Later on today across the bay area we get a look for to this day time highs back into the 70s for San Francisco, oakland and san jose and all under abundantly sunny skies. Robin and we enjoy that sunshine. Thank you john, lets check in on the traffic we like when we can have a smooth quiet commute right. Were starting off with a look at 6. 80 this time around taking a look at the drivethru wanted creek. The shot not too far from the 24 split. Were looking at 14 minutes thats a cute direction for south 6. 80 from the highway 4 split through 24 and out danville youre clocking in at 14 minutes here the richmond sandra fell bridge. Its just now getting busy so were seeing the traffic come to a crawl leading up to the toll plaza typical commuters hitting the road heading into the north bay, but only 9 minutes for your total drive times so thats still good. Checking in on the bay bridge commute. We have a little bit of a backup in that car pool lanes its gone, its gonna come back youll see a
Fours tapers actually chris sacchi rather she talked to a doctor at u c s f and she has concerning the weekend celebrations in how people were affected by that taylor. Can begin theres no doubt about it its definitely concerning to see an increase in those daily cases, but the good thing well if you want to even call it that, but the important thing to know is that San Francisco is in seeing an increase in hospitalizations that will be important because we typically see those hospitalizations increased as cases increase. So of course experts are now warning people to stay vigilant and to not get too comfortable, especially as the temperatures drop. Like many other bay area cities, San Francisco is also seeing a rise in coronavirus cases recording more than a 100 new daily cases over the past few days. Experts like doctor, peter chin, hong at ucsf say this is happening for several reasons people are getting comfortable and probably having more small gatherings and more people are also t
While we were sleeping, most of us were led out of the red flag warning, its still in effect until 5 00 for Solano County. Fire conditions are tapering. Thats from sutro tower, thats the marine layer. Its back. Napa valley, visibility of less than a quarter mile. Possibility of isolated drizzle not only this morning but tomorrow morning and sunday morning. Mainly 60s along the coast and just 70s elsewhere. Sprinkling of 80s for fairfield, yucaipa. An update on the big weather event coming up next. Critical fire dangers return sunday which means that the potential for more power shutoffs next week. Heres a look at the current outage map. Right now theres scattered power shutoffs in northern california. Pg e is expected to turn the power back on from this weeks event later today. The utility says more information about possible shutoffs this sunday will be available by 8 00 tonight. Right now on our website we have tips on how you can prepare for a power outage, everything from the suppl
Greater numbers. Thanks for joining us everybody on kron 4 news at 5 im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis thousands of people all across the state of california. Or in the dark tonight pg and e has turned off the power in parts of 24 counties, including several right here in the bay area all in the name of preventing wildfires that is the goal, heres a look at pg and es latest outage map showing the areas experiencing these preemptive power shut off the purple indicates places that are without power tonight because of these intentional shut down to see parts of napa sonoma and solano counties and then further south portions of the Oakland Hills are affected as are customers east of 6. 80 there further south theyre talking about the south bay and parts of the peninsula, a vast area here of people dealing with this unwelcome roller coaster. We have Team Coverage tonight kron fours dan kerman is in the napa valley where thousands of people are still without electricity and kron fours rob
Its still going to be breezy but not as windy as this morning, and were looking at temperatures today that will be a little bit warmer than normal but fairly mild with palo alto reaching 75. 76 in oakland. And in San Francisco a high of 73 degrees. Well talk about some of the highest wind gust weve measured and whats ahead in the forecast in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute . I want to show our friends behind me the light yellow highlighting that is not fog. Thats where the road weather index is going to be gusty for drivers in many places. You head up the hills throughout san jose, the south bay, looking to the north bay as well with the same highlighting. The antioch bridge and the benicia bridge, a concern but not a major problem for drivers. Thank you, mike. We are continuing our Team Coverage on the biggest wind event to hit the bay area so far. If you look at your screen all of those little yellow areas are folks who are without power this morning. 2