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
Marin county again. This is nothing more than a drop or 2 here its nothing thats going to slow you down up and the Sonoma County and solano counties thats where you are some areas of light rainfall mostly staying to the north the Solano County if you are happy to be heading up i 5 or i 5 05 watch out for some wet spots on the roadway there now when we zoom out across the region. This is when you truly get perspective on what is heading our way more widespread of rainfall across the Northern Tier of the state that will be pushing our direction a little bit later on and of course that also means snowfall in the sierra if your plans on heading that direction this weekend, especially today watch out for blowing snow and drifting snow as well as low visibility as will be a combination of snow and some high winds. Wind warnings and advisories from 10 00am to 10 00pm tonight, its been a much more mild start to this day, worse nice and calm right now nice and dry still in the 40s and 50s so a
Seeing it move in further to the north. Mike, any issues for drivers heading out to work this morning . Yeah, kari, on the nimitz we have it maybe once a week and on friday the 13th looking at the coliseum camera where northbound is jammed solid from about 66 and hitting the brakes. Maybe the slower drive there as you travel north past the coliseum. At the bay bridge is just fine and no other surprises for folks out on the road. Back to you. Thank you very much. 6 01. Arizona after days of counting the projected winner is expected to be joe biden. In the meantime in georgia a recount is under way. All votes will be counted by hand. Biden leads President Trump there by just over 14,000 votes. We havent heard from the president in eight days . Reporter right. But he has been on twitter making unsubstantiated claims about the election. We have, however, heard from republicans, a few, not many, agreeing joe biden is the winner here but more are now saying President Trump needs to cooperate
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Exactly. Days until that election, more places and more opportunities for folks to do just that. This is a big weekend for several bay area counties. If youre here youll see a super voting center, a center where instead of having several polling locations, they will have one center. The Oakland Coliseum being one and the San Mateo Center behind me being the other. California voters are not required to show identification but if you are voting for the first time in the state after registered by mail, it is suggested that you bring one. In terms of contracost a county, voting there started a few minutes ago. Centers are held at churches, hotels, businesses and community centers. A quick check at the contra costa registrars website can tell you where to go. San francisco county has early voting at civic center location. The polling site has been open several weeks and continues to see visitors. We had a chance to catch up with some folks and listen to their experience and why it is so cru