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Affected by this power shut off for a closer look at the areas that are losing power. Kron fours Justine Waltman in our newsroom tracking the latest information right now justine you can find all of the maps on our website kron 4 dot com. But lets zoom in now so you can see. Whats being put out by pg e right now here are the current outages here is the north bay and ill zoom in a little bit so you can see that. In calistoga right now there is a kurd p s p s happening at this moment, same as we move down a little bit just to the west of saint people are in the dark right now, and that also goes for people in sonoma and just west of napa these are where the Current Power outages or and this is been updated. Throughout the day today power will continue to go off. Till about 8 oclock tonight. But as we zoom down just a little bit you can see there are no current p s p s outages and any other part of the bay area but well go to the future p s p s outages and thats when things really start to change. They stretch all the way from San Mateo County into Santa Cruz County. Even just east of milpitas and in the east bay as well theres a big section here just to the east of piedmont and just to the East Danville parts of walnut creek experiencing some Power Outages at some point this evening. These are the affected areas and again just moving up to the north bay, so you can see that large stretch. Were pg e is saying they will need to turn off the power at some point this evening in order to prevent a wild fire. Now the plan is not to turn the power back on until some point on friday. Once the wind event tomorrow, then they need to go out and expect every inch of line to make sure there has been no damage i also want to point out that there is a flex alert that has been issued for tomorrow from the state that will last from 3 oclock in the afternoon until 10 00pm during that chunk of time were all being asked to conserve energy in order to avoid rolling blackouts live right now in the newsroom, im Justine Waldman kron 4 news testing. Thank you more than 9,000 customers have lost power in napa county alone our Team Coverage continues com for sale of the psac ii who is live at a Resource Center set up in saint alina. Yeah the Resource Centers here at the same Lena Catholic church which again is serving as the community Resource Center and it has things like water snacks charging stations bathrooms and more. But just a mile down the road near mills lane, those power shutoffs are already in full swing now pg and e says that the power shutdowns began for this area around 06 00pm and its currently affecting many of the mountains near outside of town earlier i stopped in downtown saint helene seen alina and many people were filling up their gas tanks getting ready. Pat mcgrail lives on glassman road where many homes around him were destroyed by the glass fire. He says he just was just evacuated for 17 days now hes gearing up for yet another power shut off. Im gasoline for generators. I have my house and my neighbors house. She lights going. Weve had to clean out the refrigerator which is a horrible job. And then be able to run them again and the generators. Were on well so we have no water. Now pat tells me thankfully he did get plenty of water for his home. But you know for the folks here in san alina its been one thing after the other passes. Hes just thankful that his home is still standing. Now for those of you who dont have generators are powers right you can come over here to the community Resource Center it will be open until 10 00pm tonight for now live in saint Leanna Taylor bisacky kron 4 news taylor. Thank you for that wind gusts are expected to be a major concern for firefighters we can see projections reaching 30 miles an hour in some areas that combined with the bonedry humidity. Thats a recipe for fire danger. Yeah, our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with details particularly on those gusty winds large yeah and its just really start to pick up ill show you more just a moment, but i pressure you can really see is its buckley in the jet stream send that well to the north now has a builds in here over the next 24 hours setting up for perfect offshore of typical fall conditions, but blustery winds especially over the mountain tops but even in some of the valleys were going to see some gusty winds from the system. So heres the very latest. You can watch these winds beginning to pick up and look at that in the north bay, especially some of those winds blowing over 30 Miles Per Hour now the higher peaks. Well see that continue to intensify as we head through the night tonight starting on the north bay and then spreading across the rest the bay area is the very latest forecast, the winds not so down many of the urban areas right now but watch what happens and you see all the colors making their way in the north as we head into early tomorrow morning some of those winds and the purple here over 40 plus miles an hour probably over some the higher peaks may be some gusts over 50 Miles Per Hour now as we head through the day tomorrow i think action is going to shift a little further south still going to be gusty in the north bay, but then you start to see parts of the east bay, the oakland hills, the diablo range also into san mateo and Santa Cruz County the gusts will be picking up in the latter part of the day continuing into friday as well i think we get one more round a very strong gusty winds as we head in toward friday morning and certainly a very dangerous conditions. The humidity is going to be extremely dry during this period in fact some places all the way down to Single Digits, a red flag warnings going up the Santa Cruz Mountains expecting gusty winds there the east bay gust 20 to 35 Miles Per Hour. The humidity 10 to about 15 slower county youre going to see some gusty winds maybe gusts as high as 40 by the afternoon tomorrow and in the north bay of course very strong gusty winds some of those 30 to 45 Miles Per Hour over the peaks higher than 50 so certainly dangerous fire conditions ahead guys all right. Thank you lawrence with the red flag warning in effect fire crews are on alert. 3 berkeley fire engines are patrolling the fireprone east bay hills looking for signs of smoke and a safeguard against anything that could cause a wildfire. Theyre red fire weather flag is flying. Yet the weather pattern looks like that were going to have an increase in win tonight. Through the neck through the morning and so trying to maximize our units on the ground and at night time people are sleeping may be less attentive for people to call 911. Berkeley fire is reminding people to sign up for a c alerts. Thats Alameda Countys mobile alert system. Theyre also asking people to review their households Evacuation Route for getting out both by car and on foot and here is some information on how you can prepare make sure to have several gallons of water available along with nonperishable foods flashlights extra batteries and a portable phone charger if you have a generator practice using it before the Power Outages to make sure you are using it correctly. And says officials are talking about wildfire danger make sure that you have a first aid kit a go bag and an Emergency Preparedness kit say with kron 4 for continuing wildfire coverage make sure to download the kron 4 app for the latest power shut off developments and to download the kron on app to watch the latest news briefings you can find both apps free on your phones app store and the east bay now 2 young men are dead following a violent Afternoon Police now searching for answers and putting out a strong message. The shooting happened in east oakland on the 84th avenue near the corner of 82nd in bancroft this comes just 24 hours after gunfire erupted overnight about a block away kron fours terisa reports from opd headquarters with more on the investigation. 22 shots were fired earlier today 16 shots fired less than 24 hours before. Police say that they really need yeah just a traumatic incident in our community. Deputy chief iran armstrong on the deadly shooting in east oakland wednesday afternoon. Police say it was around 1 oclock when multiple calls of 911 came blasting in from the neighborhood. They found this a violent blood e and disturbing scene one man was pronounced dead. 2 others rushed to the hospital where one of the 2 passed away. The other undergoing treatment witnesses say they heard arguing from a group and then the loud horrific sound of gunfire piercing the afternoon banter. 22 casings were discovered littering the street. The shots came from at least 2 guns recovered lying on the street. At least one car took off. This is also an incident that you know is similar to what weve seen even last night. 3 blocks away from this locations, 60 rounds fired into the community. But those 60 rounds or 60 bullets that dont have names and those bullets can go into any resident and half the traumatic impact on families across our Community Police say that the escalation of violence is painful. For residents mean this year the Oakland Police department has recovered over 35 more firearms than we did at the same time last year and so we know that theres a post the liberation of firearms in our community. But we also know that there are people willing pick up those firearms and use them and that really is the problem that people in our community have to put firearms down and dont put us all at risk were talking about communities that are dealing with trauma that when the cameras leave in the in the tape is down there are people that still live in these communities that are dealing with trauma with the pain of happened to experience these events in their community. Police tell us that they have been able to get some Surveillance Video from some of the homes in the neighborhood from the shooting that happened on wednesday. These are very young maam 2 1920. In the south bay police milpitas are asking for the publics help to try to find a homicide suspect theyre calling armed and dangerous. 35 yearold kevin james and of gilroy is wanted in the shooting death of a woman saturday night. The shooting shooting took place on ranch drive in Milpitas Police say the victim was known to get mad and that this was not a random act of violence. Many for information on get mans whereabouts youre asked to contact Milpitas Police. Coming up tonight in a more than a million unemployment claims in california still waiting to be processed how the Employment Development department is working to clear the backlog. 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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. Vote yes on prop 25 wean air force veteran made of doing whats right,. Not whats easy. So when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. Thats how you do it right. Usaa insurance is made just the way martins family needs it with hasslefree claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. Because doing right by our members, thats whats right. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Usaa First Lady Melania Trump has confirmed that her son the first son barron trump tested positive for coronavirus first lady released a letter on the white houses website writing that while barron had initially tested negative. Subsequent tests revealed a positive diagnosis. First lady said there and did not exhibit any symptoms. She also said that both she and bear and have since tested negative. In light of aaron trumps diagnosis, we reached out to a pediatric Infectious Disease expert for the latest on covid19 and children kron fours noelle bellow joins us live from the newsroom with the latest noel. All right and we know that kids and young adults can be infected be asymptomatic and then on knowingly infect other people but a doctor at stanford says its safe to assume that 14 yearold barron was infected by the adults in his home and that type of transmission from adult a child is being seen in studies across the country. In a lengthy post titled my personal experience with covid19 1st Lady Melania Trump revealed that first son a 14 yearold barron had tested positive for the virus. But showed no symptoms thats a common occurrence for kids his age we really dont know whether kids. Are more likely to be asymptomatic but we definitely know theyre less likely be really sick pediatric Infectious Disease expert doctor Yvonne Maldonado says data shows of the more than 700,000 children that have tested positive for the virus only about 5 to 15 have been hospitalized. A new study about breaks at several Daycare Centers in utah though is showing proof of transmission from adults to kids there were 3 outbreaks and in 3 different day care centers. And they were all started by staff people. 13 kids got infected, only 3 of the kids were symptomatic the most common symptoms of covid19 and children are fever and cough doctor maldonado says now that more kids are heading back to school. Its important for parents to monitor their kids for those symptoms. And keep track of who their child comes into contact with she also says the first familys ability to get tested and get results quickly shows the value of making cheap Testing Available to the public comments. Theyre cheap tests are available. Even if they werent super accurate what mahlers have suggested is that if you can test people every day and more often even with a test its not great youre still going to get more people out of circulation who might be infecting others and if you have a great test, its really expensive and hard to get. Doctor maldonado says most transmission for kids is going to occur at school or day care settings she says another thing parents can do. Its to talk to their kids make sure they understand the rules and why theyre in place in the newsroom noelle bellow kron 4 news. Thank you know well. Well theres some good news for parents for caregivers and children in San Francisco city officials announcing the reopening of playgrounds in the city. More than 180 public playgrounds are back open but as with any other reopening there are strict rules and guidelines in place signs with the rules are to be posted park officials will be monitoring to make sure they are followed among the rules capacity will be limited and this is our limited to 30 minutes if the playgrounds are crowded mayor breed says reopening playgrounds is a positive sign is that home that. The time that we spent in isolation the time we you know doing what we needed to do during this pandemic we know that theres a light at the end of the tunnel. And this reminder to those looking to visit one of the public playgrounds, you must wear a mask and stay 6 feet away from any na household members leaders of the state agency tasked with processing millions of unemployment claims during the pandemic gave lawmakers an update on its issues today, a group working to improve the Employment Development department. Told members of the Senate Labor Committee its on track to clear its backlog of about a million claims by january 27th. Out of more than 1. 6 Million People waiting for payment. More than 424,000 have received their money. The department credits its new Identity Verification system for picking up the pace on benefit applications. It started using that new system less than 2 weeks ago. But that improvement is just the beginning of a long list of Department Needs edd late leaders say theyll roll out a specific timeline on more targeted improvements within the next few weeks. Now to our 4 zone forecast we give you a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge wednesday hump night so i usually see that good ol fog but not tonight get ready for those temperatures to climb lawrence standing by with details. Yes certainly had a taste of that today did we pam those beautiful numbers around the bay area love in the temperatures in the 70s even along the coastline, Crystal Clear skies out there right now the winds of course picking up fire danger certainly a concern but look at the numbers today 83 degrees in San Francisco, 13 degrees above the average almost 20 degrees above normal in oakland in 8990 in san jose 94 livermore 96 degrees in concord and 96 degrees in santa rosa. Heat advisories going up until friday now expecting those temperatures near the coastline. Daly city pacifica and hour and a half moon pescadero you look at the numbers in the 70s and maybe even some low 80s right out of the beach now just over the hill, those are going to turn in the 80s and low 90s in a place like redwood city and rohnert park those temperatures up in the 90s and much of the south bay over the next couple days too so, folks used to these numbers these numbers usually get in place like livermore and conquer but now were seeing some of that heat with those offshore winds inside the bay it is going to stay very toast 89 about 96 degrees as you make your way in Alameda County Contra Costa County going to be a little bit warmer 90s just about everywhere you go the next couple and then as you make your way a little further the north and around the areas are worried about the fire conditions very low humidity and those temperatures soaring well in the 90s over the next couple of days and even are in the numbers along the coastline, 70 some low 80s at Stinson Beach you can see 90s in place like san anselmo in sandra fell so hot temperatures all around the bay area that to go along with the very dry conditions and the gusty winds, fire danger still running high. Thank you lauren still ahead from abortion rights to Health Care Laws Supreme Court Justice Nominee amy barrett grilled on the hill for a 3rd day of confirmation hearings plus covid19 is taking a toll on local tourism but there were some problems even before the pandemic San Franciscos when you take a look at her record, it all begins to unravel. Ann ravels no reformer, shes backed by big corporations whove poured hundreds of thousands into her campaign. And she opposes ballot measures to make the economy more fair for working people. Only dave cortese is endorsed by the California Democratic party. Hes helping us battle the pandemic with a sciencebased approach. And expanding Health Services and child care to those in need. For state senate, Democrat Dave cortese. Indoor dining returning to the south bay, although you will probably need to make reservations first this week, Santa Clara County moved up into the states orange tier of reopening join in San Francisco and alameda counties and that means restaurants can now see people inside with no more than 100 people. Every other bay area county is still in the more restrictive red here except for Sonoma County which is in the purple or most restrictive tier. The city and county of San Francisco is taking a hard look at what it will take to keep the musk only center as a top choice for business convention, one Business Leader tells kron fours has it by june why it may be tough booking mosconi even after the pandemic. The San Francisco mosque only center is one of the Top Convention Centers in the country. But the findings in this recent civil grand jury report plans to trouble on the horizon. Like this finding unwelcome street behaviors and and cleanliness that bother Convention Attendees and exhibitors have been Important Reasons for Convention Planners of some medium and large size events to select venues in other cities. The findings of this report are based on research completed prior to the pandemic which is significant says jay chain of the San Francisco chamber of commerce that say the pandemic magically thats this appears tomorrow. Which is not but lets say it magically disappears tomorrow theres going to be economic lag between when the time demick ends and while most going centers back up again but even after that Economic Activity comes back isnt going to stem francisco going to be a great experience and a track that experience for people or were going to continue to see social media posts from visitors about. Homelessness and street conditions and streak witness and their concerns around that is if those challenges continue it wont matter whether the pandemic is here or not were going to have with come Mosconi Center and having conventions that. Francisco city leaders can either accept or reject the civil grand jurys recommendations. They also have the option to seek further now this is in any area where they feel more study is needed has it made you kron 4 news. Coming up with fewer than 3 weeks until election day theres no time to waste for the candidates where President Trump and joe biden to bear messages today an extreme wildfire risk in northern california. We have the when was the last time your property tax bill went down . What . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. Our top story tonight pg and e initiating those Public Safety power shutoff is there some 54,000 customers across 24 counties in northern california. You can see on this map the areas currently experiencing outages because of the safety power shutoff and then these areas are where the utility expects future outages close to 24,000 customers across the bay area are expected to be affected by tonight outages with the most number of affected customers centered in napa county a red flag warning is in effect for much of the bay area thats because of those hot windy conditions that are renewing the threat of fire our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with details on the fire danger, an interesting guys we have that cold front that moved through the Pacific Northwest brought then some rain yesterday but as that moves on by High Pressure starts to kick in behind it. And then we start to talk about those offshore winds those northerly winds as you get that nice clockwise rotation around that ridge of High Pressure now. The winds are really started to pick up especially over the mountain tops some of those winds now have been gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour across some of these peak so were watching for that now is going to see some of those winds strengthen throughout the night tonight and into tomorrow now to go along with that weve seen though humidity begin to drop off so weve cut off the moisture source from the ocean now you get more of a northerly component to the wind then all of a sudden we start to put this into motion here and you notice we get into thursday now start to talk about Single Digits in the humidity. So you get the hot dry winds you get humidity down below 10 and certainly if you get a fire started those can conditions thats perfect for to blossom rather rapidly with the call extreme fire conditions thats were expecting the parts of the north bay and parts of the east bay all the way down the Santa Cruz Mountains but you can see that continues into friday as well i think humidity levels probably are going to recover until we get into the weekend. So certainly dangerous fire conditions. The winds going to pick up throughout the night tonight you see all the colors beginning to fill in first working their way out of the central valley, then back into the bay area tomorrow morning blustery winds, not only at the higher amounts well see down in some of the urban areas to so certainly dangerous eruption of fire. Get started you get those kind of winds blowing down in some of the urban areas to very very dangerous conditions but then as we head toward the afternoon tomorrow, you start to notice some and some red begin develop in parts of the east bay hills the diablo range you could see some gusts there of 3040 Miles Per Hour. Same. The Santa Cruz Mountains so dangerous fire conditions ahead at least now until friday morning. Doors the power shutoff is expected to affect more than 9,000 customers in napa county. Thats where we find kron fours dan kerman to continue our Team Coverage. The city of calistoga is returning to normal after being evacuated for 6 days due to the glass fire. Now part of the town is gearing up to have their power shut off due to adverse weather conditions which could cause fire i think this is since they started in 2018 about number 15 might be higher. Thanks to this generator. Most downtown businesses and homes on the east side of the napa river well continue to have their lights on still there are challenges challenges people hear that. Are powers often that we have fires in the area and they stop coming and truthfully you couldnt have a more beautiful day. Powers going to be on were in business hopefully so from up here on the west side of the river its a different story, their power will be shut off likely until sometime friday, not fun, but were prepared. And i think thats the key. You know for everybody when we look at climate change. Be prepared. Many residents here have their own generators ready to go. You dont have to look far to see what fire can do and thats why they get why the shut off is happening and while they may not like it they realize its a bit of a nowin situation. Eason may they had to everybody even like evade they know the power you know trying to say that things all of us complain about even they dont end of the power and something capping all of going to complain about the heat. So its a very hard thing to really take here in napa county about 9200 customers a pga near expected to be impacted by the shut off. However 1500 of those in calistoga will not be shut off because of those generators. In the napa valley dan kerman kron 4 news in the east bay pg and e has energized electrical lines for safety that means thousands of residents in alameda and contra costa counties have been left in the dark this is in an effort to avoid the Utility Equipment possibly sparking a fire with the high winds. Once the weather lets up on friday morning, the utility will patrol and inspect the dea energize lies to ensure that they were not damaged during the wind event and then repair any damage thats found. Pga new says it will then safely restore power in stages and as quickly as possible with the goal of restoring power to nearly all of its customers by friday night. Stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage on the fire threats, the high temperatures and winds you can also find information on our website kron 4 dot com. And download our kron 4 mobile app and the kron on app to sign up for weather alerts in your neighborhood and get details on power shutoffs. In honor to be with you i think ill be with you next year again, you know well have to see because i dont win the election you probably wont want me and thats ok with me too. President trump delivering a Virtual Campaign speech to Economic Clubs in a number of states today as he tries to shore up support from constituencies that not so long ago he thought he had in the bag such as big business. The Economic Club is a nonprofit and Nonpartisan Organization that aims to talk about important social and economic and political issues and the president questioned why Business Leaders would even consider supporting his democratic challenger joe biden meantime joe biden held his own Virtual Event was a fundraiser in was in wilmington delaware today, his home state. The democratic candidate delivered pre taped remarks to american muslims he did not have any Public Campaign events today, California Republican Party Officials are doubling down on efforts to use private ballot boxes to collect votes. Thats despite the fact that state officials continue to argue the boxes were misleading and illegal state republican Officials Say theyll remove the official label, but they wont stop using the boxes. The gop ys Party Officials says ballot boxes are no different from the ballot harvesting done by democrats. The state attorney general has issued a cease and desist order against those ballot boxes. Republican Party Officials say theyll file a reply tomorrow. Election officials argue that theres a difference between designating a 3rd party to deliver a ballot and putting a ballot into an unofficial box. And a friendly reminder were 20 days from the november, 3rd election and kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season. Said a male lemur named maki has gone missing. Thats according to officials at the San Francisco zoo, heres what the lemur looks like maki is ringtailed lemur is a link a lever hes gray in color with a black and white striped tail. The San Francisco Police Department is investigating the animals disappearance including the possibility that a break in the kurd at the lemur florist maki is 21 and a half years old which is considered elderly for a lemur and he moves very slowly which is why Officials Say he might have been easiest to catch. If maki is confirmed to be stolen it would not be the first time that an animal has been taken from the San Francisco zoo, about 20 years ago, some teenagers took a pair of rare koalas they were doing so in order to impress their girlfriends. I got back to the zoo. Still ahead 8 oclock if you walk up and drive through covid testing sites might seem like testing sites might seem like a risky option. But 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. About the covid19 virus. Its real. Its dangerous. And we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. We can do this. If we do it together. Theres another new alternative to taking a covid19 test at a testing facility you can now have a kit delivered to your home and take the test yourself calm forcefully to go explains how it works. Face coverings social distancing frequent testing and stringent Contact Tracing a little tools being used to stop the spread of covid19 and with more vulnerable populations like seniors and people with preexisting respiratory conditions resistant to leaving their homes for medical care concerned about exposure to the virus. Walkup and drivethru testing sites may seem like a risky option. But there is an alternative at home Novel Coronavirus tests are available Quest Diagnostics is offering one. Its called an active infection test kit. It can be purchased online and shipped to your home or picked up at a walmart store. The kid has been approved by the food and Drug Administration under an emergency use authorization. If you suspect you have been infected or youre simply experiencing symptoms. You can isolate havoc. It delivered to your door and administer the swab test yourself ship the finnish test back to Quest Diagnostics or drop it back off at walmart Quest Diagnostics says result should be expected within 48 hours after their labs receive them. Overall the latest data from the California Department of Public Health shows nearly 16 and a half million covid19 tests have been conducted in the state with about 92 of people receiving results within 2 days as for the kid, it costs around 130 but could be fully covered based on your Health Insurance phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. Yesterday academic writings are different then judicial rulings that was one message from judge amy barrett on day 3 of her Senate Confirmation hearing in sports Kyle Shanahans blunt words about a sticky situation concerning quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo on hi marathon 11 hour day of questioning Supreme Court Justice Nominee amy barrett was back in the hot seat for day 3 of her confirmation hearing our washington correspondent alexandra le mon has a recap and a look at some of the big questions. Senator Lindsey Graham says judge amy barrett is leading the way for conservative women in this is history being made folks. This is the first time in american history. That weve nominated a woman whos on a shame we pro life but utah senator mike lee says her personal prolife views dont predict judge parents judicial rulings here record on the 7th circuit. Actually shows that youre able to set aside your personal convictions still a Justice Barrett could be the final vote needed to overturn abortion rights and Health Care Laws those who support republican platform are going to keep their promise to in the Affordable Care act. They need that night Justice Barrett told senators that while she has spoken against rulings upholding the a in the past academic writings are different the judicial rulings did you ever. White her speak out in defense of the ac a no ive never had occasion to say the policy question democrats also question there about Voter Suppression when asked whether or not the president has any authority to unilaterally deny that right to vote for a person based on race or even gender. Are you saying you cant answer that question. Senator i just referenced the 14th and 15th amendments that do prohibit discrimination on the basis of race in voting in washington, alexandra le mon. Bay area republican officials have been watching judge perez hearing closely and they say that shes been handling herself. Well catherine heat in our host of inside bay area politics talk to one of them who says democrats been using a lot of their question time to stress their own policies and priorities. These hearings are really for the democrats is extension of the Bidenharris Campaign theyre using their time that this Democratic Senators in calm waters, hes on the ticket. You make some speeches camping last question that they believe will the luminaid democratic polish missions on abortion, of all care on other issues and what this really highlights is that for too long or government has operated with me Supreme Court being a type of Additional Branch and legislature for up to the state policy we can all assume that this the question that its really you know the graham. Her me dylan is a local attorney in San Franciscos served on President Trumps 2020 Advisory Board and she pointed out a first in all of this. If barrett is put on the bench. She will be the first Supreme Court justice with school age children. Sports from the team t fiber sports tests. For their most formidable opponent of the season at a time when the team is most vulnerable. Is the quarterback actually healthy its a legit question right now with a complicated answer. According to khalid shanahan Jimmy Garoppolo checked off every box last week in practice in order to dress and play but we are watching the game on sunday. Jimmy didnt look like his normal confident self it didnt help that his team found itself down to scored within the first 2 dolphins possessions. Now this seems to be a pain tolerance situation which begs the question does the most talented guy give you the best chance of winning. Kyle shanahan wont answer that question on a wednesday of a game week. Im sure well get that info on saturday but in the meantime this is what he had to say about him thanks to people have high ankle sprain some will affect you sometimes entire year so. I think theres a little. Its is pretty much as simple as that i mean it makes it hard for you to play at your best by no means but does that mean that you cant play a lot guys go out there and having for being their best but you know if you can play so to go out there performing. All be the judge of that washington throughout the weekend as a good week of looks like you is this best chance to win. That i wont hesitate and if it looks like it hurts in the game and his program. Then well do what we did again. The raiders have been trying to find a feature number one wide receiver for a while now they thought they had it in a mark cooper, but that didnt work out then they thought they had it in Antonio Brown and we know that really didnt work out maybe itll work out for first round pick henry ruggs the 3rd round 4 trial has more. Certainly is nice when you go into your bye week after one of your biggest winds in years the raiders with that upset win over kansas city, the key to that victory. Derek are finding that rookie wide receiver out of alabama henry ruggs the 3rd 418 yards and a touchdown. To have the the knowledge is a quarterback to know but you have a guy that runs 4, 1, 4, 2, in the knowledge that not only that he knows what route to run and he knows if it if we get the look we we want to get he can win like having that confidence it doesnt matter whats going on with anything else if i just sit there make my read we have a chance to make that as as it unfolds and you throw the ball. Its like its like i like this you know its like man, its a good feeling out there and there you know trust them, you know when the ball was an airline didnt know that he was gone that way from everybody but i was looking for defendant tennessee had need that fact above the you know how to kiss it so next up for the raiders they take a week off to get healthy and then get ready for the tampa bay buccaneers. Derek carr against tom brady and i would be fun. In las vegas on ron futrell reporting. And some unfortunate news for henry ruggs is College Coach nick saban along with alabama Athletic Director greg byrne have tested positive for covid19. Neither are experiencing symptoms, but both will have to quarantine in the meantime. And to the baseball field nlcs game 3 dodgers looking to get back in this series after digging themselves in over 2 whole years and they did just that today, max muncys grand slam in the first capped off an 11 run ending. La sets the record for most home runs most runs im sorry in an ending with us and ending in a postseason game. They sent 14 batters to the plate in the first dodgers win 15 to 3 the series is now 2 games to one game 4 is tomorrow evening. And thats your look at sports back to you guys all right jason thank u next today, 3 women using a bit of creativity to navigate through the pandemic how their you know the saying, life is uncertain. Have Dessert First . must be the thinking behind. The new atkins dessert bars. 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These 3 are thriving the first 2 months of the pandemic was extremely tough because we werent busy at all luckily things have picked up whats even more inspiring is that all 3 owners happened to be nothingness. Women who took a chance on a small business, none of the men we think rivera came to chicago from venezuela 20 years ago to like lets it loose she says she struggles with english but despite that she opened her restaurant a few years ago even inspired her son to follow her footsteps her fresh mango yari vargas has an incredible story of her own she is chicagos we enough lot more than 50 different recipes covid forced her to initially lay off staff i literally had to change the entire menu where i made a smaller. So i will be able to handle the prepping by myself and be able to cook by myself, shes getting workers back all 3 women help solidify the role of minority women in Small Businesses in the last 5 years womenowned businesses grew by 21 nationwide and in 2019 women of color made up half of all womenowned businesses taking this challenge me to get my creativity back out i was like you know what i have to challenge myself. I have to look for resources that are available for me available for the customer will get through this day its stay positive. Stay positive. Thats. You could sailed. And all 3 ladies have mastered that idea of staying positive handling the pandemic with a smile. A or our hispanic heritage special runs this saturday october 17th kron fours Marty Gonzales host 30 minute special which begins at 09 30pm you can also find more stories online at kron 4 dot com just look under the Community Tab for hispanic heritage month. That wraps up kron 4 news at 8 oclock and i will be back at the top of the hour. We will continue tracking pg and es Public Safety power shutoff affecting thousands of bay area customers we will show you how they are preparing for what could be several days in the dark plus Napa County Sheriffs Department releasing bodycam video of a traffic stop that turned fatal. What caused a sergeant to shoot and kill the man he pulled over those stories more coming up on kron 4 news at night. News station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 9. Now at 9 more than 24,000 bay area customers are left in the dark pga initiating a Public Safety power shutoff tonight because of high winds combined with extremely dry conditions. Good evening. Everybody, im pam moore and im ken wayne. These outages come as the north bay recovers from recent wildfires pg nice as its notified about 53,000 customers across 24 different counties about this potential shut off. The shaws were set to start as soon as 6 oclock tonight in some counties and 8 oclock tonight and others and is expected to last until friday night more than 26,000 customers in the bay area are expected to be affected by tonights outages with the most number of affected customers centered in napa county we have Team Coverage tonight our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is tracking the red flag warning in effect right now which has prompted these power shut offs kron fours Ella Sogomonian is in our newsroom. Shes tracking the shut offs in the bay area but we begin with kron 4 staters sacchi who is live for us in saint helene of the town which had to evacuate from the glass fire just a few weeks ago, taylor. Ken pam am at