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Our top story tonight that red flag warning in effect the high fire danger and now looming power shutoffs among the areas were keeping an eye on tonight, the Santa Cruz Mountains kron fours rob fladeboe has reaction now from some residents of the summit in los gatos. Reminds motorists that fire danger is very high today here along some of road and across the Santa Cruz Mountains. People were stocking up on ice another shutdown groceries here at the summit store outside the umbrellas are tied down head of predicting high winds. Its yet another worry for fire and pandemic weary residents is owner ben a its getting a little unnerving you have so many things calm pounding on each other, but you know a red flag warning is probably the last thing. That we need right now some residents here said the power was shut down for about 10 seconds last night in what may have been a preview of a longer shutdown to guard against fire sparked by downed lines in the heavily forested region. There hasnt been a significant wildfire in this part of the Santa Cruz Mountains since 1985 lexington fire but some residents have mixed emotions about pg and es Fire Prevention strategy. I would like for them actually fix the issues that they have as opposed to just shutting things down quadrant by quadrant. Relatively small inconvenience. You know for a day or something i sure want more fires appear back at the summit store which serves as a kind of lifeline for hundreds of mountain residents when the power goes down. Then a man showed me the brandnew 125 kilowatt generator he had installed out back of the store that was after losing 10s of thousands of dollars and spoiled inventory that resulted from previous red flag power shutdowns at this point. Im for it because its a safety issue were almost hopefully in the rainy season. And i and i understand both sides of pg knee and doing what they have to do but its been a dry long. Hot summer up here. In the Santa Cruz Mountains rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Yeah, hes for the shut offs now that he has that monster generator, but man when youre losing all of that product. It a tough deal. As we get a check on the 4 zone forecast here look at the expected high temperatures for tomorrow and look at that 86 in San Francisco 96 in antioch in livermore doesnt really get your attention but yeah, 86 in the city and of course as we mentioned were under a redflag warning, yeah, the triple threat hot dry and windy. Yeah, certainly red flag warning conditions now and well those hot temperatures around the bay area of course like graham mentioned 90s and the and the interior valleys, not that big of deal you start getting 80s 90s inside the bay. Well thats a much larger dillon 70s and 80s out toward the coast out there right now just a gorgeous shot as the sun is set in the bay area and skies are staying nice and clear you can see all the way toward the golden gate bridge, no fog to speak of and thats what its going to stay well talk about the red flag warning wind advisories also going up in the north bay well see some gusty winds, 3540 Miles Per Hour even down in some of the valley so yea um i want to tie things down it is going to blow pretty hard through tomorrow and then looks like those winds subside by at least friday afternoon but High Pressure now building in overhead were starting to see some low winds wrapping up in the north bay and that is going to bring with it high fire danger but boy down below just gorgeous temperatures even in the sunset tomorrow to about 72 degrees right out near the coast, 71 in pacifica 78 al gore some downslope winds there 79 and a Half Moon Bay you get inside the bay. These numbers up in the 70s and the 80s while the hot 90s in redwood city about 90 palo alto plenty of 90s in the south bay tomorrow and the east bay cranking up in the mid 90, so those temperatures staying on the hot side inside the bay to 9 in union city 87 in a word about 89 in san leandro 92 in oakland about 84 degrees in hercules 96 in benicia back toward the coastline keeping the upper 70s at Stinson Beach 89 in san anselmo next few days temperatures, staying on the hot side, then it looks like return of a little bit of a sea breeze probably some patchy fog along the coastline by saturday next week much cooler temperatures and fire dangers over looking forward to that thanks lawrence and we have continuing coverage on the fire threats the high temps on our website kron 4 dot com. Also on our kron 4 mobile app and the kron on app you can sign up for weather alerts in your neighborhood and get details on power shut offs. 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You can isolate havoc. It delivered to your door and administer the swab test yourself ship the finnish test back to Quest Diagnostics or drop it back off at walmart Quest Diagnostics says result should be expected within 48 hours after their labs receive them. Overall the latest data from the California Department of Public Health shows nearly 16 and a half million covid19 tests have been conducted in the state with about 92 of people receiving results within 2 days as for the kid, it costs around 130 but could be fully covered based on your Health Insurance phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. Still to come its almost time will tell you when you can take a ride on the ferris wheel at Golden Gate Park. Plus 9 ers head coach Kyle Shanahan talks bluntly about the tricky situation regarding possible quarterback jimmy broccoli place and they are welcome. Sports director jason dumas says the coachs thoughts on the matter coming up. And after the break details on a new air filtration system that promises to kill covid in the air and the former nba player whos in just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together. The cdc recently updated its guidance to say covid19 can spread through the air even though some Scientists Say weve known this for months. Its why one group of researchers developed an air filtering system. They say uses heat to kill the virus in less than a second. Former nba player chris wilcox runs a company in North Carolina thats helping distribute this new air filter along with masks and Hand Sanitizer he says hes received a lot of interest from schools and hotels and having their filters installed. I will give my kids back into school how do we get a lot of these things back on track people based piers back to work you know name feel called to even back to the hospital we all have to get on board we have to fight to stay together. Scientists do know the devices like this i do not replace masks or social distancing which are still the most effective ways to slow the spread of covid19. Up next what covid is certainly taken a toll on the restaurant industry. 3 women are thriving how theyre getting creative during the pandemic to stay afloat and inspiring othe kron 4 we are celebrating hispanic heritage month in tonight. We introduce you to 3 women, not letting the pandemic get the best of them or their business. Theyre resilient. These women are using a bit of creativity to make things work and their story paints a picture of the role of minority women play in our local economy post covid. Lourdes duarte reports. Rest of the world may have slowed down during the pandemic but not here this is lunchtime at logan squares peabody tulsi months. 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 you love this, i love while covid19 has taken a toll on the restaurant industry. These 3 are thriving 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 to dozen of 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 for 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. So i could be able to handle the prepping by myself and be able to cook by myself, shes getting workers back all 3 women help solidify the role of minority women in Small Businesses in the last 5 years womenowned businesses grew by 21 nationwide and in 2019 women of color made up half of all womenowned businesses taking this challenge me to get my creativity back out i was like you know what i have to challenge myself. I have to look for resources that are available for me available for the customer will get through this day its stay positive. Stay positive. Thats. And thats how you could sailed. And all 3 ladies have mastered that idea of staying positive handling the pandemic with a smile. A or storm. Under his hispanic heritage special runs this saturday october 17th the 30 minute special begins at 09 30pm you can also find more stories online at kron 4 dot com just look under the Community Tab for hispanic heritage month. Time for spears. The niners are prepping for its most formidable opponent of the season at a time when the team is most vulnerable than its been in several years is the quarterback actually healthy its a legit question right now with a complicated answer. According to Kyle Shanahan, jimmy drop below checked off every box last week in practice in order to dress him play. We all watched that game on sunday jimmy didnt look like his normal confidence self. It didnt help that his team found itself down to scored within the first 2 possessions of the dolphins. Possessions. Now it seems to be a pain tolerance situation which begs the question of the most talented guy give you the best chance of winning. Kyle shanahan wont answer that question on wednesday of a game week. Im sure well get that info on saturday but in the meantime this is what he had to say about it banged up quarterback. People have high ankle sprain some will affect you sometimes entire year so. I think theres a little. Its is pretty much as simple as that i mean it makes it hard for you to play at your best by no means but does that mean that you cant play a lot guys go out there and having separate him from being their best but you know if you can play so to go out there performing. All be the judge of that washington throughout the weekend as a good week of looks like you is this best chance to win. That i wont hesitate and if it looks like it hurts in the game and his program. Then well do what we did again. The raiders have been trying to find a feature number one wide receiver for a while now they thought they had it in them are cooper, but that didnt work out then they thought they had it in Antonio Brown and we know that really didnt work out maybe itll work out for first round pick henry ruggs the 3rd round 4 trail has more. Certainly is nice when you go into your bye week after one of your biggest winds in years the raiders with that upset win over kansas city, the key to that victory. Derek are finding that rookie wide receiver out of alabama henry ruggs the 3rd 418 yards and a touchdown. To have the the knowledge is a quarterback to know but you have a guy that runs 4, 1, 4, 2, and the knowledge that not only that he knows what route to run and he knows if it if we get the look we we want to get he can win like in having that confidence it doesnt matter whats going on with anything else if i just sit there make my read we have a chance to make that as as it unfolds and you throw the ball. Its like its like i like this you know its like man, its a good feeling out there and there you know i trust them, you know when the ball was an airline didnt know that he was gone away from everybody but i was looking for defendant tennessee had needed that fact above the you know how to kiss it so next up for the raiders they take a week off to get healthy and then get ready for the tampa bay buccaneers. Derek carr against tom brady and i would be fun. In las vegas on ron futrell reporting. Theyre excited in las vegas and some unfortunate news for henry ruggs his College Coach nick saban along with alabama Athletic Director greg byrne has tested positive for covid19. Neither are experiencing symptoms, but both will have to quarantine in the meantime. We wish them both the best health and thats and ready the highly anticipated 150 foot tall ferris wheel is ready to welcome people at San Franciscos Golden Gate Park starting next week its going to be awesome the grand opening wednesday october 21st the ferris wheel is there to celebrate Golden Gate Parks 100 50th birthday this guy scar sky star wheel. Was originally plan to debut on april 4th, but course put on hold due to covid19 and now its ready to roll offering over 30 fully enclosed gondolas taking 6 riders per gondola on a private ride for 12 minutes. Guests will be able to see views of downtown San Francisco all the way to the ocean for information on how you can purchase tickets to make reservations just head to our website kron 4 dot com days like today, lots of sunshine but fire danger running high red flag warnings are up for good part of the bay area, not just the mountaintops now but in the valleys in the north and parts of the east bay expecting winds 3045 Miles Per Hour maybe some gusts over 50 across some of the higher peaks and humidity 10 to 20 . I think some places in the single digits, so. Dangerous fire weather over the coming days, beautiful conditions all the way the coastline is going to be nice sunny and clear all the way to the beaches temperatures are going to be running on the toasty side 90s inland, 80s 90s around the bay even mid 80s tomorrow into San Francisco heat advisories up across much of the bay area to temperatures along the coastline, the next couple days in the 70s, maybe even a couple low 80s right out of the beaches so planted out over the next couple days here we go temperatures going to be on the hot side fire danger going to be running high through friday. But i think by friday afternoon. Well begin to see a sea breeze kicking in late in the day and that will mean a change coming patchy fog likely return with some slightly cooler temperatures on saturday looks like next week were going to see some much cooler temperatures on shore breeze fire danger will come down at least for the meantime. Meantime we havent seen any raindrops inside until we get a significant rain we could certainly return to some of these offshore winds and high fire danger once again guys back to you thank you lawrence by the way if youre watching us on the new kron on app a full hour news is next. On for news at jackie, im looking at your mri. Your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. Well, dr. Farrell, it feels really good. Thats good. And. Im sorry. Baby, dont touch that. I dont want you to play with that. singing twinkle, twinkle little star. How i wonder what you are. still singing up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. Im so glad that your shoulder is feeling better. But, how are you doing . Im hanging in there. Schedule a video visit with your doctor. And get quality care with no copay. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. And get quality care wi