Looking outside this morning. There is some cloud cover that streaming through the bay theres the very top of the sales first hour about the only building that is rising above the foggy layer that is streaming on into the bay area visibility, although just fine for most areas right now will suffer at times this morning from livermore to the north bay visibility falling at times below a mile in this cloud cover and fog is going to stay with us for longer this morning. And it has the past few a deep in marine layer going to take longer to burn off under a tree towards the coast going to have a big impact on our afternoon temperatures, one of the reasons why today is so noticeably cooler in the days before it. Now air quality moderate across the board still in a spare the air alert we will have pockets of green indicating better conditions at times across the bay but not much change in air quality as compared to the past couple of days. Daytime highs today eventually only in the 80s right now were in the 50s and 60s with a slightly warmer start to the morning for the north bay that marine layer has helped a moderate temperatures overnight so not seeing as many 40s for some of our north bay neighbors later on today, a moderating effect continues that means only 80s for inland highs, 60s and 70s by the bay and 50s and 60s right along the coast. Robin. Thank you john right in the middle of a cough. Theyre sorry my voice sounds so raspy right now. This is my new broadcast checking in on the bay bridge toll plaza, the drive into San Francisco looks pretty good right now. No delays leading up to the toll plaza its going to be wide open for you so that means its a great time to just come on in. Were accident install free on oakland side and also in the San Francisco side so under 10 minutes for the drive here over to fremont street. Lets Check Another brit shall we we have 92 little busy here crossing the san mateo bridge or at least the west of the toll plaza youre looking at the flat section of the bridge very quiet easy driving here into foster city and san mateo and one more the richmond sandra fell west bound 5. 80 leading up to the toll plaza nice and smooth with no issues and to the north bay, what does that mean that means its a great time to get on out there while were hot spot and delay free well check more traffic bridges and freeways coming up a little bit later. President trump is reversing course on covid19 relief talks in a series of tweets he wrote if i am sent a standalone bill for stimulus checks of 1200. They will go out to our great people immediately im ready to sign right now. Well his tweets came just hours after he halted covid19 relief negotiations with democrats, delaying talks at least until after the election. The president claimed on twitter that House Speaker nancy pelosi was not negotiating in good faith last night he tweeted the house and senate should immediately approved 25 billion dollars for Airline Payroll support and a 135 billion dollars for Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses. Both of these will be fully paid for with a news funds from the cares act how this money i will sign now. President trump also says that he is planning to attend next weeks debate with joe biden in miami. The democratic president ial nominee says as long as the president has infected with covid19 there should not be a debate. The former Vice President says that he still looks forward to being able to debate trump and there should be very strict guidelines. Going to have to follow. Strict guidelines. Too many people and and soften your guide to 5 a guideline. And what the docks and the right thing to do. When he shows up for debate. Well the second president ial debate is scheduled for next thursday a 3rd debate is slated for october 22nd. Another big story that were following for you this morning senator Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence will meet face to face tonight for their first and only debate before the election. But a response to the president s covid19 diagnosis, the Vice President ial debate will look very different Dean Reynolds explains. The debate in Kingsbury Hall at the university of utah will be unlike any of its kind before borrowing a page from some other political faceoffs this year like this one in South Carolina and bowing to the pandemic this debate will include a plexiglass partition at least near the democrat. The republican is objecting calling it unnecessary. Whatever the outcome of the partisan divide over partitions Vice President pence and senator harris have agreed they will be 12 feet away from each other. Everyone in attendance except the moderators susan page of usa today and the 2 candidates will be required to wear masks. Last week at the president ial debate, the Cleveland Clinic advised everyone to wear a mask to but several trump relatives and allies removed theres once they were seated. The president tested positive for the virus 2 nights later. If anyone tries to go mask last debate organizers say they will be escorted out of the hall. In addition all staff, an audience members. Well have to test negative to gain entry. The candidates themselves will be tested before the debate. Well that was Dean Reynolds, reporting the Vice President ial debate will air at 06 00pm and you can watch it right here on kron 4 and then after that well also have reaction and an indepth analysis with Catherine Heenan the host of inside bay area politics so make sure you stick around for that as well. Well, former First Lady Michelle Obama did not sugarcoat her words about president Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus and a 24 minute video she slammed the president pressuring schools to reopen without offering a clear plan or meaningful support to keep students and teachers safe. If youre a parent like me, youre feeling the consequences of this president s failure to take this pandemic seriously from his constant downplaying of the importance of masks and social distancing. So his relentless pressure on schools to open without offering a clear plan or meaningful support to keep students and teachers safe. Well the former first lady also urge viewers to vote for democratic candidate biden saying he is a quote good man who has lived his life guided by values and principles that mirrors ones that most americans can recognize. We are 27 days away from the november election, but some people just start waiting until november 3rd to actually get out their vote. Voters are already mailing in their ballots are turning them in at drop boxes all 37 drop boxes are actually open right now in contra costa county. Countys Election Officials say that they receive 46 trays of mel and about a total of 16,000 ballots. So far the assist and register voters for the county said that the drop box right in front of their office. Whats the busiest its ever been. During normal Business Hours over 500 ballots were deposited by voters it was a nonstop stream of voters all day long. Well thats good all ballot boxes are open 24 7 and they are service each day by to county employees. Its nice to see folks getting out there in voting. Well to the north a bullet hole city leaders are declaring a Public Safety emergency over a rise in violence years of controversial deadly shootings and questionable practices by officers leaders say its just another step to move the city forward but officers say theyre not convinced kron fours Jonathan Mccall has more. Brooklyn with its most violent years since 1994, numerous officer involved shootings in recent years, questionable uses of force internal investigations over officers bending their badges to mark killings and a worldwide pandemic all combination into why legal city leaders say a Public Safety emergency is needed. 22 homicides. 136 116 rates. Aggravated assault. 539. All of almost all of our Crime Statistics are on the upward trend higher than theyve been in past years. We face a crisis of legitimacy and trust. Lack of Community Trust and Police Department numerous internal investigations are underway. Januarys distance of Reform Efforts by oil. Police Officers Association allow the city to tackle several pending lawsuits involving the Police Departments use of force and shootings. The city says it would also move forward with implementing reform changes as part of a use of force study Peter Hoffman is with the Vallejo PoliceOfficers Association, the union says its nothing more than a power grab by the city which could set a dangerous precedent isnt about Public Safety. This is about frankly Police Officers often says that under the move the city would be allowed to make its own rules when it comes to due process for officers under investigation. I dont think its ever going to be a good idea to leave the workforce. By the wayside and just. And now whats going to happen to them as your employees pay if things do not get corrected with the department. I do envision an exodus of Police Officers. While city leaders say they believe this is the right move for the city Going Forward is a crisis on several fronts and as such as a police chief. One of the things that is very essential for us is to build Community Trust. Its an essential principal of 21st Century Policing and thats a challenge for the boy, a Police DepartmentJonathan Mccall kron 4 news. Well gatherings along the scenic grizzly peak boulevard from oakland stretching over to berkeley are now banned all day leaders of both cities actually shut down the areas to lessen fire danger 9 turnouts right along grizzly peak boulevard or actually blocked off with large tree logs Oakland City Council member dan called says that in response to recent gatherings involving fireworks and bonfires officials had no choice but to ban the public from the turnouts altogether. You cant have any fire was of your people stopping smoking up here no barbecues a lit fires up in the hills area during the season, rush is very dry. Theres lots of fuels theyre even with the station minister. And so we need to take risks to protect. All of us. Well city officials plan to eventually at chains to prevent the logs from being moved. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news its win or go home for the oakland as today as they hope to stop the astros from advancing to the next round of the playoffs. Plus the battle against extreme wildfire behavior. How crews are gearing up for very long fire season. Welcome back everyone a battle against extreme wildfire behavior thats how they area. Firefighters described this years fire season. More than 16,000 firefighters actually continue to battle 22 major wildfires throughout California Bay area fire crews are are prepared for the possibility of extreme fire conditions to continue for the remainder of the fire season while rain may actually help in the firefighting could also create other problems. Yes and no. Its good that its going ap or activity of the fire itself on the north end of this particular part of the glass fire. You have very steep terrain very Hazardous Conditions are dozers are cutting roads and trails in the dirt which turns into much instantaneously in these cases which makes it very hausers for all equipment and putting as well. Well the Oakland Fire Department battalion chief predicts that the bay areas fire season may actually last into december. Goodness gracious really dealing with these conditions for quite some time lets check in with john. Hes the expert we have some changes on the way john, i know you talked about this earlier so whats in store for the days ahead, yeah, hopefully those changes do result at least a little bit of rain fall in the vicinity, the glass fire and up in the north bay because we could certainly use. Some of that rain to help dampen things up in such a parched a bay area as for this morning, there deep in marine layer thats coming through to help us out not just as far as temperatures go, but it is also going to humidity relatively high as far north as the glass fire now if you look out there in the very distance you can see little light thats just the very top of the Sales Force Tower about the only thing in San Francisco that is shining up through the fog behind me a cold front thats going continue to sink towards the bay area in the days to come that means even cooler weather ahead of us than what were about to see today. Daytime highs are only going to be maxing out in the 70s by the time we work our way into thursday. Theres your cold front a line of showers right along it right there, its looking like friday, our rain chances are pretty slim a better chance, especially for the north bay of some showers on saturday you can see that advancing system as we make our way into the latter part of your saturday so watch out for some shower activity in the north bay on saturday possibly drifting a bit further southward but nice to be seeing these changes for sure it is going to help at least with fire potential in the days ahead of us in the weeks to come ahead of us too. 50s and 60s for our coastal spots today with a little bit of a cooler day because of that deep in marine layer, staying put right along the coast even into the afternoon. Its going to take longer for fog and cloud cover to burn off for the rest of the bay area too which is going to help to suppress temperatures compared to where they have been that means only 70s for the south bay today and warmest only range low 80s livermore you fall from the 90s yesterday to just 80 degrees today, same for you in concord well, Oakland Berkeley and richmond only in the 60s today, 70s 80s for the north bay, no 90s anywhere in sight and thats not just today either, but really for the rest of the forecast just take in whats finally going to be feeling like fall over these next 7 days. Tomorrow, even cooler than today, temperatures taking another 10 degree drop on into thursday for inland areas that means only 70s through the weekend ahead. Friday, a slim chance of just a couple light sprinkles saturday as or better chance and most likely for the north bay after that we drive back out and were back up just a touch but only to the 80s by monday and tuesday. Robert all right, thanks for the update. John lets update traffic now want to take a look at your morning commute around the bay area starting off. With 80 the bay bridge. The trip into San Francisco looks nice and quiet for now it continues to pick up but no major issues are hot spots that you have to worry about so come on and were open for business, no problems right through downtown San Francisco. All right lets check more bridges, we have the golden gate there it is and you know sometimes its just covered in fog. We cant even see the towers i do see some flashing lights off and on northbound so looks like our routine Maintenance Work is still under way, but its not impacting traffic. Youre good enough to limit so far in both directions. But there is a fog advisory or for the golden gate, but it just doesnt look so bad on the San Francisco side. All right one more bridge, the richmond sandra fell traffic is also picking up here but you have at least a couple of hours before it really starts to stack up. So get on out there before something pops up we are trouble free into the north bay well check more traffic coming up a little bit later. Lets talk about some baseball shall we the oakland as have their backs against the wall again today the Houston Astros have taking a commanding 2 game lead over the as and the American LeagueDivision Series so now the as must win game 3 this afternoon in order to stay alive in the playoffs can they do it i hope so she came to a Dodger Stadium in los angeles actually started out promising for the as. But then in the second inning chris davis sent the ball flying over center field for a home run, but then the as pitcher sean minaya gave up 4 runs in 4 innings scored an extra run in the 4th inning but after that no office the astros win 5, 2, taking this seriously. Well hes up to win tomorrow. And then worry about the next day after that. So we put all our efforts in tomorrow. And just think about tomorrow anything further than that really is kind of a distraction so. You know we have to do is win a game. Were rooting for you again the as must win today in order to stay alive in the best of 5 series so game 3 starts today 1235 game 4, 5, only if necessary will be tomorrow and friday. So well keep you posted. One of the best right guitar legend Eddie Van Halen died yesterday after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 65 years old. He was the cofounder of the rock band van halen of course and was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. Back in 2007 jean king looks back at his legendary career. And van halen the iconic guitarist and cofounder of van halen lost his battle with throat cancer. Tmz goes on to say he passed away at Saint Johns Hospital in santa monica with his beloved wife janie by his side. According to their sources his health spiral, the last 3 days and the cancer spread to his brain and other organs. Van halens fight lasted more than a decade. A heavy smoker for years, its believed he got throat cancer from holding a metal guitar pick in his mouth which he did for 2 decades. Van halen has deep roots in Southern California formed in pasedena in 1972 with his brother alex on drums Michael Anthony on base and David Lee Roth as lead singer with sammy hagar taking over in 1985. Iconic songs include a runin with the devil hot for teacher panama, and job, inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2007. He spoke to ktla 5 news in 2013 about the importance of kids learning music for from music classes or the arm. Last year the first thing to get knocked off because of budget cuts i think is just a big crock a. I believe it to be as it should not an elective should be mandatory. His son wolfgang tweeted this which reads in part i cant believe im having to write this, but my father has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning. He was the best father i could ever ask for my heart is broken and i dont think ill ever fully recover from this loss. I love you so much pop. Jeanne came ktla, 5 news. Hey we all know that one right thats one of the great songs and music world is also mourning the death. Johnny nash known for his biggest hit in 1972, i can see clearly now when ash died of Natural Causes yesterday morning at 8 years old that started out as a pop singer back in the 1950s but then in the 60s his career took him to jamaica where he formed a record label and sign the one and only bob marley and the wailers that bringing sound actually influence i can see clearly now which was the number one song on the billboard charts for 4 weeks. Well coming up in the next hour, the president of halting negotiations on covid19 as he continues to recover from the coronavirus well have the latest coming up for you in a live report from washington and city supervisors in San Francisco have passed a stronger eviction ban that will run through next year were live with what weve learned overnight. And wineries are taking just major hit from the glass fire as crews begin to assess the damage will take a look at the destruction left behind. Do i use a toothpaste that whitens my teeth . Or one thats good for my teeth . Now i dont have to choose. Crest 3d white. It removes up to 95 of surface stains. And strengthens enamel. From the number one toothpaste brand in america. Crest. The calming scent of lavender by downy infusions calm. Laundry isnt done until its done with downy. Youre watching morning news at 5. Good morning and thanks for waking up with us im darya folsom and im James Fletcher this is wednesday. Were midway through the week on this october 7th. Lets start the hour off with a check of the forecast and john trouble good morning john morning john good is yeah little bit of a cooler one ahead of us today finally feeling like fall for this wednesday, no 90s left in this forecast, nice stuff to be talking about you cannot blame that partially on the deep in marine layer which is pushing in across the bay just the very top of the Sales Force Tower shining through this morning and you can notice here and fog tracker that marine layer low clouds and fog going to be staying with us for some time today lasting well to your morning commute and really only retreating into the early afternoon for the coast. Its going to stay with you through the day thats going help to keep temperatures cool in moderated well into the afternoon air quality moderate yet again today it is going to be another spare the air alert day. But air quality conditions as you notice this week are much better than they were last week and were keeping that going today. 50s and Oakland Alameda hayward in concord all at 57 cool start and a