Spots this morning, im glad you noted that to james because i also saw a couple of spots on the roadways. I was making my way in visibility was fine for all of us though some of these low clouds this morning definitely resulting in some of those misty views that you are seeing. But we are actually looking at some pretty calm conditions overall at least compared to where we were last week and remember those showers that we were having theres your low clouds sitting right over San Francisco now some of those are pushing right into the east bay hills and in those areas, especially as we are really running into those mysterious also an upper elevations on the peninsula. Weve had some spots out there roadways looks like it rain last night thats a lot of that mist and drizzle that youre seeing closer to the now visibility as you can see on fog cast it saying out just fine and skies low clouds that were seeing this morning well eventually clear by 10 00am to 11 00am weve got sunshine returnin
Protests and demonstrations that at times have gotten violent and destructive. Local Police Departments say theyre worried the violence might surface again on Election Night regardless of the outcome bay area businesses are either boarding up again or simply staying boarded up kron fours dan thorn is live in berkeley tonight, he joins us with more on what police have plan and what the residents are expecting to dan. Well ken and pam some bay area Police Departments say they are increasing staffing on election day and the following days and theyre also canceling any discretionary time off its been said before that this is likely going to be an election unlike any other and police are not taking any chances. Businesses throughout the bay area are boarding up or are continuing to stay that way as election day nears depending on which way the elections go police in Berkeley Oakland and San Francisco are also preparing for potential unrest by increasing staffing to help keep the peace open
The afternoon wakeup planner shows you that will as we continue to work our way through the morning were just going to get warmer and warmer and are all the sunshine and eventually will be in the 70s and 80s but amid a calm and sunny afternoon. Robin very nice. Thank you. John were checking in on the traffic and we do have a backup on southbound one oh one leaving the north bay, its because of this crash right here south 1 one after North San Pedro still active still blocking some pretty heavy out of iran would into sandra fill and then when you make it to the Golden Gate Bridge. Its going to be fine after the crash. But thats why a drive time is a whopping 48 minutes right now because of the crash and i just showed you on southbound one on one, but once again the bridge itself looks really good with no problems here heading across the span were checking in on the bay bridge toll plaza taking a little peek at 80 west, a huge improvement a minor weights right there in the middle but ear
West of grant line. We have reports of a crash there over to the right shoulder. Traffic getting busy anyway on the westbound side out of tracy. As you work towards that grant line area. Weve got some slower speeds there. Friday, so not seeing as many cars on the roadways so your travel times only about 26 minutes 205 over to 680. The good news is, eastshore freeway and highway 4 and 101 all in the green with no delays. 101 at clear field over to sfo. Thats a look at the morning drive. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are keeping our eye on several fires burning in the bay area starting off in alameda county. Fire crews making progress on this grass fire in a rural area near livermore. It has scorched more than 250 acres since it started last night near tesla and mclohl ad last report, it was about 60 contained. Luckily not many homes nearby. But we did spot some crews there dousing flames near one property. Also keeping an eye on a brush fire that broke out last night nor
Buildings there with upper 50s napa and that delta breeze up to about 30 miles an hour. We certainly have some smoke from the mineral fire from the Central Coast to the Santa Clara Valley so well notice some hazy skies today and its cloudy down along the beach. Temperatures there will be around 70. Were about 80 by noontime. Sunny skies for most, except along the coast, a few degrees cooler inland, and near 80 around the bay today. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. Lets get to the latest coronavirus headlines this morning. More than 9,000 new cases were reported in california yesterday and Officials Say the Positivity Rate is trending upwards over a 14day average. A key indicator of community spread. In the bay area there are at least 39,000 cases and 691 deaths, that count does not include san quentin prison which has 967 active cases. The only bay area county not on the states watch list is san mateo. San francisco malls and nonessential offices must be shut down by tomorrow. To the