Still ahead robin. A pretty busy commute to San Francisco right now thanks to an early trouble spot. Of Treasure Island so lets go. Dont know whats wrong with the mikes all toss it back to you i will work on that thanks a lot robin. Meantime the big story that were following is possible Power Outages people are bracing for shut offs pg and e is releasing more information too about which areas could be impacted. Yeah weve got kron 4 Sarah Stinson standing by in Sonoma County with a look at what we can all expect sarah good morning. Other finally releasing you know which counties how many customers will be affected by this power shut off if it happens. Tomorrow afternoon and it could be as many as 22,000 customers take a look at your screen we rode out each county for you and spelled out just how many people would be affected you can see there on your screen it would be including alameda contra costa santa clara and san mateo counties and then as we slide over to the next one napa sonoma and solano counties as well. Each total number of customers impacted for county on your screen as well. This is again due to the hot and dry conditions paired with the expected high wind gusts which causes major wildfire danger, the highest probability areas are the north bay mountains near not say holiness small pockets in the east bay near mount diablo the Oakland Hills east of piedmont and portions of the santa cruz area thats what our meteorologist john trimble has been tracking as well. How to prepare make sure you have gallons of water available with nonperishable foods. Flashlights extra batteries, portable phone charger if you have a generator practiced using it before the Power Outages to make sure youre using it correctly and of course have a go bag ready were talking about wildfire danger to want to be prepared for that now i caught up with the pg spokesperson about how these outages work and who will be specifically affected if it goes into effect take a listen to right now we are multiple areas that have the potential for impact, although please no. We would not be impacting entire regions it would just be pockets of areas. And so if you live in one of those areas youll be notified by a call a text message or an email you should have already been notified yesterday and youll probably be notified again today with an update and theyll give you some notice in terms of if this weather continues to look the way it is with those high winds and those high temperatures then they will in fact shut off the power to those thousands of customers so all we can do now is be to try and get an update from pg need this morning and see if they have anything for us for now, im reporting live in Sonoma CountySarah Stinson kron 4 news i thank you sarah dont want to take any chances with the fire danger the glass fire is now almost fully contained its 96 contained this morning. It has burned 67,000 acres in napa and sonoma counties and destroyed more than 800 homes and other structures. Its 7 04 and in the south bay a man suffered serious injuries in an explosion that happened in gilroy yesterday afternoon in the 1700 block on telly drive. So right on kelly drive between rangel hills drive and leonard way is closed while officials investigate may stay closed. They say for several days. Theyve got the Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office bomb squad investigating. Well after months of preparations in Person Learning will resume today for students in Alameda County. The Child Unique Montessori School is among 20 private schools that have been given the green light from Alameda County to go ahead and open up at montessori classes will be limited to just 11 students, no more temperatures of students and staff will be checked 4 times a day and dividers will help keep kids from gathering in any one location. In addition to the state and federal protocols staff also reached out to leaders in taiwan for advice. Because taiwan her record that was not elevating the way that it has been elevating in the United States and so i wanted to know what they did so we started back in march. Interviewing them asking people for feedback and then starting to generate a plan so literally no child touches something twice with that being disinfected and south as opposed to disinfecting at the end of the day which we do anyway where disinfecting every minute. Yeah county education leaders say theyre expecting to see more reopening plans from some smaller Public School districts in the coming weeks. A covid19 vaccine trials are on hold at Johnson Johnson after a volunteer in the study became sick. Now Johnson Johnson didnt disclose the exact symptoms. The person is suffering the companys just saying that its following guidelines and the persons illness is being reviewed. The company says illnesses are an expected part of any Clinical Study this isnt the first vaccine trial by the way to have been stopped midway through. Astrazeneca in fact had to stop its trial trial twice in september because of an illness. Were tracking the coronavirus numbers across california and the bay area as you can see more than 16,500 people have died of covid in our state including more than 1600 people here in the bay area. In governor newsome is the latest covid briefing, he touted the states massive Contact Tracing program for saying its slow the spread. He says theyre nearly 11,000 people working to make sure are that one positive case doesnt become 10 or more. But he also stresses we need to do more with thousands of people testing positive every day. He says it is critical to find out who is at risk and theyre stressing that while testing is crucial. So is what happens after testing. We want to make sure that the testing leads to something and in order to box this virus in order mitigate the spread of this virus quarantine and isolation become essential. 90 of tests in the state come back within 24 hours. Letting authorities know quickly, lets then act quickly thats led us 97 of counties being able to Contact People who have come into contact on the same day with somebody else who has a positive. Well a pair of bay area cities are among those topping a list for business closures during the pandemic in fact according to the study from yelp San Francisco came in as number 2. For businesses that had to shut down nearly 22 closures for every onethousand business, san jose ranked 5th with 20 closures per 1000 businesses. Yelp says that restaurants have been hit the hardest followed closely by shopping and retail. Happening right now the confirmation hearing for president Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is happening as we speak she is facing questions from members of the Senate Judiciary committee were monitoring the hearing will bring you updates throughout the morning. However, if youd like to watch it in its entirety and uninterrupted go to kron 4 dot com were streaming it there for you right now. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, California Republicans are admitting to putting out on authorized ballot drop boxes in several counties and now the state is demanding. They take them down. But the gop says theyve done nothing wrong well tell you why. And President Trump back on the campaign trail spreading his message and hopefully not covid because hes taking off his mask and says he wants to kiss everybody. And today were going to be seeing daytime highs a bit warmer than they have been climbing further through the upper 80s to even low 90s for inland areas, even hotter and windier weather ahead of us this week your forecast is to come. And traffic is still crawling into San Francisco this morning backed up heavily at the bay bridge toll plaza this line goes all the way back to the bottom of the main cell check more slow spots oscar the grouch here to tell you, yeah, you, to wear a mask out in public around other people. Sure itll keep you healthy. But more importantly, i wont have to see your happy smiling face. Ugh. And if you dont want to wear a mask, ive just got one thing to tell you. Scram, go away. Ugh. Caring for each other because we are all in this together. So wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya . Ugh. 7. 11 is the 7 o a or b im the one who should be reacting that way you have never touched and its going to be hot to yeah youre going to want one later on in yeah. Im going to probably be neck drinking a cup myself. Yeah looking forward to anything cold these next couple of days because temperatures are already starting to climb and along with this climb in temperatures. We do see increased wind speeds to us so it is going to be a higher fire danger next couple of days ahead of us today by no means going to be the hottest day of the week so were still in at least fairly comfortable territory, upper 80s for many inland areas like in the east bay where you can see skies are Crystal Clear really one of the nicest things about this morning in addition to our Cool Temperatures and clear skies is the fact that we dont have really that bad of air quality so go outside enjoy the mild morning. Before the heat of the afternoon High Pressure ridge Building Back in has made the cool and cloudy or whether of the weekend a thing of the past now what we have to look forward to ahead of us is unfortunately hotter temperatures and higher fire danger as offshore winds kick back into gear, pushing hot dry air through our inland valleys out even towards the base of daytime highs are going to be climbing in not just for inland valleys. Winds right now not all that much of a factor now into the evening tonight, well start to see winds picking up. Tomorrow morning will be especially windy to start your wednesday. After that he quinns of this forecast are actually going to be wednesday night into early thursday morning. Thats when winds will gust as high as you see here on the map. Sonoma glen ellen in calistoga does 2030 Miles Per Hour range regularly. Peak wind gusts in her upper elevations as high as 50 Miles Per Hour. So you pair that obviously with the conditions that are so dry out there and increasingly warm and thats where we do have these fire weather watch is likely to become red flag warning starting tomorrow for upper elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains upper elevations across the east bay where we could see some isolated power losses and then up into the north bay to where you may lose power as we do see these winds kicking into gear, upper elevations, more susceptible fire spread and then also this those peak wind gusts in general. As for todays daytime highs i mentioned its not or warmest one of the week, but it is warmer than we have been 80s in areas like San Francisco and even happen bay right along the coastline. 80s to 90s right along the bay shore today with burlingame a 83 palo alto at 87 and Mountain View as well as much of the south bay back into the 90s today, san jose at 92 for the high today. Low 90s in pleasanton well upper 80s and dublin livermore all the creek and concord Oakland Berkeley and richmond back into the upper 80s today, a little warmer than yesterday was youre going to notice that warmth, especially this afternoon. Wishing you see if you didnt petaluma and avato each 89 for your highs getting a look ahead at your next 7 days so tomorrow temperatures begin to climb our hottest of days will be thursday and friday though thats when inland areas will be in the upper 90s to midnineties and even bayside air is rising into the 90s as i mentioned wednesday night into thursday morning will be our he wins with wednesday thursday and friday under of fire weather watches into early friday weekend ahead starts to bring relief temperatures cooling down and also wind speeds coming down robin. Thank you john lets check in on the bridges some are nice and light and quiet and then others are packed all start off of 92. Its not so bad right now heading to the peninsula a little busy, but only 14 minutes thats the highest its been. For your drive time all morning so far here at the bay bridge toll plaza youll definitely have a weight it started with the crash west of Treasure Island which is gone, but now its backing up on to the east shore freeway connector so be prepared for that still slow into San Francisco. No problems across the golden gate at also your trip from the north bay on south one oh one will be just fine highway for speaking up for those of you traveling through pittsburg bay point this morning were at 22 minutes total from one 60 out to 2. 42 and thats a normal crowd and finally all lanes open in seminole 84 west before 6 ad or crash finally cleared but its quite slow leaving livermore and backed up just east of dallas eagles road back to you. All right, thank you very much robin a barbershop in vacaville is facing fines now and maybe even closure by the state since the owner refused to close his business during the pandemic really sciatic shows us how the community is rallying around him. During the covid crisis against the governors order. Start off as a 15 day closure has turned into a 7 month hostage and were just were just not going to im just not going believe its the reason why wont ameris never closed his business creemos barber shop in downtown vacaville, even when the governor ordered businesses to close in the early days of covid with rising numbers back in the spring. He says he needed to stay open in order for him to survive and his workers to keep feeding their families but one may be paying for that now on monday the state attorney general notified him that a hearing is scheduled for the 23rd when a state judge will oversee an administrative hearing that can result in his license being suspended. He says the state received about 33 letters of complaint, none from why is this guy could still be we dont get to stay open. Hey this guys cutting it during order why arent you doing anything about it. It is time to open california and primo you know he led the charge saying that you know businesses are the ones that generate the revenue theyre the ones that hire the people theyre the ones that are the backbone of our state and you know he just took a stand and of course hes a hero. And support for pre most is gaining momentum. Jenny zimmerman yarwood created the Facebook Group patriots for pre most they support him in his reasons for staying open with more than 600 members. They plan to hold a rally on saturday in front of city hall to show their support give the Small Business owner, a break. This doesnt have to be like this and means we dont have to punish a Small Business owner. Well people like their knees and gets to keep his winery opened you would hope that during these unprecedented times they would. Realize that theres no real loss or god never been hiding, im not going to hide. We get shut down say open. 7. 18 and for your money this morning there are High Expectations for apples new iphone its supposed to be unveiled today and Southwest Airlines pilots are pushing back on proposed pay cuts jane king is live in new york with those stories and more hi jane. Hi daria just Southwest Airlines pilots taking issue with the companys proposal to cut their pay by 10 . Southwest says it can avoid layoffs entirely if the employees will take this pay cut the Flight Attendants Union also headed balking at that idea southwest by the way has never furloughed employee its nearly 50 year supply waffle set to unveil a 5 g enabled iphone later today so this new technology will to promise of internet speeds significantly faster than what many smartphones are able to do right now not all americans can take advantage of the 5 g its not everywhere yet, but it is coming, so you may want to call your wireless carrier just make sure your by g capable before you spend the money on it and amazons prime day is here it runs through tomorrow, theres discounts on more than a million items of some of the deals on the front page or the amazon branded things like the kindle echo device also video games other electronics as sales event expected to be bigger than black friday and to bring in 10 billion dollars, but the resort to a report put together by california utilities Organization Says there were 3 main causes. For the blackouts this summer says planning targets have not kept pace with Climate Change also old Power Company equipment and transition to Renewable Energy all contributing factors to those problems live from new york, im jane king back to thats important for us right now jane were going into a heat wave and dangerous fire season. All right thanks to last. Because are in a dancer not in the next few days later in the week for the number of drugrelated deaths since the pandemic took hold is also continuing to rise in fact one former addict is helping others in their own struggles during this difficult time lonnie wong has