Reporter 3. 5 Million People that live in alameda and sarah clan a counties got the okay to move into the less restricted orange tier of coronavirus protections and we are waiting for more information the second from the state office top health officer. He will be addressing the current rules, mark ghaly. Here are things the way they stand way we know it, according to the state website, you can see from the map your, most of the bay area still in the red. You can see santa clara, alameda joining San Francisco in the orange tier of coronavirus restrictions. San francisco moved into that tear at the start of, and that meant individual counties, even though they get the states okay, it does not mean it will happen immediately. But Indoor Dining may be allowed, that would be up to 25 capacity, churches, cultural gatherings, and movie theaters could resume Indoor Services with no more than 100 people. Health officials in Santa Clara County set to give an update on when they plan to allow businesses to reopen. That is coming up at 1 00 this afternoon, we will be streaming that live on cbsn bay area and stay tuned to see if dr. Mark ghaly has interesting things to say when he has his address this afternoon. Deal. Thank you. The other big story this afternoon, confirmation hearings under way for Supreme Court nominee judge amy coney barrett. Today, she faces another questions about how she will rule if seated. Skyler henry is live on capitol hill. Reporter good afternoon. Up to this point we have seen democrats including senator Dianne Feinstein question judge barrett on her record and where she stands on several hot button issues including abortion and the Affordable Care act. Up until this point we heard the judge say essentially she is declining to wait into those issues saying it is premature to wait into those topics. This is what we are expected to see for the rest of the day today and tomorrow. Lawmakers on both sides not only pressing the potential justice on where she stands but also praising her record. Let me begin reporter right out of the gate, california senator Dianne Feinsteins words focus on Amy Coney Barretts views on abortion. You agree with Justice Scalias view that roe v. Wade was wrongly decided . Senator, i completely understand why you are asking the question but again, i cannot precommitment or say yes im going in with some agenda because im not. Reporter democrats are focused on the Affordable Care act. The Supreme Court has an upcoming case about the laws future. President trump made it crystal clear, he has promised his nominees went over to the aca. Let me be clear, i have made no commitment to anyone, not in the senate or the white house about how i would decide any case. Senate judiciary chairman Lindsey Graham scheduled to Committee Vote on her nomination for later this week, even before her hearings had wrapped up. I will do everything i can to make sure you have a seat at the table and that table is the Supreme Court. Reporter President Trump says he wants there on the bench in time for the election. Democrats say she should recuse herself from any High Court Ruling about the election. Justice ginsburg flaming how the recusal works, it involves the justices and the other eight justices, that is not a question i could answer. Did you hold up what you are referring to and answering questions . Judge barrett has been answering questions without the use of notes. The Judiciary Committee scheduled its first vote this thursday at mantle clock in the morning. That will be delayed about a week which is per committee roles. It will take its final vote on october 22nd giving republicans enough time to get a full vote on the senate floor before the election. On capitol hill, im skyler hill with kpix5. Warmer weather on the east bay and there is growing concern over fire danger. Here is meteorologist mary lee. Tracking offshore winds that will kick in starting tomorrow. That is a big concern as we are looking at an extreme fire danger begin tomorrow through the rest of the work week. Here is a live look as we look east, you can see clear skies across the bay bridge, around the bay. You can see the blue sky out there. It is what to expect, plenty of sunshine today, a few degrees cooler this afternoon compared to yesterday, we will heat up even more tomorrow through the rest of the work week and return of offshore winds, extreme fire danger wednesday through friday, critical fire weather conditions. The fire weather watch upgraded to red flag warning which takes effect 5 00 game tomorrow until 11 a. M. Friday for elevations above 1000 feet as well as the valley. North bay, mountains, and valleys and east bay hills and valleys and Santa Cruz Mountains under the red flag warning, all of the areas highlighted in red, with the dried gusty offshore winds costs 35 to 55 miles an hour, low relative humidity, values critical fire conditions as we look to tomorrow and the rest of the workweek. We talk more about what to expect take you through the rest of the week coming up in a few minutes. Thank you. Thousands of bay area residents are bracing for fire danger as pg e begins to warn customers they could have power shutoffs starting tomorrow. Kpix5s emily turner has the details. Get your generators and ice and coolers ready because fire weather is upon us, that means he could be without power as early as tomorrow. Today in montclair was a preview of what this week off is gentle Public Safety power shut up what looked like. Businesses in the dark, some closed, others making do. I can do scissors but not clippers. I think it is bad for everyone. Reporter todays Oakland Hills outage was thanks to a bird into a line. As early as tomorrow, fire weather could leave more than 50,000 customers without power, 4000 in Alameda County like matt. It looks like a lot of flashlights and darkness and keeping the windows open to stay cool because it will also get hot. Reporter the only counties under the warning are marin county and San Francisco, napa is the most impacted followed by alameda, contra costa, zones three and four at the most at risk, part of the northbay mountains, mount diablo area, east bay hills, and Santa Cruz Mountains. Customers in the risk areas got the two day warning yesterday in order to prepare for what has become almost regular drill. Actually went to lucky this morning, bought a cooler and a couple bags of ice to get out in front of it, we have been through this three or four times the last few years. All this evolving situation really depend on the weather. Pg e will update you will be losing power regularly. Be sure to stay with kpix5 for the latest information. In oakland, emily turner with kpix5. Check out kpix. Com for the latest pg e updates. New video today, to provide gives us a look at the aftermath of an explosion in gilroy yesterday. Take a look you can see what happened in the middle of a residential area. One man in the hospital with serious injuries and it is not clear what caused the explosion but a bomb squad is investigating. An update on the crash at an Outdoor Dining area in san jose. We know one woman has died at the hospital. Officials say she was one of eight people who were hit by an suv while eating outside the grand sentry mall this weekend. Another victim campaign 2020, President Trump continues on the campaign trail with a rally in pennsylvania this afternoon. He told his campaign he wants to hold events every day until the polls close. Meantime, democratic challenger joe biden is in florida. He is courting Senior Citizens as recent polls show, Older Americans now support him by a wide margin. The Trump Campaign launch two new ads this week aimed at winning back seniors. President trump appeared energized for his first rally since being hospitalized with coronavirus talking more than an hour. I went through it, now they say im immune, i feel so powerful. Doctors have not corroborated the president s immunity claim. Health Officials Say things like this help spread the virus. Circuit 19 states are offering inperson voting already, eight more will do so by the end of the week and five more on monday. Across the bay area, counties offer inperson voting at their registrar of voters offices with more polling places opening at the end of the month, San Francisco can also vote at the Civic Auditorium and in san mateo, the county Clerks Office in redwood city and south San Francisco main library. Circuit today, San Mateo CountyElection Officials will begin open and processing return vote by Mail Processing ballots work the mailin ballots. They will watch the voting systems in action. This morning streaming on cbsn bay area, we showed you boating Safety Measures in Santa Clara County. People are encouraged to vote say from home. For those that want to cast ballots in person, Santa Clara CountyVoting Centers have socially distanced layouts, one way routes, posted health guidelines, and ppe available for workers and voters. You have until monday to register to vote in the next election. For more information, go to kpix. Com campaign2020. Still ahead, lighter, thinner, and smaller. Apple unveils its newest iphone options. Caught on camera, one highs harrowing encounter with the mountain line. Dont miss that. Reminder, kpix5 has a new app that gives you 24 7 access to the bay area oscar the grouch here to tell you, yeah, you, 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. Exciting news for apple fans just about an hour ago, the tech giant unveiled its highly anticipated new iphones. A lot of people guessed it, the iphone 12 will have the ability to connect to 5g, it is supposed to be lighter and thinner than older models and comes in new colors. There is a smaller version, the iphone 12 mini which start at 699 and the iphone 12 starts at 799. Apple released a new Smart Speaker called the home pod mini. Amazon prime day is here which means there will be plenty of shopping from home today and tomorrow. Other retailers try to compete with discounts of their own. A hiker in utah describes a terrifying encounter with a Mountain Lion near his home. Carter evans shows us he has the cell phone video to prove it. No get the plate away reporter this is the moment kyle comes across a Mountain Lion and its cubs while on a trail near his home in utah on saturday. Go away, please go away holy [ bleep ] reporter the roughly 6 minute encounter began as he was about 2 miles from the trailhead. When i was coming down slate canyon is where i ran into the kitty cat. Reporter that kitty cat was a company by an adult Mountain Lion seen running toward him, that is when he says he knew he was in trouble. Get the plate away you see the two cubs, one kind of runs off. I did not notice mama was right there. That is when i knew it was not a good situation to be in. Reporter the Mountain Lion follows him who slowly backs away while attempting to intimidate the animal with loud noises. It then lunches, hisses, and flashes its teeth several times. No reporter he said he had no idea what to do. It was all improv. I am not no outdoor expert at all. Met kate works with the living with winds project said while encounters like this are unbelievably rare, burgess did many of the right things. You want to make yourself look vague, be as loud as possible, like he did, slowly began to back away. Reporter the Mountain Lion was not stalking him but trying to push him away from her cubs. These Mountain Lions will not actively attack a human being unless they need to defend themselves or they are scared. Reporter the encounter ends after burgess throws a rock and startles the animal who runs away after realizing he is safe it last, burgess could barely hold back his relief. It was like it was over like those six minutes were so long. Reporter carter evans with cbs news. That video is amazing. So glad he is okay. Whoa. Dont mess with the mama Mountain Lion. Dont do it. Dont do it. That is too close for comfort. My heart is racing just when it was lunging at him. Scary stuff. We are looking at talking about the weather, plenty of sunshine, we will be warming up as we head through the rest of the afternoon and continuing to warm up as we head through the week. Here is a gorgeous live look with the camera as we look north, you can see clear skies and alcatraz out there. A few boats on the water. Looking at temperatures in the 70s and 80s, 82 in concord, oakland 72 right now, livermore 80, San Francisco, san jose 77 and 84 for santa rosa. Checking air quality conditions, good to moderate air quality and that will be the case throughout the day today, the air alert has been lifted for the bay area, eric quality advisory due to the glass fire. We want to talk about high fire danger as we look to wednesday through friday, offshore winds returning, big concern for us with the red flag warning will kick into Effect Tomorrow morning at 5 00 until 11 00 a. M. Friday for all the areas highlighted in red the northbay mountains and valleys east bay hills and valleys and Santa Cruz Mountains under the red flag warning due to gusty offshore winds, gusts as high as 35 to 55 miles an hour, low relative humidity values, that means we are talking about critical fire weather conditions. I think the pick of the winds will be wednesday evening until thursday morning, where we are watching the strongest winds especially as we look to the northbay mountains and relative humidity values drop significantly as we head through wednesday into thursday and friday. Daytime highs for today above average this time of year. Heating up for sure as we look to wednesday through the workweek. Looking at loda mid70s along the coast, upper 70s low to mid 80s around the bay and heating up inland to the upper 80s to low 90s. Debra gil with the extended forecast and what to expect. Temperatures on the rise tomorrow. Heating up into the mid90s inland, mid to upper 80s around the bay and upper 70s along the coast, the hottest days of the week coming your way thursday and friday. The high fire danger wednesday through friday really watching the time period for you. Warm and hot conditions on saturday, onshore flow kicks in, the ocean breeze for us sunday and the next week, temperatures will be much cooler by the end of the weekend and into next week. Thank you. A quick programming note, the nfl on cbs this evening, the Buffalo Bills at the tennessee titans. The game starts at four clock. You can watch kpix5 news at 5 00 and 6 00 streaming on cbsn bay area and more news after the game and 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. But i cant say i expected this. Because it was easy. 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. [yawn] you. Look. Stunning. Want the truth to why i wake up feeling. [growls softly]. So darn awesome . That skin. And when youve got incontinence, you sure need to. Tena intimates pads lock liquid in, and are now 100 breathable to care for your intimate skin. Are you still here . Kind to skin. Protects like tena. Scientists are looking to the Horseshoe Crab for help developing a coronavirus vaccine. The 450 millionyearold creatures have a blood clotting feature that can detect bacterial toxins that may develop in injectable medicines and vaccines. But overharvesting the crabs is causing a drop in their population. Some scientists hope the recent attention on the crabs will help their conservation efforts. Coming up, science experiments launched into space. The technology onboard. Today on the drew barry show, gloria taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws 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. The drumbeat of parents and students to return to the classrooms is getting louder around the bay area. Some districts told the waters, parents rally today to get kids back to school. Mayor bowser and much more coming up 5 00 on cbsn area. Jeff bezos company, blue origin launched its rocket today launching several nasa experiments into space. Take a look. The new shepherd blasted off from west texas this morning hoisting a capsule containing the experiment. They exposed to fumes and weightlessness before it parachuted down. The launch completed the rockets fourth space white and blue origins 10th test flight. That will do it for kpix5 news at noon. Remember we are on 24 7 on cbsn bay ar bill youre telling me to stay away from steffy . Liam no. Im not. But, dad. [ sighs ] all right. Youre right. All right. Youre right. Im sorry. Im sorry. I just. I know youre just concerned about steffy, but theres a lot going on, and lets be honest. You can be a little. A little you, okay . And im worried enough as it is. Bill about steffy. Liam well, about her doctor. Steffy i mean it. Thank you for being here, for getting me here. Finn youre welcome. Steffy and listen. I know liam doesnt show it, but. Hes thankful. Finn i know he has issues with me, but i understand