This weekend kron fours gayle ong live force and walnut creek with a look at how things are going in Contra Costa County tonight. Yeah. More than half of Contra Costa County residents have already voted im here at the heather farms park and this is one of the sites where people can vote early in person. Im really im glad its done. On saturday lily wescott crossed off voting on her to do list i actually came in with my mail in ballot and didnt realize that i had the ability to just go ahead and vote early so i went ahead and took care of that right away. Early voting in person began friday in Contra Costa County jennifer look many leads the heather farms park site and says so far almost 500 people voted in person by saturday, the crowd tapered off today its been pretty well its not that slow but yesterday was earlier in the morning would have lines all the way around parks with election day fast approaching over 50 of residents in the county already voted. County officials have been enc
Claus story, but i read it with such urgency. Essential workers. Yes, exactly. Santa, top of the list this year. But before santa is halloween. Weve got a story on halloween coming up, because you guys know i love it. And skunks, because we all love that scent. Dont forget one more thing, the election too. You keep reminding me of that election. Lets go ahead and jump right in. We begin with the white house juggling yet another coronavirus outbreak, this time linked to the Vice President s office. But the Vice President is continuing to hold rallies as both campaigns make a final push for the most crucial battleground states. Theres word that First Lady Melania Trump will hit the campaign trail this week. Americans are voting early in record numbers with nearly 60 million ballots already cast. Mr. Vice president , why are you still traveling . Despite a small slip while coming off air force two and a covid outbreak in his inner circle this weekend, Vice President mike pence shows no si
Spokesperson who described the gunman as feeling distressed and this Police Presence that you see right here on hyde street, it is not going anywhere. Lets start with the good news. That hostage youre referring to is an employee at the shoe store in a strip mall on hyde street. Hostage was released and is safe, but there are concerns the suspect might harm himself or anyone else near the store. Police say he started off at least six rounds inside that store. At about 11 15 this morning, Oakland Police responded to a call that a man wanted in a double homicide kees stormed into a store on the 1600 block of hyde street in east oakland. Employees sprinted for the door. We do know a lot of the employees were able to get out as the gunman entered the business and was armed with a gun. One man was not able to get out in time. According to employees who work in a nearby carden as market. The store in question is wss which sells sneakers. Opd dispatched the Tactical Team and negotiators who ma
We get topher meteorologist lisa argen with a look at the fire conditions were seeing as well. Good morning to you. We have plenty of fog out there, if theres any good news, the low clouds, the fog, the marine layer is with us this morning but that will abruptly change throughout the afternoon, as we get into i awind advisory, 4 00 through 11 00 on monday. Northeasterly winds 20 to 35 miles an hour, will be at the surface, with gusts near 50 miles an hour, could even be higher. Were looking at the possibility of downed trees and power lines and 8 00 tonight, were looking at our red flag warning going into effect for all the lower elevations in the valley floors. Now t will be 11 00 in the north bay mountains and east bay hills and here winds gusting to 70 miles an hour with relative humidity below 5 . Were certainly gearing up for that right now. It is 58 degrees in walnut creek as well as pleasant hill, relative humidity not a problem. 63 in oakland. 53 in santa rosa. It is warmer. We
It means Power Outages could look like this. Take a look. Pg es Public Safety power shutoffs could kick in for the areas you see in orange in just a matter of hours. Good morning again, everybody. Its sunday, october 25th. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. We have complete coverage of Power Outages and what you need to know about them but were also tlracking the fire danger. We get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at the conditions. Good morning. Abruptly things will change this afternoon. Right now things are fine, winds are light. Theres a lot of fog out there, relative humidity is high and were looking for this abrupt change as a dry cold front moves into the bay area. So by 4 00, the valleys will be under a wind advisory. This is going to last until 11 00 on monday. Northeasterly winds 20 to 30 miles an hour. The gusts could exceed 50 miles an hour and we have weakened trees from the drought out there and also from fires, those could be coming down due to the win