we are actually in lafayette right now. much as jay was describing a second ago, we've seen some of the strongest bursts of wind coming up the last hour or so. to pick up off of what he was just talking about, power outages right here wind damage was the foremost concern and certainly flooding as well. the issue that we have run into is the fact that this area did not see the wallop that perhaps laura did. you see the wind picking up. there were no mandatory evacuations here many of the folks i talked to weren't worried about this but maybe they should have been. there are commercial developments and homes nearby where this flooding could occur but a lot of people did not leave. we know from the governor of louisiana, that right now there are some 9,500 people in shelters in the state. 6,000 of those are from laura. 2,000 of those are from laura in texas. the remaining 800 are in a mega shelter in alexandria, louisiana. you talked about covid a second ago, shepard they hit the capacity of 800 they can't have any more people

in lafayette fleet of all kron 4 news.>also in the east bay than male will stop shutting down streets on weekends effective immediately after the city says that people and businesses have been repeatedly violating mask and social distancing rules on tuesday. the danville town council announced the cancellation of the closures of hearts avenue between diablo road prospect avenue city council officials say the police in town staff of seen quote gross violations of and gotten complaints about a lack of social distancing and mask-wearing among visitors as well as alcohol being served separately from meals and live amplified music. it's all not allowed. >>well beautiful weather for al fresco dining out there you know it's october 28th hard to believe almost hollowing crazy and then of course is we're talking about the election. all of it, but pointed out conference chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with a look ahead carl florence, yeah, guys gorgeous weather out there right now in hey here's a nice place in go re

dewey believe, do police believe rather, that that home in lafayette was targeted? >> reporter: it appears that way. it's clear the homeowners support the democratic ticket including joe biden. authorities are investigating this as a possible hate crime. this is what robbie and katie peacock woke up to on tuesday, a swastika and trump spray- painted on the side of their house in downtown lafayette. the couple used wooden boards to cover cover up the ugly symbol of hate. >> it's really frightening and of deep concern to see this symbol of white's pharmacy being displayed. >> reporter: it's clear this house was targeted. there is a flag supporting joe biden outside and on the second floor window, a sign that says grab him by the ballot box. a not-so-subtle dig of president trump about his comments on women. we have seven days until the next election, seven days to choose love over hate, unity over division and bravery over fear. seven days to protect our children's future and to make our parents proud. there was more graffiti, swastika equals trump sprayed on the sain

lav ye lafayette. this whole strip, lots of breakfast and coffee issues gone this morning, the options. but over there, the whole foods is lit up really standing out with all of its lights on. they tell me they have two generators keeping them with power this morning. really going to extreme measures to stay in business today. firefighters say they are ready in the event that this wind does spark any fires. they have crews and they have gear on stand by ready to go, including two helicopters based at buchanan field. they can be up within minutes if the weather is cooperating, of course. >> it depends on how close the fire and water source are together, but with the helicopter, especially a light helicopter like this, you like to have a close water source. so you can make a lot of drops. >> something to keep in mind if you're heading out this morning, it is so dark. a lot of traffic signals are not working. approach those intersections carefully, treat them as four-way stops. don't assume it's normal ou

amy hollyfield live in lafayette this morning. >> reporter: good morning. a dark and windy lafayette, the businesses behind me, this noah's bagels does not have power, but when i type in different addresses the neighborhoods south of here do have power, addresses in moraga do not have power. it's scattered throughout this area. take a look at some video, you will see as you drive down mt. diablo boulevard in lafayette it is dark, the only lights are from the car head lights and the portable lights they use for construction crews that there are a lot of darkened businesses without generators probably going to have to be closed today. pg&e believes that this psps should last for two days. some people tell us they can't wait that long to get their power back. we met a college student who is going to head home to southern california, she's now without electricity and wifi at st. mary's in moraga. >> i can't do school without wifi, especially because we are all online so it's impossible because we can't go to in-person classes. so i told my mom and she was like,

. >>> i'm sam brock in lafayette. about 70 miles east where many families feel the same way. they're riding out the storm. >> it'll rise but it'll go down within a few hours. >> hurricanes are a way of life here >> reporter: mark plans to anchor down on his boat if it weren't for the boat, would you have evacuated? >> probably along with my daughters, granddaughters i'm captain of my boat have to go down with the ship >> reporter: in lafayette parish, no mandatory evacuations as conditions worsen what is the threshold to require mandatory evacuations for a quarter million people >> lafayette never had mandatory evacuations in our history. the government can't substitute common sense >> reporter: the state's nearest megashelter at capacity because of covid as leaders urge people to go to hotels instead. they're implementing curfews and demanding drivers stay off the roads. in the small city which is close to the coast and right in the cross hairs of hurricane delta, they're well above sea level. not as much concern about flood actually ripping through the streets. a few miles

>>in lafayette felipe to call for an for news. >>we continue to follow the silverado fire is burning in orange county that fire burning near irvine has charred more than 13,000 acres since it broke out on monday at 25% contained tonight, 5 firefighters have been injured 2 of them critically more than 70,000 homes in the irvine area remain under evacuation orders. >>also in orange county, the blue ridge fire burning in yorba linda is scorch now more than 14,000 acres containment there 16% at least 10 homes have been damaged 2500 homes are under evacuation orders as we get a check on our 4 zone forecast taking a live. outside back here in the bay at the golden gate bridge on wednesday, very pleasant day in the bay today. yeah i will take it a reminder though we are still in the thick of fire season kron 4 meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with the latest yeah guys certainly could use a little rain that would help us out a whole bunch today, the seabreeze return and that was some good news as the clouds. >>are staying away b

. >>> now to andria borba in lafayette, where residents and businesses are dealing with the darkness yet again. >> reporter: i am here on the western side of lafayette, right off mount diablo blvd., and this is where the power is still not back on tonight. people are getting frustrated, they're trying to get creative, with how to live their life when there is no light. >> the soundtrack of today in lafayette, is a generator, all courtesy of another public safety power shut off. >> no power, no business. >>> there canceling appoints for customers without to operate any equipment. >>> it is frustrating. we went through it, the last time it happens, it was frustrating, it puts us behind. they need to travel. if you cannot operate, we cannot buy them the service. to sell generators to power hungry customers. they set up a charging station in the parking lot. but it could not fix all problems. tammy starr which is watching her friends children and was stymied by a printer. >>> they are stressed-out to, because they had to print stuff out. they were not going to be in school today, they ca

until early saturday morning in lafayette, louisiana, chris pollo pollone, nbc news. >>> here's nbc meteorologist janessa webb who's tracking the storm. what are you see about this morning? >> i don't have the best new this morning the pressure continues to drop on this storm system, and that means it's maintaining its category, right now category 3 we hope it goes into some cooler water that will allow it to be downgraded, but unfortunately that's just not happening. 250 miles south of cameron, michigan, sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. our models are currently in agreement. this will marek landfall, southwest louisiana later on tonight. >> the size of that thing is just terrifying. >>> with just 25 days until the election, the second presidential debate is up in the air. amid his battle with coronavirus, president trump is refusing to take part in a virtual debate with joe biden. nbc's tracie potts one thing for sure we won't see them both on the stage next week. >> they're going back and forth about pushing the debate a week, or suggesting doing it virtually or in person whi

reporting live in lafayette dan thorn kron 4 news. thank you dan. >>east bay, regional parks will be closed through wednesday morning at 8 o'clock the east bay park district announced the extended closures of 11 regional parks citing the extended red flag warning the close parks include tilden reinhard redwood and wildcat canyon the district says the past weekend's winds down 14 power lines in or near the closed park areas. the oakland zoo is closed today and could be closed tomorrow as well the closures because of the pg n a planned power shut offs in the area. so officials say anyone who bought tickets for the annual boo at the zoo halloween event can use those tickets on wednesday or thursday. backup generators are in place at the zoo to supply power for any animal related habitats or facilities which need it make sure to download the kron 4 mobile app and our streaming news service kronon for the latest weather developments in your neighborhood and for all the updates from pg and e on restoring power you can find both those apps in your app stor

you can see we are in lafayette. the city has a generator to power the traffic signals here at happy valley road and mt. diablo boulevard. in front of a strip mall to the right, it's a case of have and have not's. a grocery store down there at the end are open with a generator and cvs does not have power and they are shut down. people walking to the door expecting it to open and turn away in frustration. we have got a doughnut shop, they just had some people pull up with this pickup truck and this generator. i don't want to get too close so you can at least hear me to provide power for their shop. interestingly, i'm not sure what -- maybe they are powering the refrigerator because the lights are still off. they have been open for business. where did you get your doughnuts if your power is out? they made them at their other store. where is the other store? wow. so they made them in san jose and brought them here. you got barber shop. fortunately, don't need power to cut someone's hair and they have the sunlight. good

. >>> back in the bay area a lafayette man has some extra ballots on his hands. they arrived at the correct address the only problem is the people they are addressed you don't live there, and never did. we sent wilson walker to find out how that happened, and he is live at the registrar's office in martinez. >>> we talked about what to do when you get your vote by mail ballots. today we had that question from the viewer, what you do with a ballot that does not make any sense? >> so this whole street is only three houses, i know everybody that has ever lived here, and another my those people. >> reporter: he has received his 2020 vote by mail ballots, a couple that he was expecting and tomorrow with names he has never seen before. >> this is my belt i opened up. this is my daughter's and these two people, i don't, i don't know. >>> he took his questions to the election's office and as soon as you mentioned unexpected ballot, and the rest of the story. i've heard it many, many times. >>> he is this is the registrar of voters, he says this mail is probably the linge

wrote a statement saying that there is no place for hate in lafayette. well neighbors and the victims themselves believe that the vandalism was politically motivated. biden harris flags and black lives matters posters are visible at their home. >>these are some dark times. and we're going through you know it's manifesting behavior in our community we're. >>above that it obviously it's not case. >>well so far police have not shared any information on who may be behind that graffiti. to the north and now fairfield police are offering a $10,000 reward to find the driver involved in a hit and run that killed an elderly woman so this crash happened sometime before 11 last thursday night on summit hill road near laurel creek park officers say 81 year-old namie storage she was hit and just left right there on the side of the road and she died at the hospital, anyone with information to call the fairfield police department. well we're now 5 days away from election day and both presidential candidates made multiple stops on their campaign trail the president was

we're in downtown lafayette. the businesses behind me are dark. some of the homes in this area do have power. i checked on the pg&e website, some addresses and some businesses in moraga don't have power. it's hit and miss around this area. fire crews are ready to go in the event this wind sparks a wildfire. so on the ground and in the air they do have resources ready to go. contra costa firefighters say they can call on two helicopters. they're based at buchanan field, they can be up within an emergency -- within minutes if the weather is cooperatincooper course. if it's too windy they can't go up. but those helicopters can drop 180 gallons of water on any flames if need be. so they are ready to go just in case. >> the wildland urban interface in this country and all over is a high threat zone. >> it depends on how close the fire and water source are together. but with the helicopter, especially a light helicopter like this, you like to have a close water source so you can make a lot of drops. >> if you are headed out today, keep in mind, especial

>>the love by gration of generators can be heard in spots throughout lafayette. the juice is needed to help power up some of what's been shut off by pg any intentional outage causing headaches and confusion for residents i miss my hot coffee in the morning. i had holy. >>hot hot water out that half i'm not sure that we needed to lose our power not all that several businesses along stretches of mount diablo boulevard were forced to close signs in the windows turning customers away. >>so you be stocked up on ice to help chilton food and her gourmet burrito shop while suspects without refrigeration bill lose up to 70% of their supply. >>i was just becoming a headache for me to deal with this that happened last year we didn't have power liking almost 4 days. >>next door panache cafe it's the same story and hear if the law that blocked traffic also having to make adjustments as street lights at some intersections were out a few gas pumps were also not working those who didn't want to sit at home in the dark visited community resource centers. it's a good place to get

river has breached the lafayette river has breached thewe still have a wa banks despite efforts to pump out water and keep river levels low. we still have a ways to go with the storm. >> thanks. >>> al roker is tracking it all. what are we looking at tonight and through the weekend? >> lester a category one. weakening as it made the way on land. it's moving north northeast at 14. we have wind gusts of almost 80 miles per hour in some sections of louisiana it will move inland. we'll see the storm surge now starting to tamper down. saturday it makes the way into the stn river valley with gusty winds and rain for much of the southeast. and sunday even affecting the mid atlantic and northeast with flash flooding, creek and river flooding, as well. we have 6 million people under flash flood watches and warnings through the mississippi river valley with up to 15 inches of rain before this is all over lester >> all right, al thanks we'll keep an eye, of course, on delta >>> there's breaking news in the white house tonight. the president to resume in-person appearances starting this weekend and

amy hollyfield live in lafayette this morning. >> reporter: good morning.y lafayette, the businesses behind me, this noah's bagels does not have power, but when i type in different addresses the neighborhoods south of here do have power, addresses in moraga do not have power. it's scattered throughout this area. take a look at some video, you will see as you drive down mt. diablo boulevard in lafayette it is dark, the only lights are from the car head lights and the portable lights they use for constructionre

>>reporting in lafayette dan thorn kron 4 news. >>you know it's so important to have the kron 4 mobile app make sure you download that app and our streaming new service will keep you updated kronon that's for the latest weather developments that are happening in your neighborhood and for all the updates from pg and e on restoring power you can find both in your app store. >>and it's free what's better than free go ahead and download it now. just days after the country elects its next president the u.s. is dealing with the highest average number of covid-19 cases since the pandemic began new mexico, seeing the highest spike in new cases over a 2 week period at a 103%. rhode island have the second highest spike with 99%. now for comparison california has a 38% increase over the same period. now the country is averaging 29,000 new daily cases over a 2 week period. that's a lot that's higher than the initial way back in mid july. and we're tracking the coronavirus numbers across california and of course right here in the bay area. chec

we'll begin with tom in lafayette. about 17,000 customers have been without power since 8 last night. >> there were some fires but fortunately the winds were not as wickedly strong as some predicted. however pg&e just put out a notice to a lot of customers here in lafayette who have lost power, thousands of people. that their power will not be restored until tomorrow at least. because of high wind. they said they were not able to get helicopters in to fly equipment. to make sure there was no serious damage that could cause more fires. also because there were not super-strong winds like they had predicted. the firefighters were able to get on the fires and knock the ones down that did start. >> the homes in the hills and the people who live there are of major concern. for fire officials. >> the fuel moisture conditions are historic low and stressed. >> the risk of fire in the hillsides remains extremely high in what's already a record fire season. >> people who live up the winding wooded roads were given an ominous warn

>>saying quote there is no place for hate in lafayette. this is an inclusive and diverse city where everyone is welcome. he goes on to say this act will not be overlooked. and will be vigorously prosecuted we have the same thing happened. we had a swastika. >>sort of thing. carved in her front door which is not all. and our key cherry bashen sullivan says her incident happened nearly 20 years ago at her in the home she works near the latest victims and is concerned to see the same kind of vandalism resurfacing just think these are some dark times. >>and we're going through you know it's manifesting >>behavior neighbors and the victims themselves believe the vandalism was politically motivated biden harris flags and black lives matter posters are visible on the property i would in our community we're. >>above that it obviously it's not a case rosa cardenas and her husband mike mentally live nearby. >>they say a biden-harris poster was recently stolen from their home maybe this is going to be something that people can use to learn from and r

joining us now is mayor john dennis of lafayette, indiana and mayor walsh of boston.t me start with you. first off, condolences for the patriots not being able to play. that game is going to be pushed back to monday or tuesday at least from the latest word of the nfl. but clearly that is the least of bostonians' worries. what's the worries impeding a full re-open in boston? >> i think the biggest thing is worrying about superspreader events. it's worrying about -- we've seen in boston now over the course of the last couple weeks a small uptick. we're looking at different metrics but we're looking at the science, at the da tam we want to make sure, as we think about re-opening next steps, next phases it's going to remain safe for people. people have lost their life here and in the commonwealth of massachusetts. i'd rather err on the side of caution than rush us opening because we don't want to go back to where we were in the spring. >> mayor dennis, there's an open letter you supported sent by the president of purdue asking officials to delay any major changes in resta

>> neil, a steady rain here in lafayette. the wind could be several hours off. as far as that goes, the situation here, you really are putting your finger on it when you say this place has been hit twice in six weeks. almost the exact same path. more than 10,000 people really still in hotels from that storm, laura. six weeks ago. still tarps on buildings, still debris lining the road. you can see the traffic jams during the day. people trying to get out on i-10. you can see these people, older people with pets. it's women with small children. it's a tough thing to do to try to get out of a hurricane. it's on the way. some people in cameron parrish are going to try to ride it out. 100 people there will try to ride it out. the roads will get flooded and rescue will be difficult. aid is pouring in. several hundred electric workers ready from duke power. urban search and rescue teams, more than 500 team members. herely skilled in rescuing people from collapsed buildings and also from flood water. national guard, too. they have helicopters, boats, high water vehicles

the lafayette mayor and police issuing a joint statement saying there is no place for hate in lafayette. i am standing close to an area where the spray painted. police have contacted the fbi for their help. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> new at 11:00, a reminder that we are still at risk of fires. even if the red flag is over. a small wildfire broke out on the border of napa and sonoma counties. no homes were threatened by the flames. quick update on pg&e's latest power shut off. the electricity has been restored. there are another 10,000 without power, but it is expected to be back on by the middle of tomorrow. pg&e says power was restored to the hills earlier this evening. but a backup generator caused a near disaster. ica kate larson has what you need to know. >> reporter: oakland firefighters were in the first engine to arrive at the fire that destroys two houses in the oakland hills tuesday morning. >> we were lucky we had crews pre-positioned here in oakland because it was such a red flag event. it could have been enormous had we been there a minute or two later it would have gone in

the assistant manager of the lafayette ace hardware says the store has been extremely busy as people are stocking up on supplies in anticipation of this power outage that went into effect last night. power generators have been sold out for days. many people in lafayette who are home without electricity, they're aware why it's important why the power should be shut off during high-wind events. >> fires are very, very possible. and that's the biggest thing that worries us. >> hoping it's not as bad as they expect it to be. >> reporter: again, you're looking at a map from the outage, you can see the east bay, parts of the south bay, san mateo coastline, lot of the bay area is affected. power might be turned back on by 10:00 tonight. the workers will first need to inspect the lines and equipment. reporting live here in dublin. >> thanks, bob. in the north may, marin county, if you know somebody who needs the latest information, there's a call center, the number is 415-473-7191, just press the number 3. the call center reopens at 9:30 this morning. don't call 911 unless it's truly an emer

in lafayette fleet of all kron 4 news. >>san francisco supervisor dean preston has announced speed limit changes coming to the intersection of geary boulevard and golf street, the changes are coming after a car hit and killed a person in august at that intersection as a result portions of geary from laguna to golf steiner to scott and baker to saint joseph's will have their speed limits reduced from 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour. they join us here on kron 4 news at 4 o'clock we'll have a live interview with the supervisor about the importance of this change and now the big changes coming to san francisco, you know that iconic coca-cola sign. well it's coming down, it's no longer going to be overlooking the city of san francisco crew started tearing it down. at 15 bryant yesterday and the work continued this morning. the billboard has been a fixture in the city for 83 years but soaring rental costs reportedly prompt the beverage giant to take the sign down. now as election day gets closer and closer the presidentia

lafayette, louisiana. >>> mary lee is also taking that storm on the gulf coast and the weather in the bay area. mary? >>> we are keeping a very close eye on hurricane delta because that is likely the same path as hurricane laura so it is a category three storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour in the gulf of mexico. likely weakening to a category two storm when it makes landfall on the louisiana coast this evening. so, looking at life-threatening storm surge, hurricane conditions as they look to this evening. now, let's talk about our weather at home. so we are looking at cooler temperatures tracking that stronger onshore flow and with temperatures below average for this time of the year. a live look with our treasure island camera as we look to san francisco with those clouds and starting off our day across the bay area with mostly cloudy skies. pitchers in the 50s and low 60s at this hour. upper 50s in concorde, livermore and san francisco. checking air quality, right now, it looks good for many locations. it is really great to see those green dots indicating that be

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the lafayette mayor and police issuing a joint statement saying there is no place for hate in lafayette. i am standing close to an area where the spray painted. police have contacted the fbi for their help. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> new at 11:00, a reminder that we are still at risk of fires. even if the red flag is over. a small wildfire broke out on the border of napa and sonoma counties. no homes were threatened by the flames. quick update on pg&e's latest power shut off. the electricity has been restored. there are another 10,000 without power, but it is expected to be back on by the middle of tomorrow. pg&e says power was restored to the hills earlier this evening. but a backup generator caused a near disaster. ica kate larson has what you need to know. >> reporter: oakland firefighters were in the first engine to arrive at the fire that destroys two houses in the oakland hills tuesday morning. >> we were lucky we had crews pre-positioned here in oakland because it was such a red flag event. it could have been enormous had we been there a minute or two later it would have gone in

, i'm still seeing people outdoors and going for runs i'm here on the hillside above lafayette and youely see the freeway of the highway down there. it's just thick thick thick smoke and it's bad out here take a look at the map so you can get a better idea look at the numbers and the colors on this map because that shows you exactly how bad the air quality is across the bay area, unhealthy a very unhealthy hazardous that in some points it's it's not good to be out and exercising in exerting yourself so make sure you're taking care of yourself out there. it's also rough because we're going to have another hot day mostly in the high 90's here in the east bay. it's rough because if you don't have a c one open the windows but you also can't because you don't want to expose yourself to porter kind of in a conundrum close your blinds and drapes will keep your house cooler but it won't keep your. it won't be the best and keeps it a little bit cooler was it help me at least yesterday. now we also have a red flag warning still in got extended just like i suspected it would it's going to be in e

>>in lafayette felipe to call for an for news. >>time now for our 4 zone forecast says we give you a beautiful shot looking at downtown san francisco. our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has the details on the nice weather ahead boys something else certainly a nice to be beyond that a wind event all the gusty winds around the bay area now we'll have some beautiful skies, a little hazy may have seen that today very colorful sunset again we start to see those orange yellows reds. >>in the atmosphere that's a sign of some of the pollutants building up in the atmosphere actually from a fire over the sierra nevada that have brought some smoke back into the bay area but here we sit right now we're looking good skies, mostly clear out there right now that's the way it's going to stay no fog at the golden gate bridge either we're going to see plenty of sunshine ahead their quality kind of suffering a little bit today, you'll notice just see that see the yellow showing up around the bay area in a bottle map and the vacaville conquer in

let's get to rob marciano, live in lafayette, louisiana, tonight, for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: good afternoon, david. can cue and the yucatan taking a little bit of a hit out of away fro louisiana. now. plenty of gulf water to strengthen and that's what we think is going to happen. watches are up. we expect delta to get back to 2 or 3 status and grow in size by friday morning, making landfall is friday afternoon. something around the louisiana coastline. all hazards in play, including storm surge. we could see over a foot of rain. but the full fury of its winds could hit here in lafayette or down the road in lake chrlts where they are still trying to recover from hurricane laura just six weeks ago. david? >> just an extraordinary hurricane season this year. rob, thank you, again. >>> in other news tonight, two of the most wanted isis terror suspects in the world have arrived here in the u.s. to face justice. the two men, both british citizens, were captured in syri in a horrifyingfor,here's our c correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: tonight,

lafayette police are investigating the case, possibly as a hate crime. the word if the two cases are connected. >>> a live look at the city hall tonight, mayor london breed says a city is prepared for possible civil unrest following the election. he says the city supports the right to protest, like at this demonstration at civic center earlier this month, but keeping people safe is a priority. >> we are aware that any major city, like this, sadly, depending on which way the election goes, it could lead to a bit of civil unrest. and we definitely will be prepared for that. >>> the scanning machines are working at high speed in martinez tonight, five-page ballots from about half of contra costa county's registered voters are already there. in alameda county, it is on a similar pace. as voters continue to show up in large numbers. >> have you ever voted via a pair of tongs before? >> know. >> right now we are over 48%, and i expect by 10:00 tomorrow morning, we will hit halfway point, 50%. >> reporter: around 45% by the end of today , we have started scanni

jay gray, nbc news, lafayette. >> we really fee area. nothing like that in our neck of the woods. >> kari, you work in those areas where you projected those hurricanes, this is even worse than that. >> yeah, i was there. i just posted a picture on my social media pag page @karihallweather on facebook and instagram. i worked there and we had hurricane katrina and rita. unfortunately, it looks like this season is causing that season to pale in comparison. four in one year, i mean, that's just crazy. our hearts go out to them and my friends there. we've had a lot of issues of our own with all of the fires burning. we still have a lot of smoke and even as our temperatures come down and it gets nicer outside we're still not really able to get out and enjoy it because of the smoke coming through. we're looking at temperatures in parts of the east bay reaching into the low 70s. along the coastline we have some upper 50s for half moon bay. you head over to san mateo, mid-60s. we'll see palo alto reaching up to 70 degrees. for san francisco expec

the group met near lafayette park and marched to lafayette elementary and stanley middle school.y they're frustrated that there isn't a clear plan to bring students back to the classroom, despite meeting health requirements and metrics by the county health officer. >> there are countless studies that show this is detrimental to our kids. they have to have the interaction. depression is up, teen suicide is up. and the classroom is an integral part of these years and what they need. and they have been denied that for 91 days. >> they are demanding that officials start working to realistic plans to get students who are ready for in-person learning back in the classroom, sooner rather than later. >>> taking a stand against amazon. the action a bay area mother wants to see taken to keep offensive merchandise off the site. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in business you have to be then do it all over again. comcast business gives you fast, reliable internet on the nation's largest gig-speed network. and now for a limited time, you can also get fast shipping- with amazon business so no matter what comes next,

going back to school would be 100% better. >> reporter: in lafayette, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> a major ruling from the supreme court on the u.s. census count. the justices cleared the way for the trump administration to end the head count temporarily halting a lower court decision that had extended it. the administration argued that the count needed to end immediately so the census bureau had enough time to crunch the numbers before congressionally mandated year-end deadline. a coalition of civil rights groups sued arguing that minorities and others in hard-to-count communities would be missed if the count ended early. >>> several setbacks in the fight against coronavirus from treatments to vaccines. we'll take a look. >>> plus, santa clara county unveils how it will make in-person voting safe and secure as the battle over illegal what? never. are you kidding me? for years, the residential burden has gone up. while the corporate burden has gone down. prop 15 reverses that. it closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. and when the big c

. >> reporter: from downtown orinda the lafayette maraga it seems the vast majority of residences and businesses are without pg&e's power but not necessarily powerless. dry cleaner chong kim managed to keep his business open rather than closing up shop like so many of his neighbors. >> we have wifi. >> reporter: for those without generators pg&e has setup two community resource centers with electricity and beefed up cell service to help residents get at least something done as they pass the time. indeed here it's one giant waiting game. first for the dangerous winds to die down and then for pg&e's widely scattered crews to restore power. >> i think lots of people are digging in and finding out how strong they can be in their core when they need to be, and they're helping everybody else out which is the best part. >> reporter: and we're back live here. this is a customer resource center that pg&e setup here in the la marinda area, one of two. there's another in lafayette, in large part because most of the outages here are customers in this immediate area. and again, it's a little bit c

. >>> some paraphernalias in lafayette are urging parents in lafayette are marching through lafayette elementary and stanley middle schools. the demonstrators say they are frustrated there is not a clear plan to bring students back to the classroom, even though health requirements and metrics by the county health officer have been met. >> there are countless studies that show this is detrimental to ourofficer have been met. >> there are countless studies that show this is detrimental to our kids. >>> the number of d's and f's have significantly increased since the beginning of the school year. >> reporter: distance learning, a challenge for most students, perhaps. but a disaster for some. one mother of an eighth grader told us by phone what her son's grades are so far, she asked us not to reveal her name. only that her son attends a middle school in the san jose unified school district. >> two f's, a d, c-minus, and i think two b's. this is from a child who normally receives all a's and b's. >> reporter: those are progress report, not final grades. but she says other parents have comp

welcome to my home town, lafayette. we arrived last night we notice this tree blocking this road which is a main access point to the largest hospital in the city. lafayette general medical center. the lights are on because the hospital still has power. they're on back-up power. but much like what mireya is seeing 60 miles to the west of here, most of lafayette is without power this morning. let me tell you about the journey to get here. we left jennings, louisiana, last night, so we're about 30 miles to the east of jennings and they took a direct hit from the storm. the eye passed right over us. wind gusts were close to 100 miles per hour. there are reports of four to five homes which have trees that fell into them. there were no reports of major injuries or deaths. the police chief pulled his cops off the road for most of the night telling people we're not going to be able to check on you until saturday morning. as we left jennings and headed east toward lake charles, toward lafayette, most of interstate 10 was open. t

the deportation took place in accordance with the law and didn't violate any agreements between lafayette and russia including one which ensures protection for retired military personnel american or even explain to us how latina thora these towards veterans out like himself have changed over the years and talk us through his deportation ordeal. even if you there is nothing that states what i'm guilty of the day after i was told my residency was being cancelled border guards came to deport me it was all very sudden i asked them for some time to get ready i told them i was a war veteran with disability and that i'd be mature novel they eventually met me halfway when i was taken to the police station i was held there for 5 hours they took my fingerprints i signed a lot of papers am i a criminal have i done something wrong no one gave me an answer and the chiefs were constantly calling saying get the matter soon as possible they worked me up into such a state that i had a heart attack they called an ambulance and took me away the doctors were fighting for my life for 3 hours after i came roun

in lafayette, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> new at 11:00, twitter is taking action against users wishing ill thoughts for president trump. today the company posted this tweet. it says, any tweets wishing for death or fatal disease against anyone are not allowed and will be removed. now, posting a tweet about anyone, including the president, that violates twitter's policy doesn't mean an account is automatically suspended. however, the company says if an account is engaging in primarily abusive behavior, it could be permanently suspended. >>> we mentioned president trump is being treated with at least two drugs. one of them is experimental, and it's being tested at stanford. we spoke with one of the doctors involved. here's nbc bay area's sergio quintana. >> reporter: the clinical trials are so new, stanford hospital just got the drug three weeks ago, the antibody therapeutic cocktail is supposed to help the body's immune system fight off a covid-19 infection. the experimental drug given to the president is called region cov 2. regeneron, the manufacturer, says it provided a singl

>>it was heart wrenching that chef and owner snd carrion who owns social bird in lafayette and 2 other restaurants in contra costa county she and her husband had just bought renovated. and held a grand opening of social bird. then the pandemic hit. >>in a cap and he had to learn how to the takeout business that we doing to farm. it was learning process and learning process. >>she showed me the transformed back patio that can now welcome gas. she says moving into the orange phase which will allow 50% capacity inside will be i'm very encouraged by this orange is wonderful. yellow is going to be even better at the restaurant this evening, these 2 agreed moving ahead is great more people will go out it's all about being cautious tone erin yeah, just like being careful saying i think more people come out to bid for the county generates more revenue indoor swimming pools which is really important to communities like ross war which are in my bars. your family entertainment centers. candice anderson is a supervisor and chair of the contra costa county board of supervisors. >>while she says the

. >>> i'm laura anthony in lafayette where one family is upset their seventh grader received a letter threatening arrest after h they all endorse yes on prop 25. to end unfair, unjust, discriminatory money bail. governor gavin newsom and van jones. they're voting yes on 25. the western center on law and poverty. the dolores huerta foundation. californians for safety and justice. and the california democratic party. they all agree that the size of your wallet shouldn't determine whether or not you're in jail. so, vote yes on prop 25. >>> an east bay parent says a letter received from his son's middle school threatening arrest is over kill. the principal says administration had no choice given state guidelines. we're looking into it because education is a big part of building a better bay area. leary here is laura anthony. >> this is our fourth child in this school and out of the blue we get a letter. >> reporter: this lafayette parent says he was stunned when the family received a letter threatening his seventh grade son with arrest for missing exactly three 30-minute zoom sessions une

>>yes that's the light from our camera and that's about it fortunately, lafayette slowly, but surely getting out of the dark you can see this business right behind me. lights are off at this particular time or on mount diablo boulevard so depends on where you drive it's a grid says some grids are turned on some grids or not often the distance you can see some of the intersections are dark summer lit. bottom line is about a 180,000 customers in contra costa county still without power pg and e actually turned on the power to about 200,000 people as of 10:00pm so that was about 7 hours ago or so, but they still have work to do the goal is to restore power to everybody by tonight. many businesses along mount diablo boulevard they are suffering dearly because a lot of them started losing power. on sunday night and when you lose power, you run a business that means obviously you lose inventory to the thousands of dollars not to mention the inconvenience to your workers and the people for a caught in all of this pg e they turned off the power because of the wind event they were fearful that

in lafayette -- >> i didn't think it was going to, you know, eventually fall on us.ut you know, i just had that feeling. >> reporter: strong wind gusts ripping out trees like this one. the soil already saturated from previous storms. >> the living room -- >> reporter: dane and priscilla weren't home when a tree crashed into their den. nothing left but photos of the children. >> this can be replaceable, but we are not. >> reporter: this could have been so much worse. >> yes. yes, it could have been a tragedy. >> reporter: 50 miles west in lake arthur, blue tarps are barely clinging on to damaged homes. the pelican state once again in recovery mode. >> tens of thousands of louisianans as we speak are in a very difficult situation, and we're going to do everything we >>ep the cleupere s d en possibly weeks. what's left of delta has now moved out of here and is now threatening parts of the mid-atlantic. ellen lopez, abc news, lafayette, louisiana. >>> san francisco is celebrating italian heritage weekend. city hall lit up there in the colors of italy's flag. the pandemic

>>kron 4 sarah stinson is in lafayette taking a look at the conditions there how about you sarah how did you weather yesterday's bad air. >>yeah what i did was i closed blinds drapes just like i recommend everybody else to do in actually paid off because my place stayed cool and i kept all the windows closed all the doors closed so that i didn't free than that air fried enough that they're at work so make sure stay inside did not leave my house le set to walk the dog and you could smell the wildfire smoke in san francisco. that's kind crazy here in lafayette, you can really small wildfire smoke, but you can definitely tell the air quality is not crystal clear take a look at this map you can see the air quality is unhealthy not good to be breathing in across the bay area that is what we're seeing. lou. high 100's low to hundreds, i mean in some areas even worse really as we're saying though it's really rough for not only dealing with high temperatures again today but we're also going to be continuing to see this bad air quality which is worse than yesterday and here in the east bay it

armed with assault rifles body armor and tactic gear marching through the streets of lafayette louisiana more than $400.00 armed demonstrators with the coalition seeking justice for trade ford pellerin a 31 year old black man who was fatally shot by lafayette police in august leaders for the group said that they also decided to go to the southern louisiana city after seeing a facebook post allegedly from u.s. representative clay higgins who represents the 3rd district stating that he would drop 10 of you where you stand the post since has been deleted the n f a c. says that its goal is to help the black community stay safe and teach more black americans about their gun ownership rights and how to be responsible and while militias are not a new phenomenon in recent months they have gained increasing attention as they are taking part in more high profile demonstrations including black lives matter supporters and counter protests the united states though is facing increasing divide just weeks before the presidential election in november reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. and that is

in december 1884, the star reported on senate passage of a competing bill for a statue of lafayette. an equestrian statue of lafayette would be cited in that circle displacing the potential garfield memorial. the struggle to retain the site for garfield was not resolved until march 6, 1887. three months before the scheduled dedication. colonel john m wilson, in charge of the project received and sent letters to sculptor ward trying to assure and on time completion and unveiling. they remain on file in the national archives. this is the site, west of the capital. i believe it is before the statue was placed there. i want to say it absolutely is. are those trees hiding the memorial? i don't think so, i think this is before it is erected. this is what the area looked like. this is what it looks like now. i took this picture recently. this is the invitation to the unveiling, may 11 and 12th, 1887. john quincy adams ward sculpted the statue representing the aspects of garfield's life. richard morris hunt designed the pedestal for the statue. both men were renowned in their fields. the two