, bad news for the growing number of homes and businesses thats around the boundaries of the national forest. Us forestry officials are not only concerned about whether conditions over the next few days. They have a close eye on longterm weather forecasts call drier than average winter. Not these fire conditions like these could go on into the holidays and beyond in the Eldorado National forest lonnie wong. Definitely sums it up pretty good for us the situation that were in right now these very dry conditions not a lot of rainfall these past few months and then the strong winds that weve been seeing the past couple of days really upping fire danger across the region, not just for the bay area but all the way up into the sierra nevada. Can see outside from San Francisco. Theres really not a lot of presents a marine layer this morning, something that will stay with us throughout the day as these offshore winds continue to dominate the pattern across the bay this is going to keep ocean cool and moist air away from the coastline and temperatures actually a little bit warmer for your tuesday as compared to where we were yesterday as far as where were sitting right now definitely not as widespread of winds as yesterday at this time. But we are still looking at some breezy spots, especially the up across the north bay vacaville at was p calistoga Sonoma Petaluma and danville out into the east bay couple of or breezier areas are windiest of conditions will be isolated today 2 or Higher Elevations as those winds are stronger aloft and they are right at the surface of the bay youll notice a lot of our wind your spots on the map even into the late morning and afternoon or for those mountainous spot. So do watch travel over mountain passes youll be running the gusty conditions at times bayside areas definitely going to be a noticeable amount calmer into the evening tonight look at how we come down and by tomorrow and even yeah as of right now red flag warnings are set to expire at 05 00pm today and definitely less of the bay area lit up in them as compared to yesterday, it will be upper elevations of marine and sonoma counties most of mendocino lake napa and solano counties in the north bay and then or upper elevations across the inland east bay that includes mount diablo the diablo range itself as well as those hills right above Oakland Berkeley and san ramon. So these in effect until 05 00pm as this one are breezy conditions can be expected. We will still be looking at gust of wind as high as 40 Miles Per Hour, especially for those highest of elevations as for daytime highs mentioned a little bit warmer than yesterday for inland areas that does take a few of us back up into the low 80s areas like novato napa and santa rosa in the north bay conquered out in the east bay also working your way back up to 80 degrees and not far away from that mark in Oakland Hayward nor redwood city each in the upper 70s for your highs today, heres a look at your next 7 days. So lets start with our inland areas, daytime highs, mostly upper 70s to low 80s as we work our way into halloween weekend just around the corner, lots of sunshine with the exception being friday that will be a little bit cooler all across the region and also be bringing partly cloudy skies interrupting. The abundantly sunny conditions weve been in the mid step, coastal spots will be mostly in the 60s to 70s so temperatures really not changing too much these next 7 days and we certainly dont have any heat waves anytime insight and i think we can all be thankful for that. Rob this is going say thank goodness we dont want any more he weighs thank you john. Lets check in on traffic pretty soon youre going to see a wave of heavy traffic heading into San Francisco, but you still have time to beat the rush. I dont see any problems or trouble spots, its picking up a little bit but no major issues here for 80 into San Francisco so were off to a fantastic start all right, lets check some more we have of the golden gate there it is a live look at one oh one smooth at the limit hot spot free lot of folks starting to roll in from the north bay. The drive time so looks good 25 minutes rolling south novato to the toll plaza and up to the richmond sandra fell a quick peek at west bound 5. 80 picking up a little bit here too. But still smooth sailing for folks commuting from the east bay to the north bay. Now one week away from the november, 3rd election were very excited about this nationwide early voting totals for the selection have already exceeded those from back in 2016 some 60 Million People have already cast their ballots. Now right here in the bay area, the local registers are seeing a large number of voters to kron fours noelle bellow has the latest on voting numbers in Santa Clara County until talk about also how workers are trying to keep the election safe. Voters dont let other people make your decisions for you. Get out and cast your ballot during a press Conference MondaySanta Clara CountyElections Officials hoped to put voters that hes announcing the latest Election Security as thousands continue to cast their ballots ahead of the november, 3rd election in Santa Clara County. Weve got a plan to making sure that everybody gets a chance to vote and that their votes are going to be secure. So far the county hasnt received any reports of Voter Suppression or intimidation at drop boxes and theyre determined to keep it that way in this final stretch of the election assistant District AttorneyJames Shapiro reminded voters of their rights. No one is allowed to intimidate you while youre voting. Either at dropoff box or at a vote center. No one is allowed to assemble uniformed or armed people in the vicinity. A vote center. In california. Its a crime to do these things and they will not be tolerated. Similarly people who show up and vote centers are not allowed to ask you about your qualifications to vote. The county has so far received 388,000 ballots. Registrar voters. Shannon says thats a 38 turnout in the county which is more than double what they had at this time in the 2016 election. Says shes hoping for a smooth election day you know we have no issues of an official drop boxes in Santa Clara County we are prepared with backup plans abc and d. For every issue and Cyber Security and physical security the county will be opening a total of 100 Voting Centers on saturday. And they will stay open through november, 3rd in the newsroom. Noelle bellow kron 4 news. New technology could speed things up on election day in Contra Costa County poll workers no longer need a paper list to confirm voter information the law actually using these little ipads instead the pope had contained all registered voters information. The new technology also expedites the in person voting experiences and also enhances voter far fraud prevention. I like it. Well take a look at this as people putting their i voted today stickers on Susan B Anthony is headstone. Theyre seeing something new this year a plastic covers so this idea is actually to protect the marvel from you know that little sticky glue thats on the back. Well the sticker trend became popular on election day back in 2016 when as many as 12,000 people visit the cemetery a chester new york, a spring restoration revealed that the stickers had you know, don a lot of damage so they decided to go the plastic instead. Before we go were taking a live look outside at sfo if you have a flight to catch no reports of any major delays it is cool to mild outside your door but were expecting more sunshine later on this afternoon. 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Definitely a little less windy on our bridges and we were yesterday to at this time thats not to say were out of the woods just winds not as widespread as we were on monday morning, lets get a look outside at San Francisco cant see too much, but we can see is theres really no fog out there another fog free start at the coast and as we work our way through the day today at the coast expect mostly upper 60s to low 70s for your highs. Windy hillside areas and a slightly warmer afternoon then yesterday as for inland valleys will also be breezy at times especially up in the north bay hillsides and upper elevations, susceptible to the strongest of gas, comfortable temperatures will be in the upper 70s to low 80s, a little warmer than yesterday was as well. Robin i can roll with like 60s and 70s. Thank you john, its very comfortable. All another look at traffic real quick were checking the drive into San Francisco, its nice and light and quiet as we enter the 5 oclock hour its going to start picking up its going to get heavier so get on out there now beat the rush. We are trouble free and hot spot free into San Francisco with no major issues off to the golden gate at least is not covered and fog like we see sometimes across the span traffic looks good. I dont see any northbound Maintenance Work which we normally have so smoothing out the limit so far in both directions get on out there well check more all right coming up the next hour. Its another morning of no power for thousands across the bay area. Well have the latest on where these outages are happening plus what were seeing this morning. And non essential officers along with indoor it says the offices along with indoor fitness centers. 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Thanks for joining us on a tuesday, im darya folsom and october 27th, our top story this morning continues to be the high fire danger that were seeing all over the bay area and a red flag warnings are thousands of pg and e customers are hanging in the balance and kron fours john trouble is in the Weather Center with the latest on this john yeah guys i know so many people still without power and so many of us still looking at strong winds to although theyre not as widespread as yesterday so more and more of us now are working their way back into a calmer weather pattern at least. And its a sign of calmer conditions just around the corner even for upper elevations across the north bay looking outside this morning skies are clear we dont have any fog whatsoever center tower cam showin