Anticipate a very cool start by the afternoon we are back to some comfortable weather with highs into the 70s and 80s. Robin its good. Thank you lets check in on the morning commute. Its always nice. When we can start off hot spot free right. We dont have any problems on 80 into San Francisco taking a live look this is your approach to the toll plaza and so far so good sell 7 minutes, quick right on time off to fremont street, heres 92 we have the westbound traffic leaving hayward heading over to the peninsula a little crowded yes back no 12 minutes and growing off to one oh one and just scanning for some of our busiest freeways during the morning drive theyre all at the limit so far so we have sure westbound 15 minutes, 24 out of walnut creek wide open no problems for 5. 80 or the nimitz freeway connecting from to 38 to 9. 80 entering downtown oakland is off to a great start so far well check more coming up back to you, thanks a lot robin 5 oh one and our top story more bay area counties moving up in the states covid risked years. Yeah you can see the map behind us theres the legend off to the right with marin county contra costa. And san mateo counties theyve been moved into the orange here the war, a moderate here this morning more businesses are allowed to expand their indoor operations luckily, kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live in San Mateo County with what theyre doing there. Hi sarah. Yes, San Mateo County going into that orange here because the case rate is now 3 cases per 100,000 people and because of that the loosening restrictions and that will see that started at midnight today so going into this morning youre going to see some of those restrictions loosen lets take a look at your screen now road out some of the things youll see that will be different now in San Mateo County, including dining restaurants, places of worship gyms malls and Retail Stores museums movie theaters all able to increase capacity, bars and breweries not serving food may open outdoors only Family Entertainment centers may offer indoor activities such as bowling alleys and escape rooms with very limited capacities nonessential offices may open indoors with some modifications but remote work is still encouraged festivals nightclubs life a live theater. Those all remain closed businesses and activities must follow the states industry guidelines that includes of course social distancing Wearing Masks local Health Officials though want to remind everyone just because you here. The word loosening restrictions doesnt mean its time to let your guard down especially as we head into the holidays, we have halloween coming up and wilson thanksgiving coming up, if that means that you still need to celebrate those in a way that is safe covid safe so make sure you have that encounter in mind as we head into this weekend with halloween. Well be live this morning to show you more of whats going on in San Mateo County for now well send it back to you. All right, thanks a lot. Well time now is 5 03 and we also have businesses in the east bay too particularly Contra Costa County that are also breathing a sigh of relief now is the countys been moved into the orange here as well thats the moderate tier so more businesses get to reopen that allows more businesses and restaurants operate indoors with up to 50 capacity, while easing restrictions does help the economy local county leaders say the covid19 obviously still here still a very real threat. I just want to remind people we got here by being vigilant we got here by doing things like wearing our masks washing your hands, staying home and we werent feeling. Well avoiding large groups and thats how he got her number so low, so my only had only message is we got here by doing these very simple things we need to keep our guard up we need to be vigilant. Red county in the north bay also has been moved into the orange or moderate here of covid19 protocols. Another big story that were following danville is going to stop shutting down the street on the weekend Effective Immediately and this comes after the city says that people and businesses have been repeatedly violating mask and social distancing rules. Travelers will tran is live taking a look at what theyre doing and why well. James on harts avenue and Effective Immediately like you said cause will be able to drive through. They usually put barriers out here so they take a one block span and then they block it off so people can walk up and down here. It feels like mardi gras when they actually did it back in june. But they saw fights at this location they saw according to the city 35 new cases of covid19 over at 2 week span. They have talked to businesses over and over to practice social distance to crack down on people not Wearing Masks and the businesses according to the city kept telling them we are on it we will take care of it. But they did not so the city and the Police Department said enough is enough that you can see the barriers out here they are ready to go. But now those barriers will have to be removed and the street will have to get back to normal. Let me quickly pull up a map for you so you know this location if you live in danville you know its right off of 6 ad. Its heart for that one block stretch between prospect and diablo they were doing this since june trying to get back to normal but then they realized that it wasnt normal that things were getting out of hand and now that that Contra Costa County is getting back slowly, but surely to a new tier to hopefully open things up they dont want this particular stretch james and darya to hinder the overall numbers the slow down the Overall Community of Contra Costa County which is why these barriers these restaurants and theyre not naming the restaurants that they say keep violating the orders their requests to get their act together theyre not saying the names of those restaurants, but the bottom line is moving forward you can drive through this location they will not stop you, i got to give you a full disclosure, i came back here in june a couple of months ago, and i was a little surprised myself when they blocked it off. It did feel like mardi gras because you can walk the streets but at that time james and darya people were Wearing Masks. According to the city. They werent doing it enough. Back to you. All right, thank you very much well, 5 07 is the time and while more bay area counties are moving up in the tears and opening up Solano County could be moving. The other way backwards because they have an increase in cases kron fours taylor the sack explains. Over the last 2 weeks county saw spike in coronavirus cases averaging about 40 cases per day for them to stay in the red here which is where they are now they need to get under 31 cases per day this is something that businesses in benicia say is crucial for their survival. After seeing a rise in coronavirus cases Solano County is moving in the wrong direction, heading backwards from the state spread tier to its most restrictive purple tier it is definitely disappointing because i working in to see people is misses in benicia say. The jump in cases is disheartening not only for the community, but also for the lifeblood of the local economy purple tier prohibits most not essential indoor Business Operations and would cause some businesses to close or change their current plans, everybody does need to do their and be diligent and especially right now we are in normals flu season and so taking just. Extra is going to help our little businesses in town stand business Solano CountyHealth Officer doctor balan muchas warns that the county has to get its act together unfortunate reality is that we are seeing case numbers that are higher than they should be for us to remain in red and unfortunately that puts us at risk of going back in the purple. You know the cause of it is obviously people getting together with family and friends and letting their guard down so that disease spreads and we had several weeks ago several large as ants that we believe accounted for that spike that theyre not just says the spike could be temporary at least hes hoping thats the case he points to several recent events as examples of behavior that is detrimental to the countys progression in reopening a wedding at a home with 40 people no social distancing no and then there was some type of the news sent and invitation only event was a large number of people again no social distancing and we had dozens of cases from these events doctor much as says the county was averaging 27 positive coronavirus cases per day about a month ago, but in the last 2 weeks that number jumped to 41 positive cases per day number that would put the county back on the states purple tier list. If they get the same results next week now to stay in that red here hopefully Solano County can get its case numbers back to under 31 cases. Per day its also another important reminder ahead of halloween and the holidays, keep your guard up continue practicing social distancing and of course wear mask. Indonesia Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news. Despite non essential Office Workers being allowed back into their buildings in San Francisco theyre not seeing much of a change in the city. Orange home us is south of market. They just had a few customers eating outside which is a fraction of the crowd that they would get before covid. Normal lunch time or davis 80s around 1 oclock well have a liner on the corner over him. I might be like a 1520 minute, wait and while i dont see that happening for the rest of this year across the street they said because theres nobody in downtown minus will not help because they dont. Several restaurants nearby in fact are not open their boarded up many of the Small Business owners downtown say theyre hoping they can get their customers back early next year james. Will power has been restored to much of the 92,000 pg e customers in the bay area crews right now were working on restoring power to those that did are still without it in alameda in sonoma counties but thats about it pg expects to have everyones electricity turned on by tonight, those areas in purple on the map as you can see a lot less then what we saw yesterday. It is 5. 11 still ahead on the kron 4 morning news more states joined now in california promised to do independent reviews of any vaccine before giving in to the public. Well tell you why and its the final push to election day were going to update from the campaign trail on what both candidates are going to be doing in their final pitches to voters and after the break the latest on the containment efforts for 3 wildfires that burning right now in southern and today a much calmer one than what we had been seeing a good chance to step outside and enjoy the 70s that we have on tap for you in San Francisco, oakland and san jose. Ive got the details in your forecast ahead. And its a good time to get on outside and get started with your morning commute. Nice and early because we are delay free a live look at 80 into San Francisco moving well and looking good 8 minutes off to fremont street will check more coming up. 14 right now checking out the weather i thought yesterday was i took that took the ac on the window. You do is it too soon with that ok we think john are we done i think you should be okay for a what do you need a bit were going to be that it has been quite the anomaly of a fall and i want to make any promises just yet but. Long range forecast ahead of us is showing at least more mild weather so i got my fingers crossed for you i know i saw my gosh i am trying not to make any too many promises just yep one thing i can promise you were going to be dry in this forecast ahead of us and another thing, those wind events for the time being all said and done temperatures will be mild as well so i guess it depends on. What is too warm for you as far as that goes were still going to be in the 80s for daytime highs. But no 90s no triple digits. I can also promise you that ahead of us looking outside at San Francisco. We do have clear skies looking down at the they itself thats something thats going to change into tomorrow as we the re see the return of some cool ocean air streaming into the bay area late this afternoon that mean some fog right along the coast and into the bay tomorrow morning. Not seeing any of that right now so it is another Crystal Clear morning this time without the winds though so were in that nice in between from the winds that we did have fog that were going to see returning today just pleasant and calm High Pressure to our west Cool Conditions overall and fire danger continuing to diminish you see those gradients of yellow and orange gradually continuing to depart today into tomorrow indicating a couple of days of low fire danger ahead of us and with no major wind events in the forecast we expect fire danger to remain lowered. Were stiel dry so we do have all that dry brush were not out of the woods completely but we are much calmer which is good news, 60s 70s for your coastal spots today, thats a little cooler than yesterday was and the reason behind that is we are seeing the return of some cool ocean air now having that chance to sweep back into the region that will cool down or coastal spots but not necessarily or bayside areas just yet still a few 80s right along the bay, although mostly were back into the upper 70s today, 80 degrees for your high today in pleasanton dublin, upper 70s and hayward and fremont while back to the 80s as well from san Ramon Danville walnut creek on up to concord in the meantime oakland and berkeley in the mid to low 70s today, north bay temperatures a little cooler than yesterdays for northern neighbors, mostly back into the upper 70s after yesterdays 80s for a few of these spots today at Sonoma Petaluma and san or failure only spots in the north bay that are right at that 80 degree mark, a look ahead at your next 7 days shows temperatures our coolest on friday after that we really see a leveling out in the 80s ahead of us so if you are inland, youve got some mid 80s sunday and monday that may be a sea worthy for inland neighbors. Well, right along the bay temperatures will be in the 70s pretty consistently your warmest one in the bay on monday coastal areas remain in the 60s and 70s of course halloween is on saturday and we have abundant sunshine for that. And then sunday comes along with that extra hour of sleep which i think most of us might be looking forward to most of all robin howd you know, yes we are thank you john checking in on the traffic now some of us to not look forward to commuting and sitting in traffic but at least well have to worry about that right now if you get on out there early you can beat the rush were delay free and problem free on 80 into San Francisco. So were checking out the bay bridge toll plaza and its looking good right no crashes, no stalls 8 minutes for your drive times so thats pretty quick. What want to cross the golden gate we had some Maintenance Work northbound there out of the way traffic looks good here the southbound trip moving very well from the north bay to San Francisco. So no issues for the southbound drive at 19 minutes, making it into San Francisco and checking out some more freeways for you we have highway 4 thats up to limit 6. 80 south looks really good. So far no problems for the nimitz between san leandro and milpitas and were also hot spot free out of the south bay, one oh one north from san jose to menlo park looking good in under 30 minutes, well check more drive times for you coming up a little bit later back to you. Thank you robin 5. 18 is the time we want to update you quickly on a story we first told you about yesterday, the blue ridge and silverado fires burning in Southern California they forced thousands to evacuate their homes. We have chip yost now with the very latest on the ground fight. Well there are still fires to be put out tuesday the silverado fire looked much more manageable than just 24 hours earlier. When extremely high winds pushed the fire that started near Santiago Canyon in Silverado Canyon roads toward residential communities in irvine and lake forest complicating matters because of the wins aerial firefighting resources were grounded much of the day was pretty bad tend to think it was coming over the top and you can see the whole streets were smoking out is pretty bad. But overnight monday and into tuesday, the winds died down enough to let those aerial attacks resume. This drop was made by the very large heloc anchor dubbed the biggest tele tanker in the world which can drop about 3,000 gallons on a fire at a time by early tuesday afternoon so much progress had been made that some mandatory evacuations had been lifted. So to come back a couple hours now and see that its. In better condition, i mean hats off to these firemen, theyre doing a stellar job. That was chip yost reporting now the other fire burning out of control in Southern California is the blue ridge fire. It scorched more than 15,000 acres and damaged at least 10 homes that fire started monday afternoon its tripled in size in just a matter of hours and at last check forced more than 29,000 people to evacuate. The latest update from cal fire still has containment this morning at 0 . 5. 20 right now and another night of clashes between poli