Daytime highs looking at 86 in concord and 82 for san jose and 74 in oakland and 68 for San Francisco. As we head into our weekend, offshore winds will kick in and that does mean a high fire danger with a fire weather watch from 11 00 a. M. Saturday until 8 00 a. M. Monday for the north bay mountains and east bay hills and interior valleys. Well talk more about those critical fire weather conditions as we head into the weekend coming up in a few minutes. Now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic and its the slow drive right now through the Altamont Pass. Yeah, it sure is mary, i mean, tough look at this. All this red on our maps this morning. The problem is, a broken down big rig stuck in that right lane. Theyve got tow crews on scene as well. A large flatbed to kind of try to get this one out of lanes but its causing a big problem for whats already one of the bidsiest rides for the morning commute. So supercommuters, gear up. Its going to be a tough one this morning. And unfortunately, most of the alternates terrible Altamont Pass road are really bogged down this morning. You can see its backed up well into tracy a big line of red there and extending at least to greenville where the trouble spot is. So its gone from 67 minutes to now 71 minutes for your ride at 205 over to 680. Well keep a close eye on this. Len . Gianna, thank you. California has already experienced recordsetting wildfires this year. And fire season isnt over yet. Diablo winds expected this weekend are causing concerns for fire crews. Kpix 5s Katie Nielsen is live in walnut creek to explain at the contra costa fire station. Katie . Reporter yeah, len, so the east bay hills, north bay hills, inland valleys, thats where the fire danger is going to be the most critical this weekend. You heard mary lee talking about it. Just a few minutes ago. Temperatures are going up this weekend. Those winds will pick up. And humidities are going down. That creates conditions ripe for fastmoving wildfires, especially at a time when the hills are already very dry. Were only just getting to the part of the season that typically is the most dangerous. It looks like its Mother Nature is coming in right on time this weekend with what looks like will be fire weather. Reporter one of the biggest questions, will pg e do any Public Safety power shutoffs. Right now they say no. Reporter but a because of the impact to customers they have new alert system where people can sign up to get updates about possible power shutoffs. Now firefighters say the biggest thing for this weekend, be careful when you are outside. You dont want to be the one that throws sparks into the dry grasses and if you do see any fires this weekend, they say call those in immediately. Call 911. Because Firefighters Want to get to those before they start to spread. Live in walnut creek, Katie Nielsen, kpix 5. [ sound of gunfire ] [ chanting ] [ sirens ] developing out of kentucky, two officers shot during protests in louisville last night. After grand jury declined to charge officers for killing Breonna Taylor. The womans death has sparked nationwide outrage. The 26yearold was shot in her apartment as police were serving a drug warrant. Her boyfriend says he believed the police were intruders and he fired a single shot. Police returned fire, hitting taylor six times. Weve learned that over 1 honey rests were made last night at protests in louisville. The announcement sparking protests throughout the night in dozens of cities across the country. And here at home, in San Francisco, san jose, and oakland. [ chanting ] around 200 demonstrators took to the streets in oakland overnight. Marching to city hall and shutting down intersections along the way. The crowd angry over the lack of charges in kentucky. One legal analyst we spoke to says justice is rarely served when a grand jury is involved in cases of police shootings. Saying is you know, a prosecutor can get a ham sandwich indicted. If the prosecutor wanted to. Because it is really the prosecutors to play with. In my view the grand jurys anything but grand. The city of oakland says it is expecting protests to continue over the next few days. Nba player lebron james tweeting on the grand jury decision, saying quote the most disrespected person on earth is the black woman. I promise you will do my best to change this. I promise you ill do my best to change this as much as i can and even more. Love to you queens all over this country and beyond. And warriors head coach steve kerr weighed in from the teams mini camp, calling the ruling demoralizing. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we just got this new video in from portland. Where Police Declared a riot as demonstrators gathered to protest that grand jury decision. Some people attempting to break the front doors of the Central Police precinct. Police say that others were throwing molotov cocktails at them. The demonstrators finally dispersed a few hour ago. Several people were arrested. And in seattle, 13 arrested multiple officers injured and one hit in the head with a baseball bat. Cracking his helmet. The police also acknowledged theres some video circulating online of an officers bike rolling over the head of a person in the street. So they say that is now under investigation. And of course there are more protests planned there and around here tonight. So we will continue to follow all of that for you. Back to you. To washington now. Looking live at the Supreme Court where the body of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will lie in repose for one more day. Today, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are expected to pay their respects. Tomorrow Justice Ginsburgs body will be moved to the u. S. Capitol. She will be the first woman to lie in state there. Governor newsom has signed an executive order halting evictions for commercial renters impacted by the pandemic. The new order was set to expire at the end of this month. But it is now been extended through march 2021. California now looking to phase out the sale of gas powered vehicles by 2035. The governor citing Climate Change as the reason to move forward. Experts call the goal ambitious but doable. They also kind of sets a threshold for many, many of our legacy companies, companies that are now pivoting to electric and we can talk about ford and the advent of the e f 150 which is a new electric truck coming out and a new electric mustang coming out. The new plan would not ban people from owning gas fueled cars or selling them on the used car market. Suburban came here for one thing and thats safety. Doesnt even make sense. Just fear mongering. The bay area burbs becoming a huge point of contention. Thats next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. Well, love seeing that good air quality this morning across the bay area. That will continue with our strong ocean breeze but big changes ahead with offshore winds returning for us. That high fire danger and temperatures will be heating up. Well talk all about it coming up. Were dealing with some foggy conditions along the golden gate and plus a really tough drive for you in the Altamont Pass. Ill explain coming up. A live look outside before we head to break, a closeup shot there on the bay bridge from our Treasure Island im voting yes on prop 19 to help californias most vulnerable. Over 24,000 homes were destroyed by wildfires in less than two years. Too many of those victims are also hit with a sudden tax hike after their forced to move. Its wrong. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims and limits taxes on seniors and severely disabled homeowners. Join firefighters and Emergency Responders in voting yes on 19. Welcome back. Im Gianna Franco in the traffic center. Headsup for supercommuters. A big problem in the Altamont Pass right now. Westbound 580 and greenville a broken down big rig stuck in the right lane and its causing major delays this morning. A lot of red there and unfortunately your alternate routes such as Altamont Pass road really bogged down as well. As far as the travel times go, its about a 77 minute drive from 205 over to 680. Len and michelle . Time now 5 11. Are the suburbs under siege . President trump insists if joe biden is elected, we can say goodbye to the burbs. This morning, kpix 5s Susie Steimle talks to voters in the key demographic about what its like to be targeted as Housing Takes Center Stage in the election. If the left gains power, no safe town or suburb in our country will be safe. Reporter in a series of speeches, tweets and campaign ads. Suburbia will be no longer. Reporter President Trump has made it clear. He wants suburban voters to feel as though their safety is at stake. So they want to defund and abolish your police and law enforcement. While at the same time destroying our great suburbs. Reporter its a tone reminiscent of 1968. And the wind quickly dispersed the tear gas. Reporter when riots broke in and out response to the assassination of dr. Martin luther king jr. And then candidate Richard Nixon spoke of the silent majority. It is the voice of the great majority of americans the forgotten americans, the nonshodders, the nondemonstrators. Reporter just look at President Trumps latest ad. [ phone ringing ] you have reached the 911 Police Emergency line. Due to defunding of the police department, were sorry, but no one is here to take your call. Reporter look familiar . 52 years ago, nixon ran this. I pledge to you the wave of crime is not going to be the wave of the future in america. My feeling is that all suburban voters came here for one thing and thats safety and peace and quiet. And they will vote for peace and quiet and safety. Reporter maria says this message is working. She moved to redwood city to start a family 25 years ago. She doesnt want to see the suburbs change and plans to vote for the president. For me, it was important to have my own place with my own yard with nice neighbors. Safety. And nice schools. Reporter last month the president tweeted the suburban housewife will be voting for me. They want safety and are thrilled i ended the long Running Program where low Income Housing would invade their neighborhood. The program hes talking about . Affh rule. Affh rule. A disaster. Reporter affh stands for affirmatively furthering fair housing. Its an obama era rule intended to combat systemic racism in housing. Some called trumps rollback a racist dog whistle. Its been hell for suburbia. Reporter joe biden plans to reinstate it to which the president promises your home will go down in value and crime rates will rapidly compromise. Reporter thats something she worries about in burlingame. Affordable housing, depends on what type of Affordable Housing. It could bring an element thats undesirable into the neighborhood. Reporter a stanford study looked at the introduction of low Income Housing in 129 counties. And found the development of Affordable Housing actually decreases both violent and property crime in low income areas and does not increase crime in high income areas. The study also found in low income neighborhoods, home prices rose. 6. 5 after the Affordable Housing was developed. But in high income areas, home prices dropped. 2. 5 . We can have the suburbs and have more housing and have great lives for people. Reporter caroline and adam are new parents who just bought in san mateo. They plan to vote for joe biden and say they want to see changes to their neighborhood to combat systemic racism. Its not good. We dont want to live like that. Thats not what we signed up for. Reporter in fact, thats why they chose san mateo. We talked about having kids and like we cant have a kid here. Its just such a bubble. Reporter john agrees. He lives in multigenerational home in san mateo and he wants to see more Affordable Housing built for Seasonal Store workers and our teachers and our first responders, they cannot afford to live here. We are losing the ability to function as a city and its its showing its effect even more so during the pandemic than it did prior. Reporter when it comes to building Affordable Housing in the burbs, the American Dream is becoming another american divide. Its important that whoever is the president understands that they worked very hard for their houses and they dont want to see it go down in value. Reporter others say the dream isnt dead. It just needs to look a lot less exclusive. Affordable housing for teachers. Or for people who are just living in the community that other people that are scary. It doesnt even make sense. Just fear mongering. Reporter Susie Steimle, kpix 5. Keep sending your stories and ideas to projecthome cbs. Com. And see all of susies reporting on our website. Fire watch right now. The creek fire burning in fresno, madera counties is now the largest single blaze ever in california. 452 square miles nearly the size of los angeles. Flames ignited earlier this month and destroyed 855 structures. Its 34 contained. Air quality in the bay area from the wildfires statewide became a big topic for weeks. For most of us it was a month of suffering. But for vulnerable elderly populations, it may have been deadly. A new study. Stanford researchers say the recent smoke from the wildfires attributed to 1200 excess deaths. And 4800 additional e. R. Visits among those 65 and older with Underlying Health issues. Theres a lot of new Research Suggesting that even shortterm exposure to very bad air quality as weve experienced in the bay area, over the last month, can have longterm effects on immune function and on respiratory function and how well your lungs work. Not just short term effects. Medical research has shown soot as among the most dangerous types of air pollution to humans. Yosemite National Park is reopening tomorrow. The park closed last week due to unhealthy air from the creek fire. Camp sites will also reopen but you need a reservation and one who loves to camp is Gianna Franco. But she is checking the traffic right now. Hows it all looking . You know, its a little busy, we love to camp. Glamping though more my style. Taking a look at the roadways right now. All right, westbound 580. It is bogged down this morning. Its not an accident. No injuries. So thats the positive news. But its a broken down big stuck in the right lane. Kind of looking at the note heres from chp. May be calling out a second tow truck as well. Its definitely going to be a busy ride as you head through there until they clear this out of the way. Its right at greenville thats where the trouble spot is and you know as i zoom in here, that line of red just continues well along into 205 and 580 connector area into tracy. No word yet when this will clear out of lanes. The alternates such as Altamont Pass road is showing nothing but red as well on my sensors. So it is a slow ride as you work through the Altamont Pass this morning. For supercommuters. And you know that drive time just isnt getting any better, westbound 580, 205 over to 680, now a 76 minute drive time. Yeah, thats tough this morning. The good news, if you are taking the eastshore freeway and highway 4 or 101 this morning, you are good to go. Pretty much smooth sailing across the bay on the rest of the freeways. No delays in san jose and a live look here at the bay bridge, not really seeing any brake lights just yet. So extra volume right now as you head across the span into San Francisco. And over to the Golden Gate Bridge, it is foggy this morning. Limited visibility. Chp does have an advisory in effect. Speaking of fog, mary, by the looks of your camera there, its pretty foggy elsewhere too. Thats right. Were watching the fog roll in and you can see it pushing across the San Francisco area. So looking at foggy conditions along the coast as well as around the bay and even a gray start for some of the inland locations as well. That stronger ocean breeze kicking in for us for today. That means temperatures will be a little bit cooler compared to yesterday. So lets check the temperatures. Looking at mid 50s in santa rosa and low 60s for livermore as well as for San Francisco. And mid 60s for concord and oakland as well as for san jose as we start off our day. Good air quality, that continues that excellent air quality across our region. All thanks to that sea breeze kicking in for us. Definitely enjoy it. Because changes are coming. So as we go through the weekend, that heat dome will be building for us. And with it, well see temperatures on the rise. Heat wave in store for us. Also a high fire danger and those hazy skies will likely be back as well. So talking about that high fire danger, that fire weather watch will be in effect from 11 00 a. M. Saturday until 8 00 a. M. On monday. For the areas highlighted in yellow. The north bay mountains and east bay hills and interior valleys. Gusts up to 30 to 50 Miles Per Hour and also low relative humidity values so critical fire weather conditions. Watching that very closely for you. Also talking about those hot temperatures. As we look to especially sunday and monday. So near record highs if not breaking some record highs for sunday. And it gets even hotter as we look to monday of next week. With triple digit heat. Santa rosa and livermore and for concord on monday. In the meantime, enjoy these temperatures. Again, a little bit cooler compared to yesterday by a few degrees. Looking at 82 in san jose and 81 for santa clara and for the south bay. 83 for campbell. Looking at 85 Pleasant Hill and around the bay upper 60s in San Francisco and looking at mid 70s for oakland as well as for san leandro. And for the north bay, low to mid 80s this afternoon. Heres that extended forecast and what you can expect. Temperatures little bit warmer friday especially by saturday and there we go with that triple digit heat inland sunday and for next monday. Back to you. Well, bring on the business boom. The california county reopening wineries and what visitors can expect coming up. And coming up at 7 00 on cbs this morning, the family attorney for Breonna Taylor speaks out on the grand jury decision. Plus, a look inside a new rapid Coronavirus Testing Program. And meet the Young Leaders looking to strengthen our communities. Another day, another chance to bounce forward. Lets do this. 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Were really hoping that this will help us especially with the winter season coming up, to help make up for some of those months that we havent been able to have the indoor capacity. The trade group is urging all visitors to make reservations to help the wineries plan for social distancing. Next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, facebook making sure the next president is the real deal. How its handling projected winners popping up on your news feed. Reporter plus, with critical fire danger expected this weekend, how is pg e handling the Public Safety power shutoffs . Motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, cloudy skies, Cool Temperatures but not for long. The bay area is about to heat up. Plus, nationwide fallout over a grand jurys decision in the case of Breonna Taylor. The bay area activists demanding justice. And stunning comments from the white house. President trumps response if he loses the election. Good morning everyone, its thursday, september 24th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. A big backup on the Altamont Pass. Heres gianna with more on this. Yeah, lot of brake lights to whats already one of the busiest rides for the morning commute. Westbound 580 at greenville. Thats where a broken down big rig was stuck in the right lane and just got new information from chp. It took two tow crews to get this one out of lanes. They just cleared it within moments. Things should get better although again it will take some time since the backup is pretty extreme all the way well into tracy. Just bumper to bumper with all the red. Very slow speeds heading through there. Right now still about 75 minutes well over an hour to go from 205 over to 680. Also dealing with foggy spots this morning especially on the Golden Gate Bridge. So limited visibility. For more on the fog, heres mary. All right, gianna, and tracking that fog along the coast and right around the bay and even a cloudy start inland. So heres that fog pushing across San Francisco with our sutro cam this morning. Its all because of that stronger onshore flow and that marine influence and thats the reason why were looking at good air quality once again. Temperatures slightly cooler compared to yesterday. So looking at 86 for a high in concord and 82 in san jose and 74 in oakland and 68 in San Francisco with some clearing. We have a high fire danger as we look to the weekend with offshore winds. So a fire weather watch in effect from 11 00 a. M. Saturday until 8 00 a. M. On monday for the north bay mountains and east bay hills and interior valleys. So we are looking at a moderate offshore wind event as we look to our weekend. Lets go live to Katie Nielsen with more on what pg e customers can expect. Katie . Reporter yeah, one of the biggest determining factors for pg e in deciding whether theyre going to be doing any Public Safety power shutoffs are the winds. And so far, pg e says based on the forecast, they are not expecting any planned outages this weekend. But pg e says they know that those outages can cause major disruptions to customers so theyve created a new tool where people can sign up for alerts and warnings about psps events in their area. Once you sign up on the website theyll send an alert a day or two ahead of the psps and a warning about 12 hours before the power is expected to go out. Now as mary lee was talking about, those east bay, north bay hills, as well as these inland valleys, the areas are already dry. And this weekend, the triple digit temperatures diablo winds and low humidity create the perfect conditions for wildfires. We need everyone to be alert and to be cautious in all their Outdoor Activities and to report the fires absolutely immediately as soon as they note them to give us as much time aspossible to keep them small while they still are small. Reporter now that fire weather watch again starting on saturday at 11 00 a. M. And that is scheduled to go through 8 00 a. M. On monday. The state has already experienced recordsetting wildfires so far this year. Spreading those Fire Fighting resources thin. So theyre asking everyone please, please, please, be careful this weekend and do your part to keep your neighbors safe. Live in walnut creek, Katie Nielsen, kpix 5. Developing now in louisville, kentucky, police say they have made close to 100 arrests following protests over a grand jurys decision not to indict officers in the Fatal Shooting of Breonna Taylor. The civil unrest stretched into the night despite a city curfew. Kentuckys governor also ordered the state National Guard to protect the citys infrastructure. Breonna taylors family and attorney expressed their outrage over the grand jurys decision to charge only fired officer brat t hankison for endangering taylors neighbors when he fired his gun. It is so insulting that you would say that the neighbors lives mattered more than Breonna Taylors life. Weve been grieving since day one. Its like a wound that never heals. Just after 8 30 last night Police Confirmed two louisville metro officers responding to the civil unrest were shot. They are expected to survive. A suspect was taken into custody. Protests broke out across the country overnight with crowds gathering to demonstrate their anger over the decision not to charge officers with Breonna Taylors death. In atlanta, new york and dallas, protests were peaceful as demonstrators demanded justice. [ chanting ] here in the bay area, protesters also marched through San Franciscos mission district. Closing down part of 17th street. Police lined up in riot gear in front of the Mission Police station. But there didnt appear to be any major confrontations with officers. [ chanting ] and protesters also gathered outside of san joses city hall. At one point, the crowd swelled to a couple hundred people. With demonstrators chanting black pride and black power. Demanding that leaders be held accountable. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And lets take a live look at the Supreme Court building right now. Where the body of Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg will lie in repose for a second day. So americans can pay their respects to the second woman to serve on the court. And in about an hour and a half, President Trump and the first lady are scheduled to stop by and pay their respects. Were going to be covering that for you tomorrow. Ginsburgs body will be taken to the u. S. Capitol and she will become the first woman in American History to lie in state there. Taking a look at some new video woe just got in this morning also in dc of a group staging what they say is a wakeup call outside the home of Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell as he and other Senate Republicans move the fill the late justices seat on the Supreme Court. This is the second noise demonstration the group has staged this week. The first was outside the home of senator Lindsay Graham and President Trump is set to make his announcement on who he wants to fill that seat coming up on saturday. Well be covering all that for you. Back to you. Live look at the white house now. A startling moment there. Now making headlines. President trump was asked if he would commit to making sure theres a peaceful transfer of power if he loses in november. Were going to have to see what happens. You know that. Ive been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And the ballots are a disaster. And i understand that, but people are rioting, do you commit to making sure that theres a peaceful transfer of power . We want to get rid of the ballots and you listen there wont be a transfer frankly. Therell be a continuation. The president also suggested the Election Results could be contested all the way to the Supreme Court. Facebook has announced a new policy over Election Results. The social media giant vowed to reject political ads that claim victory for a candidate before final results are in. The company will rely on reuters and the National Election pool to determine the results. And dont forget, you have until october 19th to register to vote. For more information on how to register, just go to kpix. Com campaign2020. Just released data showing 870,000 americans filed for first time Unemployment Benefits last week. Diane king hall of cbsmoneywatch. Com joins us live from new york. Good morning diane. Reporter good morning len, thats right. The labor market is in focus once again today and as you mentioned the government says 870,000 americans filed for jobless claims la last week, that number was worse than expected and remains historically high and you want to keep that in mind before the pandemic the highest level ever recorded was 671,000 which was in 1982. Meantime, fed chair powell and treasury secretary mnuchin will both speak to the Senate Banking committee today. Yesterday, powell confronted questions over the feds policies to help main street versus wall street during the pandemic. Powell said the central bank is quote done basically all the things we can think of and called for for fiscal stimulus. Citigroup is making a billion dollar commitment to closing the racial wealth gap. It will use more than half a billion dollars to help more people of color buy homes and 350 million will be set aside for procurement opportunities for black owned businesses. The programs main objectives are advancing Racial Equity and economic mobility through better access to banking and credit. Len . And diane, some will add Pumpkin Spice to just about anything. Especially now that were in the fall. But i hear they are messing with a classic this time. Fill me in. Reporter yes. Yes. Apparently someone thought why not pair it with macaroni and cheese . Kraft heinz canada is launching a fall infused dinner in a box featuring Pumpkin Spice flavoring excuse me, to add to its classic cheese powder mix. The love it or hate it product has its limits though. Only 1,000 recipients will receive a box. Len . Keep it with the 1,000 people. If you put some macaroni and cheese in front of me. Im going to be big mad and have some problems. Exactly. Lets not do this. We have to draw the line somewhere. Pumpkin spice coffee. Tea. Whatever. Fine. Macaroni and cheese, uhhuh. No. No, maam. Diane, thank you. See you again at 6 30. Cheese and macaroni, thats it. Im with you. 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And traveling as safely as possible. Much more on the story is coming up at 7 00 a. M. On cbs this morning. Some Amazing New Technology is giving people who need a heart transplant new hope this morning. We want to warn you though this video is a little graphic. But normally, donor hearts that are packed in ice and rushed to the transplant site with about a four hour window of opportunity. The transmettics organ care device transmits electrical signals and pumps warm blood through the heart. That allows the organ to beat outside the body nearly twice as long. So the heart is sort of functioning in the way that it would if it was inside your body. Sometimes distance is an issue with our the current way we do things. And so now, with this device we buy some time and were able to get the heart to the right recipient. Doctors estimate the device could increase the number of heart donors by 30 . Its currently undergoing Clinical Trials to get fda approval. The California State University system making history. Dr. Joseph castro has been named chancellor of the 23 campus system. Hes the first Mexican American and first native californian to hold the position. Raised by a single mother and his farm worker grandparents, castro earned degrees at uc berkeley and stanford. He was previously the president of fresno state and csu says his story exemplifies the power of Higher Education in an individuals life. Also another milestone. For the first time all three California PublicEducation Systems uc and California Community colleges and csu are led by people of color. New this morning, a man in new york has been given a unique honor for chasing down a suspect in a subway train derailment. A year of free unlimited subway and bus rides. The mta says rikain wilder caught a man throwing construction debris on the tracks twice, causing a train to derail with 135 passengers on board. None of the passengers in the derailment were injured. A live look now at San Francisco where organizers of an annual bike to work day are remaiming todays event due to the pandemic. Its now being called bike to wherever day. The point is to encourage people to embrace biking as a way to get around for essential trips even if theyre working from home. Today the Sf Bicycle Coalition will hand out free tote bags at pickup spots around the city. Right now another check on the roads. Gianna . Hey there. Hey, good morning. Lets get you updated on this commute in the Altamont Pass. Its been a pretty busy one but the good news is, if you are just getting ready to head out the door, its getting a bit better. We had a broken down big rig right at greenville blocking the right lane and now completely cleared out of the lanes and the drive times certainly improving. However, still seeing quite a bit of red. Still going to take some time but you are looking at now 53 minutes. So much better than what it was about 20 minutes ago to go from 205 over to 680. Altamont pass road, patterson pass, typical alternates to the area and also pretty busy as well. So just keep that in mind. Westbound eastshore freeway, still looking good. 15 minute drive time highway 4 to the maze and highway 4 itself not seeing any problems just yet. Were noticing though on highway 4 that traffic pattern definitely gets a little bit busier after the 6 00 hour. And 101 northbound hellyer to sfo. So out of the south bay, san jose, if you are going to the peninsula, only 44 minutes right now. Lets jump over and take a look at traffic here here as you work through walnut creek. A first report of an accident northbound 680. Involving a motorcycle. We are seeing some slight delays as you approach the scene. Two left lanes are blocked for emergency crews. So a little slow as you head through there. And it is foggy this morning in some spots especially on the Golden Gate Bridge. Chp issued a fog advisory. Right around 2 30 this morning. And it is still pretty murky out there so limited visibility may be a factor for that commute through marin county this morning. So extra careful as you work across the Golden Gate Bridge. And a live look here at the bay bridge toll plaza. Looks like the metering lights may have just been turned on and traffic is certainly starting to stack up as you head through there into San Francisco. Thats a look at your morning drive. Lets check in with mary and its another day of good air quality. Love to be able to say this. Thats right. That clean and fresh air for the bay area once again. Checking air quality conditions, looking good all across the bay area. So enjoy it because we are going to see some changes. Could have the hazy skies back as we look to our weekend and early next week. So air quality forecast, looking good for today. But moderate air quality returns for us friday into the weekend. And early next week. So watching those northerly to northeasterly winds and that offshore wind flow could bring some more smoke back into the bay area as we look to the weekend. Also a high fire danger. This is something that is very concerning for us. A fire weather watch in effect from 11 00 a. M. Saturday until 8 00 a. M. On monday. For the areas highlighted in yellow. So north bay mountains, east bay hills and interior valleys due to dry and gusty offshore winds. Could see gusts up to 35 to 50 Miles Per Hour. Especially up in the higher elevations. Low relative humidity values. So were looking at critical fire weather conditions as we go through our weekend and early next week. In the meantime, its definitely foggy along the coast and right around the bay. Especially for our Golden Gate Bridge camera. Temperatures running in the 50s and 60s. So mid 50s in santa rosa and looking at low 60s livermore and San Francisco. Mid 60s for concord and oakland and for san jose as we kick off a new day here. So this is what to expect. Looking at that morning fog at the coast. And right around the bay. With cloudy conditions inland. A bit cooler for today with that stronger ocean breeze bringing in slightly warmer for tomorrow. But heating up for the weekend. In fact, a heat wave in store for us as we look to our weekend and early next week. So that stronger ocean breeze for today again thats the reason why its going to be a little bit cooler compared to yesterday. Its all because of that low pressure system bringing that rain to the Pacific Northwest and then watch as we head into the weekend. As heat dome builds for us. So thats why were talking about temperatures skyrocketing for our weekend. That high fire danger and could have those hazy skies back again. For today, though, looking at 81 in santa clara and 82 for san jose and for the south bay, 83 for campbell and for the east bay 86 in concord. 85 for Pleasant Hill and low to mid80s for the trivalley. Around the bay, upper 60s in San Francisco and mid 70s in oakland and for the north bay, in the low to mid80s this afternoon. Heres that extended forecast and what you can expect. As we are looking at temperatures just a little bit warmer for tomorrow. Much warmer saturday but heating up with triple digit heat inland sunday and monday of next week. Back to you. To storm watch, rounds of rain brought by tropical depression beta have shut down many roads in louisiana. Along the river, you can see high water signs and roadways submerged in water and businesses closed because of all the flooding. For some, getting to work is getting tricky. I need a boat to get to and from my truck. So you got to wake up extra early at 6 00 a. M. And you know, bust it out. Its chaotic as usual. Some of the locals say these conditions are so inconvenient for them, they plan to move away. Meanwhile, Officials Say they will continue to monitor the area. 5 51. 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The warning to keep in mind this weekend. Plus, another weekly jobless claims report is released. We have those brand new numbers for you coming up. Good morning everyone, its thursday, september 24th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Cooler weather is on tap for today. But it wont last long. Mary lee has your forecast. Yeah, len and michelle, and enjoy today with temperatures just a little bit cooler compared to yesterday. The heat is on for sure as you look to the end of the week with that high fire danger. So a lot to get to, this morning though looking at that strong onshore flow. And good air quality. Great to