The wind is not as strong as it was last night, that is the good news but it is still gusty. And the humidity is still less than 10 across much of the bay area. Last night, mount st. Helena, 80 mile an hour wind gust just before of them 30 last night. 70 miles an hour, the Oakland Hills had a wind gust close to severe thunderstorms, 57 miles an hour, not the airport measured 50 mile an hour wind gusts. So while it is not going to be this strong, tonight, still Strong Enough and the humidity is still low enough to keep us in the critical fire weather threat. We take a look at the forecast values for humidities and wind speeds across the bay area coming up in a few minutes. Strong wind took down this giant tree near the santa rita jail in dublin. People in the neighborhood say the wind was so loud it sounded like a hurricane moving through. Juliette goodrich live in san leandro where cleanup is underway after fierce wind ripped through that area. Reporter theres a lot of cleanup. We are long fairmont drive here in san leandro. Let me give you an example because the wind was really whipping though here overnight, even during the day here. Take a look at this particular uprooted tree. It is now hanging over some cable lines, fortunately, they are not carrying power, it would have been a much different scenario, if they were. In some areas, power was shut off as a safety precaution. And in other areas, power was knocked out by downed power lines, and strong wind. This happened and bankrupt in oakland. It was a little dangerous because things were falling. You know, a few feet away. Reporter powerless and defenseless in castro valley, the reinhardts spent the day repairing their friends that was blown down overnight. Because the old fence post, and put in new ones. We want to build it like it was. Reporter he had a generator for us power tools. The dog is unhappy because she is in the house and she wants to run around the backyard. A bumpy start for a monday. It could have been worse. No school for hannah and her younger sister today. So hannah spent a productive day in her horse barn instead. Rushing big red. So when do you think youll be able to do homework . Probably at night like always do. Reporter the san leandro Public Works Department says it could take up to a week to clear away truckloads of debris. People in san leandro, having been told in the fire might be coming back on . Kids like hannah, maybe and for another day of Distance Learning without power tomorrow as well. Red flag warning. And so power may been or may not be restored. It is also out of the mill valley public library. After last years power safety shutoffs, employees say they put a plan in place, the library provided Curbside Pickup or customers, they also had a backup generator, portable chart, and wifi hotspots. We thought this through after last year, everything that could possibly happen, and i think we got everything covered, our phones are down, we knew that would happen, so we are forwarding them to google voice and Staff Members working from home answering all the questions there. Employees and that have flashlights and even even more headlights. Thousands of customers are still left in the dark. Here is the latest pg e outage map. The areas marked with a purple triangle, without power, and we are just hearing places like lafayette, and lorenzo, will not get their power back on until tomorrow. The utility cut power to 355,000 customers across 30 counties. In every bay area county, except san francisco. Pg e crews will inspect over 17,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines, before those lines can be reenergized. The expected or they are expected to have an update on the shutoffs of 6 00. We will bring it to you live on air and online. Shortly the strong wind revocable fire danger. In concord a tree fell taking down power lines with it. This all dangerously close to a home that happened just before midnight. On birchwood court, near concord high school. Number of spot fires popped up, but firefighters were on high alert and they jumped into action on time. These two fires started by the homeless could have put nearby neighborhoods in harms way but santa rosa firefighters were ready for it. Thorough fire was. And that starting in the hills between calistoga and st. Helena. It also quickly, that same network is also they are determined to not have a repeat. We have seen with the potential can be here locally. Weve had a number of back to back years with devastating wildfires, so we are definitely taking this seriously and having a lot of firefighters on hand and hoping that we get through this without any significant issues. They had already deemed the classifier 100 contained. You can stay uptodate on the fire danger on our app. Gives you easy 24 7 access, to cbsn bay area and kpix5 newscasts. Working news and washington, the final vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the u. S. Supreme court is underway. Cbs reporter Debra Alfarone is live on capitol hill with the very latest. Reporter well, that boat, like you said, is underway, theyre going through a roll call vote and when this goes through, not if but when because we are hearing that it will be going through, this will be considered a huge win for publicans and for president trump, just eight days away from the election. This will mark the president s third nomination to the Supreme Court, and Amy Coney Barrett could be a justice tonight and she could start working tomorrow. The president did tap barrett, that was to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, who will, following her death 30 days ago, heading into todays vote, Senate Republicans were sure about their decision to move her confirmation forward. Despite objections, though, from the dead of democratic colleagues. She will approach each case without prejudices or preconceived notions. We should not be voting on this lifetime appointment to the American People themselves are in the middle of voting. Reporter into this just in, breaking, she has been confirmed. She is now justice Amy Coney Barrett. That just happened as we were having those soundbites played for you. The new york sen. Kirsten gillibrand was among democrats who pulled an all nighter to protest the final vote that just happened, warning that the future of the Affordable Care act is on the line. Now that we know that she is confirmed, what other key cases will she likely here . Reporter well, they will be the aca, certainly, theres a couple of different types of election ballot issues that are going on. Those are invalid ground states. Those with the first things that you will be hearing and they will be allegedly going to work tomorrow so shes got a lot of stuff going on tonight, theres going to be an event at the white house, and she will be sworn in. But also, there will be the rights of samesex couples, they will be the president s immigration, his plans for that, and that anything that potentially comes out of this election because certainly, there could be some legal battles associated with that, as well. You mentioned the white house is holding another event after the vote, even as it deals with another covid outbreak . Reporter yeah, and that is what is so interesting, we are hearing that that will be at the rose garden in of course you remember the rose garden is the place that super spreader event that happened were 12 people, at least 12, rather, they had tested positive for covid19 after that so they are having that at the rose garden, we are hearing tonight, and sources are telling us that hundred will be there. We are also hearing that the seats will be socially distanced, so anyone who is seated will be socially distanced, and then masks will be required. I can tell you ive heard about masks being wired there come you know, since the president has recovered from covid, and i did not see a lot of people wearing masks. It will be interesting to see what happens. Required but not enforced. All right, thank you. This just in, the battleground state of wisconsin will not be extending its deadline to count mail in ballots. The Supreme Court sided with republicans in this case, today justices refused to reinstate a lower court order, calling for ballots to be counted six days after november 3. Democrats argued the pandemic is grounds for extending the deadline. Still ahead, and streaming on cbsn bay area. A convicted killer confesses to the murder of an east bay teenager, four decades later. The family of the victim is questioning his timing. I dont like he has admitting to it to the right reasons. That was off on wall street, coronavirus cases soar across the country, how some states are bringing down the hammer. Later, water found on th whos supporting prop 15 . Governor gavin newsom. The governor says prop 15 is, fair, phasedin, and long overdue reform, that will exempt Small Businesses and Residential Property owners. Join governor newsom. Vote yes on 15. It provides property tax fairness for disabled homeowners like cynde, stuck living with a broken elevator. Nineteen helps wildfire victims, like ellie, one of 24,000 whove lost their homes to fire. And seniors like pam who need to move closer to family or medical care, without a tax penalty. Prop 19 limits taxes on our most vulnerable. Yes on 19. Whos supkamala harris. 5 . Harris says, a Corporate Tax loophole has allowed billions to be drained from our Public Schools and local communities. No more. Im proud to support prop 15. Vote yes. Schools and communities first is responsible for the content of this ad. New at five, a bombshell confession, the man convicted of killing a pleasanton teenager confesses to the murder nearly 4 decades later. But as john ramose reports, some believe it is just a strategy to get out of prison. Reporter on april 5, 1984 a young Freshman Student named tina fails left Foothill High School in pleasanton to go home. Some kids have been picking on her so she boarded the bus and decided to walk instead. Her family would never see her again. She was found dead, stabbed 44 times with a knife, and a drainage colbert along highway 680. The memories are still vivid for her kid brother, drew. I remember that day like it was yesterday. Just, having my mom sit outside my bedroom door, for me to policy doesnt eightyearold, because we do not know who it was, and i did not know if i was next. They never found all suspect and the case went unsolved until 2011, when dna from the scene pointed to a man already in jail, named steve carlson. He was convicted in 2014, but always declared his innocence. Until now. As he approached his first parole hearing, he has written three letters, admitting guilt a saying i want you and your family to know you did absolutely nothing to deserve what i did to you. The letters go on to explain that he was acting out of rage from having been bullied himself. He got bullied but also, steve is a major bullied himself. So what came first . Josh was a multimedia journalist, who wrote a book about the killing. He also attended foothill high, shortly after the murder, and says kids in the area always suspected the boy they called creepy carles and, and they were not surprised when he was arrested. He says he does not want to guess why he may have admitted it now. 36 years denying it, theres a number of reasons why he penned these letters, it might be because he wants to try and get released earlier. It might be that he is trying to clear his conscience. Reporter they actually canceled his own parole hearing. And tinas brother, drew, believes it is all part of a plan to influence future attempts for lease. Do you buy that there is remorse there or do you think it is more of a strategy . Definitely a strategy. There is no remorse. None at all. That was the case, he could have admitted in the courtroom, or come you know, he waited until his parole hearing for it to come out. Why did you have to wait five and half years . Stephen carlson was originally sentenced to 26 years to life for the murder but an Appeals Court reduced that to 16 years to life. His next parole hearing is not for another three years. The u. S. Stock market plunged, sell off, in the mid a surgeon coronavirus cases, and worries that help remains nowhere in sight. At one point the dow dropped nearly 1000 points. The recovered some of its losses closing down 650 points from 2 . The nasdaq a 109 points and the s p down 64. Lets but, covid19, more than 83,000 new cases were reported on friday. A new record. Cases are up in 44 states, and no states are seeing declines. It is the last two weeks, half of all states have set to single day records, four new cases. And in texas theres a curfew in el paso, where the icus are now lately full. In michigan, covid little hospitalizations surged more than 80 . And a newark, new jersey, all nonessential businesses will be forced to close down early starting tomorrow. , fire watch in southern california, 70,000 people driven from their homes by an explosive wildfire. Heavy snow blinking parts of Orange County, the fire erupted this morning, quickly threatening neighborhoods in irvine. Crews battling the dangerous wind gust there come the santa annas, some of them 70 miles an hour gusts, to Orange County firefighters were critically injured. There were crews working in the canyon. Thats what im talking about. s into the santa anna wind, fueling the flames. The socalled silverado fire. It doubled to nearly 4000 acres, in just the matter of hours. Lets bring paul back. Really what california needs is some rain. We dont have any of that insight for the next two weeks at, in all likelihood. It is not we will happens had been alert for this, even once the diablo wind come the offshore wind, dies down which they have not really yet. The gusty winds again tonight especially in the higher terrain of the bay area. Combine that with very low humidity levels, check this out in detail and just a second, that means the fire danger is going to remain near critical as we had through tonight, and again tomorrow. But until we get some rain the fire danger is going to remain at least elevated, just a matter of how bad it is going to be. Forecast relative humidity levels will start to clock your at a couple of hours eight of, most relative humidity levels about 5 to 10 for most of the bay area. A little bit of recovery for areas on the peninsula and the coast but that is about it. Those are the exceptions rather than the rule. For the rest of tonight, relative humiditys hovering around 10 , which is really, really drive. Anything below 20 is a concern, so being at half that level is even more of a concern as we had into early tomorrow morning, even with some recovery to the humidity, it will still be very dry out there, i tomorrow afternoon the humidity drops again, as temperatures warm up by by that point, the wind will not be as much of a concern. We are still going to have to be on alert elevated fire threats to the next couple of weeks until we do get some rain but again the crucial time frame will be tonight, into early tomorrow, future cast, 40 mile an hour wind gusts around fairfield, by later this evening, and a lot of the numbers you see lower than 10 miles an hour. But keep an eye on the propulsion areas, those indicate the gusts is over 40 miles an hour, it is going to be in the north bay mountains, east bay hills can the diablo range. Fairfield consistently gusty wind. It is still going to be breezy tomorrow afternoon, but the arrows are moving in a different direction, an onshore breeze and that will start to deliver some moisture, as the marine layer begins to make its way farther and further inland and that will deftly help us out, even in the absence of any actual rain. Right now temperatures are in the 70s for most of us, upper 60s in the city but otherwise mostly low to mid 70s, 79 degrees right now in santa rosa things to the downslope wind, several degrees warmer than we were this point yesterday but we are going to hover at this level as we head to the next couple of days. We drop down to the 40s and 50s for most of us but some of the valleys dipping down into the upper 30s, the dry air in place, cools off very efficiently at night so we will see some chilly temperatures out there early tomorrow. It also heats up very efficiently during the day. Mostly 70s on the map, just a few spots still in the 60s, inland temperatures will be a mix of upper 70s and low 80s by tuesday afternoon. Mostly low to mid 70s around the bay, likely the warmest temperatures we will see for the rest of the week and one more day of offshore wind for most of the day means that Half Moon Bay should reach the upper 60s. Temperatures will stay write about that level inland, wednesday and thursday. Slow cool down as the onshore wind picks back up. Back down to the mid 60s by friday, halloween is looking pretty nice, some cloud cover on saturday with temperatures slightly above average for the last day of october. Coming up at 5 30, we take a look at the fire weather danger index for the north bay and east bay hills, that is coming up in just about 30 minutes. Still ahead, the 49ers dominated the newington patriots on sunday. And our starting to get on the role. Professor Dennis Odonnell hands out his latest grades. 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Defense, nothing to see here, another letter a performance, they kept the pages of the end zone a longa seasonlow six point at four deceptions despite being shorthanded in the secondary, again. It was so bad for new england they bench their started, cam newton, in the Third Quarter and finally the offense, a, only, only because jimmy threw two interceptions. Jimmy was efficient, and out of the backfield, just wilson, 117 yards and three scores, before he got hurt. The 49ers have rediscovered their physical mojo style. Everybody kind of goes into that dark place. Is a violent game. He is headed to enter reserve. Diebel samuel is going to miss two weeks, so the injury bug continues but the grades keep getting better, 49ers looking good. Back to the two, the two psychopaths in the studio. Takes one to know one. You fit right in, dennis. Coming up at 5 30, special coverage of the election including a more convenient way to vote. We know it can be tough to find the time to get to one of your voting, i am devin fehely in pescadero and i will tell you about a unique plan to bring a Voting Center to your community. The bay area losing another landmark of its past, what is behind the disappearance of the cocacola sign. Plus. We were literally over the 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. 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. Breaking news in marin county, chopper five over a