we have a crash in fremont. let's show you on the map we're looking at the east bay northbound 880, the nimitz. as you travel past the connection over toward the dumbarton bridge everything seems fine except for dakota. closures for all lanes suddenly. the map marks it farther north than i would like. all lanes are currently blocked as crews arrived on scene, major da car there. itl. trying to find out about injuries. all lanes north 880 are closed. you can route off and on at either fremont or dakota to get past the scene. we'll track it. back to you. >>> breaking news this morning, firefighters in the south bay are investigating the suspicious restaurant fire that started about 2:00 in the morning located in a strip mall near downtown san jose on center road and tully. no one was injured, but we did see arson investigators at the scene. a worker said when he arrived he noticed broken glass, a brick and some kind of fire starting device. at this time the cause is still being investigated. >>> a message this mor

that's impacting that commute throughout the east bay between fremont. >>and soon all this is a major crash from overnight it happened in the 11 o'clock hour yesterday. a driver spun out and crashed into a pole on niles canyon which is 84. it's still blocked off in both directions this morning between mission on the fremont side and 6 ad on the seminole side they're working on the repairs right now they have pg e on scene that means you don't have access to 84, which is a little short cut their between fremont and son all you have to take the long way stick with the mission and 18 5.80 it all depends on where you're going. but i'll let you know when they have a back open. a little peek at the bay bridge toll plaza you're doing fine this morning into san francisco, no delays no problems 8 minutes off to fremont street daria >>thanks a lot robin let's get back to the smoky air the air quality is poor but we've seen it worse. says encouraging at all trump was will tran still on the story for us live in the east bay this time in concord with a look at condit

mission boulevard is an alternate to or from the fremont area between fremont and sunol. the highlighted orange there and other patches around the bay is where the fog is a little bit thicker. the bay bridge toll plaza we see the fog but we don't see the backup anymore. it's very light.day" show is up. >>> a smoky san francisco there. a big boost to tourtourism. have a great morning. >>> good morning breaking news. dual disasters new fires exploding in the west. the death toll growing dozens missing air quality becoming more toxic by the day and in the south, sally strengthens and targets the gulf coast. >> we do need people to take this storm system very seriously. louisiana to florida and al is tracking it all. >>> all the rage new recordings emerge overnight from bob woodward's explosive new book about the president and the pandemic >> nothing more could have been

minutes to make it off to one o one summer right on time and heads up for some late road work in fremont northbound 6.80 admission north. they're still working they're picking up the cones and that has 6.80 north backed up to durham, but it's not impacting southbound traffic which is the commute directions so southbound only 14 minutes from dublin to fremont a slow going north. >>josie yet but we have numbers women on the list. i feel this incredible list of brilliant people. >>our top story this morning a political showdown unfolding on capitol hill as president trump has vowed to appoint a woman to the supreme court and put out his list of potential nominees this week. >>well the seat was left vacant following the death of justice ruth bader ginsburg on friday, washington correspondent raquel martin reports. >>every week is going to be tense is probably heightens. >>blood pressure a little bit in the justice ruth bader ginsburg's death on friday these are a republican senator ripley blunt expect the battle to fill her now vacant seat we will get to it. before this congress ends as pres

up more folks are rolling in, but no big problems so we're still at an easy 7 minutes off to the fremont street exit we're off to 92 and it's much busier and our busiest bridge right now we have a crowd, let's itself on the flat section but that is the norm, so you're averaging a very quick 12 minutes to the peninsula. here's the trouble spot left over from the 4 o'clock hour injury crash 80 north at to kowtow so coming out of fremont into union city we've gone from having all lanes blocked to just the right lane. it was a multi vehicle accident and car fire. the right lane is still closed your backup tore thornton but that's really not too bad as i zoom out you can see that as soon as you pass the crash the rest of the trip continuing north will be fine on through union city and hayward we'll check out some more bridges coming up in just a bit daria. thanks a lot robin it's 5 oh one our top story. justice ruth bader ginsburg she will be remembered this morning at our nation's capital now private ceremony honoring justice ginsburg will take place at the supreme court this morning for the

you will find chp there, fremont police and pg&e because of power lines down right here. this is the cut-through. that is currently closed because of an overnight crash that took down the power pole and lower hanging power lines are the big concern. you'll have to use mission. and 680. they will join you with the little angle below the area. chp and caltrans are having signs lit up. blotches of fog around the area and of course the haze. no backup. back to you, laura. >>> breaking news out of southern california, a new weekend evacuation orders for the bobcat fire, the area near the santa anita racetrack. the fire started eight days ago in the angeles national forest but has now burned more than 33,000 acres. no homes have burned. it is 6% contained. >>> also in southern california devastating discoveries for evacuated families of the valley fire. one san diego county mother finally had her first look at the aftermath. kimberly leslie says said minutes to grab her kids and dog and get out. she had to leave her 11 horses behind. now back her home is a pile of rubble and as

the crash we're talking about is in fremont. your slow lane is blocked between whipple and dakota you may see crews but no slowing anymore. slowing to the bay bridge as the volume builds. no problems, though, as folks travel through the area. a san mateo bridge with flashing lights over on the shoulder. back to you. >>> several local employers are facing fines by state for allegedly not providing enough protection for employees from covid-19. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live this morning in hayward. this list includes a police department, health care facilities facing fines? >> reporter: correct, laura. the gateway rehabilitation center behind me in hayward, take this location for example, faces almost $24,000 in fines from cal osha for alleged covid-19 violations. the state says gateway department provide necessary personal protective equipment to its nurses and housekeeping staff here. "the east bay times" reports 31 employees contracted covid-19 and 19 residents died from the virus. i called the center this morni

well to the east right now 4 men have to be hospitalized after a stabbing in fremont sunday morning police say the stabbings were likely the result of an ongoing dispute, an investigation revealed that before the stabbing several of the men were heavily intoxicated and confronted another group how who had arrived by car now this is when the argument erupted for the men were staff they suffered serious injuries, but they are expected to be okay. police say this incident was not gang affiliated. well to the peninsula now mountain view police are searching for a man that they say attacked it's his ex-girlfriend and hurt their 15 month-old child. police say that cory page went to his ex-girlfriend's house sunday morning and began arguing with her at some point he tractor outside while she was holding their child. this cause a child to hit its head on the door frame. the mother suffered visible injuries as well page then ran off. police are looking for him if you if you see him you are asked to call police. well millions of acres continue to burn along the west coast due to wildfires in califor

>>across the span traffic delays 9 minutes off to fremont street. and here's 92 not so bad for friday morning, this is a quick trip. 13 minutes for west 92 from hayward to send the tail james all right. thank you robin want to take you back out to shanksville pennsylvania. >>the memorial for united flight 93 bound for san francisco. back on 9/11/2001 when terrorists hijacked the plane. and it wasn't long after that that the passengers took over that flight when they knew it was being diverted back to dc and potentially crashed into a building there and their efforts ended up putting that plane into a field there in shanksville pennsylvania and avoiding further. the loss of life. all on board credited as heroes for that sacrifice. they're doing a moment of silence now the president expected to speak. following that. let's take you there live now. >>keep turmoil. so call us and go on keep come with keep storms with and going keeps transfers keep we in your holy name we amen. >>asian gentlemen please be seated. >>and again as we wait for the president

>>hayward fremont mountain view moderate this morneng while petaluma napa actually pretty good to kick things off 50's and 60's for your current temperatures go ahead get outside get some work done this morning before we work our way into what will be a weekend that you don't want to be doing much, especially not outside. today's daytime highs will be warmer than yesterday's but not going to say today's a heat wave day we're definitely cooler than we are about to be conquered livermore morgan hill at 91 antioch you'll be at 9370's and oakland down through fremont pretty seasonable stuff after today tomorrow is when all these advisories kick into gear for peach areas, heat advisories for pink areas, excessive heat warnings that will last from saturday through monday for the peninsula daytime highs will range from the 70's right along the coast to even some triple digits. temperatures in the south bay will be in the 90's to triple digits while in the east bay here from 96 to a 110 degrees for those areas really clark far away from the water. contra costa county right there with in alamed

under 10 minutes to make it off to the fremont street exit. all right off to the golden gate we go checking in on one on one the commute here looks good into and out of san francisco. we haven't had any problems so far i don't see any road worker maintenance work underway. so all is well between the north bay in san francisco and then between the north bay in the east bay we're checking out the richmond sandra fell bridge. now we have a little more traffic rolling up to the toll plaza. but so far no problems for 5.80 west on over to one oh one. california inmates who've been helping to put out wildfires are getting a chance to pursue a permanent career and firefighting it's thanks to a state measure lawmakers approved just this week, former inmates who took part in the firefighting program run by the department of corrections will get their records cleared so that they can actually apply for firefighting job but only if their crimes do not include arson murder kidnapping assault or any felony that could get them the death penalty. now one of t

good air quality in fremont mountain view in san jose this morning while moderate conditions in san francisco, the north bay and most of the east bay, the further inland you had the worst air quality gets again like i said a couple pockets of fog out there from time to time, but most your bridges are good. so it's smooth sailing into work to start off this workweek 50's and 60's for current temperatures, a nice cool start to what will be a pretty pleasant finish to the day. i'll tell you more about that. still ahead michelle. robin time to pack up roll out to head to work and hit the roads and freeways we're checking in on the bridges which are getting a little kids busy depending on where you're heading this morning. >>like if you take 92 and you need to make that trip from the east bay over to the peninsula we already have some crowding here on the san mateo bridge. no problems it's just off to a sluggish start as usual that actually started an hour ago, and it's still busy to the peninsula. we're checking in on the bay bridge were hot spot free into san francisco, no delays or issues acros

and now until the early morning hours so fremont 84 niles canyon. close right now between mission and 6.80 there because of a major accident involving a downed power pole we'll have more on that coming up a little bit later for you meanwhile, that's really the only big trouble spot that i'm tracking. >>we do have a pretty good looking trip into san francisco, here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic remains nice and quiet that how we like it. 8 minutes for the drive over to fremont street in the 92 already picking up just a little bit we can see more and more brake lights every time we check in, but no big problems here leaving hayward heading over to the peninsula will check out more bridges coming up a little bit later. the cdc has come up with a covid-19 vaccine dosing schedule that could have millions of people getting their shot by december. it's a complicated equation accounts on shipping stuart availability and risk level and then you combine all of that with trial results for different vaccine candidates. dina bair expla

minutes ago it was really packed it was much heavier so it's already improving 13 minutes off to fremont street and i'll give you one more highway for west slow from right around the pittsburg bay point bart station up and over the hill into conquered no crashes they're averaging 24 minutes up to 2.42 daria. thanks a lot rob and let's get to the breaking news which are the fires in sonoma and napa counties and what has been devastated, you can see neighborhoods that have. >>just been reduced to rubble. hardly anything left of these homes and this fire is far from contained you can see just 2% containment this morning and 46,600 acres have been burned so far this is highway 29 on greenwood avenue in calistoga that we're looking at here. 22,000 plus structures are still threatened by the fire and already the fires have destroyed 80 homes and other structures in napa sonoma counties. yeah, here's a map showing you up for both napa sonoma county just the extent of the wildfires. >>roughly 70,000 people forced from their homes now santa rosa's catching a bit of a break this morning as the win

it says behind fremont that he hall on liberty street. the location was selected after months of debate. a recent survey found homelessness in fremont increased by 27% since 2018. the news center is designed to help anyone in need to find a stable and safe place to live. >> we have a very low barrier model where as long as we have identified that they fit the really minimal criteria which is literally homeless in the fremont area, we will work closely with them to get them plugged in and connected to the services they need on-site. >> the navigation center is expected to be fully operational before the end of this month and will serve more than 40 people at a time. americans are losing faith in the u.s. economy. that is according to a new york research firm. the conference board. the u.s. consumer confidence index is tanking with the latest numbers falling 284.8, making that the lowest point in six years. this comes after the index was at its highest for the year back in february just before the coronavirus pandemic. experts say consumer

>>you head south though, and we are encountering a pocket of bad air in fremont hayward mountain view on up to san mateo wildfire still going to be putting up smoke and that hayes is going to linger through the rest of the weekend pockets like we've seen the past few days. 50's and 60's for your current temperatures double in pittsburgh. livermore in the low 60's right now oakland at 63 later today, we've actually got a pretty comfortable afternoon to look forward to our warmest only in the upper 80's with 70's near the bay. robin. >>thank you john back to the bay bridge if you need to get into san francisco this morning get out there early because you're gonna have to sit in traffic. thanks to an earlier motorcycle crash as we take a live look this is your back up as traffic is still recovering so it was westbound 80 right after the metering lights. we have the 2 left lanes shut down that's all been cleared the the carpool lanes look a lot better, but cash lanes and fast track lanes it's backed up and here's your back up through the maze from the east shorts backed up through emeryvi

it is nice and smooth and you're averaging 8 minutes from the bottom of the maze over to fremont street, here's 92 which is always a little busier it starts to stack up first compared to the other bridges. so some minor crowding on the flat section but overall an easy trip here over to the peninsula and we're checking in on traffic tracker looking at more freeways and they look really good highway for west at the limit 6.80 south nice and smooth. no trouble spots for the nimitz freeway and an easy commute on northbound one oh one out of san jose to menlo park area. thanks a lot rob and 5 oh one let's get to our top story. >>protests across the country last night from kentucky to the bay area after the grand jury's decision in kentucky not to indict. the officers who killed brianna taylor. in the top left screen you can see the scene in l a vegas on the right and then down below that's richmond, virginia and providence, rhode island says you can see these protests were wide ranging. police responding in many cities, several cities had officers dressed in riot gear to meet their demonstra

cleared off to the side another one popped up in the same location, so it's heavy as you come out of fremont working your way into union city and now looks like we're backing up southbound as well so keep that in mind if you take the nimitz and just get out there a little early because it's still slow back to you thanks a lot to want to show you video of the casket of ruth bader ginsburg, the supreme court justice who died and returned to the supreme court on. >>this morning. with an army of a 100 of her former clerks there being a company there. by a special. ceremony that went up the steps of the supreme court and inside for a brief memorial service only a rabbi and the supreme court justice spoke at that service which we carry live chief justice john roberts, they're giving those final remarks and then the justices exited. >>now preparations are being made for the display of that very casket. at the top of the supreme court steps and as daryn mentioned earlier that will be the opportunity for the public that has gathered there today to file past and commemorate to remember to honor the li

it's a quick trip into san francisco 9 minutes off to fremont street just keep in mind that the fog is dense for some areas that fog advisory remains in place for the golden gate bridge, a golden gate bridge and the bay bridge james back to you. >>all right, thank you very much robin at 7 '03 happening right now president trump is in shanksville pennsylvania. at the flight 93 memorial to honor the victims of that september 11 terror attack that flight as we well know here in the bay area was and route from new jersey to san francisco that fateful morning when terrorists took over the plane with intentions of turning it back towards washington dc and when that became apparent to the 40 passengers on board. they fought to retake control of the aircraft and as we know it ended up plunging into a field there in shanksville pennsylvania. all 40 passengers hailed as heroes and a number of them we're from the bay area and so we honor them locally as well we'll continue to follow the events here from shanksville and when the president does. stand to deliver his remarks on this september 11th.

>>in mountain view on up through san mateo over to fremont hayward big improvements in nevado in some pretty big improvements for the rest of the bay. this is no guarantee it's going to last though the smart smoke forecast change pretty often so keep an eye on those as you venture outside for the rest of the week, 50's and 60's for your current temperatures, a cool start to the day and we'll actually remain pretty cool into the afternoon to no 90's today at our warmest only upper 80's. robin. >>all right, thank you john heading back to our problem that's been working for a while now in san jose we have crews dealing with an overturned that's blocking it southbound one on one to the south 8.80 connector, that ramp is still blocked a call for a tow truck. we don't know how long it's going to take the do expect to see some slow traffic going south as you approach that ramp. but it's already stocking up northbound it's not a terrible commute, but it's a little sluggish northbound one on one between 6 8880 so still under 30 minutes to make it to the peninsula. we have a much longer line at

for a whole lot of us livermore an antioch at one 10 for daytime highs today napa nevado conquered fremont san jose mountain view just to name a few. back to the triple digits now with such hot temperatures it should be no surprise that those excessive heat warnings are still in effect and not just for most of the bay area but really almost the entirety of the region. it's our coastal areas that will be in the that heat advisory is daytime highs that the coastal mostly be in the 80's south bay. it's all triple digits for you and for the east bay as warm as a 110 livermore you'll get up to a 110 today as you will also in areas like danville areas richmond pittsburgh mostly 90's for these spots 90's as well for delay, how up in solano county as you head towards rio vista in dixon and you'll be above a 110 degrees today, triple digits for a lot of the north bay where you can see excessive heat warnings remain and right out to the coast. that's where those heat advisories are well it's back to triple digits in novato today as for air quality we're still holding out a very poor conditions and t

. >>> it's been a long time coming bull fremont now but fremont has their own housing area.people did not want the center near their homes. a recent survey found homelessness in fremont increases by 27% in the last three years. the center aims to help people find a stable place to live and all are welcomed. >> so we have a very low barrier model as long as we identify that they fit the criteria which is homeless in the fremonths area and we'll work to get them plugged in. >> the fremont navgration center is expected to be fullally operational in the next two or three weeks. >>> in sacramento the measure will require the state to create partnerships designed to increase competition and reduce shortages for generic prescription drugs. the state senate has paled a bill that would require california to track it coronavirus in the lgbtq community. san francisco state senator scott wiener offered the bill and required health works to offer patientsuct today the virus about their sexual orientation and gender identity. he says it's a step toward making sure that the lgbtq community

slowing through fremont. i circled it there heading north into sunol out of fremont. that's your construction zone. should be cleared soon. getting up to the north bay, kari, evacuation areas. we're looking at the areas and all these closures and activity, hazards marked out for calistoga. over here highway 12 you can see skyhawk where all these closures are marked there and oakmont. the area off oakmont between the two markers is where bob redell is showing us all those flames, those houses and where those fires were that bob was reporting and cierra is on the other side of the highway. i want to you avoid the entire area. there are many evacuations. i'll hand it right back to you. >> and from where bob is that is very close to where we have cierra johnson this morning for us. >> she joins us from the skyhawk neighborhood, very active there overnight. >> reporter: yes, house after house after house is on fire here. we've moved locations. we were getting pelted with the fire from the engines. we're on mountain hawk. i want to show you a lot of the same we've been seei

within the last 15 minutes, it's still a nice quick trip from the bottom of the maze over to the fremont street exit over to 92, we go we're checking in on the san mateo bridge and things have changed here. i'm noticing some heavier traffic leaving hayward rolling to the peninsula. so it's just now picking up but nothing bad at all it's a quick trip over the through foster city and no problems connecting with one oh one or 2.80 the richmond sandra fell west bound 5.80 leading up to the pay gates, couple of cars they're about it. no problems across the span. an easy transition for you in to the north bay. well happening now many bay area pg e customers who have their power shut off could actually expect to be in the dark until tonight. the power company announced no changes for sonoma and counties blaming critically conditions now we have a map and this is a map of pg e's website it actually shows you exactly whe those shots are happening. at last check putin electricity to a 167,000 customers and that's all across northern californi in sonoma county most of which are in santa rosa. and 5

a very easy 9 minutes from the bottom of the maze off to fremont street. look at traffic tracker showing you more numbers and they all look great the east shore 24 5.80 and the mets all act the limit heading into downtown oakland chains. >>we'll take a quick break here at 5.56 coming up in the next hour. a new projection released this morning showing how many people in the u.s. could die from coronavirus by the end of the year if we're not careful. we're going to break down those numbers for you. plus if you're looking to head out this labor day weekend we've got you covered going to tell you what's open and what's closed across the bay area and pg need issuing a power alert now as we expect dangerous heat. this labor day weekend we'll have details on cooling centers coming up in a live report. >>you're watching kron 4 morning news at 6. >>good morning. everybody thank you for joining us on this friday, september 4th i'm james fletcher t g i f i'm robin winston filling in for darya folsom. we have a hot hot weekend ahead as people get ready to celebrate la

fortunately a bad pocket of air right around mountain view, san mateo fremont and hayward this morning and that will likely be changing gradually through the day so keep an eye on that as you enjoy what will otherwise be really nice temperatures. 50's and 60's for current numbers, it is a cool start to what will be a comfortable afternoon with highs at or warmest only in the upper 80's that's your forecast robin also that your way all right thank you john back to our new hot spot on southbound 6 ad lots of heavy traffic rolling south which is a commute direction. >>leaving alamo heading into danville it's an injury accident. it's blocking the right lane south 6.80 after stone valley and since it's causing so much of a backup. they've opened those express lanes to everyone so you don't have to worry about that. meanwhile a traffic alert remains in place and it's quite heavy leading up to the scene and only getting heavier it's already backed up beyond lavorgna so keep that in mind. here's your your coming out of concord it's from 2.42 approaching walnut creek and you're slow again leadi

>>you head south though, and we are encountering a pocket of bad air in fremont hayward mountain view on up to san mateo wildfire still going to be putting up smoke and that hayes is going to linger through the rest of the weekend pockets like we've seen the past few days. 50's and 60's for your current temperatures double in pittsburgh. livermore in the low 60's right now oakland at 63 later today, we've actually

east bay numbers in the low 70s from oakland about 76 in fremont and you head inland. it's going to be nice today with mid 80s. a little hazier yesterday but i think we'll see better air quality today. the accuweather seven-day forecast and fall arriving in just a few hours and looking at pretty nice week ahead and friday begin to warm up but the weekend we have gusty off-shore winds and very warm temperatures. >> all right, thank you, all be off at cash creek casino northwest of sacramento. the casino has been closed since sunday due to a wide spread system failure. technical teams are working on the issue that affects all casino systems. casino says the closure has nuthing nut nothing to do with covid-19. >>> happening today, tesla ceo elon musk expected to announce a breakthrough. it will follow a tesla shareholder meeting this afternoon. musk has been tweeting hints about the events saying many exciting things will be unveiled including upcoming production for the semi truck and roadster. speculation of a long life battery is also running hot. it's believed among t

>>pockets of bad air in areas like mountain view, san mateo and fremont as well as right on the north side of san pablo bay but look at how good things are in much of marin county now as well as towards santa rosa and napa big improvements and there's something to hold on to some positives and what hasn't been a whole lot of positives in the forecast lately, 50's and 60's for our current temperatures with concord at 62 oakland, 64 right now temperatures remaining cool obviously we've got some cloud cover that's going to keep it cool through the morning. later on today, not that hot no 90's today, just upper 80's that are warmest a lot of 70's on the map. i'm talking a very hot weekend just around the corner. robin. >>thank you john we're checking back in on 6 ad the traffic is slowly improving but do expect some residual delays heading south this morning. all because of an earlier crash. it was southbound 6.80 after stone valley. emergency crews shut down the right lane. they issued a traffic alert. it's still a little sluggish often on out of walnut creek in fact i'll switch over to

niles canyon road is still closed between fremont and soon all after a car flipped over and damaged a power pole pg e crews on scene still working with it and now we're hearing that they hope to have this all wrapped up and cleared and back open to traffic by 12 o'clock this afternoon. so this closure will be in place for the remainder of your morning commute stick with 6.80 as your alternate james back to you ok, thank you very much 7.33. >>new this morning, one person is dead after a crash on 6.80 in san jose happened last night it was on the northbound side of 6.80 right near jackson avenue. a motorcyclist tangled up see it with an suv in fact police say when they got on scene they found the motorcycle under the suv the crash briefly shut down lanes overnight. well happening today, bart will be changing its train schedules and will run more trains for you commute trains that run every 15 minutes will be added to most lines during the weekdays and then on weekends will be running more trains. every 30 minutes. bart says the schedule changes reflect a rise in ridership levels. trai

oakland hayward fremont redwood city all in the 70's for daytime highs.nly a few 90's left on the map. robin. >>thank you john that backup is growing at the bay bridge toll plaza the trip into san francisco is much heavier now, it's backed up well beyond west grand and now it's going all the way back to the bottom of the maze. so it has reached that point you're averaging 10 minutes into san francisco, least you can get through this without any problems crashes or interruptions so that is completely normal just a really quick peak at some drive times were on time for highway for 6.80 nice and smooth and 21 minutes for the minutes from to 38 to 2.37 james. >>very much robin 5.56 now coming up in the next hour smoke from the fires causing bad air quality once again here in the bay area in some areas, the stephen. harder to read than normal. we'll have live updates with the latest conditions just a moment and winemakers also concerned about the smoke. it could impact the taste of this year's wife rob we'll have more on that coming up. a live look outside of

get on out there while you can it's under 10 minutes here to make it into san francisco on over to fremont street we're checking in on 92 the trip across the san mateo bridge and it's busier and busier every time we check it. but it's not bad so we have a little bit of a crowd rolling out of hayward to the peninsula but so far it's a very quiet into foster city and sam, a tail and we like quiet during the morning drive. all right over to the richmond sandra fell bridge how about a peek at west 5.80 is this a part of your commute. if so it is wide open trouble free and easy trip here on 5.80 westbound into the north bay with no problems on over to one oh one. glass fire has burned over 46,000 acres and is currently only 2% contained that is an increase from yesterday over 22,000 structures are threatened the fire destroyed 80 homes in napa and sonoma counties and the entire town of england and napa county had to evacuate. kron four's gayle ong reports. >>the community when is still one of high priorities get those crews actively engaged in in all those areas where there's a concern and try

off with 80, it's looking good moving well 7 minutes here from the bottom of the maze over to the fremont street exit so come on in no trouble spots or san francisco. here's the richmond center fell your connection between the east bay in the north bay and it's also looking good you have some tie in those doesn't really stack up much during of the 4 o'clock hour even 5 o'clock so 7 minutes right on time to make it off to one on one. we're checking in on 92 as usual, it's our busiest bridge once again busy does not mean bad. it's just a little crowded on the flat section here leaving hayward but overall a very nice trip into foster city and send the tail and once again we are starting off the 4 o'clock hour hot spot free took out these drive times south 6.80 pacheco to danville 11 minutes livermore to dublin for 5 in the west that's a 10 minute trip and maybe you're traveling between the peninsula in san francisco. if so one oh one from brisbane up to the 80 split in san francisco. it's only 6 minutes and that's really good. we'll check more coming up a little bit later. well hair salons a

quality this morning as i was driving throughout the east bay to hey were you know silly and roll fremont all the different areas as you can't really see too much is very it's really clear we're going to show you yesterday what it looked like go you can see here. gray read skies also times of asked falling in the air so what can you do about it today right don't be deceived. if you wake up this morning and it doesn't look quite like it did yesterday. the air quality is a really awful and it looks like we're going to stay this pattern for the next few days so if you're out today make sure you minimize your time outdoors also make sure that don't do any exercising for any strenuous work outside if you can. also most important thing if you can you're out and about make sure you wear a mask james, and i am a sure i put mine on today because i have not been able to breathe out of my nose since i allergies yeah, it just exacerbates things you now and is that it's just regular allergies is what you normally how. >>and it says back yes a lot. right i regularly allergies and you know with the the

and sunil 84, which is niles canyon remains closed between mission that's on the fremont side and 6 ad on the civil side that crash there causing some slowing in both directions. it's really the damage to a power pole that's a concern so they have pg and e on scene checking it out i'll have more details coming up a little bit later darya james thanks a lot rob. and the top story, let's get back to the smoky bad air it's all over the bay again this and kron four's will tran probably in one of the worst areas out in concord will john was talking about how we got a lot of smoke in the central valley that seems to be filtering in. >>in 2 places like the east bay up where you are. >>absolutely to give lottery numbers because he's been winning every day with all these great predictions, absolutely and a little bit different than previous days, james, and area we can smell smoke, i didn't smell smoke. last week but i can certainly smell smoke this morning want to quickly show you the conditions and we will get a clearer picture. once the sun comes up and you can see the haze it start right

but i've noticed that the traffic has picked up within the last hour or so under 10 minutes off to fremont street, here's 92 it's always our busiest during the early morning hours so traffic is a little sluggish off and on west of the 70 over it's still possible. this is a good trip. no problems into foster city or send the tale and i'll give you one more the richmond sandra fell hot spot free and easy drive here 7 minutes into the north bay area back to you thanks a lot rob and 5 oh one and let's get to the breaking news devastation in sonoma and napa counties where the glass fire continues to burn out of control. >>this is new video from overnight. this is a fire that's burning off of highway 29 on greenwood avenue in calistoga look at those flames. the glass fire has burned more than 46,000 acres. so far it's 2% contained more than 22,000 structures are threatened. it's destroyed about 80 homes in napa and sonoma >>and we have a map here showing just how widespread the fire is within napa and sonoma counties evacuation orders changing with the course of the wind. some of the 70,000 resi

antioch 9370's holding on from delay hoedown through fremont as well as over to san francisco. now let's talk about the heat as we need to you are seeing advisories all across the bay area excessive heat advisories right along the coast, while excessive heat warnings in pink for inland areas which will be especially prone to some of our dangerous heat on the peninsula temperatures will range from 70's to triple digits from saturday into monday. well in the south bay anywhere from the 90's to triple digits some of our hottest temperatures will be in the inland the east and north bay with up to a 110 degrees for some of our area's deeper into our inland areas of the east bay of the contra costa and alameda counties. areas like solano county rio vista dixon fairfield vacaville could see temperatures above 110 degrees by sunday and monday that's the hottest days of this heat wave. towards the coast 90's to triple digits in both napa and sonoma counties. well right along the coastline, a range of 70's 80's. i've got more details about this dangerous heat still to come robin. let's c

and hayward fremont health or san jose. the redwood city eventually to san francisco 80's for inland valleys like livermore napa and santa rosa regardless of where you're at get outside and enjoy it because we will be much hotter come the weekend. james all right john thank you. >>time now is 5.56 coming up on the kron 4 morning news, a grim outlook for the u.s. as we are getting near the 200,000 mark in terms of covid-19 related deaths 12 a more in-depth look at the story. plus the latest on the battle on capitol hill to fill the vacant supreme court seat have a look at the front runner, the president trump is potentially considering to nominate and the forty-niners are decimated by injuries on both sides of the ball will have to keep players an update on them and how they're officially out for the season. the united states postal service is here to deliver your packages. and the peace of mind of knowing that important things like your prescriptions, and ballots, are on their way. every day, all across america, we'll keep

fremont union city and hayward in the 70's well pleasanton livermore and dublin fall from yesterday's 90's to the 80's. same for you in walnut creek in concord oakland at 74 the daytime high well 70's as well for delay, how an app vacaville no change from yesterday, you're still at 95 and still are hot spot in the bay today. some of our cooler conditions out towards the coast. nevado has been hazy yesterday into this morning and we'll continue to be with a daytime high of 82 today. tomorrow and thursday really not a whole lot changing for us we'll keep the haze around we'll keep the low 90's inland in the low 70's by the bay friday will definitely be your coolest one of this forecast with daytime highs falling into the 80's for inland areas. saturday sunday and monday you really start to notice that high pressure building in temperatures climb and we will be seeing the potential of an offshore wind come labor day on monday that could result in some very dry winds and some hotter conditions near the coastline. that's your forecast robin is with us take a look at traffic, how's it going

just through the fremont area that's a few slow and go conditions. the rest of 880 looks just like this. everything clear near the coliseum and both directions. and no construction to slow you down as you work your way in the oakland area. a look at traffic in the altamont pass, heads-up, you already got brake lights out of tracy and going westbound getting on to 580. once you really get into the livermore valley though, traffic is moving at the limit with no delays there but the drive times yellow zone. eastshore freeway clear. westbound highway 4 to the maze as far as your brake lights go, but i am getting word of a minor trouble spot possibly affecting the ashby off ramp there. it's on the eastbound side of 80 fire crews may have it closed to deal with an earlier brush fire. they saw off to the side. that should be wrapped up pretty soon. bay bridge toll plaza clear. that's a look at the morning drive. it's 5:18 and another day of good air quality. so nice to say that, mary. >>> oh my goodness, yeah, it's going to be a beautiful day gianna, across

the center is on liberty street behind fremont city hall. the site was chosen after months of heated debate. many people did not want the center near their home participation recent survey found homelessness in fremont increased by 27% over the last three years. the center aims to help people find a stable place to live. organizers say every is welcome. >> so we have a very low barrier model where we've identified that they fit the criteria, which is homeless in the fremont area, we'll do our best to get them plug in and connected to the services on- site here. >> it is expected to to be fully operation until the next two to three weeks. >>> coming up, the rescue attempt on an on on an ocean cliff today after a car plunges off of highway 1. >>> and air quality still a thing around here. not that great today. not that great tomorrow. we'll have the forecast on when things could clear up and when it will warm up. >>> and why this picture of two young girls sitting on a curb outside of a taco bell has gone viral. and a live look at traffic this

milpitas, the east bay into fremont. parts of the tri-valley from dublin to pleasanton. as well as up through concord and unhealthy air for everyone for walnut creek and for sensitive groups for oakland. those are the orange dots this morning. and moderate to unhealthy air for sensitive groups for san francisco up through sausalito. lark spur and san rafael. but over petaluma this morning. we have a spare the air alert in effect. going a record 23 days in a row with the spare the air alert for the bay area. that's never been done before. now it's a foggy start along the compost and right around the bay. you can see just how foggy it is. hard to really make out anything on our golden gate bridge camera. temperatures are running in the mid- to upper 50s to low to mid- 60s at this hour. now i want to show you our peak wind gusts, the higher elevations above 1,000 feet. where we do high fire danger. looking at winds gusting up to 56 miles per hour in mount st. lena and pine flat road. 47. healdsburg hills, 45-mile-per- hour

north 680 coming up in toward the sunol area out of fremont. that construction zone with a little slowing there suld clear up as the crews clear. we'll track that getting north in toward the tri-valley area. to the bay bridge we have the backup at the toll plaza. those lights turned on at 5:30. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> happening now for you southwest airlines says they will keep those middle seats blocked off to keep passengers socially distanced through the thanksgiving holiday. that middle seat will remain empty through november 30th unless you're traveling with your family and you can sit together. all southwest passengers aged 2 and older are required to wear those masks. that goes for check-in, boarding, during and after the flight. >>> metropolituch more ahead on monday morning including a major northern california casino closing and it's not because of covid. we'll tell you why next. >>> plus, it happened again in australia. hundreds of whales stranded on a beach. the rescue plan now in the works. it's 5:54. you're watching "tod

teacherr is substitute for fremont unified. i thought i was going to use my job at fremont this week. hired back. i have worked there a long time. subs back, going on date of hire. i have been working, except i have had to get a new computer to do that home learning. i had some trouble working it. the teacher did not put the zoom link in properly. i cannot access it and they gave me a unified email and i had not learned to use that yet. i went over to the high school here, kennedy high school, and they did not want me at the schools. they sent me home and wrote me up as a no-show in my computer because it was not working properly. i really thought i was going to lose my job. i didn't, but i did discover in the next class that the teacher is having a learning curve to get the learning distance going because that is all on their computer. it is kind of interesting. some of the kids are having trouble accessing. they have wi-fi, they have to be able to do the things that the teachers asked them to do also. anyway, i am thankful fo

fremont right there with you concord one of our warmer spots and still only upper 80's saturday as i mentioned is the day that daytime highs begin to climb with our hottest of days expected to be sunday monday and tuesday within one triple digits. and 90's right along the bay. robin sounds good. thank you john, let's head over to 92 are checking back in on the san mateo bridge. >>which has improve nicely it has fanned out so no problems heading to the peninsula we're down to 13 minutes to make it from the minutes off to highway one o one we're checking in on the nimitz and there's just some minor crowding rolling south from to 38 to 92, so that's making your way out of san leandro hayward it's very minor union city fremont and milpitas all looking good also a minor weights at the bay bridge toll plaza huge improvement compared to the last hour it slow right around mid lot 10 minutes to make your way off to fremont street we're just looking at those east bay freeways, 5 8680 doing just fine you don't have to worry about that even the south bay is quiet one oh one to 8087 17 on nice an

died in a house fire in fremont over the weekend. henry lee tells us the mother was a right-hand advocate for people with autism. >> i love kids with autism, obviously, and i care for them and want them to all get the treatment they deserve. >> reporter: feda almaliti fought for the rights of people with autism, which including her 15-year-old son muhammed. the township inseparable. >> humidity was the center of her universe. >> reporter: mother and son died after being pulled from a fire at their home on sarah place in fremont. >> they get the chainsaws going in the roof to try and custody it. the get in, the fire restarts. >> reporter: the fire apparently started in the kitchen. firefighters were able to put out within 20 minutes. >> they pulled two people out. they were walking. and they pulled another two out. >> reporter: almaliti had gotten out of the house at first but went back inside to try to find her son. firefighters out in found them together. >> she was embracing muhammed. >> reporter: she helped get a bell passed in ca

.>>> elon musk is back at it again today in fremont. can you believe the hype? >> it's a clear path of success but a ton of work between here and there. >>> plus textbooks, laptops and coffins. distance learning is a different story for one bay area family. >>> and another case of wealthy parents gaming the system. this time getting their kids into uc schools. our top story, the tesla ceo elon musk just announced a breakthrough in electric car batteries. but the timeline seemed to underwhelmed investors. chairs were down more than 5% as markets closed. this comes after he tweeted that the batteries wouldn't reach serious high volume production until 2022. this new announcement was dubbed a battery day by elon musk.>> reporter: this is battery day here at the tesla plant in fremont, and extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. >> we have the tesla drive-in movie theater basically. >> this years shareholder attendee meeting had hundreds, and this is battery day, it will offer more range and power and is faster and cheaper to make. >> it does work, but

upper 90s for napa, fremont made it up to 86 degrees. but all of these numbers are lower than where we expected them to be because of the thick smoke. current temperature of the 67 at sfo, 94 for livermore and fairfield and low 80s for napa and santa rosa, low 80s in san jose, and temperatures will gradually continue to head in the right direction. low 60s by tomorrow morning, and then we will climb once again, plenty of 90s for inland portions of the bay area, but this is closer to what is normal into the work week and weekend. still above average inland, but not as far above normal. around the bay the smoke will still be an issue for everybody but slowly improving air quality levels into the weekend. still something that folks with breathing difficulties will have to keep an eye on as we head into the weekend and early next week. temperatures along the coast, the marine layer making itself known as we head through tonight. we will check in on the progress of that fog coming up as well. >>> and napa county town tried to be reactive ahea

there you go 9 minutes here from the bottom of the maze off to fremont street. we're checking in on 92 there it is the trip from hayward over to the peninsula looks fantastic. it's not even crowded here on the flat section anymore so 13 minutes off to one oh one and the richmond sandra fell bridge wide open for your driving pleasure get on out there 7 minutes here from the tolls to one o one in the north bay we'll check more coming up a little bit later, thanks all right. thank you very much robin at 9 oh one let's get to one of our big stories this morning which of course is the smoke. >>it continues to plague the air quality here around the bay area. let's take a look at the latest map showing you what air quality is like and at the moment you can see the areas that are darker course are the worst and we do have the peninsula right now under those conditions and also pockets of the north bay to particularly out in places like novato in marin county kron 4 sarah stinson actually live there for us this morning with a firsthand account of what it's like good morn

it is 57 in fremont. 36 in hayward. 62 in brentwood.north, very light and they'll continue to decrease and then those onshore winds will take over today. five degrees cooler half moon bay and oakland. feeling that autumn feel again, as we look at our forecast highlights, warmer day today, autumn arriving tuesday and looks like a nice week ahead, and we'll get cooler and breezier as we end the week and then a warm-up looks to ensue by this time next weekend. here is a look at the fog, very little of it today, san mateo coast, this is monday, about the same, here comes a weak system that will arrive into the pacific northwest, monday and tuesday, expanding our low clouds and fog. current look at our air quality, we talked about that moderate air quality from napa to concord, oakland, vacaville. it's been good in san rafael, san francisco, and in san jose, looking moderate right now but overall not too bad. so as we go into the work week ahead, that first system monday and tuesday allowing for temperatures to be comfortable for the bay are