Buying driving up the average price. Today in the bay starts right now. Good Tuesday Morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Another chilly start across the bay area. Mike has the commute, but lets start with the weather. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. I brought my big coat today. Yeah, we all need all of the heavy winter gear with these kinds of temperatures settling into the bay area. Were going to see more warnimos like this so wed better get used to it. A chance of rain late thursday, on and off showers friday and saturday. But, of course, the big story this morning will be the freeze warnings that we have especially in parts of the north bay. This continues until 9 00 especially for a lot of our north bay valleys. Were feeling some of the coolest temperatures dipping back into the mid20s. Well talk more about this coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Kari, the Speed Sensors
Warm day, no doubt about it. We have three things coming together, which is heat, wind and low relative humidity levels than combines to cause fire danger. Thats where we are today, october. The winds will be picking up as we get through the night tonight. Its the north bay and east bay and santa cruz mountains. Its valleys as well. Were expecting to see the gusts at the peaks at 50 Miles Per Hour. Well see breezy conditions anywhere else. Were on the red flag warning at 11 00 a. M. There are two different pushes of rain coming our way. This is futurecast for wind were showing right now. Ill put this forward, showing you 11 00 tonight p napa is 29 hour. And thins calm down a little bit and we get the second push going into our overnight into thursday and friday. You see some of the wind again before it finally starts to relent and pull back. Looking at our current wind and peaks right now. You see were seeing the north, northeasterly flow. Rows peak at 27 Miles Per Hour. This is a text
Many understand its not in the same of safety but just weeks after a major fire, the timing wouldnt be worse. Im stocked up on batteries, flashlights, lanterns. Reporter she has what she needs. Im here to service the community. Reporter shes assistant manager at Outdoor Supply hardware with a possible safety power shutoff hours away, most of the portable generators have sold out. This could easily do a refrigerator, couple lights, tv. Reporter john was buying extra flashlight batteries and hes not happy about it. As a general sense of disappointment to pg e. I think one place seems to be under control and another comes in after that. I dont like it. Reporter the utility says it has to cut power to thousands of bay area customers due to hot, dry windy conditions or risk parking a fire from an active power line. At the end of the day we have to stand by the side of safety and if its necessary, we have to do this to prevent healthcare reforms emergencies from occurring. Reporter nancy jus
Could lose it. Nbc bay area kris sanchez is joining us live why people should calm down and not stress out too much right now. Kris . Reporter yet is that operative word. While Supreme Court is hearing those arguments, we should know they are not expected to issue any sort of ruling until the spring so your 2021 coverage would not be affected because we would already be locked in at that point. The word is dont worry yet. There was a lively, but peaceful, demonstration outside of the u. S. Supreme court as the justices began to hear those arguments. This is the third time that the aca has been before the Supreme Court. But with newly sworn Justice Amy Coney barrett, this is the first time the court has a conservative majority. If the court were to strike down bill clinton, as many as 21 million americans could lose their Health Care Coverage and that would include people with preexisting conditions potentially, low income adults who got medicaid through the Affordable Care act, and you
For about 15 minutes now and we see the backup packing in on the toll plaza and the approach and the span itself. It is slowing because of the volume so they may slow the metering lights down a bit. We look at the map, the rest of the bay shows a smooth expected commute except for here northbound 680 coming through fremont. We have that construction crew clearing a little bit late so theyre slowing north in to sunol and the south bay incidents coming up. Back to you, laura. Thanks so much, mike. We begin with a transition of power in washington. Overnight attorney general bill barr making headlines after saying improper voting allegations should be examined. The Trump Administration not making it easy for team biden to get started. Today in the bays tracie potts is following the post election drama. I know the president firing the defense secretary with possibly more firings to come. Reporter exactly. Some people being moved around within the administration as well on Climate Change no