Upper 30s right now not quite as chilly as we had been the past couple of days, but definitely cool enough for that extra layer if youre outside for more than just a few minutes, sun shining down in walnut creek and as we make our way into the afternoon areas like walnut creek holding on to the low 80s just barely most of our inland areas backing off the 80s, falling into the 70s to kick off the weekend on a cooler note. Robin thank you john major residual slowing on highway 4 after an accident in concord was tying up traffic blocking several lanes so the crash is gone, but the drive time is still very high, especially for friday, a whopping 42 minutes for west for from antioch over to concord because of that crash which is right before they 6. 80 looks good the nimitz trouble free and one oh one easy 31 minutes from san jose heading to menlo park. The bay bridge commute into San Francisco fantastic for friday delay free we havent had any major issues so far 9 minutes for you average t
This is abc7 news. [ chanting this is what democracy looks like] many of them ready to vote for the very first time and want to make sure their voices are heard at the ballot box. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. Count them down, only two days left before the election, and the final push is on to get out the vote across the bay area. Youth voter turnout could be pivotal on tuesday. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard joins us live at San Francisco city hall where young people took to the streets today to make sure their voices are heard. Cornell . Reporter yeah, dion, they really did take to the streets of San Francisco. Many of them are firsttime voters, and they say that they know that they have the ability to make a change on tuesday. [ chanting ] reporter election day closing in fast, young voters are feeling empowered. This event called march for our future made its way through San Francisco sponsored by youth advocates for change. We are two days fro
Our way into the afternoon all of us are going to be seeing a dose of rain it will be some lighter stuff, nothing more than a 10th to a quarter of an inch of rainfall for the bay. Snowfall in the sierra im anticipating is going to cause you some more travel woes than anything here locally well have Winter Weather advisories and Wind Warnings both taking effect in only an hour from now at 10 00am last until 10 00pm tonight, the pairing of snow and winds doesnt mean potential of low visibility and drifting snow on roadways. So bring the chains with and i would do your travel during daytime hours avoid evening travel up into the sierra 40s and 50s for your current temperatures alameda in hayward each up 51 berkeley san Mateo San Francisco eat right at 50 degrees weve been a lot warmer this morning than we were the past couple of mornings over to you robin. Thank you john be careful how you drive in the rain just a little bit of rain can lead to a number of crashes right and increase. And
Count votes. This projected that President Trump has won alaska and their electoral votes. In georgia the secretary of state is calling for a hand count of votes. I know the secretary of state there under tremendous amount of pressure right now. Staggering amounts of pressure. And from his own party. He is a republican. He says there has been nothing wrong or suspicious with the ballot count but he is under pressure to step down. Video here of the vote count that continues in georgia where the race between biden and trump is still too close to call. The state has 16 electoral votes. Even if President Trump won the state, he would not have won the president ial election. He is just too far behind which is why we and every other major News Organization have called the race for biden. Even if President Trump won all of the states that have not finished their counting, he would not reach the constitutionally mandated 270 electoral votes. There is no mathematical way for him to win with the
5 00 right now. Covid cases in a nationwide surge. This map shows much of the midwest covered in red meaning a widespread number of new cases. Dark orange shows a significant surge. Thats most of the east coast along with parts of texas which just hit 1 million cases. California a lighter orange but cases here are also on the rise. The cdc has put out its strongest guidance yet on mask wearing citing growing evidence a mask can help protect a person wearing it. The cdc says adopting universal mask wearing policies could help future help prevent future lockdowns. As San Francisco struggles to get ahead of rising covid cases, leaders reopening rolling back plans. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson is live in San Francisco to explain why the city is hardly alone here when it comes to new concerns and confusion, cierra. Reporter yes, good morning. Mayor london breed made that announcement shes pausing some of that reopening, and that includes halting the reopening of indoor learning for high