Black car spun out and hit 4 other cars on the bay bridge. Preliminary reports are that driver may have been travelig at a high rate of speed at least for the 5 lanes on the bay bridge are being blocks right now well be monitoring this accident throughout the hour and let you know of any changes and you remember you can always keep track of traffic alerts with our kron 4 mobile app thank you for joining us here at 3 im sanaz were following several bay area stories from dangerous accidents involving car crashes into crowds, dining outdoors to homicides and election safety. But we begin with concerns a fire dangers of this week that has pga new warning of another possible power shut off. High temperatures mixed with high winds is causing major concern for wildfire danger. The genie is warning it may start turning off power in the north bay mountains and pockets of the Santa Cruz Mountains wednesday afternoon. The Utility Company is still monitoring the wind events at this time because we have gone to that elevated stage we have opened our Emergency Operations center which were ready were standing by should aps ps be necessary. We are monitoring the weather very weather has a tendency to change so well be updating. The community and and we want customers to know that we will reach out if a key sps is going to be called in if theyre going to be affected. The wind event will last through thursday evening or even to friday, well know more details of the next 24 hours. The company is urging residents to have your emergency go bags ready kron 4 will be monitoring the story and well bring you the latest developments as well as any tools on how you can check is your home will be affected. And we want to check in with the expert for more on these dangerous weather conditions, a meteorologist dave spahr joins us from the kron 4 Weather Center with this weeks forecast heidi a good afternoon sanaas and were now dealing with what we have the first step of whats to come is our fire weather watch here and this technically kicks in. Wednesday morning. Although we start to see the winds starting to build little bit by tomorrow night it looks like in this going to be around until friday morning. As youve been hearing, its the Higher Elevations as the concern thats where the postings have been covering the east bay hills too by the way Santa Cruz Mountains in up to the north bay as well as just about all of Solano County and that the next step would be a red flag warning and you might hear about that as early as this evening. Temperatures now were in the middle to upper 80s getting close to those highs as we see also up in the north bay too dry air. Lets those temperatures move quickly but this is mild compared to whats coming our way later this week 83 for san jose. A truck into those winds first things to start off call on shore here a little bit. Whats the problem. Theres the flip. You can see the Solano County particularly higher winds picking up overnight to wednesday morning and remain even off towards the east bay in Santa Cruz Mountains as well the general direction here being out of the north thats what poses the problem the breakdown for us to take us into the evening word, 86 dropping quickly 75 by 7 by 10 at 66. Dry air in minus heavy winds with all of that allows those temperatures to fall coming up a little bit. We i deal with the rest the week looks like well looking at lots. Thank you dave. And fire crews can you do to make a major progress battling of the glass fire which is now 95 contained the fire has burned through more than 67,000 acres in napa and sonoma counties destroying more than 800 homes and more than a 1000 other structures. And now to some National News and today the Senate Judiciary committee began hearings are from President Trumps nominee to the u. S. Supreme court the fight over judge amy barrett confirmation to the Supreme Court is especially tense because its happening. Just weeks before the president ial election, heres his story. Supporters and opponents of judge Amy Coney Barrett demonstrated outside. While inside the Supreme Court nominee appeared before the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Democrats like senator cory booker painted a dim picture of how berets confirmation could impact the nation states may write laws. That could subject women who have miscarriages 2 investigations to ensure they didnt have abortions california senator Dianne Feinstein focused on bairds potential role in striking down the Affordable Care act to a case thats before the Supreme Court next month judge barrett youve been critical of chief Justice Roberts for his 5, 4, opinion upholding the law, although democrats say the Supreme Court seat should not be filled this close to an election republican chairman Lindsey Graham says theres no reason to delay shes been a Circuit Court judge the 7th circuit. Since 2017. She was confirmed to that position and a bipartisan with about partisan vote. She is heard hundreds of cases in that capacity for her part judge barrett promises to be impartial. I believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our constitution and laws as they are written. And i believe i can serve my country by playing that role. That was alexander le mon reporting for us now to some local news and the investigation into the bizarre accidents. That sent 8 people to the hospital sunday in san jose 2 of the injured remain in critical condition. Kron fours rob fladeboe is following this story for us and joins us now live from san jose rob tyson am back out here outside the grand century mall here at the corner mcloughlin story road in san jose 8 people were injured yesterday 2 of them critically when a driver lost control of their car here in the parking lot and then slammed into a tent. There were several dozen people were dining outdoors lets take a look at the video this was quite the scene it happened just after sunday been speaking with police about this today. They tell me that so far their investigation has concluded that there is no evidence here that this was anything other than a tragic accident right now they believe the driver of that car 69 yearold man may have been having a some type of a medical emergency when perhaps accidently stepped on the gas instead of on the break and then plowed into tent there and those people who were dining but this is raise questions out here about whether perhaps some barriers ought to be erected here now i have also learned the citys office of Economic Development confirming for us that this particular restaurant. Chinese Seafood Restaurant was not properly permitted to be serving outdoors what becomes of that is not clear but to many of the patrons i spoke with out here say they would like to see more barriers here to help protect diners or dining outdoors heres more. That thing. In my opinion with to take a second look at it and that changed the rule was something again. Client law section. Think the best way for all the restaurants to put some guy. We are. And you know high enough. The accident like this i think you know people like if the city and enjoy it here. I think thats fine but you need Something LikeSomething Like lee behavior duty, so the car we block it, you know Something Like that you know some kite the around the area. Now i spoke to today with an nc klein, the director of the citys office of Economic Development this would be the oranization of thats permits for these various businesses to approve their dining outdoors and. And she tells me that theres 2 ways to go here iffy a business or the restaurant is on public property and the fronts a public street in the city can and has instituted requirements for barriers and added protections in fact theyve approved some 500 of these permits across the city. But it gets a little more and i see when the private properties involved like the parking lot here the century at the grand century mall. Is klein tells me that in this case then the restaurants are the Property Owners are required to add any extra protections here i reached out to the management here at the dynasty restaurant but i have not heard back from them. But in any case said the Investigation Continues into this particular incident 8 people hospitalized 2 women remain critical. The driver of that that vehicle plowed into the tent there on sunday afternoon was not seriously hurt. Live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Rob thank you for that report. Also in the south bay, the search continues for a shooting suspect that left one man dead overnight in san jose it happened at king and story roads shortly after 3 this morning. The victim was shot and transported to the hospital where he later died so far neither suspect description nor the victims name have been released. And now to a big story in the sports world bay area, baseball greats and hall of famer, joe morgan has died morgan is best known as a part of the big red machine that won back to back world series championships for the Cincinnati Reds. Later in his career, he played 2 seasons with the San Francisco giants and ended his career with the oakland as. Kron fours Haaziq Madyun spoke to another mlb hall of famer from oakland who says morgan was his role model on and off the field. Under lot of talk around us as young kids growing up want be like joe and. Joe be an example of an oakland kid that could make big baseball 2 kids from oakland that made it to the big leagues. That is former oakland as pitcher in Major League Baseball hall of famer, dave stewart reflecting on the life and influence of his childhood, baseball idol joe borg stewart says he was in his early 20s when their lifelong friendship begin what i respect about him is that you know was a rookie in. And. She is seen a smart phone call with you know was called back giving back to the boys and girls club in his hometown of oakland is also something joe morgan is known for big supporters. All of will be in so its a sad day for o quote, its certainly a sad day for baseball fans sideshow arguably is the best greatest second baseman of all time, joe morgan started his baseball career in 1962, he retired 28 years later. The second baseman would ultimately be inducted into the Baseball Hall of fame. His primary team, the Cincinnati Reds, he would suit up for both the as and the giants before his career in digital morgan passed away sunday at the age of 77. Has it made you kron 4 news. The oakland as paid tribute to joe morgan tweeting quote were beyond saddened by the passing of joe morgan a trailblazer on and off the field his impact on our sport and community will be felt for generations to come in oakland. We send our condolences to his loved ones and that the baseball family and pope. The San Francisco giants also paying tribute to the late hall of famer, joe morgan, the giants president and ceo larry baer released a statement saying quote joe had a long and distinguished career on the field in the broadcast booth and in the community and his passing leaves a hole in the unique fabric of our great game. Our condolences go out to the Morgan Family for their tremendous loss and we extend our thoughts to joes teammates his friends and to all those touched by his passing. Now morgan played for the giants from 1981 to 82. And was the giants broadcaster from 1986 to 1993. Coming up today on kron 4 news at 3 Alameda Police on high alert after several catalytic converter thefts have turned violence. Well tell you about the latest incidents over the weekend and after the break how firefighters in the east bay acted quickly this weekend im susan and im 52 and i live in San Francisco, california. I have been a sales and Sales Management professional my whole career. Typical day during a work week is im working but first always going for a run or going to the gym. I love reading. I love cooking healthy. Its super important to me. I was noticing that i was just having some memory loss. It was really bothering me. So i tried prevagen and it started to work for me. I wish i had taken prevagen five or ten years ago. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Controversy brewing after an official ballot drop boxes were discovered in several california counties, the state says the boxes are illegal. And now the California Republican party says they on the boxes and are pushing back against the states. Kron fours dan kerman joins us live from San Francisco with more on this story. Hi dan. But you know there are many places that have these drop boxes but their official drop boxes, San Mateo CountyContra Costa County a couple of places that have official drop boxes where you can drop off your mail in ballot. You put it in securely and thats that. Well the Republican Party has come up with their own drop boxes and they have been around several places as you mentioned Fresno Los Angeles county. Just to name a couple of them. Well, the secretary of state has indicated that thats not legal. No other organization other than the registrar of voters is allowed to gather a large collection of ballots like this. Now we spoke with the Republican Party of Fresno County they say that they have agreed to remove all of these socalled unofficial ballot boxes. There were 12 of them in Fresno County so far no word of any of them here in the bay area but this situation continues to brew the secretary of state holding a News Conference at 3. 30 but will be there for that and we will bring you details coming up tonight at 5 oclock reporting live Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. Thank you for that report down we look forward to hearing more from your on your story. On kron 4 news at 5. Now 3. 15 this monday in the east bay contra costa Fire Protection district crews acted quickly this weekend to prevent a major fire from breaking out in moraga and in danville their chopper was able to drop water over difficult terrain in the moraga hills firefighters say the fire grew to about 30 acres before it was contained just before 9 last night. And back to a major traffic alert. This is a live shot of the bay bridge metering lights looking on to the bay bridge a little bit of a different scene and we saw little or their cars are moving. Things appear to have opened up according to Highway Patrol black car had spun out a hit for other cars on the bridge now reports are the driver may have been driving at a high rate of speed and at least for the 5 lanes on the bay bridge were blocked. You can see the cars are moving now. Again if youre headed this way the bay bridge appears to be backed up but the cause are moving those lanes have now since open back open back up. Now in the turn things over to kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr he has a look at our forecast if things are going to warming up these next few days or you got that right another little flavor some are coming our way good afternoon saas everybody this a live shot coming in looks pretty inviting with hot temperatures coming our way half moon bay. Nice and clear going on as we head on into the evening Golden Gate Bridge live shot to just a little bit the way some high cloudiness. Were still getting little bit of that on shore influence, although its very mild temperatures holding in the middle to upper 80s close to where the forecast highs are over most the district although should note that we are looking at some middle 80s along the east bay shoreline as current temperatures for now upstream weve been talking about not just the warmup but those offshore winds compliments of this high that will be problematic. As early as late tonight or tomorrow night into wednesday, but as the secondary little issue to the size of a public clouds here were kind of watching this coming in from the south home was thinking maybe might produce maybe a few little rain showers doesnt look very likely for now and the High Pressure will anchor into the weekends, were not going to shake off heat spike after just this week again back to the winds theyre going to be going to talk a lot about in the days to come there they are on shore but then goodbye offshore they go Solano County really hit hard up to napa but also the east county east of bayfield notice east of the east bay hills where that fire weather watch as it stands now is maybe a red flag warning will be posted later going into tonight, we expect that marine layer to come back again maybe see some coastal clouds around Sa