plus -- >> if he's elected the stock market will crash. >> the idea the stock market is booming is his only measure of what's happening. >> decision 2020, the final presidential debate mostly civil but both candidates are still waging a war of words and ideals. a live report next on what was said plus reactions this morning. and a new round of reopenings across the east bay. a list of who is finally able to allow customers back through their doors up next as the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. we'll have more on the presidential debate. they were actually quite civil. nice to see. there's that mute button, though. good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington on this friday morning. doesn't that sound nice. a look at that commute coming up in a bit. first that friday forecast. and the friday forecast, kari, you want to get out and say, yay, it's friday!

>> you sound like oprah. we'll be celebrating in cooler weather, too, what we're expecting today, a calming wind as we go into the next couple of hours and throughout this afternoon as our temperatures continue to drop. but, unfortunately, there is another high wind event we'll be watching by sunday into early next week as our temperatures today reach mostly into the 70s across the bay area. we'll talk about this coming up. mike, how is it looking for the morning drive? kari, it's looking like friday. i'm not going to sing it like marcus because what i do is not called singing. over to the bay bridge where your traffic is humming along through the area with no metering lights. a little brake tapping earlier. it started itself out. green sensors and the approach. over to the maze and the upper east shore freeway. the north bay without any problems. the south bay and hayward, 880 south showing slowing just building a bit. that's about it. back to you. >> all right, thanks, mike.

pg&e this morning is still in the process of restoring power to customers who lost it from this week's high fire danger but the latest shutoffs now appear to be just a small taste of things to come. pg&e is looking at a possible and more widespread outage starting sunday and that's when, as kari was talking about, the extreme high fire danger now in the forecast to arrive. pg&e is still monitoring the situation and says things could change but customers at risk of having that power cutoff will be notified starting later today. now just 11 days until the election. after last night's second and final debate president trump and joe biden both returned home overnight. each will head back out on the campaign trail this weekend. as for last night's debate it was less contentious than the first, covering more ground and keeping the fact checkers very busy.

tracie potts joins us live with a recap for us. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hi, laura. good morning, everyone. clearly a different tone last night, the mute button was active. the moderator seemed to be keeping things in check and was able to even get in good follow-up questions. president trump with fewer interruptions that actually seemed to be the campaign's focus and their strategy for this debate. the second and final presidential debate calmer than the first with both candidates insisting character is on the ballot. >> you know who i am. you know who he is. you know his character. you know my character. you know our reputations for honor and telling the truth. >> i am the least racist person in this room. >> reporter: this time there was substantive conversation on a number of issues including

coronavirus. >> we're learning to live with it. we have no choice. we can't lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. >> learning to live with it? come on. we're dying with it because he's never said, he said it's dangerous. >> reporter: and the candidates reacting to the latest news that iran and russia are trying to interfere in the election. >> i made it clear that any country, no matter who it is, that interferes in american elections will pay a price. they will pay a price. >> reporter: also at issue the president's taxes. >> i prepaid my tax. tens of millions of dollars. i prepaid. >> he's been saying this for years. show us. just show us. stop playing around. >> reporter: both candidates claim they don't take foreign money. the president addressed "the new york times" report that he had a secret bank account in china. >> i closed it before i even ran for president let alone became president. >> reporter: and on the minds of american families, health care.

>> joe biden is going to terminate all of those policies. these are people that love their health care. >> what i'm going to do is pass obamacare with a public option and become bidencare. >> reporter: the final debate before america decides who should lead. and the candidates back out today. president trump has a couple of campaign events, rallies, in florida. joe biden back in delaware with a speech on coronavirus and the impact on the economy. live this morning, i'm tracie potts, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, tracie. perhaps partly due to the debate, early voting is on track to shatter records. so far over 45 million americans have cast their ballots. according to "the washington post" and with 11 days to go nearly 90% of the total early turnout in 2016. also the u.s. postal service has delivered more than 100 million blank or completed ballots.

162% increase from the last election. experts say overall voter turnout may reach its highest level since the 1908 election. the region's second largest county loosening restrictions. "today in the bay's" bob redell, indoor dining finally something people can do again there. >> reporter: yes, but with restrictions, a limited number of people inside. alameda county has moved into the orange tier, the second least restrictive tier of reopening which means alameda county has been downgraded from a substantial to moderate spread of covid-19 infection. that's good news. starting today restaurants here in pleasanton and other parts of alameda county can start serving customers indoors, inside, for the first time since march. as long as they don't go above 25% capacity. last night business owners were

preparing for what they hope could be a boost in their business. >> we're waiting for it, ready to open up, get our servers back in and get the business back and going. definitely a change but we'll get used to it. >> reporter: it's not just indoor dining that can resume but indoor worship services, movie theaters, indoor family entertainment centers like bowling alleys and climbing walls. again, they must be at 25% capacity, social distancing must be followed and masks need to be worn by everyone. gym and fitness centers which have been open can expand to 25% capacity. and tomorrow on a side note san jose state's football team will become the first d-1 bay area college team to get their covid shortened season under way. they'll be at home against the air force but no fans will be april loud in the spartans stadium. reporting live here in pleasanton, bob redell, "today in the bay."

thanks, bob. 6:07. san francisco leaders are getting closer to extending the cap on fees delivery apps can charge raunlestaurants. a 15% cap in place. it would stay that way until after indoor dining resumes at 100% capacity. the goal is to give restaurants a little financial relief. in july door dash admitted to charging some restaurants up to 30% for delivery fees. the app says it has since fixed that error. eastern contra costa county schools now have a time line in place for in-class learning. they plan to resume in person next year after trustees approved the hybrid plan. the school includes liberty and heritage high in brentwood and freedom in oakley. the teachers union says it still opposes the plan calling it too risky but if covid cases

stabilize classes may resume january 12th. job cuts may soon be coming to b.a.r.t. board members approved a cost cutting plan including continuing a hiring freeze and offering early retirement incentives to employees. b.a.r.t. faces a $33 million deficit due in large part to ridership falling off a cliff from the pandemic. ridership is still down by 87%. and b.a.r.t. now does not expect the numbers to fully bounce back until at least the sum earp of 2022. details on a hate crime. anti-semitic graffiti was painted. a former berkeley mayoral candidate. they found a spray paint can inside his backpack. images matching graffiti patterns. he's facing charges tied to other recent vandal attacks at

the same synagogue in august and earlier this month. contra costa county's district attorney's office is ready to bough to release race and gender based crime fighting statistics. activists have been calling on the county to show the breakdown. the d.a.'s office is now preparing a public release gathered with the help of an east coast data driven nonprofit. those statistics will cover the last five years. "the times" does not provide an exact date for the release. new this morning, take a look at this. the new cover for "time" magazine. insteppad of saying "time" on t cover the logo says "vote." the first time it has changed its logo in 100 years.

all right, 6:10 this morning. let's get a look at the forecast. kari giving that hour by hour temperature forecast. yes. we are starting out very chilly. some upper 40s for parts of the north bay. as we go into this afternoon it's going to be a nice one with highs reaching into the 70s. your lunch time temperature will be at about 68 degrees in redwood city and 70 in dublin with our temperatures continuing to cool off as we go into the weekend. we'll talk about that and our fire danger. mike, how is it looking now for the commute? we see some sensors turning back to green. short-lived. it will kick in more later on. we're looking at the big view of the bay. the map shows speed sensors, no problems. out to the bay bridge a build there. west 37 your standard build, the

richmond bridge. we had a lot of traffic for about ten minutes now it's light. back to you. 6:11 for you this morning. are you ready for a vaccine? still ahead for you coming up at 6:25 the growing number of californians who say they would not be willing to take it if it was approved today. and bracing for the holidays. the new changes target is rolling out. plus -- ♪ if you're an ariana grande fan the wait is over. that new single dropping, and there is a lot of buzz surrounding it. details on the brand-new video and when that full album is expected to arrive. you're watching "today in the bay."

6:14. if you're planning to head to the beach, it will be chilly out there. we check out the forecast for half moon bay dropping down to the low 50s and foggy. we will get some sunshine. it's going to be quite windy, hazardous beach conditions. >> 92 will get crowded. it does on a friday.

tapping, nothing reported at the toll plaza. another live look outside. starting to slow and no incidents reported. we'll connected for any maintenance crews there. good morning, i'm leslie picker. here are today's top business headlines. wall street is set to open higher this morning. investors weigh the potential for another stimulus package as well as news on earnings and the coronavirus. stocks rose yesterday after house speaker nancy pelosi signaled she and treasury secretary steven mnuchin are making progress in their talks, but she also warned it could take a while for a bill to be written and passed by congress. also in focus today earnings from american express. the federal trade commission is mulling whether to bring an antitrust case against facebook. "the wall street journal" reports the commission met

yesterday to discuss the next steps. the ftc has spent more than a year looking into complaints facebook has been using its powerful market position to stifle competition. facebook disclosed it was under investigation and reports said one focus is facebook's acquisition of potential competitors such as instagram. and the iphone 12 officially goes on sale today at 8:00 a.m. don't expect to line up outside an apple store to get one. due to the covid-19 pandemic apple employees will be handing out reservation forms for people to get time slots to come back later. the company doesn't want to see people crowded together outside stores. face coverings and temperature checks will also be mandatory, and apple will limit occupancy to keep people from jamming inside. i don't know. i don't really miss waiting in line, marcus and laura. that's one thing i think is actually improved in the pandemic. >> i agree. i went to the apple store not too long ago and i had an appointment, went right in, got what i needed and came out.

i'm here for it. >> didn't have to battle any crowds to get there. it is important to keep everyone safe, and target is making some changes as well to help keep in-store shoppers safe of the big holiday shopping season. shoppers will be able to make online reservations as well ahead of time before they even arrive at the stores. the hope is that it will help limit long lines outside. anytime there is a line customers can reserve a spot and they will receive a text when it's their turn to enter. trening now ariana grande fans are rocking side to side. >> after a few weeks of teasing her new single and video out today. ♪ that's a new video for the song "positions."

she features herself in the white house as president and cooking in the kitchen, balancing work and home life. a full album set to be released one week from today. she has it so hard, right? >> she made a video out of just -- great how she just made a video out of stuff that films her around her everyday life. natural. >> singing, cooking -- >> exactly. >> running the country. >> think it might be true. >> not really. here we go. 6:19 this morning. a woman doing it all is a mother, a wife, a meteorologist, oh, yes, meteorologist kari hall is breaking it down for us this morning. yeah, and i look that good cooking. that's how i dress when i roll some dough and stuff. let's talk about what's going on in this forecast. we are going to have nice cool

weather today and we're reaching into the mid-70s. we're reaching up to 77 degrees in pleasanton while oakland will see a high of 71 today and some low 70s for san mateo and redwood city and san francisco reaching 66 degrees and our north bay highs will reach 77 in sonoma. as we head to sunday we'll have another fire weather watch most likely turning over to a red flag warning turning to another event of high winds, low humidity and some of our mountain wind gusts reaching possibly up to 70 miles per hour. going along with that will be a high wind watch that may change over to a high wind warning as we get closer to the event. some time throughout the week make sure you're securing your lawn furniture, getting some of those things that may get blown

around because we are expecting that starting late on sunday. as we go through the time line calm winds today mostly 10 to 15 miles an hour and mostly the same for tomorrow but then as we go into sunday that's when the winds start to pick up and we're looking at a northerly wind especially for our inland areas that will be about 25 to 30 miles per hour and staying very high as we head to monday. i'll have another update coming up. how is it looking right now for the commute? it's looking great. let's take folks out and where we had slowing in san jose and the speed sensors back to green there all along the peninsula side, 101, 280, the san mateo bridges all registering green sensors. west 580 to north flynn, the earlier crash has cleared to the eastbound side. a bit of slowing.

slowing on the decline for west 80. just some slowing off the 880 overcrossing. out of the maze you are clear. back to you. thank you, mike. up next on "today in the bay" nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: is customer service getting better or worse? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we want to hear from you. we'll show you how to participate in a new national survey next.

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night's debate. plus, 15 years after scott peterson was sentenced to death for killing his wife laci and their unborn child, the case is back in court. new findings by our investigative unit one year to the day after the kincade fire started tearing through the bay and the region copes with more extreme conditions. "today in the bay" continues and a good friday morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike in just a moment. first let's check the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. how are we looking? we're looking pretty good. our winds are starting to calm down. no red flag warning as of this morning and we'll have cooler temperatures, but we will have another high wind event going

toward the end of the weekend and this one may be stronger than we've seen recently. we're locking at high temperatures in the mid-70s in martinez and san jose. some upper 60s in san francisco. how is it looking for the morning commute right now, mike? kari, it's friday so we expect a light traffic flow. we have light volume overall but slowing off the 880 overcrossing. that's getting a tad bit worse as we have more cars. on the map a little more slowing into the san francisco side of the westbound bay bridge. we don't have any incidents and no metering lights. that may change over the next few. a steady flow out of contra costa county. the rest of the bay moves very smoothly. i'll talk now, marcus. no need for the mute button. let's talk about last night and what a difference three weeks makes. most of you political watchers out there probably agree last night's second and final presidential debate was a huge

improvement from the first. nbc's kristen welker navigated through several key issues allowing us to hear what each of the candidates say. first the take on covid shutdowns. i'm going to shut down the virus not the country. his ineptitude caused the country to have to shut down in large part, why businesses have gone under, why schools are closed, so many people have lost their living. >> governors cuomo in new york, you look at what's going on in california, you look at pennsylvania, north carolina, democrats, democrats all, they're shut down so tight and they're dying. they're dying. and he supports all these people. all he talks about are shutdowns. >> and on health care biden points out the president is yet to share a plan, and the president says biden has a socialist agenda. >> 10 million people have lost their private insurance, and he wants to take away 22 million

more people who have it under obamacare and 110 million people with pre-existing conditions, and all the people from covid are going to have pre-existing conditions. what are they going to do? >> he wan socialized medicine and it's not that he wants it. his vice president, she is more liberal than bernie sanders and wants it even more. >> other topics include race, immigration and foreign policy. we'll have more coming up in a live report from washington in 15 minutes. the highly publicized case of scott peterson will be back in corporaurt today. the bay area ties to this case, the bodies of his wife laci and their unborn child were found along the san francisco bay. the trial played out here in redwood city. sharon katsuda joins us live at san quentin where peterson is being held. he's been locked up for some time now. why this verdict is getting a second look.

i've anchored here for 20 years in the morning. this is one of the biggest cases we've ever covered, sharon. >> reporter: that's right, laura. everyone remembers this case. we just saw a change happen. it's been busy here at the prison. prison records show scott peterson is now 47 years old and he is housed here at san quentin. the california superior court ordered his murder conviction re-examined due to possible juror misconduct. his death sentence was overturned on an appeal in august. a judge will determine today whether peterson needs a public defender or hire his own attorney. peterson will not be in the courtroom. he will appear by video from san quentin. he was convicted in twourp of murdering his wife laci peterson and unborn son connor. it was revealed peterson was having an affair before the disappearance of his eight-month pregnant wife, laci. this is expected to be very

emotional today, of course, and limited seating due to covid restrictions. reporting live at san quentin prison, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> sharon, thank you. developing for you this morning a memorial is growing in south berkeley where a young, pregnant mother was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting wednesday night. family friends sent us photos of the victim, 19-year-old sereinate henderson. she was shot and killed in her car in front of family members near their home on prince street. one relative didn't want to be identified and actually talk about the tragic loss. >> she had all the leadership qualities to do whatever she wanted to do in life. >> right now police are not commenting on the investigation or if there's a person or any pursuing leads they may have. henderson leaves behind a young son. one year to the day after the start of the kincade wildfire our investigative unit has obtained findings on the

cause. cal fire says it was started by a dormant pg&e line that should have been dismantled because it was no longer needed. it had once provided power to now closed geo thermal plant outside of geyserville. investigators say when it snapped it hit the tower multiple times showering sparks on to brush below. pg&e says it has not yet seen the findings. the fire burned 77,000 acres and destroyed 174 homes. california is recording it its highest daily covid deaths in a month. 130 new deaths were reported yesterday. midweek it hit 62. compared to two weeks ago deaths are down 6% and cases are down nearly 3%. personal care workers can reopen. sonoma county will allow tattoo

parlors, nail salons and massage studios to reopen indoors. health leaders allowed them to reopen but only outdoors. sonoma county right now has the most restrictive rules because it's still in the purple tier. happening today if you're thinking of a family outing this weekend, san jose playgrounds are reopening. the city shut them down seven months ago. but it now means nearly 300 playgrounds and more than 1,000 amenities will once again be available. that may include basketball, volleyball courts along with barbecue pits and picnic areas. so who came out on top? up next this morning's reaction to last night's presidential debate and a live report from washington straight ahead. plus -- >> reporter: the presidential election is not the only thing on the ballot. we're talking with voters all around the bay area about the issues here at home, election integrity. we're starting with why do you

vote? some very good answers coming up. and taking a live look at the big board on this friday morning, the markets have been open for about seven minutes. you see the dow jones industrial average hovering up about 38 to 45 this morning . hey, marcus, laura. here is the thing, we are getting some fantastic submissions, but there's still time to apply. bay area, if your kids, your friends, your colleagues, if you want to show off your costume live in our virtual plaza next week sign up at today.com/plazaween. and as a fun twist, every day our viewers will be voting in an online poll to pick one person or a group to join us again on friday for our big halloween show. that's, of course, when we reveal our costumes. it's going to be a lot of fun.

and, bay area, we want to see you on that plazaween big board. get to it. marcus, laura, thanks again for getting the word out as well.

right now at 6:41 we're hearing that we may not be heading back into the classroom until next year. in antioch let's check out our home school recess forecast. we'll see those temperatures in the low 50s and then maybe late

morning will be a good time to let the kids run around in the backyard and get some of that energy out. we'll talk about some high energy with our wind eend of th weekend forecast coming up. a tough drive for oakland, north 880 jamming up to san leandro and hayward. a crash around 98 registered on the chp report in the last couple of seconds. backup at the bay bridge still holding light. we'll talk about the rest of the drive coming up. decision 2020 the morning after the second and final presidential debate. both president trump and joe biden returned home overnight each planning to return to the road this weekend. we have live team coverage of all things decision 2020. >> as we begin that coverage there let's start with tracie potts live in washington with

reaction to last night's debate. tracie? >> reporter: hi, good morning. reaction is this is what people wanted to see the first time around. it was toned down. it was substantive. they got into a lot of issues that americans wanted and needed to hear about without the over talking and the interrupting that we saw the first time around. the moderator seemed to keep things moving and even got some good follow-up questions in. the mute button was either used or a deterrent. we didn't see that level of confusion that we saw the first time. and we also got some good answers from the candidates, whether you agree with them or not, we were able to hear them. both candidates talked about character, who they are and what they believe. >> you know who i am. you know who he is. you know his character. you know my character.

you know our reputations for honor and telling the truth. >> i am the least racist person in this room. >> reporter: let's talk about coronavirus, one of the big issues last night with both the president and vice president biden characterizing -- former vice president biden -- characterizing where we are and why we are where we are today. >> we're learning to live with it. we have no choice. we can't lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. >> learning to live with it? come on. we're dying with it because he's never said it's dangerous. >> reporter: we'll hear more about that, joe biden giving a speech on coronavirus and the impact. the president will be in florida. he's announced late last night to reporters that he will be voting in person in florida on

saturday morning. back to you. >> tracie potts, thanks so much. nearly 50 million americans have already voted. that's more than two-thirds of all the votes president trump received back in 2016. this morning we're kicking off a bran new segment bay area votes, all about hearing from you and what's driving you in the polls. kris sanchez has been spending time listening to voters and joins us live now. kris? >> reporter: we talked with pem who vote religiously every single time, with new voters, to people who haven't voted in a while and decided to vote this time around. a lot of them have already committed their ballots into boxes like this one so their votes will be counted come election day. california is one of nine states that automatically sent ballots to all registered voters this year in an effort to keep voters safe during the coronavirus pandemic. nearly 21.6 million ballots were sent to california and according

to our secretary of state nearly 5 million vote by mail ballots were already returned as of this week. election officials will start counting their votes on election day and will continue until 17 days after the election or until they're done, whichever is first. we asked voters why do you vote? >> we feel the intensity. >> this time is unlike any other time before. >> people make decisions that affect my lives and everyone's life around us. >> i like where the country is happening. >> i feel particularly passionate about the president. >> who we put in office should represent us. >> i think it's one of the most critical in u.s. history. >> we hold the power. >> vote, get your voice heard. be the change that you want to be.

>> reporter: you still have time to vote. don't wait to return your ballot until the last minute if you are mailing it. it has to be postmarked by november 3rd. and verify your ballot box is legitimate through your county registrar's office. you can check the location and see what they're supposed to look like. check the signature on your i.d. what they are trying to match on the outside of your ballot so it does not get rejected. only vote once. you may have gotten more than one ballot because of a change in your registration. that happened with my husband. but returning more than one is a felony. throw the other duplicate in the trash. voter trends among women, minority, young voters, conservative voters. ladies, do join the conversation. we'd love to hear what you have to say. we have a comprehensive voter guide on nbcbayarea.com. you can find not just the

presidential election and other issues as well. >> thank you, kris. 6:47 this morning. trending for you this morning there will be no miracle on 34th street this year. santa claus will not be visiting any macy's stores in 2020 due to the pandemic. now this will end a 159-year holiday season tradition. instead macy's is creating an interactive virtual experience. if you're always looking for something fun to do on the weekend, of course there are some options, quite a bit of them this weekend, right, laura? >> yeah. ever want to go to a billie eilish concert? now is your chance. she will stream a concert. the preshow is tomorrow night. tickets cost $30. you can also maybe take in the new "borat" moviemaking a lot of headlines. it is streaming on amazon prime

starting today. and live from new york it's "saturday night live." adele hosting the show tomorrow night. you can watch right here on nbc starting at 11:30 p.m. i felt like i was on the show. let's check the forecast. i remember standing on the stage and it's just right around the corner and it's a lot smaller. >> you're a lot smaller than people actually think. >> that is true. kari, take it away right now. all right. let's check out this forecast on this friday as we check out our high temperatures now. i'm going to go back to that.

i skipped past it fast. half moon bay will reach up to 63 degrees. now we're looking at some low to mid-70s on this friday. let's talk about what i am concerned about. we are going to have another high fire danger for much of the bay area. we're looking at a northerly wind at times that will gust from 40 to 60 miles an hour and continuing through tuesday. at the same time we'll have a high win watch going up for all of the bay area. we'll see if solano county is included as well as we go to the week. this one starts sunday afternoon and continues through early monday morning and during this time frame we're looking at winds in our mountains that could gust up to 70 miles per hour. so you want to make plans throughout the weekend to pro prepare for power outages. the possibility that may happen as well as downed trees and tree

limbs. in the valleys high winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour. this will be stronger than the past couple wind events we've seen as cooler air drops in. as we go through the forecast today mostly a light wind at 10 to 15 miles an hour. a day to enjoy. tomorrow a light wind and mild temperatures. then as we head through the forecast on wednesday we're going to start to see the winds picking up. sunday night winds rushing in from the north at about 20 to 25 miles per hour getting even stronger by wednesday -- or monday morning, i should say, as we get ready for the new workweek. you probably heard about the wildfires over colorado. they're going to get some snow there but high winds here as the storm system drops over to that area. we'll continue to follow that with more updates. mike with an update on the commute. i have a big note for the east bay and how things might be shaking up. behind me red sensors, very

slow. the bay bridge toll plaza is very light and will stay that way for a bit of time because folks are held up in oakland. now we're looking at this oakland side of the bay bridge. that's great. look at the map, though. the sensors i showed you behind me are slow northbound 880 to 98. that kicks off slowing. holding folks up from getting to the bay bridge. that might mean they'll head down to the san mateo bridge. a smoother, easier drive. the span itself shows a bigger volume. you're at speed across 92. back to you. >> thanks, mike. talk about going above and beyond. a nasa astronaut and stanford alum making sure her vote counts this election even if she's not here on earth. kate rubins actually just cast her ballot while onboard the international space station. she cast her vote by using a secure electronic ballot from her home county in houston. astronauts have been legally

allowed to vote from space since 1997. >> so no excuses. if they can do it, we can do it. up next, the top stories including the growing chances of widespread power shutoffs again. this time by sunday and taking a new look at one northern california high-profile conviction. one of the biggest ever. scott peterson's murder of his wife and unborn child. the steps being take nen a central valley courtroom.

6:55. welcome back. here is a quick look at the top stories we're following. pg&e is still restoring power this morning to some customers who lost it this week. those shutoffs may only be a small taste of things to come this beak. pg&e is now looking at a possibly much larger and more widespread outages starting on sunday. that is when extremely high fire danger is due to arrive. pg&e says things are still in flux, could still change, but any customer is at risk of having their power cut will likely be notified starting later today. scott peterson's conviction is getting a second look. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda is live for us at san quentin where he is serving time right now, explaining what is

happening in the courtroom today. >> reporter: that's right, marcus. the court hearing is scheduled to begin at 8:30, and prison records here says scott peterson is now 47 years old and is housed here at san quentin. earlier this month the california superior court ordered peterson's murder conviction be examined due to possible juror misconduct. the death sentence was overturned on appeal in august. a judge will determine today whether peterson needs a public defender or hire his own attorney. peterson will not be in the courtroom. he will appear by video from san quentin. peterson was convicted in 2004 of murdering his wife, laci peterson, and their unborn son, connor. during the investigation it was revealed peterson was having an affair before the disappearance of his 8-month pregnant wife laci. this will be provided on audio because there will be limited seating in the courtroom due to covid restrictions.

reporting live from san quentin prison, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> thank you, sharon. in the meantime happening today alameda county loosening its coronavirus restrictions. let's go to "today in the bay's" bob redell live this morning in pleasanton. >> reporter: alameda county has now moved into the orange tier of reopening, the second least restrictive tier. starting today indoor dining can resume. as long as the restaurants don't go above 25% of their capacity. the same for indoor worship theaters, movie theaters, family entertainment centers like bowling alleys and climbing walls. masks need to be worn by everyone. gym and fitness centers, which have already been open, can expand to 25% capacity. indoor retail and malls up to 50% capacity. reporting live in alameda county and pleasanton, bob redell, "today in the bay."

>> thank you, bob. here we go this morning, a final look at the forecast for you, meteorologist kari hall, look at those numbers. it's going to be very nice today and we're going to have a nice stretch of some near normal temperatures, but i'm watching that high fire danger by the end of the weekend as our winds pick up. make sure you keep checking back in for updates on that. let's head over to mike now. how is the commute looking? good news. we should have a better flow north 880 by the coliseum. that should improve folks getting to the bay bridge from castro valley. that will send more folks up to the bay bridge where there are metering lights. by the coliseum shows you traffic is really starting to flow. pretty big volume past high street. so we'll track the bay bridge toll plaza. no problems so far this morning. it's overall lighter for friday so it can handle it.

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