a cap on delivery fees is now approved for the city of walnut they do one of the most deven in normal times.s, our frontline health care workers. and when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. to invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone- rich, poor, and in-between. whether it's this pandemic or the next health crisis, vote yes on prop fifteen. for all of us. when you take a it all begins to un-ravel. ann ravel's no reformer, she's backed by big corporations who've poured hundreds of thousands into her campaign. and she opposes ballot measures to make the economy more fair for working people. only dave cortese is endorsed by the california democratic party. he's helping us battle the pandemic with a science-based approach. and expanding health services and child care to those in need. for state senate, democrat dave cortese. >>> as we continue with breaking news coverage on the tragic death of san francisco firefighter jason cortez, you're looki

walnut creek had power shutoff last night. no street lights, no homes with lights on. the light you see is from our news van. pg&e has been informing residents since monday that power may be shutoff. this affects 6,000 customers in walnut creek, danville, oakland. this is happening in the middle of a pandemic. many people are working from home. students doing remote learning. pg&e opened 40 community resource centers. these are places people can go to if they don't have electricity. the centers will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the next two days. that will help residents, but two days without power has many small businesses concerned. >> first of all, business is not good. if they shut off power, we have to shut the store down. nobody will be here eating at my restaurant, which will affect my incom income. >> customers have been told that power could be off until friday at 10:00 p.m. pg&e said crews will be out friday morning to inspect power lines. if all goes well, they will turn the power on as quickly as possi

anser hassan is live in walnut creek with more. >> good morning. one of the neighborhoods in walnut creek where the power has been shut off since last night. if you look down the street, no street lights, homes without electricity. the light you see is from our news van. pg&e has been informing residents since monday that power would be shut off due to the threat of wildfires. in the east bay this will affect over 6,000 customers, mostly in the cities of walnut creek, danville, dublin and oakland. to help out, pg&e opened 40 community resource centers where people can go if they don't have electricity. those centers will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the next two days. pg&e says this power shutoff will affect less than 1% of their 5.4 million customers. they claim that improvements to the psps program and infrastructure over the past year means fewer residents will lose power. >> we're trying to make them shorter events and smaller events. so we're really targeting areas trying to make it pockets and targeted zones rather than larger ar

>>residents from within danville walnut creek and the lay of the arrest happened with the days of thectual crime as a result of the suspect's vehicle being recorded by a residential surveillance camera represented by the green dot you see here on this map. the cameras part of a 280 citywide volunteer civilian camera registry, san ramon police captain carrie goldberg says that the vehicles information was given to police departments in the tri valley area who then use their own police network of license plate reader cameras to track down the suspects vehicle and they'll head and with that vehicle into our camera system. and we received the alert when it entered our city the suspects were arrested a short time later investigators say there appears to be a connection to the rise in bay area melt that crimes and thieves targeting people who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus and are waiting for their unemployment checks to arrive in the mail since the pandemic began and checks started being mailed out. you know identity theft was on the rise as well out that if you are resident a

>>our coverage of pg e's public safety power shutoff continues now in walnut creek that is where kroning all spoke with neighbors who have been without power for nearly a full day. >>generators keeping the lights on for neighbors in woman living in a community without power. tim shea unprepared for this after pg any sent out notices earlier in the week. >>a warning about a looming public safety power shutoff still shay on is frustrated, we're not in a fire danger area, he's upset because his home is miles away from the mountains which are prone to wildfires size of that. 2 blocks over there and they're against the hill there on our >>i understand the temperatures reach the 90's by the early afternoon and the wind gusts picked up but never becoming strong it's clear fires present a danger for the whole state but neighbors in walnut creek which there was an alternative to pg and e's plan and potentially losing power for 3 days, they were good they can and often does strap hanging on that big fun. >>they were going be facing. >>pg and e's set up a community resource center at nearby harb

we'll see in walnut creek phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>it is so frustrating to be without power, especially when it's this hot outside as we take a live look outside along highway 24 in walnut creek temperatures very hot there today and it's windy. meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is here now with more on the heat and the winds but today doesn't sound like it's the hottest day of our heat wave. yeah, that's right justine we are going to notice the heat wave peaking on friday with temperatures. 15 to 25 degrees above average in addition that high fire danger concerns tonight, so both the red flag warning and heat advisory set to expire on friday, so tonight all the way through tomorrow going to be critical for us here in the bay area live look outside from the east bay shoreline not a cloud in the sky in fact temperatures already soared widespread 90's out there low 90's for downtown san francisco, san jose in the mid-nineties with oakland at 97 degrees so flirting with those triple digits there but napa. >>you're hitting that century mar

a daring rescue in walnut creek caught on camera. this is cell phone video of two window washers being rescued by contra costa firefighters. it happened outside the courtyard of the california center early this morning. two men were washing the windows when one side of their steel scaffold broke free. you can see the men dangling from their safety harnesses. firefighters set up a rope system on the roof. they dropped down, and they got the men safely to the ground. >> they need a raise -- the firefighters and the two window washers. >> that rappelling is so scare are. >> that's a good skoir. >>> a helping hand for homeless people. today governor newsom announced $30 million for the state's homekey project. the money is to help cities and counties convert hotels, apartments, and other buildings into homeless housing. the governor making the announcement in a virtual news conference. several lawmakers you can see joined him as did a woman named jackie valencia. she's a mother of seven. her family had been homeless for three years. >> w

forcefully google has the details from walnut creek. >>spread out across a busy intersection in walnut creek more than 50 people associated with the mount diablo unified school district rallied saturday for a safe reopening of schools, costa health services has approved the reopening of elementary and secondary schools for in person instruction schools can resume campus learning without a waiver or further permission from the health department. >>still the school district is sticking with distance learning for the time single mom and a lot of us and i'm a special needs child. >>we could do this and on on the screen. these families safe distance learning has lead to some unintended consequences that could be corrected by allowing students to return to their class. so now we have to say keep on track those 33 djerba. >>you know it's it's a different job as parents i got in some families could grant you know the mother daughter dynamic. >>the district board has called a special meeting for wednesday to discuss the path forward in recent me

that's going east to walnut creek. a gorgeous day out there today even nicer weather is on the way meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez joins us now with a look at the forecast embrace a hater justine yeah but from now until then we have that red flag warning that we need to watch out for tonight through your friday morning. >>mainly for the north bay mountains east bay hills and valleys gusts upwards of 50 miles per hour less dropping relative humidity to very dry conditions as low as 12% through tonight and for your friday morning temperatures out there right now 5 to 10 degrees cooler then today and today we are noticing widespread 50's and 60's along the coast, the 70's and 80's as you make your way inland conquered 82 degrees in half moon bay. 59 degrees so near 25 degree difference and that cooling trend is going to continue through your end of the workweek friday or as justine likes to call it friday we're going to be about 5 degrees cooler than where we were today, 67 degrees for downtown san francisco in half moon

>>just want >>lily low is the owner of the dragons pond in walnut creek. hers like other businesses have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic that the life. >>i want to help blind. let me after 5 months. yeah, even the late night through the high school exit hang on she says despite getting the green light from the state to let customers back inside. >>she's planning to put up the stop sign. >>i don't want to take any rate. >>because even though loud but the pace going she says a combination of climbing covid cases and compromise family members is why she's making the decision and she's not alone. other business owners here in walnut creek tell me that while it will be good to have customers back indoors to help with their plummeting bottom lines. they do plan to take a slow and steady approach. some say they're planning to implement their own enhanced safety protocols. lowe says it will be a while before she lets customers done inside once with just cuts. >>on to the hunt for the best thing come out. then there signs time a lot of for you lot about >

the picture from walnut creek of one of the places we're going to see numbers reach into the 90's thison today right now rather in the 50's and 60's off to the east bay 48 but most other readings coast to inland in the 50's and the 60's this is what we think will happen later today, 76 by 11 by 2 89, but still those inland air is going to be looking at some 90's some minor leave happening for san francisco and around the bay taking off the edges a bit on the coast will be retired well from the 80's into the lower 70's marty okay, thanks a lot. a 14 year-old girl in texas is now one of the country's first female eagle scouts. >>her name is abigail winkleman in she earned the rank after she completed her eagle scout service project and there it is it's a local gun garden club 88 she made the garden club 88 sensible by some ram some benches and landscaping that you'll see there. the boy scouts of america allow girls to join cub scouts back in 2018. but didn't allow girls to work toward earning the rank of eagle scout until just last year. >>i wanted to give back to the community and help

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it will have similar designs to those in union square, palo alto and in walnut creek. so far, though, no date set for the grand opening. >>> trending this morning for fans of halloween the movie is much more than a bunch of hocus pocus. >> sarah jessica parker posted photos of a movie reunion with bette midler and kathy najimy. they came together for a charity fun raiser. the halloween classic was released in 1993, a staple for disney plus is now in the works with all three actresses set to continue with their roles. >>> happening tonight day two of the new season of "the voice." and if you love the blind auditions another two-hour event. while the artists and coaches are back in the studio the audience is still all virtual because of coronavirus safety protocols. the show says it's trying to keep everyone covid-19 free but

and you saw the view there in walnut creek, 59 degrees.r the inland portions of contra costa county at 59 degrees and into san jose, there's another red sunrise. look at that, 62 in san jose. where the smoke will be at its worst, areas south of san jose, also the tri-valley, inland east bay, and obviously into the north bay, closer to where the glass fire's burning. these are all locations that will likely stay at 150 and higher. that's the unhealthy range on b, the bay and coast may see numbers come down a bit as we head towards tomorrow. so let's take a look at the outlook here. this is a smoke model, the hrrr model that incorporates wind speed and direction. so, you'll notice through the day today, there's a lot of red on the map. as we head into late today and into tomorrow morning, we're thinking that the sea breeze is going to pick up. it's going to be reasonable while tomorrow's temperatures cool off. but also notice the trend, we hope, on the air quality, as more of the smoke might get temporarily pushed slightly off to the east. t

forcefully google has the details from walnut creek. >>spread out across a busy intersection in walnut creek more than 50 people associated with the mount diablo unified school district rallied saturday for a safe reopening of schools, costa health services has approved the reopening of elementary and secondary schools for in

>>but i just don't want to >>lily low is the owner of the dragons pond in walnut creek. hers like other businesses have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic that the life. >>i want to help blind. the money after 5 months. yeah, even the late night through the high school exit hang on she says despite getting the green light from the state to let customers back inside. >>she's planning to put up the stop sign. >>i don't want to take any rate. >>because even though loud but the pace going she says a combination of climbing covid cases and compromise family members is why she's making the decision and she's not alone. other business owner here in walnut creek tell me that while it will be good to have customers back indoors to help with their plummeting bottom lines. they do plan to take a slow and steady approach. some say they're planning to implement their own enhanced safety protocols. lowe says it will be a while before she lets customers done inside once with just cuts. >>on to the hunt for the best thing come out. then there signs time a lot of for you lot about

>>just don't want to >>lily low is the owner of the dragons pond in walnut creek. hers like other businesses have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic that the life. >>i want to help a money at the climate. yeah even the late night through the high school exit on she says despite getting the green light from the state to let customers back inside. >>she's planning to put up the stop sign. >>i don't want to take any rate. >>because even though they loud but the pace numbers keep going she says a combination of climbing covid cases and compromise family members is why she's making the decision and she's not alone. other business owners here in walnut creek tell me that while it will be good to have customers back indoors to help with their plummeting bottom lines. they do plan to take a slow and steady approach. some say they're planning to implement their own enhanced safety protocols. lowe says it will be a while before she lets customers done inside once with just cuts. >>on to the end and for the best thing come out. then there signs a lot of custom a oiled

so we talk with the owner of woodhouse day spa in walnut creek about the changes gender who says that both customers and employees are just thrilled to be back in business and ensure the public that they've taken precautions to keep everyone safe. >>it's huge we've been close for 7 and to be open again just feels like we've been given life staff our guest today they are beyond thrilled that were open but we require masks for all guests and staff at all ice receiving official it's a lot to be removed. all of our missions where face shields in addition to masks and gloves throughout the entire service. we have social distance markers throughout the spy. >>i have been to spawn over year. it looks so relaxing. and isolation would be nice writer at now of the faa's operating on modified times however they were able to bring back half of their staff. well to the east bay we're hearing about success for an online learning program in one school district even though there are some technical issues kron four's has it reports that despite the technical mishaps one parent is actually in no rush t

each still toasty for danville walnut creek and concord 89 degrees each welfare field in vacaville in the low 90's. santa rosa through center fell in the mid 80's. looking ahead temperatures today tomorrow and wednesday still warm and we still do have the high fire danger as i noted, especially tomorrow in the north bay. after that though this is where it gets really good the weekend ahead daytime highs for inland areas only in the 70's so it's back to that fall feel that we had a couple of weekends ago. this time though without the clouds you just get enjoy some sunshine and 70's which is going to be really nice to look for too. rob, thank you john we're heading back to the bay bridge toll plaza we've had so many problems on the bay bridge and 80 this morning, most of them are out of the way but the traffic is still jam so a very slow commute into san francisco. >>we had a crash here at the toll plaza that was blocking there was a stall out on the skyway and of getting stall a word of a stall at the incline now so 31 minutes is your drive time to make it in its crawling from west gra

crews at the scene of a gas leak in walnut creek and people being told to avoid the area. not sure how the leak happened and we are not sure when the situation is going to be resolved but we wanted you to know as people are out and about at noontime. keep that in mind if you go to walnut creek. >>> a ktvu investigation of the state's unemployment system is finding more delays and abuses. state officials admit that agency has problems. there is more information here on fake claims for unemployment assistance. >> two rappers made this video boasting about defrauding california's employment department. the zoning titled edd have been removed from youtube. the wrapper was arrested after feds got wind of the video. >> it is disturbing but the other point is that whenever you have a large government benefit program we got to be aware of that. >> lawyer michael burning says california's new unemployment claim numbers suggest the state's added verification process is successful and is weeding out fraud lent claims is showing results. the claims have been in the system more than 21

so 45 degrees right now in walnut creek, it is clear and sunny.will be a warm afternoon so definitely one of those california mornings because it starts out cold, okay, today it is. today's the day i can bring out all of my heavy coats. finally, you know, as a true californian and then right by the middle of the day it warms up into the 70s and 80s. that's what we're expecting today. 47 in san jose. and we're going to get a lot of sunshine. so let me give you a sneak peek, sort of a minitour. the south bay is in the 70s and 80s and we're warmer than we're supposed to be around this time of the year. even though we'll be dry this weekend, as you guys know, we have been seeing extremely dry conditions. i'll talk about our next chance of seeing rain and sierra snow in a few minutes. >> see you in about 15. thanks. >>> beginning this weekend, you have more options for early voting and dropping off your ballot across the bay area. in san francisco alone, there will be 11 new drop-off locations opening today. that includes the home of the warriors, chas

we're live here in walnut creek. wilson walker, kpix5. ? well, kenny choi joins us from san francisco civic center with how people are handling all of this election angst. >> reporter: liz, within two minutes of arriving here, i witnessed one woman storming out, was upset that she cannot scan her ballot three tabulator machine. she wanted to vote in person, to be clear you can do that here, you just have to fill it out and then submit it but it is that kind of angst and stress that one psychotherapist we stoe has seen a lot of this election year. >>> security is tight. that was not enough for this voter. >> i want to make sure my vote will be counted. >>> what would you recommend to those who are really struggling with dealing with that pre- election anxiety? >> take a breath. take a breath. >>> the psychotherapist has seen extreme behavior in clients, leading up to this election. >> against the fire, our prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that does executive functioning, reason, logic, all of that? off-line. and that is what people a

reporting live in walnut creek, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> good news indeed. the relief could not come soon enough. thanks. >>> now many north bay residents say they have come to accept planned power outages as a new way of life. one sonoma homeowner says she bought a small generator to keep the internet on so her three kids have access to online schooling. >> we have a generator but it kind of like you learn. you live and learn each time. next time will be like okay, you know, one more tweak to it. >> other sonoma residents we tacked to say they understand why the shut offs are being done. many know someone that lost their homes to recent wildfires in sonoma county. don't forget, you can head to abc7news.com for tips how to make sure you're prepared for a power shut off. >>> after an i nitial congress accepted. governor newsom was seeking help for the creek fire, the largest in state history. the governor made the announcement late this afternoon after the state appealed the initial decision to withhold funds. the presidential mayor disaster decoloration, wil

this one near walnut lane inc he's avenue. >>firefighters are also standing by in surrounding communities, ready to jump into action as the fire continues to grow doing pretty good and i know they're working hard they're doing their best and are so appreciative of everything they're doing to try to say the community. >>while i was up there when i ran into a volunteer firefighter, he says there's a small group of them with their own equipment staying behind to protect the community in napa county taylor kron 4 news. >>continuing our team coverage now let's turn our attention to sonoma county that's right. here's a map showing exactly where kron four's reyna harvey is for us this morning as she is in the rink on valley neighborhood of santa rosa on to see the boulevard right near calistoga road. several homes we understand were damaged by the fire and thousands still remain threatened. so let's go out live to an hour and a good morning. what can you show us. >>all good morning. i'm actually at murry at the steel high school this

>>one community in walnut creek is now coming together demanding that the mount diablo unified school district change its stance on distance learning. this week, the contra costa county health department give the green light for schools to welcome their students back to the classroom for in person learning. but the school district says classes will remain virtual at least for now and that has a lot of families upset kron four's fleet of all reports now from walnut creek where those families rallied for a safe return to school. >>for 7 months elementary middle and high schools in the mount diablo unified school district have remained empty. the pandemic for students and teachers into distance learning, but a lot has changed since campuses first closed has been heard has been bad, i think it should open now they've had several months to make a plan is doing now the county allows that mister as of this past tuesday contra costa health services has approved the reopening of elementary and secondary schools for in person instruction. >>schools can resume campus learning without a waiver or

after police broke up a group of about 25 protesters who had gathered around an suv is in downtown walnut creek friday night. police said 2 or 3 protesters tried to open the front driver's side door of that suv see an image of the scene here while others from the group or yelling at the people in the suv kicking the vehicle. police say some of the protesters then started to walk towards are there trying to get them to disperse. officers say they shot a 40 millimeter foam baton round at a protester who is attacking the suv and he was hit in the torso police identified that person was hit as michael chapman and stuck struck by that foam the time he was later arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment and of obstructing an officer. >>to the south bay now santa clara county residents impacted by recent wildfires can pre-register for disaster calfresh starting today disaster calfresh provides food benefits in the form of an electronic benefit transfer or ebt card that can be used to grocery stores and other qualifying locations, individuals or families who lived or worked in santa clara count

creek and as we make our way into the afternoon areas like walnut creek holding on to the low 80's just barely most of our inland areas backing off the 80's, falling into the 70's to kick off the weekend on a cooler note. robin thank you john major residual slowing on highway 4 after an accident in concord was tying up traffic blocking several lanes so the crash is gone, but the drive time is still very high, especially for friday, a whopping 42 minutes for west for from antioch over to concord because of that crash which is right before they 6.80 looks good the nimitz trouble free and one oh one easy 31 minutes from san jose heading to menlo park. >>the bay bridge commute into san francisco fantastic for friday delay free we haven't had any major issues so far 9 minutes for you average to fremont street that's right on time we'll check more purchase and more drive times coming up back to you, thanks a lot one just 4 days to go to the election bay area city stepping up to help people cast their vote and that includes the city of oakland we've got joining us on zoom call this morning, oa

>>and this is out of the east bay were community in walnut creek wants them out unified school districtnce on distance learning. the contra costa county public health department has allowed some schools to welcome students back to their classrooms for in person learning. but the mount diablo unified school district says the classes will remain virtual for the immediate future and that has some families upset crop forcefully to call reports now from walnut creek where parents there want a safe return to the classroom. >>for 7 months elementary middle and high schools in the mount diablo unified school district have remained empty. the pandemic for students and teachers into distance learning, but a lot has changed since campuses first closed has been heard has been sadder than that europe and now they've had several months to make a plan let's do it now the county allows that mister as of this past tuesday contra costa health services has approved the reopening of elementary and secondary schools for in person instruction. >>schools can resume campus learning without a waiver or further

concord in walnut creek each at 76 degrees. well in the north bay not much different than that highs also in a range of 70's for your temperatures santa rosa 76 sandra fell at 79 degrees. here's a look ahead at your next 7 days daytime highs don't change much for inland areas. we remain steady in the upper 70's while mid 70's, not a whole lot cooler than that across the south bay where the bayside areas, coastal areas in the 60's to low 70's for daytime highs. so there's really not a whole lot of temperature variation going on today nor really over the rest of the forecast starting to feel more like fall for sure as we work our way through this week robin. >>sorry about that robin looks like your microphone is not connected we're going to try to get that fixed for you it doesn't seem like the traffic is too bad. they're older now robin. >>there it is and westbound side of 92, >>i now from the election and early voting in the u.s. already surpassing the total number of early votes that we had in the 2016 election and both of the

plaza behind me here in walnut creek inside the courtyard area. two men were several stories up washing these windows which one side of their scaffolding broke free. you can see in this witness cell phone video it shows the fire department arriving on the scone as the video tilts up and dodge men are dangling from their safety harnesses between the fourth and fifth along' the gangway they had been standing on is dangling by one of its steel cables. that supported the men as they were washing the windows when it failed around 6:45 this morning. someone inside the building called 911. a rescue team set up a rope system on the roof several stories where the men were at and dropped down to the men and secured the men and lowered them safely back to the ground at around 8:00 so the men were probably hanging there a good hour and 15 minutes. both men were talking and breathing and taken to the hospital and the chief fire official said they app to be okay. no clear what caused the scaffolding to fail and again, why they wear safety harnesses. >> bob, tha

near dan vill, walnut creek and deablow. they could potentially have their power turned off by pg&e. alameda county, upwards 4,000 could lose power, including those in the oakland hills. some businesses in the east bay say these potential power outages will be another financial blow for them. we in with an auto repair shop and a flower shop. >> no electricity or my computer order cannot come to my shop and i run out of business. >> we cannot sell anything inside. basically, we are -- cannot do anything until power comes back. >> just another struggle for them. they plan to turn the lights back on 12 hours after the winds have calmed down. in order to do that, they have to go inspect the lines first. so, the timeline is fuzzy. >>> the hearing continues at this hour. judge amy coney barrett is still answering questions on capitol hill. she's been in a senate conformation hearing all day. before the full senate will eventually vote to put her on the supreme court. when asked if she'd seen the george floyd video. >> my 17-year-o

we're at 64 degrees in walnut creek as we look at what to expect the rest of the afternoon. it's going to go into the upper 70s for today. we'll see that high temperature right there at about 3:00 to 4:00 today. let's head to the south bay. we're going to see a high temperature of 80 degrees in downtown san jose. we're still looking at 80s for the south county. this is a little bit warmer than where we should be feeling for the end of october with walnut creek reaching 80 degrees, oakland a high of 76 and mid 60s for the coastline, mid 70s for san mateo. reaching as warm as 73 degrees in our mission district and north bay highs in santa rosa, napa staying mostly in the 70s. we'll see some nice weather for today. but a lot of changes ahead for the regional look. but for us, we're just in with this high pressure that's going to keep us in a quiet weather pattern. just some slightly warmer than normal temperatures. it may not be until the end of next week when we see a change with cooler temperatures. i wanted to show you the drought outlook updated this morning. you can see al

first stop caught our po box in walnut creek. we counted. >> in walnut creek in our contra costa county po box, only 22 out of 25 arrived. all our mock ballots arrived within four days in santa clara and alameda and the last three contra costa county ballots came in on day six. as for san francisco, we are still waiting on two to arrive. >> the two fake ballots you sent never showed up. it is concerning. >> reporter: jonathan stein with the voting rights group common cause says this election for the first time you can track your ballot and get a new one if it gets lost. another big change, as long as your mail-in ballot is postmarked by election day, it has 17 days to get to the registrar's office instead of the traditional three. >> even late ballots still have more than enough time to get to the election office and be counted. >> reporter: what if the ballot is postmarked the day after election day? a recent analysis of ballots in sacramento, san mateo and santa clara found on average 1.7% get rejected. problems with signatures

a live look at walnut creek. a red flag warning for parts of the north and east bay going into effect tomorrow morning. >> firefighters are stepping up patrols as a precaution, adding these three extra trucks starting tomorrow. pg&e not taking any chances, warning about a mass power shutoff to prevent wildfires. but a bit of good news. pg&e saying that 394,000 customers could be impacted starting tomorrow. that is down from 466,000 customers just yesterday. we want to check in with meteorologist rob mayeda on this crazy weather. rob? >> yeah, i've been watching the threat over the next 24 hours of these gusty winds on the increase around the bay area. red flag warning due to dry winds. we could see some power i eer i some of that planned and the unplanned, as we might see tree damage. technically, these are on shore cooling winds. we had some drizzle and mist and light rain at times this morning, as you see the wind speeds around the bay area, on shore from 10 to 20 miles per hour. the wind advisory tomorrow, tha

obviously it's into walnut creek where it's 100 degrees today. you can see the map here out of the north bay. improvement. unhealthy air from sonoma, napa down to the tri-valley. fremont, as the camera showed you we're seeing more pollution funneling down towards the santa clara valley and into the east bay. so, the good news for the tomorrow in terms of the 49ers is that those conditions are expected to improve mid-afternoon in the evening. still locally healthy in the north bay and east bay. that cooling effect that should help out the temperatures, we'll talk about how much cooling we're expecting and how soon some of the smoke will start to move out of the bay area hour by hour in our forecast coming up in about 8 minutes. >> thanks very much. >>> crews in the north bay still working to battle the glass fire. containment stands at 10%. not great but heading in the right direction. earlier today the conditions calmed down help the firefighters, but tonight more concern over the winds. nbc bay area's christie smith has more from angwin. >> repo

this is live look at walnut creek. the east bay hills among the areas where a red flag warning will take effect in a few hours. jeff, how's the time line going? >> well, i haven't seen any big changes in that wind forecast. so really as we head through tomorrow those winds will begin to pick up and it will continue into thursday and begin to calm down once we hit friday. so on our red flag fire warning northeast south bay under this warning right now, but i do want to be clear. the highest risk, again, 1,000 feet and above in the mountains where we'll have these on and off wind gusts of 30 to 50. sustained winds, 10 to 20. humidity values also dropping down to about 10%. we've seen the breeze kick up at times tonight but not overly gusty. look at my wind map. as we move through tomorrow the wind builds down from the north. you can see this red to magenta color that wi8 stall start to m in. we'll have more on this hour by hour look. i'll see you back here in about 15 minutes. >>> an explosion at a gilroy home has garner

>>woodhouse day spa in downtown walnut creek is currently open friday through monday but hopes to open more days as covid restrictions continue to ease up next drug addiction. a big problem bay area leaders working together >>so mary officials are stepping up and pushing for safe injection sites for people to inject drugs with medical help nearby if needed kron 4 sanaz tahernia explains why local officials are pushing hard to get this measure passed. >>i talk about what happened to my sister and i wish the opportunity to get help was available to her for san francisco mayor london breed, it's a personal issue he he's talking about a bill that she along with oakland mayor libby schaaf and senator scott wiener pushing were built open safe injection sites in san francisco oakland and possibly other parts of the state is designed to provide drug users and addicts with what officials are calling a clean safe in judgment free setting. >>with medical personnel present to prevent overdose deaths. a problem that increased 70% in 2019 the sites will also provide a clean needles and access to rec

here in walnut creek, the line wound around a parking lot. >> i expected a lot longer line. i'm surprised it's such a small area you can vote in person. >> reporter: of 17 early vote locations, 12 are outdoors like this one inside a tent from 11:0 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. another location of key interest, this sports court. this is where 140 workers and volunteers are ex track opening eloquent veopen envo envelop envelopes, there was another reason to come out. >> you feel comfortable with seeing everyone else that's voting, also. you know everyone is at least coming to vote. >> reporter: turnout so far is air above 54%. i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> the oakland coliseum will become alameda county's largest voting center starting tomorrow. county residents can cast ballots inside the arena and they can also drop off their mail in ballots. in addition to the coliseum, santa cla ra can vote or drop of and san jose home of the sharks and chase center in san francisco new home of the warriors will serve as ballot dropoff locations. still, a few more days to vote as we countdown

it's from walnut creek. we have some cirrus clouds passing on by. a little bit of blue sky. a glorious shot from north alamo looking towards walnut creek where we did get up into the 70s. 74 degrees. not super warm but not too cold either. then as we move through the next couple of hours, we'll be drop be into the 60s. let me show you what we are dealing with. we are sandwiched between two different systems. it's frustrating because we'd like to get the rainfall but it's not going to happen here. we have a storm system moving off towards the south. then there's also another storm system to the north. now, it's this one off to the north as we head through tomorrow that's going to bring some cloud cover back, very extensive with a chance here of some spotty drizzle near the coast, maybe the bay. and then as we move through tomorrow, we'll hang on to this cloud cover and a slight chance of some spotty drizzle. it's going to be a good day to just enjoy these temperatures and that air quality. tonight through saturday, we are looking good across the entire bay area. so as we move

along the bay shore in fremont and hayward well triple digits from the tri valley through danville walnut creek in concord oakland 94 nearby san leandro in castro valley each at a 100 degrees this afternoon. triple digits as well for much of the north and in the vicinity of the glass fire. lot of these temperatures going to be breaking records for just how hot we are getting this late in the year. now tomorrow temperatures won't be quite as warm as today still going to be toastie but not as many triple digits on the map saturday. we further cool down and by sunday and monday. a nice little fall feel free a daytime highs will only be in the 80's inland with 60's 70's near the bay. so there's a light at the end of the tunnel today, the worst for fire danger and heat though robin all right we'll keep that in mind. thank you john we're checking in on the traffic. >>taking a peek at your early morning commute. i always say the earlier the better right now it's very quiet into san francisco. we're taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza and the trip across the upper deck remains trouble

creek up to 80 degrees today along with you in walnut creek at 80 vacaville right up to 80 degree mark upper 70's for most of the rest of the north bay and then temperatures down into this coast. mostly in the 50's to 60's 70's and sandra fell on up to santa rosa. here's a breakdown of your next 7 days will start with our inland areas, upper 70's for your daytime highs today down from the 80's where we had been look at where we're heading into saturday sunday and monday low 70's for these same areas. temperatures next week to gradually increase back up into the low 80's for these inland spots. bayside areas, 60's today and tomorrow then 70's return into the rest of the forecast and coastal spots remaining pretty steady in the 60's as i mentioned for you or greatest of winds are expected from sunday into monday. these days right here the ones to watch out for concerning the strongest of winds. robin hey like that forecast wrong with the exception of the winds but 70's look really good much more comfortable. >>all right, let's go outside and take a peek at the bay area bridges we're chec

you're seeing the view there in walnut creek where it's 94 degrees. notice the areas in red still from areas around walnut creek down into san ramon and livermore. down into the south bay, san jose seeing some unhealthy air, and the wind picking up a little bit in santa rosa is actually slightly improving the air quality picture there. as we head towards tomorrow, we'll see a stronger push of ocean air that should start to improve air quality and also lead to a sizeable drop in those hot temperatures we saw inland today. we'll give you the timeline on both hour by hour and our forecast, which does include rain chances in the seven-day for a change. we'll take a closer look at that in about eight minutes. >> you just got everybody's attention, rob. >>> firefighters in the north bay are still working to battle the glass fire. you're looking at new aerial video from a cal fire helicopter. you see that smoke billowing up in the sky. flames up there in the trees. containment now at 10%. that's an improvement. but earlier today a break in the weather did gi

walnut creek, still 93 degrees, humidity at 16%. if you're wondering why we're not getting any red flag warnings at this hour, it's the wind. the wind at least have backed off, but that's dry desert-like air. and notice bayside, 0% humidity, still 77 degrees in san francisco. 89 degrees and humidity at 19%. keep in mind foorm we have of course this time it might be in the second quarter of the game at this .49ers taking on the rams right here nbc bay area. kick off at 5:20 in the evening. and instead of the mid-90s we saw today we're expecting some mid-80s around kick off time. so still well above average. here's a bit of good news, too, in terms of the air quality. expecting moderate levels of air quality. you might notice some smoke around the south bay and east bay. most of that in the higher level of the atmosphere of the creek fire burning off to our south and east. late tomorrow we'll begin to see fog starting to reappear on the coast. that's the first sign of a little ocean air that will lead to a slightly cooler start to the

it is 83 degrees for a high in walnut creek. most locations add five degrees to your temperatures today. still in the low 60s in walnut creek. san jose 64 degrees. so anoushah rasta brought this up. look at the air quality. still green across the board. a little bit of moderate closer to richmond, but overall a much improved picture. but with the change in the wind, might see more smoke creeping into the north bay, something we will be watching closely. the fire intensity has dropped off. for the morning, it will be chilly. 40s around the north bay. dress in layers for the morning as we got those 40s to start the day. and temperatures for the afternoon going back to summer-like numbers. mid-80s around san jose. closer to 90 degrees. climbing closer to 90 degrees. 80s oakland and freemont. low 80s down towards pal low alto. up from 72 today. closer to 75 degrees tomorrow and north bay temperatures for tomorrow in the mid to upper 80s. so here is the culprit. and typical pattern for october. storm passes to the north. high pressur

that's highway 4 at walnut that slows a bit. heading to the west. so watch that coming into the diablo, marsh creek roadway. other than that small crash no major incidents there. smooth drive across those spans. back to you. >>> thanks so much, mike. 5:10 right now. unrest in philadelphia. still ahead on "today in the bay," 5:25, overnight clashes between police and protesters following a deadly shooting. what we're learning about some injured officers. >>> coronavirus continues to get worse, not better, and wall street has taken note and stocks had a really rough day on monday. plus -- ♪ i want it that way ♪ don't tell me what you want >> okay, we're taking the throwback and tossing it to tuesday. the throwback tuesday for you. the '90s song setting an all-new record this morning. you're watching "today in the bay." give you my world ♪ ♪ how can i, when you won't take it from me ♪ ♪ you can go your own way xfinity mobile's fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. and right now get $250 off.

what happens at the end of this walnut creek was not unique. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> thattreated to a surprise on the occasion of his 95th birthday or as ed prefers to call it it is the 55th anniversary on my 44th birthday. >> years ago, a promise was made. >> this year was not going to be easy. >> i had to figure out a way to make it extra special. so she sent out words there will be a drive-by parade for ed. she got the local high school choir to sing him happy birthday. she posted on social media asking for cards with interesting stamps because ed loves those. he received more than 200 of them and they are still counting. ylette found and developed old negatives of ed and his father who passed away when he was a baby. he never before seen a picture of the two of them together. >> i am 95 years old and i have never seen a picture like this of my father. basically what i am doing is i am seeing my father after 95 years. as special as all this is for a world war ii vet, retired engineer and six decades of 49ers fan, ed's celebration mirrors so many over the bay area in the

upper 60s in walnut creek. 74 over santa rosa.ly warm day in most areas and for the afternoon, 76 the afternoon high for san francisco, oakland, fremont. 82, napa and for the east bay looking at about 80 degrees. temperatures begin to cool down slightly for the bay area. a little more on wednesday. continue the trend thursday, friday and into the weekend which happens to be the final weekend of october. low 70s around the bay. low 70s inland with the dry conditions. >>> a winter snowstorm in colorado is giving hundreds of fire crews much needed help as they fight historic fires in the northern part of the state. the east troublesome fire in grand lake has burned nearly 235 acres and is 10% contained. satellite images show the damage after the deadly fire exploded becoming the second largest wildfire in california history. at least six inches of snow fell in some areas stopping the fires growth yesterday. >> california, we have been hit hard by wildfires this season. work crews are all across the state preparing burned zones and ho

>>well in the east bay, the power shut offs are impacting areas like walnut creek with neighborhoods their residents say. if they're not prone to so they were a bit miffed, but homes on era scored have been without power since wednesday night now one homer owner picked up a generator to keep his food, fresh says he's frustrated by another power shut off and believes that pgd could avoid it altogether. >>utilities for they painter guys that we don't have this problem or try to start putting things and around why is it that 2 blocks over there on and they're against the hill there on our >>and you can hear the frustration and wondering ypg news and. in implementing better infrastructure, the power there is an expected to be restored until later tonight. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news mayors from the state's largest cities are calling on governor newsom to release plans about the reopening of schools safely more on that to come. >>plus one homeowner is concerned about the glass fire still burning up in napa county. i she says crews are making more fuel for wildfires right near h

are now working our way back into the upper 80's and in some cases the low 90's like in danville walnut creek and concord berkeley and richmond still holding on to the 70's are little coast closer so that stream of fog through the golden gate. well 80's and 90's for the north bay fairfield vacaville youngsville and snow but each back into the low 90's 80's from santa rosa down through sandra fell today and tomorrow are hottest days of this forecast we start to see a change beginning to occur on thursday, but this is also going to be a windy us one so fire danger, we'll still be of concern all the way through thursday and early friday, friday saturday and sunday is when you can really breathe a sigh of relief temperatures will cool into the 70's at our warmest for the weekend and with much calmer winds to is finally going to be feeling nicer and a little bit more like fall. robin. >>all right, thank you john we're checking in on the traffic and the trip into san francisco. the bay bridge, it's thinning out on the bridge but not on the approach to the toll plaza so on the oakland side. yo