Grizzly peak boulevard, not the time during fire season crown forcefully to goal says police and Fire Agencies fear if they do not intervene. The hills will go up in flames. Since june first the Oakland Fire Department says it has responded to at least 10 fires said he legally buy fireworks or bonfires along grizzly peak boulevard in the berkeley and Oakland Hills so far no major damage. The reality is it takes a small spark a group of east bay police and Fire Departments gathered along the turnout wednesday sharing they fear soon one fire will become a destructive and potentially deadly event that threat is real within this Community Signs recently posted along the scenic route extending on to skyline boulevard reminding the public that both stopping and parking in the 9th it. Until 6 in the morning a deterrent for people gathering at night when most of the fires are set any additional threat created by a fire on this hillside would only serve to harm. Our departments and the residents and the overall california mutual aid system we cannot forget the 1991. Hills fire that claimed 25 lives and thousands of homes deals Berkeley U C Berkeley and Kensington Police departments have committed to adding additional patrols in the area indefinitely we have been increasing our patrols in the area since the july 4th Holiday Weekend to just takes one bad actor to cause a big fire one that would impact all of us in Alameda County phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. On capitol hill today, senators grilled top Us Health Experts about how to stop the spread of the coronavirus and when a vaccine. Might be ready. Despite President Trumps public statements that a vaccine could be ready by late next month. Cdc director doctor Robert Redfield said he does not expect one to be widely available for another 9 to 12 months you see him here. Officials say it is possible very limited amounts of the vaccine could be available by the end of this year. But that would be prioritized for Health Care Workers and people most at risk. Just hours after redfields testimony the president contradicted his cdc director about that time line for a vaccine being widely available saying redfield was mistaken when he spoke and that a vaccine would be ready very soon. I think you made a mistake when he said that its just incorrect information. And i called him. And he didnt tell me that and i think you get the message may be confused maybe it was stated incorrectly know were ready to go immediately as the vaccine is announced and it could be announced in october could be announced a little bit after. October. The Trump Administration says once the vaccine is ready. It wants it to be distributed to the public for free. And tonight white house is clarifying that herd immunity is not a strategy to fight covid19. But earlier today press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany was asked if the Trump Administration was counting on herd immunity to deal with the virus that question coming after the president said on tuesday that there will be or herd immunity to the virus a vaccine would make the virus go away quote very quickly, but for the u. S. To reach herd immunity status against the virus. Most experts do say that the nation would need to vaccinate 70 of americans. Today mcenany clarified that the administrations key strategy is to get a vaccine. And there may be at least some new signs of life when it comes to another Coronavirus Relief bill. And the focus is on a tweet today came from the president. Catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to north a congressman Jared Huffman about that catherine there is almost always a tweet. Theres always that way but apparently this was a good tweet congressman huffman he referred to this as a promising smoke signal from the white house just when it seemed that hopes for a new coronavirus a bill were fading again. Yeah, the president tweeted today just Senate Republicans hes telling them to go for much higher numbers and a relief bill, not surprised a lot of people republicans pushing for only limited relief or no new spending at all. Congressman huffman says that one little tweet could make a big difference. I think the president s tweet is a hopeful it certainly gives republicans have been done numbers that just are not meaningful covid it gives them the message that he would like them to go higher and usually they do with the president asks so whether we can get to the range that we need to see in order to really meet the as you know have signaled a willingness to come way down from the heroes act which was or 3 and a half trillion dollar bill that we passed over 3 months ago the question is can we get Senate Republicans to to mean this in the middle and you know that theyve got a long way to go to get to where we need to be but i think the president giving them permission to go higher is is a step in the right direction. How fun says its kind of crazy to think that a tweet would drive a process like this. But says those are the times were living in as for whether there might be a new relief bill stone and not whole lot and now a long wait like after the election. He says it depends on how republicans interpret what the president is saying he at least is expecting negotiations to get very serious. Vicki and grant. Thank you catherine have now to another big story were following and if you live along the gulf coast. This is an enormous story because its an enormous storm and it is not moving quickly that is part of the problem talking about Tropical Storm now sally. This system has brought massive flooding already in damage to parts of mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle. Since it made landfall as a category 2 hurricane. So our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow standing by to talk about the that sally is bringing their which is boy polar opposite of what were experiencing right. Yeah were getting really worried that sally was moving so slowly in the amount of in fall that would come down and get this some places seen 10 to 20 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Some isolated areas as much as 3 feet of rain most that across the southern parts of alabama also to the panhandle of florida you can see sally has made landfall now so no longer hurricane still an extremely potent storm and just moisture laden has pulled all that moisture right out of the gold and continues to bring heavy rainfall not only that you can see the red here those are areas weve got possibilities of tornadic activity that continues to be some warnings there also watches out ahead of that and then you get the areas all the rivers are really looking at flooding along many of the rivers here and of course that storm surge coming along the coastline near goal shore last night making for a mass really a disaster in the southern parts of the state there. This storm system going to start a start tracking a little further to the north now as it moves the north is going to bring with it whole lot more rain sustained winds now of only 45 Miles Per Hour. So Tropical Storm that is moving a little bit quicker thats the good news still not moving fast only 7 Miles Per Hour but compared to one to 2 Miles Per Hour yesterday quite a bit faster than that. But this is going to make its way all the way through georgia going to make a mess along this line we can expect to see isolated areas of maybe 10 maybe 12 inches of rain there and certainly some more flash flooding concerns before looks like well begin to weaken somewhat and head off the eastern seaboard as we get into next week. Thats some good news is were going to wind that down but still a very devastating storm out here were looking at the low clouds and fog returning to the bay area of course the air quality has improved greatly just in the past couple of days here now well notice even more changes that youre like a little sea breeze going to kick in that will help to bring down the temperatures just a little bit to keep that air quality nice may see that offshore wind return again on sunday of course weve got those fires in Northern California that could bring a little hazy smoke back to the bay area then too. Thank you coming up tonight a culture of concealment at boeing. The new accusations from lawmakers after their investigation into the troubled 7. 37 max airplane, us. And celebrating the season spookiest holiday during a pandemic how you can expect halloween to be different this year. If the popcorn ready if youve missed going to the movies. Some theaters are back open in the bay where they for some good news for people who missed going to the movies. Some theaters in the bay area are reopening their doors for the first time in months, this is big news, especially when theres a lot of smoke and you have to kind of stay inside. In napa county the cameo cinema century napa valley and xd theaters are back open at several cinemark theaters in marine county are planning to reopen as well. This is made possible since both counties have moved into a less restrictive tier on the states covid reopening plan. There are several new safety procedures in place masks will be required at all times auditoriums will only be filled to 25 capacity and once you buy a ticket the 2 seats to the left and right of you will be made available to allow for more physical distancing. A new report suggests of the worlds Global Economy is not performing as badly as predicted, especially here in the u. S. And china, but its still suffering immensely the organization for Economic Cooperation and development says the World Economy is projected to shrink by 4 point 5 this year that is last in the 6 drop that a predicted back in june. The economy though is expected to rebound next year. But experts are warning any prediction of coirse is subject to considerable uncertainty. New legislation aims to protect servicemen and women for the lakers and family members of murdered soldier vanessa key and introduced a bill today to make sure future Service Members. Do not share her fate Gaines Family believes that she was the victim of harassment. Within the u. S. Army for couldnt was afraid the reported she disappeared back in april and was missing for months before her remains were found our washington correspondent Jessi Turnure reports now on new legislation. Shes now an American Hero that will save lots of lives just months after Vanessa Guillen was murdered by a fellow soldier from the Fort Hood Military base in Texas Military members both men and Women Deserve to have equal per family introduce new legislation in the 22 yearold honor at the u. S. Capitol democrat jackie spear and republican mark when mullen are leading the bipartisan charge for the iamvanessaguillen act this is the militaries. Me too moment. And we are going to take full advantage to amplify it it would allow members of the military to report harassment to a 3rd party, make it a crime within the uniform code of military justice and prosecution decisions of assault and harassment cases out of the chain of command this systemic issue thats been going on inside a dod isnt any different than the stomach issue we havent. And the civilian world too. The promise is the way they treat him. Fort hood is considered the most violent base in the country with nearly 30 deaths this year, a 3rd under suspicious or unusual circumstances democrats expect the bill to pass the house but congresswoman Sylvia Garcia urged the senate to act too not only for and but for the thousands of military Service Members who have come forward as victims sent her murder in her name. We made a comprehensive changes to stop this from ever happening again in washington, im jessi today a Congressional Committee released its final report on the investigation of the boeing 7. 37 max airplane. That aircraft was involved in 2 fatal crashes that killed 346 people before it was grounded. Lawmakers say both boeing and the f a a share responsibility. The report written by democrats blames a faulty control system that overrode pilot commands while also criticizing the f a a for not doing more to ensure the aircraft were safe to fly. We are surprised that this report came only from the democrats on the hill and not from the republicans. But nevertheless we view every report seriousness. In a statement, the f a a says it looks forward to working with congress to quote implement improvements identified in the report. The investigation also describes a culture of concealment at boeing and alleges the company withheld crucial information from the and its customers. Boeing says it cooperated with congress is in korean learned many hard lessons from the accidents and the mistakes quote that we have made. Money talks and apparently testing talks. There is big news today for sports fans, the big 10 will play college football. This year after all league announcing today. It will kick off an eightgame season starting the weekend of october 24th. All student athletes, coaches trainers and other staff will be tested every day for covid the big 10 voted last month to postpone all fall sports, including football. And that was met with the most criticism President Trump stepped in try to get them on the field youre talking about hundreds of millions of dollars on the line here where they not to play. But officials now say thanks to their new testing capabilities. Theyre confident they will be able to finish the season safer. All right weather time take a live look outside at San Franciscos embarcadero on this wednesday night what a beautiful sight virtually. No way in just a little breeze, but the wind was enough recently to get all that smoke on out of here. Yeah seems natures air back working again or to just Lawrence Karnow here to talk about how long were going to enjoy these clear skies. Yeah, at least for a few days guys, were looking good here now. As that sea breezes kicked in were getting a stronger westerly when you bringing some low clouds and some fog as were looking from our sutro can hear the Golden Gate Bridge there off in the distance and more low clouds on the way for tonight. And tomorrow morning, maybe even a little drizzle out there as well looking toward walnut creek remember how easy it was the past couple of days even this last week or so actually can see pretty clearly out there right now just a little haze in the atmosphere and certainly the winds have been a just tremendous help wind now blowing to 24 miles an hour in sfo 14 in benicia 14 in concord 16 in fairfield so the overall trend, those westerly winds have picked up, i think Even Stronger by tomorrow thats all courtesy of this cold front that is moving in the pacific northwest. Eventually some of that is working its way into the bay area little muggy out there. We have a little suddenly flow in the atmosphere. So certainly the dew points running way high. The air quality heard argue this today, it just felt good to see all that nice clean air out there and certainly were in the green right now in the salmon tale in the freemen all the way in little more right now moderate amounts of blooms in concord and into san jose but otherwise most the bay area really looking good now tomorrow. I think we start out with a little haze in the morning. So things running in the moderate category in this north bay into the south bay and parts of the east bay but i think again by tomorrow afternoon with that sea breeze will start skies very nicely in fact mister fog of sunshine in the San Francisco in the 60s youll see 74 sunny and nice in oakland and san jose about 78 degrees looking like a very nice warm day in the afternoon with more sunshine on the way next few days the temperatures going to come down a few degrees. A cold front moves through the stadium, some rain for Northern California, maybe a little more drizzle here backed off shore winds, maybe a little haze but are expected all that smoke like we had before moving back in the bay area on sunday. Thank goodness. All right lawrence next up what is celebrating halloween look like only september but the director of California Human Services has already advocated for canceling halloween this year hard to believe, but at least theyre talking about canceling halloween as we know shanahan reports. Halloween is still about 6 weeks away. But inside the van joleens costa mansion in old sec. Every day now is like the 31st of october the manager on duty says halloween business is strong whether they want to dress up from another time, another planet plenty of people are snatching up costumes and supplies but what will halloween look like in the age of covid19. Thank you mister pumpkin head, but well let the states director of health and Human Services handle this just say on the way weve tricked and treated in the is not going to be the way that its done this year in may in fact be the safest thing not to do it the way weve done in the or at all doctor mark galli says the state is working to come up with clear consistent halloween guidance that will be announced at a later time hopefully you we dont lose a tradition shoppers we met at eventually ins are determined to keep the holiday light. I live by halloween standards. People should be able to choose whether or not they want win everything is doable 100 tiana is a nurse all the things will still be up houses and still be decorated and you can still buy candy for your children and you can still just a but i would like to see people irresponsible and not have so much of the parties this year and the crowded trick or treating with covid19 adding a different layer of fear to the holiday tradition of trick or treating is up in the air. I dont know about it this year if im actually go trick or treating her this give out candy was formed on halloween might be a skeleton of its former self as more families choose to keep the cobwebs indoors. This year we just let them pick out some special surprises and well probably just. Have a little cousin gathering and do some special with the family. 2020 where everything is different though his Dennis Shanahan reporting there the state is set to put out some kind of guidance on halloween in a couple of days after costa county Health Officials are already advising against the usual hall and wayne traditions, same trick or treating. Hot houses and parties could risk a higher spread of covid19. That wraps up kron 4 news at 00 05am tonight at 6 after a month of dangerous and dirty air the bay area finally gets a break you can see dramatic a difference from just a week ago but at air could still return to our skies after for today. The czu complex nearing containment but not before that fire destroyed more than 900 homes that includes one family who lost a home theyve been building for 2 decades plus what would happen if the u. S. President ial election is contested the constitution has news at 6
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