On mass transit getting word of some bark delays weve gone from a minor delay to a major delay, its up to 20 minutes now because of equipment issue so between west oakland ending a market there in the San Francisco. Theyre having some issues there and thats causing delays on the San Francisco line heading to antioch dublin sfo millbrae and daly city so once again equipment issues between these 2 points west oakland and a market air on the San Francisco line causing major delays up to 20 minutes, you need to plan ahead not so bad bay bridge toll plaza little bit of a wait here in some of the lanes right down the middle, but this is good 12 minutes and growing into San Francisco. Well check more bridges coming up back to you, thanks a lot rob. It is 6 oh one and our top story more bay area counties. Are able to reopen and loosen their restrictions because theyre changing tears, moving into the moderate tier. Yeah, those are counties in orange you can see there. It correlates to the moderate level on the ledge and weve got moraine county Contra Costa County and san mateo counties now joining the others in that orange here which means more businesses can start a start to expand their indoor operation cloud for Sarah Stinson is live in San Mateo County with the details. Hi sarah. Yeah, good morning and live here actually in san mateo you can still see all this outdoor seating but now these restaurants can take it indoors has begun that 50 capacity, so thats a lot of people that can now eat indoors here in San Mateo County its because the case rate has gone. 2, 3, cases per 100,000 people as that pushes us into the orange here take a look at what that means that these restrictions loosened at midnight you can see on your screen specifically it says dinein restaurants churches museums, movie theaters malls all can reopen at 50 capacity gyms at 25 capacity Family Centers like bowling alleys can open at 25 bars and breweries not serving food can reopen outdoor only nonessential offices can reopen but remote work is still encouraged festivals nightclubs and live theater still closed all businesses reopening further must take precaution and follow state guidelines local Health Officials want to remind people that just because these restrictions are loosening its not a time to just let your guard down especially as we head into the holiday season. This weekend we have halloween coming up before our eyes who knew it was that soon and then we have thanksgivi g after that so time to. Celebrate in alternative ways that makes you still safe in terms of covid because we dont want to see a spike after that and have to go back and change these restrictions and make him a little bit more strict for now reporting live in san mateo Sarah Stinson back to you all right, thanks. A lot sarah. Well sarah was there on the next list of over to the east bay because businesses in Contra Costa County as we mentioned are also able to start expanding indoor operations as well in fact today restaurants will be ready to welcome more diners indoors, proper theresa has that story from lafayette. From here there nothing. It was heart wrenching that chef and owner snd carrion who owns social bird in lafayette and 2 other restaurants in Contra Costa County she and her husband had just bought renovated. And held a grand opening of social bird. Then the pandemic hit. Then it happened he had to learn how to the takeout business that we doing to farm. It was a learning process and learning process. She should be the trance formed a back patio that can now welcome guess she says moving into the orange phase which will allow 50 capacity inside will be im very encouraged by this orange is wonderful. Yellow is going to be even better and more people will go out its all about being you know where in yeah just like being careful saying i think more people come out to bid for the county generates more revenue indoor swimming pools which is really important to communities like ross war which are in my bars. Can now begin to sell alcohol without meals outdoors your Family Entertainment centers. Candice anderson is a supervisor and chair of the Contra Costa County board of supervisors. While she says the easing of restrictions helps everyone. She warns covid is still here and still very much a real threat musical Theatrical Productions with up to 50 people there as long they can stay mask the whole time so you still cant have outdoor Live Entertainment for a bar or restaurant, but at least an open set up. My only hesitancy is and where it is i watch whats happening across the country and so i just want to remind people we got here by being vigilant we got here by doing things like wearing our masks washing our 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. So as it stands right now. The county will move into this new tier for 2 weeks and if it does well then the state will allow it to move and progress even more, but of course if the numbers start to go up then of course the county is going to have to slide back into a more restrictive again. The supervisor said that it really is up to the citizens of Contra Costa County. Here in Contra Costa County theresa kron 4 news. 6 06 and another big story danville is not going to open up their streets weekends for people to walk around and stuff anymore. Yeah, theyre doing that because of covid you up but you know the city says businesses have been repeatedly violating the mask and social distancing rules so now they have to backtrack on all of that kron fours will tran live in danville to explain not so good news for danville well at first it was going well and now people to stop wearing masks. Well a lot of people just didnt Pay Attention including the restaurants. They were told over and over to get their act together but that didnt happen according to the city and then their fight so to borrow expression they could not leave well alone, which is why there will no longer be a shutdown at my a particular location. Let me pull up a map for you just to show you exactly at at this particular time this is hearts starting friday they shut it down they put that tables on the streets and you might even notice in the video that the tables. Were really close to each other that theyre not really 6 feet apart. According to the city over the past 2 weeks theyve seen 35 new cases of covid19 and that is not good for the Overall Health of Contra Costa County because the county is slowly moving into the orange tier which allows the businesses and the restaurants, the same loosening up some of the practices and with this going on they dont want this block to bring down the entire community. Back to you. All right, thank you very much well. 6 09 right now and as more counties are allowed to loosen restrictions. Solano county could be going the other way next week right now solano counties in the red here. But after seeing a spike in cases Health Officials say they are on track to move into the most restrictive purple tier Solano County is averaging about 40 new coronavirus cases per day for them to stay in the red here the county would have to get down to under 31 cases per day. Doctors say people in that county has been letting their guard down. You know the cause of it is obviously people getting together with family and friends and letting their guard down said that disease spreads and we had several weeks ago several large as ants that we believe accounted for that spite. Health dozens of cases came from a few are all of that involved 300 people and a wedding that was at a home with 40 people no social distancing and no masks at those events. Meantime iran contra costa and san mateo counties. They moved into the orange which is the moderate tier yesterday. Well despite not Central Office workers being allowed to go back to work surrounding businesses in San Francisco art seeing much of a change. For instance or ins thomas in the south of market neighborhood had just a few customers eating outside which is honestly a fraction of what it would normally have during its lunchtime crowd prepandemic. 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 are boarded up many Small Business owners say they hope to get more of their customers back early next year, theyre keeping their fingers crossed. Meanwhile power has been restored to much of the 92,000 pg e customers. In the bay area look at the pge outage map and youll see its a far cry from what we saw over the past couple of days, those areas in purple which indicate where power shut off us sash, we smaller. Then it was there are still a few areas like in alameda and sonoma counties where peachy still up getting the power back on expect everybody to have full electricity by tonight at the latest. 6. 11 right now and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news more states are joining in california has promise to do independent reviews of any vaccine before they get to the public will tell you why. It is the final push to election day were going to have an update from both campaign trails as they make their final pitches to voters. Plus after the break the latest on the containment efforts of 3 wildfires that are burning in Southern California right now nice to see our wildfire danger down today darya after such windy weather lately today a much calmer winds and temperatures in the 70s. Im talking the details of your forecast. Still ahead. And its getting a little busy and a little crowded out the bay bridge toll plaza now we just about have a full house here at the pay gates are backups stretching beyond 8. 80 plus im tracking a major part delay will have details coming up. Tired of clean clothes that just dont smell clean . What if your clothes could stay fresh for weeks . Now they can this towel has already been used and it still smells fresh. Pour a cap of downy unstopables into your washing machine before each load and enjoy fresher smelling laundry for up to 12weeks. Instwith vicks sinex saline congnasal mist. For drug free relief that works fast. Vicks sinex. Instantly clear everyday congestion. 6. 14 right now and the weather is gone really and i dont need the ac anymore you sir get out get out of the window, i think the timing is working out for because of john was saying how its going to be kind of mild Going Forward lets double check john good morning. Yeah, its definitely no 90s or triple digits will still have some 80s and there. But id say thats pretty mild compared to where we have been for sure you look outside at berkeley right here still dark but nice and clear and thats the way skies will remain today. Ahead of what will be a resurgence of fog on into tomorrow now that is the sign of the less dry winds that we had been seeing the past couple of days. And a return of some a cool ocean air that is also going to come along with an increased rate increase in humidity which will definitely be a good thing as far as fire danger goes calm winds across the bay area this morning. This is the way were going to stay today across the region wiids have definitely calmed down compared to yesterday but most notably compared to monday morning we were looking at our very windy conditions to start the week so its nice to be switching things up in that regard are higher fire danger that we did have that you can see showing up in orange red hues on the map and now were not looking at any of those hes across the bay area conditions havent really come down and that continues on into your thursday too. Todays daytime highs will rise into the 70s 80s for most spots just a few 80s on the map pretty similar to yesterday areas like conquered walnut creek pleasanton. And snowball into the low 80s while san jose, oakland and hayward hanging on to either mid to upper 70s today. Its a chilly morning for the north bay right now with a few 30s. But those 30s in santa rosa, currently quickly rise into the upper 70s later on by the time we work our way into friday, youll notice another little cool down in some cloud cover pushing and thats not going to stick around though, and your halloween weekend. We actually are pretty nice and clear in the halloween weekend with temperatures in the 80s for halloween itself and then as we fall back into sunday morning if that extra hour of sleep and hopefully a better chance to enjoy all that sunshine in the afternoon. 70s right along the bay and 60s for the most part for coastal spots robin. Thank you john its getting busy out there plus we still have a bart delay thats building up its up to 20 minutes now. And its because of equipment problems that are happening between the west oakland station and the embarcadero station in San Francisco. So thats causing delays up to 20 minutes. And this is impacting the San Francisco live anywhere through San Francisco to antioch dublin sfo millbrae berryessa and daly city if you travel anywhere along that stretch get out there early because they are still behind schedule. Youll also be behind schedule if you dont get out here early on 80 into San Francisco. We have a backup thats growing. Its not bad. No problems are trouble spots. But its stocked up beyond 8 80 were at 13 minutes and growing into San Francisco off to 92, its been busy since the 4 oclock hour, no major issues, but just lots of crowding on the flat section 13 minutes off to one on one and then traveling from the peninsula to San Francisco. Heres a new trouble spot. North one o one right around grand new accident just coming in several lanes are blocked so its stocking up just before and after that grand exit ill be keeping an eye on that we also have a crash in downtown oakland, its northbound north of fruit bell, so you see that heavy Traffic Building up at least one lane blocked and thats kicking you up to 16 minutes now for your drive time into downtown oakland so take 5. 80 instead of the nimitz all stay on top of this and have more drive times coming up back to you, thank you robin 6. 18 in crews from San Francisco are headed to Southern California to help the firefighters there. Battle these flames this is the silverado fire. Its a wind driven wildfire that has so far scorched more than 13,000 acres near irvine, it started monday morning right now it is 5 contained 5 firefighters have been injured 2 critically battling this fire more than 70,000 homes in the irvine area remain under Evacuation Order. Well the other day of big fire that were seeing in Southern California thats currently burning out of control is the blue ridge fire this is the latest video of that. Its burned more than 15,000 acres so far damaged, at least 10 homes. The fire started monday afternoon its tripled in size and it did that in just a matter of ours Kimberly Chang reports. I was in my room getting everything ready because i was going to evacuate. But its hard to leave your home several chino hills residents were still home when the blue ridge fire came dangerously close to their community off of socal canyon parkway they grabbed hoses and water to rooftops many choosing to stay despite a mandatory Evacuation Order in effect its always nerve wracking you know how when we started to do their jobs as the water drops started happening. And got really serious and started watering the house down more. And then the flames just came over i was both those really well earlier so that was it was tense down from the war on the hard part is up there. Immediately and those of our wildlife running 50 and youre my daughter then to not lie and try and get out according to chino valley fire more than 29,000 people were under Evacuation Orders in chino hills and in yorba linda where at least 10 homes were damaged in yorba linda workers were installing an ac unit on shady meadow lane when their day took a turn realizing the fire was too close for comfort they packed up to leave but not before helping a senior evacuate. Firefighters are urging residents to heed the warning sooner rather than later if you wait to the last minute smoke comes into the neighborhood visibility decreased and it could be a lot harder to evacuate the chino hills residents we spoke with say theyve been through this before and it doesnt get any easier. This is a. Second time 12 years ago we went through the same thing and so it makes it really hard. The way we started just one more thing and 20 twen. The fire is 0 contained and the cause is still under investigation. Reporting in chino hills, im Kimberly Chang for kron 4 news. Time now is 6. 21 and still ahead thousands of dead and dying trees are getting clean up in the south bay after the czu fires how much its going to cost to do all this. And another night of protests on the streets of philadelphia. After the Fatal Police Shooting. And well have the latest on what happened. garage door opening it is my fathers love. It is his passion it is his fault he didnt lock the garage. Dont even think abou