Conditions heading our way law yeah, this historically one of the worst times a year we get those offshore winds. And the dangerous fire conditions of course for many folks looks beautiful down below like today, lots of sunshine and warm weather but watch what happens here, weve got a cold front that is moving over the top of this ridge once that moves on by High Pressure starts to build on the backside of that. And then here come those winds those dry northerly offshore winds developing and very gusty in spots, especially over the mountain tops but even in some of the urban areas youre going to feel the gusts down below so fire danger going to be running high as we head into the next few days right now we havent seen much in that offshore wind developing yet but not expected still sea breeze in the San Francisco on the west at 5, 6, in the pacific out of the west 9 in sfo, a west oakland of 5, but look at the north bay see sonoma now get a normally composed the wind at 17 Miles Per Hour. Thats going to start to ramp up overnight tonight. So heres a look at some of the forecasted winds as we head through time here those winds all of a sudden going to start to switch directions and by tomorrow afternoon getting very blustery especially in the north bay first you can see that huge area of red and purple beginning to show up in the Central Valley of california all that working its way back in our direction those are winds gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour in some cases, 40 Miles Per Hour. And that will continue to intensify think as we head in toward early on thursday morning. I think that will be the peak of the highest winds in the bay area thats when could see some of those gusts 4050 Miles Per Hour. But its also when lot of winds begin to start to develop places like the Oakland Hills, the diablo range also down toward us and tail and the Santa Cruz Mountains and some gusty winds go to filter in through there through late thursday and into friday and you can see a thursday afternoon very gusty around much of the bay area, those winds really blustery in the north bay but elsewhere certainly of any fires get started anywhere around the bay area dangerous fire conditions continuing right through friday morning in fact the model summer pegan in calistoga almost 40 mile an hour winds and thats not including the mountain peaks where we can see him in some much higher gust now that will begin to subside as we head in toward the latter part of friday will between now and then some pretty dangerous weather. Offshore winds of course that means the humidity is going to go way down in fact watch us as we take into the north bay as we head toward a wednesday afternoon that napa less than 10 on the road the middle east and the out bill and a lot start to replenish a little bit overnight but not much warmth. We cover and were back almost in the same place as we head toward thursday afternoon so very dry conditions outside youve got those temperatures that are running well above the average in the 80s in the 90s. And now you throw those offshore winds guys and well thats all it takes to get fire conditions at this time of year. Here are some more on the possible power shut off pg says it will make the final decision on that tomorrow Morning Cloud for sale of the sacking joins us live now from a clear a village in the oakland area tonight with how people are bracing for possible blackout taylor. Him gain pg power shutoffs could begin at 08 00pm in the Oakland Hills tomorrow night and while its not definite yet many people are gearing up and getting ready as to when events are expected through friday. Pg and e customers living in the east bay hills are bracing for a possible Public Safety power shutoff on wednesday. But are you concerned the head of the possible power cant turn on the fan to call myself off. And its really hot miserable being in the house you know in 9095 degree weather. Just cant call law it hot dry and windy conditions expected to make their way through the bay area. A red flag warning was also issued for elevated areas in the east bay like the Oakland Hills. I need to walk ins lives first thought is im keeping my fingers and toes crossed that it doesnt happen. And second if it you know the way this year his gun is kind of got the boy just one more thing i hope it doesnt it will become nuisance if it does pg says. Neighbors here can expect a possible power shut offs to start at 08 00pm on wednesday and last through friday morning forecasted yesterday dissipate inseries 55 Miles Per Hour weeks and these high winds to subside thursday or potentially friday morning even before these weather events. Neighbors in the oakland and Berkeley Hills were concerned about wildfire dangers. So much that the citys closed scenic turnouts like grizzly peak to discourage people from hanging out there and setting off illegal fireworks. Now if these power shut do in fact happen pg expects to restore power by 10 00pm friday night live in oakland Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news taylor. Thank you and because of the fire conditions regional parks and the east bay hills will be closed from tomorrow through friday east bay parks posted a list of closed parks on its website they will be closed starting 5 oclock tomorrow morning through friday morning at 11. The possible power shutoffs could just come just as thousands of people in the north bay are still trying to recover from the glass fire in napa county nearly 9,000 customers could lose power tomorrow, many of them live in the town of calistoga. Kelso was mayor says the town has endured a number of Public Safety power shutoff since 2018. The gna reportedly just finish constructing a microgrid which is expected to keep the lights on for at least 60 of the town. People who rely on medical equipment that this becomes a significant hardship. So well you know well have power in the center of town so we can bring those folks in for cooling stations and if they need device Battery Charging et cetera, well be able to accommodate that we were fortunate because we have the microgrid there are a lot of other towns are going to be in fact affected by this that dont have that fall back. Pg and e says its crews made to restore power to those affected within 12 hours after the high winds die down Sonoma County firefighters are also bracing for more wildfires assistant fire marshal paulo and paul says his department added 12 fire engines across the county and is urging the community to be prepared for potential evacuations department will be staffing to additional wildland fire engines of those 2 fire engines will join a number of other Fire Departments from across noma county. That will form a ploy for to a strike teams and task forces right now were looking at a least upwards of 12 Additional Fire engines that will be staffed across the county and likely many more to come. Firefighters say areas that recently burned have fire lines in place and that could be helpful in containing a new fire if it sparks that is not the case for some areas such as Fountain Grove that burned during the 2017 tubbs fire. Not only are new houses sprouting up in the neighborhood but dense brush has also started to regrow that red flag warning coming just as the glass fire is inching closer to full containment, the fire is currently 97 contained after burning more than 67,000 acres in napa and sonoma counties the fire destroyed more than 800 homes more than 1200 are still considered a threat and as of tonight. 2 more counties in the bay area are moving tier allowing more access to restaurants churches health clubs and a lot more alameda and santa clara counties got the states approval today to move to runs tear on force reassess your explains what that means for Santa Clara County. When it comes to dining and Santa Clara County in the orange category that means outdoor gatherings can be up to 200 people and indoor gatherings are up to 25 capacity or 100 people which ever is fewer. All of that also includes movie theaters churches and cultural ceremonies in or museums and zoos can now have up to 50 capacity and College Sports without fans must follow county and state requirements. Orange also means that there are no limits on capacity and malls or other Retail Businesses so even though were certainly by no means out of the woods and in fact all around us in many communities in the country of course we see covid increasing. We think that with everyones help. We can. Continue to prevent severe illness and death from covid even as we enable more businesses and activities to resume. Doctor sara cody says Santa Clara County has come a long way since back in march when cases start to show up. Hospitalizations increased and deaths occurred. Doctor cody says the changes for doesnt mean that covid is gone, she says personally she will not be dining inside because its not safe. For her family think its really important to remember that any indoor activity where you have to remove the Face Covering is going to increase your risk. And so. Anyone who is in a Higher Risk Group or who is in a household with someone in a Higher Risk Group. We strongly discourage highrisk activities like Indoor Dining the bottom line is of course its a case by case situation as you heard what doctor sara cody had to say so. If your family there someone who has got a compromise situation. Early is probably not the right choice to go inside with dining but again its up to the individual and of course we all have to do social distancing and where those mass here in Santa Clara County, theresa kron 4 news. Contra costa county is on track to enter runs here by the end of this month, the countys Health Director said today the county already made one key criteria to move up. The county currently has a 2. 4 positive test rate. Its still nice to achieve a covid19 case rate between one and 3. 9 new cases per 100,000 residents and keep those numbers for 2 weeks. I guess that we not attend that we dont know how this nominee use a womans right to choose make her own health care. Decisions here. I dont senator Kamala Harris slammed President Trumps pick for Supreme Court as a threat to the Affordable Care act and abortion rights. The california senator and Vice President ial nominee was the last democrat of the day the grill Amy Coney Barrett today was the second day of a Senate Committees confirmation hearing and the first day of questioning joe khalil reports from washington dc. I dont have any agenda. I have an agenda to stick to the rule of law decide cases as they come he didnt take one tuesday for senators to ask judge Amy Coney Barrett about how she would rule on the Affordable Care act in cases involving abortion rights do you agree with Justice Scalias you that roe was wrongly decided so senator i do want to be forthright and the answer every question actually be wrong and a violation of the candidates for me to do that there it didnt directly answer how she would rule on any specific case which is typical of nominees, but she did distanced herself from decisions by the late Justice Antonin Scalia who she called a mentor and whose philosophy she says she shares if im confirmed you would not be getting justice scalia. You would be getting Justice Barrett senator Amy Klobuchar was one of Many Democrats who press judge barrett on her past criticism of the courts decision to protect the Affordable Care act you think we should take the president at his word. When he says his nominee will do the right thing in overturning the Affordable Care act over sharp and others pointed to President Trumps tweets a promising a justice who would overturn it. He said also on twitter that it would be a big win. If the Supreme Court strikes down. The health law an ocean republican senators and judge barrett shot down if you committed to the president or anyone else that you will vote to repeal the Affordable Care act if confirmed by. To the cork absolutely not i was never asked if i hadnt been that would have in a short conversation, what i want. Is to have a judge who doesnt want to take away the job of a legislator that account a legislature thats accountable to the people republican senator ben sasse said barrett independence on the bench was one reason hell support for confirmation and why he says barrett has support from legal scholars who often disagree with her the notre dame law faculty as i had people unanimously recommend you. And joining us now to talk about all of this David Mckeown a Political Science professor at sonoma state university, thank you for being with us tonight professor, so most observers felt that today was really just the senators on both sides reiterating their positions on various issues did you get any feeling that there was anything of real substance. It came from the nominee tonight today. I look at you think horn now a nation 1. 8 1880 of obviously when Justice Ginsburg came up. Some years ago when she was nominated to the court. Nominees dont want to say a lot about specific cases and about issues of the day now there was a discussion about roe v wade in terms of being a super precedent the idea of a super president in the scholarly legal field about certain precedents that cant be touched like brown people order marbury versus madison that was very insightful because the judge justice judge merrick did provide some information about how she feels about the roe decision but youre right at least in terms of the lead at this really was about the senators on both sides of the aisle campaigning for president in 2024 and campaigning right now for 2020 and whats in just a few weeks because david the bottom line is theres nothing democrats can do to stop this nomination right. You nailed it there really is nothing they can do to stop this nomination and mitch mcconnell, the leader of the senate will bring this nominee to the floor when he has the votes now there will be a little bit of a pause it does move us closer to the election itself, but theres very little that democrats can do other than to kind of slow go this so as we move forward over the next 2 days and wrap this up and then come back next week for a vote. Its a virtual slam dunk that that. Judge barrett will become Justice Barrett. As a professor of Political Science though were you concerned about some of the things that she did not answer for instance, whether a president can delay an election whether intimidation at the pose of polls is allowed. Whether a president can change the election date. We are we are led to believe that those are things that are loss. Thats right or whether there could be a peaceful transition of power if the president loses the election kind of a bedrock of american democracy these questions in which she demurred until she was pushed a little bit and you would think that in this environment given the pandemic given the protests in the streets given the historic nature of this particular election that of judge that judge barrett could at least move forward on key elements of what we all agree or superprecedents not of legal theory, but super president s of democracy meaning like the transition of power access to the ballot key elements of our democracy that people have been battling about for years that we think are is all these are key questions and you would think that that judge barrett would be able to say rather than rule on these things i think that access to the ballot. The power of peaceful transition of power key elements of our democracy these are things we all can agree upon. One thing that kept coming up over and over among the democrats will see for double care act and the Supreme Court is expected to hear the case right after the election. So democrats are trying to pin her down on what she may or may not do with that right. Thats right and you also have an element here the person who was not in the room and that was President TrumpPresident Trump was mentioned by both sides over a 100 times today and that means that what is happening with the ac a with obamacare after the election or that the movement of justices on the Supreme Court or federal judges period have to meet certain criteria in the white house to be moved forward and part of that criteria is are you willing to move forward against obamacare or to sia and there really is not a quid pro quo here, but there is set of legal opinions judgments, arguments and essays if you will that nominees put