Youre seeing red flag warnings posted there expecting to win 20 to 35 Miles Per Hour humidity dropping down to about 20 to 30 as we head into sunday morning, maybe even lower than that as we get into monday, strongest winds will occur above a 1000 feet in the north bay expected some 35 maybe some 50 mile an hour gusts, there humidity dropping down between 1025 so very dry conditions around the bay area. Heres the latest forecast on the winds weve have mainly a westerly wind over the past few days to bring us that nice clear now overnight tonight things begin to change. Front goes through and High Pressure begins to build in behind it you start to see that northerly component beginning to kick in nothing really strong just yet it will be breezy especially over the mountain tops and then as we get into late saturday night early on sunday morning that will be probably one of the peak of the gust of wind you can see those pouring in some of the red the yellow beginning to show up there some those gusts over 30 plus Miles Per Hour plus and 40 plus mile an gusts as we head in toward early on sunday morning. High pressure is beginning to build in for the weekend of course we had a trop of moved through our north. Ridge building on the backside of this this is a very typical fall pattern that were seeing develop here. Unfortunately that also brings high fire danger the bay area and of course some very warm temperatures probably some triple digit heat to go along with a very dry weather as well guys back to you all right lauren thank you the extreme heat coupled with low humidity and dry vegetation. As firefighters on alert this weekend kron fours dan kerman is live tonight run though with the latest on tomorrows flag warning and the fire danger stand. Well its like the perfect storm you have temperatures approaching into the 90s possibly the triple digit you a very low humidity. Wind gusts possibly up to 50 Miles Per Hour and then you have this very dry brush. Firefighters really on alert. The winds were calm and Contra Costa County friday. But come the weekend gusts of 50 Miles Per Hour are expected that coupled with high temps low humidity and dry brush as firefighters preparing for the worst those winds in were going to be high and that really with all the other elements in place means that we have. We have the. Likelihood that a small fire could very easily get away from us it was last october when Contra Costa County experienced a fire siege, 10 major fires in a 15 hour period, including one that jumped the carquinez bridge. We know this is going to be a reality Going Forward not september october 2020 but 2122 and. And Going Forward. Those who live in contrr costa county have their go bags ready and their house is prepared weve got a fireproof metal roof. On the house we just finished a remodel recently the great great if i rated we had to put sprinkler systems in okay said middle roth, so yeah, thats just part of life here many residents have spent the summer clearing brush and creating Defensible Space around their homes. Fire departments have also done their share prescribed burns like this one in orinda fire needs fuel to carry it and when fire runs out of fuel it stops. So this is an area where there is no fire threat and prescribed fires a way to achieve those effects. In Contra Costa County to prepare their adding 5 wild land fire engines and crews 2 i should 2 water tenders in addition to 2 bulldozers theyre going to have a helicopter. Specifically focus solely on firefighting from the air and theyre adding a 12 member hand crew this all in anticipation that Red Flag Alert live in orinda dan kerman kron 4 news. Genie is also tracking the forecast to determine if it should shut off power to some areas that could lead to possible wildfires due to the high winds if the power shutoffs happen at least a 180 customers in napa county could lose power along with almost 21,000 others in parts of northern butte plumas and yuba counties you can track the weather in your neighborhood anytime with the kron 4 app you will find full forecast interactive radar and weather alerts and all straight to your device you can download the kron 4 app right now other news tonight, briana taylors family is speaking out for the first time in public since a grand jurys decision. Not to indict the Police Officers who fired the fatal shots that killed hariri taylors parents did not meet with reporters today and said her on stepped in to read their message of disappointment in the judicial system during a News Conference today. Family Attorney Ben Crump also called for the release of the transcripts from the grand jury that decided not to charge any of the officers officers in taylors death as we have seen here and around the nation protesters have taken to the streets after the decision which came out on wednesday. The fbi is still investigating whether taylors civil rights were violated but experts say the burden of proof for such cases is very high with prosecutors having to know that the officers knew they were acting illegally and willful made a willful decision to call someones death. Bianna taylors read aloud the written statement from her mother tamika palmer. Never had faith that him the began when a i knew he was too inexperienced to do with the job of this caliber, i know he had already chosen to be on the wrong side of the the moment, he wanted to the grand jury to make the decision. What i hope is that he knew he had the power to do the right that he had the power to start the healing of this that he had the power to help me in over 400 years of oppression what he helped me realize it will always be the u. S. Against them, Brianna Taylor was not a suspect in any crime and was killed by police in her own home in the middle of the night as they were acting on a warrant for someone else activists say protests will continue until the louisville Police Officers involved in her Fatal Shooting have been charged in her death. To our coronavirus coverage. Now the cdc is projecting that up to 24,000 more americans could die between now and october 17th that would bring the u. S. Death toll to 226,000 right now that number stands at just over 203,000 according to Johns Hopkins university. According to the new cdc projections, the worst we could be the week of october 12 the model projects that up to 7400 people could die in that week. Modtls make various assumptions about the levels of social distancing and other interventions which may not reflect recent changes in behavior california has seen a decline in covid19 case rates hospitalizations and test positivity but there are some concerns tonight about the direction the data will go from here kron fours justine waltman live in our newsroom tonight with the latest update from the state Health Department just saying well, pam and ken california, sevenday average of new cases is down significantly since or coronavirus peak in july that average of new cases. Is now 3,458 and the 14 day Positivity Rate is now at 3 , californias health and Human Services secretary doctor mark galli said today that the new covid19 data thats coming out is a concern though because of the recent wildfire evacuations Labor Day Weekend celebrations and some counties lifting restrictions thats all believed now to be linked to a slight increase in the case rates across the state and he expressed some concerns about the short term forecast. They are predicting an almost 90 increase in hospitalizations in about a month. We see things coming together that we want to make sure were very vigilant around to ensure even if we go up a little bit with our hospitalizations we dont continue to have high rates and even come close to the numbers that we saw over the summer. Doctor galli said that he is worried about the increase is because weve never done covid hospitalizations combined with flu hospitalizations before. So hes urging people to wear a mask practice physical distancing wash your hands, minimize mixing and also to get a flu shot. Live right now in the newsroom, im Justine Waldman kron 4 news justine thank you young adults now account for the most confirmed cases of covid19. According to the cdc covid19 cases started to increase with people in their 20s back in june. The number continue to grow from there and now 20 year olds account for more than 20 of all cases, the cdc Study Suggests more cooperation is needed among young adults to try to help prevent the spread. And the news may pop up covid19 testing which is free will be available this weekend. But this time it will only be available for people who live in a specific zip code, oakland city leaders say thats because the spread is higher there than in other neighborhoods. Kron fours Haaziq Madyun has the story. We are here to encourage people in the fruitvale to come down and get tested this weekend there will be free covid19 testing for families living in oaklands 9, 4, 6, oh one zip code better known as the fruit oakland mayor libby shep explains the urgent need to increase testing here. We know that this zip code has been the most affected by the covid19 virus that are latino families are testing at more than 6 times the rate of our white families the event is called test and respond a Partnership Involving the Unity Council and we want to make sure that are taking care of those who have been taking care of that too. We have allowed us to shelter in place to keep the food moving keep the restaurant going the collaboration also includes doctors at ucsf. Well be offering 2 types of the testing of this and that one of love is the nose test for pcr and that is a lot of a dope test which is a lot of people in the traditional war. The second one is a test for antibodies. People have had exposure in the past is really important. To bring your to get tested as well bring grandma and grandpa to get tested, ive been tested here, i get tested every month but anyway says free veteran asked for documentation, the free covid19 testing event will be held saturday and sunday from 09 00am to 05 00pm in la clinica de la rasa parking lot at the corner of 35th avenue and east 12th street in oakland. Has it made you kron 4 news. Coming up family and friends mourning the loss of a San Francisco skateboarding legend the effect he had on the skating community. Thats ahead. Plus what the San Jose Police department is doing to try to protect its citizens after several recent homicides in the city. And we are 39 days until the election w just 39 days away and ballots will start circulating soon cwam forcefully to gaal explains what you need to know in Contra Costa County ahead of the big day. Some of you may have already received your official voter information guide. In Contra Costa County the Elections Division began mailing them out this week. Ballots are mailed out 29 days before election day deadline for us than is october 5th were actually planning. Im getting them in the mail late next week to get a couple days head start. With all the uncertainty with the post office we figured if they were ready, we would wait. We would go ahead and end send him out just make sure youre registered to vote you can check that by visiting the county elections website and punching your information. The Voter Registration deadline is october 19th 15 days prior to election day and the last day to request a vote by mail ballot. It is october 27th. If you miss both deadlines dont worry, you will still be eligible to register and vote in person using conditional Voter Registration just stop by the county Elections Office in martinez regional voting sites or a places on election day return your ballot early make your plan for voting. Have your plan not include election leave election day as your plan b mail, your ballot at least 7 days before election day november, 3rd. Although you can always turn it in at a polling place that day going to have 37 drop boxes throughout the that someone used instead of the post office we know youre seeing those every day if you choose to mail it. Make sure it is postmarked on or before election day and received within 17 days of the election. In Contra Costa County phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. And just as a reminder as we said 39 days to the 2020 president ial election as well as a number of important state issues on the ballot kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season. San franciscos De Young Museum reopen its stores, this afternoon, another sign of things slowly getting back to normal the art Museum Became the first in california to reopen amid the pandemic all staff and visitors must wear face coverings and there are social distancing protocols in place weve got a h fax systems so quality is very good and weve got a heights and cleaning regime. So we feel very confident that off with a stall fun visitors. Can feel very safe visiting the museum and just have to use common sense to you just gotta stay distance just as you do at the grocery store. It is recommended to make reservations ahead of time the museum is currently exhibiting the work of mexican painter, frida kahlo. Santa mark also reopened more theaters across the bay area, those locations, including a bottle redwood city san bruno daly city and san mateo if you do decide to go to the Movie Theater you will be required to wear a face mask except when you are eating or drinking there will be selfserve ticket kiosks and cinemarks says it will be sanitizing the seats before each showing these reopenings come as the cdc has put out a new warning saying participating in indoor activities put you at risk for contracting covid19. All right its friday. The take a live look outside right now and what a shot and this is just the National Park it also reopen today, i dont see any water coming out of theirs thats supposed to one of the waterfalls has dried up the air quality has improved significantly since last week. You may recall gloomy pictures with all the smoke, the park was shut down because of the creek fire that was burning in Fresno County reservations so are still required if you want to go 70 keeping our closed down. Forecast morning, hey 70 falls watching the fall fall down and boy right in the valley theres spectacular sight but were late in the season out of course we had a drought we have below normal snowfall so things drying out there in the high country, hey. We talk about the smoke in his 70 something we may be concerned about the bay area this weekend too. Were going to see that northerly wind again in the fires continuing to burn in Northern California so likely to see some of that smoke move back in or skies as early as tomorrow. I believe going to see some of that begin to pile up maybe parts of the north bays should be in the east bay as well so certainly are quality going to suffer a little bit nothing like it was before but youre looking good air quality along the coastline inside the bay. Were looking great start up the weekend. But you get to places in line to get the concord get tri valley starting to see some of that haze develop once again in our skies but up there right now what a gorgeous friday evening. It is beautiful blue skies, the sea breezes blow on not much in the way of fog worry about for tonight just some patchy fog developing near the coastline overnight, but even the Golden Gate Bridge remains clear right now just a gentle breeze there. A man down the winds picked up in spots, 22 mile an hour winds at sfo, 22 in mill valley and stenson beach. The winds going to be the real big fact over the weekend to start to shift out of the north and thatll be everything is were going to see a big change in the weather pattern, some hot weather moving in specially we get into sunday monday and tuesday they are probably the peak of the heat is temperatures going to soar 70s and 80s away from the coastline right now by tomorrow afternoon going to feel some of those 90s begin to pop up at least in line getting hot in the interior valleys 70s and 80s inside the bay 60s very nice out of the coast. Thank lawrence said california skateboard legend and entrepreneur has died of brain cancer at the young age of 46. Keith hufnagel founded his streetwear Clothing Company here in San Francisco kron fours Maureen Kelly talked with those who knew the pro skater about the legacy he leaves behind. Keith hufnagel known as hot started out skateboarding on the streets of new york city. Jim mora remembers him coming on to the scene as a young kid. You know he a name for as lee not very fast very poppy and clean i guess nobody start showing up and i was like well. It goes into my career. Hufnagel moved out west to San Francisco in the early 90s as his career in the sport was taking off. He skated professionally for Tommy Guerrero is company real skate boards up until his death is the style and approach street skating was just. Classic smooth and powerful he could all the really high higher than most people at the time and it was just it was phenomenal watch because the almost like 11 kate, it was pretty a pretty incredible i was