Coastal breeze that helped to sweep out air yet again yesterday air quality today going to stay good well through the afternoon as says coastal breeze continues 60s or most of our current temperatures as i mentioned its a comfortable start to the new season. Concord at 61 right now Alameda Oakland areas like fairfield a hole in the low 60s. Well low 50s in the north bay, some of our cool spots, santa rosa and petaluma later today look for to 70s and 80s for your highs and enjoyed as much as you can get a weekend warmup then the rest of your forecast. Robert thank you john theres a much longer line now at the bay bridge toll plaza so its officially packed heading into San Francisco. Were checking out the backup. And its going beyond the ad over crossing spilling out to west grand but no problems reported just yet. This is just typical morning slowing ravaging 14 minutes off to the fremont street exit with no big trouble spots. Heres 92. It started stacking up in the 4 oclock hour and yes, its still busy the longer you wait the busier its got a good so from the tolls to the high rise. You have a crowd there but only 13 minutes for your average off to one on one. Were checking want to one out of the south bay because theres a pocket of slowing right here northbound from 6. 80 to 80. Its still not too bad 31 minutes heading north on one oh one thats a great average from san jose to menlo park james back to you all right, thank you very much robin now to the big story this morning Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will be the first woman to lie in state in the nations capital. With services for the late justice scheduled to begin tomorrow morning meantime theres a battle between democrats and republicans to fill the seat that she left behind Nichole Berlie takes a look at the women believed to be the top of the president s list. President trump announcing over the weekend that his nominee to replace the Late Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg will likely be a woman. The president confirming today that among the top contenders are indianas Amy Coney Barrett and Floridas Barbara Lagoa both Appellate Court judges he appointed to be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god barrett has long been a favorite among conservatives, its never appropriate for a judge to impose that judges. Personal convictions whether they derive from faith or anywhere else on the law the 48 yearold new orleans native is a graduate of Rhodes College and university of notre dame before joining the notre dame faculty she clerked for the Late Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. She serves on the u. S. Court of appeals for the 7th circuit has associated Miller Cassidy rocket lou and in washington dc she litigated constitutional criminal in commercial cases in both trial and Appellate Courts. Judge barrett is married with 7 children, your role as a judge is to apply the law the rule of law. The facts before you. It is not to make laws or to legislate from the bench that is not the rule of the judiciary 52 yearold Barbara Lagoa is a cubanamerican native of miami, shes a graduate of Florida International university and Columbia University where she served as an associate editor of the columbia law review. Judge lagoa serves on the u. S. Supreme court of appeals for the 11th district. She is fluent in spanish and english judge lego is married with 3 children. Well President Trump has said he plans to announce his nominee either friday or saturday. And well report it as soon as we hear. And senator Kamala Harris is a key figure in the democrats fight against the president s Supreme Court pick because she is not just joe bidens running mate, shes also a member of the Senate Judiciary committee which is the committee that hold hearings on Supreme Court nominees. As senator harris pledged to honor Justice Ginsburgs dying wish which she told her granddaughter was to not to be replaced. Until a new president is elected. As the chair of the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Republican senator lindsey graham, overseas the confirmation process and he sees it a lot differently this time around the confirmation process. He thinks is going to bolster his reelection bid in south carolina. So he wants to get it done now. I dont know what about what it is about a million moments and lightning the lightning has struck again justice is one of the most accomplished woman to ever serve on the court. It was a trailblazer in her passing should be mourned and our allies should be celebrated but under the constitution we have a job, yes, but yet the timeline and the quick action just apparently dawned on him because it was totally different when an engine scalia died in 2016 and lindsey graham. Supported the move by the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to refuse a confirmation hearing for president obamas nominee because they said it wouldnt be right to confirm a justice during an election year. Scalia died 237 days before the 2016 election. And this time were looking at 46 taste before the 2020 election. Stay with kron 4 and the morning news for the very latest on the Memorial Services for Justice Ginsburg tomorrow morning. Her casket will arrive at the Supreme Court building at 6. 30 and there will be a public viewing at 08 00am we will cover it all morning long live here on the kron 00 04am morning news. Well the oakland as are champions of the American League west for the First Time Since 2013, thanks to the Houston Astros yes was lost to the Seattle Mariners last night that gave the as the Division Title the team posted this video on twitter to celebrate do every day as you know this is the 3rd Straight Year that oakland has made it to the playoffs but each of the last 2 seasons. As youre painfully. Remember they were eliminated in the wildcard game the as are the first team to clinch Division Title so far this year. Oakland begins a series against the dodgers tonight in los angeles. The raiders get a win in their brandnew las vegas diggs said over the new orleans saints. Lets take a look at the pomp and circumstance of the evening, the 2 billion dollar allegiance stadium. Getting lighting of the eternal flame by the widow of late owner al davis and there it is and now to the highlights. 2nd quarter raiders quarterback derek carr hits a jobs. And thats a 15 yard touchdown. And in the 2nd half car connects with Darren Waller for a touchdown. Thats when they take the lead in the 3rd quarter car ends up throwing for 282 yards and 3 touchdowns and we all jump for joy and slept you face is that a good thing. The raiders beat the saints 34 to 24. And now theyre too and they go on the road to take on the new England Patriots on sunday. All right now lets get to the latest on the fortyniners and we know that a number of key players on the offense and defense went down during their win. Over the jets and now were dealing with the aftermath. Yeah, it was worth it because alan shepard eyes is the season kron fours will tran is live at levis with an update i will. Absolutely daria this season is all about ge ting to the super bowl not just winning one game right so they hit pay hurt me for players hurt 2 of them out for the season, not its horrible when you lose any player, but when youre losing 2 great players on your defensive end yanks but there is a little bit of good news jimmy g this is the first. Half of the game. This past sunday. He was certain when he dropped back and you knew right away he slid on the tour and then he was actually it to me an unnecessary tackle after that he was her with his knee, but he stayed in the game until halftime right he most hurt. Superstar running back. First play he runs 80 yards for a touchdown cruises at 23 miles per hour. Hes not cruising anymore because he sprained his mcl so hes out for the next several weeks. Jimmy g is questionable. Nick bosa the rookie of the year 22 years old a monster on the defensive end on the first. In the 1st quarter he gives pancake pushes back. He grabbed his knee and daria james, you know any time a player grabbed his knee. It is not a good sign and then he gets carted off. 2 plays later solomon thomas sees also heard as well at first they thought he hurt his knee sure enough worst case scenario. He also tore his acl so both players are out for the entire season. Coach kyle shanahan, if i were the coach. I would be saying the same thing next man up. We do have a lot of good players t players of people know about who i think can still get better and how something theres a lot of people that people dont know about on this opens up opportunities for get better so yeah, you lose a great guy like that. Its tough. But look at our rooms and stuff and know that so that a lot of guys out there play good football and give us a chance to win every game that we show up for. They have a little bit of medicine in the form and the new york giants they are staying on the east coast and this face it the use of phrase there back to the scene of the crime jeans and area because they wore the nfl before the game they did not like that field saying there could be players injured and sure enough 4 players are injured on their side there are a couple of jets that were injured as well the nfl will look at the field, but the bottom line is nothing stops a game. They will be playing again on the same field on sunday, but the new york giants. They are horrible back to you. All right, thank you very feel all right also by the way. Coach shanahan has been fined a 100,000 and the team has to pay an extra 250 grand on top of that because he just couldnt keep his mask over his nose and mouth during sundays game in the nfl warned. Coaches they didnt do that were going to get fined, although they didnt find him all i saw plenty more than shanahan. The nfl didnt force the mask rule against him and against 2 other coaches for violating the rules has to be up. 100 of time when on the sidelines and coach gruden he has amassed down to a 2. You could see it right there. So will he get fined for de last night. Who now has it seems to be spotty right now. Well take a break it is 6. 11 but still ahead on the kron 4 morning news governor Gavin Newsome vowing to fix the backlog of unemployment claims that are still waiting to be processed tell you how soon he says that could happen. Plus Bay Area Police now investigating a 3rd hate crime targeting an Armenian Community in the last 2 months, well have the latest on their investigation. And todays daytime highs will be nice and comfortable just better reason to enjoy the sunshine and the good air quality were about to see. Your forecast ahead. And we have some busy traffic right now heading into San Francisco are taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza 80 west there. It is lots of crowding here its already down from west grand and grow 6. 14 and were looking at the weather kind cool and then maybe a big warmup now john paul right you know, maybe guys know it will be a a warm up for the weekend for sure we are looking at some cloud cover out there this morning moving into the east bay, its sitting for the most part is right above us so looking down you can see a little bit of the city lights ucberkeley down below. Most of us not necessarily driving through the fog as you are just looking up at it. Air quality has improved a lot now part of the reason for this is our study sea breeze we saw yesterday which will continue into the afternoon and into tomorrow today helping to keep the air clear out here in the bay, not necessarily for the Sierra Nevada though as i mentioned breezy conditions continue on into the afternoon and in fact winds will be picking up later on today for most of our north bay areas thats going to keep smokes steered out of our direction and keep the good air quality with us on into your wednesday tomorrow as for todays daytime highs we will be very comfortable with a tease for inland valleys 70s for bayside areas and 60s near the coastline oakland at 73 hayward and fremont each at 74. Well, san jose at 79 conquered in antioch each in the mid 80s, heres a look ahead and yeah that weekend warmup it is going to be quite a change from what weve got the next 4 days at least were starting fall in a pleasant know, and i would enjoy today tomorrow thursday and friday as much as you can. Go ahead and get outside and those so that sunshine and the good air quality too. An offshore wind kicks in here on saturday is likely to put some less than ideal conditions air quality wise back our direction and also pushed of hot and dry air back out into the bay. This means near triple digit heat by sunday and monday for inland valleys. Low 90s for bayside areas on those same days. Fire danger will also be on the rise as we make our way into the start of next week. Robin all right, thank you john lets check in on the traffic were off to one of our busiest bridges. And thats the bay bridge 80 wesson to San Francisco cash lanes fast track lanes are all stacked up. The line is long it goes all the way back beyond west grand and its just about to the bottom of the maze. So yes it has reached that point but we still dont have any problems that you need to worry about you need to get out there early because youre going to have to sit in this back up but overall its under 15 minutes into San Francisco, were off to the golden gate taking a peek at one o one which is also nice and smooth in both directions so no problems from the north bay to the south bay, a small stretch of slow traffic on northbound one oh one and its just off and on between 6080 but under 30 minutes to make it from san jose to menlo park check out the rest of the south bay to 3717 85 all doing just fine and the drive times out of the east bay look good to 24 5. 80 and the nimitz all nice and light daria thanks a lot robin is more than a Million People wait for their unemployment claims to be processed californias Unemployment Agency has found. Its productivity levels dropped despite hiring hundreds of new workers Governor Newsom says improvements are already underway to help get rid of the backlog, but the downside the system wont be available for another 2 weeks. The state will not accept any new on employment applications because staff is being reconfigured and new technology deployed to create a faster and better experience. But again that thats going to caution other couple weeks i didnt want to wait. Another day to start this recent period to get system back on its feet and get us to a position where we can address this significant number. Backlog cases those people in the next 2 weeks will actually really benefit from this implementation. Where we make sure they go through an automated process versus having to kick out into a manual that will allow them to get even sooner if theyre eligible. Dealing with the backlog is not something that can happen overnight. Governor newsom says its not going to be done until the end of january. Millions of americans meantime could miss out on their relief checks because of incomplete government records. A new report by the federal government. Find more than 9 Million People are eligible for payments but they might never get the cash because of inadequate and Treasury Department records. The report also found payments totaling one 0. 6 billion dollars went to dead people the treasury has been able to recover about 70 of that total. A shooting in San Franciscos armenian schools now being investigated as a hate crime that shooting happened Early Saturday Morning is right near the school on brotherhood way thankfully, nobody was hurt. But police say they did find a sign riddled with bullet holes and this will be the second hate crime now to happen at that very school you may remember back in july people were seen on Surveillance Video breaking in and painting the walls with anti armenian messages and then last thursday dont forget a fire damaged in Armenian Church in the citys law heights neighborhood. Investigators believe the fire was set on purpose. In the east bay police are also looking for a man accused of vandalizing a Church Police say he caused hundreds of dollars in damage at Grace Bible Church in Pleasant Hill last weekend with kron fours dan thorn with more on the story. Yanking in pushing a courtyard gate an unidentified man is caught on video damaging a Pleasant Hill church, its just part of the destruction costing several 100 to fix the first thought that went through my head wa