Little bit better than yesterday as far as their quality goes 50s and 60s for current temperatures with dublin at 58 right now oakland and concord in the low 60s. While the north bay hanging on to mid to upper 50s currently later today, it will be a day lot like yesterday as they promise to daytime highs that are warmest only peaking really in the low 70s with most of us actually in the 60s so a nice fall like day to day im talking warmer weather around the corner though still ahead rob all right, thank you for the update john were checking in on traffic and we do have a few hiccups out there but ill give you the good news first. And that is our bridges are doing fine. Its a little busy here on 92. This is your trip across the 70 oh bridge you see the brake lights building in its always the first bridge to start backing up so were 12 minutes and growing making it over to the peninsula. Here at the bay bridge. We are delay free no problems no crashes no stall 7 minutes easy right on time off to the fremont street exit and in San Francisco, northbound one at 9th. We do have a crash that still active. It does not look major, but its definitely blocking its in the left lane its a spit out with injuries so crews are on scene dealing with just a headsup you may encounter a little bit of slowing there leading up to the scene and then we also have a trouble spot in the east bay, if you travel out of a renda of toward the caldecott tunnel was found 24 at fish ranch or 2 left lanes blocked by an accident there so chp already on scene with that youre backed up about a half a mile or so and then as soon as you pass the scene there traffic is right back at the limit as i zoom out you can see the whole stretch and heres your drive time, although we have that little hiccup there on west 24, its only 11 minutes walnut creek over to oakland. More drive times coming up a little bit later. Well as the glass fire continues to burn in the north bay stories of heroism and are emerging from the fire zone kron fours Maureen Kelly talked to the owner of el molino winery who did not evacuate instead he actually stayed behind help firefighters scout the blaze from his motorcycle. Winemaker john berlin is demonstrating his skills at trials motorcycling its a sport where riders go slow and navigate difficult terrain while keeping your balance. And its this bike that berlin used to patrol Spring Mountain, helping spawn with a glass fire was burning. Sometimes getting really close the flames. I was in there when the fight was happening so sort of riding with was fire all around so that was definitely. Heres video showing one structure up in flames. He says he rode from sunday to sunday writing 18 to 20 hours a day and went through 15 tanks of gas. He was unable firefighter 25 years ago and knows the terrain so he says he didnt feel like he was in danger he passed the intel he gathered on to cal fire strike teams to help them deploy their resources wisely i wasnt trying to be here. Is more a case of. The information to the professionals and letting them do what they do best, you know its a its a no way to go what is most threatened at a certain point in time they can do what theyve been out to do which is to put out the fire. He also kept his evacuated neighbors updated on the status of their homes and wineries there not knowing whether your boss was standing probably the west and finding out if it had this was not a solo effort there were other vineyard crews from at least one other winery with heavy equipment. Helping fight the fires some out buildings were lost, but im told no homes or wineries in much of the napa side of Spring Mountain were last i talked to another winery owner who helped in this effort. She calls berlin a one man army and says what he did help save their community Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. Well the future of a San Francisco gas station in the twin peaks neighborhood is foggy. The gas station is city owned its on tuesday on city owned land its right on the corner of portola drive in woodside avenue. And since the is ending soon it could be replaced by Affordable Housing. So the station owner would live to renew the lease for the next 20 years while some drivers want the gas station to stay. Others actually like the idea of more Affordable Housing. We need to be building more Affordable Housing and if that comes at the expense of the gas were in the use gas station for 30 years we have lived here and many times an emergency or you need gas in the picture a broken down car theyve really come in handy for Affordable Housing and the need for that, but you know there are still cars that mean a lot of around him. Not all electric vehicles. Well the San Francisco board of supervisors was set to vote on the lease proposal on tue night where they were actually able to ask the nations top Infectious Disease expert, the one and only doctor Anthony Fauci questions kron fours michelle kingston listen in and house more this morning. About 2000 people watched virtually as doctor fauci spoke to u c Berkeley Students and staff and answer their questions about coronavirus but what were seeing now not only in the United States but globally. Is a level of most veteran against each other as opposed to realizing that the enemy is the virus doctor Anthony Fauci the director of National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases and a current member of the White House Coronavirus task force answering questions submitted by students and staff at u c berkeley on thursday through an online chat hosted by the berkeley forum, a nonpartisan foreign that organizes panels and debates run by undergrad students, some of the questions focusing primarily on young people in coronavirus it had to handle campus outbreaks. But when they get infected dont send them home while the majority of u c Berkeley Students will continue with online instruction this spring. Doctor fauci said one of the biggest mistakes hes seen colleges across the country make so far is sending students who contract the virus on campus back home which then could spread the virus throughout their family and their community instead he recommends they stay in isolation in a dorm. Keep them there keep them comfortable when they recover get them back to class he also made it clear that young people can still get very sick and even if they dont get symptoms they can still spread the virus to others right now were trying to say. That everybody even whos young and healthy should take very seriously not getting infected not congregating at bars not doing things like not having distance is not Wearing Masks and thing like that in berkeley michelle kingston kron 4 news. 5 more people are dead in Santa Cruz County from a covid19 outbreak at a nursing facility. The watsonville postacute nursing facility reported its first covid19 case 3 weeks ago. On wednesday, 5 more deaths were reported bringing the total death to 9 46 residents and 15 Staff Members have tested positive for the virus. So far. Health officials are now reviewing protocols on isolation quarantine testing and screening. Looking at their facility in creating zones of where to call for people who covid positive so that residents can shelter place and. Nicely in place and away from the residents who have the negative. Well the National Guard has been called in to provide assistance in so many Staff Members are self isolating. Well the largest spa in Contra Costa County is now open for business, thanks to new relax covid restrictions. So we talk with the owner of woodhouse day spa in walnut creek about the changes gender who says that both customers and employees are just thrilled to be back in business and ensure the public that theyve taken precautions to keep everyone safe. Its huge weve been close for 7 and to be open again just feels like weve been given life staff our guest today they are beyond thrilled that were open but we require masks for all guests and staff at all ice receiving official its a lot to be removed. All of our missions where face shields in addition to masks and gloves throughout the entire service. We have social distance markers throughout the spy. I have been to spawn over year. It looks so relaxing. And isolation would be nice writer at now of the faas operating on modified times however they were able to bring back half of their staff. Well to the east bay were hearing about success for an Online Learning program in one School District even though there are some technical issues kron fours has it reports that despite the technical mishaps one parent is actually in no rush to have her child return to the classroom. It has been 2 months of Distance Learning for students in the oakland unified School District there has been major progress in getting computers in the hands of students we are in position where the overwhelming majority of our students. Have either a loner considers one of our schools or they received an open invite to our online engage in Distance Learning i was nervous coming into this year. And i knew it wasnt going to be the same as being in percent. Rebecca rose omar says overall Distance Learning has been a good experience for a first grader but ive been really impressed with level of education that my kid is receiving despite the circumstances, however, technical issues or a lingering problem 2 months into the school year. The Technology Issue has been highly problematic than new computers that were just asked out made up or not working properly. What for students when the issues weve encountered was seeing some problems with the the volume control and the microphone on the computers 40s houston in june another online or cashing platforms Distance Learning is a temporary solution to usd teachers students and staff safe during the pandemic at this point theres no set date to return to the classroom. That idea deciding right now in october. A day like january or a specific part of january to go back seems absurd because we have no idea what the cases are going to be like them and were asking for there to be near 0. Rate of that were on it decline and we know that actually its safe but oakland unified School District officials are not ruling out returning to classroom instruction at the beginning of the year is still not ruling out january. Im not rule. Im not ruling anything Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news a popular destination is back open on the Las Vegas Strip us economy there continues to recover from the pandemic. Welcome back everyone the time for 44 good morning to you thanks for staying with us we appreciate it, lets check in with john street will get a look at todays forecast hey john hey there rob and we are looking at another cool one today, temperatures remain pretty similar to yesterday all in all across the bay area. And also going to be a predominantly cloudy start to the day cloud cover sitting right across Half Moon Bay this morning and thats the case for early most of the bay area right now in the midst of a dip in the jet stream that is bringing us the mild weather that were seeing there are showers to our west out in the pacific but that energy just running out of steam before it gets to the bay area today. So yet another dry one today, but definitely some cloudy skies at times now into tomorrow a better chance of seeing a couple of sprinkles but it will be nothing more than that a sprinkle or 2 up in the north bay is the most will see Mendocino County northward into the Pacific Northwest holding on to that better chance of rainfall with some heavy rainfall actually for areas like oregon and washington sunday will be the sunniest day of your weekend as well as the warmest day showing a sign of warm through the week ahead next week were definitely not staying so cool and fall feeling for the rest of the forecast. So if you like the feel of yesterday enjoy today and tomorrow as much as possible. Tomorrow sing just a couple of sprinkles mostly towards the coast and up in the north bay as for the rest of the forecast after that gets hotter and its dry or too. 60s for your highs and San Francisco as well as elsewhere on the peninsula for the most part burlingame in millbrae back into the low 70s areas further south back into the low 70s like redwood city seeing carlos and Mountain View today, south bay daytime highs low 70s continue with san jose at 72 cupertino in los gatos also right there with you while 60s along the bay shore from Fremont Hayward eventually up through oakland and richmond, while dublin at 71 walnut creek at 73. Concord in pittsburgh 2 of our warmer spots but not warming all at 74 degrees today. 60s towards the coast and point raise in stinson beach. Tomorrows temperatures dont change much from todays we do see a bit more cloud cover tomorrow and just slightest of chance of showers after that temperatures begin to climb low 80s again by sunday mid 80s by tuesday and low 90s returning in your forecast by wednesday and thursday of next week. Rob. All right. Thank you john were checking back in on the traffic taking a look at your commute around the bay area here is the bay bridge 80 wesson to San Francisco remains nice and light and quiet. No reports of any problems so leaving the oakland working your way westbound on 80 into San Francisco. There was across its wrapping up in a renda if you use 24, this is west 24 at fish ranch, your 2 left lanes still blocked but after that its going to be a nice trip through the caldecott into the open mays and over to the bay bridge toll plaza just heads up for that accident that still active. All right, lets check in on some more bridges, we have the golden gate. One oh one last time you took a little peek, we have some flashing lights northbound that was just are the routine Maintenance Work that was under way on the right heading out of San Francisco, so they are out of your way normally wraps up before 5 oclock that the cones are gone as well and on the southbound side which is on the left thats a commute direction. Its very quiet leaving the north bay sun reports of any big problems for south 1, 1, the bottle sandra fell sausalito on into San Francisco and then in San Francisco crews are still wrapping up a crash northbound one oh one at the 9th street exit thats the spin out in the left lane emergency crews are still on scene so that may slow you down a tad bit. We have one more bridge, the richmond sandra fell, heres a live. Look west bound 5. 80. And its always nice when we can start the morning commute off hot spot free for our bridges, no problems here for 5. 80 westbound an easy trip into the north bay. Well as the Tourism Industry in las vegas tries to recover the last of the mega resorts has reopened on the Las Vegas Strip after posing for 7 months. Hector maki reports. The gaming floor, the big money maker is open every day of the week now the hotel site down is only accepting visitors on weekends until tourism picks up in las vegas, a Party OutsidePlanet Hollywood ended a 7 month closure and Sunny Anderson from the tv show blackish made a surprise appearance. I call motels casinos in nevada the resort locked its doors back in march following orders from governor steve says a lack. And most have reopened since they were given the green light in june. I hollywood is the final of the massive resorts on the strip opening during this pandemic after today, the only hotel and casino on the strip. Thats still closed as the problem. Well right next to the flamingo off the strip the rio and homes also remain close. No word yet on their reopening plans. But a lot of that will likely depend on visitor numbers as well as demand. Both are still down significantly from this time last year Planet Hollywood is part of Caesars Entertainment group, although our cameras were not allowed inside to see the changes were told that the resort is following the same health and safety protocols as the other Caesars Properties after these nation las vegas. The oakland as are eliminated from the playoffs some of us are sad about this the team just could not rally a comeback against the Houston Astros in the American LeagueDivision Series game 4 it started off hot for the didnt end that way. Raymond loewy hit the ball for a threerun home run in the second inning to give the as the lead but unfortunately the davis