Try to prevent fires. We start with weather. Tracking those off shore winds, returning for us. Right now here is a live look at the Sales Force Tower camera as we look north and light conditions for the most part looking at 12mile an hour winds in santa rosa. Its up in the Higher Elevations where we are watching the stronger wind gusts. 44mile an hour wind gusts, mount diablo44, mount tam is 33. Nevado is 26 and 22 in the oakland hills. We will continue to watch the winds as we head through tonight into tomorrow morning. Red flag warning in effect until 11 00 a. M. Friday for the areas highlighted in red. That is the north bay and east bay mountains and the inland valleys and Santa Cruz Mountains all under that red flag warning due to gusty off shore winds. We are looking at gusts as high as 35 to 55 miles an hour, especially up in the Higher Elevations, above a thousand feet and low relative humidity values and extreme fire danger. Critical fire weather conditions as we head through the next few days. Of course we are talking about the heat, daytime highs above average for this time of year. I will walk you through on future gusts, when we expect to see the stronger winds with the peak wind gusts with the off shore wind event. Thank you. With high fire danger on the way north bay residents are preparing for the worst. Emily turner has more on the warning thats becoming too familiar. A red flag warning already and a Public Safety power shut off is set to follow as early as six tonight. Life here, though, seems relatively normal because that unfortunately is the new normal. The threat of fire is ever present these days. Its hillsides, store fronts and windows all bare a sign of the times. Its fire season and that means red flag weather, power shut offs and the possibility of evacuations. I used to love october. It was one of the busiest months of the year. Its just been a disaster for the last two years. The warning started at five in the morning. The power shut down could start as soon as 6 00 p. M. Fire fatigue has set in. First the coronavirus and then the fire and then the shut down. Pg e has a grid to provide power to about 1500 people in the town once it goes dark. Carol bushs store will have power but her house in one of the more fire prone areas wont. Its she said she has gotten used too. My house mate is getting ice as we speak and i power up everything here. I at least can download movies or something to do in the dark at home. Emily turner. Kpix5. Pg e has set up a base camp where it has the equipment ready to restore service when fire damage passes. Crews are ready to respond to get power and gas outages if another fire starts. Ten parks in the east Bay Regional Parks district are closing due to high fire danger. They include kennedy grove, wildcat canyon, and huckleberry botanical regional park. If all goes well they will reopen friday morning at 11. Too capitol hill. Its the final day of questioning in the confirmation hearing of judge amy coney barrett. Senators are asking about her beliefs and bringing in politics. Judge barrett took her seat for a final day of questioning. More than halfway through her confirmation hearing the Supreme Court nominee has declined to preview how she would rule on key issues including the Affordable Care act, abortion rights and voting rights. Are all questions on which i cant give an answer. Again, its one of those things that i cant answer. Not something i can opine on. Reporter democrats expressed frustration. You have asked a couple different questions about what the senator what the president may be able to do. I think that i really cant say anything more than im not going to answer hypotheticals. Reporter republicans say that barrett has handled herself in the same way as past nominees. Its not appropriate for you or any nominee in your position, for any level of the judiciary to make promises or give hints on how you would rule or what you think about a potential issue that may come up. Barretts religious and personal views are known but she says they are separate but senators are bringing politics into the hearings. This is the first time in American History that we have nominated a woman who is prolife and embraces her faith without apology and she is going to the court. A seat at the table is waiting on you. Lindsey graham has scheduled a Committee Vote for tomorrow but democrats are expected to delay that for a week. Still, judge barrett is on pace for final confirmation to the court before the november 3rd election. Cbs news, capitol hill. Tomorrow the hearings will feature outside witnesses testifying for and against the judges nomination. To campaign 2020. The president ial candidates are preparing for town halls. The president and former Vice President will take center stage on two Different Networks tomorrow on the night of what was supposed to be their second debate but not before zoning in on key battleground states. Deborah reports from the white house. At a rally the president appealed to women voters. Suburban women will you please like me . Please. Please. I saved your neighborhood, okay . He acknowledged the clock is ticking. I can do it but i have to go quickly. The president courted seniors who polls show back joe biden by a large margin. Biden cares more about illegal aliens than senior citizens. Seniors were a key to his win. A doctored photograph he tweeted may not help. It puts biden in an assisted living facility with the words biden for resident. He did nothing. He didnt do a thing. Biden is continuing his attack on the president s coronavirus response. So many lives have been lost because this president cares more about the stock market than he does about, you know, well being of seniors. Speaking to seniors in florida he called the president s plan to send seniors Prescription Drug cash cards a gimmick. He will raid Medicare Trust fund to pay for that 200. The president heads to iowa this evening, a state he won in 2016 but polls show the race tied there now. Cbs news, the white house. Biden is back in delaware campaigning today. Here in california you have five days left to register to vote. For more information head to kpix. Com campaign 2020. The live news desk after the big reopening going on in Santa Clara County today. Now that they are in the states orange tier. Pedros restaurant in santa clara is one of many taking advantage of the loosening of coronavirus restrictions. Finally welcoming customers back for Indoor Dining for the first time in months. They can only be at 25 capacity. Those numbers must be posted for customers to see and businesses must submit their social distancing protocols to the county with in two weeks. Workers here say they will take what they can get. We can bring some more of the crew back and welcome them. The one that are ready to come. Itll really help us, you know, continue in business. County is also banning ambient music inside restaurants because that may prompt people to raise their voices and potentially project the virus into the air. Also today capacity limits are now lifted on malls and retail stores. Outdoor gatherings of up to 200 people and indoor gatherings of churches, Movie Theaters and gyms at 25 capacity. Alameda county also turned orange yesterday. Sonoma is the only bay area county still in the most restricted purple tier. One more note on the orange tier. Bars can open and serve outside finally, not inside but outdoors without serving a meal. Its complicated, keeps changing. Kids in San Francisco can take to the swings, the slides and the monkey bars. The citys playgrounds are reopening today. Gone are the padlocks and the yellow tape that have kept them off limits. Playgrounds will be limited to 30 minutes, social distancing is required everybody over two must wear a face covering. The mayor also revealed new upgrades to six older playgrounds today. Its hard for children right now. Kids are not in school. They are in front of a screen on a regular basis. That is not good for them. We know its not good for them. Its why i have been putting of course as much pressure as i can on the public to do our part. Its all part of an effort to transform over a dozen older playgrounds across San Francisco and now with new safely precautions in place the city can now reopen about 180 playgrounds. We brought you the mayors playground update live on cbsn bay area. You can stay up to date by streaming us on kpix. Com or on the new app. Money trouble for a major Movie Theater chain. How soon it could run out of cash. We are still two weeks from halloween and people are already Holiday Shopping. Im chris martinez. 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. Amc could run out of cash by the end of the year. The largest theater chain in the United States has reopened most of its venues but is operating at reduced capacity. In a government filing they said it has seen an 85 drop in attendance since reopening. Christmas is still ten weeks away but the Holiday Shopping season has started. Today is the second day of amazons big sale for prime members. Chris martinez reports the pandemic has other Companies Offering deep discounts. This is what Holiday Shopping used to look like. The pandemic has more people pointing and clicking. You know way back in the day Holiday Shopping started with black friday weekend. As online sales have grown retailers have started pushing the sales earlier and earlier. This year they are going to start now. Samantha gordon with Consumer Reports said the coronavirus is a big reason why. Amazon was overwhelmed with orders in the spring and summer when americans shifted to more Online Shopping as stores shut down. Amazon prime day is back. The company moved their two day prime day from july to this week, offering more than a million sale items. Target, walmart, and others are following suit with online deals. We are seeing sales at best buy and bed, bath and beyond. And many are ready to take advantage of the discounts. A survey found 75 of americans prefer to do their Holiday Shopping online. 67 say they are searching for deals during the prime days. Thats more than cyber monday and black friday. I think the trend of earlier shopping for the holidays is here to stay. Retail me not said there are big price cuts on electronics, appliances, and home goods. A lot of people are going to start their shopping and then some cases finish it in october. Thats because 55 of people are concerned about those inventory and shipping delays. Chris martinez. Cbs news los angeles. There will be deeper discounts on toys in december but shopper who wait take a chance that the toy will be sold out or wont arrive on time. Cant believe we are already talking about Holiday Shopping. Guess i need to get started. Everything is just gone by so fast from the summer, fall, already talking about the holidays. Where is the time going . We are looking at plenty of sun, temperatures warming up this afternoon. We will continue to watch those temperatures climb as we look to thursday and friday. Here is a live look with our camera with that sunshine and you can see the temperatures in the 70s and 80s. Looking at 87 in concord, 77 in oakland. Livermore in at 87. 79 in San Francisco, 81 in san jose and santa rosa at 88. We are looking at temperatures much warmer compared to yesterday at this time. Anywhere from four to nine degrees warmer with that 24 hour temperature change. Half moon bay just a little cooler this afternoon. We are looking at extreme fire danger with critical fire weather conditions. Watching those off shore winds return, that red flag warning in effect. Now until 11 00 a. M. Friday, for the north bay and east bay mountains, inland valleys and Santa Cruz Mountain was the gusty off shore winds 35 to 55 miles an hour. Especially up in the Higher Elevations, really watching the winds ramp up as we go through tonight into tomorrow morning. Ly show you future cast in just a moment. Low relative humidity values. We are looking at those dangerous fire weather conditions. The strong ridge of High Pressure in place building in for us and bringing the heat. This low pressure system across the Pacific Northwest is close enough to this ridge of High Pressure with the tight pressure gradients and gusty conditions. The peak of the wind was the off shore wind event will happen tonight into tomorrow morning. That will be when we will see the strongest winds and low relative humidity values dropping as we head through the next few days. Down to the Single Digits and teens. A very big concern for us. Our daytime highs, looking at daytime highs well above average for this time of year in to the 80s around the bay and 90s inland this afternoon and it gets hotter still as we look to thursday and friday. The hottest days of the week. Still warm to hot on saturday but cooling it down as we look to sunday and next week with the return of that ocean breeze. Back to you. All right. Thank you. The amazing race is back tonight. Celebrating a huge milestone. One million miles. Among them is a sibling team. Im the older sister. He is the younger brother. We are software engineers. We wont have a computer for a whole month. They are one of the 11 teams that will test their relationships and physical abilities when they hit the road in tonights season premiere. It was all shot prepandemic and you can watch the amazing race tonight at nine on kpix5. Still ahead, helping their customers help the environment. The new programs from two Big Companies. And a reminder, kpix5 has a new app to give you 24 hour access to the news and realtime news updates. You can also sign up for breaking news. Couple of Big Companies making changes to help the environment. Ikea is launching a buy back program. Here is how it works. You bring in your built furniture, then get a voucher depending on the condition. If the dresser looks like new you will get 50 off the original price. It then drops off to 40 and 30 . The furniture must be returned fully put together. And starting today panera will be the First American Restaurant Group to label meal that are climate friendly. The meal must have a foot print of less than 5. 38 kilograms. Coming up a taste of Business Class without the steep ticket price. One airlines new plan. And today on the 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. Welcome back. Im keeping a close eye on the off shore winds. That red flag warning remains in effect from now until 11 00 a. M. For the north bay mountains, east bay mountains, inland valleys and Santa Cruz Mountains with gusts as high as 35 to 55 miles an hour and already seeing gusts up in the Higher Elevations, 30 to 40 miles an hour. Peak wind gusts will be tonight into tomorrow morning. Watching that very closely for you. All right. Thank you. Do you miss flying so much that even airplane food sounds good . Dont know about that one. One Airline Carriers is selling its airline food in supermarkets. Check out these Business Class meals. They include options like reindeer meat balls, and beef terayaki and they cost 12 each. The terayaki sounds good. Thats okay. I dont 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. 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