Their closing arguments to the American People. This as their best chance to reach tens of millions of people who were watching tonight. Our special postdebate newscast starts right now. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. And im jessica aguirre. Race, covid19, immigration, climate, health care and china among the topics tonight. The exchanges, though, much more substantial and civil than their first debate. We were actually able to hear some clear answers tonight from both candidates. Now, the debate also had a very different feel. More measured, more controlled, with less interruptions. Now, thats partly due to new debate rules where microphones were muted at times. What we saw tonight, something valuable. Their differences. Their different approaches to the coronavirus, for example, taxes and health care. But one topic continued to be a theme and thats attacks on character. I ran because of you. I ran because of barack obama. Because you did a poor job. If i th
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
Before the lights come back on. The highlighted areas are where pg e cut off power to cut down on wildfires. Pg e announced it hopes to have the power back on in santa cl a clara, alameda and contra costa counties by midnight. But north bay is not in the clear yet. Were joined from a Resource Center in calistoga where people have been stopping by all day to charge up their phones, their laptops. How is it going there, melissa . Reporter weve seen kids, weaver seen adults plugging in their phones. Were here at the calistoga parking lot. Underneath those tents, thats where folks plug in their phones, laptops, tablets, you name it. Theyre also going home with these kits for the adults. A portable battery really helpful right now, and for the kids, a coloring book and some snacks. It just boop went out. Reporter samantha nary remembers the moment around 6 45 last night when the lights went out and the ac was silent. I feel like im in a desert. Reporter the scorching heat and the dying batt
Heavily affected by all of this as well as parts of the south bay. Lets take a look from our San Bruno Mountain camera. You can see it is shaking. Wind speeds have picked up throughout the night. Theyre expected to get even gus gustier. Rob maeda a covering the story for us. These are the conditions we were worried about. Strong winds on the increase and humidity levels starting to drop down. Walnut creek 16 humidity sustained winds at 20 Miles Per Hour. Livermore humidity 10 winds down to 15. Were starting to see some of the wind spilling into oakland. 31 Miles Per Hour, sustained winds there. You can see the winds picking up in San Francisco. But at the top of the list, 84 mile per hour gusts up at Mount Saint Helena. It is the north bay seeing the worst of it now. The transition over the last six hours, some of the dryer air sweeping offshore at the golden gate bridge. You can see it there. The reason we have the wind advisory up through 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow, gusts of 45 to 60 Miles
Cause a high fire danger by sunday into monday. As we check out our temperatures for today, San Francisco will reach 67 and some sunshine for the inland areas reaching into the upper 70s. Well talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, we have a couple of notes. So, folks, while we show you the big view, and you do see its dominated the map green, thats the color we want to see with Speed Sensors at the limit. A lot of slowing for a couple of minutes on the right side. South 880 through hayward and whipple just cleared. Marcus, were also looking at eastbound 580 just past North Livermore. Word of a roadside fire im tracking. It sounds like its all right. The time of year were worried about any reports of fire. Back to you. Very true. Keep your eye on that, thanks. Pg e this morning is still in the progress of restoring power to customers who lost it from this weeks high fire danger. The latest shutoffs now appear to be just a small