I just want to make sure we can earn every vote possible. The president ial race enters its final week, just seven days to go. President trump and joe biden making a big push in battlegrounds that will determine the outcome. Well break down the very latest numbers from those key states. Breaking overnight, outrage. Violent protests erupt in philadelphia, after the deadly shooting of a knifewielding black man. At least 30 officers hurt, dozens of demonstrators taken into custody. Well have the latest in a live report. Alarming trend. No matter how you look at it, its not good news. The u. S. Now averaging more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases per day. Hospitalizations up 40 . And the Ripple Effect now being felt on wall street. Wild weather. New wildfires in california forcing tens of thousands to evacuate. An ice storm in the plains bringing widespread power outages, while hurricane watches are once again posting along the gulf coast as zeta targets the region. Al is covering it all.
Going to have that high fire danger for the north bay. Were continuing to monitor that as well as whats going to happen the next few days with a few more bursts of high winds that could affect more of the rest of the bay area. Today were up to 85 in san jose. 86 in martinez and San Francisco will reach 70 degrees. Were going to once again have some warm weather but a cooldown in the forecast and ill have more on that in a few minimum. Heading over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute . Well, kari, not as bad as we sometimes see on a tuesday. And by bad im talking about the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. The middle lanes very slow but the outer lanes, you can transition off the berkeley curve but off the 880 overcrossing we do have to stick it out for the middle lanes that are coming off the overcrossing. A look at the map, a smooth drive. Ive circled the traffic break that has now cleared 880 south down to 66 should improve quickly over the next few and san jose slowin
Breaking news were following. Very dramatic. It is. 101 closed because of an overturned box truck in san jose. Well zoom in to northbound 101. Everything else moves well. This is closed north 101 at hellyer because of an overturned box truck. The tow truck should arrive any minute now but chp is telling us probably 5 30 until they can get that reopened. Monterey road fine right now but consider 85 to 87 to get around that for the south bay. That will affect folks coming into Silicon Valley and well track that in san jose. Kari, over to you. Tracking the air quality as well as the cooler temperatures. As we get a look at what is going on still unhealthy in parts of the north bay and east bay moderate air quality and weve seen more of that smoke returning across the bay area. So, you might want to monitor the air quality before you head out but it will be cooler this afternoon as well see our high temperatures reaching into the low 70s in the south bay, as well as some of our warmest spo
Thanks for starting it right here with us. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Well get to mike and the Early Morning commute, if there is one out there, but lets check in with kari right now. Were talking about cooler temperatures could help out firefighters. Yeah, thats been such a Welcome Change for the bay area as we start out this morning with a layer of that marine layer, the clouds, and the fog near the coastline. Our air quality will still be unhealthy today for many of our microclimates except for the coast and beaches where we will see that fog pushing in more of that fresh air and not so much of that stagnant air we have in the valleys. As our temperatures today reach into the upper 80s in a lot of we continue to monitor all the bay area fires. Heres the latest this hour. The warmer spots. Well talk more about this the lnu complex in the north bay coming up. Mike, any issues for drivers this morning . No, kari. Has burned more than 356,000 chp did warn about the fog a
Mountains, highway 101. There may be foggy areas. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Our breaking news that were covering, this week will be critical more than 14,000 firefighters battle 17 major fire complexes sparked by lightning storms burning mostly in Northern California. The wildfires caused at least seven deaths statewide and destroyed at least 1,200 homes. And in the bay area there is a lot of ground to cover. Our team once again covering every inch of it this morning. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson is live in wine country where workers were nervously hunkered down there. But we begin with kris sanchez in Santa Cruz County. Were actually hearing from an evacuee. Reporter yeah. Weve been hearing a lot of these harrowing stories of how fast people had to pick up and leave. Sheriffs deputies are still looking for four people who are missing, reported missing from the evacuation area. That means no one knows whether they made it out or not. Maybe theyre among the 77,000 evacuees.