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Double take on the dew point and relative humidity. Is a little better today. Hollowing forecast is easy. It will be clear. I dont inc. You have anything to worry about. Temperatures drop off rapidly. New lookup in, it start. Its time to go to bed. 60s will drop into the 40s and 50s. Highs today in the 70s. 7075 and it looks like this pattern is on hold for a while. Offshored direction still in place from the delta all the way to the coast but the wind speed is way down. Relative humidity is up. Its low but its triple what it was for some yesterday at this time and thats from fairfield all the way over to oakland and Half Moon Bay. 30s come up 40s and 50s on the temperatures. South bay tims. 30 and santa cruz mountains. Boulder creek is sleeping in the low 40s around santa clara and campbell. Saratoga and cupertino, 40 and 42 pickers in easterly or northeasterly component with the wind speeds are way down and it will stay this way for a while. The pattern will calm down and thats what we are dealing with. Chilly lows and hazy sunshine. A dry pattern for now. 70s for most if you 60s. 5 02 am. Sal is here. Tracy or Solano County . Trace. And we have to look at it because it is a little slow out here on 580 and 205. Lets go to it. You can see that traffic is going to be a little slow. There was a crash on 580 westbound right after 205. Give yourself extra time as you drive through the area. The morning commute is going to be busy anyway in this area but now that crash at grant line road on ramp is going to be there. Its not in the lane but its causing enough of a backup because people are looking at it in the area. Lets talk about the rest of the community. Livermore, dublin and out to hayward looks all right. This is a look at interstate because people are looking at it in the area. Lets talk about the rest of the community. Livermore, dublin and out to hayward looks all right. This is a look at interstate 880. No major issues here. At the bay bridge we can see traffic is a little slow but for the most part it is a nice commute. Today is a very busy day because of halloween. Be careful on the roads out there, especially at night as you have a lot of young people on the roads maybe wearing masks. Just be careful. New this morning from san jose. More details coming in about a deadly officerinvolved shooting at the santa teresa light rail station. This happened last night around 8 40 pm. The rail station after getting reports a man with a knife was threatening people. And armed vta Security Officer got there first, confronted the suspect and then shot the man who later died in the hospital. That Security Officer was not hurt. An investigation by the Sheriffs Office continues. Conditions are improving for firefighters on the kincade fire. They will not have to deal with windy conditions today. Red flag warning ended yesterday afternoon. The fire is now 45 contained and that is allowing some people to go back to their neighborhoods but 266 buildings including 133 homes have been destroyed. We have two new videos from overnight to show you of more of the firefighting efforts. This is from San Francisco firefighters. They had a strike team at the kincade fire. They recorded this sunday morning at the height of the windstorm on pine flat road in geyserville. The crusade three homes in the area. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Office shared video of their recent firefighting efforts from the air. This is a look at the video. The pink stains on the ground are places where fire retardant had been dropped. The infrared technology on the helicopter camera also shows hotspots within trees and around homes. Many schools will stay closed because of the fire and the power shutoffs. And Sonoma County, schools will be closed today and tomorrow. And napa county, the calistoga schools will stay closed but all the other schools in the county will be open. And marin county, most schools say they are definitely open. The others say they will hold classes if the power is on in time to begin the school day. If you are a parent, check with your individual schools. In lake county the konocti unified and Middletown Unified School Districts are still closed but all the others will be open again today. Later today, an emergency meeting by the Sonoma County board of supervisors. They will declare a local emergency and then adjust the county budget to include Disaster Relief money for the new kincade fire disaster fund. The meeting will not be held in santa rosa because of the fires. It will be moved to the Rohnert Park City Hall beginning at 9 30 am. Pg e says its inspecting its equipment and restoring the power as fast as it can after the fourth power safety shut off of the month. Pg e says 53,000 customers statewide still dont have power that includes homes and businesses and applicable sonoma, marin and lake county is. Pg e is not saying one everyone will have power again. They are already identifying many places where buyers may have been prevented because the power was shut off. We put dubose two more buyers possibly started by pg e equipment bringing the total to the past week to six. The east contra costa Fire Protection district says a pg e transformer was throwing sparks into brush near gateway road on Bethel Island just before a fire early sunday morning that threatened holmes. Two hours later, crews responded to another fire in oakley that force people to evacuate. The Fire District said the investigation points to malfunctioning pg e equipment. These are the fifth and sixth fires linked to p. Diddy equipment in the past eight days. The cpuc is also investigating the utilitys equipment for sparking the kincade fire and Sonoma County and two buyers in lafayette. Pg e is also looking into whether downed power line started a house fire in milpitas. Among those to have the lights back on as a senior Apartment Building in marin county we told you about yesterday morning after five days without power and living and potentially dangerous conditions. Amber lee shows us how changes are being made to avoid similar issues in the future. Thats my freezer. Reporter aside from her freezer filled with spoiled food from the power outage, phyllis tells me she is now better prepared. On tuesday night the 98year old reached out to ktvu. She and dozens of her neighbors at bennett house, an Apartment Building for seniors and the disabled, without power since saturday. I knew what i did by making the phone call was the right thing to do but i didnt know what it would create. Thank you so much. Reporter what it did create was an outpouring of support from the county and the community. Donations of food, lanterns and flashlights after our story showed the conditions the residents faced. Long, dark hallways and disabled folks stranded on the third floor with no power to operate the elevator. Life threatened. I felt my life was threatened. Now i know i feel safe. A lot safer today. Reporter the power was restored about 4 pm according to residents. We caught up with one tenant in the elevator after it was operating again. He tells us the power and the help came in the nick of time because supplies and patience was running low. We celebrated. There were cheers. Reporter there are now lanterns in the hallways. The president of mercy housing, a nonprofit that runs the Apartment Building, says temporary generators are on site. We are doing our best to fix whatever is going on thats not going perfectly. Reporter and that it plans to install a large permanent generator Strong Enough to power the whole building including the elevator. We are proud of the work we do but at the end of the day its not a nursing home. Reporter as for phyllis, she draws on her experience as a rosie the riveter for which she has received president ial recognition to give her strength to fight for whats right. I feel real good about what ive done and i think a lot of good will come of it. We were all just really heartwarming. I felt much more part of the community. Reporter while there is a sense of relief among the residents, they tell me they never should have had to cope with the conditions they faced during this outage. In fairfax, amber lee, ktvu fox 2 news. I have a few fun stories about how we picked up School District is trying to make sure students enjoy a festive halloween. Many teachers and staff will come in costume today. Here are some of the photos from past celebrations. Schools are Holding Halloween parades and fares. One of the biggest events is that wirral elementary. For the eighth year students will dress as zombies and perform Michael Jacksons famous thriller. Love that. We did that at our elementary too. The San Francisco recreation and Parks Department is putting on three halloween events for parents and their little goblins. The first celebration is a tiny tots party starting at 10 am. That is at the Recreation Center on sultan street. Is also a potluck at the Eureka Valley Recreation Center at 11 30 am and in the afternoon the Tenderloin Rec Center is holding a treat or treat carnival at 3 pm. I wish i said that. Love is in the air and Contra Costa County where the county will help couples in love who want to celebrate halloween by getting married. The popular, service will be offered by the county clerk and recorder between 8 30 am and 3 30 pm. Someone in costume will officiate the ceremony. In the past customs have included little Red Riding Hood , even rosie the riveter. There is donald trump. Ceremonies are also held on valentines day at historic locations like the john muir house and the summit at mount diablo. Member celebrations in trick ortreaters. We have said news if you do not hear about steph curry. The warriors, a sad season getting worse. The store will be on the bench watching the games. The latest on his injury that could keep him out for months. Plus we tell you what we can expect on capitol hill today as lawmakers prepare for the first formal vote on the impeachment inquiry. Not a bad commute but on halloween we have some special challenges for the commute. I will tell you what those are and we will also take a look at some of the commutes that are getting slower. Not many challenges in the weather department. Its back to quiet. I temperatures will be a little above average. Shouldnt they go to prison for as long as the law allows . 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The injury happened during last nights game against the phoenix suns. Curry fell. Its hard to watch. This happened in the third quarter. The suns center landed on him and it looked like a wrist injury but an xray confirmed a fracture to the index finger. There it is again. Curry will have mri, ct scan picketing will determine if he needs surgery and what his recovery timetable will be. The warriors went on to lose to the suns, 121110. Happening today, congress will vote today on whether or not to move ahead with an impeachment resolution. All of this as a key white house aide is due to testify in the impeachment inquiry. Doug luzader joining us live now from washington with more details on todays vote in the house. Morning. Reporter good morning. We expect this will pass today but there will be a furious debate before it happens. President trump presenting the medal of honor yesterday. The beat goes on at the white house despite whats about to happen today at the other end of pennsylvania avenue. Five or 10 years from now people will ask each of us but we did in this moment. They will ask us what we did when confronted with this crisis. Reporter democrats are careful not to call this a full Impeachment Vote but it will get every member on the record on how the impeachment process will move forward. Republicans say it wont change anything. If this was in a court of law that would be a mistrial right now based upon what these democrats have done. Reporter as the inquiry continues behind closed doors, another potential high profile witness, his former National Security advisor, john bolten, who is scheduled to appear next week. But today congress will be consumed by a vote that will almost certainly split along party lines. I think as time has gone on its become a safer vote for Many Democrats who are kind of on the fence. My understanding is there are about five or six who are hesitant and perhaps would even vote no on this resolution. Reporter the socalled, magic five democrats, all of whom won districts that President Trump carried in 2016, so they are moderates. For some this may be a scary vote. For both sides the timing today is hard to ignore. What about the vote happening on halloween . Well, its very spooky to some people in the White House Reporter democrat should be able to carry this vote with a relatively comfortable margin today. Back to you guys. 5 17 am. Lets check in with sal. Probably starting to get a little busier because people are getting back to more of a normal commutes, probably. And gets going back to school and everything. I would say that and Sonoma County in marin county we are still not going to have a full strength commute but its getting there. Every day we get a little closer. Lets go to the gilroy commute. Starting on the other end of the bay. Northbound 101 is a little slow coming in through morgan hill. Not much. 25, 152. 152 at 25, im sorry, 152 at 156 we have slow traffic. Breathe easy, 25 people. People on 25 are doing well going over to one or one. When it comes to halloween, its a very busy day. Every day as ive been doing this, ive been doing this for a Long Time Coming halloween is always a very slow afternoon commute because people are trying to get home for various reasons but this is not bound to 80 as a talk about this. I will remind you that tonight there will be a lot of trickor treaters. It will be dark. People will be driving slow and that will delay the commute. You should be very careful. Lets go to steve. You and i will be very careful driving because, you know, there will be little kids out there. Sal, i used to watch all the time when i was a kid. My parents. There you were. Back in the day. You are right though. Thank you. By the way im practicing my old man voice. That will be too much of a practice. To get away. Thank you. I will have the zoo. Lets get to work. The halloween forecast is very easy. Meritus. Well done. Well done control room. It will clear off. Hazy son. Wind pattern. Mid 70s on the temperatures. Mild conditions. Any rain out there for those of you . Pam and i had this conversation earlier. Contractors. A lot of them watch us and count on you, steve. And they talk to you what home depot. Yes. All the time. May be november 12 or november 10. Theres been some consistency on that. 70s on the temperatures. San francisco to santa rosa. 7075. From defense costs above the caldecott. But its gusting to 29, almost 30 at oakland north. And most locations, it has really tailed off but theres still one. Yesterday the Oakland Hills had stronger gusts than up by the fire. We highlighted that yesterday. The humidity is a. Yesterday at this time oakland was a 12 . Oakland airport. Its 31 now. Travis was 10 . It has improved even though it still really dry. Yesterday was i think record setting drive. 40s and 50s source him. 32 and lakeport. Napa, 39. Kelseyville, 32 and so is penngrove. Mid 30s and ross and san anselmo. The direction is offshore but the windspeeds have come way down. Humidity come a 17 . 16 . 26 . Temperatures in the 30s, 40s and 50s. Firefighters get a break on the wind speed and there is not another system dropping down that will ramp up the wind anytime soon. The chilly lows and the highs in the 70s and it looks quiet Going Forward for the next week or so. 60s four if you. 70s for many and that will be the pattern. Dont forget we set our clocks. We fall back down sunday morning. An extra hour of sleep. That will be great. It was a historic world series win last night for the Washington Nationals over the astros. Coming up, the celebration and the Business Owner who lost millions of dollars last night. The 49ers take their perfect record to the desert. With the team says about preparing for tonights game against the cardinals. Sarahs last tuition payment, sent off. Feeling good . Oh yeah. Now im ready to focus on my project. This is why we plan. You never cease to amaze me, maya. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. There are those who will say thatoo fat. too skinny. Too hard. Too soft. Too old. Too much. Too unexpected. Too limited. And to them we say too bad. Because at kaiser permanente, we believe that everyone deserves the right to thrive. Welcome back. For the first time and 95 years, the World Series Champions are from washington, d. C. Here they are. One strike away. One out away. 32. There it is. The Washington Nationals are world champions for the first time in franchise history. The nationals beat the houston astros, 62 game 7 of the world series to secure the franchises first title in washingtons first european ship since 1924. Stephen strasburg earned the mvp with a pair of wins including game 6. This is what it looked like outside. Fans partied late into the night and early into the morning. The parade honoring the Washington Nationals is set for saturday afternoon in washington, d. C. One astros fan is more than disappointed in last nights loss to the national. Houstonbased Mattress Store owner james mattress Mack Mcingvale lost more than 13 million in bets. Mattress mack sent the past month bedding millions on his astros to win the world series as a means of hedging a promotion at his store. He promised to refund all purchases of more than 3000 if the astros brought home the title. After the game mattress mack said he does not have any regrets and would do it again. The undefeated 49ers are back in action tonight in arizona to play the cardinals. Joe fonzi is in glendale with a look at why tonights game wont be an easy one. Kyler murray stepping up and now he will run it for a first down and more. Reporter the high profile matchup in tonights game is between the number 1 pick in this years draft, arizona quarterback kyler murray, and the guy who will be trying to tackle him, number 2 did overall pick, nick bosa. Both teams will also be playing on just 3. 5 days rest. There one thursday night game of the year. Is a reason people dont play football this close together all the time. It takes a while for the body to recover so we usually do this stuff over six days and are doing it over two days. That will catch up to you in the middle of the game. The entire thing is mental. Dont any physical reps that it really because you cant goes full speed because of playing in 48 hours. Strings everything down and if youre not on top of your stuff thats when you are exposed to reporter for seven games skeptics have been saying thats great but lets see if you can meet your next challenge. That next challenge is a division opponent, the 49ers havent beaten for eight straight games with a mobile quarterback on short rest. Beat that one and they made it through half the season undefeated. In phoenix, joe fonzi, ktvu fox 2. Coverage begins at 4 30 pm right here on ktvu fox 2. Kickoff at 5 00 followed by thursday night sportswrap. If you are looking for your local news during the game, head over to ktvu plus. Its heartbreaking to think about it but while so many people were forced out of their homes because of the kincade fire, others found it an opportunity. For somebody to do that, its pretty low. How criminals are taking advantage of an already chaotic situation in the fire zone. Plus, Hunger Strike at an east bay jail. Inmates list a list of demands. Details when we return. Good morning and welcome back to mornings on 2. Thursday, october 31. The last day. Good morning. Im dave clark. Im pam cook. Halloween just kind of snuck in there. The end of october. We are all hoping that november will bring some rain. The 10th or 11th, it looks like pick 4 now. Happy halloween. For now. When a pattern is looking like this, its tough to break it down. We do have clear skies. The wind has pretty much killed off except about the caldecott words gusting at 29 and the Oakland Hills. The halloween forecast shows clear skies. Someone mustve had coffee. Doing very well today. No issues. Chilly 10 00 tonight but thats about it. Kim says good morning. Good morning to you too. We do have temperatures forecast to be in the 70s. 7075. From San Francisco to santa rosa. The wind speed is down for almost everybody but the direction is offshore. Continues to come across the delta, San Pablo Bay and over into the Oakland Hills, Berkley Hills and tour the city. Even though the wind speed is down, humidity is finally coming up. It was bone dry yesterday. Teens to a percent and Half Moon Bay which is probably a record. 30s, 40s and 50s. Still hold up with that easterly component for most but not all. A lot of mid 30s and the east bay. 56 in richmond. El cerrito, 52. There is that northeast breezes. Wind speed is down for the firefighters. Thats the good news. Humidity is creeping up slowly. Still teens and 20s but improving conditions Going Forward as we do not expect any more of these offshore events to kick in. Chilly lows. Cold for some but highs will be in the 70s. Its a dry pattern for at least a week. 60s for a few. 70s for many. Solano county . You are very good, steve. You pay attention. I tried. Thank you. Right now, yes, Solano County. You heard what the man said. Lets go to Solano County. 80 westbound is a little slow as you drive out to the vallejo area but 29 is lower and so is 37. We dont have too much slowing on 80 but if youre trying to get on 37, this is a sign a return to normalcy as more people are heading over to marin county. I dont see a lot of people on the Richmond Bridge heading over to marin county. 80 westbound through vallejo looks all right in six cities looks okay to the benicia bridge for halloween is a day where many people try to get home early some work from works of the commute will start earlier than normal. Will start around 3 00. Keep that in mind. People will be on the road early. They want to get home for whatever reason. The kids or maybe a party. And be safe out there. This is a look at the westbound bay bridge. Traffic is backed up for a 10 15 minute delay. Were going back to breaking news in Southern California. A big fire in north San Bernardino county. You are looking at the hillside fire. These are live pictures the helicopters over the fire scene right now near waterman canyon. About 200 acres of burning. Several homes have been engulfed in flames but they are gone. Some mandatory evacuations are in effect. Again, this is an north San Bernardino county. Already when Evacuation Center is open at Pacific High School in San Bernardino. You were looking at my pictures of the firefighters. Again, a windchill from the helicopter of the area where this is happening near waterman canyon, about 200 acres burning in San Bernardino county. We will be checking back on this to bring you the latest here on mornings on 2. Fire crews in Southern California also battling a wildfire near the Reagan National library in ventura county. Its called the easy fire. This one exploded yesterday morning during an extreme red flag warning with very dangerous santa ana winds. Now this morning, just under 1500 acres have burned. That fire is only 5 contained. Its burning in simi valley. That is north of los angeles. The flames came very close to the Reagan Library where the former president , ronald reagan, is buried. Officials say its protected by a buffer zone. The closest this library has ever come to this kind of a danger so this is really serious stuff we were prepared. We had significant, the augmented resources. We had incredible, robust, Quick Response from our neighbors. The easy fire is threatening about 7000 homes in the area. Thousands of people had to be evacuated. Here is a look at the other top stories we are following this morning. The kincade fire burning Sonoma County is now 45 contained but it has destroyed 133 holmes. Fire crews credit the change in wind and weather conditions for helping in that firefight. New video this morning suggesting faulty pg e equipment may have caused two more fires. Pg e transformer, shooting sparks into the brush near gateway road on Bethel Island just before a fire started early sunday morning. Two hours later, crews responded to another fire and oakley, forcing people to evacuate. The Fire District says they are investigation points to malfunctioning pg e equipment. Pg e says it has restored power to more than 300,000 of its customers since the latest outage on tuesday. This morning, 53,000 people are still without power including homes in business is and napa, sonoma, marin and lake county. Pg e is not saying when everyone will have power again. Most kincade fire evacuees are back in their homes this morning. In the town of windsor, this is what they saw. The mayor led a group of people standing at main intersections to greet them as they returned. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Office lifted evacuation orders for 140,000 people in windsor. Also geyserville, healdsburg in santa rosa. Elissa harrington joins us now from the santa rosa neighborhood of coffey park which was devastated by the tubbs fire in 2017 and worried again this time around. Good morning. Reporter good morning. I think its important to note these neighborhoods that have been repopulated are still under an evacuation warning. That means people should return at their own risk and be ready in case the fire conditions changed. Here in coffey park, some people had just moved back into the area since those fires two years ago. When they were told to evacuate saturday. If i hang on to how life was before, you go crazy. This is what is right now and we have to deal with it. Two years ago we barely made it out. This time we took no chances. Reporter the entire town of windsor, the entire town of healdsburg in santa rosa had evacuation warnings lifted. People made banners and signs and cheered as people headed back into windsor. That time was evacuated saturday as the kincade fire moved in. The fire destroyed more than 200 structures including many homes. For those people heading back into town, its important to note that pg e may have turned off power so when you get back to town there may not be any electricity or gas in your home. It is very cold up here so red cross has opened up some warming centers. Elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. Unfortunately, criminals have also been busy during the evacuations and the power shutoffs come even posing as firefighters and security guards. At least 10 people have already been arrested for looting. Crime reporter henry lee has that story. Once again we have about 300 Law Enforcement personnel on the street today. Reporter a warning at the morning briefing for firefighters on the frontlines. We did get a report yesterday that there are possibly some fake firefighters out there wanting to do some looting. Reporter as if there wasnt enough to deal with already, Authorities Say criminals may be taking advantage of a crisis to victimize residents by pretending to be the good guys. We dont want that. You dont want those idiots to ruin your outstanding reputation so if you see them, please report them to us. Check the credentials. Lets get those guys out of here. Reporter real firefighters we spoke to are incensed. For somebody to do that, its pretty low. Reporter the captain of the Quincy Fire Department as part of a strike team helping out in the north bay. He says he cant imagine someone masquerading as a firefighter to do harm. We are here to support the community and to do our best to try to get rid of all this, the fires around here and anything else. Reporter and the bad guys are just posing as firefighters and other emergencies, some have pretended to be security guards to gain access to evacuated areas. Fire evacuees at a shelter in santa rosa say these kinds of criminals make them feel even more vulnerable. Theyre taking advantage knowing that first responders, police, everyone is so busy and, you know, its very disheartening. Reporter this man says many people may assume that anyone any firefighting uniform is legitimate. With all the chaos, i mean, its a natural reaction to do what hes asking you to do. You are looking at him for help. Thats the most terrible thing ive ever heard. Reporter this woman said she may ask for id and a badge before assuming she is talking with a real firefighter. Yes, normally i would trust the firefighter and security in a heartbeat. So, anybody pretending to do that, thats just total fraud. Reporter Authorities Say when in doubt, you can always ask for id or badge or supervisor. In santa rosa, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Hard to believe. 5 40 am. It was a dramatic scene on interstate 880 in fremont. Next, the new Video Showing Police arresting three suspects. And honoring the bay area professor who came forward with allegations of Sexual Misconduct against a nominee for the Supreme Court. What she said during her first Public Comments since the confirmation hearing. Good morning. We are looking at bay area bridges right now and the san mateo bridge looks pretty good heading out to the highrise. Its getting more crowded and will also tell you more on why halloween is a challenging day on the roads. Except for about the caldecott where its costing to 29, most windspeeds have come down. Humidity is inching up. We will take a look at whats in store for the next few days. It takes a village to raise to build a bridge. To throw a baseball. To throw yourself into the unknown. To lose fear, to create hope. We believe that it takes a village of over 200thousand dedicated, passionate, driven medical and nonmedical professionals to deliver on our belief in total health for all. We are kaiser permanente. Thrive. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Caught on camera. This dramatic video from fremont last week showing the arrest of a Bank Robbery Suspect on interstate 880. Fremont Police Say Officers chased down the suspect in the middle of the freeway after he ran away from the getaway car. That suspect and two other people led police on a high speed chase before they were captured near whipple avenue in hayward. Three suspects were accused of robbing the Provident Credit Union on argonaut way in fremont. The suspects are identified as low pressure kilgore, Demario Crawford and Brian Colston of oakland. They have all been charged with several felony counts in connection with the robbery. Inmates at the santa rita jail in dublin on Hunger Strike to draw attention to what they call poor conditions at the jail. A lawyer representing the inmates organize the hunger and labor strike. The inmates say there are 30 people in a cell with one bathroom. They cvg it was only cleaned once a week and its infested with bugs. Clouds of gnats live in their cells with them and they congregate around the toilets and the water. They can eat food in their cells because the gnats flying into their faces and its an intolerable situation. The inmates presented a list of more than two dozen demands including better food and the ability to clean their own cells at least twice a week extract happening today. The man from hayward accused of spying for the Chinese Government is due in court today after a delay in the case. Edward ponton is charged with acting as an illegal Foreign Agent who allegedly delivered sensitive National Security information to chinese intelligence officers. He is said to be arraigned in San Francisco federal courtroom this morning. If convicted he could get up to 10 years in federal prison and be fined 250,000. Another parent from Southern California has been sentenced in the College Admission scandal. The parent from solana beach was sentenced to two months in prison for paying 250,000 to get his son into usc is a fake volleyball recruiter. He is a former executive at the World Surf League which is the governing body for professional surfers and is the 12th parent to be sentenced in this game. Former president obama heading back to the bay area for a fundraiser for the Democratic National committee. The afternoon reception will be held in los altos remember 21st ticket prices run as high as 355,000 and is expected to raise 2 million for the party. The president was in San Francisco last month for a tech conference but is not expected to endorse any candidate for president until after the primary. A palo alto woman who took on washington and fought for victims of Sexual Assault is now a recipient of a prestigious award. Doctor Christine Blasey ford received this year Silicon Valley ywca empowerment award in santa clara. Last year she alleged that then Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. Kavanaugh was later confirmed to the high court and blasey ford became a voice for victims of sexual violence. Its funny, i was inspired by anita hill when i was deciding whether to testify but it did not occur to me at the time that i would be inspiring anyone else. Her remarks lasted just a few minutes but had the 1400 guests captivated. Many said they hope her story will empower the next generation of female leaders. The kincade fire has separated many pets from their families. A Facebook Page has now been set up for people who lost their pets during the evacuation. The kincade fire pet rescue and reunification page is posting photos of lost and found dogs, accounts, goats and other animals and some of the animals have already been reunited with their owners. Several companies are donating money to fire victims. Wells fargo said they will donate 300,000 to organizations including the red cross and the California Fire Foundation the bank is donating 100,000 to help those in Southern California. And will also reverse bank fees for customers who have to use nonwells fargo atms and fire zones. Apple ceo tim cook says his company will donate to relief efforts as well and will help employees who have been affected by the fires. A lot of Companies Reaching out and saying, let us know if you need help. Sal has good news about the commute. Echo look . It looks good. So far we dont have a lot going on. I want to remind you that since its halloween there will be a lot of kids out tonight. Be careful and also remind you that everyone will be trying to get home early so the afternoon commute will be a tough one. It always is every halloween unless it happens to fall on the weekend. This is a look at 580 westbound driving on the 205. There was a problem at grant line road with a crash on the shoulder. Its always slow but it doesnt take much to make things slower. 580 is slow from corral hollow. 205 is backed up past 11. As you drive into livermore it looks better. Starting in livermore you do not need to deal with any of that. Lets go to dublin and castro valley. 80 zero north and south looks okay and that the bay bridge we have a backup. Its a special challenge. Here we have the bay bridge. Its a special challenge this evening to be out there on the road just because there will be a lot of kids out there so just be careful. Lets go to steve. Thank you. Youve done this long enough. You know. The forecast for halloween is very easy. It will be clear. A little cold late for some of you who are staying out for the Witching Hour but other than that it looks quite a bit clear skies. May be a breeze but i think most of it will tail off. Incredibly windy overnight. Tuesday night into wednesday morning in the lower Oakland Hills. Yes, i know. I mentioned it about 30 times yesterday. I did. I even said the wind gusts and the Oakland Hills are higher than they were at the fire. 37 Miles Per Hour yesterday at oakland north. 1400 feet above the caldecott. Still 29. Thats the only one that is the strong and i dont know why its not showing up. Mount st. Helena is only 10. Mount diablo, 17. Mount tam, 21 and not much going on in the santa cruz mountains. 29 in the Oakland Hills but that is isolated. Most locations have come way down. I think this is a little overdone. It was colder yesterday morning because dew points rollover and the humidity was lower. Leases for areas to the north. Temperatures are probably closer to 32, not 25 but there could be an isolated one. Highs today in the seven days. The onshore breeze is still in place coming across the delta. Over the carquinez , back over San Pablo Bay and back to the coast and even into higher elevations. Timidity is up. Yesterday it was 10 for some. Fairfield that 12 . 31 now. Hayward, 13 now 49. Petaluma, 81 . Lakeport, 31. That freeze warning applies to them. Mostly temperatures in the mid 30s, 40s and 50s. Oakland airport, 53. 55 in pacifica. 30s for atherton, menlo park, stamford, palo alto. 42 in union city and fremont. Mount st. Helena, 10 Miles Per Hour with 26 humidity. 12 yesterday. 50 degrees on the mild side but windspeeds have come down. Humidity is still low but higher than yesterday and i think that will be the trend for the next few days. When you to westwind to get that humidity back up but i think the firefight will like those letter windspeeds by far and were looking for temperatures today. If its a quiet pattern they will be in the 70s. No change Going Forward. Very quiet as we go into the weekend and i think we need quiet. Celebrity chefs helping anyway they came with the kincade fire. We tell you how guy fieri, the santa rosa resident and the mayor of flavor town is doing what he does best. Also, how a Senior Citizen home is making sure its residence did not taste serious disruptions from Public Safety power shutoffs again. First, we want to take you live to Southern California. Live pictures. Burning. Beside fire down in San Bernardino county. 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Business is vestments and exports remain weak and manufacturing output has declined over the past year. Sluggish growth abroad entry developments have been weighing on those sectors. The feds move is meant to boost the economy by encouraging more borrowing and spending by businesses and by consumers. The fed chairman suggests he does not expect to make any more cuts in the near future. The San Franciscobased company, juul come under fire again, this time by a former executive who claims he was fired after complaining about contaminated nicotine pods. Siddharth breja served as the Senior Vice President of global finance. He was fired in march. He claims the company ignored his concerns and knowingly shipped out at least 1 million tainted nicotine pods to customers and retailers. According to the lawsuit, he claims the ceo said the customers were , quote, drunk and vaping and wouldnt notice the quality of the pots. The Company Spokesperson said his claims are baseless and that he was fired for his lack of leadership qualities. Tens of thousands are being allowed back to their homes and neighborhoods as firefighters make some progress on the kincade fire. The risk people face though in returning to their neighborhoods. Pg e restoring power to more homes statewide. How much longer some people may have to wait to get their powerback. Good morning and thank you for joining us here. Thursday morning. Friday eve. Last day of the month and halloween. All in one. Im pam cook. Im dave clark. I do with the pulse and is. Over in his office talking about halloween weather. Its an easy forecast. Thats the good news. We have a quiet pattern and thats a good thing and i think it will be with us for about a week or so. No signs of another red flag look at a the forecast right now. Okay. Keep going. The Witching Hour. Clear skies. Okay. Clear skies. Wind speed above the caldecott is at 29. Why its not showing up, i dont know. Mount tam, 22. After that its pretty quiet. Mount st. Helena and mount diablo and ben lomond come all less than 20 Miles Per Hour. The freeze warnings is out. Marginal but there may be a few upper 20s. It was colder yesterday morning because we have lower dew points and drier conditions. 70s on the temperatures. Low to mid. 30s, 40s and 50s. Theres an easterly breeze coming in for some although the wind speed is much weaker and they will continue to do that and then tail off. Temperatures from 30s, 40s and 50s but the humidity is coming up a bit but it still very low in the teens and 20s. Clear skies