. strong winds and low humidity are making for a dangerous combination this weekend, the next few days are projected to be the strongest wind event of the year with thousands of people getting ready to have their power shut off. good morning, everybody, it's saturday, october 24th. i'm liz kroits. lots to get to this morning. let's take a look at the weather. good morning, lisa. >> good morning, liz, starting out with a better day of the weekend today, it's going to be enjoyable, pleasant but all things turn very serious and critical. tomorrow is the high fire danger, rapidly increases. that's a red flag warning going into effect, 11:00 a.m. tomorrow in the upper elevations, 4:00 a wind advisory in the lower elevations.

gusts will be near 60 and 70 over the ridges. and at the lower elevations we'll see some very breezy winds to gusty, up to 50 miles an hour. relative humidity, 5 to 15%, that's tomorrow. right now we're at 52 in danville, 50 in pleasant hill. 53 in concord. fog in the north bay with upper 40s. it's a chillier morning out there and the relative humidity is back with us this morning. nine degrees cooler in half moon bay, two to three degrees cooler in the north bay. and the visibility anywhere from a quarter mile to half mile from napa to santa rosa. not much in terms of fog. we'll have partly cloudy skies today. and temperatures will stay on the cool side, near seasonable levels, mid-60s around noontime around the bay and inland. 50s at the coast, by the afternoon, partly cloudy skies, still with low 70s inland, upper 60s around the bay and we're looking at that sunset at 6:19. we'll go in detail about what to

expect in terms of winds and ad coming up, liz. >> lisa, thank you. this morning we are bracing for extreme fire danger with the strongest winds of the year so far, as lisa just mentioned. starting tomorrow night the entire bay area will be under the red flag warning and because of the dangerous conditions pg&e says nearly half a million customers will likely lose power in planned fire safety shutoffs tomorrow. now, nearly a third of those, about 144,000 homes and businesses in eight bay area counties could be impacted, you're looking at the map there. only san francisco will not see outages. and the city of berkeley is out with a stark warning showing just how serious this situation is. in a tweet the city is urging anyone who lives in the berkeley hills to consider leaving before sunday afternoon. of course make sure you're ready to go. have that go bag ready. at least 1,500 berkeley

homeowners around claremont and panoramic hill could lose power in the planned shutoff. in east bay the outage will affect 64,000 customers, starting at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, lights will go out from el cerrito to union city and fremont and across 680 to include dublin, pleasanton and livermore, expected restoration is tuesday night at 10:00. in the north bay shutoffs are scheduled in napa and sonoma countys. look at the yellow. you can see how many places are going to be impacted by this. in those counties, stretching along both sides of 101 from pat lieu ma to clear lake, and at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, 16,000 customers in napa county will lose power along with more than 38,000 in sonoma county. pg&e hopes to have the lights back on for these counties by 10:00 p.m. on tuesday.

also in marin county, people will be impacted. at least 19,000 customers there could lose power. the outage will start between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night, it will stretch north of the golden gate bridge up to novato, sausalito, kempfield, west over to fairfax, and several other cities. so a large portion of marin as well, expected restoration in that area is monday night at 10:00. and parts of the peninsula in south bay will have the lights turned out at 10:00 tomorrow night. more than 9,000 customers will be in the dark in san mateo, in santa clara counties, including half moon bay, and alum rock in san jose. pg&e plans to restore power there by noon on tuesday. cal fire kept crews overnight at the scene of a brush fire. the pope fire broke out just

yesterday afternoon near lower chilies valley road and pope valley road. it has burned 67 acres and it is # 50% contained. because of the dry brush and the steep terrain where the fire is burning crews are keeping an eye out or possible flare-ups. >> firefighters across the north bay are on high alert this morning. it's not just that. we've a reporter in sonoma where residents and business owners are racing to prepare. >> reporter: it's projected to be the strongest wind event of the year, bringing flashbacks of how some of the worst fires in our state began. >> this level, the last one we had was the kincade fire in '19 and the wine country fires in 2017. >> reporter: firefighters began staging in areas, their biggest concern, sunday afternoon. >> the areas we'll pay close

attention to are primarily the wild land. >> reporter: over 38,000 pg&e customers could lose power. this owner of this bar and grill says he's coming to terms with that possibility. >> either order really light or use my own home or basically have to give everything away, or take a complete loss, in a sense. >> reporter: their goal is to keep this fridge closed as long as possible. >> we're trying to stay positive and make sure the freezer stays at a good temperature. >> reporter: next door they're also staying hopeful. >> i only have one little generator so i can keep one freezer full. other than that, i'll lose it. i'd rather support and help people out and give way to the community. >> reporter: this is abc 7 news. our coverage continues in the east bay where large parts of alameda and contra costa countys will be impacted as we mentioned and as abc 7 news reporter matt boone reports it

means many east bay parks will also be closed. >> reporter: beth black and her dog osa walk around the oakland hills several times a week. she says she's not working forward to the closure. >> i think it's especially right now with covid, getting outside is important. >> reporter: starting sunday sibley park along with ten other popular east bay parks will be shut down. >> it's hard to live anxious, all the time and i think sometimes you're like when's the power going to go out. >> reporter: the dry hills and overgrown vegetation on everybody's minds. >> it's cool so it's kind of deceptive now. we're on alert. >> reporter: in alameda county pg&e says 39,000 customers could lose power starting sunday. bracing for the shutoffs, this home had a solar system with a battery installed in august. ann hoskins works with the solar company sun run. their demand has doubled in northern california since last october. >> really, over the last two months, i think customers are

all questioning how are they going to have a reliable source of electricity. >> reporter: she says sun run can install a system in a single day the demand for these systems faces other hurdles. even though this battery was installed in august, it's still not fully functional, the homeowner is waiting on permitting approval from pg&e and local agencies. >> we really need to all work better together on that to streamline that process. >> reporter: in oakland, matt boone, abc 7 news. firefighters in the east bay will be using a powerful new tool during dangerous fire weather, conair 1 is an air bus helicopter that can drop water and fire retardant. it has room to transport medical patients if needed and it will be staffed with a nurse in flight. the chopper's debut has been a year in the making. contra costa county fire crews started training in it last september. right now you can use our interactive tool to see if your home is within pg&e's outage zone, head to our website and enter your address. from there it's right up there

at abc7news.com. stay with abc 7 news and the app for the latest updates on the dangerous wind. we'll have a special early edition starting monday morning at 4:30 a.m. today is national prescription drug takeback day and officials say it's important as drug overdose deaths have increased during the pandemic. california attorney general xavier becerra says that expired or unused medications have become a greater problem than in previous years as families spend more time at home, forego care and struggle with stress. san francisco police chief bill scott joined becerra. >> we know medicine makes our lives better. when it's used properly it makes our lives more comfortable. often times it's that misuse of that medicine and particularly when it gets in the wrong hands that endangers lives. >> there are collection sites all around the bay area and state and they will be open from

10:00 to 2:00 today, last year more than 56,000 pounds were collected. all right, lisa, we kept saying we're not out of the woods yet last weekend, and here we are again. >> yeah, this is definitely going to be something that everyone's going to be on high alert for. today, though, we have a nice day to enjoy, starting out with partly cloudy skies. here's a look from our to camera, nice and clear with 54 degrees. in the 60s downtown, 70s inland. we talked about the red flag warning, the high wind watch, and it is going to last through monday. we'll get into the details and talk about more dry weather, but some warmer days into the upcoming workweek next. >> lisa, thank you. also ahead new pressure from san francisco leaders for public schools to reopen. details on the demand and the district's response. more trick than treat, covid-19 impacting candy collection in the south bay

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scott peterson case, he could face the death penalty a second time. peterson appeared in a modesto courtroom remotely from quentin. the fnpenalty phase of his tria will be retried. this summer the california supreme court overturned peterson's death sentence because of questions about the jury selection process. the conviction itself could also be thrown out in a separate challenge. and now to covid-19. california cites coronavirus cases spike in one day with more than 6,100 reported yesterday, well above the daily average. 4,300 have been reported every day. the 14-day positivity rate also rose slightly. it is at 2.8% now.

it had been at 2.5%. as we all work through this pandemic, education is just one of the handful of ways that abc 7 news is committed to working to build a better bay area. this morning there's now new pressure from san francisco county leaders for schools to reopen. according to the examiner several county supervisors, some parents demanded the district set a reopening timeline at a joint meeting last night. sfusd cites logistical issues and costs for required safety measures as barriers to reopening. the district superintendent said tuesday that the district is unlikely to bring students back in 2020. and mayor london breed blasted school officials last week for not focusing on reopening. meantime, new developments, pth drug maker paused its trials back in september after one of their volunteers developed a serious health condition. that caused the fda to review their safety precautions and make sure those symptoms weren't

brought in by the shot. late stage trials, including some here in the bay area, are expected later this year. now, your health is one of the pillars of building a better bay area, with halloween over a week away because of the pandemic many bay area trick or treating traditions are being put on hold. in the south bay, some are cancelling candy collecting all together, others are finding creative ways around it. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo shows us what's changing. feast your eyes on halloween fun from years past. downtown willow glen in san jose serving ghouls and goblins by the hundreds. this halloween, because of covid-19, a very clear message, a treasured tradition is cancelled. >> unfortunately we will not be able to have the trick or treat event on lincoln avenue this year. >> people are getting behind a joint statement by bay area health officers calling trick or treating a high risk activity but many say the impacts don't

have to be more trick than treat. >> in their guidance about halloween they were able to give us some, you know, alternate activity ideas. >> reporter: here's an idea easy to say. 400 holiday hoops of lights signal one way they plan to celebrate. >> i started posting on our neighborhood group about the hoops of light and it little -- >> leaving kids with what she hopes is a lasting memory of this less than normal halloween. >> they'll tell their kids stories about that halloween when we didn't get candy but, you know what, there were these magic magical arches of light everywhere and there were houses decorated and we came out to the street and talked to each other and laughed. that's what i love to see. >> reporter: in san jose, i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. a pumpkin patch is now open

in san francisco's fort mason. it's all outdoors, organizers promise that there is plenty of room for social distancing. proceeds raise money for programs for at risk youth in the bay area. and the patch is open today and tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. well, that sounds like a nice thing to do this weekend. i've got to get a pumpkin myself, lisa. >> definitely, i know that happens, it sneaks up on you, right. >> i know. >> all the sudden the end of the month. >> next saturday. >> no, yeah, next weekend, yes. now that we got that figured out, yeah, october is quickly coming to an end. and wouldn't you know, all the way towards election day we are not looking at any rain. so you've heard about the wind event that we are really getting ramped up for. and prepared because this is definitely going to be a big one, you heard liz talk about it, and today, enjoy it out there, it's going to be seasonable, it's going to be cool, and temperatures will certainly be cool through the next

here's a look at live doppler 7. the fog is beginning to fill in in parts of the north bay. it will be filling in along the shoreline. and temperatures right now are chilly out there. check out those 40s, 46. good morning to you, half moon bay, 47 in napa. 57 in hayward. low 50s in danville. and looking at our fire weather index. today we're fine. we're skipping ahead to 10:00 tomorrow. and the colors indicate the likelihood of fire starting and spreading. as we get to 10:00, we're with the light colors. but by 3:00, look at these yellows and reds. this is 3:00 tomorrow and you can see how the winds follow as they spread through the north bay into the east bay. so all the sudden we're in this dark shading by 6:00 on sunday, more colors here into the diablo range and continues into 10:00 sunday as we get into your early monday. those plummeting values of

relative humidity and those downsloping northeast winds, over the entire bay area. live look outside right now, exploratorium camera, the winds will begin to ramp up dping tomorrow afternoon. so by sunset we will have some gusty winds at the surface, and this is going to last through tuesday. colder mornings and warmer days next week after we get beyond this event. so here's a look at the fog footprint today, you can see it tries to pull back in the afternoon but we'll still be left with the clouds along the marin county coastline, san mateo coast and partly cloudy to mostly sunny elsewhere. 5:00 tomorrow night, notice the lighter shades here, this is the higher relative humidity, 20% to 40% to 60%, san francisco very dry here in the inland valleys but look what happens as the winds come into play. all of that moisture, with the little bit we have, is just wiped away and we're talking relative humidity overnight, 8:00% down to 11:00%.

12% santa rosa. 20% in oakland. down to 4% as we get into monday morning and the values are very low into the east bay and south bay as well. we're pretty concerned about this. as we look at the wind profile 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, here are 30 mile an hour gusts from middletown to calistoga. it gets stronger, 6:00, looking at 30 to 45 mile an hour winds and it gets going across the entire bay area before 11:00, but by 11:00 we have these winds, gusty winds from the upper elevations to the surface around the bay area, you can see 36 mile an hour wind gusts, half moon bay near 34 mile an hour in hayward. it's the strongest event we have seen since 2017, and with those relative humidity values just about nothing and dew points below zero it's really going to be an historic, dry event. really pay attention, be careful. today, 66 in richmond, 68 in oakland, looking at 64 san

francisco, 72 in san jose. and the accuweather seven-day forecast, we have a nicer day today, with 50s along the coast, upper 60s bayside, mid-70s inland. a red flag warning begins 11:00 in the hills tomorrow morning, lasting through tuesday morning and our wind advisory, 4:00, tomorrow afternoon, for the lower elevations, lasting through monday morning. and we're looking at tuesday, the winds easing up, and then that's when we get into some warmer afternoons, those colder nights but still it's beginning to be dry out there. unfortunately this is the setup that we were all fearing, since we had all those fires so early in the year. so we really have to pay attention. >> yeah, we will cross our fingers that things go well the next few days. lisa, thank you. >> just ahead, some bay area musicians are making sure the pandemic doesn't

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fraud by cutting payments to suspected scammers. however, legitimate claims are now getting swept into the crackdown. many people are coming to "7 on your side" for help and michael finney has been covering this issue for months. here's more on the latest problem. >> i'm hearing from unemployed workers about an e.d.d. problem. they go to use their debit card and it doesn't work. >> all of a sudden, literally just this weekend, the money got taken away. they froze my account and took my money. >> reporter: anthony lost his job, at lucky strike bowling alley when the pandemic shut it down. he'd been collecting unemployment ever since, until the edd took it back again. >> and the really weird thing is i didn't get informed about any of this. >> reporter: anthony discovered something was wrong when he tried to pull $20 off his edd debit card. it was blocked. >> then i talked to the bank, and they were like, oh, we can't help you, that's an edd card.

you have to call edd services. >> reporter: but no one at the edd could explain why his account was frozen. >> i was like, okay, so how come my card's frozen, you know, bank of america says only edd can do that, and then they said no, bank of america can do that, actually, and it just went back and forth. >> reporter: eventually the bank did unfreeze his account. look what happened to his money. it went back to the edd, one payment at a time until all his money was gone. >> it was exactly $10,000, in different increments but it all added up to $10,000. >> reporter: anthony contacted edd and the bank. >> they both say there's no problem with my card. and so since there's no problem they couldn't help me but i was like clearly there's a problem if i'm missing $10,000. >> reporter: anthony believes his account was flagged by the edd for fraud because a scammer stole money off his card several months ago. the bank did replace the fraudulent withdrawals and he thought the problem was fixed,

until now. he wants his money ack. >> i pay taxes and i work, and it's not fair to me at all. >> reporter: we reached out to the edd, and state senator scott wiener who represents his district. within days all that missing money popped back in to anthony's account. the edd did not explain what happened, but in a statement it said edd currently knows of 350,000 debit cards that have been frozen due to various fraud indicators. the department's top priority is to quickly verify the identity of any claim ants that may have been impacted by scammer attacks. while we shut down potential fraudulent claims. >> it makes me think that, like, if i didn't reach out to you or i didn't speak to anyone else i would have never seen the money again. >> reporter: the edd is doing you will it can to keep from shutting down legitimate accounts while fighting fraud. if this happens to you, let me know about it here at abc 7.

i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." a concord girl is singing her way into our hearts. valeria is 5 years old, battling a heart condition since she was born. but according to her mom she doesn't let anything stop her. >> it's joy and it's blessing to have her with us and to rejoice every single day that she's with us. >> valeria also has a passion for singing. her wish to perform in front of a big audience and now make a wish is helping with that. here's valeria rehearsing on the tam ron hall ♪ >> so cute. valeria will tape a performance this weekend in the bay area theater, singing "how far i'll go" from the movie moana. a group of musicians in san

francisco is providing people with a sound track for friday evenings in hayes valley. the performers that you see belong to the orchestra of the san francisco ballet but because of the pandemic they can't perform inside the war memorial opera house, one musician says the performances, quote, come from their hearts, they'll be back next friday night at 5:30, taking donations at the same time. still to come on abc 7 mornings as winter months are fast approaching health experts are warning the u.s. is headed in the wrong direction in covid-19 cases. the final stretch to election day. millions of americans have cast their ballot for the next president. more on the record numbers in

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those power shutoffs this weekend. we are going to get right back to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at the forecast and high winds and fire danger, lisa. >> yeah, liz, this is all going to begin for your sunday, 11:00 in the upper elevations. today, though, things are quiet, looking at just a little bit of fog there along the coast. you're looking at our wind advisory, the beige color from 4:00 tomorrow through monday 11:00 and the red. closer look at that indicates our red flag warning for the entire bay area. and this is really going to get going before sunset, between 6:00 and 7:00 tomorrow evening through about 11:00 is when we'll see the winds gusting in excess of perhaps 50 miles an hour. lower elevations, 70 miles an hour upper ep visions, it's 52 in sunnyvale. partly cloudy elsewhere, and looking at numbers on the cold side from the coast, 46 half moon bay, 47 in novato and that's colder this morning, compared to yesterday.

anywhere from two to three to 11 degrees chillier. looking at the fog from santa rosa to napa, getting into the partly cloudy skies through the rest of the later morning hours. 9:00, you can see the footprint of the cloud cover in the north bay to the east bay and by noontime we're in the 60s and it's going to stay seasonal throughout the afternoon. pretty nice day out there and we'll detail your sunday outlook coming up. liz? >> lisa, thank you, the bay area on high alert all weekend. firefighters are putting their best teams and tactics in place to get ready for those gusting winds and low humidity. in the north bay we toured one cal fire air base, their crews say their air tankers are ready, stocked up with 1,200 pounds of fire retardant. a tanker is loaded with 3,000 gallons of water standing by ready to go. with all the heavy artillery, one homeowner is worried for the worst. >> it seems like we're the only community in napa that hasn't burned and that makes me very nervous.

there's a lot of -- there is a lot of fuel in our neighborhood. once a fire comes through here there's nothing stopping it. >> again, pg&e is warning a public safety power shutoff is likely, even as early as tomorrow morning, for 143,000 customers in the bay area. and you can check to see if your neighborhood will be affected and ways to prepare right on the front page of our website. it's at abc7news.com. all right, getting to the latest in the pandemic, health experts are warning we're headed in the wrong direction as winter approaches. much of the country is seeing a rise in cases in hospitalizations. some hospitals are overwhelmed and some areas are now reimposing virus related restrictions, here's reporter christine sloan. >> chicago cracking down once again as says cases surge. a curfew implemented for non-essential businesses, illinois's top doctor breaking down friday while announcing the state's rising covid-19 numbers at a press conference. >> we are reporting 3,874 new

cases. for a total of 36433 confirmed cases since the start of this pandemic. excuse me, please. >> reporter: patients pouring into northwestern memorial hospital. >> people are fatigued, they're tired of covid. >> reporter: the troubling trend seen across much of the nation, more than 83,000 new covid-19 cases in the last day alone. according to the covid tracking project. the highest numbers since july. deaths topped 1,000 for the last two days straight. in utah health care workers overworked and overwhelmed. >> some days you go to work and you really hope that someone doesn't pass away on your shift. >> reporter: 14 states have hit record hospitalizations this week, including oklahoma. 25-year-old bethany walters says after a week in this oklahoma city hospital breathing is still

difficult. >> it's hard to -- i hope nobody else gets this sick. but hang in there if you do. >> reporter: new research from the university of washington says universal mask wearing could save nearly 130,000 american lives through the end of february. saying face masks can reduce transmission of covid-19 by roughly 40%. christine sloan, abc news, new york. >> and covid-19 is also wreaking havoc on college campuses across the country. a "new york times" survey shows universities are struggling to control major outbreaks. there are more than 35,000 cases just this month. more than 75 people have died on u.s. campuses, including one 18-year-old student yesterday at the university of dayton. they have 214,000 cases on campus, regarded asan undercount. some colleges have stopped giving updates.

fans get excited, you will soon be able to enjoy more shopping at the park. buttia vista street in california adventure opens next month. an exact date has not been announced. three stores will open plus three caves and restaurants, vending carts will be selling ice cream andture rows, and all guests will have their temperature taken before entering the park. everyone 2 years and older must also wear a face covering. disneyland and the rest of california adventure will remain closed. disney, ochk, is the parent company of abc 7. new election day, ten days away now, more than 52 million votes have been cast already across the country. that's 5 more than all of the early votes four years ago. abc news white house correspondent rachel scott has more. >> reporter: record shattering turnout across the country. more than 52 million americans have already voted. voters of virginia trying to stay cool. in south carolina, this man waiting an hour and a half to

vote. >> i'm fine. i'm fine with the wait. i'm retired. so what the hell, i have time. >> reporter: in california, election officials unsealing thousands of ballots, preparing them to be counted on election day. six states already surpassing 1 million in-person votes. texas topping the early voting list with more than 6 million cast by mail and in person. across the state, curbside voting, cars packing into parking lots. here in the battleground state of florida the president touching down to rally senior citizens. >> tomorrow morning i'm voting here, as opposed to sending it in. you know, those mail-ins. i like being able to vote. i'm old-fashioned, i guess. >> reporter: as residents headed to the polls with their minds made up. >> i voted for president donald trump. >> i voted on the biden/harris ticket. >> reporter: older voters are more likely to turn out and have leaned republican every election since 2004. in the final stretch seniors appear to be shifting towards biden. in the nation's largest

retirement community these registered republicans tell me they're backing the former vice president and that last night's debate did little to move the needle. >> he's done too much damage to this country. >> how would you rate the president's handling of the pandemic? >> is there a number less than zero? >> reporter: the trump campaign knows if they lose florida they're likely to lose the entire election but the president is spending the final days of his campaign on defense, campaigning in states that he won back in 2016, but democrats think they could have a shot at winning here too. in fact, president obama will be on the ground here in florida campaigning for joe biden. rachel scott, abc news, the villages. >> and since today is early voting day in the u.s. facebook is putting together a bipartisan chat on how to vote safely and securely. two secretaries of state, democrat alex padilla from here in california and republican brad raffens burger of georgia will join the conversation. the company has been ramping up links on its site and instagram,

getting americans aware how to vote early by mail or in person. we have a complete voter guide for you to do that on the front page of our website. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, dozens of san jose residents have somewhere to ride out the pandemic. we'll take you inside the new transitional housing community. and here is a live look outside. looking out over the bay bridge this morning here in san francisco as we head to break. we are following these red flag warnings across the entire bay area starting tomorrow night. we'll check in with lisa when we we make it a mission to understand how you live. then, we make choices. ♪ ♪ choices to make beautiful homes smart, which is beautiful. ♪ ♪ we also make beautiful things more affordable.

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a surf instructor is hiring unusual side kicks to teach his classes. he's using goats out there on the waves. he runs a beautifully abled surf camp for kids and adults with special needs. one trainee has downs syndrome and she was inspired by the

animal's ability to shred. >> i like the goats. >> she's just so joyful, you know, and she's so enthusiastic. and she just brings so much love and joy to the beach. >> so sweet. annika's parents say she inspires them with her perseverance with something that's challenging for anyone. the camp called surfing fwogoat runs three to five times a year. >> the san francisco zoo is sharing good news, mocky the ringtailed lemur is back at home with his primate pals after being abducted. here's photos of him relaxing in the lemur forest. he's getting stronger after vanishing from his home last week, stolen from his home. a 5-year-old boy then spotted mocky at a preschool in daly city. san francisco police arrested a man they believe broke into the zoo and stole mocky.

we are so happy, lisa, that is good news that mocky is doing well and back home. >> oh, yes, very happy about that. and happy about the quiet day today, you can prepare for our very strong wind event, with low relative humidity arriving tomorrow, and lasting for about two to three days for some of us. here's a live look outside, emeryville right now, where temperatures are in the 50s over into oakland, fog in the north bay, and 40s along the coast. so a seasonal day today. but that's all going to change as we get into a very dry weather regime beginning tomorrow, bringing in critical fire weather for the entire bay area. stay tuned, my accuweather seven-day forecast is next. >> thanks, lisa, also next, the 49ers will be celebrating a special holiday tomorrow in foxborough against the patriots. we'll have the details on that

college football returns to the bay area tonight.

san jose state hosts air force. no fans in attendance. kickoff at 7:30. cal and stanford's first games are scheduled for november 7th. also tonight game four of the world series, the tampa bay rays will try to even the series against the los angeles dodgers after dropping game three last night. here's casey pratt with the highlights in this morning's sports. the rays and dodgers entered game three tied at one game apiece. cam at a bay had charlie morton on the mound. rays thad this one in the bag, right? think again. solo home run to left and dodgers are going to jump out to an early 1-0 lead. the dugout is loving it. two outs, two on, smokes the ball to center. the dodgers with a 3-0 lead now. dodgers starter walker buehler and his magnificent leg kick didn't allow any hits -- one run, three hits. sixth inning, morton out of the

game. austin barnes with a two out homer to center, the 50th rbi with two outs for the dodgers this postseason. that's a new record. the dodgers win it 6-2 and take a 2-1 series lead. >> i know you guys have a lot on your minds these days so you might have forgotten about a certain major holiday that happens the last sunday of every october. >> it's national punting day. >> here ye, sunday is the second angle yule national tight ends day. george kittle didn't come up with this, it was actually jimmy garoppolo. >> i was trying to get the guys fired up. declaring it national tight end day and now it's a holiday. congrats for those guys. >> tim pretty sure it was a day that all the tight ends were active and so jimmy g. was like, what is it, national tight end day, it's a holiday, man, national tight end day, rolled with it and that was our first annual 9ers national tight end day but in my opinion every day is national tight ends day. >> former raiders wide receiver

antonio brown has found yet another new home. reuniting with tom brady who he briefly played with in new england. brown and the bucks have agreed to a one-year deal, not el scribble to play until week nine. i know halloween is the next holiday but christmas my actually come early for warriors fans, according to reports the nba is considering a pre-christmas start. they're eyeing a 72-game season, of course the nba has played indoors and arenas, no fans will be expected at first. and san jose state is bringing college football back to the bay area today. i hope you have a great weekend. i'm casey pratt. >> let's get another check of the weather with lisa argen. the red flag warnings, lisa. unfortunately, very reminiscent of many fires that we've had around here the past couple of years, with dangerous low relative humidity, and some very strong gusty downslope winds arriving tomorrow afternoon for most of us earlier in the upper elevations, here's live doppler 7 where there is

some fog in the north bay. also along the coast. and the numbers are quite chilly here from half moon bay, 46. it's 53 in pacifica, belmont, 52 for you, 47 in redwood city, more fog up towards napa, santa rosa, 53 in san ramon, 55 in half moon bay. winds are ramping up, starting tomorrow afternoon, strong and gusty winds early tuesday, colder mornings and warmer days getting into the final week of october, with no rain in sight, right through election day. looking at our fog this morning, in the north bay, along the coast, and it fills in, a little bit along the san mateo coast, pulling back by later on in the afternoon so we'll have mostly sunny skies, inland partly cloudy, elsewhere, and looking at temperatures pretty seasonal, and the fog is going to stay with us, bringing the relative humidity up for the short term tonight into early sunday so let's look at our fire danger index, beginning tomorrow

morning, here are the colors, indicating how fast fires could spread in the indication of where conditions will be most ripe and as we get into 3:00 in the afternoon tomorrow, look at the yellows and the reds, beginning to spread from the hills of the north bay across the north bay into the diablo range. this is 8:00 sunday night, we are into the red flag warning at this point, and those darker shades indicate those very gusty winds, and it just continues to overspread the entire bay area. here we are, 5:00, still under the high wind -- it will be a high wind warning by then and the red flag warning. as we look at the relative humidity 5:00 tomorrow night it's already low. single digits in the north bay. but look what happens here. we're about 67%, san mateo, 52% in hayward. as the winds come into play, 1:00 in the morning, monday, we're down to about 19% in hayward. it's already dry, getting even dryer with, you can see, these dew points, this is the relative

humidity at 4% in napa, 14% in santa rosa. the winds are fierce, upper elevations to the surface as well. 1:00 in the afternoon, 30 mile an hour wind gusts, calistoga, purple shades indicate stronger winds and they just spread all across the bay area. sunday night into monday. this will go probably the strongest winds getting going 6:00, 7:00 tomorrow night, right on through about 11:00 sunday night. 73 today in concord. 68 in oakland, look for 70 in palo alto and the accuweather seven-day forecast, looking at that red flag warning going into effect tomorrow. into monday morning, things getting quieter by tuesday morning, and that's when that dry air brings us very cold mornings, getting warmer in the afternoon, though, throughout the middle of next week. liz? >> lisa, thank you, as the pandemic continues to worsen the economy, many are struggling to make ends meet. governor newsom announced $200 million for new funding for his home key initiative, converting

hotels and other buildings into housing for the homeless. another solution is finding ways to find more housing, able to check out in san jose. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story. >> in san jose governor gavin newsom got a firsthand look at the area's newest emergency interim housing site for the homeless. >> we are not walking away from our commitment, not taking our eye off the ball at all. and we are weathering the current economic storm. and we're doing more than we've ever done in the history of the state. >> near the intersection of monterey andber nell, more than 70 supportive housing units are open to serve some of the most vulnerable members of the community, a project made possible by state and local funding. >> when i came here i was so amazed -- >> reporter: sandy a former teacher with a masters degree has been homeless for nearly six years and says she was sexually assaulted while staying in a shelter. she's hopeful she'll be able to

transition from here to a permanent home. >> we were being treated like people, okay, not a statistic. >> reporter: the project built in just four months is one of three citywide that will bring more than 300 units online coming months. >> we're trying to think differently about this challenge and these three projects offer us an alternative. we're going to need a lot of tools in this tool box to combat homelessness. >> reporter: this site is being operated by home first and connecting residents with the services they need to be successful. >> reporter: 24/7 security, 24/7 staffing and aest ho of staff, clinicians, certified counselors, drug and alcohol, as well as case managers, who around the clock are able to support individuals living here and finding permanent housing. >> reporter: these steps, just starting point in a long road ahead. >> i'm not naive about the magnitude of the challenge that preexisted this crisis and nor am i naive about the magnitude of the challenge that's in front of us as relates to a recession.

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so you don't wait for life. you live it. this is abc 7 news. strong winds and low humidity are making for a dangerous combination this weekend, the next few days are projected to be the strongest wind event of the year with thousands of people getting ready to have their power shut off. good morning, everybody, it's saturday, october 24th. i'm liz kreutz. thank you for joining us. we're going to start with a quick look at the weather, and what we can expect this weekend with those red flag warnings. lisa? >> hey, liz, good morning to you. today will be nice. we'll have some typical fall-like weather with temperatures on the cool side, and tomorrow things really get kind of serious, but as we look at live doppler 7 we're looking at the fog in the north bay, it is