Per hour wind gusts regularly so far this morning in sonoma calif still gained vacaville danville as well as fairfield inn atlas peak right there with you so breezy este in the north bay as well as in the inland east bay consistently windy through the rest of the morning little calmer come the afternoon then winds picking back up into the evening tonight leading into the middle of the day tomorrow after which point we do officially see things calming down. Midday friday into the weekend and temperatures will also be coming down in cooling down after that. So we are in the midst of our highest fire danger there is light at the end of the tunnel just around the corner 60s and 70s for current temperatures and this is before a hot afternoon so go ahead enjoy this morning step outside for the morning walk and then i just try to stay as cool as possible later today, some of our coolest of temperatures around petaluma in napa right now day planner shows you were starting the morning mostly in the 60s by noontime were already well into the 80s for bayside in inland areas in by the afternoon. Well be upper 90s for many of our inland spots. Low to mid 90s right alongside the shore of the bay. Robin. All right, thank you john were checking in on the san mateo bridge looks like traffic is improving we had a stall near the high rise. So thats gone. The drive time to slowly decreasing, but its still crowded so heres a live look at the traffic on westbound 92. It looks a little bit better but were still clocking in at 21 minutes enough of a delay to get out there early since traffic has not completely recovered from that stall elisa was a minor issue. No problems here at the bay bridge toll plaza, its just busy and crowded with typical commute traffic youre averaging 13 minutes into San Francisco and heads up for lots of slowing on 5. 80 westbound approaching hop yard as you work your way out of pleasanton into dublin we have a 3 car crash in the 2 left lanes so that backup starting to spill into livermore 5 us is crawling from air way all the way up to the scene so be on the lookout for that well check more slow downs coming up are you. Thanks a lot robin 7 02 and now to the Power Outages more than 24,000 bay area pg e customer so far. Have no power because of the high fire danger. Yeah, heres a map showing you where theyve intentionally shut off power you look for the purple the pink purple areas. Thats where p g news pulled the plug on electricity for the sake of safety. You can see its in the Santa Cruz Mountains and then up the peninsula hills as well that across eastern portions of san jose up in the diablo range youve got areas there powers been turned off here along 5. 80 right there at the Altamont Pass we have power shut off and also in and around the foothills of mount diablo and then heres the north becomes interview youll see large sections of the hills that flag both the sonoma and napa valleys have also been included in this pile of Public Safety power shutoff which means its going to be dark there unless youve got a generator. Youre going to get by with just the light from a flashlight. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live in calistoga taking a look at the latest more than a flashlight. She has a spotlight. So thats the way youre lit up there and i guess and that its generators. Generators are keeping businesses alive here in downtown calistoga you can see. The flags behind me, theyre waving theyve definitely picking up from the wind its getting a little bit warmer and thats the reason why that we have these power shut offs right because of the weather conditions can see here downtown calistoga people get up early here theyre going to the bakery the good in their coffee at the coffee shop. Some people are working out again these businesses are lit up because of generators other than that its been a very dark morning, a warm windy dark morning. Take a look at video you can see a huge generator. There are many in the city you can hear a loud humming from them throughout the area. You can see gyms bakeries street lamps all lit up this morning because of those generators pg need supplies some of them and then cities and residents by others it seems to be the only way to make it through these Public Safety power shutoff because otherwise. You are in the dark with nothing but candles flashlights. Your cellphone flashlight, i mean its rough. We know 2,277 customers in calistoga or without power and have been since last night at 6 193 customers in saying he lena and in the unincorporated areas of napa county there are 6,751 customers without power i talked to him and he was gassing up in the dark i had to walk across the street i was making sure nobody hit me was very dark outside and he said he said he was heading to work here in napa county. Yeah, guess the dark get little bit of motor oil to head off to work. And it makes hard for i guess we have to live with it. This is california you can see in the video after hes talking theres that generator at the gas station thats the only reason the gas station is open at this time highway 29 in lincoln if you need gas you can head because thats open across the street though 76 gas station is closed now its crazy to be here and see some of the businesses up and running i mean generators are godson when youre going through one of these power in looks like the street lamps just turned off its about that time because the sun is rising and im sure people are grateful for that those who get up early and had to work. Theyre grateful for the sun now its supposed to come back on the power friday night at 10 and of course it takes time to get everything back up and running in and of course it depends on the weather. Reporting live in calistoga Sarah Stinson kron 4 okay. Thank you very much sheriff, how about the Santa Cruz Mountains theyve got people without power. Thats a big risk of wildfire there this morning there are homes. In the santa cruz area that have no power and they got the warning along summit road. So they stocked up yesterday on ice and groceries to prepare. And that shut down just one of as weve been talking about many that we could see especially in heavily forested areas that were pg is worried about lines going down. Its sparking fires. In the santa cruz about we talk to residents and they have some reservations about pg knees power shutoffs. I would like for them actually fix the issues that they have as opposed to just shutting things down quadrant by quadrant. Relatively small inconvenience. You know for a day or something i sure want more fires up there. One store owner we talked to got a generator for the first time because they dont want to lose thousands of dollars in food like we have food in cases you cant go night without power. Thats thats going to be the other big issue to because as temperatures rise people are going to want to turn on the airconditioning theyre going to want to do things to cool off. But you know with the power concerns of having to keep it down its going to be can be difficult. Yeah, the heat advisory goes into effect later this morning. And you have to conserve and because we dont want to see people without power kron fours will tran live in concord talking about more about this delicate dance that we have to do well. It is a dance and we hope that the ice doesnt break and we fall right through let me show you the conditions james and ive said what 6. 30 that it was picking up as far as the speed. Take a look for yourself look at these trees are swaying back and forth even more now with every passing minute so it is just the perfect conditions for another wildfire in fact were at Lime Ridge Open Space and they went out here in the overnight hours and they put up barriers not allowing the public to come into this location because of extreme fire danger look at the hillside. It is bright yellow thats how dry it is right now. Take a look at your screen. Yes, we have done heatwave stories in the past but because california has been just battered by wildfires is not just uncomfortable way you sweat, they could be downright destructive and deadly in terms of flames because of the heat, its drying conditions out. Upper 80s low, 100s depending on where you live the more inland the hotter. It is cal fire they are ready to roll and pounce on potentially another wildfire fingers crossed that we dont have that. Conditions are right. Dry hillsides low humidity. Gusty conditions. He you name in and so many people now out there. You know not working because of covid19 are not working and full capacity that they could accidentally start a wildfire which is why pg e theyre monitoring the situation as far as the gritty of so many people use power they will have to wipe out power for certain amount of time and in certain neighborhoods and also because of the gusty conditions. Pg and e has been blamed over the past couple years for starting wildfires and thats why they have already said if there are locations where its gusty words potentially dangerous they will cut off the power and that could ultimately james and darya i got to tell you i mean you can see going to right now because things are playing around look at that its. I got to tell you ive covered enough wildfires over the past 5 years that cover 5 careers. Fingers crossed thats were all in this together lets hope no wildfires that we can get through this latest round pretty much unscathed back to you wanted again. Yeah the destruction the bad air everything that comes with it the devastation. Stay tuned. Well have the latest updates on the high fire danger and what happens with the weather and Everything Else you need to know on kron on. Its 24 7 coverage. All you have to do is download it. 7. 10 and still ahead covid has taken a toll on local tourism but there were problems even before the pandemic how San Francisco chamber of commerce believes the Hospitality Industry can make a turn around. And if why is in your near future and you want avoid that 14 day quarantine. Well tell you what you need to know. Stay tuned. And today will be a hot one across the bay area even for San Francisco in the upper 80s oakland in the low 90s in san jose in the mid 90s talking about the wins the heats win in relief will come still ahead still ahead. And well also talk about the traffic its slow stacked up on our bridges were recovered from earlier problems and that some problems are still quite active. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza words just creeping along from the maze of proposition 16 takes on discrimination. Some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. And breaking news this morning. Vice president ial candidate senator Kamala Harris is suspending any in person events until monday after 2 people tied to the campaign tested positive for coronavirus the Campaign Says the job ive himself hasnt been in the same area as these 2 Campaign Staffers by of course biden and harris have been campaigning together. They were together in arizona last week harris is Communications Director and its a second staff member who have tested positive after that trip now both people were Wearing Masks at all times. According to the Campaign Biden harris have both tested negative multiple times since that Campaign Event in arizona but obviously out of abundance of caution, theyre canceling her travel until they get another negative test result well boy lot of people are going to be getting tested if they want to go to hawaii because that way if youre negative. You dont have to quarantine starting why in fact certified that Oakland Airport is going to be. Travel partner when it comes to this sort of testing weve got kron fours reyna harvey at the airport now to explain good morning right now. Good morning. Its the Silver Lining for people they dont have to quarantine 14 days if you get an approved tests and it comes back negative so not only are the Oakland Airport you can also go to cvs walgreens Kaiser Permanente the list goes on, but you got to make sure you go to one of the trusted partners for the state of hawaii. We have a full list of that over on our website. So if youre an adult over the age of 18 youre thinking about going to hawaii to soak up some of the sun out there what you need to do is register on why safe travels website and digital system there you can upload your test once you get that and then you can be required to upload your negative pre travel test results and also answer a Health Questionnaire 24 hours prior to your departure. Now miners 5 year as an older must take that free travel test if youre under the age of 4 younger. You dont need to take the pre travel test you also this is very important to know you need to take that test within 72 hours from the final leg of departure that means if you have a multicity trent if youre going to more than one place. Its the Departure Time at the last city before arriving at a hawaii airport also something you know an Antibody Test will not be accepted. If you take the wrong test thats 14 days of quarantine for you and that just defeats the entire purpose. So while youre thinking about which hotel youre going to stay in leave to go to the beach at allow that make sure you read up on all of the things you have to do for you having that flight you want to stay in your room for 14 days. Now reporting here in Oakland Reyna harvey kron 4 news all right, thanks a lot of lets head over to the Weather Center. Weve got john taking a look at the hot weather forecast. It will be joined here unlike in hawaii. Little hotter and drier here maybe than what were seeing in hawaii and of course fire danger going to be at risk today as we look at these strong winds and our hottest temperatures of the week. Today we are seeing a nice glow over San Francisco and berkeley here, nice view over the bay. No cloud cover certainly no gray out there today as hot dry winds pushing the marine layer out of the region keeping us very dry. Very toasty today winds are already very breezy to start the morning with vacaville sonoma and calistoga among areas with winds gusting pretty consistently into that 30 mile per hour range. So far this morning danville in fairfield also notably windy conditions currently making their way through the morning continued breezy conditions winds calm just a touch into the early afternoon before picking back up into the Late Afternoon evening and into midday tomorrow after the middle of the day tomorrow we see things calming down and theyll stay actually a little bit calmer through the remainder of the weekend after that point. Much of the bay area lit up in this red warning indicating the highest a fire danger all the way through 11 00am tomorrow. This includes upper elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains the inland east bay, both upper elevations in our inland valleys and then all of solano napa counties most of marine and sonoma counties where winds will gust as high as 45 Miles Per Hour in spots have been seeing those gusts throughout the evening and will throughout the rest of your morning too. Todays daytime highs notably toasty for inland spots like antioch up to a 100 degrees concord 97 livermore at 96 low 90s for most of our bayshore areas and a lot of 80s right along the coastline. Tomorrow temperatures not quite as hot as today will still be red flag warnings through the middle of the day tomorrow and then as calming conditions are seen for the rest of the weekend and gradually cooling conditions too. We back off of that peak fire danger. Beginning of next week offering even more relief. Robin. Well not much relief in traffic just yet in fact its getting busier out there, especially on our bridges, they are quite crowded not bad, but crowded lets check in on the Richmond Sandra fell where we have traffic coming to a crawl here were just now starting to see that commute traffic transition into the north bay, your drive time looks pretty good were at 11 minutes and growing off to one oh one here in the bay bridge. No interruptions into San Francisco. But yes, theres a long line that youre going to have to sit in. Its billed back to on west grand thats completely normal at least you dont have any problems or hot spots on the upper deck. We do have a trouble spot leaving of livermore its going to be crawling on 5. 80 west approaching dublin. Right at the heart guard exit 5 of west at ha pr 3 cars blocking your 2 left lanes the backup is just getting worse its beyond 84 in livermore so that bump you up to 20 minutes now to make it out to dublin to get out there early but youre looking good on highway 4, 1, on one no problems from morgan thanks a lot for your money this morning Wireless Companies have announced deals on new iphones and Many Americans spent their stimulus checks. Wisely. Jane king is live in new york with those stories and more hi jane. Heidari and good morning. Yes, americans use most of the stimulus checks on savings and paying down debt now the Federal Reserve bank of new york says. 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