we plan to carry that live for you right here on kron 4 news and also on our streaming app kron on's we'll get the latest information, ben, our team coverage continues right now with kron four's maureen kelly. she is live for us in the east bay in the berkeley hills for the fire department is now stepping up patrols in that area they are worried about fires in the neighborhood marine. >>that's right justine we've got a red flag warning here in effect i'll tell you it is very hot here at the wind it well though it has been super windy today. so far i am feeling a little bit of a breeze now picking up i can tell you that right now to fire engine companies are on patrol in the berkeley hills and tonight at 6 o'clock bill at a 3rd engine company as the winds pick up. >>firefighters from station 7 jump into a fire engine to patrol the streets around tilden park looking for signs of smoke and to safeguard against anything that can cause a wildfire. there are 2 engines on patrol during the day today is part of the protocol when fire danger is high they're red fire weather flag is flying wit

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>now at 3 thousands of people in the bay area are in the dark this afternoon pg and e has turned off the power to prevent wildfires during this critical fire weather. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm justine waldman 24 counties in the state are affected including several counties here in the bay area. so let's take a look out pg e's outage map this is the latest information all the purple triangles are the affected areas. that's where the power is currently out. here in the bay area customers in alameda contra costa napa san mateo santa clara santa cruz solano and sonoma counties are without power right now we can see that from the map. >>pg says some customers may not see the power back on until 10 o'clock tomorrow night. so we want to check now on just how hot and windy it is outside kron four's meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is here now she's tracking the latest temperatures for us good afternoon, the breeze it's hot out there mixed really hard especi

you're watching kron 4 news at 9. >>now at 9 more than 24,000 bay area customers are left in the dark pga initiating a public safety power shutoff tonight because of high winds combined with extremely dry conditions. good evening. everybody, i'm pam moore and i'm ken wayne. these outages come as the north bay recovers from recent wildfires pg nice as its notified about 53,000 customers across 24 different counties about this potential shut off. the shaws were set to start as soon as 6 o'clock tonight in some counties and 8 o'clock tonight and others and is expected to last until friday night more than 26,000 customers in the bay area are expected to be affected by tonight's outages with the most number of affected customers centered in napa county we have team coverage tonight our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking the red flag warning in effect right now which has prompted these power shut offs kron four's ella sogomonian is in our newsroom. she's tracking the shut offs in the bay area but we begin with

theresa kron 4 news. >>coming up on kron 4 news the future is here general motors getting an autonomous vehicle green light in san francisco, a missing lemur mystery at the san francisco zoo tonight, an emotional plea for endangered animals safe return plus tonight would have been the second presidential debate and said president trump and joe biden ad >>we're now 90 days away from the november, 3rd election and kron 4 is your local election headquarters this season, both presidential nominees were center stage tonight in a pair of competing town hall they were supposed to meet in their second debate, but those plans were scrapped after president trump tested positive for covid and in tonight's town hall with nbc news. savannah guthrie pressed trump to clearly condemn white supremacy. here's what the president had to say. >>now it's white from the sea for years, but you always do and you always start off with the kids it endeavors to joe biden whether or not he denounces i watched him in the same basic sh

watching kron 4 news. >>nowadays we're just hours away from the strongest wind event of the year sweeping across the bay area and much of northern california. it is threatening extreme fire danger and another round of power shut offs from pg and e thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 8 o'clock tonight. i'm justine waldman of jonathan mccall by tomorrow night, the entire bay area will be under a red-flag warning that will last until monday. >>tonight the city of berkeley, no warning folks living in the hills to think about evacuating until that threat goes away, it is dry, there's very low humidity and those winds are going to whip we have team coverage on the fire danger and the power shut off tonight. we'll start with kron four's dan thorn, he's live for us now in berkeley with more on the warning that's gone up for people to evacuate. >>that's right just seen the high fire danger and the potential power shut offs here in berkeley. our focus primarily on the area east of claremont and a

>>on kron 4 news at 5. >>now 3.15 this monday in the east bay contra costa fire protection district crews acted quickly this weekend to prevent a major fire from breaking out in moraga and in danville their chopper was able to drop water over difficult terrain in the moraga hills firefighters say the fire grew to about 30 acres before it was contained just before 9 last night. and back to a major traffic alert. this is a live shot of the bay bridge metering lights looking on to the bay bridge a little bit of a different scene and we saw little or their cars are moving. things appear to have opened up according to highway patrol black car had spun out a hit for other cars on the bridge now reports are the driver may have been driving at a high rate of speed and at least for the 5 lanes on the bay bridge were blocked. you can see the cars are moving now. again if you're headed this way the bay bridge appears to be backed up but the cause are moving those lanes have now since open back open back up. now in the

>>thank you rob for joining us here on kron 4 news tonight. news nation airs on wgn america 8 o'clock our time you can find him on the channel's listed here more details are available on our website kron 4 dot com. still ahead, we have a live update from pg and e on when the power will woman 1: get your vote-by-mail ballot? woman 2: you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. surfer: or you can fill it out anywhere. man 1: it's easy to mail it back. you don't even need a stamp. man 2: or you can use an official drop box. woman 3: you can even drop it off at the polls. man 3: then, track it to confirm your county got it. see? they got it! woman 4: mail ballots are the simple, safe, and secure way to ensure that your vote is counted. >>10's of thousands of people throughout california lost power during pga's latest public safety power shutoff and joining us now live with the latest on the efforts to turn the lights back on as tomorrow serkis and from pg e thank you so much for joining us here. we do understand the p g has resto

details on our website kron 4 dot thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 o'clock i'm justine waldman the big thing that we're watching right now is the stage has been set for the vice presidential debate at the same time there is some confusion over another round of covid-19 relief money. last night president trump said any deal was off but then backtracked just a few hours later. our washington dc correspondent trevor shirley is live for us now with details on where things stand and also has new information on the president's health, good afternoon >>hey good evening, thanks for having me so with this point we know the president spent at least part of his day in the oval office, white house chief of staff mark meadows said they took extra precautions to make sure that environment was as safe as possible given the fact that the president is still being treated for covid-19 but there is a lot of confusion that remains between the white house and capitol hill as to where things stand exactly with these ongoing covid relief talks. president trump returned to the oval

in emeryville fleet and all kron 4 news. >>sam and tail county has already seeing huge voter turnout since monday nearly 630 people have shown up at the county's 3 vote centers. the election board has also received 1700 votes by mail so far the county is encouraging people we're voting by mail to send off their ballots early in case any issues or found the county has also installed measures to help protect voters from coronavirus they go in person. they said they spent $100,000 to make sure that every voting facility is sanitized and equipped with plexiglas and face masks for all the information you need on early voting and your local ballot drop-off locations you can go to our website kron 4 dot com. in weather today, people who live in the gulf coast are now preparing for hurricane delta and is now the 3rd major hurricane of the season. and the second one expected to hit louisiana people as you can see here they're preparing by filling sandbags boarding up windows securing rooftops it's a category 2 storm and it's expected

kron 4 news. >>dan thank you for that. >>kron 4 is your local election headquarters this season just a friendly reminder that we're just 8 days away from the november, 3rd election. more people have already cast their ballots in this year's presidenial election then voted early or absentee in the 2016 race. this as the start of in person early voting in big states led to a surge in turnout in recent days. a nationwide early voting totals for this election have already exceeded those in 2016 and our local registrar's office are feeling the influx kron four's noelle bellow joins us now with what santa clara county is doing to keep your ballot safe and well hey sanaa's yeah, those voting totals so impressive not only across the country. >>but across the state in california and here in the bay area as well as of yesterday the state. >>has recorded 6.9 million ballots already such day will likely pass that 7 million mark here in california. santa clara county has so far received 388,000 ballots officia

watching kron 4 news. >>fire season is here and it's really typically this time of year we actually experience or largest enormous damage and wildfires. >>now at 10 o'clock the bay area and northern california just hours away from seeing potential hurricane force winds. the threat now causing extreme fire danger. and another round of power shut offs from pg and e that's where we begin this saturday night at 10 o'clock here on kron 4 news. thanks so much for joining us. i'm jonathan mccall and i'm justine waldman. >>it is dry, there's very low humidity and the winds are going to whip that adding even more fuel to an already historic fire season. we have team coverage tonight on the fire danger and the power shut offs will start with meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez who's standing by with the latest on the fire danger this weekend. yeah that's right just cnn jonathan all eyes will be not just on our hills but also our valleys and coast. everyone in the bay area will be impacted by this upcoming wind storm and

>>in washington bill rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>everybody i you know as many people that can wear at an all-time high on our registration. >>election day is fast approaching this week, the alameda county registrar of voters office sent out all of its vote by mail ballots. this as we are now 26 days from the november election as kron four's phillipe djegal tells us the county is already seeing a record number of registered voters. >>interest in the presidential election is at an all-time high in alameda county. registrar of voters, tim dupuis says the current number of registered voters already far exceeds what was recorded in 2016 we're almost at 940,000 registered voters. >>which is as great growth over our last elections we were in the 800 thousands. and we may hit a million voters by the time we get to november 3rd if we says the county has increased the number of 24 hour vote by mail drop box locations to accommodate the big turnout. more than doubling the boxes from 28 to 66 having a high registration for alameda county. it

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 3 this monday afternoon. i'm sanaz tahernia our big story today is the last day to register to vote in the state of california. we're just 15 days away from the november, 3rd election turnout this year could be historic. well surpassing what we saw both in 20 16 and in the 2008 presidential election. but before you vote you must be registered and today is the deadline. kron four's dan kerman is live in san francisco with more on this item. >>either we're outside city hall and you see there's also a drive-thru ballot. drop-off if you've got your ballot in the mail. you can drop it off right here outside city hall in san francisco is also a voting center across the street graham civic auditorium but getting to what you were talking about which is registration that is correct. you have to register by tonight now if you don't get that registration in by tonight. you're not going to get a mail in ballot. but all is not lost. you still have an opportunity to register you can go to your county elections office. you

a few more innings of course we'll have live reports coming up on the kron 4 news at 5 and kron on on our website at 4 o'clock for now we're live in oakland kylan mills kron 4 sports. so exciting other any fans like lingering around or people really being kept far away. >>people are really being kept far away the only people lingering around so far have been staff and they have been cheering though they're watching the game and they're getting into otherwise it's just the crowd noise being played over the loudspeaker so it really is a strange playoff experience but hey it's a who cares right. >>hopefully we'll have a win tonight. thanks all right. here's what's coming up at 3.30 today, the glass fire is burning dozens of homes in napa and sonoma counties will take a look at the damage that's happening on the sky hawk neighborhood that's in santa rosa. and also a first of a kind bill signed by governor newsome today, a new study. it is showing how the state might provide reparations for slavery will explain. this election, all californians will be able to vote safely from home. every a

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>a member of congress have a duty to take all necessary action to preserve continuity of government and protect the stability and integrity of our democracy for the future. >>house speaker nancy pelosi has introduced new legislation to create a commission on presidential capacity she suggesting the president is in an altered state because of the drugs he's taking to treat covid-19. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 on this friday, i'm justine waldman democrats say they want to plan in place in the event that something was to challenge the president's ability to carry out his duties for office. our washington correspondent alexandra le mon has the story now and reaction from critics. >>speaker of the house nancy pelosi announced legislation for the creation of a new bipartisan commission to determine whether a president is capable of carrying out the powers and duties of the office this is not about president trump. he will face the judgment of the voters. >>bu

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>now a 3 a pickup in the reopening process the city and county of san francisco slowing down plans to let businesses reopened during the pandemic thank you so much for joining us on this friday right here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm justine waldman it was during a press conference today that mayor london breed announced covid-19 hospitalizations are up in the city, causing city leaders to take action and slowdown reopenings some services that were scheduled to increase capacity to 50%. instead will remain at 25% capacity. kron four's dan kerman is live for us now in san francisco is at city hall this afternoon with all the details good afternoon. dan. >>good afternoon just in the main thing to keep in mind is nothing is going backwards. it's just not expanding in san francisco is saying that they knew this was always a possibility, especially as we get more into the winter in the fall that rates would be going up. but they're putting the word out to people that now is the time to buckle

reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. and more schools, students back up for in person instruction school districts are coming up with new ways to keep families informed starting tomorrow marin county schools will have a new online virus. tracker. >>it will cover public private independent and parochial parochial schools within the county dashboard math will include gray dots for each school. if the school is open to at least 10% capacity, the dot will be green and then you'll get information on the total number of students attending classes among other details. >>have local related any students who have tested. i often in more staff and whether or not there was any travelers know in the schools an opportunity to move information into our community in a way that will be easy to access. >>and available to all. >>the dashboard will be available on them are in schools dot org website and will also detail each school's plan for how to respond if and when there is a covid case reported information briefing is being held tomorr

we'll carry it live for you right here on kron 4 and on our kron on app. i want to check in with our weather expert kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr as we are expecting a red flag warning this week day what areas need to be on alert. >>sanaa's good afternoon we'll go ahead and check in to what we got going on here covers everybody in the bay area with the exception of san francisco. anywhere near water is not technically in that and even up here to the north bay you will notice out here to point re for example, not in that stinson beach, however, all the rest the geography covered up there in the hills santa cruz mountains east bay east of the east bay hills solano county the entire county. and up in the north bay as you can see there as well this is not just the higher elevations, although the higher elevations may be treated to some gusts that extend up to about 50 miles per hour is a possibility again there's the general geography that we're talking about live shot coming in least we're getting some nice pretty all of this this coming in from half moon b

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>thanks for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm sanaz tahernia happening right now santa clara county officials are holding a news briefing audiences, a professional sporting events well not be allowed any time soon and santa clara county and theme parks will not resume operations. this isn't changes in the state's guidelines regarding. >>professional sports.in our opinion really quite dangerous. if you just do the math 20% of the number the capacity levi stadium means. just under 14,000 people could attend. football game there. and if you look around the county and around the region. within a 150 miles of this county. areas and communities that have positivity rates for covid that are in the 8% range. hours in this county happens to be around one percent. but if you do the math that means somewhere between 250 and a 1000 people out of those 14,000 people we'll be infected. they'll be infected. there will be at the stadium screaming yelling they'll be going to try to get food. th

maureen kelly kron 4 news.>all right want to check in once again with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow was a tracking not just the fire danger, but also triple digit temps yeah, boy hot out there around the bay area see you start to see those winds moving from the offshore regions and then all of a sudden get that dry air is that they're seeing starts to heat up and got hot spots out there for today in fact. >>numbers out there right now still impressive 92 degrees in san jose 96 in hayward 97 right now in oakland, so they're rolled down the hill certainly get some spots for you get some very unusual temperatures check out 99 degrees in napa they were just at a 10100 degrees right now cloverdale 92 degrees and timber on san francisco, 91 degrees right now so certainly some hot heat advisory in effect going to see another round of hot temperatures for tomorrow in fact plan on some 70's and some 80's along the beach boy you can sneak out to the coastline tomorrow it is going to be a spectacular day inside

officials say contact tracing is being done noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>we now want to go live to our washington dc correspondent alexandra le mon for the latest on what's happening at the white house since the president's return, thank you alexander for joining us tonight. so what is the latest the very latest on the president's condition as well as the growing number of cases showing up at the white house. yeah well the very latest information is that we watched past president trump arrived back at the white house then he went up to the white house balcony and removed his mask. >>then we saw him walk into the residence and in the background you could see several people milling about as the president walked in without putting his mask back on this is prompting new concerns tonight from doctors and democratic lawmakers. >>who say there's already an outbreak of coronavirus cases at the white house at least 26 people who came in contact with the president or his top aides have now tested positive for coronavirus so there is a fear here that we could see m

>>has it made you kron 4 news. >>coming up next a 551 page report released today reveals the findings of a nearly two-year long committee investigation on children separated from their families at the border. we will go over the findings with the bay area congresswoman who co-authored the report as new documents are showing chaos behind the trump administration's family separation policy. and the nation's top infectious disease expert is giving his advice for families gathering on thanksgiving. and after the break we're just 5 days away from the november, 3rd election. so when it comes to voting what need to find the closest official ballot drop box near you? just visit vote.ca.gov to find your nearest location. then drop off your ballot. your vote will be secure and counted. there are other ways to vote too. just return your vote-by-mail ballot at your voting location or mail it back. or you can vote safely in-person during early voting or on election day. vote the way you're most comfortable - but vote by 8pm on

maureen kelly kron 4 news.>here's how you can prepare if the power's going to be cut you know it make sure you have gallons of water available with nonperishable foods also flashlights extra batteries portable phone charger if you have a generator and maybe its new practice using it before the power outage to make sure you know what's going on you can use it correctly never inside. and since we're talking about wildfire danger make sure you have a first aid kit and the go bag. an emergency preparedness kit ready to roll right turning now to the south bay where that red flag warning takes in much of the santa cruz mountains that people there bracing for another preemptive power shutdown kron four's rob fladeboe has. >>more on that is live from. >>the summit above wheels some rob how are things tonight. >>well la grande i haven't noticed anything that can really be called a gusty here at the 1100 foot summit of highway 17 however, if you notice that the flags are the banners outside the some in-house restaurant b

you can read his full statement on our website kron 4 dot com. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>time now for our 4 zone forecast for chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a look at what to expect for the rest of this week lauren boy it's all about those winds whipping around the bay area we'll see a lot of that in the coming days in fact expecting high fire danger all week in fact likely going to see that continue into this next week as well maybe all the way in the following week these gusts are going to be amazing 30 to 50 mile an hour gusts expected the mountaintops here in the bay area blustery conditions and here's the latest forecast model showing you some of those winds begin to pick up overnight tonight you can see in the north bay all the colors moving in you got the red you've got the purple those are winds gusting upwards of 40 miles per hour then it gets interesting we've got a little cold front that's going to sweep through and the winds come out of the west as we head into friday evening, but that all begins to change as we get into latter part of the

so far is all at kron 4 dot com. >>happening tomorrow, a statewide flex alert will go into effect into the high temperatures we're expecting from 03:00pm to 10:00pm the state's grid operator. it's asking customers to reduce their energy consumption. you can do this by setting your thermostat to 78 degrees turn off unnecessary lights close your blinds and use fans whenever possible wait to use your major appliances until after the flex alert for a list of cooling centers and more ways you can conserve energy head over to kron 4 dot com. more more businesses are now being allowed to reopen in the bay area is swayed to bay area counties moved into the next here in the states reopening plan, san francisco has moved into runs to year which means restaurants and places of worship can now operate indoors. >>with 25% capacity. the contra costa county has moved into the red tier which means a similar businesses such as indoor restaurants gyms movie theaters in places of worship will be able to reopen again with restrictions k

you're watching kron 4 news at 10. >>thanks for joining us on this tuesday night everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm ella sogomonian in for vicki liviakis nearly 7,000 pg e customers across the bay area are bracing for another round of power shut offs pg reps say that customers across 19 northern california counties have been notified about the potential shut up 6 of them right here in the bay area this is pg and e's future outage map this is what they are predicting the areas with the yellow indicate that could lose power there in the bay area talking about alameda contra costa napa santa clara solano and sonoma counties all of this because of that. >>hot and dry windy conditions expected tomorrow chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us now with all those details here lawrence they guys, yeah we may see their map get a just a bit too we've got a series of wind events headed toward the bay area fact red flag warnings posted by the national weather service starting tomorrow, we're going to see all the way to the co

you're watching kron 4 news at 9. >>justify death for a traffic violation something like that to happen. in our own backyard is on acceptable. >>9 plea for answers the family of an unarmed man shot and killed by napa county deputies. so they want to know how a traffic stop ended with their loved one dead. thanks joining us this saturday night here on kron 4 news at 9. i'm jonathan mccall justine waltman having the night off. the shooting happened monday in the napa county in just a day later 47 year-old one adrian garcia died from his injuries. tonight his family now demanding justice kron four's dan thorn live tonight in napa county with the very latest on the investigation and his family's fight for those answers yet. >>well jonathan the napa county sheriff's department says during last monday night's traffic stop garcia would not listen to their commands was aggressively approaching the deputy with his hand behind his back forcing this deputy to shoot however after the shooting garcia was not found with a weapon on

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>at least 5 people at ucsf medical center's parnassus heights campus have contracted covid-19 officials say they don't know how it all started 2 patients, sharing a room and the 3 employees who cared for them. all tested positive both patients though initially tested negative for covid before being admitted to the hospital. but one of them unexpectedly tested positive on the routine discharge test. this forced dozens of workers took quarantine the employees are reported to have some mild symptoms while the patients appear to be asymptomatic the state and local health departments are collaborating with ucsf to investigate this outbreak. >>a patient in solano county has been diagnosed with both the flu and covid-19 county health department is calling it a co infection. at this point officials are not releasing any information on the patient except to say they're under the age of 65 health officials have been warning of a quote twindemic they name everything since the flu season began a

on our website kron 4 dot com. >>the night tonight here on kron 4 amid the escalating violence in western asia, why and says he's leaving america to go fight for his people. >>plus mail in ballots ruined by hand sanitizer what election officials say you should and should not do before you vote by mail and fog tobar know are inside in the bay area in fact we're tracking clear warmer and drier weather in the days >>just 23 days to go until election night kron 4 your local election headquarters. early voting already off to a busy start here in the golden state hundreds of thousands of ballots have already been sent across california. but tonight officials in sacramento county are noticing some issues with how voters are filling out their mill in and drop off ballots from people forgetting to sign their ballot envelopes to even putting hand sanitizer on the pages jessica mensch takes a closer look at what not to do with your ballot to make sure that it's counted. >>a ballot after ballot we've seen higher turnout earlie

kron four's coverage president trump's prognosis continues at kron 4 dot com. there we have an article on 5 things we know about the president's medical status. an updated list of top level, u.s. officials and their current covid test results plus an in-depth look at the treatment that the president is currently receiving. it's all available right now at kron 4 dot com >>another big story we're watching as the glass fire that continues to burn for a six-day and parts of napa and sonoma counties and we do have updated information. this fire has burned now more than 63,000 acres and is 15% contained. cal fire says the fire has destroyed more than 800 homes and thousands of people are still evacuated tonight that includes the entire city of calistoga tonight all evacuation orders and warnings still remain in effect for folks impacted by the fire in sonoma county. >>the sheriff tweeting this out earlier today you can see him saying that they didn't expect to lift any of those orders are warning stay but urging folks to hang in there with them. we have more details

>>you're watching kron 4 morning news at 5. >>good morning and thanks for joining us for a tuesday on the kron 4 morning news, i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher we want to start the hour with checks of weather and traffic before we get to the headlines. so we'll say good morning to john timoney john good morning guys another day that is going to be on the warmer side of things but also

watching kron 4 news. a red flag warning is now in effect across the bay area as the region braces for. >>yet another string of high winds dry conditions over the next couple of days. thanks for being with us at 10 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis for the north bay mountains, this is the second red flag warning to be issued this week so let's go ahead >>kick it off here with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow he is tracking the dangerous weather conditions out there for us laurent boy it is been a long fire season right now there's no end in sight in fact these winds going to be picking up in fact i think these are red flag warnings are in effect so far feel friday but they're going to be in effect all the way i think until the weekend we've got a series of wind events that are going to be affecting the bay area and boy it is going to howl around parts of the bay area. >>look at the winds expected over the santa cruz mountains this between now and friday, the red flag warnings up e

watching kron 4 news. now 9 its campaign crunch time we're just 5 days away from election day with the race for the white house in the final stretch. >>millions of voters are casting their ballots in record breaking fashion. good evening. i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore, thank you for joining us tonight at 9 both candidates spent their time campaigning in the crucial battleground state of florida today and we will begin in tampa that's where the president and the first lady melania trump were. >>this was their first joint

this is kron 4 news at 3. weekend >>big a deal this is the other side of me though is there a lot of. times when does not seem like we need to have. >>now at 3 frustration this wednesday afternoon as nearly 4200 pg e customers across the bay area are bracing to lose power tonight that number just went down because pg says that the weather has changed but still a lot of people are bracing for their power to be turned off. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm justine waldman let's take a look right now at the bay area counties that will be impacted. this is according to pg news website, the shaded areas in yellow are the people and the customers who will be losing power. this includes customers in alameda contra costa. napa santa clara solano and sonoma counties all bracing for losing the power. i just talked with pg e and i did learn that majority of the bay area will have their power restored by thursday night. but napa and sonoma counties, the power there will be restored by friday ni

our kron four's haaziq madyun explains. >>they are rolling out a pair of election mobile trailers in contra costa county as preparation for election day 2020 continues with all of voters will >>but it's a trend that we're going to bounce it to support our our polling places. >>the clerk recorder registrar of contra costa county debbie cooper says these red white and blue vulnerable bills will be used as backup resources just in case something happens that impacts voting that is stationary polling location in case of an emergency can one of the reasons we got them is because of the issues we can have you with psps power shut-offs and so we're able to. >>either bring it in if there was something so dramatic that happened we could take it to an evacuation site we can take it to a place that didn't have power and their generator run power so we would be able to set up and still offer voting to our to our voters covid-19 health and safety measures are in place whether you're voting inside a polling station are outside at the ele

>>has it made you kron 4 news. >>in south san francisco, a popular hiking trail has been closed after that 2 alarm fire 2 weeks ago the city has closed all trails leading to the famous. south san francisco, the industrial city sign. you can see the signs and tape that have now been but up forcing hikers to turn around there they are back on october 16th, you saw the video a wildfire raced across sign hill burning part of the actual site. the fire eventually became a 4 alarm blaze and several homes had to be evacuated. took fire crews a couple hours to bring the fire under control fortunately it only caused minor damage to a few structures. but the city says the trails now have to be repaired no word yet on when that area will reopen. the nation's top infectious disease expert, we all know doctor fauci pie now he says he has major concerns about the upcoming thanksgiving holiday inn how family gatherings could contribute to the spread. >>yeah fauci says that with an uptick in cases averaging some 70,000 cases a day

right here on kron 4.>still to come still to come tonight here on kron 4 news at 9 a north carolina woman denied the right to vote because she was listed as dead. the mix-up that nearly cost her say in the election. >>plus one of the largest wildfires in. states history has now turned deadly. the latest on the firefight there coming up next. >>and there's growing debate over prop 17 which would allow parolees and convicted felons the right to vote hear from both sides of the issue that story and more coming up next story and more coming up next here on kron 4 news at night. uber and lyft are like every big guy i've ever brought down. prop 22 doesn't "help" their drivers-- it denies them benefits. 22 doesn't help women. it actually weakens sexual harassment laws, which are meant to protect them. uber and lyft aren't even required to investigate sexual harassment claims. i agree with the la times: no on 22. uber and lyft want all the power. so, show them the real power is you. vote no on prop 22. the unfair

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>an extra day, how you can celebrate halloween without the usual trick or treating state health care leaders have an answer. and as for giants general managsr talks about the giants almost run to the playoffs despite >>senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says that he is scheduling a procedural votes on the gop covid-19 relief bill for next week. mcconnell says aid to hard-hit businesses should be held up by gridlock involving other aid proposals. the vote is set for october 19th democrats filibustered a gop drafted a bill last month and recent talks on a larger deal with house speaker nancy pelosi fell apart this past weekend. mcconnell's announcement came as president trump continues telling republicans to quote go big rather than the limited approach they've been advocating. >>halloween could look a lot different this year in california state health leaders release of new guidelines today for trick or treating and other holiday gatherings our capitol bureau reporter ashley zaval

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maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>monitoring the glass fire and conditions here in the bay area, let's check in with meteorologist john trouble he has an update good morning. john good morning robin, at least we do have improvements in this forecast today is going to be a deep in marine layer that's good news for the glass fire and just start dry conditions in general and guess what a cooler day today starting today to waving goodbye to 90's from here on out in this forecast. so some changes that will help the firefight and i think we'll just be welcome for the rest of us across the bay area looking outside at air quality this morning, it's a range of moderate conditions that's fog you're seeing down below from berkeley though we do have some moisture to our south and then a cold front that steering its way to our west what this is going to do in the days to come as a result in a chance a chance of some rainfall today it's the fog that we're seeing and a low pressure helping to nudge out that high you do see this ra

>>zeke matthew kron 4 news. >>and meanwhile in the east bay kron four's phillipe djegal is tracking early voting in contra costa county and he has this report for us. >>comparing the turnout for the presidential election to the march primaries, the contra costa county elections office says the number of vote by mail ballots cast has already been surpassed and overall more than 310,000 ballots have been returned so far that's just 20,000 less than the total number of ballots turned in back in march and there's still a week to go to the general election in fact we already have received more >>now that while we had the entire election in 2016 scott quarter past sick is the assistant registrar of voters, he says for the first time in the county's history more than 700,000 people have registered to vote to that represents about 65,000 more voters while we have for the march primary election. he also expects. >>there are some 600,000 of those ballots will eventually be turned in that's more than 85%. he says that is a

kron 4 sarah stinson reports for us now from san mateo county. >>not only has the red flag warning been extended from wednesday until friday, it's also been extended to san mateo county specifically along the coast take a look at this map so you can see exactly which areas are affected including the north bay mountains east bay hills interior valleys as well as the santa cruz mountains and again the san mateo county coast. we have more wins in the forecast up on the mountains and ridges of 10 to 25 miles per hour with gusts up to 40 miles per hour valleys could see gusts up to 35 miles per hour and the coast could also see gusts up to 40 that combined with extremely dry conditions caused potential for not only for a fire to spark easier, but also for to spread more rapidly there's also a fire weather watch in effect until tomorrow for those areas as well. so now is the time to prepare for a wildfire had that go bag prepared also make sure you're doing everything in your power to prevent a wildfire from sparking. we'll keep you updated on this red

>>has that you kron 4 news. >>right now back to our top story of the evening, clock is ticking on when pg e is going to cut off power to thousands of bay area residents that's right kron four's morning. kelly went to napa where people are bracing for this new obstacle as they're just starting to recover from the glass fire. >>more than 9,000 customers here in napa county could find themselves in the dark wednesday. >>if and when pg e decisive flip the switch on this public safety power shutoff many of those customers live in the town of calistoga it's terrible to say, but you almost get used to it it has not been easy lately for calistoga residents who were forced to evacuate for 6 days during the glass fire from the burn scars in the surrounding mountains, you can see how it burned right up to the edge of town. >>and now because of hot dry and windy conditions in the forecast pg says. >>they may have to cut power to part of this town as part of the public safety power shut-offs to help reduce the risk of more w

you're watching kron 4 news at 8. >>now in a fire weather in the forecast kron 4 is tracking the threat across the bay area folks just starting to recover from the glass fire. once again be watching and waiting to see what happens. that's where we begin this sunday here on kron 4 news at a good evening. i'm jonathan mccall and i'm justine waltman that fire weather watch goes into effect tomorrow night and it could lead to wildfires. >>it's going to be windy and it's going to be hot and so far pg and e has not issued any warnings about turning off the power. but tonight there's a new revealing report that has just come out. and it's detailing why the utility was not ready for last year's power shut-offs. >>we'll have those details and more coming up in just a few moments, but first we want to bring in meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez with more on the fire weather watch. and the impact it will have later on this week risa either jonathan and just seeing and it will primarily impact our north bay mountains specifically th

you can find more details on our website kron 4 dot com. >>the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for the north bay mountains until sunday morning and this video that we're looking at now is taken by a cal fire helicopter. this is near both state park in napa valley where the glass fire has been very active. we can see a lot of smoke still here and some of the fire lines that has been put in place by crews that are out there working so hard in really difficult in addition to that red flag warning being in effect are also monitoring a spare the air alert in effect as well. >>meteorologist rebecca, strom is here to break down the rest of the forecast for the weekend. >>yeah jonathan just seen a lot happening in the weather center is seen it over the last couple of days it continues to be hazy and smoking around the entire bay area in fact you can kind of make it on a little bit i know it's a dark shot of san francisco international airport camera right now, but you can see a little bit of a haze though around the lights an

voting problems at kron 4 dot com don't hesitate to send us an e-mail. >>all right coming up next morning news a huge leap for san francisco in his handling of the covid-19 as it enters a new reopening tier what this means for business. plus states health leaders release reopening guidelines for theme parks, the new guidelines do not apply to many of your favorite destinations. and will there be a covid-19 relief package before the election we'll have the latest on the effort to reach a deal. >>welcome back everyone and thanks for staying with us the time is for 14 good morning to you let's get an update on the forecast, i know we still have you know the concern of strong winds and warm temperatures so let's see that how that's going to shape up for hump day and the rest of the week hey there john yeah, the rest of the week not looking much better than today either robin we're going to be seeing these winds causing concern for fire danger really over the course of the rest of the weekend even as we make our way into the weekend in some cooler conditions.

dan thorn kron 4 news. >>thank you dan we go to the south our police are investigating a late night shooting that left 2 men dead and 4 others injured the shooting happened around 1130 at nuevo vallarta restaurant on capitol avenue in san jose. when officers arrived they found one person dead and 4 others who had also been shot. the injured men were transported to a local hospital but one of them later died. today, san jose police say 6 man showed up at the hospital who had been wounded in that shooting. police have not released the names of the men who died or any information about what led up to the shooting and no arrests have been made the 2 deaths marked the 34th and 35th homicides this year. but a stabbing death that happened earlier this morning mark b 36 homicide in san jose for perspective around this time last year there were 34 homicides. anyone with information regarding last night shooting is asked to call police tonight from the north bay where we're learning more details about a homicide in f

and that apple valley dan kerman kron 4 news. >>all right well happening now pg needs giving an update on the power shut offs for tonight, let's listen more details on that in just a moment. >>for now though i do want to emphasize that turning off power to our customers is not a decision that we take lightly he scs events or 2 of last resort for us. we use this for weather events that are so severe that people safety their lives their homes and their businesses may be in danger we really want to thank you for your patience and your understanding through this and with that we want to move on to the weather update, let's start with our meteorologist scott strenfel scott what we've seen over the last 24 hours. >>so thanks lindsay yeah as previously communicated briefings here. you know we were talking about the dissuade would come with 2 waves of whether essentially we're expecting the first last night into this morning. with a little bit of a lull in between about in a hour period of law. >>on the winds and then a second peak of th

>>zinc lead you kron 4 news. >>well, dozens of people dressed in wedding attire march to the state capitol tuesday demanding guidance from the governor's office on weddings. under the current a color-coded reopening to your system the state has given 0 guidance for wedding events which means no commercial wedding receptions can actually happen. president of the california association of private events or cape says that instead many couples are just throwing underground weddings where covid-19 virus can easily spread. >>the right now you can have a ceremony only you cannot have a reception wants to do that. no one wants to have a wedding ceremony and then just go home so that's where we're seeing an uptick in the bootleg event. >>well the even industry says that with some guidance from the state some of the recklessness from the underground readings could be prevented by professionals actually enforcing requirements, those guidelines from the governor could also help the industry try to save its fiscal year. drug

download the kron 4 app right now. >>we learned that a woman injured in a sunday afternoon crash at a san jose restaurant died. that woman was one of 8 people who was injured when the driver of an suv plowed into a crowd of people who were waiting outside. it's a problem that now has some businesses on edge kron four's jonathan mccall live for us in san jose tonight. why some business owners are worried jonathan. >>can't him so many questions still remain unanswered after sunday's crash here at this