Right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Sales Force Tower camera as we look out at pier 39 and coit tower on this thanksgiving morning. It is thursday, november 26th. Im michelle grego. Happy thanksgiving. Lets get to that all important forecast. The cold out there this morning. We went back down into the mid30s in places again this morning. San jose getting close to it. Most inland spots, weve got plenty of clear skies. The number in sap jose is 42. Already 36 in livermore an 38 in concord. A bit of a breeze out there as well to go along with nothing but blue skies. I doubt you will note i the weather much at all. It will probably be one of the last things on your mind. You wont have to think about it at awful mid60s, sunny, maybe a breeze. Are we doing traffic on a day like thanksgiving in lets all find out together. No, we are not. I just found out an was apparently the only one would didnt know. The all good. A new record for califo
It says traffic break heading southbound 880 to alvarado heading down through union city into fremont. That break, chp says just cleared. No major problems there. We do have the backup at the toll plaza. No surprises but its waiting for you, marcus. Laura . Thanks so much. Its 6 01. Those polls already open in other u. S. Time zones and were waiting at the top of the hour. Lets bring in tracie potts in delaware. I think its safe to say finally arrived, all eyes on the president ial race. Reporter absolutely. Its going to be a busy day, marcus and laura. We are tracking the polls as they open here on the east coast and tracking the votes including the millions of early votes and today we are tracking the candidates. Lets take a look at the president who has been out talking this morning. Last night he was wrapping things up at a final rally in michigan, a state he narrowly won four years ago. The president claiming that he will easily win michigan this time around. It was one of five st
Welcome back to our special, highlighting the feelgood stories of 2020, we take you to martinez, where an attorney is helping feed people who are in need of a meal amid the covid19 pandemic, christina tells us that he is also helping restaurants that need a boost in business by pairing the two together. The lunch rush has slowed a bit during the pandemic. Owner david getting a boost from a donor. Going day by day, wondering how you are going to make rent, somebody comes with a check for 1,500 out of just the kindness of his heart, thats something very amazing. It is one of 16 downtown restaurants gifted money from a program called meals to martinez. I think a lot of people when they hear about this, it doesnt make sense to them, they feel it is too good to be true. The local attorney donated 30,000 from the restaurants to the law offices with the help of the nonprofit main street martinez, the meal program is giving out 600 meal vouchers to people in need redeemable at one of the 16 re
Area watching people vote and tracking count and checking on possible protests and so many important races that affect you in many ways from sales tax to members of city council and changes in california law. We will start with the big race for the white house. Scott mcgrew is joining us now. I know a lot of people are voting even the first lady. Even the first lady. Doing it in florida. Good morning to you. Doing it in person in florida. The president previously voted about a week ago in florida in person. Here is some video of the First Lady Melania Trump as she leaves the polling station in west palm beach. The trumps official residence is maralago so they are florida voters. The first lady said it was important to her to vote on election day. The president did not campaign today. He had no Campaign Stops on his calendar for this afternoon. Stead he is visiting his Campaign Headquarters across the river from the white house in arlington, virginia. He didnt get back to the white hous
Conditions outside right now we have seen the return of some fog across the bay area. Its very patchy though so theres definitely brightness working its way through so far suture towers, one of those areas that you are getting a good dose of both the fog in the distance and the sunshine reaching its way down into the city you can see the patchy nature that fog not really blocking out visibility so youre driving to work has been smooth. The exception of some fog at times around the Golden Gate Bridge and an upper elevations on the peninsula, sonoma and marin counties temperatures right now are mostly in the 40s and 50s with San Francisco and san mateo in the low 50s santa rosa at 40 degrees right now while petaluma and nevado each at 46 degrees currently later today, these daytime highs that weve got are going to be a little cooler than yesterdays mostly in the 70s after some 80s for inland spots recently so we do take a step back from our peak temperatures lately and enjoy a nice cool