Even though the winds are backing off shortly after 11 00 a. M. Its dry out there and its hot. So the combination of those elements can still bring elevated fire danger and we just got to play it safe because the humidity could fall at less than 10 throughout the afternoon. I want to show you the current temperature right now in San Francisco. 84 degrees. Mostly sunny conditions. But it certainly doesnt feel like october around here. San jose 81 degrees. Overall, our day time highs in the upper 80s even around the coastline and mid and upper 90s for the interior valleys. It could be a possibility that we will be seeing some new daily record highs set throughout some portions of the interior valley. So i am going to go into more detail on that and what you can expect this weekend and ive had a couple of viewers ask me is there rain in sight . Full forecast is coming up. Thank you. Power shutoffs per sift a. D the utility says all power is back on in oakland. Businesses in oaklands mt. Claire district told us their electricity was off for one hour. One says the drill is becoming more often. Its not a friday. So its okay. We can survive. In the north bay, some homeowners are using generators but not helping people get their Internet Service back any sooner which has been tough for families trying to work and learn from home. New details. The governor will repeal californias request for some of the aid of the early wildfires that began in early. The governor asked for 346 Million Dollars in help with a major president ial disaster declaration for the creek fire in fresno and five others. Washington said no. This decision does not affect aid for the wildfires here in the San Francisco bay area. How and where should we build homes to be fire safe . A team of experts is asking those questions in the north bay. Researchers from the Insurance Institute for business and home safety were in the north bay the past week. They shared these pictures from their work. They take what the scientists find in the field and test that in the organizations large lab in south carolina. We are out here in the field today to see how it happens in the real world to better understand what we are doing in the lab and help further advances. What we learn from this trip and this observation can apply and move the science guard in other parts of the country as well. The institute says 90 of homes that burn in wildfires start from burning and blowing embers and keeping flammables away from structures does seem to prevent house fires. But they also told us they found more destruction in santa rosa sky hawk neighborhood likely due to the close proximity of homes. With homes so close to each other was no chance. Our app will help you keep yourself informed in realtime. Our team will send alerts through the app when conditions change. You can download it right now for free from your smartphones app story. Two people are back down after their scaffolding failed. Bob redell is live in walnut creek with news of the rescue. Reporter this happened inside California Plaza behind me here in walnut creek inside the courtyard area. Two men were several stories up washing these windows which one side of their scaffolding broke free. You can see in this witness cell phone video it shows the Fire Department arriving on the scone as the video tilts up and dodge men are dangling from their safety harnesses between the fourth and fifth along the gangway they had been standing on is dangling by one of its steel cables. That supported the men as they were washing the windows when it failed around 6 45 this morning. Someone inside the building called 911. A rescue team set up a rope system on the roof several stories where the men were at and dropped down to the men and secured the men and lowered them safely back to the ground at around 8 00 so the men were probably hanging there a good hour and 15 minutes. Both men were talking and breathing and taken to the hospital and the chief fire official said they app to be okay. No clear what caused the scaffolding to fail and again, why they wear safety harnesses. Bob, thank you very much. Decision 2020. President trump is stumping in florida and georgia and joe biden in michigan. Scott mcgrew is here to explain what is behind these events. Florida and michigan are key states. Why is the president in georgia today . Yeah. Georgia . Normally a red state and may be more in play than President Trump and his campaign to like. Iowa is another one that went to trump in 2016 but could go either way this year. Both candidates were on Television Last night in separate town halls instead of debating. Biden was on abc and asked a question he has often ducked. Would he add more judges to the Supreme Court if he became president . Dont voters have a right to know . They have a right to know and i have a right to know where i stand before they vote. Youll come out with a clear position before election day . Yes, depending how they handle this. Overall, biden turned in a good performance and especially for someone who has to be so careful not to make misstatements that have got him in trouble in the past. Much of the conversation as it should be about the coronavirus the biggest threat. He was on nbc at the same time for president. A lot of people were critical of that timing saying the president should not get air time after he refused to appear in a second debate for the second tight. Instead of a debate he got Savannah Guthrie who besides being today show is also a lawyer. This week you retweeted to your 87 million followers the Conspiracy Theory that joe biden orchestrated to have navy s. E. A. L. S six to cover up the fake death of osama bin laden. Why would you do that . You retweeted it. That was a retweet and an opinion of somebody and that was a retweet. Ill put it out there. I dont think that get youre the president youre not like someones crazy uncle. No. That was a retweet. I do a lot of retweets. Frankly because the media is so fake and so corrupt, if i didnt have social media, i dont call it twitter. I call it gentleman. I wouldnt be able to get the word out. The word is false. You know what the word is . President trump once again asked to condemn White Supremacy and this time he did twice. He said specifically i denounce White Supremacy. Many people were frustrated that nbc gave the president air time in direct competition with abcs town hall with joe biden. Nbc is the Parent Company of this station. It said it aired the same time that they aired an earlier town hall with joe biden. Here is nbc statement. One interesting thing to note is the ratings for both. Aances normally, would not matter but President Trump is so into ratings that he was beaten last night by biden by quite a large margin, especially among young viewers. Chris, ratings do not necessarily translate into votes. We will find out in a couple of weeks. Thank you, scott. If you have a question about something on your ballot, perhaps we can help. Watch the encore presentation of our special show decision 2020 california votes tomorrow night at 6 30. All you need to know, how to vote, the safety of your mailin ballot and what the propositions mean and so much more tomorrow night at 6 30 right here. The 49ers are getting ready to take on the rams this weekend. The big question is will jimmy g. Play . We will look at the backup plan. The pandemic is changing many peoples holiday plans. We will have advice to keep your family safe during a big thanksgiving dinner. Cheryl heinz tells Kelly Clarkson about curb your enthusiasm and she is telling secrets. You can hear them today at 3 00. For a couple of days now the police and staff wonder the who stole mackie, the lemor . The search is over but not for the search of the thieves. Cierra johnson is live in San Francisco. Who found the lemor and where . Good morning. We will get to that in a second. The folks at the zoo are very relieved to have that lemor back but the question of who took mackie, the lemor is still out there. No one knows and police are working to find that. Back to the story folks found the lemor. It was pickup time at a preschool in daley city when heard parents yell lemor. They looked over and saw it was a lemor. It was an older lemor eating out of one of the bushes. Some parents there called the police as well as animal control and those individuals contacted the zoo and able to bring them back. We have video of the zoo caging up mackie, the lemor. It was a nice reunion there. Great educational moments for the kids at that preschool there in dale city. Police still looking for the person that took that lemor. They said they saw some clues they had broken into the facility here in San Francisco so that search is still on but good news, there is that reunion with mackie, the lemor. Cierra johnson, for nbc bay area news. Thank you. We have word that covid19 has hit a south bay nursing home particularly hard. G g gilhealth care rehabilitation center. Dozens of Staff Members became infected. The announcement doesnt indicate when all of this occurred. Its clear covid19 will not be cured in time for the holidays. So can you safely host a traditional Family Gathering . Vicky nguyen lets the Health Care Experts weigh . Reporter there is no place like home for the holidays. The time of year for those moments shared with friends and family from near and far but the coronavirus is out there with pockets of infection on the rise from coattocoast. Dr. Anthony fauci is warning the best holiday gift you can give is being careful when planning gatherings. We really have to be careful each time and each individual family individual the risk benefit of doing that, particularly when you have people coming in from out of town who may have been on airplanes in airports and just come into the house. Reporter the cdc says the best way to protect yourself and others is just stay home. Have a small dinner with just the people in your household. The agency says you increase your risk when inviting others. If you want to have people over, keep your celebration outside and make sure that its small with just family and friends in your community. Experts say people should get tested before seeing elderly family members and quarantine until you get the results. Dont forget the key precaution, wear masks, watch your distance, and wash hands observe. If youre the one hitting the road, travel locally. If youre heading to a celebration, the cdc says the lowest risk would be a short car trip without any stops. And just try to ride with people in your immediate household if that is possible. The 2020 Holiday Season may be unlike any other but dr. Fauci also said this week a vaccine could be widely available by april and could be in time for another holiday, easter. Covid19 is playing havoc on football. Alabama ma head Coach Nick Saban have it and 11 players in university of florida have it. Cam newton has now been cleared to play again after a bout. Patriots coach Bill Belichick says covid19 protocols are influx. We learn things every day and we have continued to try to take steps to put everybodys safety at the very top of the list. The nfl says there is no evidence the virus has been transmitted from one team to another during a game. Nonetheless the league is urging everyone to get a flu shot because anyone with flulike symptoms will be sidelined until they get a covid19 test that proves they are negative. Niners and rams will play this sunday. You can catch the game at levi you cannot catch the game at the stadium but you can here on tv. Big unknown if jimmy g. Is playing. He did practice this week. Halfway against the game nens t against the dolphins he took a seat with a high ankle sprain that is giving him trouble three weeks after. If you can play you have to perform and ill be the judge and watch him throughout the week. If he has a good week of practice and looks like he gives us the best chance to win then wont hesitate. If it looks like it hurts in the game and prohibiting him then we will do what we did again. If garoppolo is not ready who will play in his place . Last week was c. J. What about fans . The santa clara covid19 restrictions eased up this week but not enough to allow fans in the stadium. Too bad because the weather should be should on sunday. You can blame the best spot on your couch at home and watch it here on nbc bay area. 5 20 is kickoff and our coverage begins at 4 00. At 11 00, will robots take off in the future of flying . The San Francisco company exwing recently made its firstever autonomous cargo flight and approved by the faa and the plane loaded with ppe and digital tablets golden gate to the navajo nation. One person was on flight but never touched the control. The founders of xwing say there is a big financial incentive to innovate the flight deck. 20 of the cost. You dont have to put this through Aviation School or pay the tuition or pay the hotel cost of making a stay overnight . You train it once. Xwing is sharing the air here. Other companies are innovating too. Fedex just announcedity pu itii looking for the same technology. Lets talk weather. What about the air quality issues . The its going to be so hot and dry the National Weather service decided to extend the red flag warning until 6 00 p. M. Tonight with Expiration Date of 11 00 a. M. Pushing forward. San francisco sunny and 84. That gives you an idea of just how warm we have been. We have had this offshore wind event that dried us out. It helped to warm us up. Look at oakland. 87 degrees right now. The one that we have really been sort of mentioning, especially if you tuned in in the morning by any chance was Half Moon Bay. At 4 30 they were at 82 degrees with gusty winds and 40 plus miles per hour. Definitely an interesting inversion this when it comes to the temperatures. 86 degrees right now in Half Moon Bay which is why that red flag warning was issued because its going to be so dry out there that the possibility of dry brush either quickly starting or spreading a fire can definitely still be an issue when it comes to high fire danger so keep that in mind. Its not going to be as dusty. Still expecting for the winds to taper off and take a look at the winds through the afternoon. Remember that original Expiration Date was 11 00 a. M. We will see the winds get weaker through the afternoon which is good news there because at least that takes out one of the elements of the three we dont like to see when it comes to fire danger. Talk about the fire danger index. Dry conditions there. Looks like the humidity levels dont want to pop up but i can tell you we are at less than 10 in some areas including the north bay which north bay mountains are typically at highest risk. Santa cruz mountain area, the east bay hills. Bay area air Quality Management district issued an air quality advisory but not because of unhealthy air quality but the possibility of seeing drifting smoke from those nearby wildfires. Any time you have smoke you have to keep in mind the air quality forecast can change hourbyhour depending on a shift in the wind if a new fire starts and components of that nature. Talk about your mike rope climate highs. 80s and 90s today. I have a feeling that Half Moon Bay and San Francisco might even hit into the lower 90s. Potentially based on where we are at right now, its not even noon and Half Moon Bay is already at 86. How close are we going to get to record highs . Santa rosa could see 92 high. Could hetset a new record. I think my graphic rose. There we go clam 92 was our high yesterday. Old record was 90 degrees in San Francisco high of 87. Oakland could be beating new daily record highs. San jose and concord area as well. Definitely going to be a hot one. Heat advisory in effect through 9 00 p. M. Tonight. How long will it last . No rain in sight when it comes to longrange outlook. A cool down heading into next wem which will be nice. We dropped down from 15 degrees to seasonable 80s and 60s for San Francisco. Thanks very much. Coming up, musicians are working to ensure they dont go silent during the pandemic. We have your ticket to a show tonight aimed at keeping music alive. Happening now, the food and Drug Administration is extending its warning about the use of common antiinflammatory drugs among pregnant women. Aspirin and ibuprofen is among those that should not be used. It could cause rare and serious kidney problems in young born babies. The previous recommendation was avoid the drugs 30 weeks after potential in babies. Happening today. Artists from across the country and even the bay area are coming together to save our stages. The bay area native ge is part of a threeday streaming festival this weekend. He and more than 30 other artists will perform at different locations in the u. S. All to support the National Independent venue association. Goal is to raise money to save venues hit hard by the pandemic. Jayz will stream from the independent at San Francisco at 8 15 tonight. Do you ever get a song stuck in your head and you cant figure it out . Google is here to help. That is pretty good. I didnt think it sounded like that one. All you have to do is hum or whistle or sing whatever song that is stuck in your head. All into the google app. Google says its new Machine Learning technology will identify that song. Hopefully, youll have the results in seconds and finally get that song out of your head. I guess you can do it even if youre a little soft tuned. Back to you. Hot hot hot . What is sounds like to me. It is feeling hot, hot, hot, isnt it, v. A. . A perfect theme song for today. Hopefully, you can find a cool space around the coastline especially where people dont have ac because they think Mother Nature is ac but not today. Elevate fire danger through today. Thank you for watching. Our next newscast is tonight at 5 00. In the meantime, get the latest news at nbcbayarea. Com. Have a great weekend. California live is next. Right now on california live. How do you stump the fountain of youth in a box . We have about to expose this doctors secret. Oh, no, not yet. John stamos is picking up a good vibration. 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