Anticipate a very cool start by the afternoon we are back to some comfortable weather with highs into the 70s and 80s. Robin its good. Thank you lets check in on the morning commute. Its always nice. When we can start off hot spot free right. We dont have any problems on 80 into San Francisco taking a live look this is your approach to the toll plaza and so far so good sell 7 minutes, quick right on time off to fremont street, heres 92 we have the westbound traffic leaving hayward heading over to the peninsula a little crowded yes back no 12 minutes and growing off to one oh one and just scanning for some of our busiest freeways during the morning drive theyre all at the limit so far so we have sure westbound 15 minutes, 24 out of walnut creek wide open no problems for 5. 80 or the nimitz freeway connecting from to 38 to 9. 80 entering downtown oakland is off to a great start so far well check more coming up back to you, thanks a lot robin 5 oh one and our top story more bay area count
We try to take a little bit of the california ingenuity and innovative spirit we are well known for and we reached out to perkin elmer, and we reached out to a number of other partners to develop a strategy. The governor said the lab has already created 300 new jobs with 400 more expected in the spring. To the south bay, a San Jose Church that says it will continue holding large Indoor Services in defiance of Public Health orders ring the covid19 outbreak, now the county is taking the church to court. Henry lee is here with more on this standoff. Reporter for months, Calvary Chapel in san jose have been holding in their services for as many as 600 people each week, despite a ban on gatherings because of the coronavirus. On friday, Church Leaders say nothing will change, even in the face of a 350,000 fine by Santa Clara County, which is now taking them to court. The pastor says he knows coronavirus is still active, but he is worried about a Mental Health pandemic. People are hurting, pe
In the bay area are in the dark this afternoon pg and e has turned off the power to prevent wildfires during this critical fire weather. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman 24 counties in the state are affected including several counties here in the bay area. So lets take a look out pg es outage map this is the latest information all the purple triangles are the affected areas. Thats where the power is currently out. Here in the bay area customers in alameda contra costa napa san Mateo Santa Clara santa cruz solano and sonoma counties are without power right now we can see that from the map. Pg says some customers may not see the power back on until 10 oclock tomorrow night. So we want to check now on just how hot and windy it is outside kron fours meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here now shes tracking the latest temperatures for us good afternoon, the breeze its hot out there mixed really hard especially along the coast and the east bay shor
Glow there, the flames in the background, this is eerie and eerily familiar. Its evacuated b im still sticking around. Its not my first you know theres been like three fires here now, and every time ive just stuck around here. Dozens of homes and iconic wineries have already been damaged or destroyed. Firefighters hoping the weather begins to work in their favor so nothing else is lost. People are nervous. Firefighters are exhausted, and in the last 30 minutes, the governor declaring a state of emergency. Yeah. This latest run of fires now known as the glass fire. The complex of fires started yesterday morning. Its burning in napa and sonoma counties, including parts of santa rosa. Late tonight new numbers from cal fire. 80 homes destroyed along with 32 other structures. 68,000 people under evacuation orders in Sonoma County alone. Its estimated another 10,000 are under evacuation orders in napa county, including the city of calistoga. The fire exploding to more than 36,000 acres, and
He leaves behind his wife and two young children. He is the son of a retired firefighter. He started the Fire Department since 2007. He was most recently assigned to station three in the tenderloin the busiest in San Francisco. This is a very trying time as jason was wellliked in our department. Reporter the San Francisco Firefighters Union said our hearts go out to his family and loved ones especially his two young children. Firefighters mourn the loss of our brother and we are committed to doing everything in our power to support the cortez family in the days months and years to come. This is the first onduty depth of the San Francisco Fire Department since 2017 when the battalion chief died in his office after returning from a call. In 2011 two firefighters died after a house fire. Todays death will be investigated by cal osha. Was this the kind of training that just happens every year for firefighters . Cortez was obviously an experience firefighter. Is this something they train in