good morning on this october 26th. everyone wondering about the dangerous wind conditions. let's get to abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. >> all right. hi, everybody. let's talk about what's going on. red flag warning, nothing has changed here. 11:00 for the lower elevations and the coast. 5:00 tomorrow afternoon for our higher elevations. we've had 70-mile-per-hour winds, those are hurricane and severe thunderstorm thresholds. most dangerous winds will go through 11:00. from 8:00 to 10:00, we'll see another real strong burst of winds, maybe even faster than what we're dealing with right now, 46 in napa. 43 in fairfield. 30 in hayward. 34 in san francisco. 22 in san jose. up in the higher elevations, 55 in diablo, 36 in st. helena. the worst of it is still ahead

of us. >> thank you, mike. firefighters put out a small grass fire along interstate 580 alonging along regatta boulevard in richmond. fires were reported in castro valley and healdsburg. firefighters worked to stop these fires quickly before they could reach homes and other buildings. >> because of the dangerous fire conditions pg&e cut off power to more than 106,000 people across the bay area. people in the north bay were some of the first to go dark. lauren martinez is live in mill valley. >> here in mill valley you can see some degree in the strebris.

restaurant owners at tip's roadside in kenwood were angry after they lost power an hour before they were told it was scheduled to be shut off. they hope they don't lose what's on ice in their freezer. >> a couple weeks ago, we lost all the food in there. it was probably 15,000, $20,000. >> everything is so much harder now because of covid, fires, power outages. it's just -- you know, everybody is saying i can't wait for 2020 to be over. hopefully, you know, '21 will be much better. >> at one point 24,000 customers were affect ted here in sonoma county. reporting live from sonoma, lauren martinez, abc7 news. in the east bay, lower winds

and higher humidity are creating a higher fire danger. those are the ones shaded in orange. there's a stretch running from richmond down to el cerrito and another one in the highway 24 corridor. amy hollyfield is live in lafayette this morning with what's going on there. >> it's very dark here in lav ye lafayette. this whole strip, lots of breakfast and coffee issues gone this morning, the options. but over there, the whole foods is lit up really standing out with all of its lights on. they tell me they have two generators keeping them with power this morning. really going to extreme measures to stay in business today. firefighters say they are ready in the event that this wind does spark any fires. they have crews and they have

gear on stand by ready to go, including two helicopters based at buchanan field. they can be up within minutes if the weather is cooperating, of course. >> it depends on how close the fire and water source are together, but with the helicopter, especially a light helicopter like this, you like to have a close water source. so you can make a lot of drops. >> something to keep in mind if you're heading out this morning, it is so dark. a lot of traffic signals are not working. approach those intersections carefully, treat them as four-way stops. don't assume it's normal out here. it's not. it's dark, it's windy and it's cold. check on your neighbors. if you have power, others may

not. these businesses don't have power. so just keep in mind, a neighbor might need you today. they might need a cup of coffee or a charge for their iphone. reporting live in lafayette, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. we've been updating the situation with the abc7 news app including this push alert that we sent less than an hour ago. you can track the wins with live doppler 7 and get breaking news updates for where you live. coming up, the campaigns counting down to next tuesday. the bay area wasting no time casting their ballots. we'll show you how stunning the turnout has been so far this year. plus be careful where you park in oakland because soon it will cost you. we'll tell you what the city is going to be announcing today. and look at how dry these humidity levels are. from 5% in danville to 8% in santa rosa. one of the many reasons we're in the thick of our hardest part of this fire danger right now.

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merge. the snow is dampening the dry fuel but also making operating equipment more dangerous. can we just have something positive without a negative? homeowners are worried the cold temperatures can damage pipes. the two fires burned more than 400,000 acres. we're not in this alone. we have other folks dealing with almost as bad a situation as we're dealing with. let's look at our fire danger, right now everybody is very high to high in the higher elevations. some of that yellow is creeping down into our lower elevations. as we head through time, at least by 2:00, you can see the santa cruz mountains are out of the high for now. with the high to very high in the east bay hills, the diablo range and the extreme, the worst category for fire index continuing across the north. as we head to bed tonight at 11:00, still high to very high in the east bay hills, the diablo range in the north bay, even sparking extreme at times

in the north bay through tomorrow morning. then by 5:00, when the, when the warning ending for the higher elevations, so does the fire danger. 50 tos to 62 on the peninsula. most of us in the 50s to 60 because of the winds out there. activity planner will be difficult if you don't have power to get anything done today. >> all right. thank you. you will have to keep an eye on where you're parking -- >> we're looking at a traffic map right now. looking at our traffic maps. it's mostly green as you can see, a little bit of red. there was an accident westbound 84, car into a ditch off the roadway, slow near little valley road there. also slow out of tracy, westbound 580 tracy into dublin. high winds are affecting your commute this morning. all bay area bridges, debris in

lanes. we had a tree partially down in oakland, westbound 580 near high street. just be cautious this morning if you're out and about. >> thank you. you will soon have to keep an eye on where you're parking in oakland again. today oakland will detail the return of its street cleaning and parking enforcement on city streets. it will start up again two weeks from now on monday, november 9th. you have been warned. libby schaaf and other city leaders will give a full explanation of what you need to know at a 10:00 a.m. news conference today. just ahead, when the city meets the country. see the california town where a group of cowboys saddled up on horseback to encourage neighbors to vote. plus neighbors to the rescue. a young and die-hard san francisco giants fan lost a prized collection in the creek wildfire near fresno. the touching way

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most urgent thing to know this morning is what is happening with our fire danger. one of the top stories at abc7news.com right now. and that is not surprising because thousands of people are in the dark, no power because pg&e has cut them off to reduce the risk of wildfire. the utility says the purple triangles represent nearly 107,000 bay area customers that are currently without power. and most of those areas won't see the lights on until at least tomorrow. pg&e is opening community resource centers to help residents with charging devices, getting connected to wifi and air conditioning or heating. they'll provide water and snacks and some have electric car chargers. sonoma county decided to cancel distance learning because of the power outages. guerneville, kenwood school districts are all closed today. you can get the latest information on abc7news.com. president trump plans to make three campaign appearances today with rallies across the

battleground state of pennsylvania. joe biden has no events planned. but vice presidential candidate california senator kamala harris will be appearing on "the view" at 10:00 a.m. on abc7. with eight days to go until election day, more than 1.7 million bay area residents have already voted. california has mailed ballots to every registered voter this year because of covid-19. in order to count mail-in ballots they have to be signed, dated and post marked by election day which is november 3rd. in los angeles, more than 50 black cowboys rode through the streets of compton on horseback to encourage people to vote. the cowboys wore leather jackets and ten gallon hats as they delivered their votes to the ballot boxes yesterday. they call themselves the compton cowboys. they're part of an organization that uses horseback riding and equestrian culture to make a positive impact on inner city youth. cal fire crews stepped up to help a young giants fan whose

baseball card collection got burned during the creek fire in fresno county. 9-year-old reese osterburg has been collecting baseball cards for two years. he's part of a group of kids who lost their homes and hundreds of cards. >> i was sad because i'm a huge fan. my favorite one in the collection was buster posy. >> now cal fire crews are leading the step up the play campaign to help these kids rebuild their collection. >> the first question some of the kids asked were what about my baseball cards? this is real near and dear to their heart. this is an opportunity for us to help them out and replace some of those cards they lost. >> there's been an overwhelming response across the central valley. chief brown says donations can be dropped off at any cal fire station. >> i love that. they've been through enough already. sometimes it's the little things. >> she looks so sweet. i want everything for her, mike.

>> yeah. that's tough, isn't it, when you lose stuff like that? let's best out of this weather forecast. it's 47 on tam. you can see there's colder air lurking above us this morning. the winds are blowing out of the north-northwest 12 to 30 miles per hour. you can see the camera bouncing around there. for today, sunny and mild with our highest fire threat during the morning hours. it will be mainly cooler with the fire threat moving into our upper elevations as we head into the overnight hours and this weekend it's really looking nice. here's a look at that area of high pressure that is steering that -- that steered the dry cold front through yesterday. could you tell when it came in? winds picked up, temperatures started to drop a bit. now it's bringing us a strong offshore event with these critical weather fire conditions. look at that dry air on top of us. we're in the bowl of some of the driest air out there across the world right now. breezy and mild this afternoon.

temperatures will run into the 70s. mid to upper 70s, with upper 60s and low 70s along the coast. tonight, lots of 50s out there. you can see livermore, fremont, san jose, morgan hill up towards santa rosa, lake port, cloverdale and ukiah, 30s and 40s there. expect colder conditions wednesday morning. with the sunshine and dry air, we'll warm back into the 60s at the coast. the rest of us in the upper 70s. that will continue again thursday. friday, the marine layer comes back. finally some humidity in the air. we'll have morning clouds give way to afternoon sunshine. temperatures above average through the holiday weekend. set your clocks back. we get an extra hour's sleep saturday night. >> thank you. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 on abc7. >> ginger zee has a look at what's ahead. >> hey. great to be with both of you this morning. coming up on "gma" on a monday, we're covering that outbreak at the white house. vice president pence not slowing down despite five members of his

inner circle testing positive. the white house chief of staff, too, coming under fire for saying we're not going to control the pandemic. ahead a staggering number of covid cases. you know the average number of new cases over the past seven days is the highest yet. lots of concern going into winter. hospital beds filling up. we have a report from el paso, again, and a new study showing how much of a difference it would make if almost everyone wore a mask. i think we knew that. and halloween just days away. this year is going to be different than any before. so we'll show you how some families are getting creative with their celebrations and the steps that you can take to trick or treat safely. finally, it's the countdown to the new episodes of "the mandalorian." yes. we will speak to one of the stars and it's not baby yoda, but i'm just warning jon favreau if baby yoda is not in every scene my boys will be disappointed. kumasi and reggie? >> no baby yoda.

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all right. looking at the current winds out there. this is at the surface. you can see dangerous 39-mile-per-hour at fairfield, 46 in napa. 37 in san francisco. we've seen winds up to 73 miles per hour on mount diablo. that is the top end of tropical

storm-force winds. just a couple more miles per hour, you have hurricane force. 58 in oakland last evening. that's the threshold for a severe thunderstorm. amazing the winds we've had so far. >> mike will continue looking at it. the sf marin food bank is putting out an urgent call for volunteers and donations because they're so low in supplies for the holidays. of course the pandemic is making things worse. according to the marin ij, the food bank has 60 open slots for volunteers at the san rafael warehouse and 38 slots to work at six pop-up pantries in the county. they especially need help during the weekdays. officials say the sf marin food bank is serving about 60,000 households every week and that is nearly double the number it was helping before covid-19. new at 6:00, with the winter months pretty much around the corner, restaurants are trying to figure out how they can have people dine outside in cold weather areas. restaurants are thinking ahead.

some owners in colorado are building enclosed patios, putting in heat lamps because snow has already arrived. >> you don't really want to be snowed on when you're ordering a lovely entry dish. we talked to many other restaurants around the city, they're doing things like building enclosures and outdoor spaces, or indoor/outdoor combinations. >> back here at home so far san francisco has not issued updated guidelines for dining out during winter. restaurants can now operate indoors at 25% capacity. i think this is important because i was -- i was sitting outside eating throughout the whole weekend, and i was still chilly and i'm like it's going to get colder. they had lamps and blankets, too. i felt good. >> the heat lamps are everywhere. they're expensive for the restaurants to run, but that's what they have to do to keep in business. coming up next at 6:30, we're back to bring you our full team coverage on the bay area

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it's just getting awful tiring going through this. i lived here all my life. i have not seen anything like this in the last three years. >> the blackouts are back again and the weather is already doing damage. this new video shows the situation in san leandro, several trees snapping overnight. most dangerous wind event is hitting right now. the dangerous conditions forcing pg&e to cut power for tens of thousands of bay area residents. this is the latest outage map. the purple triangles are the public safety power shutoffs. good morning on this monday, october 26th. we'll check in with meteorologist mike nicco right now to see what the winds are looking like. mike? >> it's a great question. you will see 39 in fairfield.

30 in hayward. 37 in san francisco. the 46 in napa. 29 in santa rosa. 26 in sonoma. 22 in san jose. so, we are definitely dealing with some dangerous winds there. some damaging winds. a lot of debris on the roads this morning if you're driving, be aware of that. a lot of cross breezes across our bridges where the winds are faster because there's nothing to slow them down over that open water. there's just no friction. right now we're 34 in st. helena. 55 in diablo. those are down from the 60 and 70-mile-per-hour gusts we had earlier this morning or late last night. 11:00 this morning, lower elevations, the red flag warning has not changed. that's when it will stop for you. higher elevations through 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. the fastest winds are all the way through 11:00. i think a burst between 8:00 and 10:00 wouldn't be surprising once the sun comes up and

overturns the atmosphere and the higher winds work their way down towards us. there's the possibility of downed stree down ed trees and power outages. >> thank you, mike. breaking news in the east bay we want to tell you about, crews are on the scene of a wildfire along eastbound 580 in castro valley. this is about a half mile west of eden canyon. the alameda county fire department says it came within 50 feet of reaching a home before crews were able to get it under control. thankfully no one got hurt. firefighters have been busy responding to calls of wires and trees down throughout alameda county because of the strong winds in the area. high winds across northern california have forced pg&e to shut off power to hundreds of thousands of customers. >> this event is by far the largest we have experienced this year, the most extreme weather. >> we are just entering this significant and dangerous risk period. >> we're doing everything that we can at pg&e to reduce the

risk of wildfires. >> so that means turning off the power. pg&e says nearly 107,000 customers in the bay area are without power this morning and that is to prevent wildfires from igniting. pg&e posted a public safety power shutoff map on their website and it shows you where the outages are right now. the oakland unified school district says the public safety power shutoff is affecting six of its schools, and those are grass valley elementary, howard elementary, montclair elementary, thornhill elementary, king estates. they can do their work offline and report it back to the teachers once they get the chance. our team coverage continues with a look at the power outages in the north bay. they were the first to have power cut as early as yesterday afternoon. lauren martinez is live in sn m sonoma county with what's going on there. >> good morning. we were in mill valley earlier, i can tell you the winds are

stronger up here than they were in marin county. now, last night we were in glen allen where that community was in the dark. they lost power yesterday. restaurant owners at tips roadside just north in kenwood were pretty angry for what happened in mid afternoon. >> at 3:00, boom, power went out an hour before it was supposed to. it was disappointing. we needed that time to get everything on ice. >> i don't know if they saw wind coming early and that's why they chose to shut down early, but it was just frustrating. >> about 1,400 customers in sonoma county lost power early due to high winds, which is likely what caused that early outage for that restaurant. now sonoma county has the highest number of customers impacted by these shutoffs at 24,000 customers. reporting live from sonoma, lauren martinez, abc7 news.

pg&e has set up more than 100 daytime community resource centers across the state during these power outages. they will open at 8:00 this morning. this is the center in moraga. all the centers have bathrooms, hand washing stations, medical equipment, wifi, you can charge your phone and laptop and you can also pick up bottled water and snacks. some centers also offer electric vehicle charging. we want to get another check of that weather with mike nicco. the all-important wind speeds right now. mike, you say that just a little later on this morning we could be in more trouble. >> yeah. when the sun comes up it heats the ground. when it heats the ground, that air rises, and it's supplanted by the cooler wind above us. that cooler wind above us has faster winds in it. faster speeds. so that's why i think there will be a burst between 8:00, 9:00,

maybe 8:00 to 10:00. in alum rock, those winds are running around 45-mile-per-hour to 50-mile-per-hour right now. temperatures running from 46 in los altos to about 59 in san jose right now. 48 in lafayette. one of those areas sheltered from the winds. the rest of us are in the 50s and 60s. as far as the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see it's pretty clear, but there's a crosswind of about 30, 35 miles per hour when you get on the bridge. watch out for that. it's breezy and choppy out on the water. here is the humidity right now, up in the hills, down to 12% in tam taialpais tamalpais. danville, 5%. novato and santa rosa, 8% and 9%. super dry. look at these dew points, they're below zero in parts of the north bay. that's what the temperature would have to cool down for the air to become saturated. that's even drier than most deserts. here's the humidity forecast. even when the winds calm down at

11:00, it will be dry through the evening, overnight hours tomorrow. look at tomorrow evening, that's when the marine layer comes back and the fire threat will be over. we'll talk more about that coming up. reggie? >> actually, that is me. this is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights were turned on at about 5:38 this morning. you can see it's a pretty mild backup there on the 880 overcrossing, that's crowded. as mike mentioned, high wind advisory on all of the bridges with the exception of the richmond-san rafael bridge. that's probably windy there, too. the chp has not listed that as a high wind advisory. some of those higher trucks and vehicles are really having to hold on to stay on the road without swerving. we have a couple of problem spots. northbound 280, a car down an embankment, an am blens bulance route this morning. we'll check back on an accident

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birchwood court late last night. contra costa county firefighters responded to similar calls in the last few hours reporting fallen trees or downed power lines. that's why we had the wind advisory in effect. there's nothing to do about that, you can get rid of the debris, but if the trees are going to go, they're going to go. you can see we have 25 to 43-mile-per-hour winds on sutro tower. for our planner today, most of us are in the 50s this morning. we'll be looking at how homogenized the air will be in the afternoon. 65 to 63 degrees. back down into the 60 to 65 degree range heading into the evening hours. with the breezes still blowing a bit, it will feel cooler than that. our fire index, we go from low, green, to very high in the extreme. i want to make sure you know that. you can see where everywhere. extreme in the santa cruz mountains, east bay hills,

diablo range. up in the north bay. as we head towards 2:00, we're getting rid of that in the santa cruz mountains, getting rid of the extreme in the east bay hills and the diablo range. overnight we'll shift most of the critical fire conditions to the north bay by 5:00 tomorrow it's all gone. reggie? >> can't wait for that. we're dealing with the wind now, and pg&e is calling it the strongest wind event of the year so far. they're comparing it to the kincade fire of last fall and the firestorm of 2017. contra costa county's fire district put out this detailed map of the highest fire risk. it stretches from richmond to el cerrito and highway 24 corridor and lafayette and moraga. in lafayette is where amy hollyfield is this morning. amy? >> good morning. downtown lafayette is dark. look at the businesses behind me. they are closed and dark.

pete's coffee, jam bba juice, whole foods down there, all the lights are on, that's because they have two generators keeping them with power. they will be able to open at 8:00 this morning even though that is an expensive measure they are taking. the only lights you can see along mount diablo boulevard are from the whole foods and then from passing cars. all the headlights. that's about it. so keep in mind that those stop lights are also going to be out. you need to treat those intersecointe intersections as four-way stops. pg&e believes this power outage this will last for two days. some people are saying they can't wait this long to get their power back. one college student at st. mary's says she is going home to southern california because she's without electricity and wifi in moraga.

>> i can't do school without wifi, especially because we are all online so it's impossible because we can't go to in-person classes. so i told my mom and she was like, yeah, let's book you a flight home right away. >> if these winds do spark a fire contra costa firefighters are ready to go on the ground and in the air. they have two helicopters on stand-by. they have those water buckets they can use to drop water on any fires should they occur. we are getting a break right now from the wind, it was blowing earlier, and it's a cold wind. so keep in mind you will want to grab a jacket if you're heading out this morning. reporting live in lafayette, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. keep an eye on our website, we're posting the latest updates on our power outages. we have this tool to plug in your address and see if you are going to be affected. we have some other tips to prepare. that's at abc7news.com.

you can also check our abc7 news app. election day is eight days away. today president trump will be campaigning in pennsylvania. democratic vice presidential nominee senator kamala harris will be traveling to texas this week. so far 58 million ballots across the u.s. have been cast in this election. now there's a new push to secure ballots after surveillance video captured somebody setting a drop box on fire in boston. officials say 122 ballots were inside. they were able to save 87 of those and process them. the latest abc news poll shows the favorable of president trump and joe biden has remained unchanged since the summer. five people who work close to the vice president have tested positive for coronavirus. that includes his chief of staff, mark short, and pence's body man. all five are in quarantine and are assisting with contact tracing. pence's wife karen tested positive yesterday morning and

again this morning. we have new details about a lucrative deal between two of silicon valley's landmark companies. apple and google. they are working together to have google search engine as the standard choice on apple devices. now the "new york times" is reporting apple gets anywhere between 8 million to $12 billion every year for this deal. the partnership is in jeopardy. last week the justice department hit google with an antitrust lawsuit. let's look now at the new york stock exchange. trading is getting under way. you can see we're continuing to go down right now, about 420 points. the mount diablo unified school district is considering a plan to return to in-person learning. learning. this is what the district superintendent is recommending. allowing staggered in-person learning, participation for

school activities and let families decide between the hybrid or full-year distance learning programs. the board discusses the plan tonight. classes could resume in january. a public service coronavirus ad campaign funded by millions of dollars in taxpayer money is getting yanked. it would have offered a vaccine deal to santa claus performers, his friends, how about that. according to the "wall street journal," a top trump administration official wanted santa performers to promote the benefits of a covid-19 vaccine in exchange they would have had early access to a vaccine before the general public but the department of health and human services said the plan is going to be scrapped. >> the advice is be creative.

there's no such thing as zero risk today. according to the cdc virtual events or events done at your home with the people with whom you live are the safest thing this year unfortunately. >> coming up at 7:00 on "gma," more tips on how you can enjoy halloween and do it safely this weekend. well, you could create a very 2020 costume like this dad did. i didn't know what i was seeing when i first looked at this. after looking at it more closely, i finally get it. so we're seeing his actual daughter in the center screen. that is her real face. she's holding a big board and all of the other items are pictures that are showing her dressed up in various halloween costumes. it's a zoom costume. one box is even reserved for the so-called next victim. so if someone gets close enough to her, they're going to appear

in the box thanks to an ipad she has with a front-facing camera, which is taped to the board. >> because you can see him there taking the picture. this is a lot of thought that went into this costume. >> it did. also i had to use a lot of my brain this morning to figure out what i was looking at. >> we appreciate your breakdown, friend. >> you're welcome. i try to do what i can. hi, mike. >> that was nice. very understandable and very elaborate. let's look at what's going on. here's the exploratorium and the camera there. 58 degrees. we have a north-northwest wind around 20 miles per hour to 24 miles per hour. it's pretty choppy if you're out on the water. fire danger, highest this morning. calmer and much cooler nights ahead and no tricks, all treats this weekend. let's look. let me show you the jet stream and how progressive it is going from hawaii to nearly the arctic circle, 3,000 miles away, grabbing that dry, cold air and then steering it right down

towards us. it's humid when it gets up to the top around anchorage. as it's over the land and downslopes off the mountains, it compresses, heats, it dries, it accelerates. that's why we're dealing with what we're dealing with. we're in the bowl of some of the driest air across the entire world right now. so, what will happen right now, the breezes, the sunshine will keep our temperatures mild and fairly uniform. 74 in san francisco. 79 in santa rosa. upper 60s to low 70s along the coast. tonight, sheltered areas from the winds will be in the 40s. everybody else will be in the 50s. my accuweather 7-day forecast, lows in the 30s and 40s wednesday and thursday. temperatures slightly warmer than average in the afternoon. the marine layer comes back friday. temperatures in the 60s and 70s throughout the holiday weekend. >> i'm not breathing a sigh of relief yet but it could have been a lot worse so far this morning. so i'm hoping that we just keep with that trend.

>> yes. we are grateful for that. >> let's be safe out there. let's just -

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learning about a 3.6 magnitude earthquake near napa. there are no reports of damage but of course we'll keep tracking this. okay. more on that as we get it. here is mike. >> really, an earthquake also with everything else we're dealing with? >> yeah. >> 2020, you're unbelievable. all right. here's our red flag for the lower elevations where most of us live through 11:00 this morning. for the higher elevations through 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. so nothing has changed there. nor with our wind advisory, it's through 11:00. we'll have a burst of faster winds from 7:30 to 10:30 this morning. number two, firefighters face a potentially busy day because of the high winds and dry conditions. you're looking at a small fire that crews quickly contained along interstate 580 in richmond this morning. number three, here's a look at pg&e's public safety power shutoff map. nearly 107,000 customers in the bay area are in the dark this morning. most areas will not have power

restored until tomorrow. number four, pg&e opening up more of these community resource centers. there's 100 across the state. they open at 8:00 this morning. number five, we're following a couple of problems, several problems southbound 880. this one that you're looking at is near high street. also southbound near alvarado niles near lane two. southbound near the senate is expected to approve amy coney barrett to the supreme court this afternoon. and a virginia couple has a creative solution to safely handing out halloween candy. they have an inflatable cat with a candy chute for trick-or-treaters on top of the house. the cat's paw has an orange pipe that you see there that acts as

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good morning, america. new white house outbreak. at least five people and vice president pence's inner circle infected with coronavirus. but pence, the head of the covid task force, refuses to quarantine planning to campaign and attend judge amy coney barrett's supreme court senate confirmation. declaring himself an essential worker exempt from cdc guidelines. all this while president trump's chief of staff mark meadows comes under fire for saying, quote, we're not going to control the pandemic. president trump and former vice president biden buzzing battleground states. >> thank you, ohio. go out and vote. >> pennsylvania matters. so please vote. >> the president walking out of that heated interview with "60 minutes" after being pressed on those mostly maskless rallies and that health care plan he has promised for more than a year. also this morning, the