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Balan muchas warns that the county has to get its act together unfortunate reality is that we are seeing case numbers that are higher than they should be for us to remain in red and unfortunately that puts us at risk of going back in the purple. You know the cause of it is obviously people getting together with family and friends and letting their guard down so that disease spreads and we had several weeks ago several large as ants that we believe accounted for that spike that theyre not just says the spike could be temporary at least hes hoping thats the case he points to several recent events as examples of behavior that is detrimental to the countys progression in reopening involving 300 people with no social distanced staying lee and its a wedding at a home with 40 people no social distancing no and then there was some type of the news sent invitation only event was a large number of people again no social distancing and we had dozens of cases from these events doctor much as says the county was averaging 27 positive coronavirus cases per day about a month ago, but in the last 2 weeks that number jumped to 41 positive cases per day. Number that would put the county back on the states purple tier list. If they get the same results next week. Now hopefully Solano County can get its case numbers, its average case numbers per day under 31 to remain in that red tier. Its also another important reminder head of halloween and the holidays to keep your guard up in to continue practicing social distancing of course wearing a mask for now live in Benicia Taylor the psac ii kron 4 news center. Thank you for that meantime, San Francisco is in the yellow tier and now some nonessential Office Workers can start showing up to work again kron fours Maureen Kelly went into downtown San Francisco at lunchtime and didnt see the new phase of reopening having a lot of impact notes. The valerie chain has been selling bouquets here at the flower cart off Market Street downtown for close to 30 years. She says business is still way down and while the city has now given non essential businesses, the green light to bring in Office Workers at 25 capacity. She has not seen much of a change today at this is time for us and let them know used to be. And that is having a major impact on mom and pop businesses that rely on foot traffic is really high to start to my neighbor across the street, they said because theres nobody in downtown minus will not open because they i was going to bring healthy have to bring him. Better off closing instead of coming in. South of market, the manager of orange thomas had just a few customers eating around lunchtime, a small fraction of their prepandemic lunch time or davis 80s around 1 oclock well have a liner on the corner over him. I might be like a 1520 minute, wait and while i dont see that happening for the rest of this year. I believe we are you know well established well loved us from believe by next year. In january february, well start getting america. Several restaurants nearby are boarded up sitting outside a shuttered lunch spot, i found one man who works in commercial real estate, he says he and most of his coworkers are coming in about once a week. And does not think this new phase of reopening is going change that yeah no i think all the work from home 3 to 4 days out of the week in perpetuity. So obviously this is just the first day and only time will tell if Office Workers gradually start coming back to work downtown. But right now this place appears to be just as much of a ghost town as it has been for many months Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. We have some breaking news to tell you out of los angeles is a live look in la after the team has won the world series against the Tampa Bay Rays in game 6 of that contest the dodgers beat the rays 3 to one. This is the la Dodgers First world series title since 1988. Weve also learned the dodgers infielder Justin Turner tested positive for covid19 its unclear when he tested positive, but that was announced after the game which just ended a short time ago. Turner was escorted out during the game kron 4 sports director jason dumas well have more on this breaking news a little bit later on but we want to show you the live pictures as you can see police in the middle of the street. And also out there celebrating. Were told that this is somewhere near dodger stadium. But if you bend the dodger stadium, you know Chavez Ravine theirs just basically a parking lot there you have to get out of the parking lot kind of drive down the hill to get into some neighborhoods near there so were not exactly sure where this is in particular but people waving flags and enjoying the good times course giants fans dont care much about the spam but for its a big deal. All right and continuing our coronavirus coverage now the bay area reopenings come as the United States is dealing with the highest average number of covid19 cases since the pandemic began over the past week, the country reported an average of about 68,000 new cases every day that is up more than 22 compared with the previous week, the average deaths per day across the country are also up 10 over the past 2 weeks to 794 deaths per day. Health officials fear further spread of the virus as we head into the Holiday Season tonight Governor Newsom says his new Vaccine Safety Group will not delay distribution of a covid19 vaccine that has 3 more states decide to join california safety effort our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has the story. Washington oregon and nevada are joining californias review group to put a second set of eyes on an eventual fda approved vaccine before distributing it within these west coast states. The governor responding to critics who claim this could significantly delay a critical need for californians. No it will not cause any delays in fact we would argue quite the contrary its going to increase transparency and trust state leaders tuesday said as the fda works to approve the covid19 vaccine, the west coast group working to verify its safety does not plan to continue or replicate any trials. Were looking at. Information the data that is a lot of it is publicly reported but through the eyes of experts can be strengthened invalidated the approach that shares and intend to and are going to work very hard to make sure that the trust of the public is what we have and sharing this information in a clear concise way without delay state officials announced an Additional Group focused on the vaccine. A new 16 person panel will come up with guidelines on vaccine ethics and distribution that theyre safely transported that theyre safely stored. That were having a mindset of safety related to public data or other private and personal debt and whats that line whats that distinction. Theres no timetable for any of this until a vaccine is approved newsoms administration has said it likely wont happen in 2020. Planning for the vaccine comes as california is starting to see increases in both icu admissions and hospitalizations related to covid19. Both are up about 5 over the last 2 weeks. The governor says later this week, hell make an announcement on testing capacity. Reporting in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Safeway will pay 140,000 in order to settle a price gouging law suit with alameda and contra costa counties, prosecutors say the grocery chain marked up 2 brands of Hand Sanitizer by 50 over the wholesale cost after the pandemic started an emergency order issued in april band price gouging during the pandemic as part of the settlement safeway will pay about 81,000 in Civil Penalties and about 62,000 in restitution. Another big story. Were following tonight power restoration efforts are still underway tonight days after more than 92,000 bay area customers had their electricity cut during those shut offs as you can see more than half of the bay area counties affected by the shut offs have had their power completely restored. Crews are working on restoring powers and power rather in alameda and sonoma counties and about 42 of the customers affected by the outages in napa county have got their power restored pg e says it expects to have everyones electricity turned back on by tomorrow. Fire crews are still adding up the damage show by the czu lightning complex fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains it will cost millions of dollars and months to deal with the damage to the trees alone as kron fours rob fladeboe reports now work is underway in the hardhit community of bonny doon north of santa cruz. Bonnie dune is a heartbreaking mess logging trucks whole load after load of dead trees felled by crews working to keep residents in traffic out of harms way. 1100 trees have been worked for removal hero swanton road alone since the county steve wizenard so. What the county is doing right now as were going through and doing a full assessment of trees within the public roadway. And just outside the public roadway were trees could fall and impact the public roadway. Saws echo through the mountains there are piles of logs everywhere virtually every moderate pine on kelly fosters property are being cut down some are falling on their own and thats scary. He says the first week after the fire. We heard a big pine come down about once an hour. 4. Several weeks and sometimes you hear the crack and then the boom and sometimes is here the kraken thats the scarier situation tall pine for redwoods lean over the winding road in many places they must go first. 45 miles of road where impacted and there are thousands more damage trees on private property across 85,000 acres scorched by the lightning sparked fire that erupted back on august 19th a lot of these trees are shells of themselves as what they you know were prior to the fire incident. And so we are were practice proactively going in seen what kind shape. These trees are and if theyre deemed dangerous. Were taking him down. Its just the loss of those trees werent enough there are worries about what could happen when the rains return this winter with little or nothing to guard against erosion and the prospect of war and disaster on top of another what im most worried about. Is the mud debris flow. Thats projected this winter. I joke with friends can we please get a quarter inch of rain every other night all winter long. But we know thats not going to happen, we know where you get some some goalie washers and pretty scary to think whats going to flow with all the organics completely burned off and very little vegetation on the ground too to modify the. The runoff in bonny doon rob fladeboe kron 4 news. All right well lets get the latest on the weather situation and for us were so glad those winds have finally calmed down but last 48 hours very scary weather around the bay area weve been talking about it. Those winds gusting over 80 miles yesterday last night still some very strong those gusts over 70 Miles Per Hour here in the bay area so gusty winds developing outside overnight. The good news is those winds begin to calm down just a bit so i think weve got some improving conditions but boy weve seen some impressive win 71 mile an hour winds saint helene a mount diablo 74 Miles Per Hour wind gusting to 61 hawkeye and the north bay healdsburg 53 mile an hour gusts in the Oakland Hills of folks look at those winds gusting over 50 last night, black hawk 46 Miles Per Hour. So those winds mainly confined to the mountain tops last night a little breezy and other spots down below, but now looks like those winds started calm down but even in the Early Morning hours you still have some strong offshore winds of 2030 plus Miles Per Hour moving across the north bay, those subsiding even a little bit of an on shore breeze beginning to kick in in the San Francisco at 8 Miles Per Hour right now it is calm and sam ramon and live more thats the trend. Theyll take us through the next few days but boy what a difference. We have High Pressure along the coastline here you have this low Pressure Center to the south the diff relieves pressure system really cranking up the winds outside now the good news is that low is going to kick to the east High Pressure just going to kind of settle in the winds are going to subside little those ice a bar start to spread well apart, that means weve got some nice calm weather ahead and release nice temperatures to theres look good got clear skies around the bay area clear all the way to the coastline now its going to stay that way as were going to see a kind of chilly night ahead temperatures drop it off to the 50s and the 60s at this hour. Think we look toward todays temperatures me to get an idea of is going to be like tomorrow 70s in the San Francisco 81 in oakland, its 79 degrees in san jose live more checking in 74 degrees 77 ca can look at santa rosa 87 degrees for today. So yes, some nice weather out there looks like tomorrow is going to be a beautiful day. No fire danger we dont have to worry about the gusty winds enjoying those temperatures the 70s navies in the valleys 70s maybe couple 80s around the bay and plan on sunshine and 60s out of the coast. Now exactly one week away from the 2020 president ial election tonight and the 2 candidates are making their last Minute Campaign stops in the key battleground states. President trump started a busy day of campaigning with a cold rain soaked rally in lansing michigan. I said you know theyve been waiting out here for hours action but on they even said sir we have the car is going to take you from the beautiful air force one and that of unity. It will take you from air force one is that i got to walk it. I mean these people tough. From theyre meanwhile, greensboro North Carolina Vice President pence made a pitch for a Strong Military and economic recovery and law and order joe biden is telling americans to clear the decks for action on everything from the coronavirus pandemic to the economy if hes elected president in warm springs, georgia today biden went after President Trump and his administration for saying they cant contain the virus now his chief of staff. Just last week made a stunning admission. And mission. I believe, but there are thought hed say. Saying quote were not going to control the pandemic and of crone. Were not going to control the pandemic. Its a capitulation. So waving a white flag, its a window into the shocking truth. About this white house. Bidens running mate Kamala Harris made a Campaign Stop in las vegas today, the california senator answer bidens policies, including is tackling the pandemic systemic racism Climate Change and the economy. And in florida today, former president Barack Obama Campaign for joe biden in Orlando Obama talk to an audience gathered at a drivein where he criticized President Trumps response to the pandemic. If he had been focused on covid from the beginning. Cases would be reaching new record highs across the country this week. And we are focused on covid the white house wont be having its second of breaking them up the white house. Let me say this i lived in the white house for a while. You know its a controlled environment. You can. Take some preventive measures in the white house to avoid getting sick. And said this guy cant seem to do it hes turned the white house into a hot zone. And the east bay prom forcefully tuggle tracking early voting in Contra Costa County he has this report. Comparing the turnout for the president ial election to the march primaries, the Contra Costa County Elections Office says the number of vote by mail ballots cast has already been surpassed and overall more than 310,000 ballots have been returned so far thats just 20,000 less than the total number of ballots turned in back in march and theres still a week to go to the general election in fact we already have received more now while we had the entire election in 2016 scott caught a pass iq is the assistant registrar of voters, he says for the first time in the countys history more than 700,000 people have registered to vote to that represents about 65,000 more voters and what we have for the march primary election. He also expects. There are some 600,000 of those ballots will eventually be turned in thats more than 85 . He says that is also a historic number only surprise we weve had is how many people are voting early. We dont have anywhere near this percentage of voters participating. Week before the election tuesday is the last day vote by mail ballots are being sent out if you have not received one or have not registered to vote. You can register and vote in person by visiting the Elections Office in downtown martinez or one of the 17 Regional Vote Centers set up. Throughout the county people are voting now and voters just anticipate voting prior to the to election day past 6 has about 45 of the ballots received were turned in at the more than 3 dozen 24 7 ballot drop boxes. Those will continue accepting ballots through the election. In martinez phillipe djegal all kron 4 news eric ron been asking you to send in your election questions and there are a few common questions that weve received including. This one from Catherine Horton she wants to know what should she do if her name is spelled wrong on her ballot Election Officials say it is not something you should worry about, but they would like you to make a note of the issue on your on the low you can always cross off your name on a look at the correct name down there are operators will look at this company will human process will see that you wrote your name differently and sometimes youre little and thats the kind of thing that were looking for again if you still want clarification contact your local Registrars Office directly if you have any problems casting your ballot. Let us know and well investigate you can email us at voting problems at kron 4. Dot com. And was one week to go before the 2020 Campaign Season ends. California remains on track to hand former Vice President joe biden a victory by the largest margin for a democratic president ial candidate in california history. That is according to the final u c Berkeley Institute for governmental studies poll in that poll biden leads trump 65 to 29 . While it is clear that biden will win california what about the swing states as show him with a lead the host of inside bay area politics Catherine Heenan asked our political analyst michael yaki why we should believe any polls after so many of them will wrong back in 2016. I think that what happened though is that pollsters who. Got caught with their. I didnt really didnt really account for the trump surge among whites noncollege educated voters and what you see which youve seen this time is probably almost an over correction on that point. The last republican president ial candidate to win california was George H W Bush back in 1988. Coming up fanduels target a black womans Campaign Signs in Northern California, how shes standing up against hateful messages that were written over her name. And what police are doing about plus what we know about the Netflix Limited Series about Colin Kaepernicks life. And before we go to break want to take a live look over east l a where the or the dodgers fans are celebrating. And one concerned by fire officials in los angeles they have a red flag warning in that area. You can see fireworks being set off in the streets of los angeles fire officials are asking people not to do that. But police and firefighters keeping an eye on the celebrations. In los angeles we will to lessen night contents. Tonight weve learned who will play Colin Kaepernick in the Netflix Limited Series about his early life. Colin in black and white is the limited series coming to the streaming platform, it tells the story of kaepernick during his teenage years netflix announced a that 17 yearold Jayden Michael is set to play kaepernicks younger self in the series. The actor has appeared in other netflix shows including get down and wonderstruck good news for film fans today center mark announced more movie theaters are reopening in the bay area 5 theaters in alameda county. Welcome back guests today to and to theaters in San Francisco. Plus some in Santa Clara County will reopen by friday. One change that comes with the reopening is not allowing eating or drinking inside the theater which is a San Francisco Santa Clara County and forced restriction that rule is why many theaters in San Francisco of elected to remain closed. Even though they are allowed to reopen because you get a lot of that money from concessions. Wildfires spreading fast in Southern California tonight to First Responders are fighting for their lives plus a Deadly Police shooting caught on camera what we know about the situation in philadelphia tonight and Amy Coney Barrett is officially the Newest Supreme Court justice what need to find the closest official ballot drop box near you . Just visit vote. Ca. Gov to find your nearest location. Then drop off your ballot. Your vote will be secure and counted. There are other ways to vote too. Just return your votebymail ballot at your voting location or mail it back. Or you can vote safely inperson during early voting or on election day. Vote the way youre most comfortable but vote by 8pm on november 3rd. Just as Amy Coney Barrett is now the newest member of the u. S. Supreme court after almost all republican senators save one voted for her to take over the vacant seats a while democrats say theyre worried about the countrys future our washington correspondent basil john reports with Amy Coney Barrett officially, the newest justice on the Supreme Court. West Virginia Republican showing more capital says she will act as a role model for the country she understands respects the role of Supreme Court justices West Virginia democrat joe manchin doesnt question bears qualifications but questions the timing of this process so close the election because all it does is further divide. One week before the election of a very very contentious election. I might say. Mansion and other democrats say they are worried about what will happen to things like the Affordable Care act. And now we have a landmark case coming up that could throw the baby out with the bath water, virginia senator tim kaine expects republicans will get their way and overturned the a they did it for one reason which is they smell blood in the water in their effort to finally kill the Affordable Care act cain says only one thing can be done now the only real solution is for people to engage as never before so there will be a congress that can provide additional protection should the Supreme Court. Take a step in seems likely the Supreme Court hears arguments in the ac a just one week after the election. Reporting in washington, im beall john. A Northern California woman is standing up and speaking out against hate thats after her own Campaign Signs were vandalized some with racial slurs tonight police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, but when a shot x talked with that woman and her supporters but how theyre dealing with this issue. Lifted up to try to save it. It had the n word black b word and the more inward in the past 5 weeks in a Thomas School board candidate erica harden says. Several of her Campaign Signs were vandalized some with the n word written across it or other profanities theres a lot of hatred in the world and theres absolutely no reason to be like back the most recent incident happened just after talking with fox 40 today erica got a phone call reporting that another batch of signs were in just a few blocks you can clearly. See this this is a school board race, but theres never a time when anyone should be mean violent or this disrespectful and its scary sacramento. Police said they have no suspects in that ericas case is being investigated by the criminal Intelligence Unit as a hate crime it scares me to go outside. I mean, im worried for my son and for myself i mean not so much the blood boiling but feeling like were in 1952, and its time for us to think about leaving. And thats not it just makes us want to try harder to gets us up every morning. Erica says shes lived in that home is for 19 years and is the nut home is Community Associations president her friends saw chico cannot sue says theres Racial Disparity in the thomas. She says she believes her friend will make a difference working on the school board to bridge the divide between north and south this is kind of what were fighting for the for both side erica hopes the vandalism stops and for those responsible please stop its not going to stop me so just headed out im here to stay. That was where reinas addicts reporting tonight. Protesters took to the streets of philadelphia overnight after police shot and killed a black man after yelling at him to drop a knife. This is video of looting that happened overnight more than a dozen people were arrested. More than 30 officers injured in those protests. Police say they shot 27 yearold watch Walter Wallace after he refused Police Orders to drop a knife. This was yesterday afternoon. This is a cell phone video of the moment that poll philadelphia officers shot and killed wallace officers say they were called to the area after reports of a man with a weapon. When officers arrived they say they found was holding the knife. Officers ordered him to drop it. Police say at one point. Wallace advanced toward them and thats when officers shot him bonding struck the male immediately dropped the knife and was scooped up by one of the discharging officers who took him into his a police car over Presbyterian Hospital or fortunately he succumbed to injuries. Also is father has reported that his son appeared to be shot 10 times and was struggling with Mental Health issues he says he wonders why police didnt use a stun gun. In bay area news tonight, a man in oakland was found shot to death inside a car that had crashed into a utility pole in the area of 89th and Macarthur Police say they received a shotspotter notification shortly before 11 oclock last night. Police say they were able to interview a few people in that area but no one has been arrested and if you have any information about the incident youre asked to Contact Oakland police. 2 homes were destroyed in an Early Morning fire was a 2 alarm blaze in the Oakland Hills it happened near crown avenue and merriewood drive at one point flames from news home spread to vegetation of course that was a huge concern for the fire crews in less than an hour though the oakland firefighters managed to contain the fire. The east bay hills were under a red flag warning due to the dry conditions and those strong wind gusts at the time of the fire. And there are 2 major wildfires forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes in Southern California tonight, the largest fire is the blue ridge fire burning in the town of your belinda is now nearly 14,000 acres with 0 containment. And theres also the silverado fire which is burning in Orange County you can see some of the video here 5 firefighters have been injured on the front lines 2 of them are in Critical Condition tonight. Now San Francisco fire crews left the city this morning to assist those crews in Southern California. The silverado fire is burning more than 13,000 acres, it is 5 contained chip yost has the latest from the ground. All right well try and bring that story back to you later but nonetheless those 2 fires burning in Southern California causing major problems for fire crews and still ahead. A disgraced self improvement guru sentenced to 120 years in prison whether a judge says the harsh sentence is appropriate. And all the talk of fires now were talking about a hurricane headed toward the u. S. Will show you where 7 coming up next. It may be news, many sports fans here in the bay area really dont want to hear but there they are the dodgers or the World Series Champions for the first time in 32 years. Sports director jason dumas has the highlights coming up. For sports. World series game 6 season is on the line for the Tampa Bay Rays and they put their ace on the mound there he goes right there blake snell had an outstanding season 3. 2 4 in this year on the mound for the dodgers of the local kid tony gonna son. The vacaville high and saint marys grad great local story there but this wasnt good start for goose second raise batter of the game randi or is or takes the pitch to the opposite field for a solo homer and get this he has 10 home runs this postseason thats a mlb record is one nothing raid but to settle down. He finished with 4 strikeouts in one and twothirds innings pitched. Bottom of the 6 a prize of the night kevin cash decides to pull snell even though he was throwing a gem a shut out nice strikeout and his replacement well made cash look really bad. He gives up a double them bounces the wild pitch and the dodgers tied up next batter corey seager grounds out to first mookie betts comes into score and just like that is 2 to one dodgers. Lets go to the 8th inning now we can see the dodgers still celebrating mookie betts gives them that insurance run they needed. Thats a solo shot the team goes crazy in the dugout what acquisition for l a getting mookie betts theyre closing in on that title and guess what here is the final out strike 3 looking in the dodgers win their first world series since 1988, the wait is finally off their backs. A wild celebration ensues near the mound. Theres magic johnson, he owns part of the team. I mean hes used to this even won a lot of rain to his career dodgers ownership presented with the world series trophy shortstop corey seager. Named the mvp. He hit 400 in the series. So im sorry giants fans but the Los Angeles Dodgers are back. On the top of the baseball world, so you know that means the giants are going to have to get together and get one themselves again. Soon but that is your look at sports. Disgraced selfimprovement guru Keith Rainier iii who also founded the group nexium has been sentenced to a 120 years in prison today sentencing followed more than a dozen former members of the Group Reading victim impact statements before the court. Giuliana bruna has the story. We heard from the 15 victims in court today, somewhere there in person and some appear to virtually many of them saying they feared that unless Keith Raniere you got to have the sentence he would be able to continue causing harm to other women using the connections that he still has it within the call. But in addition to the 120 year sentence imposed on him by the judge he also cannot have any contact with people who are affiliated with nexi before receiving his sentence ranieri still maintaining his innocence even saying his victims were lying. He said he was remorseful and sorry for the pain he caused but at the same time he did not commit the crimes he was convicted up he asked that the victims rethink the roles of the other defendants, including allison mack saying quote blame me theyre good souls and quote. Calling them innocent and undeserving of prison time finally he asked his victims for forgiveness but still saying hes completely innocent. The defense tried to sell the judge on the 20 year sentence arguing rainier thought he was doing good things when heading the colt but the judge agreed with the prosecution that it doesnt matter if an abuser doesnt believe theyre causing harm when they really are multiple victims who spoke today reference to suicidal thoughts the experience following their incidents with her erie. One victim camilla who says she was just 15 when ranieri had with her reflected on her experience as one of many in near his harem saying quote to brand someone you allegedly care about should never be normal and quote of course she was referring to the symbol of keeps initials that was burned into the flash of those in the dos a secret society, the judge decided that because were near his crimes were cruel perverse and left lasting effects on victims combined with his lack of remorse a serious sentence was necessary certainly the judges sentence. Which in effect in capacity kates he trenary for the rest of his life. Should hopefully give them some sense of security in should stand as a warning to others who would participate in similar like conduct. That when justice catches up with you as it did today. It is severe. And that was Giuliana Bruno reporting tonight. All right now take a look at this workers from the Washington State department of agriculture managed to destroy the first to nest of socalled murder hornets. The workers discovered those hornets without suffering any stings or other injuries, the nest was sealed with foam and shrink wrap and the hornets inside suffocated, the nest located near the Canadian Border create a concern because the asian giant hornets are large and theyre staying can be lethal, especially of a person as strong a number of times the hornets also pose a huge threat to honeybees of course honeybees pollinate so many of our crops tonight we are tracking hurricane to forecasters say the storm is heading into the gulf of mexico with. Louisiana apparently in its bulls eye this is video of shrimp boat workers just outside new orleans preparing for the hurricanes possible landfall. Zeta is the 27th name storm in a very busy atlantic season, kron 4 chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow tracking the system he has the details for us yeah this one looks like again. It is heading into place weve already seen numerous hurricanes come on shore. Already louisiana on the cross hairs once again you can see it right there. The storm system making its way across the yucatan peninsula. It started to weaken a little bit becoming a Tropical Storm again but has now begin to strengthen and so here we go you can say the spinning around out there and some open waters allowing it to re gather some of that strength that losses move across the yucatan sustained winds now of 70 Miles Per Hour so still a Tropical Storm but not for long this is going to start to intensify. Doesnt look like its going to get a real strong system but still category one as it begins to move out the open waters 05 00am in the morning. Then here we making when you right near new orleans coming overhead, we could see maybe 2 to 4 inches maybe some isolated places with much as 8 inches of rain along that area and im not done with the from theres going to be interesting is a worse way across the United States right now weve got some very cold air of course in california would know what but theyve had some cold temperatures some of the coldest in over a 100 years making its way all the way down new mexico, the panhandle you see the snow and the sleet theyre moving through that is going to gather with the storm system watch what happens here makes its way all the way across kind of putting itself together that is going to be some kind of storm headed across the u. S. So yeah thats going to be a big storm there were enjoying just some gorgeous weather outside temperatures. The 70s and some 80s for highs tomorrow, looking very nice and the good stay that way in fact some very nice weather into the weekend too on halloween. Those temperatures actually warm up in the 80s inland 70s inside the bay and getting near 70 degrees right along the coastline. All right lawrence, thank you well we want to return to that story we told you about earlier those 2 major Southern California wildfires which are forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes tonight were talking about the blue ridge fire and the silverado fire chip yost has the latest. Well there are still fires to be put out tuesday the silverado fire looked much more manageable than just 24 hours earlier. When extremely high winds pushed the fire that started near Santiago Canyon in Silverado Canyon roads toward residential communities in irvine and lake forest complicating matters because of the wins aerial firefighting resources were grounded much of the day was pretty bad tend to think it was coming over the top and you can see the whole streets were smoking out is pretty bad. But overnight monday and into tuesday, the winds died down enough to let those aerial attacks resume. This drop was made by the very large heloc anchor dubbed the biggest tele tanker in the world which can drop about 3,000 gallons on a fire at a time by early tuesday afternoon so much progress had been made that some mandatory evacuations had been lifted. So to come back a couple hours now and see that its. In better condition, i mean hats off to these firemen, theyre doing a stellar job. That was chip yost reporting tonight from. Back here at home, the lights of your deli square are back on for the first time after a monthslong reconstruction project, its considered one of the most recognizable fixtures on the San Francisco skyline spent skyline. Its been there since 1915 the sign now features more Energy Efficient electrical upgrades santa will use l e d light bulbs, San Francisco mayor london breed had the honors of turning on those lights today, San Franciscos iconic cocacola side which has stood at this spotted 15 bryant for 83 years started to be taken down today. This is video sent in from kron fours will tran you can see just barely underneath the big side. Theres a worker up theyre starting to tear down the sign for Historical Context that 112 foot long billboard was erected back in 1937. Thats the same year the Golden Gate Bridge and a year after the opening of the bay bridge. So that billboard is part of an important era in bay area history. For your money today, the Social Security administration analysis, Social Security and supplemental security income benefits will be increase in the year 2021 the average retiree will get a 20 increase per month the 1. 3 cost of living adjustment will begin with benefits payable to more than 64 million Social Security beneficiaries in january of next year and increase payments to more than 8 million ssi beneficiaries will begin in december of this year, Social Security and ssi beneficiaries will be notified by mail starting in early december about the new out. And tonight amazon says that it will hire 100,000 people for the holidays, the company said the new hires will help pack ship or sort orders working in parttime and fulltime roles. Amazon said the jobs are not related to its typical holiday hiring. It made a record profit and revenue between april and june as more people turn to amazon during the pandemic to buy groceries and supplies coming up robbery goes wrong for one would be crook. How a mans skills and quick thinking prevented him from becoming a victim. They all endorse yes on prop 25. To end unfair, unjust, discriminatory money bail. Governor gavin newsom and van jones. Theyre voting yes on 25. The western center on law and poverty. The Dolores Huerta foundation. Californians for safety and justice. And the California Democratic party. They all agree that the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. So, vote yes on prop 25. But i cant say i expected this. Because it was easy. Whether or not youre in jail. 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. Uber and lyft are like every big guy ive ever brought down. Prop 22 doesnt help their drivers it denies them benefits. 22 doesnt help women. It actually weakens Sexual Harassment laws, which are meant to protect them. Uber and lyft arent even required to investigate Sexual Harassment claims. I agree with the la times no on 22. Uber and lyft want all the power. So, show them the real power is you. Vote no on prop 22. A call for one bad guy a member of the National Judo team fought off a robber in kansas city, missouri josh hinges says he left a Convenience Store was heading home and thats when he said someone grabbed his shoulder and poked gun in his back. Heres video of the neighborhood where it happened. He said when he turned around. The suspect raised the gun to his head and demanded that he give up his belongings and just says he wasnt ready to do that he wanted my stuff and i just kind of is just muscle memory they will take them down. Get the gun away once i kind of had him down he was that was it. And just competes internationally and you dont teaches Brazilian Jiu Jitsu he says his intention was not to injure the guy Police Arrested the suspect say the gun turned out to be a bb gun. News music power couple Blake Shelton and gwen stefani a tying the knot the couple shared this photograph on social media with glenn captioning it. Yes please well, blake said quote, hey glenn thanks for saving my 2020 and the rest of my life i love you i heard a yes for the First Time Since the 1940s halloween will receive some spooky on the aunts from a full moon this year for some people. The halloween full moon will be a once in a lifetime event. Nasa says the last time it occurred was in 1944 and hard to believe according to the farmers almanac, the next one isnt expected to happen until 2039, although saturdays moon will be a blue moon it will actually appear to be blue Scientists Use that term to describe the second full moon of a given month which only occurs about once every 2 and a half years. That wraps up kron 4 news at 9 oclock and i will be back at the top of the hour as 3 bay area counties move into the less restrictive arms covid tear another county is in danger of moving back into the most restrictive purple tier what Solano County must do to keep businesses from setting back down hundreds of thousands of ballots already cast here in the bay area were going to show you how one countys handling the historic turnout for early voting. Those stories and more coming up on kron 4 news at 10 00am. From the bay areas local news stations. Watching kron 4 news. Now at 10 more bay area counties moving up in the states covid19 tears allowing more businesses to operate indoors with modifications. Thank you for joining us tonight, im pam moore and im ken wayne are in contra costa and san mateo counties moved into the orange or moderate covid19 here but. Solano county could be moving backwards next week. Kron fours 10 per second reports from benicia. Over the last 2 weeks county saw spike in coronavirus cases averaging about 40 cases per day for them to stay in the red here which is where they are now they need to get under 31 cases per