from election day. million office people are voting early. who is voting and what does it mean? we're breaking it down. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. red flag warnings continue overnight. we'll have the very latest details on our fire danger in the accuweather forecast. this is a scenario multiple residents across the bay area are waking up to. tree trimmers tell us they're receiving an unprecedented number of emergency calls. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. hundred ossoff acres burned. smoke filling the sky. this is exactly what we're hoping to avoid as high winds threaten to turn any spark into a raging inferno. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. that fire we just showed you burned more than 350 acres this afternoon in fairfield near travis air force base. travis firefighters helped fight

the flames. at one point powerful winds pushed smoke into contra-costa county. it took views about two hours to get control of the area. winds were strong enough to take someone's backyard trampoline over the fence. fremont police tweeted this picture as a reminder to secure things in your yard. >> pg&e's website shows all the places where the power is out now. and recently released updates from the utility company indicate it could stay out longer than originally expected. the purple triangles on this map you're looking at indicate a public safety power shutoff. san francisco is the only bay area county not affected. the north bay is bearing the brun of all this. about 25,000 customers are without power in sonoma county alone. along with nearly 14,000 in marin county, 11,000 in napa and about 1,500 in solano county. in the east bay there are roughly 16,000 customers without

power in both alameda and contra-costa counties. santa clara county and san mateo counties also have a number of customers in the dark. but certainly the wildfire concern isn't just about the winds. >> no. abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma gives us a big-picture look at the danger we face. drew? >> yeah. ama and dan, we're not only tracking those winds, but that very dry air that is currently sitting across the entire bay area. it was a windy 24-hour period. frequent wind gusts over 50 miles per hour. right now where we find the strongest wind gusts in solano county through the delta and strait. it's relatively light with winds generally less than 10 miles per hour everywhere else. we'll take you up into the hills, though, where it is a little bit more active. not nearly as strong as they were earlier this morning but still concerns with winds anywhere from 15 to 35 miles per hour. not only tracking those winds, but look at the relative

humidity, how dry it is out there. we have relative humidity levels, especially in the north bay, in the single digits. so you combine those two factors, the wind and the humidity, we continue to have that red flag warning. it has been trimmed back. it's now only for the north bay mountains and the east bay hills. this lasting until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow evening. now, ama, we're going to go hour by hour in the accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. the largest power shutoff in the bay area is in sonoma county. people there have been through this before, but getting used to it isn't the same as liking it. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live in sebastopol. wayne? >> reporter: i don't know if there's ever any really getting used to it, but, yes, people are beginning to deal with it. downtown combat poll hesebastop spared here. power out, power out, power out.

parts of downtown guerneville and forestville, fort ross. n when you live in a two-stop light town and neither of them works because pg&e cut the power, traffic jams become inevitable and we've only just begun. >> yes, it's a big deal. >> reporter: we're in guerneville. one dot on the map. population 5,000. most of the people here out of power and running low on patience. >> we've had floods. we've had everything thrown at us. i don't know whatever the lord wants to throw at us, but he expects us to handle it. >> reporter: we're reaching the point where we hear the letters psps and nobody flinches at this third-world problem in a first-world nation. what's that tell you? >> somebody's not doing their job, i suspect. >> reporter: town the road near forestville there is a run on ice at spears market where they

have tgenerators on. >> -- like what will happen next? >> reporter: and those are the small stories. >> this is where the administration building was. >> at cardinal newman high school in santa rosa they're still recovering from the tubbs fire of 2017, which bushed half the place. if there are climate lessons all around us, consider those trying to teach in the midst of this. face to face on computers. >> because of those fires in 2017, cardinal newman is no stranger to online learning. to a degree they had a head start. today of 600 students only 24 were unreachable. >> is that a win? >> yeah. >> reporter: that was graham rutherford who is the dean of student life here. it's interesting, we expected to see them dealing with the challenge, but it hasn't been a challenge, at least not compared to what we expected because students know the drill. of those 24 students who didn't get directly contacted, they knew to get in touch with friends. they went to their friends' houses and accessed the internet

and their classes that way. so they've been through this before. sonoma county has been through this before. now after today, much of the bay area has been through this before. live from sebastopol, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. people living in berkeley received alert messages asking them to voluntarily evacuate overnight. the mayor says it was an unprecedented step. winds knocked down trees and limbs but not fires were reported in berkeley. he says berkeley may issue more pre-emptive voluntary evacuations in the future. >> we wouldn't have taken the step if we didn't think that it was going to be pretty dangerous for our residents. relieved, once again, that nothing bad happened, but we need to be prepared. >> the mayor says 750 homes in the berkeley hills last power overnight as part of pg&e's pre-emptive -- preventive, rather, power outages. wildfires are not the only concern today. the strong wind event this morning left behind fallen trees and thousands of dollars in repairs.

in the east bay tree trimmers have been working nonstop, responding to an increase in emergency calls. abc 7 news reporter reporter rer the story. >> reporter: after their frightening 3:00 a.m. experience, this is the sound of relief. >> it was just swaying like that, like a palm tree in the wind. >> when i got up, i heard cracking, loud cracking and then boom. >> reporter: david and sandra don't know each other, but mother nature chose them and their trees to show off its power. >> they said about 45 to 50-mile-per-hour winds. so maybe more. to do this, i'm going to say it was a 50-foot palm tree. >> reporter: david and his wife awoke to their 60-foot-tall tree uprooted and leaning over. >> saw the roots coming out of the ground and it turned out i was right to be paranoid. >> it was a ticking bomb. >> reporter: this expert believes this tree was within an

hour of falling on to the adjacent apartment complex. this is one of multiple emergency calls this tree care company responded to before 9:00 a.m. >> today we've been swamped due to the winds of last night. power outages. people really afraid. getting another call as we speak. probably the office. somebody's in the line waiting for us to help them. >> reporter: it shows an uptick in three times the number of calls than anticipated. >> all over the map from livermore down to concord down to berkeley down to richmond. so we have three calls waiting -- >> reporter: his message to anyone with trees -- >> please have your trees inspected. have them looked at by an arborist. >> reporter: before it's too late. >> there is another emergency in oakland so i got to head over there now. >> reporter: in oakland, luz inz pena, abc 7 news. >> pg&e is giving a live update on shutoffs. we are monitoring. if you want to listen, we are

streaming it on abc7news.com. you'll find instant updates on the potential shutoffs and fire conditions. see the latest outage maps, forecasts and information about how to stay safe. breaking news now out of washington, d.c. the honorable amy coney barrett is expected to be sworn in tonight as an associate justice of the supreme court. this is a live look at the white house where the ceremony will take place. you see president trump there. the senate confirmed barrett just hours ago along party lines, 52-48. barrett will fill the seat vacated by justice ruth bader ginsburg who died on september 18th. all right. election day is next tuesday. it's just over a week away now, but millions of people aren't waiting. they've already voted early either by mail or in person, setting records. abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz joins us live with a look at who's behind all these ballots. liz? >> hi, ama, yes, we are seeing

record early turnout voting across the state and the country. unlike previous elections, there is a divide over who is voting early and who is not. the big unknown, will it make a difference on the outcome of this race. >> reporter: election day is just over a week away and already 61.5 million votes have been cast across the country. the record turnout happening here in california, too. more than 7 million votes, making up 1/3 of all ballots, will have been cast in the state by the end of the day. that's more than all of the early votes cast in 2016. so who is it exactly that's already voted? according to paul mitchell, the vice president of political data inc., which tracks ballots and voter trends, the script has slightly flipped from past elections where republicans have historically been the ones to get their ballots in early. this time it's democrats. >> democrats have essentially been virtue signaling that, look at me, i'm voting early. here's my picture on instagram of me at the ballot box. and republicans have been doing the opposite. >> reporter: nationwide of the

ballots returned so far, roughly 49% are democrats. 41% are republicans and 10% are unaffiliated. the lower turnout among republicans isn't a sign republicans won't vote. rather, they're likely holding off to vote in person on election day or closer to the election. it's something the president himself has been encouraging as he raises concerns about vote by mail and a rigged election. >> it was a very secure vote. much more secure than when you send in a ballot. >> this messaging has moved voters into these two partisan camps. it's almost like in our culture we have this thing where, like, you can't go buy a chicken sandwich without it being a political statement. >> reporter: so what does this mean? does more early turnout among democrats say anything about who will win? the simple answer is no. an early vote doesn't count any more than a vote cast on election day. according to mitchell, many of the people who voted so far are considered likely voters, but it could ultimately put republicans at a disadvantage for this reason. >> republicans have put

themselves in a situation of having a lot more of their own voters kind of still yet to engage and to go out and make sure that they return their ballots. it's going to be a big job for them. >> big get out the vote efforts for sure. some trends have remained the same this year. so far in california, we've seen the most turnout from suburban areas with affluent homeowners including the suburbs of marin county and orange county. lower turnout in urban areas with younger voters, such as the middle and east los angeles. ama? >> liz, we've all been told to prepare for a long election night or election week. >> here in california, our early votes can be processed right away when the registrar gets them. in some states, including key battleground states, early ballots can only begin to be processed when the polls close on election night. that means you won't get the full results until potentially days after the election. unless it's a landslide win for

one candidate, it's unlikely we'll have the outcome on election night, ama. >> all right. liz, thank you. the first national coordinated effort to get women of color to vote started right here in the bay area. i'm dion lim in san francisco with how this effort is reaching nearly 1 million women across the country. a nasa team based right here in the bay area makes a breakthrough discovery, water on the moon. and it could be a game-change i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. i've been taking prevagen for about three years now. people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." it's really, really helped me tremendously. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

another live look at the swearing in ceremony for amy coney barrett. she will join the supreme court

tonight after being confirmed by the senate just a few hours ago. president trump is leading the ceremony outside the white house. justice clarence thomas will administer the oath. we're streaming this event live on our website. you can watch it on abc7news.com. women of color make up one out of four voters in swing states, so their votes are more critical than ever in the upcoming election. abc 7 news anchor dion lim takes you you inside an effort that started right here in the bay area that is reaching more than a million women across the country. >> we're engaging them in a conversation about voting. >> reporter: in groups like this across the country, women of color are gathering wealth a purpose, to empower other women of color to get excited and engaged about the upcoming election via text. >> our target was a million women of color across seven battleground states. we've already ex-keyed -- exceeded 900,000. >> reporter: in the first ever coordinated effort, bay area

based she the people partnered with democracy for america partnered for text banking events where turnout in the last election for this demographic was low. >> in a state like arizona, 341,000 women of color were eligible and 91,000 cast a vote. >> reporter: the message, that women of color have the power to make change for issues that matter to them. such as the coronavirus pandemic, which disproportionately affects the latino community. >> go back to: >> reporter: or the surge in discrimination toward asian americans. >> i have two children. i'm a mom. because of my own experiences of people in the latino community and coming from a more conservative, traditional background, i didn't have access to education or information about reproductive health. >> reporter: the momentum among this group voting is gaining strength, increasing nearly 40% from 2014 to the 2018 midterm elections. she the people hopes the momentum continues and pays off this november. >> in this e-tra or time when everyone feels they don't have a

lot of power and feel sad about stuff, this is something concrete and positive. women of color reaching women of color that we can do. it's making a big difference. >> reporter: in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. a text out the vote campaign is targeting georgia and florida this week, two critical states in this election. to learn more about she the people and other voting efforts across the country, tune into "nightline" tonight right after abc 7 news at 11:00. all right. it is official. the honorable amy coney barrett is sworn in as associate justice of the supreme court. just moments ago. she's speaking to the audience outside the white house. let's listen. >> -- thank all of you, especially leader mcconnell and chairman graham for helping me to navigate it. my heartfelt thanks go to the members of the white house staff and department of justice who worked tirelessly to support me through this process. your stamina is remarkable and i have been the beneficiary of it.

jesse and i are also so grateful to the many people who have supported -- who have supported our family over these last several weeks. thruways both tangible and intangible, you have made this day possible. jesse and i have been truly awe struck by your generosity. i have spent a good amount of time over the last month at the senate. both in meetings with individual senators and in days of hearings before the senate judiciary committee. the confirmation process has made ever clearer to me one of the fundamental differences between the federal judiciary and the united states senate. and perhaps the most acute is the role of policy preferences. it is the job of a senator to pursue her policy preferences.

in fact, it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals aside. by contrast, it is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. it would be a dereliction of duty for her to give into them. federal judges don't stand for election. thus they have no basis for claiming that their preferences reflect those of the people. this separation of duty from political preference is what makes the judiciary distinct among the three branches of government. a judge declares independence not only from congress and the president but also from the private beliefs that might otherwise move her. the judicial oath captures the

essence of the judicial duty, the rule of law must always control. my fellow americans, even though we judges don't face elections, we still work for you. it is your constitution that establishes the rule of law and the judicial independence that is so central to it. the oath that i have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. i love the constitution and the democratic republic that it establishes and i will devote myself to preserving it. thank you. >> that is the honorable amy

coney barrett just sworn in as the next associate justice of the united states supreme court. there's president trump on the right, who fought hard, nominated her and fought hard to get her nomination confirmed, which is was just a few hours ago. she is now the next justice on the supreme court. but i can't say i expected this. because it was easy. to fight these fires, we need funding - plain and simple. for this crisis, and for the next one. prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. so firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. the big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. it's what they do. well, i do what i do. if you'ld like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15.

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those winds, dan. >> yeah, we are, ama. pretty ferocious up here. even worse down south. meteorologist drew tuma is here. amazing what we saw in the last 24 hours in the bay area, drew. >> yeah, such strong winds, dan and ama. show you the wind forecast as we go into the early morning hours. this is 1:00 a.m. on tuesday. we'll find those winds strengthening and it looks like this next burst of offshore winds will find the strongest winds mainly in the north bay. the north bay mountains and the east bay hills are under that red flag warning. as we go throughout the morning the winds will die down and that red flag warning will expire tomorrow evening. not only tonight, windy in spots, also chilly. especially in the north bay, 30s and 40s. we'll see upper 40s to lower 50s along the bay shoreline. a cool start tomorrow morning. we'll finish it with mild temperatures and winds easing up. mid-70s to low 80s across much of the bay area under a lot of

sunshine. the seven-day accuweather forecast, still very windy in our hills tomorrow morning. the winds relax. by wednesday, it is calm, it is cool in the morning. looking at the weekend, guys, hat wean looks nice. don't forget, the clocks go back one hour as daylight saving time begins early sunday morning. >> my clock already went back. no, not yet. stop. >> we got time. >> this is a time of holidays and travel and family reunions and parties. it's that time of year, but this year it's very different. tonight, the three benchmarks to measure whether it's safe to get together with your family. it's the new way to holiday. part of building a better bay area. holiday deliveries could be a challenge this year. i'm michael

traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. that's why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis.

to keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. and measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. relieve traffic. reduce pollution. rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. a celebration tonight at the white house. moments ago amy coney barrett was officially sworn in as an associate justice of the supreme court by president trump. tomorrow chief justice john

roberts will administer the judicial oath to barrett at the court. she would then be able to begin working immediately. earlier tonight the republican-led senate confirmed the 48-year-old barrett by a 52-48 vote margin. >> she is one of our nation's most brilliant legal scholars and she will make an outstanding justice on the highest court in our land. >> even though we judges don't face elections, we still work for you. it is your constitution that establishes the rule of law and the judicial independence that is so central to it. >> maine senator susan collins was the only republican to vote against barrett, who replaces ruth bader ginsburg, who died last month. the confirmation of barrett promises to push the high court in a more conservative direction for generations to come. happening now, pg&e is holding a live update on the public safety power shutoffs. power has been restored to 95,000 of the 345,000 customers

affected in 34 counties. peak wind gusts of 89 miles per hour were recorded in sonoma county overnight. and while tonight's winds won't be as strong, pg&e's senior meteorologist says there is still a fire risk. >> the fuel moistures are dryer. this is the second day that some of these locations will experience very low relative humidity. so actually even though the winds have come down, the fire potential index has come up. >> pg&e says power should be restored to all customers by 10:00 p.m. tomorrow. halloween without trick-or-treaters. thanksgiving without travel. no crowds on black friday and a december with only virtual parties. the holiday season will be very different this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. and this week we're helping you navigate all the changes that might impact the way that you normally celebrate. and tonight we're asking the question, will california be prepared when it comes to testing? >> the governor's plans to

expand testing capacity across california comes with criticism. epidemiologists at the brown school of public health say the state's figures are far from where we need to be to prevent major outbreaks ahead of the holidays. abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra has the story. >> my mother linda and my dad robert. >> reporter: she and her husband are longing for the holidays. boast of them lost their fathers during the pandemic. a mere week apart. >> it's been incredibly hard mourning without our families. >> reporter: days after amanda was hit in a motorcycle accident, recovering without family by her side. >> it's been one tough event after the next. i mean, all of that and then i lost my primary job and i had a lot of the stuff for my business basically dissolved. >> reporter: a tough end to 2020. the two now anxious to travel home. >> his grandmother is 84 and has a lot of the health issues like diabetes that make covid really dangerous. so we want to make sure we get

tested before we go. >> reporter: but even planning a month ahead there's a wait. same story in san francisco. eight days to get an appointment at a city test site. that's up from five days just last week. abc 7's data analysis shows in nearly the past month covid testing in california has increased by nearly 200,000 more tests per week. but national consumer advocacy group says that's not nearly enough to catch enough isolated cases before they could turn into major outbreaks before the holidays. >> the governor recently announced more tests that are coming online soon and that's a good step forward but clearly we need more. >> reporter: the brown school of public health calculated the level of testing needed that would effectively suppress the virus is eight times more than what california is reporting >> what would you tell families who are weighing whether or not to even travel during the holidays? >> it really depends on three key things if we're able to gather in a safer way. the first and foremost is

lowering our case levels now because we're heading in the wrong direction in most of this country. cases are going up. that means it's not safe to get together with people outside of your immediate household. >> reporter: late last week covid cases went from just over 3,700 up to more than 6,100 on friday. that's the highest daily total seen across the state since august. >> it's a time to hunker down. >> reporter: ucsf lead epidemiologist george rutherford says we need to go out of our way to keep transmission low. >> unfortunately this is a time of holidays and travel and family reunions and parties, you know, and unfortunately this year the advice is going to be just don't do it. >> reporter: keep gatherings to immediate family as amanda and jared know grieving through the loss is not worth the risk. >> asymptomatic spread is real. >> the governor said he's open to imposing restrictions to travellers coming from states where covid transmission is high, but there are no official plans for that just yet.

stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. all right. thank you, stephanie. abc 7 will have more stories like this one all week focused on the new way to holiday as we build a better bay area. today we're focused on your health. the rest of the week we will look at how the holidays are affecting our building a better bay area content areas, including commit, education, the changing workplace and race and social justice. who's supporting prop 15? joe biden. biden says, "every kid deserves a quality education and every family deserves to live in a safe, healthy community. that's why i support prop. 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is responsible for the contents of this ad.

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new at 6:00, a house fire this afternoon sadly turned deadly. abc 7 news has learned a person died and a second suffered smoke inhalation. flames just tore through a home on dutch valley lane. neighbors tell abc 7 news the home is in pg&e's public safety power shutoff zone. you can see the house is in a wooded area. now, the fire did not spread to brush or other homes, which is a very good thing given how windy it's been today. >> a team of nasa scientists says it has a significant discovery on the moon. water. the world's largest airborne observatory made the discovery. it's based at nasa aims in silicon valley.

abc 7 david louie explains how water and the moon will be a major boost for future space missions. >> we were over the moon, no pun intended. >> reporter: dr. nasim is part of a team of nasa scientists who discovered tiny molecules of water on the surface of the broon. the breakthrough discovery could some day replace the need to send water from earth to support astronauts going to the moon and future missions to mars. >> it's amazing that we were able to contribute to such a major discovery. >> reporter: the strategic observatory for infrared astron me. a telescope aboard a 747 sb aircraft at 45,000 feet was able to detect the water inside what they described as tiny glass beads in a crater. at mount of water is small, about a 12 ounce bottle's worth. however, that discovery will lead to efforts to see whether more water lies below the surface and in other areas of the lunar landscape. the origin is still a mystery.

it's believed the glass beads protect the water from the moon's harsh conditions. the project is based at nasa ames in silicon valley. this kiss discovery is expected to expand the search for water in space. >> they can use this capability to study water not just on moon but maybe on other objects in the solar system such as asteroids so we have just opened a new field. >> reporter: if water can be tapped and perhaps recycled on the moon and beyond it would free up room for more experiments aboard spacecraft. we could use water in the form (garage door opening) it is my father's love... it is his passion- it is his fault he didn't lock the garage. don't even think about it! been there, done that. with liftmaster® powered by myq®, know what's happening in your garage- from anywhere.

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among the nervous ones. she says federal express lost five quilts she made last holiday season as gifts. >> i mean, we did everything we could possibly do to track the -- track it down. >> reporter: the lost shipment left many of her friends and family disappointed. thomas webster knows that feeling, too. he says gifts he bought from victoria's secret, walmart and target all arrived to their destinations late. >> it was scheduled to be delivered on december 11th. then they changed it to the 12th, the 14th, the 17th, then the 20th. >> he says on track delivered some of those gifts as late as january. john, a ceo of the national retail federation. >> a lot of retailers are telling your customers now there could be potential delays because of that. that growth in ecommerce and the lack of capacity in the system to handle such growth. >> reporter: the pandemic has caused a surge in online shopping which could further strain the shipping industry.

frictions from salalalforce predict online shopping will increase by as much as 34% over last holiday season. u.p.s. and fedex tell 7 on your side they will be prepared. u.p.s. hiring an additional 70,000 seasonal employees for what it calls the ship-a-thon. go. u.p.s. says it's hiring 100,000 workers for the big rush. it also predicts one out of three seasonal workers will get permanent jobs. a data scientist from the university of illinois predicts both shippers will handle this onslaught. >> they have the system in place already. so in essence, that means that they know what to do. they just have to scale it a little higher. i think it's going to be okay. i don't anticipate any problems. >> reporter: still, retailers are urging everyone to shop early to ease their worries. >> this year we've had to be pre-emptive and started ordering christmas gifts a couple months

ago. >> i'm concerned but, you know, you can't stop. you have to do it. >> the u.s. postal service has not announced how many people they plan to hire extra this year and ontrack did not get back to us. now, dan, ama, i know we hear it every single year, shop and ship early. but this year it's really going to matter. for instance, the u.s. postal service says if you want your items to arrive by the 25th, you have to shop -- i should say ship two days early. back to you. >> good point. >> thanks, michael. >> thanks, michael. all right. we have more weather to cover tonight, dan. >> all right. on to drew tuma. watching of the wind. we hope, drew, beginning to die down. >> yeah. and a lot of spots right now the wind has really backed off from where we were early this morning -- we had some of these peak wind gusts before the sun got

out. mount helena at 89 miles per hour. oakland airport had a wind gust of 58 miles per hour late night last. concord had a wind gust of 40 miles per hour. so you look at the picture now, the current wind gusts, and you can really see the activity is in a bit of a lull. you see winds less than 20 miles per hour if not less than 10 miles per hour where you live right now. we're also tracking the humidity. look at these numbers in some spots. it's in the single digits. santa rosa, napa, fairfield. even along the bay shoreline, in the teens to low 20s. so very dry air combined with some gusty winds that will arrive, once again, early tomorrow morning. you see futuretracker wind gusts, by 1:00 a.m. on tuesday we find those winds picking up once again, especially in the north bay. that's likely where we see the strongest gusts right before the sun gets up tomorrow morning. by 6:00, 7:00 in the mortgage, those winds are strongest through calistoga, napa, fairfield, gusting over 30 miles per hour. we'll begin to see the winds

back off again, similar to today, where midday the winds really lightened up. nonetheless, we still have that red flag warning in effect for the north bay mountains and the east bay hills tomorrow until 5:00 p.m. low spots in the 30s and the 40s along the bay shoreline, upper 40s to low 50s. tomorrow afternoon's a mild afternoon. we'll find those winds really calming down in the afternoon after the red flag warning expires. temperatures, 74 in san francisco. 83 in santa rosa. the accuweather seven-day forecast. all about that red flag warning overnight tonight for the north bay mountains and the east bay hills. the winds will calm down by wednesday. that sets the stage for cool mornings and warm afternoons. halloween following that pattern on saturday and then november, a little bit warmer of 70s to mid-80s by sunday and monday. dan and ama.

>> all right. at least halloween's looking pretty good. thanks, drew. >> all right. on to abc 7 news sports director larry beil tonight. hi, larry. dan, ama, normally being called a psycho papath is not considered a compliment, but the 49ers actually love it. i kind of like it, too. that physicality, though, comes with a price. more injury woes as

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now abc 7 sports with larry bee. good evening. we thought the tough part of the 49ers' schedule started a couple of weeks ago, but then they breezed by the rams and they just pounded the patriots yesterday. now, though, we might be right about that schedule part because starting on sunday, you're talking about two games in four days. seahawks who are terrific and then the green bay packers and the niners are down yet another running back. the injuries continue to mount. jeff wilson jr., he scored three touchdowns yesterday, but he's the latest to go down with a high ankle sprain. he'll be an injured reserve for about a month. deebo samuel, wide receiver, is probably going to mix the next two games with a hamstring injury because everybody else in the back field is banged up. the 49ers physically punished the patriots with a violent mind-set. george kittle describes as being on the field with a bunch of psychopaths. in the nfl, that's actually a good thing. >> it's fun to be on a team with

a bunch of psychopaths because i fit in really well here. >> it's a very fine line with that stuff. i mean, i always say, like, usually the most aggressive team who messes up the least will usually win. and sometimes when you're very aggressive and trying to go to that spot, a lot of people tend to mess up a lot. that's where you make penalties. trying to find that even line of where you can take your mind-set to a whole another level, whole another aggressiveness. i think we've got a lot of guys who are like that. when they watch one guy act like that, i think they all feet off each other. >> i feel like i live on that line. the niners better be psychopaths if they're going to have a chance at stopping seattle receiver d.k. metcalf on sunday. this is ann mae amazing play. to catch arizona's bermu

he's 6'4", 230 pounds. he looks like a body builder. imagine arnold schwarzenegger in his prime running that fast. then again, arnold is the terminator. so is d.k. metcalf, apparently. san jose state's game this weekend supposed to be played in albuquerque but moved to san jose because of a surge of covid-19 cases in new mexico. there have been no reported cases on the football team. so good news there. that game is now set for saturday in san jose at 4:00 p.m. and the pac-12 will resume on november 7th. stanford's opener at oregon, you can watch that game right here on abc 7 at 4:30 in the afternoon. and cal will host washington that same day, 7:30 in the evening on espn. pac-12, ambitious goals. trying to play seven straight weeks with the title game. this is really going to be

ambitious, but the conference believes their protocols and testing will allow them to play through. what a great sound. washington's head coach ron rivera rang the bell today, finishing his last round of sche chemotherapy and proton therapy. several more follow-ups of scans, but the staff is feeling hopeful. announced his diagnosis in august but has not missed a game. for all of us touched by cancer in our families, that bell is so meaningful and so powerful. and so wonderful. so we wish our best to ron rivera. >> really is. thank you, larry, very much. join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> if you're smelling smoke in parts of the bay area, this is why. this field behind me, more than 350 acres burned this afternoon

here in sasun city. wait until you see the pictures and the video from this afternoon. that is tonight at 11:00. >> they don't just fight fires. we have video of an animal rescue some bay area firefighters pulled off on top of a gas station. finally tonight, a few thoughts about what really matters. we're focussing our attention and our reporting each night this week on the upcoming holidays and how they'll be affected by the pandemic in various ways. this past hour we've highlighted how the holidays will be very different because of concerns about our health. we gave you information that we hope was helpful about how to gauge the actual risk of different holiday activities like trick or treating, thanksgiving meals with family and friends and, of course, christmas shopping and visits with santa. there's a lot to consider and it certainly strains a good bit of the fun out of the next couple of months. we're all tired of wearing masks, social distancing and washing our hands nonstop, but

those are the cards we've been dealt and playing them fairly well all things considered, and we have to keep them up. our health depends on it. the holidays are coming and the form they take will very different, but what really matters is the joy we take from them doesn't have to be. i always love to hear from you. follow me on twitter @danarababe7. >> thank you so much for joining us.

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