conditions continue take a look at this map you can see the areas that are affected not only san mateo county. but also the north bay mountains east bay hills interior valleys as well as the santa cruz mountains and as i said 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. the valleys could see gusts up to 35 miles per hour in the coast could also see those gusts up to 40 that combined is extremely dry conditions caused potential for a fire to spark easier and spread more rapidly this is right now there's also a fire weather watch in effect until tomorrow so make sure not only are prepared been talking about this all week and i warn you that this would be an all week thing and in fact it is going to be all we can we'll see if it continues into the weekend. so have that go bag ready a lot of the bay area we're talking to today since they have extended it. >>also let's do everything we can to make fire doesn't spark reporting live in san mateo county sarah stinson kron 4 news and sara i n

in daly city, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> many bay area counties including san mateo county have threatened to fine people without masks, few have followed through on that. the chronicle is reporting no fines have been issued at the county level in napa, solano, san francisco, san mateo, contra costa and marin counties. sonoma and santa clara county says people can be fined but they did not say whether they issued any. >>> time is running out for congress to agree on a new coronavirus relief package. house speaker nancy pelosi says if a deal is not reached by tomorrow it's not going to happen before the election. the deadline comes as the u.s. is seeing a surge in cases. pfizer says it is making hundreds of thousands of doses of its experimental vaccine, but it says it won't know if it even works until the end of this month. new york governor andrew cuomo says he doesn't believe americans are confident in the effectiveness of a quickly produced vaccine. >> you're going to say to the american people now here's a vaccine, it was new, it was done quickly, but trust this federal

this is the new covid-19 compliance team here in san mateo county. that team will be on the lookout starting today for people and businesses that are not following county health department rules. one business owner tells us he supports the idea. >> we have to. if not, we're going to get shut down again, then we'll be right where we started in the early months of this covid thing. nobody wants that. >> if you have seen a business that is not enforcing the rules or a person who is in violation, you can call 211 now to report them here in san mateo county. the compliance unit will work with businesses to make sure they understand what is required of them. they will hand out warnings at first but that could graduate to fines and even all the way to criminal prosecution. reporting live in daly city, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> today is the last day to register to vote online or by mail here in california. election day is just 15 days away. statewide nearly 3 million ballots have been turned in. throughout the bay area we're seeing a higher early voter c

is concern that a second wave of infections is coming with the winter months still ahead and san mateo county the county is working to make sure the businesses continue to follow county health rules. >>kron four's charles clifford has the details here in san mateo county businesses and schools are starting to reopen as the number of daily coronavirus cases has gone down and the county wants to keep it that way and they're being proactive about making sure everyone is following county health guidelines. >>on monday san mateo county begin sending a covid-19 compliance unit to businesses across the county to make sure they are complying with county health orders. all businesses must make sure that masks are being warned social distancing is respected and that employees are given a health and safety plan we've seen that there are people out there. >>businesses who are not compliant. and so we would we're going to go out there again through a teen has a person team. they're going to go to these businesses on monday we talked to shoppers in san mateo who say that for the most part everyone is doing

that's why we're moving forward with the team. >> reporter: starting today residents of san mateo county's 26 cities can report covid violations through 211 or through the county's website. those complaints will go to a multiagency team of investigators and depending on what they find repeat offenders could face fines of up to $3,000 and even misdemeanor prosecution. maybe it's a little early on a monday morning. would you report a business you saw in violation that would include mask requirements, distance requirements, and making sure their employees stay home if they are sick. in san carlos, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> wash your hands and mask up. thank you, kris. >>> classes will remain mostly online for contra costa county colleges for the rest of the school year through the spring that includes three colleges, diablo valley college in pleasant hill, one in pittsburg and contra costa college in san pablo. some classes like labs will be held on campus. >>> a legal battle is now brewing between landlords and renters trying to make it in the bay in sonoma county. some landlords

think one of the biggest things besides this juror is moving the case from a modesto over to san mateo county. that wasn't far enough. that wasn't nearly far enough because you had such a motion in san mateo county because they knew all about the case. they knew everything about it. remember the san francisco dog? they moved that case from san francisco down to los angeles where they could get a much more fair jury. that is what should've happened in this case. so that is another thing of concern to me. >> yes and michael as we mentioned when we talk to you back in august, this is the second big development in this case. back in august, that is when the supreme court overturned peterson's death sentence. the justices that time cited significant errors in jury selection sank potential jurors were improperly dismissed after they voiced opposition with the death penalty. so it kind of goes back to what you were saying which is whether or not this was a fair process for scott peterson. >> absolutely and that is the issue. i see a lot of people raise up and say how can you say that? he is obviousl

in the closing days of the election, san mateo county is taking its show on the road. hauling district level of election equipment to remote corners of the county. hoping to remove time and distance as obstacles to voting. >> it is really important for the selection, to get people to vote and anything of the county can do to make that happen is really nice. and outside, supersafe. >> reporter: it has all the capabilities of the main election office in san mateo. voters can drop off their mail in ballots, vote in person, or even have complex questions about voter eligibility. answered right on the spot. >>> i looked out my window and saw the voting station, and said oh, for days i have been wondering how to get this question answered because i've been calling the state, and getting come you know, into a rabbit hole of answering machines. >> reporter: she lost a home in a recent wildfire in santa cruz county, and is living temporarily in san mateo. she just wanted to know legally where she was supposed to vote. >> having something that is close by and convenient is just,

>>several counties in the bay area doing like these in san mateo county but over the weekend state officials discovered an official drop boxes like these popping up in orange county la county in fresno county. now california's republican party has said they own the boxes. >>an official i've got to write ballot boxes are not permitted by state law and now the state has issued a cease and desist order giving the cal gop until thursday to remove them one of the questions or concerns that comes with an app to rise. unofficial top boxes is ensuring that all about actually make it from that box to the count and a late afternoon news conference california secretary of state was joined by the attorney general urging the state gop to comply with the order. if they refuse to comply then of course you and to take over legal options to do whatever it takes protect voters and the integrity of the selection. >>well the head of the fresno county gop says he plans to remove those 12 unofficial drop boxes. the head of the california republican party says no dice. he says any unofficial boxes that the gop own

unlike most courts in the bay area san mateo county did not make an exception for cases with health and safety concerns. >> our order doesn't specifically deal with health and safety exceptions. >> reporter: neal is san mateo county's court executive officer. >> our regular practice in san mateo county if you have an emergency you need to be dealt with you can always bring it to the ex parte process. >> why not have the health and safety exemption within the order itself? >> if we had to do this for another several months it's probable we would rewrite the order. you know, since the pandemic is new to everybody, we could always stand to improve. >> reporter: for 2 weeks our team reached out to jiang. over the phone she told us the family is lying and they harassed her. we repeatedly asked her for on camera interview and never heard back. that's where we return to the steps of the san mateo superior court. we've been trying to schedule an interview with you for two weeks now, but we never got a response. can you talk now? the family has some serious allegations against you, and we just w

states is minimal yellow tiny doubt that san francisco everybody else is more restricted napa alameda santa clara counties, those are in orange that's moderate san mateo contra costa. solano and ran county are in the red or it looks like pink to me and that's considered substantial and then the worst of the purple and the only one left and that is sonoma county. >>coming up on the kron 00:04am morning news, a big win for california's republican party and the major court ruling and how it could impact november's election and president trump and democratic nominee joe biden getting ready to square off in tonight's final debate will tell you what to expect and today will be another warm one ahead of what will be cool down this weekend one more day in the 80's for san jose will open in san francisco in the 70 s. >>and it's looking a little bit better out there on 92 a live look at the san mateo bridge where your drive time is down to 13 minutes from hayward off to the peninsula more bridge checks. coming up. bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. look, this isn't my first rodeo and let me tell

they can report these businesses anonymously people living in san mateo county will also be able to report violations using an online portal on the county's website businesses will receive a notification and warning if there's been a report of noncompliance and their subsequent complaints supervisor david campos says the compliance team will complete an on-site investigation businesses can be fined anywhere from 250 to $3,000. >>and may face criminal prosecution boost too. >>more operating illegally. now there's really going to be a penalty. >>businesses like pacific beach yoga are already on the team's raid on the first told you about the hot yoga studio last week. we learned it was violating health orders by holding maskless in what classes since then pacifica police gave the business a warning. meanwhile other business owners like adam shell say the task force has maintain fairness for those complying with health orders. it's important to prevent virus spreads to health of the communities. i think it's important to. >>follow that so that you don't impact others negatively. because of ev

those are those counties in orange and they got san mateo contra costa and solano and marin counties to they're still in the substantial level which is labeled in that pink reddish and then of course you've got sonoma that's the only bay area county that's still in the widespread purple designation. >>6.10 is the time and a big win for california's republican party the major court ruling and how it impacts the election coming up we're going to have that. >>plus after the break. the president and democratic nominee joe biden are getting ready to rumble they're squaring off and tonight's last debate. so we'll tell you what to expect john and talk and changes in your forecast winds will stay with us, but at least we're backing off the warm temperatures daytime highs today in the low 80's for san jose 70's in san francisco and oakland. >>i've got more on your forecast ahead. >>and of course, i'm tracking your morning commute around the bay area and it's getting pretty busy and crowded at the bay bridge toll plaza, here's a live look at the line is growing already stacked up beyond the en

>>several counties in the bay area doing like these in san mateo county but over the weekend state officials discovered an official drop boxes like these popping up in orange county la county in fresno county. now california's republican party has said they own the boxes. >>an official of not to right ballot boxes are not permitted by state law and now the state has issued a cease and desist order giving the cal gop until thursday to remove them one of the questions or concerns that comes with an app to rise unofficial top boxes is ensuring that all about actually make it from that box to the county had a late afternoon news conference california secretary of state was joined by the attorney general urging the state gop to comply with the order. if they refuse to comply then of course you and to take over legal options to do whatever it takes to protect voters and the integrity of the selection. >>well the head of the fresno county gop says he plans to remove those 12 unofficial drop boxes. the head of the california republican party says no dice. he says any unofficial boxes that the gop ow

roll that the venue had to be changed to san mateo county. the other issue that was on today was who was going to represent him and it was interesting because the public defender's office been appointed to represent him, but in 2003 the public defender's office declared a conflict because they represented one of the 2 young men will were burglarizing a house across the street from the peterson house. so nobody can figure out why this case was on calendar today and stands last county when status laws county should not have jurisdiction anymore of this case, everything should be going on in san mateo county. so it was kind of shocking appearance and yes, it's gotten your burch live from san quentin. and that in itself is also interesting i don't know how they'll do it. when the case is on or. can use. >>can you still hear us look solid anna. just sir connection there just just to recap though, and because of the confusion that there might be that people who weren't here don't recall the specifics of this case. scott peterson and his wife lisa l

the area those are the areas that are involved in this red flag warning and that is including san mateo county where i'm at as well as the north bay mountains east bay hills and interior valleys as well as the santa cruz mountains in san mateo county coast. we have more winds had in the forecast up in the mountains and ridges of up to 10 to 25 miles per hour gusts up to 40 miles per hour valleys could see gusts up to 35 miles per hour and the coast could see gusts up to 40 that combined with those dry just talking about cars potential for a fire to sparked easier and then spread more rapidly there's also a fire weather watch in effect until tomorrow. >>this red flag warning is went into effect last night at 10:00pm and then it goes until tomorrow. but i've been looking at john forecast and if you have to you winds are only going to increase throughout the weekend. so i expect this red flag warning could be extended throughout the weekend best to be prepared for worst-case scenario so get that go bag ready and to everything you can to prevent fire from sparking reporting live in san mateo count

yeah for more on the story let's get out live kron 4 sarah stinson she stand by in san mateo county now with the latest there. good morning sara. >>good morning out of the sun is up and it's warming up you can see some of the dry fuels behind me here in san mateo county. the national weather service has extended the red flag warning not only for all of the areas that it affects until tomorrow, but also for here in san mateo county. so if you live here this is new for you today. take a look at the maps you can see exactly who is affected by this red flag warning other areas, including north bay mountains east bay hills and interior valleys as well as the santa cruz mountains specifically here in the san mateo county it's along the coast. we have had we're going to have more winds in the forecast up in 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 on the coast, and they could see gusts up to 40 that combine with extremely dry conditions we're talking historical dry conditions. we haven't had any rain

contra costa county, marin, san mateo county's all went from red to the orange deer today and so did santa cruz county. kpix 5's betty yu is in san mateo county tonight . >> reporter: the changes take place here in redwood city and across san mateo county admin a. city leaders and businesses are pleased that restrictions are being loosened but they do not want residents to let their guards down. the aria steakhouse is more than ready to serve up its persian cuisine to more customers and seymour faces at the doors. before the pandemic much of the business from hosting large corporate and holiday gatherings. >> we are at half of what we were doing last year. the dining and parties make up the difference for a restaurant like us because we are not able to do a party of 30 or a party of 100. >> with most tech workers still working from home, some hope that increasing indoor housing capacity are hoping that it will also have diners feel me more comfortable. >> in addition to restaurants, movie theaters, places of worship and museums can increase capacity to 50%. jim sciutto so increase cap

>>reporting live in san mateo county sarah stinson kron 4 news, thanks. a lot sarah. >>time now 7 '04 and in the east bay, many business owners in contra costa county are also enjoying the fact that they can begin to reopen slowly as well. the county has that the county has been moved into the orange here as we mentioned that allows more businesses and restaurants to open their doors to and more indoor operations in fact up to 50% capacity for restaurants, while easing restrictions does help the economy local county leaders say the covid-19 obviously is still here and they still need to be vigilant. >>i just want to remind people we got here by being vigilant we got here by doing things like wearing our masks washing your hands, staying home and we weren't feeling. well avoiding large groups. and that's how he got her number so low, so my only had only message is we got here by doing these very simple things we need to keep our guard up we need to be vigilant. >>well marin county in the north bay also moved into the orange here or the moderate covid-19 tear yesterday t

>>you can either do that online or by mail before the deadline kron four's will tran is in san mateo county with the latest hi well. >>good morning. gerri i'm in front of the registrar of voters in san mateo county you have to do it by midnight tonight, if you want to do it online i have my ballot ready to be dropped off if you want to do mail in ballots which are very popular this year because enthusiasm is sky high to vote also because of covid-19 today is your day to do it if you don't want to do it online i don't know why you wouldn't want do it online but if you happen to be at the post office grab a paper registration fill it out have them post-market they will send it off and then you will get your mail in ballot. you can send it into the post office you can drop it at your precinct, it doesn't matter and if that still doesn't work for you will you can do it on november, 3rd, but you have to go into a polling place they will have to get all your information and then that takes more time the lines should be long so just try to get it done. today a couple of things you need to know you

now, san mateo county went from the red to the orange but they weren't alone. like you said marin and santa cruz are with them. san mateo county was able to meet the orange tier status with the test positive rate of 1.6% per 100,000 people. there have been 159 total deaths since the pandemic started. sobering numbers but moving in the right direction which, it's important to note, will happen as long as people remain vigilant. >> it's great to be in orange. better to be in yellow. better to be in yellow but great to be in orange. something that should be celebrated but the same time something that shouldn't make us complacent. we have a long way to go. >> that's definitely not something we want to be if we want to continue moving in the right direction. here is what this means. that means indoor teening can now go from -- to 50% from 25% and movie theaters, places of worship and museums can all increase their capacity to 50% as well. gyms can now increase their capacity to 25%. san mateo county's health order requiring face coverings, social distancing, as well

now businesses in san mateo county are moving orange tier before it gets cold when dining outside may be less appetizing. hospitalizations and deaths have as to steady out and san mateo is launching a covid hotline to report violators. >> we believe it's the tool to modify and change behavior so we are moving forward. >> reporter: starting today residents of the san mateo county 26 cities can report violators through 211. depending on what they find, repeat offends could face fines up to $3,000 and even misdemeanor prosecution. we put the question up on social media and twitter. folks are evenly divided but on facebook folks are saying they don't want to snitch on businesses trying to stay afloat but understand the reason we need to stick to the covid restrictions. kris sanchez for nbc bay area news. >>> there is a new push to keep the great highway car-free forever. since march, the scenic drive has been closed to traffic to allow more social distancing. new initiative centers making the upper great highway between lincoln and slot boulevard and world class park with no cars allowed.

>>and san mateo counties they've been moved into the orange here the war, a moderate here this morning more businesses are allowed to expand their indoor operations luckily, kron 4 sarah stinson is live in san mateo county with what they're doing there. hi sarah. >>yes, san mateo county going into that orange here because the case rate is now 3 cases per 100,000 people and because of that the loosening restrictions and that will see that started at midnight today so going into this morning you're going to see some of those restrictions loosen let's take a look at your screen now road out some of the things you'll see that will be different now in san mateo county, including dining restaurants, places of worship gyms malls and retail stores museums movie theaters all able to increase capacity, bars and breweries not serving food may open outdoors only family entertainment centers may offer indoor activities such as bowling alleys and escape rooms with very limited capacities nonessential offices may open indoors with some modifications but remote work is still encouraged festivals night

but for now in san mateo county charles clifford kron 4 news. >>all right i thank you for that. and san mateo county currently falls into the red substantial tier on the state's color-coded terror system meaning some nonessential businesses are allowed to operate indoors but with restrictions. here's a map of where each county in the bay area currently stands contra costa. solano napa and marine counties are also in the red a substantial tier, san francisco. alameda and santa clara counties are coated in orange for the moderates here and sonoma county remains the the only local county in the most restrictive widespread purple tier, the state health department will provide an update on the latest status of counties tomorrow. and once the fda approves a covid-19 vaccine californians will have to wait a little longer just to get it. the governor announced steps but he's taking today to verify the safety of what will eventually be an approved immunization kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala joins us live from sacramento with details on that ashley. >>highs not yet gover

testing is by appointment to all families that live in san mateo county. appointments for the drive- through testing at the san mateo county events center are available week days from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. county officials say at least 500 children and others can be tested each day at the event center with results available in about 48 hours. >>> new at 11:00, it's one of the main attractions of san jose's christmas in the park. hundreds of christmas trees deck rated by community groups, but this year the nonprofit is struggling to secure sponsors. organizedders say they could lose thousands of dollars? >> yes, frank the trees are preordered and paid for. this time last year, the trees were close to selling out, but not this year. with the new drive-through show, visitors may see less ornate trees. the colorful array of decorated christmas trees one of the heights for san jose's long- standing holiday tradition christmas in the park. trees decorated by the community. cassidy chase decorated this tree with her 8th grade classmates from piedmont middle school. >>

throughout the day here in san mateo county there are a lot of people still without power across the county. >>as of friday afternoon more than 1600 pg e customers across san mateo county remain without power, mostly in some of the higher elevations, but also businesses along highway 92 near happen bay without power, including this aqua pa knicks business which has large fish tanks and also grows produce here. they say they need electricity to run their fish tanks and when the power went out on wednesday evening, they suffered some losses, the owner tells me he is upset about this psps and sores neighbors, their pressure with that as well yeah, you know we we do have a the generator can count on so i had to go buy another generator. >>to to to make up for the difference of us this power outage has cost me in lost production in inventory probably about 10 or $15,000 now as of friday afternoon. it's unclear exactly when the power will be restored pg e says they're working on inspecting the lines. >>across san mateo county and they're hoping to have the power back on by 10:00pm friday. >

>>for businesses not following health orders in san mateo county. likely receive a visit from the newly formed covid-19 compliance team we've seen that there are people out there. >>businesses who are not compliant. and so we would we're going to go out there again through a team a person team. they're going to go to these businesses. >>before that people want to call 2, 1, 1, they don't have to leave their first name are lasting. they can report these businesses anonymously people living in san mateo county will also be able to report violations using an online portal on the county's website businesses will receive a notification and warning if there's been a report of noncompliance and their subsequent complaints supervisor david campos says the complaints team will complete an on-site investigation businesses can be fined anywhere from 250 to $3,000. >>and may face criminal prosecution boost too. >>more operating illegally. now there's really going to be a penalty. >>businesses like pacific beach yoga are already on the team's raid on the first t

starting today covid 19 compliance team will start enforcing mask and social distancing rule in san mateo county, mainly to assure that businesses are doing their part. but how will this work? joining us to talk about it is is county supervisors david knepa. thank you for making the time. >> good afternoon. >> j the compliance unit? what were you seeing in the county that needed targeting and addressing? >> well, look, 98% of businesses comply, but there are those 2% of businesses that don't. in fact, we've had a business operate in san mateo county that hasn't closed during the pandemic. to be quite frank with you, that's just not fair to everyone else. and so what we're going to do is we're moving forward with the compliance team comprised of eight county employees and to make sure that people are complying to the health orders. we've had 1.1 million people throughout the world who have died of covid. so this is very, very serious. >> uh-huh. >> and so -- and people flout the law. we're going to make sure they're held accountable. >> you gave us an example of a business that never closed. ther

this is on old hall road in san mateo county.rews are working to put it out still but firefighters say you shouldn't be worried. hot spots are going to continue until we get some rain. the czu fire broke out in august and burned almost 90,000 acres in san mateo and santa cruz counties. now, after the fire obviously comes the cleanup. contra costa county fire crews are cleaning up brush, trimming trees to decrease the chances of another fire starting. they say it's super important they do this kind of work. right now it's happening on iron horse trail in danville. by the way, crews will be out there again tomorrow. >>> well, san francisco's legion of honor museum is open again and welcoming guests. we'll show you next. [ whispering ] what's this? oh, are we kicking karly out? we live with at&t. it was a lapse in judgment. at&t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gig-speed internet, but we can't sign up for that here. yeah, but i'm just like warming up to those speeds. you've lived here two years. the personal attac

local stories tonight at 5.30 on the peninsula, many people took advantage of early voting in san mateo county today. >>kron 4 charles clifford spoke to eager voters. >>well here in san mateo county early voting has begun for the november election last couple of weeks people been receiving their ballots in their sample ballots in their voting materials and now they can actually start the process of voting. now here at the county elections office people have been dropping off their ballots at the ballot box is the office is actually closed on monday for columbus day but people can still drop off ballots. you can also drive through and drop off your ballot. i had a drive-up spot, you're even need to get out of your car which is good news for social distancing. and i did have a chance to talk to couple of voters today who say they're very excited to finally be getting a chance to cast their vote. >>well i always believe in voting and i always like to vote in person. so i'm very excited and you're right. it's been a horrible year 2020 and we need to yes, absolutely i'm looking forward to get this

>>a short is now is san mateo county assistant chief of elections jim irizarry jen is here to tell us more about today's voter registration deadline and what the turnout has been like in san mateo jim, i know the numbers have been super high all over the bay area how do things look in your specific county. >>absolutely fantastic. very high risk we're saying it's store records. today we have a 160,000 ballots. senate been returned and press it we have 3,300 where is that it actually come to a vote center. we are 9 times, greater the number of books lawyers we did during the march 3rd election as of today. pretty aggressive. if right straight today's the last day or registration for the november election. and those voters can actually feel out for registration cards and we will then allow iran to receive a ballot in the mail. so they can vote in november election. we're threatened and if you do not receive your ballot. you can actually do look center in book at the moda center and also if you missed today's registration day. you give conditionally registered to vote in california all th

meantime iran contra costa and san mateo counties or in the orange or or moderate tear they moved there yesterday. >>time now is a 12 and still ahead on the kron 00:04am morning news more states are joining california's promised to do independent reviews of any vaccine before giving him to the public will tell you why. plus it's the final push to election day we're going to get an update from the campaign trail of what both candidates are doing as they make their final attempts to sway undecided votes. and looking outside this morning. you will notice that skies are pretty clear overall and we also do have some chilly temperatures 40's 50's to 30's in the north bay. >>later today, though it's 70's and 80's for your highs making for a comfortable one, i've got your forecast to come. let's talk about floors. floors for toddlers. floors for toys. floors for stories. floors for screams. book now and have yours installed by the holidays. >>15 right now and we are checking out the weather it looks pretty nice outside multiple camera shots show you and i love that i love that you behind the jo

>>to cut down on the spread of the virus people living in san mateo county can report violations on the county's website. and then they'll investigate and if so if they're in violation of business can receive. basically a ticket a warning at first and if there are more complaints they could be fined anywhere from 250 to $3,000 and may even face criminal prosecution. >>more >>operating illegally. now there's really going to be a penalty we've seen that there are people out there. businesses who are not compliant. and so we would we're going to go out there again through a team a person team. they're going to go to these businesses. >>businesses including pacific beach yoga they've already gotten a visit the hot yoga studio violated health orders lastly by holding maskless indoor class or bunch of them, i guess of the hot yoga studio and then pacifica police gave them a warning san mateo county currently is in the red which is a substantial tier meaning that done nonessential businesses are allowed to operate indoors with restrictions. substantial means not the worst but not the best let'

that's going to be with us for at least the next couple of days kron 4 sarah stinson live in san mateo county right now. >>where weather conditions of course prompting that worry good morning sara. >>good morning. yes, san mateo county now facing this red flag warning it's been extended here and it's been extended until tomorrow member it was in effect until wednesday. they extended it last night at 10 o'clock until tomorrow so be aware of that and take a look at this map you can see all of that red that is where this has extended to a lot of the bay area really other areas also in this morning are the north bay mountains east bay hills in interior valleys as well as the santa cruz mountains in san mateo county coast. we have more wins in the forecast up on mountain in 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 in the coast could see gusts up to 40 that combined with the extremely dry conditions causes potential for a fire to spark easier and spread rapidly there's also a fire weather watch in effect as w

>>right now san mateo county's election officials are opening in processing mail in ballots. if you're interested you can actually kron four's will tran live in san mateo county to explain you're actually in in the machine will. >>yes i am inside elections headquarters and they are processing they started actually about 2 hours ago. if vincent is kind enough can you please do it again then said this is what they're doing they're taking the mail in ballots. they're not counting. this is the sort or so to speak and he will started in just a few moments i can tell you goes through so quickly and what they do is they collect the signatures on to a database and then after that they will be able to compare this signature on the ballot here on the on the low to the signature for the voter registration for people over 80 registered in san mateo county just to make sure you are who you are to put you on the spot vinson but if you don't mind can you fire it up really quickly, here's is assistant, you will not believe this is their body people to come down. but if you can't kron 4 we ha

>>all right dan many businesses in san mateo county can now expand their operations indoors after the county moved into the state's orange here for reopening talking about dine-in restaurants churches museums. >>movie theaters, even malls can all open inside at up to 50% capacity jim's family entertainment centers like bowling alleys can also reopen but at 25% capacity. so folks who admit they're hesitant to make any move inside say they're still proud of the communities progress. >>the awareness of ipc people in san mateo county they're taking it seriously and we all want to get better i think we're cognizant that it's it can take time and it's going to be a measured step we just you know party like it was a pretty february. >>noah get the covid case rate in san mateo county is just 3 people per 100,000 people but if that number goes up the county could be moving back into a worse covid tear said the state health officials and local health officials are urging everyone to stay vigilant, especially over the holidays. >>and the east bay now danville will stop shutting down streets on w

>>come the san mateo county and will be present for those proceedings the stanislaus county districty issued this statement to kron 4 news about the latest development. quote. >>the media and public is reminded that this is just one step and a very long and complicated appellate process. theresa kron 4 news. >>good news tonight for a favorite san francisco spot after nearly 7 months of temporary closure house of prime rib and the city is serving once again the restaurant reopened for the first time today at 25% capacity, but less you already made a reservation you will not be getting a table any time soon the restaurant says it is already booked up through december stomachs. >>where's still ahead treating the painful burns on animal parks in tonight's flying tails. the extraordinary effort. wildlife experts are taking to protect and save the four-legged victims of fire is floors. we have the inspiring story of a local college basketball player who gave the same areas as a walk on and is now their >>tonight's we doubled our speeds the fastest just >>forty-niners family and really the

businesses can start a start to expand their indoor operation cloud for sarah stinson is live in san mateo county with the details. hi sarah. >>yeah, good morning and live here actually in san mateo you can still see all this outdoor seating but now these restaurants can take it indoors has begun that 50% capacity, so that's a lot of people that can now eat indoors here in san mateo county it's because the case rate has gone. 2, 3, cases per 100,000 people as that pushes us into the orange here take a look at what that means that these restrictions loosened at midnight you can see on your screen specifically it says dine-in restaurants churches museums, movie theaters malls all can reopen at 50% capacity gyms at 25% capacity family centers like bowling alleys can open at 25% bars and breweries not serving food can reopen outdoor only nonessential offices can reopen but remote work is still encouraged festivals nightclubs and live theater still closed all businesses reopening further must take precaution and follow state guidelines local health officials want to remind people that just because the

they can report these businesses anonymously and people living in san mateo county will also be able to report violations using an online portal on the county's website businesses will receive a notification and warning if there's been a report of noncompliance and their subsequent complaints supervisor david campos says the complaints team will complete an on-site investigation businesses can be fined anywhere from 250 to $3,000. >>and may face criminal prosecution boost too. >>more operating illegally. now there's really going to be a penalty. >>businesses like pacific beach yoga are already on the team's raid on the first told you about the hot yoga studio last week. we learned it was violating health orders by holding maskless in what classes since then pacifica police gave the business a warning. meanwhile other business owners like adam shell say the task force has maintain fairness for those complying with health orders. it's important to prevent by the spreads to health of the communities. i think it's important to. >>follow that so that you don't impact others negatively. bec

san mateo with the latest on the details. hi well. >>good morning. daryn i'm at the registrar voters in san mateo county a lot of people coming in right now to drop off. their mail in ballots, though if you want to do a mail in ballot, yourself and drop it in your post box thing you don't have to come here. but you what you have to do is register before midnight tonight so the clock is taking on use so many people turning to mail in ballots and not doing it personally like what we saw in years past because of covid-19 registration is sky high. in fact you could do it from the comfort of your own home this morning here's how you do it you go to the voter registrar a restaurant voters go there to that web site and then you can register so long as you're 18 years old that you have a valid driver's license you're us citizen you don't. you're not in prison at this time that is important they want to make sure that your valid you're clear that way you can vote online if you don't want to do it online you can just send in your physical voter registration, but you have to make sure that it is postmark that way

>>people living in san mateo county can report violations on the county's website. and then the county will go out and check out the business they could get. ticket basically those states will be a first a warning and then after that if there are more complaints the business could be fined from $250 to $3,000 and might even face criminal prosecution. >>'02. >>more operating illegally. now there's really going to be a penalty we've seen that there are people out there. businesses who are not compliant. and so we would we're going to go out there again through a team a person team. they're going to go to these businesses. >>businesses like pacific of the shield law already on the county's radar the hot yoga studio violated health orders last week, holding maskless indoor classes and since then pacifica police have given that business a warning san mateo county is currently in the red or substantial tier of the color-coded system meaning some nonessential businesses are allowed to operate indoors with restrictions. let's look at the map of the bay area and the where ev

diablo range, santa cruz mountains, san mateo county coast.e up to 40 to 50 miles per hour and low relative humidity values. we have the strong ridge of high pressure really locked in place. with the clockwise flow around this ridge of high pressure looking at the northerly to northeasterly winds, that very dry air and gusty conditions. as we take you hour by hour on futurecast, we will continue to see winds increase especially in the higher elevations this morning and early afternoon, easing a bit by late afternoon and this evening and then ramping back up as we look to tonight into tomorrow morning before finally easing. we are going to see relative humidity values drop significantly as we head through today through the rest of the week, down to teens and single digits. that's why we are talking about the critical fire weather conditions. daytime highs for the south bay, cooler. we are talking 81 in santa clara, 82 san jose, 83 cupertino, campbell, morgan hill. east bay, no longer talking about 90s. we'll be in the 80s. 84 concord and pleasa

state data indicates the rate of transmission in san contra costa county, san mateo, solano and napa counties is stable. sonoma is the only one reporting a slight increase. but as rutherford pointed out -- >> we've been here before. we were doing good at the end of may and it got away from us. we don't want that to happen again. >> california's positivity rate declined slightly over the a last two weeks, but the governor made it clear the 14-day averages for both hospitalizations and icu admissions don't always give the full picture. >> if i put up a seven-day slide , that slide would show a positive increase, not a decrease. the same would be true of icu admissions. if i put a seven-day slide, it would show an increase of 5.4%. >> this means the incoming wave may just be incoming, not a great sign with three holidays around the corner. >> holidays are very tempting. you want to go visit your friends and family. it's a time too hunker down. >> hunker down and wait until a safe vaccine is approved. when that happens, the essential workforce, health care workers, first responders, and h

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

dan kerman kron 4 news voters, the san mateo county can watch their ballots get counted. the county's election officials are set to start opening and processing returned vote by mail ballots tomorrow the process will take place at the registration and elections divisions office at 40 tower road in sam, a tail it will be open through friday from 00:05am in the morning until one 30 in the afternoon and again from 00:02pm in the afternoon until 10 30 at night or until all ballots a process for the day and we are just 22 days away from november, 3rd and the vote a reminder kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season we've got you covered on air and online and on election night. >>prime time coverage of results from the bay area and around the nation. >>the mother of former arizona senator and republican presidential candidate. john mccain has died roberta mccain was a 108 years old. senator mccain credited his will to survive his years as a vietnam p o w to his mother. john mccain was a navy pilot he was shot down over hanoi during the war his mother said t

>>several counties in the bay area doing like these in san mateo county but over the weekend state officials discovered an official drop boxes like these were popping up in orange county la county in fresno county. now california's republican party has said they own the boxes. >>an official of not to right ballot boxes are not permitted by state law and now the state has issued a cease and desist order giving the cal gop until thursday to remove them one of the questions or concerns that comes with an app to rise. unofficial top boxes is ensuring that all about actually make it from that box to the county had a late afternoon news conference california secretary of state was joined by the attorney general urging the state gop to comply with the order. if they refuse to comply then of course you will and to take over legal options to do whatever it takes to protect voters and the integrity of the selection. >>well the head of the fresno county gop says he plans to remove those 12 unofficial drop boxes. the head of the california republican party says no dice. he says any unofficial boxes that

bob, some of those restrictions were lifted at midnight. >> reporter: at 12:01 in san mateo county. ehind me they can let more people inside up to 50% capacity. you have san mateo county, contra costa and marin county within the past 24 hours entering the orange tier of reopening which is the second least restrictive tier which means they are now at a moderate rate of spread of covid-19. in these three counties retail stores, indoor malls, libraries, they can operate at full capacity. dine-in restaurants, places of worship, movie theaters, museums 50% capacity, up to 200 people and gyms, wineries, family entertainment centers and card rooms, up to 100 people. bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> all right, thank you very much, bob. everybody is talking about get out to vote and six days to go until the election. new data shows over 60 million americans have already cast their ballots. that's about half the total number of votes cast for the entire 2016 election. >>> well, here we go with a look at the forecast for you. a final look for the "today in the bay" newscast. kari hall has be

only with xfinity mobile. >>> san mateo county is investing half a million dollars on a task force tosinesses in compliance with coronavirus health orders. this unit plans to start visiting businesses on monday. >> reporter: pacifica beach yoga in san mateo county promotes hot yoga on its window front. in recent weeks, it's become a hotbed of controversy, with numerous complaints of indoor operations going on for months. those sweating it out without masks. the owner declined to talk. his patrons don't see problem. >> i feel safe going to class. i mean all the -- there are socially distant spaces marked out and clearly delineated throughout the studio. >> reporter: it is one of the businesses on the county's radar for not complying with the health order, yet no action has been taken against the studio. san mateo county comprised of 20 cities with no one system for enforcing covid rules and regulations until now. >> now if there's a business that is noncompliant, and, you know, doesn't heed our warnings, then we can fine them up to $3,000. >> reporter: 8 county workers, nonsworn person

mutual aid from brisbane and burling and all-around san mateo county was called into knocked down. he said he thought he would see a fire retardant drop on san bruno mountain from the air. >> it was real surreal. we were actually just one street down when the first plane came over and all of the sort of pink looking, just the cotton candy, pink cotton candy and it is blankets everything. if you never seen it, other than on film, it is something to behold. i mean, it just snuffs everything there. >>> now that fire again was contained at 10 acres with some exterior damage, none of those homes burned down, there was real concern earlier this afternoon about this fire with gusty winds conditions up here on a red flag day, about this fire burning all over san bruno mountain. coming down into these neighborhoods here in south city, but there was a lot of mutual aid, everyone in san mateo county showed up for this one, burlingame, brisbane, they had all the crews out here to knock this fire down, of course. andria borba, kpix5. meanwhile, westbound lanes of interstate 80, reopened, and vac

>>and that's going to be in alameda contra costa santa clara and san mateo counties as well as on the next slide you can see napa sonoma and solano counties as well. you can see the total number of customers impacted for county on your screen and again this is due to the hot and dry conditions paired with the expected high wind gusts which causes for major wildfire danger meteorologist john trouble he's been tracking those winds and they look. >>pretty concerning still so if they continue to stay that concerning the npg me will most likely turn off the power in these areas, the highest probability areas are the north bay mountains near mount saint helene a small pockets in the east bay near mount diablo the oakland hills east of piedmont and portions of the santa cruz area this is how you can prepare make sure you have gallons of water available was nonperishable foods flashlights extra batteries, portable phone chargers now if you have a generator, good on you you're prepared practice using it before the power outage to make sure using it correctly that's definitely key. >>and since