President ial candidates. Bob redell is looking at voter anxiety. Kris sanchez is live in san mateo with a lot of activity behind you. Yeah. You heard the line outside of the chase center in San Francisco . This is what happened after the votes arrive. They are opened up and flattened out and put into those machines. Any ballot needs a little extra signature like a signature verification that goes to the human beings on the other side of the room and they do that kind of work. This is a lot of work. Right now, they are running two shifts because of covid precautions but working hard to make sure they can count as many votes as quickly as possible so we can get results starting election night. As of sunday, San Mateo County Election Office got 286,000 ballots back by mail and vote center. Twice as many as they got in 2016. Nearly 618,000 ballots were returned in Santa Clara County yesterday. 55 of all ballots issued to eligible voters in that county. Around the bay area all weekend long
Gusts even this morning and that red flag warning has been extended until 5 00 this evening. Warm temperatures will continue today as we will have some calmer weather by the end of the week. Well take a look at all of this in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute . Its looking calmer as well. Observing, very calm in general. Green spencers around the bay, oakland toward 23rd a lot less slowing than before. We think those crews might be clearing earlier even though theyve been given permission later. Gusty winds across the benicia and antioch as well. Back to you. Those winds kari was talking about, the red flag warnings still in effect with high fire danger. And thats why thousands of people across the bay area are waking up without power. Today in the bays bob redell is live for us in downtown orinda. Bob, any word when the power will be restored there . Reporter pg e says places like orinda behind me will have their power back on by today, tonight at
Afternoon, warmer than where we should be. At least we do have calmer weather by the end of the week as we check out our high temperatures this is what you can expect a high of 75 in palo alto and oakland. San francisco will reach 72. A high of 72 today in santa rosa. Well talk more about the fire danger coming up. Mike, how is it looking now for the commute . Actually, kari, we have a very smooth commute but there is an issue that just came in through the newsroom if youre just joining us. Lets take you out to the maps where the Speed Sensors are looking great right now. No major problems. We do have the bay bridge metering lights on but light backup. The metering lights only have a backup and no major problems on the maze. Up near the top of the screen i will circle it right there, highway 12 at 160 in rio vista north of the antioch bridge. Marcus, we have a cluster of fires up there which seem to be growing. It sounds like its windy as well. Well send it off to you. Weve been hearin
An extreme fire danger continues as we go through our day. The winds will let up in the hills and mountains as we go through the day. Humidity values down to the Single Digits and teens though throughout the day today. Temperatures with that sunshine looking at 73 and San Francisco, 76 in oakland. 79 in san jose and 80 for a high in concord. 5 to 8 degrees. I will let you know when the ocean breeze will return for us. Lets check in with traffic and delays on 880 in the oakland area. Yeah. We have a few brake lights as you work southbound 880 this morning. Thats due to construction around 29. Looks like they may be clearing it. In the meantime completely off the roadway. I would stick with 580 through oakland. Other than that we have a slow and go ride for that drive in to the pass. Super commuters a 30 minute drive time is when you can expect westbound 580 from 205 to 680. The brake lights start around Mountain House and a couple of crashes chp is working on. Eastbound highway 4. There
Here in the bay area county registrars are busy processing ballots, but theres also a growing sense of anxiety from many voters. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana reports in San Francisco on voter turnout and voter stress. Reporter just two days till polls close on election 2020, and county registrars offices across the bay area are already busy processing ballots. But for some voters there is still a pretty high level of anxiety. I am anxious in the sense that in light of the new voting, you know, vote by mail, we wont know whats going to happen till much later than tuesday. It becomes contested, violence, unrest, things like that. Reporter however you decided to keep track of the election, whether watching the news around the clock or checking updates, psychologists agree on one this can. Voters from all parties have been reporting high stress levels because of the election. Its been at times divisive and at other times bizarre. There are boundaries around how much of the conversations y