We have nice bit of an orange glow over the bay ahead of what will be a hot and pretty breezy afternoon. Were already in the midst of red flag warnings those take effect this morning at 05 00am for the Santa Cruz Mountains. Inland east bay and all across the north bay as winds are now beginning to pick up these will remain in effect all the way through friday at 11 00am so really the remainder of your workweek we are impacted by this high or higher fire danger. North bay areas starting to see increased winds not near a breezy us just yet though that will be tonight into tomorrow morning. This is 04 30pm today outlets peak vacaville, callous toga sonoma even down to Livermore Hayward and san jose really seeing wind speeds picking up here by the time we work into early tomorrow morning vacaville regularly seeing wind gusting to 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour range areas like out was p calistoga even upper elevations, the east bay right there with you. Now into thursday evening and into friday morning, a continuation of these breezy conditions. This is friday morning at 03 45am vacaville outlets p calistoga all still in the midst of some pretty steady winds before we come down midday friday and you see relief after that point so theres a light at the end of the tunnel here just get through these next few days of higher fire danger and please practice extreme caution when venturing outside in fireprone areas. 50s 60s even some 70s to start this morning, nevada youve been pretty warm this morning in the low 70s. Well later on today, daytime highs will consistently be warmer than yesterday by a few degrees at the coast by the bay and for inland areas which will rise into the mid to upper 90s back to you. All right, thank you john will now back to our top story, the high winds and dry hot weather will likely mean dreaded power shutoffs tonight all across the bay area and nobody looking forward to that up in napa county we could see probably the impact there, although the entire bay areas under threat of it, but kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live in napa county. With a look what we can all expect sarah. After hearing a meteorologist john troubles weather forecast. I mean it goes to show this wind isnt going with anywhere. Its very much going to stick around and just get worse and worse which means the chances of pge shutting off the power is very likely and they expect that if they do have to do so it will be around 00 06pm tonight 33,000 pg e customers will be affected if they do decide that. And that they will turn off the power at 6 oclock tonight and take a look at these maps you can see the areas that will be affected 33,000 homes and businesses could be losing their power in the Sierra Nevada foothills and here in the north bay then about 2 hours later another portions of the sierras and the bay area. An additional 21,000 customers could also lose their power. Live right now in calistoga a city hit hard by the glass fired people up here in the north bay face more fire danger due to that dry hot windy weather conditions that we just heard about. Now tonight, wind gusts will be ramping up possibly even hitting 55 Miles Per Hour in some areas in the foothills that combined with bone dry humidity causes for major concern of wildfire danger. Thats why a red flag warning has also been issued pg says shutting off the power as a precaution decreased to 2 to decrease the chances of a wildfire from sparking up. But its also a last resort and thats why they dont plan it 2 days in advance saying for sure 100 were going to turn off the power at 6 oclock. They dont do that because they dont want to but if they need to they will and chances are they will the highest probability areas are the north bay mountains near mount saint helene a small pockets in the east bay near mount diablo the Oakland Hills east of piedmont and portions of the Santa Cruz Mountains now how can you prepare hopefully youve been preparing as weve been talking about this on morning shows since monday, hopefully you got all your perishables you gotten a flawed or non perishables rather good enough water, you got everything you need including extra batteries may be a generator if you dont have one already pg knee actually supplies generators to certain areas affected by the outages and i. Talk to a man who lives here in calistoga he said that he wont be without power because theres a generator here in town helps him out so he said hes not too worried about but well have to continue to talk to people here in calistoga see how theyre feeling i mean this is all this been a lot that theyve been going through talk to a woman tried to see if she would do an interview with me she shes looks overwhelm shes like not right now she you know theyve been through fires. Then theyre talking about Power Outages because of wildfire danger, i mean one thing on top of another hopefully if they do do the Power Outages, it does decrease the chances of a wild fire sparking up, reporting live in calistoga Sarah Stinson kron 4 news okay. Thank you very much sara. While in the east bay and the east bay could also be hit with Power Outages because of the higher fire danger of course in this will impact homes throughout the Oakland Hills. P g says that people here can also expect power shutoffs tonight and that may continue through friday morning. First thought is im keeping my fingers and toes crossed that it doesnt happen. And second if it you know the way this year his gun is kind of got the boy just one more thing i hope it doesnt it will be kind of a nuisance if it does. Yeah its exhausting and stressful pg e will be making a final decision later on this morning about which areas will have their power cannot cut off so well keep you posted this. Well lets continue that Team Coverage you know james when its hot folks want to head to the parks, maybe for swimmer on a hike but the red flag warning in the east bay hill has caused several east bay, Regional Parks to close down not available to you while were under these high fire dangers. And that closure could last through at least friday weve got kron fours reyna harvey live at Kennedy Grove regional Recreational Area in also brought a to explain more about these closures rana. Robin james its unfortunate because the same reason that makes these parts so beautiful you see the trees the grass and brush all out here is the same reason after closing down because of the fire were to break out its spread too quickly to rapidly out here you can see here they already have signs posted extreme fire danger. So theyre letting everyone know you cant go to any of the parks on your screen today or for the next few days in fact look at this right here. You see Anthony ChabotRegional Park along with clermont Canyon Regional preserve huckleberry regional preserve her leona canyon open space regional perserve along with Reinhart RedwoodRegional Park over on the next line roberts Regional Park sibley Regional Reserve tied in Regional Park and kennedy grohl Regional Recreation Center along with lock at canyon Regional Park now we do know that several of the Park DistrictFire Departments are going to be stepping up their staffing so youre going to see a lot more fire personnel just patrolling actually saw some of the park officials just come through this morning so again for the next few days as long as red flag warning is in place. None of these parks on your screen are going to be open but we know that the red flag warning will end hopefully on friday. So we still have to see it will be closed over the weekend for now reporting here in the east bay, you know harvey kron 4 news were going to have to deal with this a couple more days, thank you for the update marina. And dont forget to keep it tuned to kron 4 by the way and also kronon thats our 24 7 Live Streaming news app were constantly streaming news from our news room. So you can always have the very latest, whenever you want it again kron on is free. Download it today. And on the kron 4 morning news, how you can celebrate halloween without the usual trick or treating can even do that state Health Care Leaders have an answer for you that story coming up. Plss as the country continues to deal with the pandemic there are apps now that are lending a helping hand well have details coming up after the break. And plenty of sunshine today will be the highlight of your forecast aside from that it will be hot and with the plants are not your ideal conditions meaning high fire danger today, mid to upper 80s and San Francisco, oakland and sa welcome back everyone the time now 7. 11 thanks for staying with yeah, lets get over to the Weather Center weve got john looking at the forecast for us today hot weather thats what everybodys got to be yeah, hot and that fire danger back in full force guys weve seen a historic fire season. So far were all hoping that it wouldnt be continuing but unfortunately we are still in the midst of the high fire danger so please be very aware of that as you plan out the rest of your week as for happen bay this morning, it is gorgeous, nice blue skies overhead no fog out there whatsoever as we are seeing an offshore wind pushing any sort of cool marine air well out of our region, hot and dry air pushing into our region and along with those winds the dry humidity and the heat comes the fire danger winds are already picking up for portions of the north bay but by no means are windy. Us just yet that will actually be tonight into early tomorrow morning. This is thursday at 05 30am Calistoga Glen ellen in sonoma seeing consistently, windy conditions gusting into a 2030 even 40 Miles Per Hour range deep reds on this map will spread further southward at times indicating winds into the east bay and even the Santa Cruz Mountains at times. But the north bay will see the highest of wind gusts all the way into midday friday. This means really most of the bay area lit up in these red flag warnings that crew includes the Santa Cruz Mountains the inland east bay all you have to do is head right above Fremont Oakland and berkeley and you are in red flag territory through our inland valleys. All of us a county and almost all of the north bay where winds will gust as high as 45 Miles Per Hour. All the way until the middle of the day on friday. So thats a whole lot of the bay area right here and as weve also been talking out about the potential of power shutoffs in these areas due to that set for heightened fire risk as for daytime highs in San Francisco, little warmer than yesterday. You also see that right along the coastline. That even means a few low 80s, Half Moon Bay 81 right there at the coast 80s and 90s for besides cities with redwood city and san carlos at 91 each palo alto holding on to the upper 80s today well, south bay temperatures in the upper 80s to low to even mid 90s and sonny bill at 95. Pleasant in your hot spot in the bay today only 3 degrees shy of a 100 degrees at 97 today. While san leandro at 90 Oakland Berkeley and richmond in the days concord walnut creek danville each the 5 fairfield also at 95 90s consistently in napa and sonoma counties all the way down to mill valley at 91 degrees today. Tomorrows temperatures wont change much in winds just remaining hot while bayside areas will see daytime highs climbing as offshore winds kick into gear thats going to carry hot dry air all the way to the bay side meaning daytime highs in areas like oakland and richmond will be susceptible to those low 90s by thursday and friday friday red flag warnings expires winds begin to come down and even though we will start the weekend off hot dry with calmer winds we ease off that fire danger so we do have relief into the weekend and then especially next week with cooler temperatures. Robin all right, thank you for the update john now lets check in on your morning commute. Were heading back to the richmond sandra fell last time we checked it we did not have any delays and now look at this pretty packed here leading up to the toll plaza so definitely some sluggish traffic. Its not bad. But if this is a part of your commute do expect to see some crowding and a minor weights at the pay gates, but you still averaging 11 minutes to make it to the north bay here at the bay bridge toll plaza we also have a full house with lots of slow traffic squeezing through the pay gates it slowing go from west grand up the incline and then theres another stretch of slow traffic just getting word of a hit and run west of Treasure Island. So thats not going help that crash working its going to slow from Treasure Island on the suspension as well that just popped up your drive time to about 13 minutes for your average into San Francisco. Lets check in on traffic tracker were just picking out some more freeways and some of them are busy, but theyre not bad highway force recovering from crash is under 30 minutes antioch to concord 2. 42 is a little heavy, but once you get over to 6. 80 youre fine. No problems for the nimitz thats a 25 minute trip in one oh one is looking good. Under 30 minutes heading north right on time from san jose to menlo park. Well as the country continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic there are apps that can actually help boy explains. Your smartphone is always held a wealth of information and now even more so as your favorite go to apps provide useful tips during the pandemic. Google maps has added a new feature that maps coronavirus hot spots open the most recent version of the app and tap on the stocks layers button in the top right corner of the screen. Another screen will pop up giving you options to view satellite traffic and now covid19 info the app pulls its data from multiple Public Health organizations in shows you the density of cases in certain counties and whether cases are trending up or down. The popular review at yelp is trying to make it as easy as possible for users to find safe Dining Options upon opening the app youll see delivery and takeout has 2 featured icons on the main screen. And once you find a restaurant you like the apple provide covid19 updates, including the services, theyre offering like Outdoor Dining and take out and what kinds of Safety Measures the establishment is taking finally amazon has consolidated all of your pandemic needs in one convenient place open the app or website and enter home essentials. There youll see that amazon has categorized all the supplies you could need to make life at home as comfortable as possible. From grocery delivery to Remote Learning to home office to prime video. Well for your money this morning and speaking of amazon, what were the popular sellers on amazon prime day. And in related news nearly 40 of americans say they plan to cut their black friday spending this year weve got jane king live in new york with these stories and more good morning again. Im james good morning yes, black friday is going to look a lot different this year it already been changing better this year, especially so so nearly 2 in 5 americans about 37 of us plants reduce our budgets for black friday shopping this year another Market Research firm people safe out of those consumers who do plan to shop on black friday but 20 say theyll spend about same as it did last year far and away the prime day deal winner was amazons 10 credit and gift cards other popular sellers yesterday, the sony 65 inch tv apple airpods in the echo dot. So the amazon prime sale does continue today as well well apple introduced 4 new iphones in a virtually that yesterday the iphone 12 the 12 pro 12 pro max and a new smaller 12 many. All of the phones or 5 g equipped than many is the cheapest a 700. The pro max will be about 1100 thats by the way is the 6. 7 inch screen. So thats biggest iphone that apple released another 12 in the top row be available for preorder friday. The many in the max will be available for preorder another 6 in the Summer Travel season, even worse than expected for Delta Airlines lost more than 5 billion dollars over the summer much of the last inning from paying people to quit severance pay and so forth but they did see a 76 plunge in revenue live from new york, im jane king back to you unites all right, thank you very much jane. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news with 20 days left until election day the focus is all on the swing states as President Trump and democratic challenger joe biden focuses their campaigns. There. And a look outside before we head to break, heres a live look from the bay bridge toll plaza the suns coming up a mix of sun and clouds there over the east bay hills and a long line of traffic squeezing into San Francisco will ha 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. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. We are now just 20 days away from the november election and President Trump and democratic challenger joe biden are hot on the campaign trail thats right the 2 candidates are trying to win voters in swing states Dean Reynolds has more. 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I got to get out and i have to meet people and have to see people and i know its risky to do that. But you have to do what you have to do you know, im the president i can says the basement and say lets wait this thing out im not going to do that. And you they tell me im immune i could come down and struck just every guy man and woman man and woman. In Santa Clara County. If you want to go to your favorite restaurant and dine inside. You can do that. Coming up, tell you live in a live report. And heres a quick live look outside our camera in walnut creek showing wild thing, you make my heart sing wild thing i. Think i. You know what i think . I think you owe us 48. 50. Wild thing. If you ride, you get it. Geico motorcycle. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Iwhen was the last time your property tawhat . L went down . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. All right. Lets start the half hour here at 7. 28 with the check of the weather lots to talk about on that front robin thats right hot windy, dry john trouble standing by with a look at what we can expect hey there john have that combination has up to heightened fire danger 2 guys and even though it is a beautiful start to the morning, pretty comfortable right now. Its not gonna last being quite as comfortable for this long so go ahead get outside get that morning jog out of the way and be especially mindful of this heightened fire danger over the next few days, its been a historically devastating fire season. So as you do venture outside for any Outdoor Activities please practice, extreme caution in mindfulness much of the north bay, the east bay and upper elevations on the peninsula in the Santa Cruz Mountains all already under red flag warnings in remaining that way through friday at 11 00am peak wind gusts in the north bay getting up into a 40 to 50 mile per hour range and winds spreading into the east bay too as we make our way through the day. Winds have already picked up but not our windy us just yet that will be overnight tonight into tomorrow morning by 05 00pm today noticeably windy here for the east bay, even up the coast and up into the north bay windiest of conditions through the middle of the night with vacaville gusting into a 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour range regularly. Atlas peak in calistoga right there with you tomorrow sustaining those winds. Well through tomorrow afternoon winds pick up again into early friday morning before eventually calming down into the middle of the day friday after which point we take a step back from the fire danger even though itll still be a toasty start to the weekend. 50s 60s, even a couple of 70s on the map this morning to get things started berkeley are at 67 timber on in San Francisco. Both at 65 to start the day later on today after a comfortable start to the morning with an abundant sunshine higher fire danger seen into the afternoon as humidity falls and temperatures skyrocket into the mid to upper 90s inland and upper 80s to low 90s right along the bay. Back to you. All right, thank you john now back to a big story that were following for you this morning alameda and santa clara counties are the latest to enter the orange here reopening, yeah, good news, it means Indoor Dining will finally be allowed more people to chop indoors as well. Now Health Experts will stress that doesnt mean were out of the threat of the coronavirus but at least a relaxing things a little bit. Yeah lets get the details with will tran hes live in santa clara this morning with more will. Robin orange you glad that were now in the orange here in Santa Clara County because for a long time. It was awful as far as Santa Clara County was one of the hardest and fastest hit areas for covid19 i remember being here in march april may when the cases kept rising and now it has gotten so good that is actually exceeded state standards let me show you a map were at santana row which is the embodiment of what you can do their shops and restaurants at this location. As far as the map is concerned its colorcoded orange, so Santa Clara County joins Alameda County as you mentioned as a moderate risk as far as covid19 there are other areas like Sonoma County which is purple widespread so far no one no county is minimal. But Santa Clara County. They can brag today because its the largest county in california that has been moved to the orange here so what does that mean that means that restaurants can allow people to dine inside and that is important come rainy season from the winter when its cold they have to make up for all the money that they lost. Now the state allows the restaurants to seat up to 50 capacity. But Santa Clara County they saw that in actually went one step further to 25 capacity which is better than nothing. We got a chance to track down the Santa Clara County health director. She says theyre still not out of the weights. Think its really important to remember that any indoor activity where you have to remove the Face Covering is going to increase your risk. And so. Anyone who is in a Higher Risk Group or who is in a household with someone in a Higher Risk Group. We strongly discourage highrisk activities like Indoor Dining. Outdoor danny Outdoor Dining i should say is expanding because with the orange here and you can see all that tables here they have the tense. They can now up to 200 people outside of course they stopped the practice social distance you stop to wear your mask where things are getting a little bit better its the new norm for Santa Clara County. They are going to enforce as far as the museums its Still Limited capacity and no there are a lot of concerts i know the pavilion is just down here s a p centers just down the road. Theyre still not allowing concerts. But if we continue with this rate. Hopefully thatll happen because we are so far as for Santa Clara County, the Positivity Rate as far as Santa Clara County. The state is concerned they will accept a 4 Positivity Rate. Robin james in Santa Clara County youre waking up this morning to below 2 actually percent thats how well things are going in this particular case. Back to you. Hear all right, thank you very much well. Were tracking the coronavirus numbers across the state of california and of course right here in the bay area. Now so far the state has recorded more than 862,000 cases with more than 16,000 deaths now here in the bay area there are now more than a 107,000 reported cases and more than 1600 deaths. In the students in Alameda County are now taking in person classes with kron fours phillipe to go with the story. Our Savior Lutheran School in livermore is one of 21 private Elementary Schools that has submitted a reopening plan to the Alameda County office of education and been approved by the Public Health department to resume in Person Instruction class resuming tuesday, the first day allowed by the county, its huge its so important for kids to be with their teachers over computer screen is not normal for them, its very frustrating. For them to try and learn that way and stay focused 7 private Elementary Schools were slated to open tuesday the remaining schools approved to welcome students back to campus are scheduled to reopen through next month, a new that youre going to do very best to make sure that our kids safe for him to go lee knight says her school has been preparing for this since the end of the last school year right now the county is in the red tier on the states blueprint for reopening a safe economy. The county says schools that are open can stay open even if the county falls back into the purple tier but schools could be forced to close if at any 0. 5 of students and teachers test positive for covid19 of theyre challenging time and we recognize that safety needs to come first. Education also is paramount. And this time last night says the classrooms have been set up to accommodate social distancing and students will split the week at home and on campus. The teachers wear Face Coverings desks and other equipment will be sanitized frequently as for the countys public schools, none have announced the reopening date for in Person Instruction in livermore afflicted all kron 4 news. Well the state of hawaii has certified the Oakland Airport as the First Certified trusted testing in travel partner ally requires passengers to take a covid test with a negative result, 72 hours before arriving in order to avoid the states 14 day mandatory quarantine you dont have to go through that the open air force currently has one covid testing site. But another one is a plan to open up thursday this thursday testing is available to the public. Theres no out of pocket costs that you have to stress out about for those being tested. But you do need an appointment dont forget that appointments are required travelers we talked to say the added service is a good thing. I think people are very conscious of because we want to get back out there to stay you know. A bay area is not the same without you know the hustle and bustle and seeing the people and everything and having all the tours having covid is scary for everyone and i think that having that extra layer of consideration in traveling in an airport makes lot of sense. Well appointments are available at the northville testing site from 09 00am to 05 00pm daily and it will also be available from 06 30am to 02 00pm at the new main Passenger Terminal testing site so you have some options there. And quick reminder that happening right now weve got the confirmation hearings for President Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett once again resuming today day 2 of questioning she is facing questions from members of the Senate Judiciary committee we can see senator dick durbin theyre asking questions at the moment we are monitoring hearing will bring you updates throughout the morning so stay tuned for that and of course throughout the day you continue to check in because we are going to be giving you updates throughout the day now our website at kron 4 dot com but also through our kron on app thats our 24 7 news streaming. App its free so if you havent already given the down low today. Well 3 are using a bit of creativity to navigate the pandemic will tell you how their stories are showing the impact of minority women in the economy. And whether you drop off your ballot or vote in person south bay Election Officials want you to be aware of what to expect when arrive. 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Were now 20 days away from the november election and in the south bay were getting a look at how voting will look like this year in Santa Clara CountyElections Officials are adressing new voting procedures. Theres ballot box security they have to talk about pandemic safety protocols the county registrar of voters in fact demonstrated their voting booths and thats what our cameras were there for most people will have already voted by mail but there will also be about a 100 vote centers. 4 people who choose to cast their ballots in person. The law allows people to observe the polls and were ok with that but there are rules that come with that you cant interfere with the voting process you cant walk back here behind the processing table and if they interfere we will ask them to leave. Now there are also sanitation and covid safety protocols such as social distancing between the voting booths in the machines and also oneway routes so that theres only one way you come in cast your vote and one way out of the venue and well be posting those Health Guidelines and we heard kron 4 also committed to helping make sure that your vote counts if you experience any problem casting your vote. Let us know about it and well investigate you can email your concerns to us at info ting problems at kron 4 dot com again thats voting problems at kron 4 dot com. Get out there and vote your voice matters. All right were checking in on well hello there sunshine, nice to beautiful shot from the embarcadero nice blue skies sunshine beaming over the bay bridge its going to i say today its going to be pretty hot for some of you, but thats a major concern because it increases our fire danger. So well talk about the red flag warning thats in place and e garage door opening it is my fathers love. 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Same story at casa gadi ive never felt so much love in my life like im in these past few months and they cant complain upon to restaurant either consistency has been the key there when you believe into something with your heart the first 2 months of the pandemic was extremely tough because we werent busy at all luckily things have picked up whats even more inspiring is that all 3 owners happened to be nothingness. Women who took a chance on a small business, none of the men we think rivera came to chicago from venezuela 20 years ago like lets it loose she says she struggles with english but despite that she opened her restaurant a few years ago even inspired her son to follow her footsteps her fresh mango yari vargas has an incredible story of her own she is chicagos we enough lot more than 50 different recipes covid forced her to initially lay off staff i literally had to change the entire menu where i made a smaller. 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Bright star in the 4th straight to they dont want to do they need some Outdoor Dining today the weather is going to be 9 yeah, maybe get it in before it gets too terribly have a good job looking at that. It is the hot weather really going to come today or is it like tonight into tomorrow the eye and all kind of kicks off today the hotter weather and the wind gear weather but still abundant sunshine for that Outdoor Dining so not necessarily a bad idea just maybe bring some sunscreen with yeah. Hold on your hats a little bit tighter than you have been as winds start to pick up looking out there have been bay it is beautiful Crystal Clear so really is going to be a gorgeous day, especially the start and get out there maybe do some brunch outside and then this afternoons be very mindful of your activities as we will be looking at the height and fire danger not just today but into tomorrow and into friday to its due to these warm offshore winds that are going to be kicking into gear across the region already having picked up but picking up further into the evening tonight in fact tonight into tomorrow morning will be our windiest time for both the north bay as well as the east bay consistently, windy conditions through your thursday and after that even into early friday before calming conditions from that point on into the weekend and taking a step back from fire danger from that point on red flag warnings took effect this morning at 05 00am in the last 11 00am on friday. This includes upper elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains all of the inland east bay bay, shore areas will be warm but the height the fire dangers really for upper elevations inland valleys, all of Solano County and almost all the north bay much a marine and sonoma counties and all of napa county with winds gusting as high as 45 Miles Per Hour in this area. Peak wind gusts could top out at 50 to 55 Miles Per Hour today tomorrow on into friday. As for today more comfortable and closer to the coast to get. But even that its still going to be warm with sunset district up to 78. A Golden Gate Park in the low 80s, daly city at 77 81 and for bayside cities 80s to low 90s more so in the 90s come tomorrow for besides cities as a continuation of these offshore winds really drags that hot air from our inland valleys and sets it right over the bay itself. Thats why were going to see a bump in temperatures tomorrow for bayside areas while inland areas just remain hot while the creek danville unconquered each at 95 today youngsville in vacaville at 93. The way home right at 90 degrees even 90s as far towards the coast as mill valley at 91 sandra fell at 92 so today tomorrow and friday inland areas remain steady as far as temperatures go or bayside areas do see temperatures spiking come thursday and friday as far as winds go tonight into tomorrow morning is likely to be the breezy us time, consistent winds after that from thursday afternoon leading into friday morning. Taking a step back from the wind from there on out as for saturday still toasty but not as windy anymore so fire danger little bit less of a risk there and then next week just generally looks better with seasonable highs back in the 80s inland and 70s by the bay. Robin all right, thank you lets take a peek at the traffic out there which is improving already. We started off with lots of crowding on bay area bridges but our drive times are always already looking better. Heres a live. Look at the bay bridge toll plaza heading into San Francisco, your traffic is stacked up and just be on west grand. Its not going to be a bad commute this is completely normal. It is under 15 minutes for the drive in has already picked up on the suspension, but as you can see still heavy behind the toll plaza all right, lets head over to 92 and improving commute as well its going to be a little crowded, looks better compared to the 6 oclock hour. So you drive here from hayward off to the peninsula hot spot free. No problems into foster city or san matteo you can make it in under 30 minutes and off to one o one a beautiful shot of the golden gate the sunshine there across the span with no problems into or out of San Francisco, youre looking at under 25 minutes thats rolling south novato to the toll plaza. And dia de los muertos could look a lot different this year in California State Health leaders released new guidelines for trick or treating another holiday gatherings and Health Officials are pointing out that door to door trick or treating will make Contact Tracing very challenging. If there is an outbreak. The state says the safest way to simply to spend time with people in the same household and theyve been doing that all year long but maybe celebrate virtually. If theres a way you could make that work. The states latest set of recommendations comes as california continues to see stability in its cases its Positivity Rate and its hospitalizations for covid19. While traditional door to door trick or treating is considered a highrisk activity. One Contra Costa County parent is refusing to let the Pandemic Take the joy out of the holiday so Daniel Miller of martinez she created a safe way to distribute candy using a pvc pipe she and her neighbors are coming up with creative hands free ways of halloween experiences for trick or treating. Were using a large pvc pipe and were going to shoot the candy down were working were gluttons make sure that were not spending any germs. So when the kids come actually going to be standing 6 feet away from each other on the glow necklaces that will have on the ground and so theyll be able stand apart and wait for their turn to get there can be and then when its their turn in line were going to shoot some candy down so they can put it in their their halloween. Bags. And thats a great idea. I think the kids will like that to miller says that theyre also creating a map of homes that are following Health Guidelines and tracking precautions to make sure the kiddos stay safe love it. All right as we head to break, heres a quick live look outside great looking shot there from San FranciscoInternational Airport the morning sun, the clear skies makes for a beautiful start to wednesday morning. It is going to be hot though red flag warnings in effect fire danger on the high welcome back 7. 56 on this wednesday morning we are definitely going to be seeing hotter in windier conditions today. Although the golden gate bridge. If you look at the flagpole their little that wendy just yet in fact a beautiful morning to be walking along the bridge as temperatures remain cool. We are in the midst of red flag warnings they took effect at 05 00am and they will last through 11 00am on friday has heightened fire danger continues james all right john thank you coming up in the next hour thousands could be left in the dark tonight as pg e plans to shut off power. As risk of fire increases this week. Plus east bay, Regional Parks are going to be shut down as well because of the red flag warnings well be live with the latest details on that story to stay to the kron 4 morni i didnt choose this job because it was easy. But i cant say i expected this. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. Our top story this morning a high fire danger day across the bay area firefighters on standby wildfires break out during this hot dry weather pattern. Pg e customers could also see their power shut off because of the dangerous windy conditions and Regional Parks in the east bay are shutting it down because of the red flag warning. Youre watching kron 4 morning news at the. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on this tuesday wednesday aedt on this. But were 14th im james fletcher. Im Robin Winston filling in for daryn fall, so we got up early sometimes we dont remember its its its for coffee the big story that were following for you this morning. High fire danger all around the bay area that were facing today and we actually have Team Coverage this morning so we have Sarah Stinson because in the north bay covering the possible Power Outages we have reyna harvey in the east bay with the parks are going to be closed because a red flag warnings but first lets start off with meteorologist ron trouble i guys, yeah we are wo