>> and i'm scott mcgrew. with shall whereby h marcus washington has the day off. kari hall has been monitoring the high winds. >> the high fire danger over the weekend and low humidity this morning and we still have the potential of any flames spreading rapidly. here is the way we start out in the south bay. mostly calm continues as you get ready to step out the door. as we head to east san jose to the neighborhood of evergreen we'll be at 51 degrees. it's going to be a chilly start to the day, but then heating up, look at that, at 1:00, we're at 80 degrees and check out some of these top wind gusts we've had around the bay area, especially in the north bay and the east bay hills. mt. st. helena reaching 72-mile-per-hour gusts and mt. diablo is 62. we'll continue to monditor thos wind gusts and talk about the wildfire danger coming up. mike, now you have a note for bay bridge commuters. >> not just about the backup at the toll plaza which you would expect. once you get across here and this is the standard backup and across the span itself moving

smoothly we have the off-ramp here at fremont street that may be opened up to all traffic. all lanes opened as they reopened fremont street at transit center. i want to double check and let you know what to expect. we don't know the slowing we've seen creeping up as the commute built over the last few weeks. fremont street is open at the transit center but the transit center is not yet open. bob redell continues to follow that in the city. we follow more buildup, south 680 could be cord and pleasant hill. hilltop drive west 80 my be affected by plywood that was reported in lanes. chp hasn't given us an update. no lanes reported closed. the crash we saw popping up northbound 880 at "a" street affecting only the on-ramp there. no major injuries. the freeway is open and slower pattern hayward south toward union city. the south bay a standard pattern as well, slowing 101 at san jose but watching 87 and 85. back to you. breaking weather coverage

extreme fire danger, thousands are going without power in the north bay. >> kris sanchez is looking at prevention, but firsts. s. is in calistoga, where pg&e is cutting power. this is an unprecedented move by pg&e for this part of california. . >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. unprecedented. they've never done such a thing. we're on lake demonstrate where the power outage is taking place. this is the only light here as the planned power outages take place. calistoga high classes are canceled because of the power being out. in napa and lake county five school districts are canceling classes including right here at calistoga unified as well as lakeport and middletown. all together according to pg&e about 59,000 customers without power. that ranges from the north bay to the sierra foot hills.

the fire danger is high due to the winds and the dry vegetation in the area and remember it was back in june that cal fire said it was pg&e's power lines that caused parts of the north bay wildfires. so pg&e is notifying homeowners either via text, email or automated call about the planned power outages and our crews spoke to one homeowner in napa who says the planned power outages are a good thing. >> so safety is pg&e's top priority and we understand the impact that turning off the power proactively for safety would have on our customers, this is only something we'd do under extreme weather conditions. >> reporter: take you back out here live to lake street, you can see the areas doesn't have any power and of course we continue to monitor things. we'll have another update in the next half hour. we're live here in calistoga, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest there, pete. the winds strong in contra

costa county as well. let's get kris sanchez in danville. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott and laura. the lights are on here in downtown danville, but the wind is blowing these flags around quite a bit. little calm right now of course because we're live, but they were flapping pretty wildly a few moments ago. the trees are also showing us how gusty it is, and that is the concern. one concern. the other concern is that as pete mentioned, there is not a lot of humidity and while that would be good news, right now coupled with the wind, it's really not a good situation. now cal fire reminds us that 95% of wildfires are started by people mostly inadvertently, so they say remember, no mowing today, because of the high winds and the dangerous conditions. if you have car trouble make sure you pull over but not in dry grass and if you're hauling something, check your trailer chains so they're not dragging and creating sparks. if you smoke, make sure you put your cigarette butts out completely but never out the

window, and though it is too late today to create a defensible space around i couldn't hous-- your house the opportunity you have you want to do that so you have a chance if wildfire strikes where you live. find me on twitter, i' i'm @krisnbc. i'm kris sanchez, "today in the bay" >> thanks. let's bring in kari and talk about how high the winds will get and how long they'll last. >> it's starting to calm down which is the good thing. we've had high wind gusts from the past 24 hours, the reason why we have the red flag warning for the areas shaded in red and that mostly includes parts of the east bay and north bay hills. the humidity has been critically low and look at how low it gets as we go through the next few hours, in ukiah the humidity dropping down to 4% and in napa 6% and you go san francisco on southward, it's low, but not as dry. as we go through the day, humidity levels will be coming up slightly, and our winds will

start to calm down, but we still have sustained winds that will continue at about 15 to 2025 miles p -- 25 miles per hour and to the north bay calming down to 15 to 20 as we head toward noon. the rest of the daylighter winds blowing offshore. we'll monitor that and have the latest updates here and also on nbcbayarea.com. >> sounds good. 6:06 right now. it is 5:05 right now. authorities are investigating a deadly quadruple shooting outside a late night halloween party. it happened early in the morning on pulgas avenue in east palo alto north of bay road. officers arrived to find four victims. two died at the scene. two others suffered critical injuries. the gunman got away. authorities say one of the people who died is a 22-year-old stockton man. investigators believe it may have started with a dispute during the party. . >> 6:06 on your monday morning. >> happening today, attorneys

for the former leaders of the infamous silicon valley company thernos will appear in federal court in san jose. elizabeth holmes and one other company officer face criminal charges accused of defrauding them. the palo alto blood testing company shut down over the summer. federal prosecutors have charged the defendants with defrauding investors, doctors and patients. >> 6:07. it is a major issue across the bay area. people that are forced to live on the streets. in just a few hours, oakland mayor libby schaaf is set to unveil a new homeless prevention program. she'll be joined by kaiser permanente, san francisco foundation and other community partners. the program will try to help those in need by providing emergency cash as well as legal representation. it was made possible by a multimillion-dollar funding initiative. happening tonight, the 49ers try to turn things around in one of the toughest places you could possibly choose to do so, wisconsin's lambeau field. the niners play the packers on monday night football. their season right now going south.

they've lost three in a row, after losing quarterback jimmy garoppolo to a season-ending knee injury. also new this morning, another royal baby is on the way. >> kensington palace says prince harry and his wife meghan markle are expecting a child in the spring. the palace says the couple is "delighted" to be able to share the happy news with the public. today's announcement comes as harry and meghan arrived at sydney at the 16-day visit to australia, fiji, tonga and new zealand. >> oh no, here we go, baby bump. >> we start right now at 6:08, we are taking a live look outside in fremont this morning with some lighter winds in this part of the buy area and it will be a chilly start, only 49 degrees at 8:00 and we'll see temperatures heading up into the mid-70s today. if you get ready to head out around morgan hill even cooler. you may want to go right to the

gym, only 45 degrees at 7:00 and then at noon we're going to see those temperatures headed up to about 74 degrees. here is a look at our highs for today with morgan hill reaching 84, we'll also be up to 84 in livermore and in concord today, in santa rosa, 85 degrees, and san francisco reaching the mid to upper 70s, very warm there, and 83 today in san jose. now as we head over to mike, you're heading to the north bay. >> kari, i'll show the entire bay. folks, from the south bay all the way up the peninsula, no delays. over here we told you north 880 at "a" street the crash affects the on-ramp but not the freeway itself. smooth drive, a little build for 680 through pleasanton, nothing unexpected to are that map. we jump up here, westbound 80, a couple of crashes reported, one over on the shoulder coming through fairfield. the other at 680, at the 680/80 split, just clear from the roadw roadway. it was in lanes for 10, 15 minutes and why we see the backup quickly forming, should

quickly resolve, sending more traffic down too the carquinez bridge. you get to the upper east shore a slower drive past highway 4, typical pat person. i did mark where some debris was reported but no follow-ups and chp. no traffic break from what it sounds like. over here a smooth, easy drive through concord out of pleasant hill, bay point and in toward walnut creek. alamo, danville move smoothly and westbound 92, the san mateo bridge, a clear view and a clear drive toward the peninsula, san mateo and the rest of the peninsula move nicely. back to you. ? thank y >> thank you, mike. have you ever texted a message, push send and regret it? facebook may have an app for that. the new feature which could maybe save you some embarrassment. plus -- >> when the two boys laughed at me, at my expense, and then i watched you mimic her and thousands of people were laughing at her. >> president trump talking about the palo alto professor who accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. it's 6:25.

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comcast business. beyond fast. good monday morning. still a high fire danger in parts of the east bay and north bay hills. meantime in the south bay at 6:13, we start out with cool temperatures and sunnyvale will be in the mid-50s at 10:00. as we go through the day, it's going to heat up much warmer

than where we should be for this time of year. we'll talk about the rest of the week and what's ahead with our fire danger, that's coming up in less than five minutes. the top number here is still right under a half hour. expect that to change as the volume builds for that upper east shore. the north bay we only have west 37 traditional backup and slowing out of vallejo. traditional i know but still annoying. good morning, i'm contessa brewer at cnbc headquarters. wall street set to open slightly lower this morning as recent market volatility continues. dow futures off by 40 points, an improvement over the 200-plus points we saw earlier. asia and europe in the red, oil prices rising amid tensions with saudi arabia. stocks rebounded friday. the dow had its best day since august but after it posted its worst two days since february. for the week, the dow, nasdaq,

s&p 500 had their worst declines since march. today we watch for data coming in on retail sales. erkz earnings from netflix and we've already seen earnings from bank of america beat wall street expectations. sears holdings filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning. that marks the collapse of a company that dominated the retail industry for much of the 20nd century. sears has reached a deal with its creditors to keep most of its remaining operations up and running for now. it will close 142 money-losing stores by the end of the year, with liquidation sales expected to begin soon. that's on top of the 46 stores closing by next month. the company has about 700 sears and kmart stores remaining and roughly 70,000 employees. facebook is testing an unsend feature for its messenger app. tech crunch says screen shots from a user show the ability to rescind the message, but you got to think fast. there is a time limit. gmail's undue feature has a

30-second win dough. you have to think fast on your feet. it's not clear whether facebook will roll out the feature to everyone. since we've all sent messages you shouldn't have, maybe it's a good idea. >> contessa i've forgiven you a long time. water under the bridge, it's fine. >> thanks, contessa. halloween shopper this is year are finding a lot of treats in the economy, and they're letting it be known at the cash register. the national retail federation survey of nearly 7,000 consumers found all willing to spend on average $87 per person or pet on halloween. >> because people like to dress up, not just their kids, but adults are really liking to dress up, millenials really embrace this holiday. >> and i notice more and more people are decorating their homes as well. lots of lights. because of the rising popularity of the video game fortnite, characters are topping the list for kids' costume this is

halloween. >> i've got two kids, both of whom are almost -- one is an adult, one is almost an adult. >> should i play it? >> they invite me in but i'm terrible. >> my older kids made me forego trick-or-treating because of fortnite. better than candy. >> i'm a rough mom, i don't let them play. >> check your video game weekend forecast. >> can you take the video game outside? >> go outside! i'm with you, kari. >> it's still going to be windy this morning. our winds will be calming down as we go through the day and we still have the high fire danger, all these areas shaded in red under red flag warning and that continues through noon. we have such low humidity and high wind gusts. if you see anything suspicious going on, make sure you go ahead and report it. no outdoor burning today, and those high profile vehicles will be impacted. you have to keep a tight grip on the steering wheel. may get blown around as the

winded gust 40 to possibly up to 60 miles per hour and we also have the concern of downed trees and then look at our temperatures this morning. we have a wide range, because in some of these areas, where the wind blows over the hills, as it descends those hills, it warms up. so in spots like oakland at 62, also 62 in fairfield, but it is cool in santa rosa, only 49 degrees as you step out the door and the same in livermore. if you're on your way to dublin b.a.r.t. station, it's only going to be 51 degrees, through the next couple of hours but it will be heating up again fast today, as you're getting ready, it's going to be a smooth hair day, because of the very dry conditions, but it will be breezy, but overall i think it's a good hair day for many of us around the bay area. here is a look at our highs today, reaching 78 degrees in cupertino and 82 in morgan hill. some of our normal temperatures will be in the mid-70s, but we are not going to be there today, hitting the low 80s for much of the east bay, 75 in san mateo. also 75 in the mission district

and 83 today in sonoma, and in novato. we have a lot of 80s in this forecast inland over the next few days and still some low humidity. we'll have to see if we still have that fire danger continuing, but it looks like things will improve with san francisco slightly cooler midweek. headed over to mike, you've got the ipad, you're tracking everything on waze. >> trying to see what is going on. we're easing into the monday morning commute. we had the early start for the backup over at the bay bridge volume wise but things eased off as is also the pattern for the monday. we're sorting it out. the south bay no more problems. we're going to see san jose build and continue steadily for the morning for the south bay. peninsula is great. new crash 880 right around just before you get to mission. no problems as far as lanes go. we'll track that with chp. mild for the tri valley and the even, for hayward south 880 the most volume build there. over here slowing for highway 4 and through concord. no problems upper east shore freeway. back over here to 680, working

with waze who timed out a couple of options, how slow 242, coming out of concord and headed toward walnut creek, we're about 36 minutes there, if you go down 242, but if you take a little bit longer and take some surface reroutes or just stick toward the freeways you look at another ten-minute savings. that's what waze will do for you. join nbc bay area wazers, that's the name of the team. back at the bay the transit agencies no delays reported. san francisco service has been restored for cal train for the weekend work and the temporary transit center in place, even though fremont street has opened underneath the new disabled right now transit center over there for sales force. back to you guys. >> a big story we're working on for 6:30 is some relief for people who commute through san francisco. we'll tell you about the major development at the trans bay transit center. work is not done yet though. plus -- >> she expects a medical procedure to cost nothing, yet she gets a bill for hundreds of dollars down the road.

i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. first comes love, then comes marriage, then you know the rest of it, right? well, on my facebook page this morning, i'm asking, hey, might as well join in the fun. what do you think the royal baby will be named? will it be a girl? will it be a boy? tell me. follow me laura garcia bay area. you're watching "today in the bay." lo

welcome back. happening today, president trump gets an up close look at some of the devastation from hurricane michael. the president is scheduled to tour some of the hardest hit areas of florida and georgia, and his visit comes on the heels of a "60 minutes" interview last night where he answered a wide range of questions. at one point, he deflected his recent seeming mocking tone to accusations made against judge kavanaugh by christine blasey ford. >> i will tell you, the way now justice kavanaugh was treated has become a big factor in the mid terms. have you seen what's gone on with the polls? >> the president promised action if it turns out the saudis killed missing "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. the president tweeted "just spoke to the king of saudi arabia who denies any knowledge of whatever may have happened to

our saudi arabian citizen. i am immediately sending our secretary of state to meet with the king." nbc bay area responds to an oakley woman whose annual exam triggered a billing dispute which dragged on for half a year. >> she called our consumer investigative chris chmura's team to help clear it up. >> good morning. karen esk gets a mammogram every year. this year the doctor requested a follow-up ultrasound. karen first asked her insurance company, cigna, what she'd have to pay. she says cigna told her the secondary test was covered in full. she expected to pay nothing. she had the ultrasound. the good news the results found karen in good health but bad news she later got a bill for $867. karen says she then spent six months going back and forth with cigna trying to figure it out. finally, she called us. we reached out to cigna and three days later, cigna sent a note that said "we work hard to make health care easier for our

customers, and unfortunately we fell short of that goal in this instance. we're glad it has been resolved." yes, resolved, cigna erased karen's $867 bill. even though it didn't work out for karen this time, she did something important here. before she had the test she asked for the billing codes that the office was going to submit to the insurance company. karen ran them by cigna first. you should consider doing that, too, so you don't get any billing surprises. but if you do get an unexpected bill, you can call us. the number is 888-996-tips or online at nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> thank you, chris. next, and all new on "today in the bay," brand new video into our newsroom of an overnight showing scooters back on the streets of san francisco. the continued fight to let more companies get in on the game. plus continuing breaking news coverage, as people in the east bay and north bay brace for

the possibility of wildfires. kari's updated wind forecast and live reports, where crews are seeing from the ground. a unique move overnight by a top democratic presidential contender, the way elizabeth warren hopes releasing her dna report might improve her chances. eleni kounalakis owns this building.

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power is out for tens of thousands of people. winds are whipping. some schools are even shut down. team coverage of this extreme fire danger. first want to say good morning to you. happy monday. hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has the day off. kari has been watching the north bay winds. good morning. >> good morning, look at some of our highest wind gusts we've had? especially in the north bay and east bay hills with mt. st. helena reaching 72-mile-per-hour gusts, mt. diablo 62 mool per hour gusts. orinda 45 and about 37 in yountville and 35 in napa. now the winds are starting to calm down, but still breezy especially for parts of the north bay. winds coming in 15 to 25 miles per hour and the rest of the bay area seeing some lighter winds throughout the morning and that will continue to calm down as we go throughout the day. so that's the good news. we will see the red flag warning expiring as we head into tonight, and right now as we take a live look outside in the

south bay, in campbell, we are going to have a chilly start, but warming up, some very warm temperature this is afternoon. we'll talk about the weekend coming up in a few minutes, and mike, a new crash near the maze? >> kari, i was watching this develop as i headed to the set, we saw some crews arriving, looks like there's now a fire engine, maybe some medical attention, minor injuries, looked like they might be reported for the crash, a couple of chp vehicles and a couple of vehicles involved in the crash for west 80. you see how folks are starting to slow. you can kind of catch the signs over here and the commuter lane. this is as you hit the berkeley curve coming westbound 80 approaching the bay bridge. that's the critical point for these folks headed down the east shore freeway. the traffic is moving nicely but berkeley and right at the end and the flashing lights and distraction might be slowing folks down westbound 580 coming into the area. this looks like they should clear it quickly. until the flashing lights are gone we will have a distraction through the maze headed toward the bay bridge toll plaza, where the metering lights are on. the south bay starts to build for san jose, tri valley, east

bay, pretty standard over there. we'll give you more detail coming up, guys, but you have a big issue for the north bay. >>ert that, it's the extreme fire danger going on, calling for really extreme measures this morning. we just checked in, in fact, with pg&e. >> that's right, 17,000 customers without power, most of them in lake county. this is actually intentional. 60,000 across the state. pg&e is shutting off electricity for safety reasons. we've been bridnging you live team coverage all morning. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in calistoga, one of the spots where the power is out. good morning. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you, scott. you know, just a moment ago, we actually saw those wind gusts picking up. they've been on and off in the past hour, and i spoke to a resident who said he had his power out since 7:00 p.m., and we're standing here on lake street in front of calistoga high. they canceled classes because of the planned power outages. let's talk about the overall impact of these planned power outages by pg&e. we know that five school

districts all together went ahead and canceled classes, between lake and napa counties, when it comes to the classes being canceled and all together we're talking about 59,000 people, pg&e customers that are without power because of all this. 17,000 in lake and napa counties. all of this is because of the high fire danger in the area, with the combination of winds and dry vegetation in those affected parts, and remember, it was cal fire who said back in june that it was pg&e's power lines that may have been at fault for some of the north bay wildfires, and as i mentioned, we spoke to a resident across the street from where we're standing and here is what he had to say about the planned power outages. >> precautionary for the first couple of hours, not a bad idea, especially when we heard the gusts going up last night about 9:00, and said all right, maybe a good idea, but this morning, thinking about all the stuff that's in the freezer that's not going to be good in another day or so, might be overkill, might be a little overreaction.

>> reporter: take you guys back out here live, the lake street, where there is no power. they are in the dark as they have these planned power outages. of course we'll continue to monitor conditions and i'll provide major updates as they come in. live in calistoga, president p pete suratos for "today in the bay." the east bay hills under extreme fire danger this morning. flags flying there. you can see a bit of a breeze, but there have been some pretty strong gusts. this is in contra costa county. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez in danville right now, she's been reporting there all morning. follow her on twitter to see up to the minute updates. fremont street is back open in san francisco after part of the road was shut down due to problems at the trans bay transit center. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live on fremont street this morning with what commuters can expect. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. it's open two days earlier, supposed to be closed until wednesday but here we are monday morning.

they were able to open fremont street between howard and mission underneath the trans bay transit center in san francisco. you're going to be driving underneath the trans bay transit center there's two beams there, in the middle of the road and there to support the cracked steel beam inside the transit center which is the reason why fremont street was shut down in the first place. as you drive through there's this new configuration you want to be aware of. so far in the commute we've not seen itch impact on traffic, traffic is smoothly underneath the trans bay transit center. back on september 25th there was the inspections that revealed two cracks in a steel beam that runs underneath the bus stack inside the transit center, when the center was evacuated, the road was shut down and they had to put in a shoring system which is the steel beams i was referring to were in the middle of the road for. the shoring system is in place to keep supporting that beam. what they'll do now is try to

come up with a permanent fix for that beam. an engineer said they will be able to fix that beam without taking it out. they'll keep the beam and what that fix is going to be they have not figured that out as of yet. bus service inside the trans bay transit center still not happening. you have to go to the temporary bus center at howard and main, talking about muni service. anyways, fremont between howard and mission back open here after it was shut down for a few weeks. as i was saying it looks like the commute is pretty light for monday morning, at least from what i can see here. anyways, reporting live in san francisco, bob redell "today in the bay." >> up to the minute update there. 6:36. happening today, more adv t adventurous commuters have an additional option to get them around san francisco. >> the electric scooters are back. after months of wrangling, san francisco today launches a new pilot program for dockless scooters. this is video we shot showing a

fleet of skip scooters placed out on the sidewalks. the two companies that won the right to operate scooters, scoot and skip, have their scooters out there right now. we talked to the ceo of scoot, who says his team is ready to tackle the stray scooter problem. >> we have a whole crew of staff recharging batteries and looking out for scooters parked in a way they shouldn't be and they're going to fix them. >> san francisco's scooter war has seen plerntplenty of twists turns. first regulations came up, late last week a judge denied an injunction requested by one company bypassed in the selection process. the judge did request an expedited look into whether the process was fair. >> o6:37. as early as today, a judge could order a new trial in the case against monsanto. the trial played out in san francisco and captured international headlines. the case involved a

claim filed by an east bay man, dying of cancer, who accused monsanto of knowingly exposing him to the dangers of the weed killer roundup. a superior court judge says it was never proven that monsanto acted maliciously or oppressively against dewayne johnson. the $250 million in punitive damages johnson was awarded will likely be thrown out and subject to appeal. how long does it take to count "654 million. would you like to find out? >> you will if you win tomorrow's mega millions lottery. tomorrow's jackpot supposed to reach $654 million, the second largest prize in mega millions history. we may not have to remind you about the last time somebody won, july 24th, when 11 employees shared the prize at a south bay wells fargo. they bought their ticket at ernie's liquor in san jose. >> what do you say, go in together, mike? >> let's go in together.

i'd join anybody's pool because i want the chance. i don't want to be left out. we don't want these folks left out. they're off to the shoulder and not in the lanes. they are left out of the main traffic flow west 80 at the berkeley curve. we have now a couple of crews clearing and the flatbed tow truck that arrived west 80 slows because of that distraction but everything is out of lanes now and much better news. the upper east shore shows slowing and also out of the maze for west 580 but no additional slowing should be as a result of that crash. we see more build through concord and walnut creek on the right coming off of highway 4. no problems through san ramon, danville, diablo looking nice. smooth drive for the south bay as well, south bay northbound routes build. get back over here. >> just came off a great weekend, hoping for another good one. >> it will be another good and warm weekend across the bay area. inland areas will start out the week in the mid 80s today and still be in the low 80s and this

is going to be warm and sunny, no rain in the forecast, as we look at san francisco with some mid-70s today and cooling down in time for saturday and sunday. as you make plans maybe going to the sierra, heavenly is looking nice with some low 60s throughout the weekend and mostly sunny skies. if you're thinking of making it a beach weekend, santa cruz will see highs in the low 70s. we'll be up to 72 on friday and 70 on saturday. if you're getting out of town, going to l.a., it's going to be pretty warm with some low 80s on friday and saturday. by sunday we'll cool it down to about 77 degrees. let me know what you're doing this weekend. i'm @karihallweather on facebook and twitter. you may get a personalized forecast. we'll talk about what's going on in fremont coming up in about three minutes. >> spoiling us with a personalized forecast. thanks, kari. how far is too far? the crackdown one airline is making on emotional support animals. the new hurdles that people have to go through before bringing some kind of animal on board.

and new rates as medicare enrollment begins. the increase in premiums coming soon. markets continue to fall this time on worries about saudi arabia and the price of oil, though not bad. dow industrials down 27 points. netflix is down about 2%. you're watching "today in the bay."

good monday morning. it is 6:43. we still have the red flag parning in effect for the east

bay hills and north bay hills as we head head over to fremont lighter winds as we start out the day and we are going to see some mostly clear skies. only 49 degrees as you get ready to head out but a heat up the temperatures in the mid-70s today. we'll talk about what's going on the bay area and the rest of the week's forecast coming up in less than five minutes. . >> you're seeing the last of the vehicles westbound 80 at the berkeley curve, the packup starts for the toll plaza approach and approaching the richmond raph blige toll plaza you're getting more company there as well. >> thanks, kari and mike. it is 6:44. anyone who uses lombard as part of their commute through san francisco may want to brace for added headaches over the next two years. richardson avenue down to van ness through the marina

district. major safety imfrom truck tour and improvements are planned. there will be delays so try to plan alternate route between now and summer of 2020 when the job is expected to wrap up. new this morning, senator elizabeth warren releasing a dna test she says provides strong evidence she had a native mar american in her family tree dating back six to ten generations. president donald trump revived controversy as he eyes warren as a possible rival. trump frequently mocks her with the name, nickname pocahontas. this test could preempt further questions and attacks if she decides to run for president in 2020. if you're covered by medicare, take note, premiums are going up next year, though not by much. the standard monthly premium for medicare part b will be over $135 in 2019, up $1 from this

year. the annual deductible for the same beneficiaries will be $185 in 2019, up by $2. the increase is in line with previous estimates. when travelers hear stories about ferrets or squirrelling flying as support animals they think maybe the whole support animal thing is becoming a little too much and spirit airlines is the latest to agree with you. happening today, spirit gets on board with new restrictions for emotional support animals. you may recall last week when police took one woman off a frontier airlines plane after trying to bring her squirrel on board. spirit passengers will need to provide at least two days notice and more documentation. spirit's move follows similar ones made by most of the major airlines. >> tell the squirrel they don't serve peanuts anymore. >> no kidding. won't want to fly. >> you were going to be my

emotional support headed to vegas. >> i do get to fly for free? >> we could try it. >> you'll need another way home. >> you need a doctor's note. all right, starting out this morning with the concern still of a high fire danger for parts of the bay area. red flag warning continues through noon but the winds are starting to calm down in parts of the north bay, which is of course great news. we do still have the very low humidity and any sparks could spread rapidly inme lly in some areas shaded in red. some north bay gusts 60 and 50 miles per hour in parts of the east bay. it's breezy through the next couple of hours. winds rushing offshore and as the winds roll over the hills and kind of descends into the valleys, it dries out and it also warms up. so we have some very warm temperatures in some of the spots this morning, and then it's going to calm down as we see some of the wind speeds relaxing as we go throughout the day. getting the kids up and out the door for school this morning in

antioch, grab a jacket. numbers start out in the mid-50s at 7:00, s as you are walking t school. at 11:00 it's 68 and mid-70s at 1:00. look at the sunrise coming over the hills over the south bay as you get dressed. you need a jacket. it is a cool one and the rest of the day short sleeves because the temperatures will heat up fast. we're heading up to 83 degrees in san jose. 84 in livermore and morgan hill. also 84 in concord. oakland today 81 degrees and 75 in santa rosa. we have a lot of 80s in the forecast, all week long, and it's going to stay warmer than normal with mostly sunny skies. morning temperatures fairly chilly, and san francisco mid-70s today, and then we'll see those highs dropping back to the upper 60s by the middle of the week, and staying that way for the weekend. mike, you have one last check on that crash on i-80. >> i say last check because i think this should be completely cleared in the next couple of

seconds. westbound 80 is your commute toward the berkeley curve where we've been tracking the crash on the shoulder. number of vehicles, a lot of flashing lights. we see the slowing ease up for west 580 and coming down west 80, things are smoother. there you go, it just cleared up in the last 90 seconds since i last took a look. westbound 80 all lanes are clear. the sign tells you all the splits going on, some folks west across the bay bridge, others down 880 and others in toward the maze. the maze in the commute direction moves smoothly. no problem and subtle build for the upper east shore. same thing highway 4 and 242. alamo, danville, dublin and san ramon all looking great. i should say dub slin smooth until you get to pleasanton, where the tri valley starts to build. in san francisco, remember we just told you fremont street reopened a couple days earlier than estimated. great news and no problems around that transit center, except for the transit center itself still using the temporary center, a little bit away. in the south bay and northbound build traditional here. no problems for the tri valley

or east bay. getting ac ross the san mateo bridge getting tougher. all the folks head south off of 580 and here that means more folks headed across 92. you see that build right there but it's moving. that's good news. back to you. >> thank you, mike. coming up next, a quick look at the top stories on "today in the bay," including a big announcement overnight from california's own meghan markle and the prince she happened to harry. guess what it, when their bundle of joy is due. but first, the collapse of sears, one of america's most iconic retailers. we'll tell you what is next for stores. and happening now, north and south korea holding high-level talks at the moment. leaders from both countries pushing to resolve a nuclear standoff. the north and south are discussing measures to reduce conventional military threats such as creating buffer zones aing lo the land and sea boundaries and a no fly zone. the discussions will include set up a north korean rail road that

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here are the top stories on 6:53. here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> breaking news that we've been covering, extreme fire danger in the north bay. pete suratos joins us live in calistoga with details. pete? >> reporter: yes, good morning to you guys. we moved to downtown calistoga

to show you the effects of the planned power outages. you see the makeshift stop sign in place because the power in this area is out due to the fire danger. i want to give you guys the latest numbers that we're getting from pg&e. we know that roughly 59,000 people are without power, and about 17,000 of them are in lake county, and napa county. of course this is all in place due to the high fire danger, and i actually spoke to a resident in calistoga not too far from here who said his power has been out since 7:00 p.m. >> precautionary for the first couple of hours, not a bad idea especially when we heard the gusts going up last night about 9:00. said all right, maybe a good idea, but this morning, thinking about all the stuff that's in the freezer that's not going to be good in another day or so, might be overkill, might be a little overreaction. >> thank you very much, pete. >> reporter: back out here live, where the power is out -- >> go ahead. the power is back up in that

area? >> reporter: yes, we'll continue to provide any major updates as they come in. we're live here in calistoga, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> as will we online as well. thanks a lot, pete. other top stories this morning, sears holding, the parent company of sears and kmart, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy overnight. it marks the collapse of the company that dominated the retail industry for much of the 20th century in this country. sears has reached a deal with its creditors to keep most of its remaining operations up and running for now, but it will close 142 money-losing stores by the end of the yearition in to the 46 stores closing by next month. attorneys for the former silicon company thernos will appear in court in san jose. elizabeth holmes and one other company officer face criminal charges accused of defrauding them. the palo alto blood testing company shut down over the summer. federal prosecutors have charged the defendants with defrauding investors, doctors and patients.

authorities investigating a deadly quadruple shooting outside a late night halloween party. it happened on pulgas avenue in east palo alto north of bay road. officers arrived to find four victims. two died at the scene. two others suffered critical injuries. the gunman got away. authorities say one of the people who died is a 22-year-old stockton man. investigators believe it may have started with a dispute during the party. which took place behind a business complex. >> 6:56. president trump today gets an up close look at some of the devastation from hurricane michael. he is touring some of the hardest hit areas of florida and georgia. the number of dead now 19. hundreds of thousands have no power and in many cases, crews are still assessing the damage. the president this morning also updated the disappearance of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi tweeting "just spoke to the king of saudi arabia who denies any knowledge whatever he may have happened to

our saudi arabian citizen." he said they are closely working with turkey to find an answer. "i am immediately sending our secretary of state toet moo the king." many believe the saudis killed khashoggi in their consulate in turkey. happening today scooters return to the sidewalks of san francisco. companies have a permit to operate now in the city, but only two companies received those permits, lyme, one of the companies that did not get a pemplt asked the judge to block the planned scooter jol route and claims the permit process was not fair. last friday a judge refused to block the rollout but ordered expedited hearings. a live look at fremont street in downtown san francisco this morning, where it runs past the trans bay transit center. as you can see, it is once again open to traffic. fremont has been closed ever since the cracks were discovered in steel beams in the transit center. crews have managed to stabilize the braces supporting those beams. there's still no specific timetable however when the

transit center itself will reopen. happening today, the 49ers try to turn things around in one of the toughest places could you choo -- you could do so, lambeau field. the niners play the packers tonight on monday night football. right now they're 3-0 or three in a row losing after quarterback jimmy garoppolo to a season-ending knee injury. also new this morning, a royal baby, another one, on the way. >> that's right. kensington palace says it's the first for prince harry and his wife meghan markle, expecting a child due in the spring. the cupel is "delighted to be able to share has this happy news with the public." today's aunnoment comes as harry and meghan arrived in sydney. let's hope she's feeling well after all that traveling. >> good luck to her. let's check your weather. high winds have been a concern, dying down a bit. >> yes, starting to councalm do. still breezy as we go through the day with the inland valleys

reaching into the mid 80s. red flag warning for our north bay and east bay hills, continues through noon and then the rest of the week we are going to still see those 80s in the forecast. san francisco mid-70s today, and cooling down by the middle of the work week. >> pretty standard traffic pattern out there? >> yes, slower for specific spots. hayward, where 880 slows a lot headed out of san leandro and down toward fremont for this map, i'm going to move it down to south county, where 17 and north and 101 north will slow. the arrow shows you 101 at tenet there is a crash on the shoulder, that is a tough spot for spokes toward morgan hill. note that if you drive from south county, keep that in mind. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back at 7:25 and every half hour after that with a local news update. >> join us at "nbc bay area news" at 11:00 and when we're not on area check out nbcbayarea.com and our free app available on itunes and google. have a great day. a bay area citt

sounding off. the president speaking out in a wide ranging and contentious interview on russia. >> do you really think i'd call russia to help me with an election? give me a break. >> justice kavanaugh's ak sneer i didn't really make fun of her. >> his tense relationship with the press. >> leslie, it's okay. in the meantime, i'm president and you're not. >> and much more, how his comments are playing at the white house and beyond this morning. frantic search. >> search and rescue. >> with thousands still reported missing, crews go door to door hoping to find survivors of hurricaine michael. residents now being warned it to