We spoke to Business Owners in the potential black out zone. And joins us from oakland. We were actually right here in the neighborhood around this time last year. Talking to you about the pg e power shut off. Were back again today. Right here in the same neighborhood talking about pg e shut off. Again. Only big difference this time theres a pandemic going on. The folks here in the Oakland Hills and those who work here. Dealing with a pandemic tomorrow but also likely dealing with a power being shut off. No power tomorrow. We dont have money. No power during a pandemic. Pg e is warning thousands of customers across the bay area. That gusting winds and hot temperatures will force the Utility Company to shut power to the those in high risk areas. Starting tomorrow afternoon. For some the lights may not turn back on until friday. All my computer orders cannot come to the shop. She runs the florist. The pandemic has already dried up the demand for bouquets. Now comes another financial blow tomorrow. Shes got at least 800 worth of flowers and two coolers. All it takes is six hours of no power for the petals to wilt. We have to put them in the garbage. We cannot sell anything inside. We are cannot do anything. Its not just Business Owners feeling the impact. I miss school. Students and adults rely on a wifi connection to get work done from home. Are going to need a back up plan. The teachers are really understanding. Which is nice. And kind of lezening the workload. I think about what everybody else is going through. We dont have to too bad. The lights are still on here. That could change by tomorrow. Pg e says they learned a will the of lessons from last year. Power shut off. And say their goal is through restore power a whole lot quicker. And say they added helicopters. And that is key. That will allow crews to inspect the equipment a lot faster this time around. Okay. Thank you. Actually pg e giving an update on tomorrows plan. Power shut off. Well keep an eye on this news conference. It just got under way. Well monitor it. If theres new developments well bring it live. Lets bring in chief meteorologist. You have been talking about the dangerous fire conditions and the wind that starts tomorrow. Give us more details. Everything really is focussed in on the mountains. A thousand feet and above. For the best chance of the gus tis winds. I havent seen major changes on the wind forecast. Youll see on the fire warning this was upgraded today to the status. And we are looking at those 30 to 50 Miles Per Hour gusts. It was sustained winds. 10 to 20 humidity values. Thats for the northeast and the south bay Higher Elevation. The wind right now is not very gusty. I dont expect it to be windy at all tonight. Were seeing wind of three to 8 Miles Per Hour. Things will pick up by tomorrow. 9 30 a. M. Well see the wind event build in from the central valley. You can see the red and magenta. Wind of 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour. Well see those in the Higher Elevation around 9 30 a. M. And continue to see that build through tomorrow afternoon. Now on top of the wind building across the mountains, the big focus is through north bay with this potential wind. Well see humidity drop. That is a critical component to fire danger. The lower the number the drier the air. The faeser a fire could potentially spread. And you can see unfortunately where the bulls eye is. Around napa county. Humidity values tomorrow afternoon at 9 . Compared to san jose 35 . Thats dry air. 9 that is critically dry air in place. Well talk about the forecast through tomorrow. And ill look at our two week rain and temperature out look. Okay. See you then. You can track the weather alerts over a few days on our web site. Click on the weather tab on the front page. New details on a taco truck stolen a month ago. The family has been using a pop up tent this past month. After their trailer was stolen on september 13. Police say it was found 70 miles away. The truck was the only source of income for the family. Last month while they were in church a white pickup truck pulled up and trove off with the trailer. Police say the thieves stripped identifying logos. But most of the inside fortunately was in tact. Beginning tomorrow. A major change in the bay area biggest county. That county is in the coronavirus orange tier. Which allows more businesses and churches to reopen. Its not quite the same game changer that many hoped for. We have the pivot toll decision for them. Not everyone thinks this is enough. It isnt. We have been doing this for seven months now. Today was a big announcement. Its a big deal. Even so many businesses are still on the path to shutting down permanently. This limited reopening told is not enough. Santa clara the biggest in the state to move into the less restrictive orpg tier. Orange tier. Hes the headline. Beginning tomorrow, restaurants can start serving customers inside. Heres where it gets dicey. The state will allow Indoor Dining at 50 capacity. Santa clara will only allow 25 . For restaurants. That wont cut it for the businesses. 25 for restaurants is not enough to make a living. Its not enough to break even. The restaurants that are hurting will continue to hurt. This will help a bit. We need to get to 50 . Especially with the colder months coming up. That is a big deal. It is starting to change seasons here. Out door dining wont be possible for a lot of people. Also part of the orange tier. Church services and movie theaters reopen. At 25 capacity. And no more than 100 people. We should note this is important. Al immediate announcing it moved into the orange tier however. They will not allow any Indoor Dining or Church Services for two weeks. I remember if you remember in april, dan gordon said he was shutting down permanently. He predicted by the end of the year one in three restaurants would be shut down. And based on the data, that would seem to be an accurate prediction. In a month or two. A third of restaurants will be shut down. Its hard to digest. Shocking and terrible. So sad. Thank you. Its 21 days until election day. Growing evidence this weeks ballot box controversy has rattled voter nerves. Gop admitted to putting out 50 unauthorized ballot boxes around the state. A move they say is legal. But the state top cop disagrees. Either way it appears the controversy is raising voter suspicion. Earlier today a man posted on social media that this drop box at the Library Might be fake. It created a short panic. It is official. But it goes to show the level of anxiety voters are facing. Many voters elected to drop off ballots at the registrar today. Instead of a convenient official ballot drop box. I have been hearing about the wrong box. Shes talking about reports in frez 2340e know. Orange and l. A. Counties. Where the gop put up official drop off boxes. There was a cease and desist order. Several say the damage was done. Because of the questions in voters mind. I just thought it would be a better idea. I would have preferred to hand it it somebody. Working here. We really want the voters to see a visual of what the drop boxes look like. The controversy prompted the registrar to show voters a official box scattered throughout the county. You can see they are clearly marked. The seal. The name of the rej star of voters. The secretary of sate says the last thing voters need is more election anxiety. The events of recent days is seems to be under mining the confidence voters deserve to have in election. Well work over time. Secretary says voters should sign up for ballot tracking alerts with the office and fwhoe the ballot is processed. Crews are emptying the lock and sealed boxes every other day. If not more frequently due to the high volume. Up next. Antiabortion activists clash with counter protestors. Newer and sleeker. Apple releases a new iphone. Budget friendlier option during the pandemic. I didnt choose this job because it was easy. But i cant say i expected this. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. Protesters face off outside planned parenthood and unfortunately it turned vimt. Armed security hired baint abortion activists pepper sprayed prochoice demonstrators. All of it caught on camera. Tonight planned parenthood is demanding walnut creek take action. Planned parenthood said protesters have been demonstrating outside this for a minute for years. This facility for years. Things reach a new and dangerous level. This morning. You cant tell us not to walk on the sidewalk. This is what counter protesters face outside the planned parenthood this morning. Antiabortion demonstrators brought with them four armed guards. Who appeared to try to block the sidewalk. The guards fire danger starting to increase. Wednesday and thursday. As we bring you outside to the live sky cam net work. Several different cameras on the left side. All with blue skies. We have had good to moderate air quality today. Its been nice to get outside and breathe. With a lot of the fire activity. Getting suppressed off to the north. That is good. We have been talking about we know we have a red flag fire warning for the northeast and south bay. This fire warning does include the low elevations, i really think again i want to under score the high risk in the mountains 1,000 feet and above. We have the best chance of the 30 to 50 Miles Per Hour winds. Out of the north and east. A steady sustained wind of ten to 20 Miles Per Hour. Temperatures with the dry wind they always warm up. It is a given. The dry wind and hotter weather. Tomorrow we go up to the mid90s back here to concord and anti. Coast tallow contaminations warming up. San francisco average of 78. Well have 80s rolling through tomorrow. Beyond this temperatures next two weeks i want to make sure to give you a big broad look. Right here akros california. Were in the brown color. Which is above average temperature. Through the next ten weeks. With the cold weather over the midwest. Rainfall chances it goes northeast. Next two weeks. With trier than average weather for the bay area. I see rain chances potentially by early november. Ill be back with an hour by hour look. Ill spend a will the of time on that. So everybody gets what they need to know about the incoming wind. Great. Thank you. Her medical lab bill was paid twice. Once by the patient and once by insurance. She says thats not fair. We respond. Proposition 16 takes on discrimination. Some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. Your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. Well, dr. Farrell, it feels really good. Thats good. And. Im sorry. Baby, dont touch that. I dont want you to play with that. singing twinkle, twinkle little star. How i wonder what you are. still singing up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. Im so glad that your shoulder is feeling better. But, how are you doing . Im hanging in there. Schedule a video visit with your doctor. And get quality care with no copay. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. A woman says a medical lab botched her bill. She asked us to get her money back. She got a 615 bill for lab test. She expected the lab to bill her health insurance. She called the lab. The bill was sent in error and could ignore it. Later she got a call from a collection agent. Demanding 600 for the lab. She paid it. And found her insurance had paid too. She asked the lab for a refund and sent proof of the double n. Thats when she turned to us. We reached out. They didnt reply. Two days later she got a call and a few days after this a check. In the mail. For 615. Next step. Checking her credit report. She and you can do that free. Right now. Once a week through the end of the year. All three Credit Bureaus are offering free access. Go to annual credit report. Com. Thats the one and only federally mandated site for free access. Beware of imposter sites. We have added a link to the real site. Just click the respond option. Thank you. Up next. A marathon session on capitol hill. Lawmakers grill Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Its what she wouldnt say that is catching attention. Dos and donts for trick or treating. The guidelines for a covid19 friendly halloween. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. Vote yes on prop 25 to wear a mask out in public around other people. Sure itll keep you healthy. But more importantly, i wont have to see your happy smiling face. Ugh. And if you dont want to wear a mask, ive just got one thing to tell you. Scram, go away. Ugh. Caring for each other because we are all in this together. So wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya . Ugh. Vice president nominee Kamala Harris asked a few questions of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett tonight. She laid out the case for why she will support the agenda of the president. For nominated her. Day two of the confirmation hearings proved a frustrating one for democrats. Despite the tough questions. Many found they were coming away with few answers. Promising the tus will guide her decision. Supreme Court Nominee repeatedly asked to stake out the visions today on issues from abortion to lgbtq and gun rights. Her answers echoing the word of the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. No preview no forecast. Pressed how she might rule on a case challenging the Affordable Care act. She insisted she hadnt been influenced by the president. Im not here on a mission to destroy the Affordable Care act. People are scared. Of what will happen if the Affordable Care act is destroyed. In the middle of a pandemic. Democrats aim some of the sharpest questions at her public opposition of abortion rights and signing of a petition condemning the roe v wade that legalized abortion. It was statements of personal belief. Not personal belief. Your legal position. She declined to say how she might vote if a challenge is before her. The most personal moment. She talked about the george floyd video. And how she wept with her adopted daughter who is black. To understand there would be a risk to her brother or the son she might have one day. Of that kind of brutality. Has been an ongoing conversation and a difficult one. Like it is for americans all over the country. On the broader issue of racism in america. She said it persists but stops short of systemic. With exactly three week until election day, 10 million merps have already voted early. Shattering past records. Voters lined up for hours in texas. Texas is the nations second most populous state and has limited drop off locations to one a county. This is the most important vote. Of my life. I have been voting for 45 years. My vote matters. Im here to make my voice be known. Both candidates hit the campaign trail today. Stump on each others home turf. Joe biden reached out to older voters in florida. A key group that helped carry President Trump in 2016. The president held a rally last night if florida. Where he threw masks to the crowd and continuing to insists hes immune to covid19. Hes back in pennsylvania. Trying to make up for last ground in key swing states aftep ending a week in isolation. Bomb squad cont to look for what it calls more devices afteren expelosi at a home yesterday. At a house. We dont know what type of explosion was involved. Its not believed to be related to a drug lab. The area around the house is expected to be closed for several days. We are learning tonight the Police Department and the catholic arch knew in advance this attack on a Church Statue was planned. Activists chose Indigenous Peoples day to vandalize the statue. Police and Church Officials decided it could be repaired. Police chose safety over property. And didnt intervene. It cited five people. For the vandalism. The District Attorney will determine whether to file charges. A surge in covid19 cases has experts warning americans to keep masks on. Into fall, seven states set single day records. The u. S. Is averaging 50,000 new cases every day. Wisconsin Positivity Rate is 20 . Prompting the opening of a new field hospital. Oklahoma city reports intensive care units are beyond capacity. Were entering a dangerous time. The winter time. When we know respiratory viruss transmit themselves at a high baseline. This is concerns. Were in a bad place. We have to turn it around. Johnson and johnson paused a vaccine trial. In the final stage. Because of in a participant. Halloween is never what you call normal. This year halloween theres a new normal for the holiday. The state released guidelines on how to enjoy halloween safely. During a pandemic. We talked to a local company taking their ghost stories to sib r space. Were here at the hotel. And legend has it the daughter of the original owners haunts this hotel. A couple who stayed here told San Francisco ghost hunt they woke up to see a woman they didnt know with ghostly pale skin. Turn on the light. It stops. He says the legend of lisa. Haunted hotel guests for a century. She looked across the room from the bed to the window. There was a woman in a white dress. Climbing the curtain. This halloween in light of the global pandemic. The cofounder of the ghost hunt walking tour. Is telling people to turn off the light and turn on the device. Now we invite you to the virtual fire side stories. Created in 1998 the tour is moving from the spooky streets to the deep dark internet. Today he laid out the states guidelines for a safer socially distanced halloween. Cost tomb parties and trick or treating isnt banned. By highly discouraged. Challenges are too great. Cities going a step further. Banning attractions like haunted houses and festivals and gatherings of 12 or more people. Instead recommending grab and go bags and virtual parties. Im not feeling comfortable doing that yet. He plans on keeping the tours online. Well past halloween. At least through the end of the year. Thanks. Up next a milestone reached in the south bay. San jose makes major head way in bridging the Digital Divide. Im voting yes on prop 19. Nineteen limits taxes on seniors. It limits property tax on people like me. Nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. It says so right here. If 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. I looked at moving but i cant afford the taxes. Will you help californias most vulnerable . Vote yes on prop 19. When you take a it all begins to unravel. Ann ravels no reformer, shes backed by big corporations whove poured hundreds of thousands into her campaign. And she opposes ballot measures to make the economy more fair for working people. Only dave cortese is endorsed by the California Democratic party. Hes helping us battle the pandemic with a sciencebased approach. And expanding Health Services and child care to those in need. For state senate, Democrat Dave cortese. Last months given the green light to open as early as today. It didnt happen. Mt. Parents are asking why. Today dozens of upset participants and students rally. The message is get the kids back in the classroom. Despite being allowed to reopen the parents say none of the schools in the area have announced a plan to bring students back before january. No response from school officials. They said they will not bring students back into the classroom until they are confident it is safe. Bridging the Digital Divide during a digital news conference. A big promise. He hopes the city can provide Internet Access to 300,000 more people in low income areas over two years. The mayor said the city connected 100,000 people since the start of shelter in place orders. Since march the city installed public wifi in neighborhoods. And gave out 13,000 hot spots to students with 3,000 more on the way. The city is at the forefront closing the Digital Divide. Were not going stop until every child who is trying to learn will be able to access broad band. From the safe and convenience location. According to a 20 subpoena study about 28 of people in san jose dont have broad band at home. Primarily black and latino households. I got an alert if pg e. Warning me im in the zone. That could lose power tomorrow. I know its so stressful. We keep getting alerts about the power shut offs and the air quality. At least a few weeks ago. Its nonstop. Ill give you everything to know about the wind forecast. Ill see you back here. Changing the way criminals are sentenced. The decision in front of california voters. For a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. For years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. Doordash prop 22. When was the last time your property tawhat . L went down . 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 corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. Big change is coming to the way convicted criminals are sentenced in california. Voters are asked do decide on proposition 20. Voters created over the last ten years. We break it down. Prop 20 gets tough on crime. And the people who commit it. There are tougher penalties for crimes making gun theft, car theft and stealing from elders potentially a felony. It will take into consideration additional factors to consider when operating nonviolent offenders parole. And even allows for dna to be collected for some crimes proposition 47 changed from felonies to misdemeanors. Back in 2014. Prop 20 actually will allow the parole force to consider the entire criminal history of an inmate. Seeking for parole. He would like california to vote yes on prop 20. Because he says current proposition 47 laws made california weak on crime. Six years ago. Under prop 47, people stealing or robbing anything under 950. Are exonerated. So people just keep committing such crimes. And carrying a calculator with them. The aclu disagrees. Saying it would make the road to redejs tougher for people who turned their lives around and will be a bigger financial burden on the state. The Campaign Comes straight out of the trump play book. Using scare tactics and misrepresentation to instill fear in the community. A yes vote will increase the prison population. The Ballot Initiative defines 51 crimes that would be excluded from proposition 57. Passed bay in 2016. Meaning parole would be off the table for some nonviolent offenders. Prop 20 makes it easier do charge people with felony. Instead of misdemeanor. More time incarcerated and severe long term consequences that make it harder to find a job. Harder to find housing. The goal of the initiative is to reform the unintended consequences of reform. The better protect california. The form e governor disagrees. He says that this initiative is the latest scare tactic on criminal justice reform. California voters will decide in november. Thank you. Our web site is good resource. We have a complete voter guide beyond the president ial election and highlights every issue in the county. Information about voting by mail and drop off your ballot. Now. To make sure your vote counts this november. Join us right here just after this newscast. For our special. Decision 2020. California votes. Well go over all those things. How to vote. Safety of mail ballot. And and all the propositions. At 7 00. Teaching future leaders. The 49ers hosted annual mentor ship academy. Virtually. The program is a three step Program Designed to provide Young Players with the skills necessary to thrive and be leader. In the community. Dozens of High School Football captains got the chance to chat and get real world advice from 49er rookies. Whats the mind set that inspired you . How much better can i get from the ta before to today . If i can look back at the day before and see that i made stride. I can live with that. Hundreds of Young Athletes have gone through this program. Since 2014. All right. Lets check in with chief meteorologist. You have been really closely looking and analyzing the time of the wind and severity. And the temperatures. T toward wednesday and thursday. For that big threat of the gus tis wind. I know youre making dinner and getting text alerts about power shut off. The fire warning. Theres a lot coming your way. Its been more than a hectic 2020. I want to lay this out. So u understand it. Well spend time on the hour by hour forecast. Well start off with the wide view of the fire warning. All the red. Under the fire warning. The primary threat it for the hills 1,000 feet and above. In the mountains. Gusts of 30 to 50. And sustained wind ten to 20. And low humidity. All the data i have continues to pinpoint napa county. For the highest threat of the wind. Its the way things are building in from the north and to the south. The biggest zone of some of the strong wind would come in. As we move into the wind its not very gusty. Dont worry about gusty wind. Tomorrow morning watch as things begin to develop. Look for the bright colors. Red and magenta. That will be the strong wind building in. And moving closer to the bay area. I have the key at the top of the screen. And you can see over the high elevation, the wind builds in. Not as gusty lower elevation. It will ramp up through wednesday night. You can see how much brighter the colors get over the mountains. Wednesday evening and thursday well see the pattern staying with us. With the gusty wind over primarily the knot bay. We have a threat across the bay area. The bulls eye is through napa. Well see the wind beginning to relax as we head into friday morning. 11 00 a. M. Friday. Well see the wind calming down. Temperatures will be mild to start tomorrow morning. 60s mostly sunny skies. Good air quality. 60 in San Francisco. Daytime highs warm up under that dry wind. About three to six degrees hotter. 90s coming back. Over the east bay. Mid90s. Dan ville. And to the peninsula, close to the 90s. San francisco. Getting in on 80s with the forecast. As this dry offshore winds cuts off ocean breeze. And bring us to 83 in the mission. North bay 95 napa. 94 clear lake. When does it cool down . We hit saturday and sunday. Monday tuesday. Temperatures drop in San Francisco. Eventually 60s next week. I see it dropping off sunday, monday and also into tuesday. With all this coming our way. People are asking about rainfall. First week of november there could be increasing signs. Maybe rainfall would get close. Right now next three days. Well have the fire danl. Fire danger. Thank you. Patrick is returning to the sharks as he closes in on a major milestone. The record he hopes to break wearing teal. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way go your own way your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. One of the worlds most recognizable athletes is among the millions who tested positive for covid19. Talking about soccer star ronaldo. Set to be recovering from the virus. The 35 yearold striker is said to be feeling well. And showing no symptoms. Hes in isolation and will not play tomorrow. Its unknown exactly when he tested positive. We know he played in a game last sunday in france. Guess who is back again . Returning to the sharks. He is 41 years old signed a within year deal with the team today. He rejoined the sharks last season after spending two years in toronto. Late in the season the sharks traded him to pittsburg. For a shot at winning a stanley cup. Hees back for another run at the championship. That eluded him throughout his career. Hes just 44 games shy of the all time record for most games played in the nhl. Welcome back patrick. So funny. He leaves and comes back. Were so happy to have him. Thats going to do it for us. See you tonight at 11 00. Stay healthy. In just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. Its dangerous. And we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. We can do this. If we do it together. Seeing what people left behind in the attic. Well, saving on Homeowners Insurance with geicos help was pretty fun too. Ahhhh, its a tiny dancer. They left a ton of stuff up here. Welp, enjoy your house. Nope. No thank you. Geico could help you save on homeowners and renters insurance. But i cant say i expected this. Because it was easy. Geico could help you save on homeowners to fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich coirefighters like what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15