Warm day, no doubt about it. We have three things coming together, which is heat, wind and low relative humidity levels than combines to cause fire danger. Thats where we are today, october. The winds will be picking up as we get through the night tonight. Its the north bay and east bay and santa cruz mountains. Its valleys as well. Were expecting to see the gusts at the peaks at 50 Miles Per Hour. Well see breezy conditions anywhere else. Were on the red flag warning at 11 00 a. M. There are two different pushes of rain coming our way. This is futurecast for wind were showing right now. Ill put this forward, showing you 11 00 tonight p napa is 29 hour. And thins calm down a little bit and we get the second push going into our overnight into thursday and friday. You see some of the wind again before it finally starts to relent and pull back. Looking at our current wind and peaks right now. You see were seeing the north, northeasterly flow. Rows peak at 27 Miles Per Hour. This is a textbook scenario for our dangerous fire weather conditions. Check this out, santa rosa right now, 88 degrees, we have incredible blue skies out here. We had very little influence of our marine layer this morning. 81 in San Francisco and 87 and san jose sitting at 81 degrees. The high fire danger is today and tomorrow and its on our friday. Again, its because of the heat, the wind and the dry conditions. Well see the relative humidity start to drop when we go through the night tonight when the dry wind starts moving in, that dry air mass. This is where were going, 85 in San Francisco and 90s in the north bay, we will see 95 in concord and look around the bay, places like redwood city, looking at low 90s, san jose, it will be a hot one. We have the clear skies, High Pressure is in control, thats helping the set up right now. Well be back to tell you about the extended forecast. We have relief in that and im happy to say, and well get into that in a bit, guys back to you. Thank you. Meanwhile, pg e stays it can start shutting off power for bay area customers today because of dry windy conditions. Sarah spoke with pg e and has more. Nearly every bay area county could be affected by pg es Public Safety power shut offs in the next couple of days. Pg e says its necessary while customers say its necessary. Maria has been through this before. We hope pg e will solve the problem for us. The owner of the mount claire floorests say the power shut offs dont get easier. We lose quite a bit of money, the computer is down and the online orders cannot go through, we will be in trouble. A utility spokesperson says its a last resort but they have no choice, but to potentially cut power to tense of thousands of people across Northern California because of dangerous weather forecasted dry, hot and windy conditions increase the risk of pg e pg e sparking wildfires. We want to make sure that people are safe and that were able to prevent any kind of emergency from occurring. Pg e customers and contra costa, napa, sa lerno and san mateo counties could lose power this afternoon. Theyre on the psps list, we know how difficult it is for our customers. Its not al decision we take lightly. Theyre trying to make the psps events shorter than they were last year. If power goes back theyll get it back on in 12 daylight hours. Theyre trying to cut power to fewer people. Despite smoother outage events, its tough for Business Owners who have dealt with pandemic shut downs and now this. We try to talk about our own generator, but first, too expensive for us. Secondly, we dont have enough space to install the generator in the safety condition. Thats why we have to surrender. Santa clara county is in the states orange tier. More businesses can open for indoor service. Santa clara is a go and Alameda County is taking a much different approach. We are dealing with problems, we should be done by tonight. The owner of this restaurant in downtown san jose is configuring his setup complete with partitions and is providing complimentary bags for customers to put their masks on and cleaning the restaurants. It will be the first time in seven months patrons will be allowed inside. We want people to get the sense that were becoming more normal now. On tuesday, californias Health Secretary announced both alameda and santa clara counties met the criteria to move into the orange tier or moderate level for coronavirus transmission. Were the largest county to move the state in the orange tier. Starting wednesday, Santa Clara County is allowing Indoor Dining and gyms and Family Entertainment centers at places of worship, and the capacity is no more than 100 people. 200 people will be allowed for outdoor gatherings. All businesses must follow proper protocols. Well be out there with Enforcement Teams insuring that this is compliance with that local requirement and with the local directives. In neighboring Alameda County, the Health Officer also and faced if the move to orange. They man to resume Indoor Dining and the week of october 26th at 25 capacity. Elementary School Instruction can resume. Dr. Moss is calling it a measured approach. We know from our experience in the spring not just in the county, but across california that will opening too much too fast can result in a surge in cases. Contra costa county is on track to move into the orange tier two weeks from today if the Current Trends dont change here. The county Health Director told county supervisors making it big difference and moving the face masks, they would allow bars and breweries to start serving drinks outdoors to not offer food. This would allow indoor operations and Cultural Centers could operate at 50 of their normal capacities. Across the bay, they could visit playgrounds in San Francisco and there are new rules in place to help prevent the spread of covid19 at city playgrounds. 180 playgrounds across San Francisco are open after being closed after march. They are being renovated its called lets play sf, theyre transforming 13 older playgrounds across the city. Today is so amazing and its so exciting. Because its not just that were opening all of these playgrounds. We have renovated a number of playgrounds in San Francisco, and so kids are going to have an opportunity to just enjoy something new and exciting in the city. All of the parks will have a 30minute time limit when others are present. Everyone must social distant and adults at playgrounds are limited to 1 adult per child. Still to come this noontime, more bay area schools are opening for in person learning. The negative effects that they say Distance Learning is having on the childs overall education. And the Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, more of the specific questions shes faced on day 3 of her confirmation hearing. Up the power to know before you go when you wake up with mornings on 2. You have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. Im voting yes on prop 19. Nineteen limits taxes on seniors. It limits property tax on people like me. Nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. It says so right here. If 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. I looked at moving but i cant afford the taxes. Will you help californias most vulnerable . Vote yes on prop 19. This is the day of questioning for Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court nominee. Its 9 00 a. M. On the east coast since this hearing started. Allie rasmus joins us with the update. Today is the Second Chance to ask the Supreme Court nominee questions. And they will try to move the vote forward tomorrow. They have enough votes in the full senate to confirm Amy Coney Barrett for the next Supreme Court justice and they plan to do that in the next door. If it happens theyll have the 63 majority in the court. Since theres not much to do before the election, they are asking about abortion and health care and the Affordable Care act and the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on a case that could overturn obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care act. He wants a nominee on the court to strike down the aca, you have said you have not made any agreements or statements to the contrary. However, its a cloud over your nomination because he has over and over again. I think you are suggesting that i have hostility towards the aca and i can assure you that i dont. Judicial activism is bad on either side. No matter what the preferences are in the aca, i agree you they shouldnt undermine the policy congress enacted. Throughout the 12hour long hearing yesterday, she tried to be neutral in her answers about controversial topics. Because of judicial ethics, she cant say how she would rule. She describes herself as an originalist, she has called the late Justice Scalia as one of the mentors. She clerked for him early on the year. He didnt nominate Justice Ginsburgs legacy, hes been clear before you were chosen his attempted to mold in the way of justice scale i cant. Everything he said is not what i necessarily would agree with or do as justice barrett. I share his philosophy, Justice Scalia, i would not may be reach the same outcome that he did. Republican Senate Leaders have made it clear, they consider her nomination and election as a political vehicle. This is the first time we nominated a woman unashamedly prolife and embraces her faith without apology and shes going to be the court, a seat at the table is waiting on you. This has been a long time coming. And we have arrived. And heres a live picture now of the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Hearing room. Judge barrett is sitting there, she is taking questions, each of the 22 senators on this committee had 20 minutes to ask the followup questions there. In the quite halfway through that process, and the hearing is expected to last for several hours. The Judiciary Committee will vote on her confirmation tomorrow. All right. Thank you for that. Straight back to the bay area, many of us are worried about having electricity cut and high fire danger all around. Its a tough thing when we go through this and we have been through this and october cliffs we get to go through it depend. Hopefully its the last time. I would love that. Im not sure i can deliver that promise. Were in it for the next couple of days. We hablue skies out there. Unfortunately, the side effect means the blue skies will heat up again and currently our temperatures already, look at San Francisco 9 degrees, 80 in oakland, you see upper 80s in santa rosa and concord. If you look at where this time yesterday, were running 49 degrees warmer. Were seeing the wind at our peaks. Look at mount st. Helena, 29 Miles Per Hour and 30 at mount diablo. We see this coming together. Essentially High Pressure is in control right now. Thats why we get the clear skies. Its also why we get some of this wind. If you look here, if you look at the clockwise circulation of High Pressure, you can see how this wind is aided with that set up. You get the clockwise circulation and it drives the wind offshore. Thats what were going to see as we get into tonight combined with warm temperatures today and that is why were under a red flag warning right now and it goes until friday am, valleys and hills are included in this we could see wind up at the peaks winds at 50 miles per per hills. Were under a wind advisory in marin county and napa county and that starts at 10 00 p. M. Its pinpointing the wind that is expected to be the most difficult to deal with. Current conditions show you, relative humidity levels are in the 20 to 30 range. Its going to drop. This is an indication of dry air coming our way. Highs today check it out. 95 santa rosa and 85 in sacramento and 95 in concord and pacifica, 82 for them and 80 at Half Moon Bay and you see 90s around the bay. Needless to say well be well above average and this wind, its our forecast for wind as we go through the night tonight picking up in the late evening hours and the overnight. It goes back up thursday night as you can see. Expect it at this point to be quite as extreme as the wind tonight as it is released and move on. The next three days will be difficult. We have a break of temperatures coming on saturday. Well be pulling back on saturday. Really its tonight, tomorrow night with the wind, the heat, today, thursday and friday. We get to a more seasonal pattern where we get things back to average. A word of caution to everyone. We have to help firefighters out and when we have these conditions come back together. Guys, back to you. Still to come at noon, seas almost here. The two bay area schools, theyve been given clearance and there are Safety Measures in place. State lawmakers are holding a hearing on whats next for improving the operation on the Employment Development department. Edd employees and management, theyve been asked to suggest ways to work better. They have a backlog of claims from the thousands of californians who lost their jobs during the covid19 pandemic. This is occurring during a social and economic catastrophe brought on by covid19. Some californians have had their benefits unfairly delayed or denied which is totally unacceptable. The people of california ask more of us. Today we are going the edd has been making progress in reducing thg e of u claims during the pandemic, but they say it may not be completed until january. The Santa Rosa City council have approved spending 38 million for rebuilding. Thats to help them rebuild from the tubs fire and this comes from the department of housing and urban development. The press says several Council Members have heard from developers eager to take advantage of the recovery funds and state low housing tax credits that become available next year. Two colleges will be holding football practice back on campus. Stanford and san jose state will be practicing. Theyve been working out. Officials at both colleges have promised to follow strict state and county guidelines. San jose state opens depends air force and stanfords home game is november 14th against colorado. Still to come this noontime, an alert sent to thousands of people in the bay area. Well have another round of Public Safety shut office that ail expect homes and businesses. Plus, more case and deaths and no end in site for the coronavirus surge. Ill have details coming up. At oroweat organic. We know that when we take care of the earth, the earth also takes care of us. Youd be surprised by our environmentallyfriendly way of baking breads. Our ingredients are farmed per strict usda organic standards. Our bakeries are powered by renewable wind energy. And we support environmental causes through 1 for the planet. Oroweat organic bread. Great taste thats sustainably baked. And now, introducing our super delicious and nutritious organic kids bread featuring disneys mickey mouse and minnie mouse pg e should start shutting off power due to dry and windy conditions. Every bay area county except for San Francisco and march republican is on the list for possible shut offs. Its going to spark wildfires for the dangerous weather. Many people who expect to lose electricity say theyre frustrated. The flourist in oakland said the shut offs will be another hit for the business. It will be quite a bit of money, the computer is down and the online order, it cannot go through. Well be in trouble. Meanwhile pg e suggests preparing, now, by getting water, nonperishable food and flashlights together. Keep your devices charge and make a plan if you have medical needs. Theres an interactive map of the areas likely impacted by the power shut offs. We posted a lincoln our website. Ktvu. Com. Some parks are closed today because of the weather and they may remain closed until friday. Ten parks are being closed. This is video just a short time from si ble y, people are being turned away and told they have to find another place to go. I didnt have any warning, so, im disappointed, i understand they have to be closed because people are careless and throw cigarette butts out on the ground and we dont need any more fires. And the parks could open late friday morning when the red light warning is expected to expire. Youre expecting two wind events and one will die down. The second round somebody the one well have the most concern about, thats tonight. Were under the red flag warning and a wind advisory for the north bay. Lets get to talking about and breezes railroad happening around the bay right now this. Goes from now, to 11 00 a. M. On friday. Thats because were expecting gusts at the surface at 30 Miles Per Hour if possible and 50 to 55 Miles Per Hour possible at 1,000 feet or higher. Relative humidity is going to be dry. Notice this is north bay, east bay and its up at our peaks and valleys. Ill show you w