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it means power outages could look like this. take a look. pg&e's public safety power shutoffs could kick in for the areas you see in orange in just a matter of hours. good morning again, everybody. it's sunday, october 25th. i'm liz kreutz. thank you for joining us. we have complete coverage of power outages and what you need to know about them but we're also tlracking the fire danger. we get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at the conditions. >> good morning. abruptly things will change this afternoon. right now things are fine, winds are light. there's a lot of fog out there, relative humidity is high and we're looking for this abrupt change as a dry cold front moves into the bay area. so by 4:00, the valleys will be under a wind advisory. this is going to last until 11:00 on monday. northeasterly winds 20 to 30 miles an hour. the gusts could exceed 50 miles an hour and we have weakened trees from the drought out there and also from fires, those could

be coming down due to the winds, and our red flag warning gets into effect at 11:00 in the hills, 8:00 tonight for the rest of us. this is where the winds could be blowing in excess of 70 miles an hour. by this time tomorrow the atmosphere continues to dry out and relative humidity could be in the single digits with the winds continuing to blow at a fast speed. as we look at our current numbers right now, 56 in napa and san francisco, with 55 in fremont. looking outside from our exploratorium camera, a red flag warning later on tonight, our wind advisory 4:00, but throughout the bulk of the day, it will be quiet, it will become sunny and we're going to talk about these warnings and advisories in details and also the last week of october, your forecast for that coming up. liz? >> all right, lisa, thank you. pg&e says of this morning hundreds of thousands of customers across northern california could be hit by the power shutoffs today with the

fire day so high. >> with get into the skrouz mountains and east bay, alame do county, contra costa, and into the north bay, napa, sonoma, lake and mendocino. it's a large scope. there's no doubt about it. >> pg&e says it's ready to cut power for 386,000 customers if necessary. it's not immediately clear how many in the bay area will be affected. outages will begin at 10:00 a.m. this morning and continue in waves depending on the winds. the north bay would be targeted first, followed by the east bay, then the santa cruz mountains. restoration would begin tomorrow might and finish tuesday morning. many communities in the north bay aren't waiting and already prepared for a power shutoff. but as abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez tells us, it's because they're counting on a warning system that's been going through upgrades since the 2017

firestorm. >> this is why i bought it. that's like a back yep backup. >> reporter: two generators are ready to turn on between cal mart grocery store in calistoga. in case of a public shutoff. >> according to the map i seen last night, they were shutting off half of california. that's crazy to me. >> reporter: denise schulte said they sold out of blocks of ice and had to restock bags of ice five times. she says customers are buying batteries, flashlights and candles. like many other sonoma county residents, she's and expecting the shutoff but hoping it doesn't happen. >> personally i'm tired. i've thrown a refrigerator full of food three times within the last two months. >> reporter: the santa rosa fire department added upwards to 20 engines from around the county gearing up for high winds. >> these will be equivalent if not stronger than the tubbs fire of 2017 and the kincade of 2019. >> reporter: two red flag warnings will go into effect on sunday for north bay valleys and mountains, one for

the upper elevations at 11:00 a.m. and then a second warning will go into effect at 8:00 p.m. go l go into effect at 8:00 p.m. for the valley floors. >> the last couple events we have, have stayed up high, and not transitioned down low. this one we are fully expecting the winds to transition down to the valley floors. >> reporter: lowenthal said the emergency system is better than three years ago. calistoga residents tell me the barning alerts and sirens have come a long way. >> our alert system is better. they have the big sirens going now. as soon as you hear the siren going off you know there is something up. >> reporter: for now it's a wait and see game for responders and residents. >> we are having huge fires. it's just, i don't know, you know. i'm not sure if shutting off the power is the answer. >> reporter: in calistoga, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 was at a separate battery store in san mateo county where business was booming, people are stocking up on batteries and generators ahead of time. the store supervisor told us two generators that sell the most,

2200 which can power a one-story house and a 3,000 which can power a two-story house. sometimes it's more than just a home. >> when pg&e turns the power off, they want to turn their wells on, a lot of farmers on the coast here. most people want to have their television, refrigerators, definitely refrigerators, as well as the lights and stuff like that. >> generators begin at around $1,000 and they can run on several different kinds of fuels. in the east bay the city of berkeley is taking the unprecedented action of telling some residents they should think about evacuating now before the winds pick up. abc 7 news reporter luz pena shows us some neighbors who are ready to make a run for it. >> a walking stick and a flashlight. >> reporter: it's the trail that only panoramic hill residents know about it. >> watch your step here. >> reporter: it's not open to the public, in fact, this is tom miller's backyard, but to his neighbors, it's also doctrine --

>> here is the escape route. >> reporter: built 47 years ago. >> this is a ravine on the other side of is university of california land, where there was married student housing until it was torn down a few years ago. so there are roads on the other side of this ravine that we can get to on foot. >> reporter: with the strongest wind event of the year projected to hit the bay area sunday, berkeley hills residents were urged to pre-evacuate. many, like marching tappia, i staying put for now as he plans on exit plan on the hill. >> we get traffic jams there all the time. there's no getting around it. >> reporter: in panoramic hill this is the only way in and out. i spoke to the mayor of berkeley who says they are ready to respond in case of a fire. >> fire engines on standby. we were calling in mutual aid, we have police patrols. we have a crew that's ready to deal with downed trees or downed power lines to make sure that

our roads are accessible. >> reporter: with the wind event also comes a potential pg&e psps. >> we're facing a 20-year wind event with gusts as fast as 60 to 70 miles an hour in the highest peaks of the east bay hills, and extraordinarily low humidity of zero to 5%. >> reporter: over 700 berkeley residents may lose power as early as 4:00 p.m. sunday. >> our house got a notice saying that we might lose power but i think we're, you know, preparing for that. we have some candles. >> reporter: some have gone through an emergency fire drill. >> we offered to show the route several times and groups of people have come. >> reporter: sunday will be the telling day. in berkeley, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> and there are new closures to be aware of because of the fire potential. several regional east bay parks are closed today and monday, they include the anthony chabot, till tildon, wildcattianon, lake chabot and claremont regional parks. we've complete list up on our website. some oakland schools are keeping an eye on pg&e's

forecast. here are the names could be impacted by the utility's shutoffs, 11 in total for now. the district says it will know more about the possible impact later today and the district says if the power goes out at the homes of students, they can do their work offline and report it back to their teacher the first chance they get. we will be with you for an early edition of "abc 7 mornings," our full team will be filling you in on the latest fire potential and power shutoffs, we'll be on the air to have you covered tomorrow starting at 4:30 a.m. and in the meantime, our website has a complete guide to make it through these power outages. we put together an interactive map to see if your home will be going dark and simple tips you should know to prepare ahead of time. it's up on the front page, abc7news.com. lisa, pretty calm right now but that could change in a few hours. >> yep, liz, it's going to change first in the upper elevations by about noontime. so by the afternoon, some breezy

winds in the hills, a live look outside, emeryville, where temperatures are in the upper 50s to low 60s in oakland. we are warmer everywhere this morning, due to a surface south wind so the afternoon once again cool and comfortable, until those winds pick up, our wind advisory 4:00, details next. >> thanks, lisa. a new special squad from sfpd to target hate crimes. hear how the unit will be going on the attack while helping others. plus -- >> moms are kind of deciding together that, hey, we're not going to have our kids tested for covid. >> the unwritten agreement between some parents in utah. hear why they argue against covid-19 tests for their kids. and the 2020 campaign now in crunch time. hear what message president trump is pushing to win votes and how joe biden is responding.

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welcome back. abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area, and one of the areas that we are focused on is race and social justice. the san francisco police department has created a new unit to help the city's diverse communities feel safe. this is called the community leesayson unit and mayor london breed says officers will help improve reporting of crime and support victims of hate crimes. the unit is a team of five officers from the department's community engagement division, and they will be responsible for the tracking of prejudiced based incidents, identifying patterns and helping people navigate the criminal justice system. now let's get to the coronavirus emergency, the u.s. hitting a new daily case record this weekend. california saw nearly 6,000 diagnosed cases yesterday, but the state says the jump is due to a backlog in l.a. county. the state's daily average over the past two weeks has been a little more than 3,500 cases. the recent spike is setting the 14-day positivity rate up once again at 2.9%. that number is indicative of the

transmission rate of the virus. and the u.s. set an unfortunate pandemic record yesterday. a daily high of more than 83,000 confirmed covid cases, beating the previous record set during the summer surge. abc news reporter alex bruchette tells us in many parts of the country, hospitals are getting inundated with patients. >> reporter: according to an internal memo obtained by abc news, coronavirus and deaths are rising by double digits. 39 states are reporting rising hospitalizations with 14 hitting record highs. this week missouri reported a third straight day of a record number of covid hospitalizations and highest seven-day average. medical he officials are warning a fall surge is blanketing the united states. >> a total of 36433 confirm cases since the start of this pandemic. excuse me, please. sorry.

>> it's okay. >> ohio set record highs three days in a row. this cincinnati doctor trying to put the 25 weekly deaths in perspective. >> imagine if we had a fatal bus crash every week. would we act? yes, we would act. >> reporter: the university of dayton announced one of their students died from covid-19 on thursday, just 18 years old. emergency's governor says today's covid-19 case count marks its highest daily figure since may. some doctors stating that pandemic fatigue has led to decreased mask wearing and social distancing and subsequent growth in new cases. dr. anthony fauci on msnbc saying president trump is choosing to listen to science adviser scott atlas who recently tweeted masks don't work. >> i don't have as much as scott atlas. that has been a changing situation. >> reporter: in the race for a vaccine, astrazeneca and johnson&johnson announced late

stage trials resumed in u.s. in the south bay officials are urging hundreds of students to get tested. a party on october 16th involving 200 students from christopher high school and gilroy high school. one of the people at the party later tested positive for covid. the district says its students are still all online. and it's an undercover deal kept by some parents in utah. they are committed to avoid testing their children for covid-19 so that they can keep their schools and afterschool sports open. this morning, abc news reporter stephanie ramos explains what's behind the so-called mom code. it's called the mom code, an unwritten agreement among some moms to avoid testing their kids for covid-19 in an effort to keep schools open and sports teams running. >> i heard about mom code

probably over a month ago. >> reporter: heather bremner is a parent. violence rates are skyrocketing in utah, the state setting a record this week with more than 1,500 new cases and a 15% positivity rate. still, some parents reportedly want schools to remain open, despite the risk. >> moms are kind of deciding together that hey, we're not going to have our kids tested for covid. >> reporter: she says the concept is spreading in local parent groups on facebook. some of the online posts reading "stay home, don't get tested. if your child shows covid symptoms, keep them home but do not test." >> so if there is a quarantine with a sports team or with any of the other classrooms, they're encouraging each other not to have their children tested. >> reporter: the utah department of health tells abc news "we are aware of discussions among parents discouraging testing for

their children in an effort to suppress detection of positive cases. it's difficult to determine if this talk is actually turning into action. testing is a critical element of our response. identifying cases is a key strategy to limiting the spread of disease in our communities." stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. lisa, we're not seeing the winds yet but in the next few hours. >> upper elevations but throughout the bay area, the rest of us it's late in the day. much of the day will be kind of pleasant out there and then after 4:00, that's when the wind advisory gets going and we'll get the breezy winds into our east bay valleys, and also moving across the bay area towards about dinnertime and then things are just going to get stronger from there on out. but as we start out right now, we're looking at the cloud cover and that indicates high relative humidity. the winds are out of the south and so we're slightly milder this morning, and what we're looking at is going to be a dry cold front that's going to push through the bay area, bringing those fast winds, and drying out the air. 55 in castro valley to 62 in

oakland. 58 in hayward, with some clouds around, and in the north bay, low 50s, that's much warmer for you, and even on the coast in the 50s as well. so a live look, here is our roof camera, highlights the clouds this morning, sun in the afternoon, the winds kick up late in the late afternoon, sunset, they're going to get even stronger, looking at the winds tonight, indicating the high fire danger, lasting through monday, and a red flag warning will expire for the lower elevations at about 11:00 tomorrow, continuing into tuesday, as we get a second burst of upper elevation winds throughout the monday afternoon time period. here is the low clouds, the gray sky. sunny by 10:00 in the north bay. the rest of the bay area getting swept of the cloud cover to the south of us and here is a look at the winds beginning in the napa hills. 10:00. elsewhere they're light, even into about 1:00, we've got lighter winds. they have switched to an offshore component but they're beginning to move further to the south and spreading into our

east bay from the diablo range and really start out in the sierra nevada, pushing through the cac smen toe valsacramento across the bay in the afternoon hours into san francisco. 20 to 30-mile-an-hour winds will be common in the lower elevations and through the overnight hours the strong winds, reds and purples indicate how strong they're going to be and this is 6:00 monday morning, you can see even at the coast, over 30 miles an hour, and as we go into the rest of the afternoon on monday, as the winds ease up throughout the lower elevations, still gusty in the north and east bay hills. so about i this afternoon, the winds are allowing for the atmosphere to have the relative humidity about 10% or less from napa to fairfield, throughout the 7:00 hour, it's higher here, but look at the east bay, from san ramon to livermore, just 15%, and then as we get into the overnight hours, san jose drops

below 20%, even oakland getting close to 20%. this is early into monday, and then by monday morning, yes, temperatures are cold. the atmosphere is dry. the winds are still blowing out there. 3:00 on monday, and we're still in this critical fire weather regime. so throughout the day today, the winds remain light for the most part. by 3:00, you'll begin to see, feel the breezy winds in our east bay, earlier than that in the north bay. upper 60s to low 70s for you, so it's a cool day and that red flag warning getting going. by 8:00 tonight for the bay area, and the lows tonight will be in the 50s with those winds kicking up, allowing for the temperatures to stay up a little bit. the accuweather seven-day forecast the winds later on in the day today with the 4:00 wind advisory, 8:00 red flag warning, continues into monday, so extreme fire danger, can't say it enough, and as we get into tuesday, we're still looking at those dry conditions. that's not going to change, we're just going to warm up a bit and can't get any rain in

here, liz, but we are looking at the end of the month, the time change coming up, so it's going to feel a little bit more like winter with the colder nights ahead. >> let's hope we can get some rain soon, thanks, lisa. just ahead, the future of flying. how air travel is evolving to accommodate covid-19 and the new piece of tech that you

coming up on "gma" the breaking news overnight, coronavirus in the vice president's inner circle. pence staffers testing positive for covid-19 once again calling the safety procedures at the white house into question. plus the rapper stopped by beverly hills police after a reported run-in with trump supporters pulled over live streaming on instagram. final game of the world series, tampa bay rays stunning the l.a. dodgers with a walk-off win. we'll tell you all about it. see you very soon.

a pilot program that hopes to make airlines safer and easer is headed overseas. abc news transportation correspondent gio benitez has the details. >> reporter: this morning looking at the new app hoping to change the way people fly from country to country. this week a first trial on a flight from london to newark airport, passengers taking a covid test at the airport. after 30 minutes and a text message, you've got a qr code that will verify your negative test results. paul meyer is ceo of the non-profit group. >> we're building this as a common service really for the world. that's why we're doing it as a non-profit public trust because we really do feel like we're building something that is a common good to help reconnect the world. >> reporter: the cdc and customs and border protection have said

they're encouraged by the commonpass pilot program for the first flight this week, the group enlisting volunteers to use the service. travel advisers robin and j.d. o'hara took the test at london heath row before flying to newark. basically you showed your phone whenever you needed to prove you had taken that test? >> yes, yes, when i went to board the flight, i scanned it right in, and it gave the authorization that i was covid-19 negative. >> i felt much safer knowing that everyone around me had just tested. everyone was negative. >> reporter: but it's not just test results. meyer says the system is ready to eventually process vaccination records. what happens when a vaccine comes out? is this app still relevant? >> very much so. remember there's not just one vaccine. remember there are many promising vaccine candidates. what that means is, countries who are making this decision about whether or not to let people enter the country, they need to know did this person get vaccinated, which vaccine did they get. >> reporter: gio benitez, abc news, new york. it's a sound that most of us haven't heard in san francisco in a while because of the pandemic but the cable car chime is back. ♪

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no more. i'm proud to support prop 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is responsible for the content of this ad. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. >> the bay area bracing for the worst. entire neighborhoods with no electricity, regional parks closing to people and most importantly, firefighters standing by in full force. extreme fire danger set to increase rapidly this morning, and it means lights out for thousands in just a few hours. good morning again. thank you for joining us on this sunday, october 25th. let's to get to. let's get to lisa for the latest on the fire chances. good morning, lisa. >> liz, good morning to you. we're starting without a wind advisory that goes into effect 4:00 this afternoon. the bulk of the day will be quiet with light winds but it will get breezy in the upper

elevations first and by 4:00 in the afternoon, towards sunset, that's when we're expecting the winds to get really gusty around here, out of the northeast, 20 to 35 miles an hour, but the gusts could be up to 50. we've gomt so have got weakened perhaps power lines coming down. red flag warning 8:00 tonight for most of us, 11:00 this morning for the hills of the north bay and looking at the east bay hills as well and that's where we could see not only the winds up to 60 and 70 miles an hour, but they'll be pushing down and moving into the berkeley hills, the santa cruz mountains, and stripping the atmosphere of any moisture we have at all. relative humidity dropping below 5%. noontime today, the colors indicate the best chance where we're seeing the highest elevations, the driest winds, the chance for ignitions for new fire starts, 3:00 this afternoon, mostly in the north bay, but then by 6:00, 7:00, spreading southward and eastward, and as we go into the overnight hours, we are still very, very windy out there, and

the cloud cover gets swept away quickly today, 60s and 70s out there, we'll talk in detail about how long this event will last and the look ahead for the last weekend of october next. >> all right, lisa, thank you. here say little bit more detail on what we're expecting later today with pg&e's power shutoffs. as of right now it's ready to cut power to 386,000 customers in necessary. and the city of berkeley is also urging residents of panoramic hill to evacuate before the winds pick up beforehand. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard shows us how neighbors and businesses are scrambling to and businesses in the north bay are scrambling to prepare. >> reporter: generators are firing up at action rent in santa rosa. gavin williams has only a few more models left. >> these are our 2.5 kilowatts. there's 6 kilowatt and small suitcase 2 kilowatt there, power anything as far as your

refrigerators or small appliances. >> reporter: the threat of another psps by pg&e has a lot of people getting ready. >> it's getting old. it's getting old real quick. >> reporter: village true value hardware manager kelly hossler knows what her customers need. >> everyone wants battery operated everything because a lot of people don't have generators to, you know, see. >> reporter: but kelly does. >> this one is for us. >> reporter: the store has lost power so many times a backup generator is ready to go to keep the doors open. bob lombardi was buying gas cans to fuel his generator. he's worried about the forecast. >> i'llen 76 in a week and i've never seen winds like we've in the last three or four years ever. >> reporter: firefighters gearing up at the larkfield station of the sonoma county fire district, located in the very same neighborhood which burned in 2017. and not far from other major

fires this year and last. this sign now warning all about the extreme fire threat. >> we are ready. there's no denying that our firefighters, our staff is fatigued this year. it's been a crazy year, but today our mission is to prepare. >> reporter: the captain says it's all hands on deck this weekend. crews ready to protect homeowners and property if needed. in santa rosa, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> and tomorrow morning we are bringing you a special early edition of "abc 7 mornings" to keep you prepared and informed on these weather conditions and power outages. our full team has you covered starting tomorrow at 4:30 a.m. we're posting continuous brand new updates on our website and free app. there is a tool where you can plug in your address to see if you're affected by a pg&e power shutoff and tips like how to prepare for an outage to get the most out of your phone battery on the home page, abc7news.com.

let's go tote your voice, your vote. we are nine days away from election day. a new abc news/ipsos poll finds president trump's favorability among voters is 35% and joe biden's 45%. biden is at 44% and this morning, we're learning that vice president mike pence's chief of staff tested positive for covid-19 but with the race entering the home stretch, pence is sticking to his busy campaign schedule. here is reporter kristine sloan. >> reporter: nine days out until the presidential election and the candidates are out in full force drumming up support in crucial swing states and there is word of another potential outbreak of covid-19 within the white house. abc news has learned the vice president's chief of staff, mark short, another top political

aide, and at least one additional staffer in the vp's office all tested positive for covid-19. >> we heard about him just now and i think he's quarantined, yes. i did hear about it. he's going to be fine but he's quarantined. thank you very much. >> reporter: abc news has learned the vice president and his wife have tested negative, and pence will continue his schedule, including a planned trip to north carolina, despite being in close contact with his chief of staff. meanwhile, in wisconsin, saturday night, president trump continued to push forward on his message that the country is turning a corner on the virus. >> we have the greatest testing in the world. the bad news is the fake news uses it as a means, they talk about that, mortality down, mortality rate down 85%, because what we've done is incredible. what our doctors have done is incredible. >> reporter: and in pennsylvania, joe biden called out donald trump and his response to the pandemic. >> but folks, here's what he did. he went on record as saying that he knew how dangerous it was,

knew seven times more dangerous than the flu, but what did he do? did he tell you? did he tell us? did he warn the american people? no! he didn't! >> reporter: meantime, long lines stretched outside voting centers in new york city as early voting began in new york state saturday. residents in all 50 states and washington, d.c., are now able to cast their ballots. the early voting data continues to hit record numbers across the nation with six states already surpassing 1 million votes cast in person. kristine sloan, abc news, new york. and coming up on "this week" co-anchor martha raddatz reports are to the final installment of the show's battleground series "six for the win." former new jersey governor chris christie and former chicago mayor rahm emmanuel will provide analysis and watch "this week with george stephanopolous" at 8:00 this morning on abc 7. one of the states seeing high turnout right here in

california. newest numbers show that more than 6.5 million ballots have already been cast early, that's nearly 30% of all ballots issued. hundreds of people showed up in los angeles saturday, making their vote count at staples center. now, those early voting numbers have set a state record, but the question is what's fueling this giant increase? we wanted to find out why voters are anxious to get their ballots in early this year. >> reporter: inside the santa clara county registrar of voter's office, boxes and boxes and boxes of ballots. >> we have over 218,000 that have already voted. >> reporter: that number is huge, it's three times the number of ballots they had received at this point in 2016. across the state, there's also record turnout with more than 4 million ballots already returned. >> people are excited, they want to turn out and vote. >> reporter: talk about excited, outside the registrar of voter's office, we met robin, a voter from campbell. >> i voted!

yes! everybody needs to get out here and do this. >> reporter: robin says her enthusiasm is one reason she voted early but not the only one. >> because what's happening with the voting polls, with the post office, i didn't want to take any chance. >> reporter: like robin, voter after voter today had the same concern. >> i wanted to make certain, of course there was no issues with regards to it possibly getting lost in the mail or delayed. >> we wanted to make sure it was at the central location so it would be counted. >> reporter: once you drop off your ballot you can track it. to make sure it ends up here. you can do that at wheresmyballot.com. once in the hands of the county it gets sorted and counted. how do you keep the ballots secure? >> at the end of the night, this gate locks and they connect and it's secured and cameras are on this area, this is where all the ballots are. >> reporter: despite some voting anxieties, the numbers are clear. people are turning out. for 21-year-old leilani, this is her first time for a

presidential election. >> it feels good. it's kind of scary because there's a lot on the line right now. >> and on our website right now we have you covered with all things election. there's info on how you can still register to vote and easy breakdown of each california proposition that you can use while you vote. it is on abc7news.com/election. when we get back, a new pop-up restaurant just had reservations sell out in minutes by doing something differently. why so many people were waiting and wanting to eat an airplane meal while not even leaving the ground. we will explain. ear hee and here is a live look from our roof camera over the bay bridge, sort of a calm right now before the intense winds we're going to see pick up later today. we'll talk to lisa about

all right, singapore airlines is offering a unique dining experience because of the pandemic. hundreds of people purchased tickets to sit on one of their planes and enjoy food from a popular pop-up restaurant at changi airport, restaurant a-380 offering meals from $40 to $480, some include five courses and champagne. passengers get to eat on the plane while enjoying movies right from their seat. >> this is really good. it's a new experience, and the food is good. >> the national carrier, it's been a long time since we've been on board, so it's a cool opportunity. >> i have a lot of questions. ohm half the seats on the plane have been filled to ensure proper distancing. we said it earlier, this is like a new low, what the pandemic has

done to us, paying to eat airplane food. >> a lot of stories about things happening, right, that maybe wouldn't be happening if we weren't all closed in, over the past seven months. good morning, everyone. this is our dry time of year, we're waking up to a lot of cloud cover, live look outside here from our exploratorium camera, relative humidity is up. the winds are light. we're warmer this morning but winds will kick up late this afternoon for extreme fire danger into tomorrow. red flag warnings and wind advisories, details next. >> thanks, lisa. also, next. >> jansen, that is into center field! here comes kiermaier. phillips has tied the game! >> see one of the wildest finishes you'll see in a world series game. the tampa bay rays and los

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here is a live look, looking out over the bay bridge. you can see people on the road this sunday morning. we're tracking fire danger and really strong winds around the bay area. we'll talk to lisa in a moment. in sports a huge game for the 49ers taking on the new england patriots in foxborough, massachusetts. jimmy garoppolo makes his first return to gillette stadium since being traded to the niners three years ago. kickoff at 1:25 p.m. and tonight game five of the world series with the rays and dodgers tied at two games apiece. game four of the fall classic was a classic unless you are a dodgers fan. here's chris alvarez with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> the dodgers halfway home to a title. the win l.a. could take a commanding lead over tampa bay rays. the rays had a different idea saturday night. justin turner putting the pine tar on his back. just like game three a solo

homer in the first to dead center field and 1-0, dodgers. the ball over the top of the fence. cory seager, 2-0 dodgers. turn and seager become the first teammates in world series history, four-plus hits and a homer in the same game. randy has the most home runs in a single post season ever, his ninth and the rays within a run. bottom six, as he flexes right there, rays down 4-237 brandon low three-run shot to left center and the ray also retake the lead. dave roberts shaking had head, top of the eighth. runner on, two out. chris taylor scores, -6 dodgers. bottom nine, final strike, brett phillips be a hero, base hit into right center, taylor mishandles the ball, arroza going to try to score from first, and he ultimately falls in between third and home but the throw gets away and he's in there, safe what an ending,

8-7. rays win. series is tied. oakland a's closer liam hendricks named the 2020 american league reliever of the year. he converted 14 of 15 saves with a 1.70 e.r.a., 37 strikeouts in 25 1/3 innings, ranked second in all of baseball and he did not blow a save in his final 14 appearances. the mountain west kicking off their regular season conference. san jose state opened at home against air force academy. brett brennan entering his fourth season, brent that is as the spartans head coach. late first half, air force going on fourth and goal. the defense with a big stop and coach brennan is fired up, third quarter, spartans strike first, nick starkle finds derrick deis, jr., son of former offensive lineman much the niners derek, and a fumble, jenkins recovers and that leads another connection, spartans open the season with a 17-6 win and will play new mexico in their next game.

quakes on the road in vancouver, playoff positioning on the line for san jose. 24th minute. christian espinosa perfect pass and 1-0 quakes as the goal is in. 51st minute, ali andan, tied at 1-1. six minutes later, ricketts the game winner. tough loss for san jose. the quakes currently in the eighth and final playoff spot with three matches remaining. that is your look at sports. let's send it back to you. >> all right, exciting day ahead for sports. also a busy day in terms of the weather. a lot of people on edge this weekend. >> right, we have quiet, cloudy start, and temperatures are cool in the 50s, relative humidity is up. it's not going to be until later afternoon into the dinner hour, then the winds are going to get really gusty and we have already passed on to you the advisories and the red flag warning which get under way by about 4:00 for

most of us. in the hills about 11:00, so that was the cloud cover. we'll get into some sun, it will quickly be with us in the north bay, a little bit later, the rest of us, our roof camera, 62 oakland. 57 in san jose and this is santa cruz with mid-50s, cloudy skies and kind of quiet for you today, getting in on the action later on tonight. 55 by the delta, and livermore and a look at our light winds, out of the south allowing for a bit of a warmup this morning, more cloudy to start than sunny and breezy. high fire danger turning extreme overnight. the week ahead featuring the cold mornings and the warmer afternoons. with the cloud cover early, by 10:00, it's clear in the north bay, and then you'll notice by the afternoon, we're sunny. right after that, the winds begin to pick up 11:00 in the north bay hills, around napa, you can see 10:00 it's quiet but as we get through about 1:00, the winds are blowing near 30 miles an hour here. they've switched to an offshore

component but they are light elsewhere. right on through 4:00 or 5:00, it will get a little bit breezy, north bay and east bay, and then by 7:00, the winds from the upper elevations working down to the lower elevations, and pushing through the rest of the bay area into the south bay, the coast, and here we are at 11:00, where we have gusts in excess of 50 miles an hour are likely. 30-mile-an-hour wind gusts along the coast. 6:00 tomorrow morning, we've got very breezy winds. i think the initial burst of the wind tonight will be the strongest. they'll continue through the overnight and early morning hours, and then our wind advisory i should say our red flag warning expires 11:00 for the lower elevations, second burst of wind monday afternoon, so it continues in the upper elevations, until tuesday, 11:00, still offshore winds. 3:00 today, look at the relative humidity, the moisture has been stripped of the atmosphere for the most of us, but it continues to get drier into the south bay, the peninsula. overnight through your monday

morning, we're looking at relative humidity below 10% for most of us and down throughout the santa cruz mountains. the south bay looking at even drier air working in, into your monday. so we're pretty worried about how fast the winds are blowing. it's going to be widespread. we've seen the events in the upper elevations, now moving down to the valley floor and they will be sustained for 20 to 24 hours, so not getting under way until later on today, that red flag warning cool numbers, 60s and 70s, getting a little breezy after about 3:00, but in the hills, earlier today, and then overnight when the winds will begin to abate and calm down when we get the colder temperatures midweek in our north bay valleys. the winds will keep the numbers up the next several mornings, but as the accuweather seven day forecast shows we have extreme fire danger getting under way tonight, 4:00 wind advisory. 11:00 in the morning for the hills, the red flag warning 8:00 tonight for everyone else and continues into monday, and then as we look at our tuesday

forecast, that's another burst of upper elevation wind, so the national weather service will be reassessing this and may extend the wind advisory, liz. we have to get through the first 24 hours before they can do that, and as i said, the initial burst of very strong winds, 6:00, 7:00 tonight through midnight, and if we can get through that without anything happening, that would be great news, but that's the initial highest potential would be early this evening until about midnight. >> we are really, really hoping for the best this time. lisa, thank you. next, there is something happening at ft. mason tonight, and no it's not the minions. it's a little bit more high brow. how you can see a w it's rising. the pain is coming.

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happening today, enjoy the sights and sounds of the san francisco opera with a drive-in event. ft. mason will show a 2008 performance filmed at the war memorial opera house.

98 cars are allowed but you must buy tickets in advance. it costs $49 per car and everyone ages 2 and up must wear a mask when outside of your car. you can buy food from local food trucks. cars will be allowed inside starting at 5:00 tonight with the opera starting at 6:00. that's a lovely thing to do to be safelily socially distanced. lisa, i'm glad we got the blue me memo. >> someone said dodger blue, never, never, never. want to clarify that. fire weather index shows the gusty winds starting in the north bay hills, and they'll be spreading southward across the rest of the north bay, the east bay, the red and oranges indicate extreme wind, dry atmosphere, and this will bring all the way down to the santa cruz mountains as well. so the red flag warning tonight for most of us, the wind advisory 4:00, and as we get into the rest of the week, it's cold mornings, warmer afternoons, but be very careful out there, hopefully you have a plan. stay tuned to the forecast. >> thanks for joining us.

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