Remain calm throughout the day today with winds remaining very light. Thats the same as yesterday air quality a lot like yesterday, not necessarily ideal were back to moderate conditions for areas like napa concord Oakland Hayward fremont and san jose so not the most Crystal Clear quality weve had but we do have the sunshine comfortable temperatures. All in all its definitely shaping up to be a lot better right now temperatures are in the 40s and 50s for most of us, although we do have or turn to the 30s for a couple spots in the north bay like santa rosa and fairfield each sitting at 39 degrees right now so layer up where the middle of fall now temperatures start to give it cooler especially during the morning hours. Robin thank you john lets update the morning drive because the early birds have to get to work right there already out there so if you want to join these folks do it now because you have a delay free trip into San Francisco are taking a live look at 80. I dont see any problem so nows your chance were at 8 minutes that is quick right on time to make it off to the fremont street exit were off to the Richmond Sandra fell bridge, checking your drive on westbound 5. 80 smoothing out the limit so far few trucks and cars rolling through the pay gates but all is well so far into the north bay at 7 minutes and were also hot spot 92, this is the westbound traffic here drive leaving hayward already congested on the flat section that little crowding started in the 4 oclock hour and its only going to get heavier as we continue through the morning commute was usual. This is the first bridge to start really stacking 12 minutes and growing to make it from the nimitz across the span and off to one o one so thats pretty good drive time well check more coming up in a bit back to you. All right, thank you very much robin time now is 5 02 and our big story this morning. The United States has seen a steady increase in Coronavirus Infections and hospitalizations for the entire month of october so what you have line me here is a map showing where the increases are that weve seen in the past week compared to the week before and you can see by the color that we have 5 states in red those are the states that show again a 50 plus percent increase compared to the week before 35 states are in orange and that includes california. The vast majority the country showing 10 to 50 increase in infections. There are 9 states in yellow those are the states that are Holding Steady right now and then only one state is in green and thats the state of missouri thats actually where numbers are going down only one state in the country. Currently has that trend nearly 80,000 new cases were recorded yesterday pushing the u. S. Total of infections to 8. 8 million. At least 227,000 people have died since february. Were tracking our local numbers to for the bay area and for the state of california you can see where we are on the screen 920,000 plus cases confirmed in california with more than 17,000 deaths. 114,000 cases in the bay area with more than 1700 deaths here locally. Coronavirus outbreak at Ucsf Medical Center the San Francisco hospital is right now Contact Tracing. Its staff after 5 people tested positive for covid kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live at the hospital with the latest. They have they figured out where it started. No actually they said that they it happened in one of their units and they think thats what created a transmission meaning a spread of the coronavirus resulting in at least 5 people testing positive so very intense situation obviously not ideal when you have a small outbreak at a hospital like Ucsf Medical Center, but something that there dealing with they are doing Contact Tracing to figure it all out over the past week to patients who are sharing a room and 3 employees who care for them have tested positive for coronavirus both patients have tested negative have tested negative before being admitted to the hospital however, one unexpectedly tested positive on a routine discharge test so thats concerning now this law this launched an investigation theyve been Contact Tracing and identifying any other cases they have not figured out the original source or the exact sequence of infection. So that is something that they have to figure out to make sure that its not spreading any further. Said theyve isolated these the patients and employees and theyre working to identify and test quarantine anybody available. As you said this is what their statement involved theyre figuring out the original source and theyre making sure that they test in quarantine any individuals making sure that they dont want to allow this to spread any further now at this time needed the patient has symptoms of coronavirus in the employee all employees only have mild symptoms, nobody is you know having a severe case on a respirator but still of great concern because until we find the exact source its going to be of concern you know to make sure that does for any further will say it looks like its business as usual nurses doctors coming in and havent seen many patients well be following up with the Ucsf Medical Center to see what theyre doing right now to kind of isolate this, i know said that theyre isolating the patients and quarantining them but what else are they doing in terms of new patients that are coming in daria big concern that somebody tested negative and then later tested positive so huge concern theyre not at that site, San FranciscoSarah Stinson thats something we all know any time you have to go into the hospital they test you but a test is only a snapshot in time of the bigger concern is. Sara when you have a break in hospital all these people are extra at risk thats why theyre in the hospital, theyre getting surgeries they already have you whatever medical problems they have so to catch coronavirus you know could be deadly for them. And whats scary there isnt a lot of people have been putting surgeries on hold and theyve been making sure you know im gonna do my thing to do whatever i need to get done later because im concerned and this kind of shows you why should be concerned however they also say you shouldnt hold off surgeries or change your life in any way kuz got to get stuff done right daria well, unless its an optional surgery, but yeah if you have to do something for your health youve got to do it now, thanks a lot sara appreciate that live. If you take a look at this Sutter Health has been using what they call electronic intensive care unit. To cut covid times in half cameras and a Computer System checked for vital signs in the hospital rooms and they monitor the patients 24 7 without having Health Care Workers in there and them risking catching covid were you know we as spreading disease. So if they didnt actually. We need to go into that isolation room, they still had a way of communicating and so that saved additional exposure but also the additional use of ppe. With this technology nurses can monitor patients at several disparate different hospital locations. All at once foy in the east bay Health Officials in Alameda County have given middle and high schools, the okay to reopen however Public Schools will probably not reopen their doors any time soon in Person Instruction can begin as early as november 9th if safety plans have been submitted and approved but the safety plan is only part of it and agreement also has to be reached with the Teachers UnionTeachers Want to work with districts on the plans to make sure that they are safe for both teachers and students. There are a number of considerations for larger districts for our public many conditions that need to be met to ensure we have well the safety protocols in place and it takes School Districts longer to do that he takes them longer to marshal those resources. It takes longer to engage their communities to figure out exactly how this is going to work. Well other issues include logistics and scheduling since middle and High School Students typically change classes throughout the day. Time now is 5 08 and theres a new warning against halloween parties in San Francisco, the castro which is a major hot spot every halloween is going to be close now city officials are worried of course about the covid19 outbreak kron fours will tran live in the castro. With more on the warning now were getting from city leaders well. They said dont mess with success, San Francisco is doing such a wonderful job with covid19 and they dont want people flocking to the Castro District to walk backwards as far as the progress so thats why theyre telling people do not come to the Castro District on saturday for halloween to celebrate now the city and this is video from years past the city actually started cracking down on partiers back in 2006. I remember doing this story year after year. When it was the Biggest Party of the year in San Francisco with thousands of people showing up unfortunately during that time every now and then there would be violence shooting destruction that the city 14 years ago shut down. This party. But many people still continue to show up maybe not as much as in years past, but they definitely dont want people to show up this year because of covid19 so yesterday the supervisor who overlooks that district he sent out this news release to the publics i want to draw your attention to the screen. His name is rafeal mantoman he says across the country in cities like philadelphia and los light los angeles cases are surging. Do at least in part to people gathering in large and small groups if that happens in San Francisco. We may have to choose once again between saving lives and shutting down now they do expect of course people to show up they say if you do show up try to do it early gap shopping there a lot of families in the Castro District if you have to be out and about try to do it early but then you have a party at your location and once again james and area there still urging people if youre going to a party for halloween do it in your social bubble with your immediate family or people that you see often bit dont flock to this location. No word on what they plan to do have a lot of people show up if they will disperse it, but theyre getting the word out now a couple of days before halloween. Just dont show up this one thing to handle violence. Another thing to handle a silent killer like covid19. Back to you and well put all right, thanks a lot. Well. James. We have some breaking news that were following from overnight a terrorist attack in knife wielding man killed 3 people in the french city of nice. The attackers in custody after being wounded by police near the notre dom Church Police do not believe that anybody else was involved in this attack. This was the 3rd attack in france in the last 2 months. Time now is 5. 11 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news new safety concerns over changes to Market Street in San Francisco, how the city plans to make it more bicycle friendly. And after the break firefighters make progress on the fires that are burning in southern california. They force thousands of people from their homes will have an update john and this afternoon, another one a lot like yesterday with tampa bay, comfortable temperatures and pretty mild winds too. San francisco and oakland mid 70s for you san jose into the upper 70s today. A lot of sunshine, calm winds continue. More details in your forecast ahead. And we do enjoy lots of sunshine life smooth traffic to we want to be hot spots free throughout the morning drive is that going to happen cant guarantee it, but i can guarantee a smooth trip for now into San Francisco, heres a live look tier right on time at 8 i cant believe it. What . That our new house is haunted by casper the friendly ghost . Hey jill hey kurt movies . Ill get snacks no, i cant believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on our Car Insurance with geico. I got snacks ohhh, i got popcorn, i got caramel corn, i got kettle corn. Am i chewing too loud . Believe it geico could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. Welcome back now to our wildfire coverage in southern california, the blue ridge fire burning in yorba linda. Now 23 contained after scorching more than 14,000 acres. The fire damaged at least 10 homes. All evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted so at least a positive turn there. Then theres this. Thats one burning in irvine, its now 32 contained. The fire charred more than 13,000 acres. So far since it broke out on monday and firefighters have been i should say 5 of them have been injured 2 of them, we understand earth critical condition. Southern california edison now been criticized for not turning off the power. In that area before the santa ana winds picked up edison now investigating whether it was their equipment that sparked the fire and maybe thats an example of why we should be okay with pg shutting off power here, theres an example of edison not shutting off the power and the potential their equipment sparked a fire as people try and grasp to justify the dark and trying to make us feel better even though we have to go through it right and i think were through all the gusty winds around here in the bay area, lets check in with john yeah were done with the winds and were done with the heat for a while theres no major heat wave. Nor wind event ahead of us so breathe a sigh of relief there. We love to see a little bit of rainfall at least unfortunately we also dont have of that ahead of us so just a Holding Pattern of mild and dry conditions now at least were holding on to some comfortable weather skies across the bay area are nice and clear this morning we are seeing an uptick in humidity as we do see more of a marine presence, but not enough to be blocking out the view there certainly isnt any fog blocking up the view from the Berkeley Hills looking down after day this morning as i mentioned wind speeds, nice and calm and were going to remain this way for yet another day today, a whole lot like yesterday. If you liked yesterdays weather which i think 99 of us did youre really going to enjoy today to its back to comfortable conditions. Nice clear skies and those dry skies to as High Pressure sets up shop yet again we dont expect too many changes ahead of us it is sending the jet stream well to the north this la nina pattern is pretty typical actually during la nina years, cooler weather conditions for the northern part of the United States and drier slightly warmer conditions for the Southern Tier and thats what were in the midst of in fact we are seeing deepening Drought Conditions across the bay area Drought Monitor shows you that for the north bay northern solano napa and sonoma counties are now back in to extreme drought territory in the golden hue which is most of the bay area severe drought returning while moderate conditions Still Holding on in areas like san jose and further south along the Central Coast. Todays daytime highs back to where we were yesterday 60s and 70s for coastal spots, including San Francisco. And then 70s and 80s elsewhere in the bay mostly 70s though millbrae at 77 south San Francisco at 76 today while foster city and redwood city as well as Mountain View all at 78 degrees for your highs south bay temperatures a little warmer than yesterday by around one to 2 degrees cupertino up to 79 along with san jose also at 79 today, east bay temperatures 70s in union city at 75 while dublin pleasanton on over to livermore each in the low 80s. Berkeley 74 Richmond Oakland also in the mid 70s today, low 80s from san ramon on up through conquered eventually up to fairfield and over to sonoma and youngsville while napa holds on to the upper 70s for another day. Tomorrows or rather todays temperatures at the coast in the 60s for Stinson Beach in point raise well 70s and mill valley at an i 76, lets get a look ahead at your next 7 days here so daytime highs not moving too terribly much this is a pretty steady forecast. We are going to be in mostly the 80s inland 70s by the bay and 60s at the coast now saturday for halloween do expect abundant sunshine and some 80s inland with mid 70s by the bay, maybe if youre planning something in the backyard for the kids or something now for sunday you get that extra hour of sleep. So thats the biggest thing weve got going on and whether just adjusting your clocks back an hour and going ahead and sleeping in. Robin. Thank you john will want to sleep in right now they need to get to work and if you want to beat the rush to get out there early go ahead and take that trip because its not going to stay this nice and quiet and smooth for long were checking in on the golden gate bridge, heres a live look out even see any traffic coming thro