Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20240712

Cause a high fire danger by sunday into monday. As we check out our temperatures for today, San Francisco will reach 67 and some sunshine for the inland areas reaching into the upper 70s. Well talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, we have a couple of notes. So, folks, while we show you the big view, and you do see its dominated the map green, thats the color we want to see with Speed Sensors at the limit. A lot of slowing for a couple of minutes on the right side. South 880 through hayward and whipple just cleared. Marcus, were also looking at eastbound 580 just past North Livermore. Word of a roadside fire im tracking. It sounds like its all right. The time of year were worried about any reports of fire. Back to you. Very true. Keep your eye on that, thanks. Pg e this morning is still in the progress of restoring power to customers who lost it from this weeks high fire danger. The latest shutoffs now appear to be just a small taste of things to come because pg e is now looking at a possible much larger and more widespread outage starting sunday. Thats when, as kari was just saying, extremely high fire danger now in the forecast to arrive. Pg e is still monitoring the situation and says things could change. Customers at risk of having their power cutoff would be notified starting later today. A lot for undecided voters to digest with now just 11 days until the election after last nights second and final debate President Trump and joe biden both returned home overnight. Each will head back out on the campaign trail this weekend. After last nights debate it was less contentious than the first, covering more ground, and keeping Fact Checkers busy. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us live in washington with a recap. They were pretty civil, but i guess they had the mute button, too. Reporter exactly, the mute button, a moderator who kept things moving and was able to get in good followup questions and then they had a different strategy on the trump side where the president backed off and deliberately let joe biden answer some of these questions. The second and final president ial debate calmer than the first with both candidates insisting character is on the ballot. You know who i am. You know who he is. You know his character. You know my character. You know our reputations for honor and telling the truth. I am the least racist person in this room. Reporter this time there was substantive conversation on a number of issues including coronavirus. Were learning to live with it. We have no choice. We cant lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. Learning to live with it . Come on. Were dying with it because hes never said its dangerous. Reporter the candidates reacting to the latest news that iran and russia are trying to interfere in the election. I made it clear that any country, no matter who it is, that interferes in american elections will pay a price. They will pay a price. Reporter also at issue the president s taxes. I prepaid my tax, over the last number of years, tens of millions of dollars i prepaid. Hes been saying this for four years. Show us. Just show us. Stop playing around. Reporter both candidates claimed they dont take foreign money. The president addressed the New York Times report that he had a secret bank account in china. I closed it before i even ran for president , let alone became president. Reporter and on the minds of american families, health care. Joe biden is going to terminate all of those policies. These are people that love their health care. What im going to do is pass obamacare with a public option, become bidencare. Reporter the final debate before america decides who should lead. Tracie potts, nbc news. Perhaps partly due to the debate early voting is on track to shatter records. So far over 45 million americans have cast their ballots. According to the Washington Post with 11 days to go thats nearly 90 of the total early turnout in 2016. Also, the u. S. Postal service delivered more than blank or completed ballots, a 162 increase from the last election. Experts say overall voter turnout may reach its highest level since the 1908 election. Now turning to the pandemic and its Ripple Effect in the bay area, the regions second largest county loosening restrictions today. Today in the bays bob redell live in pleasanton. Indoor dining something people can finally do again. Reporter yes, but there are still going to be some restrictions. Alameda county recently entered the orange tier, marcus, the second least restrictive tier of reopening which means covid has been downgraded from substantial to a moderate spread of infection. Starting today restaurants here in pleasanton and other parts of Alameda County can start serving customers inside for the First Time Since march as long as they dont go above 25 capacity indoors. Last night Business Owners were hoping for a big boost in their business. Weve been waiting for it. Were ready to open up, get our servers back in, back and going. Yeah, definitely a change. Well get used to it. Reporter take a look at your tv screen. Its not just Indoor Dining that will resume but indoor worship services, indoor entertainment like bowling alleys and climbing walls, gyms and Fitness Centers can expand to 25 capacity. Already been open. They can now let more people inside. Indoor retail and malls at 50 capacity. Again, these businesses must follow social distance and masks need to be worn by everyone. And tomorrow san jose states Football Team will be the first d1 school to get their covidshortened season under way at home against air force. No fans will be allowed inside spartan stadium. Reporting live in pleasanton, bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks so much, bob. 5 07. San francisco leaders are getting closer to extending the cap on fees delivery apps can charge raunlestaurants. They have unanimously approved keeping a 15 cap in place. It would stay that way until two months after Indoor Dining resumes at 100 capacity. The goal is to give restaurants financial relief. In july door dash admitted to charging some restaurants up to 30 for delivery fees. The app says it has since fixed the error. Eastern Contra Costa County schools now have a time line in place for inclass learning. Liberty Union High School district plans to resume inperson next year. This is after trustees approved the hybrid plan. The schools include liberty and heritage in brentwood and freedom in oakley. The Teachers Union says it still opposes the plan calling it too risky but if covid cases stabilize classes may resume. Job cuts may soon be coming to b. A. R. T. Board members approved a cost cutting plan including continuing a hiring freeze and offering early retirement incentives to employees. B. A. R. T. Faces a 33 million deficit in the Fourth Quarter due in large part ridership falling off a cliff from the pandemic. Ridership is still down by 87 . And b. A. R. T. Now does not expect the numbers to fully bounce back until at least the summer of 2022. New details on a hate crime at an oakland synagogue. Oakland police have made an arrest. Freddie smith is accused of painting antisemitic graffiti last saturday. The east bay times says hes a former berkeley mayoral candidate. Police say they found a spray paint can inside his backpack three days after and those images match graffiti patterns. He faces other charges at the same synagogue in august and earlier this month. Contra costa countys District Attorney is apparently ready to bow to years of pressure. Activist have is been calling to provide the breakdown on charges in outcomes. The east bay times reports the d. A. s office has a public release gathered with the help of an east coast data driven nonprofit. The times does not provide an exact date for the release. 5 09 for you this morning. Getting ahead of everything. Of course today is friday. Kari, i know a lot of kids are like, okay, its friday. I want to enjoy it and play. What is the weather going to be like for recess anyway . Yeah, we just got the word schools are not going back to inclass session until next year. Here we are still trying to make it through and find those breaks to get outside. Antioch temperatures in the low 50s. Its going to feel a lot more comfortable at about 10 00 or 11 00 during a short break. Well see nice weather today. Livermore 79 degrees. Well talk about the week forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking getting to work this morning . Good. We like that with the laptops. Can we have class outside . Yep, you can. The sensors are looking good around the bay, the crash over at whipple. Good stuff. 580, were watching the reports of that roadside fire. We have word that the North Livermore onramp is temporarily closed to address the little brush fire on the shoulder but, again, not a major issue. A smooth flow of traffic with no problems. Tub lynn eastbound. There is nothing to see. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Are you ready for a vaccine . At 5 25 the growing number of californians who say they would not be willing to take it if approved today. The new safety changes target is rolling out aimed at protecting customers from covid. Plus look, the wait is over if you are Ariana Grande fan. Her new single just dropped and theres a ton of buzz around it. The first look at the brandnew video. Much more of that and the sounds of Ariana Grande. In business you have to be able to shiftpivotadapt. Then do it all over again. 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Those taillights traveling north will go towards where there is a Construction Zone as well. Should be cleared in the next 45 minutes or so. Over on the peninsula a smooth drive, a clear view of palo alto. Taillights northbound through palo alto up toward San Francisco. Good morning. Im leslie picker from cnbc. Wall street is set to open higher this morning. Investors continue to weigh the potential for another stimulus package as well as news on earnings in the coronavirus. Stocks rose yesterday after House Speaker nancy pelosi signaled she and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin are making progress in their talks. But she also warns it could take a while for a bill to be written and passed by congress. Also in focus earnings from american express. The federal trade commission is mulling whether to bring an antitrust case against facebook. The wall street journal reports the commission met yesterday to discuss the next steps. The ftc has spent more than a year looking into complaints facebook has been using its powerful market position to stifle competition. Facebook disclosed last year it was under investigation and reports have said one focus of the probe is competitors such as instagram. The iphone 12 officially goes on sale today. Dont expect to line up outside an iphone store to get one. Apple employees will be handing out reservation forms for people to get time slots to come back later. The company doesnt want to see people crowded together outside stores. Face coverings and temperature checks will be mandatory. Apple will limit occupancy to keep people from jamming inside. Marcus and laura, back over to you all. Apple is not the only one making those changes. Target is making some changes to help instore shopping stay safe ahead of the Holiday Shopping rush. Shoppers will be able to make online reservations ahead of time before they arrive to the store. The hope is to help limit the long lines outside. So this is what i like right here. Anytime you go there, theres a line, customers can reserve a spot and then theyll be texted when its time to come in and enter. New this morning take a look at this. New cover for time magazine. Instead of saying time you see the logo says vote. It is the first time the magazine has changed its logo in nearly 100 years. The artist who created the cover was the one who created the hope poster officially linked to president obamas 2008 campaign. Trending right now Ariana Grande fans rocking from side to side this morning after a few weeks of teasing them her new single and music video is officially out today. You hear it right there, her new song. Its called positions. Grande features herself in the white house as president while also cooking and balancing home life. Set to be released one week from today. Laura, you do all that, too. Thats what i look like in the kitchen, too. Both of you have on those five, six inch heels. Reaching in the oven. Just a little flour on your face because youre working so hard. I made a cake. Wow. Lets get a look at the forecast. You can eat your cake outside today. Yeah, its going to be a great day for getting outside, well enjoy finally some fall like weather for extended period of time here. Up to 76 in los gatos. Downtown san jose upper 70s for the south county today. Now this is more close to normal than where we should be as we head to late october reaching 78 degrees in danville while oakland will see a high of 71 degrees today. Well see some mid60s for daly city. Palo alto 73. San francisco will be in the upper 60s today, downtown in the Mission District a high of 77 degrees. All right, lets talk about whats going on to the end of the weekend and the reason why we are in a microclimate weather alert. We are going to have a fire weather watch for the whole bay area. It may inclued some of the valleys as well and a high wind event starting especially sunday afternoon into monday. Wind speeds could reach up to 50 miles an hour and mountain gusts reaching 70 miles an hour. Even though weve had some high winds this looks to be a lot stronger so you do want to take some time to prepare for the potential of some Power Outages, downed trees as well as securing your lawn furniture and things that may get blown around. As we look at the time line were going to start to see the winds picking up late sunday mostly during the afternoon but it continues into monday and look at the wind speed forecast for monday morning. Winds of about 25 to 30 miles an hour as a strong area of low pressure drops down. Just to our east but this, of course, increases our fire danger and thats something well be watching the next few days. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute right now . Kari, things are looking good for the morning commute. Behind me its hard to see but well show you full screen where i circled the on ramp to 580 eastbound over at North Livermore right there. That has been reopened, the earlier brush fire has been taken care of without any other incident. A smooth drive. Slowing out of the altamont in through livermore, pleasanton. A smooth drive for the south bay and the peninsula. Easy flow of traffic. No slowing shows up on our sensors just yet there or at the bay bridge, but the live look will show you that things are moving lightly as well. Sometimes monday, tuesday, wednesday we see backups form. A very easy drive on the incline. Back to you. Thanks, mike. It is 5 21 right now. Up next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. Reporter is Customer Service Getting Better or worse . Im consumer investigator chris chmura. We want to hear from you. Well show you how to participate in a new National Survey next. But first, you must have seen this video right here. 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Stubblefields wife of 12 years says the hearing was only supposed to consider a defense request for a new trial. And the sentencing was a surprise. The jurors convicted stubblefield in july. Well, if a Coronavirus Vaccine was available today would you get it . Apparently many californians would not exactly jump at the chance. A new poll by the Public Policy institute says that only one quarter of adults would definitely get a vaccine if they were available today. 40 say they would definitely not or probably not roll up those sleeves. Okay, so what about this, what do you think about Customer Service . Is it better than it was, or is it getting worse during the pandemic . Consumer investigator chris chmura and his team are conducting a survey and would like to you participate. Reporter good morning. Together with our nbc and telemundo sister stations were conducting a nationwide survey about Customer Service. Sure there are more ways to contact a company. Does adding all those channels add up to more satisfied customers . At the Customer Service institute of america says innovation is a mixed bag. Customer service is all about fundamentals, but, unfortunately, just the way businesses often operate, those fundamentals get thrown out the window for efficiency. Reporter so what do you think about Customer Service . Please take our survey, either point a smartphone at this qr code or go to nbcbayarea. Com consumersurvey. The questionnaire only takes about five minutes. Well have it up and running for two weeks, then well be back with results in november. Thank you in advance for participating. Have a great weekend. Darrells family uses gain flings now so their laundry smells more amazing than ever. Isnt that the dogs towel . Hey, me towel su towel. More gain scent plus oxi boost and febreze in every gain fling. Honey honey . New nyquil severe honey is maximum strength cold and flu medicine with soothing honeylicious taste. Nyquil honey. The nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever best sleep with a cold medicine. Anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of america. Were learning to live with it. We have no choice. We cant lock ourselves up in a basement. Right now at 5 30, civil and orderly. Were breaking down last nights final president ial debate. The candidates arguments to voters on covid19 and health care. Plus, 15 years after Scott Peterson was sentenced to death for killing his wife, laci, and their unborn child, the case is back in court. Next, whats expected today as the sentence gets reviewed. New findings obtained exclusively by our Investigative Unit one year to the day after the kincade fire started tearing through the north bay and coming as the region copes with more extreme conditions. Today in the bay continues right now. Good morning to you on this friday. Im Marcus Washington. And im laura garcia. Were going to check in with mike in a moment to see how the morning commute is looking, usually light on friday. Well check in with him nonetheless. Lets check in with kari who has a look at our forecast for today. And it looks so nice for today as the winds continue to calm down, but we do still have some concerns as we go into the weekend, so as we are seeing a calm wind the red flag warning has been allowed to expire, and so we are going to have much cooler temperatures this weekend. We are going to turn our attention to another high wind event that will be moving in, and this one looks a lot stronger than weve seen earlier this week. We are looking at highs that will reach into the low 70s for oakland today. Some upper 70s for the inland east bay as well as the north bay. Mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . Any issues . No surprises, kari. Its friday so a different pattern than most of the rest of the week. We look at the bay bridge toll plaza, a smooth, easy drive on the span and at the toll plaza no one even tapping the brakes. No need to do that. Watch your speed for safety sake, of course. Ive circled 880 near the bottom where the construction is both directions between 23rd and 29th. No slowing today because of, i believe, a lighter volume of traffic. The rest of the bay moves nicely. I will stop before they have to use that mute button on me. Lets talk about this. What a difference three weeks makes. Most of you political watchers probably agree last nights second and final president ial debate was a huge improvement. Kristen welker navigated through several issues allowing us to hear what each of the candidates had to say. First, their take on the covid shutdowns. Im going to shut down the virus not the country. Its his ineptitude that caused the country to have to shut down in large part, why business have is gone under, why schools are closed, why so many people have lost their living and why theyre concerned. His democrat governors, cuomo in new york, you look at whats going on in california, pennsylvania, north carolina. Democrats democrats all theyre shut down so side and theyre dying. Theyre dying. And he supports all these people. All he talks about are shutdowns. Were not going to shutdown. And on Health Care Biden points out that the president is yet to share a plan and the president says that biden has a socialist agenda. 10 Million People have lost their private insurance and he wants to take away 22 million more people who have it under obamacare and 110 Million People with preexisting conditions and all the people from covid will have preexisting conditions. What are they going to do . He wants socialized medicine and its not that he wants it, his Vice President she is more liberal than Bernie Sanders and wants it even more. Other topics included race, immigration and foreign policy. Marcus, more than 50 million americans have already voted, more than twothirds of all the votes President Trump has received in 2016. This morning were kicking off a brandnew segment called bay area votes. And its all about hearing from you and whats driving you to the polls. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us this morning. Shes been spending time listening to those voters. What do they have to say, kris . Reporter yeah, we had a little help from bob and cierra as well because we wanted to talk to as many people in different communities as possible. A lot of them have already dropped their ballots off in boxes like this one where we are at the s. A. P. Center in san jose. A lot of folks energized to get it done early. California is one of nine states that sent ballots to all registered voteers this year in an effort to keep voters safe in the pandemic. 21. 6 million ballots in california were sent to registered voters. And according to the california secretary of state nearly 5 million were already returned as of this week. Election officials will start counting the votes on election day, not before, and will continue until 17 days after the election or until theyre done, whichever is first. With 11 days to go, we asked voters why do you vote . I feel like we feel the intensity of it more this year. I think this time right now is unlike any time before. Decisions that affect my lives and everyones lives around us. Where the country is heading. I feel particularly passionate about the president , but generally i always vote. Who we put in office should represent us and our morals and what we expect from our government. It is probably the most critical in history. Be the change that you want to be. Reporter now that guy is voting for the very first time, just 19 years old. You still have time to plan your vote. Make sure you dont wait until the last minute to return your ballot. If youre mailing it, it has to be postmarked by november 3rd. Verify your ballot box is legitimate through your county registr registrars office. Check the signature on your i. D. Before you sign your ballot to see what election workers are trying to match so that you dont get rejected. And this might sound silly but only vote once. You may have gotten more than one ballot, like my husband did, because of a change in your registration. Returning more than one is a felony so throw the duplicate in the trash. Next week well talk about voting and the integrity of the election, voter trends among women, minorities, young voters, conservative voters. But we are starting with women. So, ladies, join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Tell us if things feel different this election or whether things are feeling pretty much the same. And dont forget we have a comprehensive voter guide on nbcbayarea. Com. Were not just talking about the president ial election which is clearly top of mind, but we have all of the propositions statewide there as well as some local measures youll want to know how they impact your community. In san jose kris sanchez, today in the bay. 5 37 for you right now. And the highly publicized case of Scott Peterson will be back in court today. Now you may recall the bay area ties to this case, the body of his wife laci and their unborn child was found along San Francisco bay. Today in the bays Sharon Katsuda is live for us at san quentin prison where peterson is locked up currently. Talk to us why its getting a second look. Reporter records show Scott Peterson is now 47 years old and he is housed here at san quentin. Earlier this month the California Superior Court ordered it reexamined due to possible juror misconduct. His death sentence was overturned on an appeal in august. A judge will determine today whether peterson needs a public defender or hire his own attorney. Peterson will not be in the courtroom. He will appear from here by video at san quentin. Peterson was convicted in 2004 of murdering his wife, laci peterson, and their unborn son, connor. During the investigation, it was revealed peterson was having an affair before the disappearance of his eightmonth pregnant wife laci. Its sure to be an emotional day with limited seating in the courtroom because of covid restrictions. Reporting live at san quentin, im Sharon Katsuda, today in the bay. All right, sharon, thank you. Developing for you this morning a memorial is growing in South Berkeley where a young, pregnant woman was shot and killed in the driveby shooting wednesday night. Family and friends sent us photos of the victim, 19yearold sereinate henderson. She was shot and killed in her car in front of family members in front of the family home. She had all the Leadership Qualities to do whatever she wanted to do in life. Right now police are not commenting on the investigation or if theyre pursuing any leads. Henderson leaves behind a young son. One year to the day of the start of the kincade wildfire our Investigative Unit obtained findings on the cause. Cal fire says it was started by a dormant pg e line that should have been dismantled because it was no longer needed. The line once provided power to a now closed geo thermal plant outside of geyserville. Investigators say it snapped and it hit a tower multiple Times Leading to a showering of sparks onto the brush below. Thus starting the fire. Pg e says this has not seen cal fire findings. The fire burned 77,000 acres destroying 174 homes. So we remain in the hot weather, high fire danger. Its dry out there. Weather really plays a key role in all of this. Yeah, were going to have another threat of that as we go to the end of the weekend. Lets get you out the door for the morning commute as you head through the east bay. We have a chilly start to our day. Mostly some low 50s. Well drop down to 50 degrees and then well start to warm up as we go into late morning. So we are going to have that warming trend for us today. But youre going to notice that its not going to be as warm as weve seen recently with livermore and concord in the upper 70s. San jose today will reach 74 degrees. Well talk about the high fire threat as we go into the weekend coming up. Mike, how is it looking for that commute . Well, kari, you mentioned the week. Today is friday. We keep talking about it. Lets look at the south bay and a typical pattern. Ive circled 101 northbound where theres a little slowing right on schedule, lighter as we should see on a friday, predictable for the calendar as well. Here someone ran out of gas 280 at highway 1. Should be over to the shoulder quickly. Well track that. If youre running out the gas, push through. It is friday. Get over to the bay bridge without any problem. A nice smooth flow to the toll plaza. Just a little slowing on the incli incline. Well see how the live looks shape up. Marcus . Putting the brakes of a different kind on right now. Still ahead, the allnew legal defeat for Ride Share Companies operating here in california. But will the ruling have an impact on drivers . And delay of game . Lets hope not. The allnew covid case. But first marcus, laura, good morning. Here is the thing, we are getting some fantastic submissions, but theres still time to apply. Bay area if your kids, your friends, your colleagues want to show off your kocostume live ne week, sign up at today. Com plazaween. And as a fun twist every day our viewers, our today viewers will be voting in an online poll to pick one person or a group to join us again on friday for our big halloween show. Thats, of course, when we reveal our costumes. Its going to be a lot of fun and, bay area, we want to see you on that plazaween big board. Get to it. Marcus, laura, thanks again for getting the word out as well. Its rising. The pain is coming. Right now at 5 45 lets check out our forecast for antioch. If youre home schooling today, its going to be a chilly morning. Only in the mid50s but around 10 00 or 11 00 if you still have some of the classes you may want to take the laptop out into the backyard. Well talk about our weekend forecast and the high fire danger looming coming up in a few minutes. All right. Class outside. The bay bridge toll plaza, no backup at the toll plaza itself. The volume build through oakland and the rest of the east bay, the taillights heading north out of the coliseum, perhaps to the maze. 580 as were looking to dublin and now a smooth drive. There is an, you over on 580. Were going to look at the crash coming up. Marcus . Faulty Power Equipment is cited for starting two southern wildfires last october. One the easy fire burned 1,800 acres near the Ronald Reagan library in simi valley. A larger fire the next day called the maria fire burned 10,000 acres near santa paula. Investigators have revealed socal edison equipment triggered the easy fire and equipment operated by California Resources ignited the maria fire. One topic that came up in last nights debate the hundreds of migrants children now in u. S. Custody who are still separated from their parents. A federal judge is urging the Trump Administration to step up efforts to reunite families but its not an official order. Advocates say 545 children are in limbo. President trump says their parents dont want to be found. In the meantime federal judges on the west coast are blocking white house efforts to not include undocumented residents in the 2020 census. The case is challenging the president s executive order which seeks to exclude anyone in the country illegally. The judge ruled such an order is unconstitutional. It comes after the Supreme Court recently agreed to review a similar case out of new york. A new legal defeat for Ride Share Companies in their effort to keep drivers off the books, a state Appeals Court has upheld an order for companies to treat drivers as employees rather than independent contractors. The decision will not have an immediate impact. Thats because it wont take effect for at least 30 days. It may not even have an impact at all because lyft and uber are trying to bypass the gig economy law which voters are deciding right now. Californias Employment Development department appears to be catching up with scammers filing fraudulent jobless claims. The l. A. Times reports the edd has now frozen 350,000 debit cards due to suspicious activity. Often the red flag is a high number of claims at a single address. A problem cited when people first started putting the scam together. State lawmakers say some, who filed legitimate claims, are getting caught up in the wash. The frozen cards could represent billions of dollars in benefits paid out since march. Anyone whose card gets frozen is being asked to verify their identity. The raiders have been bumped from prime time. A potential covid outbreak is forcing them out of nbcs sunday night Football Game against tom brady and the buccaneers. The main reason for the nfl move, well, its to ensure that there is indeed a game to watch. The raiders offensive lineman brown has tested positive and the entire starting defensive line along with abram are now being quarantined. It is still possible the game could be postponed. The seahawks and cardinals will air right here on nbc bay area on sunday. The second oldest bowl game is the latest victim of the crisis. Organizers have called off the 43rd annual holiday bowl. The game has been played each year in san diego since 1978. An annual parade in conjunction with the game has also been canceled. Well, if you are looking for some weekend entertainment and, laura, we are always trying to find something inside that we can do, there are a lot of options right now. Yeah, this could be fun. Billie eilish is performing in a virtual concert. Tickets will cost you 30. You can also watch perhaps the new borat movie. It is streaming on amazon prime. And live from new york its saturday night, adele hosts the show tomorrow night. You can watch starting at 11 30 p. M. Trending this morning no miracle on 34th street this year. Santa claus will not be visiting any macys stores due to the pandemic. That will end a 159year Holiday Season tradition. Instead macys is creating an interactive virtual experience. Santa would have to get a pretty big mask to cover that beard anyway. Theyre making masks to cover the beard as well. But thats a big task. Our director displayed one. Hes like santa junior. Kari, your mom made him a bunch. Yeah, she sent him some masks. Really excited to get those. Lets send some to santa, too. Well get on that. One of santas helpers. You just want to be on the good list. Shes always on the good list. Of course. She is. She is. A good forecast we have for the bay area, were going to have nice and slightly cooler weather for today. Its going to be great to finally have weather that feels like fall as we check out our high temperatures that will reach up to 75 degrees today in cupertino. Some upper 70s for the south county. As we head over to the east bay, were up to 78 degrees in concord and in danville. In oakland, expect a high of about 71 degrees today. For San Francisco upper 60s and for the north bay a temperature high of about 80 degrees in clear lake while napa will reach 78 degrees. We have changes on the way. Our high fire danger that will start on sunday and right now its a fire weather watch that will be issued for all of these areas in orange, and we also will have the red flag warning continuing for some of those spots farther to the north. Were going to see the winds possibly gusting up to 60 miles per hour, and that goes along with this, a high wind event, the high wind watch for all of the bay area. Well see if Solano County gets onboard with the Weather Service there. The potential of some downed trees as well as Power Outages so were making preparations for that. Lets go through the wind forecast and get a time line for it because were looking at calm winds for today and this afternoon mostly about 10 to 15 miles an hour. More of the same tomorrow but look as we head through sunday how the winds start to pick up rushing in from the north and that is whats going to potentially knock down some tree limbs. Well have most likely some psps events. Were making those preparations for monday morning as our winds will continue to gust throughout monday afternoon. So whats happening here we have a very strong area of low pressure. Youve probably heard about those wildfires over colorado. Well, this is going to bring some snow to those areas and also create some gusty winds for the bay area. Once that moves away well have some calming winds and slightly warmer temperatures early next week so we do have a lot more changes ahead. Well be watching that. Mike, what are you watching for the commute . One of the things is the bay bridge toll plaza. Thats a hot spot and a keynote as folks head over to the San Francisco and peninsula side. Were just starting to see the brakes in the middle lanes. 5 53 now. On schedule for a friday. As we look at your map, a little slowing. I saw a little slowing here but it just cleared up, less than five minutes for the slowing to appear and clear to 23rd. I believe that crew is done for the week as well. Hard working folks all over the bay as we look at the Speed Sensors, also showing a little slowing west 580 to north flynn. Thats the crash on 580. Its over on the shoulder. Marcus, as we zoom out, only a little bit of slowing starting to kick in more right now for 101. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Happening now for you, talk about going above and beyond. An astronaut, a nasa astronaut and stanford alum is making sure her vote counts this election even if shes not here on earth. Kate rubins cast her ballot while onboard the International Space station. She cast her vote using an electronic ballot astronauts have been allowed to legally vote from space since 1997. No excuse for anyone else. Yeah, no kidding. Thats pretty cool. Theres much more ahead on today in the bay this friday morning including the nations top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci is coming to the bay area. Not a virtual thing. Hell physically be here. Well tell you when and where next. Youre watching today in the bay. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way go your own way your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. And the veterans that never quit on their team. When being a fan gets tough, and stretching your budget gets even tougher. Our agents put in the time and legwork for you,. So saving on Auto Insurance is easy. Because saving a little extra goes a long way. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Welcome back. A today in the bay followup. Santa clara county prosecutors have just dismissed more than a dozen criminal cases because they were handled by san jose Police Officers who allegedly posted racist comments on social media. Hundreds of cases were viewed by a team of 20 prosecutors and support staff. The action was taken after a reporter with the metro newspaper uncovered a Facebook Group which includes current and retired Police Officers. Some of the posts were deemed racist and sexist. San jose mayor sam liccardo said, quote, the decision isnt about political correctness. Its about the integrity of our criminal justice system. Well, get ready for a highprofile visit. Dr. Anthony fauci will appear in the south bay next friday. Hes going to meet with bay area leaders discussing the logistics for lowering case numbers while allowing safe reopenings. Santa clara countys Public Safety officer sara cody will join him. A lot of people wanting to get away and travel. Southwest Airlines Says it will no longer limit the number of seats on its flights. The airline once again filling that middle seat starting december 1st. A month ago the pandemic prompted the airline to limit the number of passengers. The airline says passengers on full flights will be able to rebook if they dont feel comfortable boarding. Right now at 6 00, not in the clear yet. As extreme fire danger moves out of the bay area, another red flag warning is creeping in. Tracking the time line and likelihood of, you guessed it, even more power shutoffs. Plus if hes elected the stock market will crash. The idea the stock market is booming is his only measure of whats happening. Decision 2020, the final president ial debate mostly civil but both candidates are still waging a war of words and ideals. A live report next on what was said plus reactions this morning. And a new round of reopenings across the east bay. A list of who is finally able to allow customers back through their doors up next as the third hour of today in the bay continues right now. Well have more on the president ial debate. They were actually quite civil. Nice to see. Theres that mute button, though. Good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im Marcus Washington on this friday morning. Doesnt that sound nice. A look at that commute coming up in a bit. First that friday forecast. And the friday forecast, kari, you want to get out and say, yay, its friday