. >> today in berkeley union activists had signs warning of the dangers of reopening. the oakland education association also urged caution, pointing abc7news to a statement made by president keith brown a month ago. we stand by our safety criteria. any return to in person instruction must be negotiated and will be brought to members for ratification vote. most don't envision in person learning until january at the earliest. abc 7 news. >> and the pandemic has flattened the airline industry. despite that sonoma county's regional airport began a long awaited expansion today. they hope the airport finishes as covid-19 disappears. >> signs of covid times, they've not been good for sonoma county airport. >> it's been a complete disaster. >> he runs the restaurant here, the only one that doesn't allow inside dining. >> we would do an average of between three and h 00 a day. >> now? >> 25 to 40 people a day. >> why stick around? >> three, two, one. there's reason for hope in a symbolic ground breaking today. sonoma county airport has begun a massive terminal expansion. >> it'

. >> reporter: today in berkeley, union activists greeted arriving families with signs warning of the dangers of reopening amid the ongoing pandemic. the oakland education association also urged caution, pointing abc 7 news to a statement made by president keith brown a month ago. "we stand by our safety criteria. any return to in-person instruction must be negotiated and will be brought to members for a ratification vote. in short, most east bay school districts don't envision any return to in-person learning until january at the earliest". laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> today nearly all bay area counties banded together to release recommendations not requirements, recommendations on how to celebrate the holidays safely. avoid nonessential travel. that's obvious. those who do travel out of the bay area are asked to self-quarantine for 14 days. group gatherings should be held outdoors with a small number of people wearing masks and staying socially distant. no more than three households should gather together. events should last no more than two hours. >> that sense that we're safe be

berkeley. places like union city, 37. so, that's what we're dealing with there. look at 30s out there.to be cooler tomorrow morning. here's a look from the east bay hills. dealing with 16 to 22-mile-per-hour gusts. look how clean that air is. for your commute, if you have to work today, i feel for you. a little breeze in the hills, but nothing that will be too strenuous. calmer and cooler weather everywhere. milder this afternoon with temperatures like this, low to upper 60s, the same thing for sunday, low to mid 60s, just a little less sunshine. let's find out if there's commute hassles out there with sue. >> no real hassles. it's very friday light. holiday light i should say. we do have still with a b.a.r.t. delay, we had an earlier equipment problem there and recovery mode. 10-minute delays between san francisco in the antioch direction. emeryville, lots of gaps between the headlights, which means everything is moving at the limit on 80 westbound as you make your way towards the macarthur braise. here is the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights, no delays, it is very light out

a couple of holdouts like union city at 59 degrees. berkeley'll be right at 60 wall walnut creek concord up into much of the north bay looking at daytime highs in the mid 60's today was 65 in napa and sonoma as well as vacaville and fairfield little cooler from nevado down through center fell in mill valley only in the low 60's today, let's get a look ahead at your next 7 days, this includes thanksgiving day just around the corner which as we all know will be on thursday, we will be seeing daytime highs cooling just a touch wednesday thursday and friday for thanksgiving the day before and the day after the holiday. just a bit cooler than we were over the weekend and will be today and tomorrow. now we're in libya evening lows are going to stay pretty chilly in the 30's and of course as i mentioned don't forget that early wednesday morning we may see a few sprinkles besides that though the 7 day forecast is looking consistently dry and mild. robin like the sound of that thank you john what we do need more rain but you know causes problem >>sorry

dublin pleasanton livermore in the mid 80's today while union city in berkeley in the upper 70's, oakland enrichment you've got one more day 80 degrees after today, it will be the 70's for you 70's also to be returning for a lot of these spots are seeing in the 80's up in the north bay, here's a breakdown of your next 7 days or inland areas will still be on average in the low 80's come tuesday, wednesday and thursday most of our bayside areas fall from the low 80's today into the 70's after this point. tomorrow is a mention for election day looking beautiful sunshine and comfortable temperatures. it won't be till friday saturday and sunday that are fall change of pace really kicks in with highs in land falling from the 80's to the 60's. robin, though that's a big drop in temperatures thing to job checking in on the traffic we do have a new accident coming off the bay bridge 80 west harrison street right here. >>so it's going to be busy for you heading into san francisco. looks like they're already moving off to city streets but it's impacting traffic on the suspension was already pretty c

we do have union city and berkeley holding out in the upper 70's at 7879. well conquered walnut creek danville in san ramon, each in the mid 80's today, temperatures in the north bay also mid-eighties for the most part vacaville and fairfield at 84 85 today while some 60's right along the coastline in stinson beach and point raise here's a breakdown of your next 7 days obviously tomorrow being election day. take that one it's going to be another beautiful one little bit cooler than today but that actually works in our favor because it just means tomorrow is even more comfortable to wait in those lines wednesday and thursday we keep the good nice dry weather going before friday saturday and sunday temperatures cool from the 80's to the 60's inland 70's to the 60's by the bay cloud cover increases and we see that slight chance of showers both friday and saturday. >>robin all right, thank you john we're heading over to the golden gate bridge checking in on one on one which is looking good earlier was covered in fog. so we had reduced visibility, but now just l

for your daytime highs today east bay temperatures upper 70's in a few spots like union city but mostly 80's today, berkeley will be at 78 while oakland and richmond holding on to a tease for just one more days if you like the warmth in oakland and berkeley today's your chance to enjoy it because after today things going to be feeling a bit more crispy going with that jacket on more so than the shorts and t-shirt that you've done the past few days. here's a look at your next 7 days so temperatures after today for inland areas will still be warm for a couple of days just not as warm as today. tuesday wednesday and thursday we fall into the low 80's inland mid 70's by the bay and by the coast though 60's do return, but by the weekend when 60's also returned to the rest of the bay look at this temperature drop from thursday into friday that's that cooler air pushing in with the slightest of chance of rain on friday. also a slight chance of rain on saturday to overall the biggest differences, you'll notice certainly those temperature drops. robin i was just getting like used to it and spoil with the 70's 80's c

i want to bring in jane mcalevey , union organizer, negotiator, and scholar, currently a senior policy fellow at uc berkeley'sr center. publish part of her first-hand account and a florida in 2000 and its lessons for today. interview is headlined "prepared to hit the streets after election day." she's the author of several books, including "a collective bargain: unions, organizing and the fight for democracy." thank you so much for being with us. why don't you lay out what you're sayingow and what you feel nee to be done. >> good morning. thank you for having me. in florida, i was among the first people to land in florida, like literally the nt morning at 6:00 a.m., and one of the last people to leave. i spent an incredible amount of time on the ground in florida in 2000. experience and alec twled coup. al gore did when florida. consequences of that decision we're sll paying for. the parallels that are nerve-racking from my viewpoint are the followin one, what we hear from we hope president-elect biden is a lot of the same sort ocommentary that we heard from al gore -- stay calm, the process is working. there

of degrees from yesterday low to mid 60's for you in the east bay for the most part union city at 58 though and berkeley richmond also holding on to the upper 50's for another day, north bay temperatures, some of our coolest and also some of our rainiest of spots of here looking at that potential of a quarter of an inch of rainfall today in areas like santa rosa real only be at 56 for today's daytime high. here's a look ahead at the next 7 days 70's return sunday monday and tuesday for a brief period, i'd step outside and before showers return late tuesday into wednesday and temperatures after that dip back down into the 60's. evening lows will be warmer than they have been only dropping into the 40's as compared to the 20's 30's where we have been robin thank you for the update john if you're hopping on bart this morning do plan ahead as bart is recovering from some earlier issues in the east bay delays continue up to 20 minutes all call it a residual delay traveling anywhere from the oakland coliseum to the end of the richmond line so plan ahead all right we're checking in on the traffic and a lot of

yesterday and back into the low 60's today, fremont and hayward low 60's for you union city hanging on to the upper 50's berkeley right at 60 degrees while conquered at 66 north bay temperatures some of her most mild, but still remaining cool enough for a jacket well into the afternoon. our warmest spots today that sandra fell at 67 degrees winter seven-day showing you all of our daytime highs now on the top line and they'll be in the 50's and 60's consistently, so staying pretty steady in that regard. our inland evening lows. the second line and those will be in the 30's yet again tomorrow morning with freeze advisories. likely continued for the morning on wednesday as for bayside in coastal evening lows, not quite as chilly. but certainly dropping into the 40's. >>robin all right, thank you for the update let's update that morning drive, it's busy out there we're checking in on 92, here's a live look at the san mateo bridge, a little bit lighter than usual right, normally we have some heavier traffic to the peninsula but i noticed early this morning that we did not see that typical crowd even at 4 5 o'clock so

while san jose santa clara on over to cupertino each at 63 upper 50's for union city while pleasanton and livermore each at 62. berkeleyt 60 degrees while the creek concord on up to the north bay for sonoma napa vacaville and fairfield each at 65 today temperatures right along the coastline in the 60's rather the 50's while 60's continue from mill valley on up through santa rosa. okay, let's get a look ahead through the holiday thanksgiving just a few days away now that's thursday looking like a dry one for thanksgiving now wednesday, as i mentioned, we'll bring a couple of early morning, sprinkles still going to be from predominantly dry day. most of us are just going to be looking at partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. 30's for inland evening, lows, 40's for most of your bay side in coastal evening lows. and staying dry into the weekend after thanksgiving as well. robin thank you john let's check in on the traffic shall we is picking up out there. >>live look at the bay bridge toll plaza there's a line right down the middle to see those cars stacking up so the morning commute really picking up on 80 into san francis

well union city holds on to the upper 50's oakland berkeley richmond low 60's for you walnut creek in concord each at 66 degrees. well temperatures in the north bay looking at daytime highs anywhere from the low to mid 60's today out at the coast those 50's but from a mill valley on up through santa rosa expect low to mid 60's. here's a look ahead at your next 7 days daytime highs, not changing much at all skies remaining clear and definitely on the drier side than we'd like to see inland areas will be seeing lows continually dropping into the 30's so expect continued chilly evenings inland while 40's near the bay and the coast over to you rob all right, thank you for the update john we're checking back in on the traffic this time we're off to one o one we're taking a look at the commute across the golden gate bridge looking good so far the drive into san francisco for the southbound trip here doing just fine so under 25 minutes nevado to the toll plaza we're checking in on the bay bridge 80 west the commute is over during 6 o'clock 7 o'clock. we have lots of stop and go traffic spill

today, 70's from fremont on up through union city and hayward with low 80's in dublin pleasanton livermore on up through san ramon up to concord oakland berkeley richmond to each in the 70's while looking at a range of 70's 80's across the north bay for your daytime highs and a few 60's just right along the coastline. and point raise in stinson beach a look ahead at your next 7 days look at this 20 degree drop in temperatures from today into tomorrow for inland areas we stay pretty cool after that tool as we work our way into next week temperatures really not rising any will be in the 50's and 60's across the board from the weekend through next week. again our best chances of showers as i told you just a second ago on friday and then again on sunday, robin rain what's that i don't even know if that is i haven't seen it and hong john thank you for the update. >>let's check in on the bay bridge we're checking the drive into san francisco, here's a live look and traffic is moving well so this is exactly what we like to see it for 4 to 6 in the morning for you early arise arisen early rollers it's a good trip. no problems no hot spots. all right,

union city. well 60's from livermore on up through conquered in walnut creek richmond berkeley and oakland also in the 60's today, 62 in both fairfield vacaville down to antioch while 64 in sonoma and the and a warm spot today not by much though center fell at 67 degrees. daytime highs all across the bay now in the 50's and 60's that top line showing your highs for all regions, second line here show new inland evening, lows and those will fall into the 30's again tomorrow morning with that possibility of below freezing temperatures for our bayside in coastal lows. you can see they evening lows dropping into the 40's. robin all right one last weekend traffic. we're checking in on the bridge is one more time. >>they're looking good. there's the zipper truck slowly moving along switching around your lane configuration we can see that truck and maintenance crews, you know that the commute is over they're switching it back to 3 lanes north of 3 lane south we're doing fine. so 20 minutes here nevado to the toll plaza all right we're checking in on the bay bridge as well 80 westbound look at that just a

we're keeping the low to mid 60's around for the east bay to union city you've been in the upper 50's quite a lot lately along with berkeley and you both are keeping those numbers around again today yacht villain sonoma in the mid to upper 50's while venetian pittsburgh at 59. some of these north bay areas are more prone to sing that quarter of an inch of rainfall which are some of our higher estimates for rain potential in the bay. and like i said already looking at a couple light sprinkles right around areas, north of fairfield the northern solano county mid 50's for santa rosa. upper 50's in petaluma nevado and mill valley today. let's get a look ahead at the next 7 days so today tomorrow temperatures not changing too much. look at where we're heading sunday monday and tuesday, though some sunshine and some 70's we've been cool lately so it's kind of nice to see those 70's in this forecast. after this afternoon's rainfall our next best chance of rain will be tuesday late in the day into wednesday lows will consistently drop into the 40's, not near as chilly as we had been so no 20's and not a whole lot of 30's for eveni

>>the richmond, albany berkeley another little pocket in emeryville but 24 6.80 look great the nimitz there's a new accident in union city southbound alvarado now is a little heavy there on both sides leading up to the scene but dublin livermore pleasanton 6.80 son all san jose all doing fine with no other big trouble spots back to you. >>thank you robin 8.49 is the time we've heard a lot lately about so-called covid fatigue and how that's leading to the latest surge that were seen. but what about fatigue of our front-line workers, especially nurses. jennifer dowling takes a look now at the struggle that they're having to find well really enough nurses to care for everyone else. >>jenna bit and says if the cases of covid-19 continue to skyrocket the resource of nursing staff will be at a breaking point we're going to start getting to the point where it's going to be harder and harder to get health care professionals. nurses respiratory therapists, physicians. >>because they are that is in very limited resource that you can to set up a factory and build it too many nurses get sick themselves and have to take time off

for the tri valley today, it's only 70's union city and hayward in the low 70's today, oakland you are at 80 yesterday today only 70 degrees richmond and berkeley back into the upper 60's and only one 80 left in this forecast and that's for you in vacaville 80 degrees fairfield in antioch each at 78 degrees for your highs today. temperatures over into sonoma and marin counties, mostly 70's, but a few 60's right along the coastline, a look ahead at your next 7 days does show you that today tomorrow and thursday remain, nice and comfortable. these are some of your most comfortable days of the forecast, so i'd say enjoy them and especially enjoyed today in line at the polls friday saturday and sunday the weekend ahead looks to be quite brisk actually we'll see some winds picking up that potential of some isolated showers here and there possible friday and then again on sunday and saturday, even though the return of sunshine remaining pretty chilly out there, definitely feeling like fall. robin. thank you john we don't have any major hot spots right now, but the morning commute, it's really picking up and we have some heavier traffic rolling into s

the south bay today with low 70's and fremont union city and hayward upper 70's over in the tri valley as well as on up through walnut creek and concord berkeley and richmond in the upper 60's while oakland right at 70 degrees. there's your ad over in vacaville right at 80 degrees for the high today. well upper 70's in youngsville antioch pittsburgh and fairfield as well as santa rosa at 76 degrees today. so here's a look ahead at your next 7 days, we have plenty of changes but we're saving them for friday today tomorrow thursday all looking great today, most notably for election day some beautiful sunshine and highs, mostly in the 70's. thursday a little last surge into the low 80's before we dipped down into the 60's for your highs inland and by the day come friday into next week with some 50's returning to our coastal areas, robin. thank you for the update john we're updating traffic heading back to or trouble spot which was oakland. >>to south at high street. this is our hot spot 2 separate accidents was blocking a southbound 8.80 at high street we have 2 lanes closed they finally cleared the crash of the traffic is already getting better

along the east bay shoreline with union city at 78 tri valley, middle 80's, so this heat spike is maybe he bump 84 going on for walnut creek and also conquered 78 for berkeleynty lower to middle 80's inland 81 81 also for napa and santa rosa checks and 85 but the 80's hold on down the southern rim and the 7 day forecast again more of the sane that first system thrown us some cloud cover. but it's by friday, the things start to get interesting and much cooler as we head into the weekend all locations inland as well as bay and even along the coast to his return well and to do the lower 60's, smart. all right dave, thanks a lot more election coverage for you this morning, there are 2 big propositions on this year's ballot. both of them take aim at the state's criminal justice system. lauren lister explains that if they both passed they would have a big and varied impact on the state's prison and justice systems. >>on the november ballot to propositions take aim at the criminal justice system end money bail proposition 25 would end the state's cash bail system and replace it assessing a person's flight risk and threat to the community with the help of technolog