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From the bay areas local news station we begin now with that breaking news takes us here to oakland where firefighters say unfortunately theyve gotten control of this brush fire thats been burning dangerously close to 5. 80 threatening several structures. But again it appears firefighters aggressive attack has prevented destruction and perhaps worse thanks for joining us said 8 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the fire broke along west bound 5. 80 east of 35th avenue at the overpass there. At one point it was upgraded to a 3 alarm fire more than 50 firefighters answered the call. Another the fire is contained as grant said its still a very active scene. Kron fours taylor sackey joining us now live from the scene and taylor. What a tense afternoon and early evening for firefighters. Address thankfully things are looking much better and firefighters were able to get on top of that fire very quickly of course its now contained and behind these fire engines you would see that firefighters are coming through to be homeless. I come with the debris at a homeless encampment where the fire first started looking for any hot spots now thankfully again there are no injuries or major damage thats a huge relief because this fire was dangerously close to the freeway earlier and threatening a gas station in homes nearby some of those structures include 5 apartment buildings that were burned by the fire but again no major damage firefighters say this incident is a reminder how quickly a vegetation fire can spread, especially when its given some pushed by the winds we spoke to a witness who lives nearby and was worried by the flames earlier today. Up to 35th avenue actually saw a lot of smoke that was happening. Alarmed because right there at actually went to 35th you actually know that there are a couple gas stations in the area there is propane tanks but also i know that you know a lot of Homeless People back there. Now firefighters say they already had preposition to state resources because of that red flag warning and they were essential in getting quick control of this fire reporting live in oakland taylor, the psac ii kron 4 news. Diack taylor, thank you very much. I we go now to our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who is tracking the fire danger in the bay area tonight yes certainly running high outside right now we see those winds picking up at least to the Early Morning hours in the north bay 20 in some 30 mile an hour gusts there now. We are watching for the possibility of even more wind i think as we head toward the latter part of the weekend were talking about the strongest wind event of the entire year. All right with that being said we are some watches going affect around parts of the bay area and some warnings already and already remain in effect but look at the winds as we head out over the next few hours continue to pick up again over the north bay you see the colors there in the red those are winds gusting over 30 miles an hour thats red flag warnings are currently up there now as we head through the day tomorrow, it looks like more of a general sea breeze but only blustery at times mainly of the west. So the humidity will be higher means less fire danger but were going to be blustery all weekend long, but its the latter part of the weekend that im really concerned about thats what weve got this dry air that is going to begin to make its way into the bay area and you see the collars and you see the winds 3040 mile an hour gusts, maybe some 50 mile an hour gusts by sunday night over the mountain tops and then as we get into monday. This is some scary stuff models are picking up on this could see some 50 plus mile hour gusts over the tops of the mountains. Maybe some 6070 mile an hour winds. That will likely be the strongest winds of the entire years guys back to you. All right lawrence well all bay area counties were removed from pg news Public Safety power shutoff event. Last night Utility Company warned that thousands of people in napa county and some hundreds in alameda contra costa santa clara and sonoma could lose their power as gusty winds increase the risk of fire sparking in spreading. Now thats no longer the case even though theyre still a red flag warning in effect for much of the bay area meaning that the fire danger is still intact. The story out of these pay tonight, a murder suspect is now behind bars after an hours long standoff in oakland, the scene unfolded at a business on high street. At one point a man was taken hostage, heres kron fours terisa sauce you. I obviously a problem with that story will work on getting that corrected in the meantime can tell you about a bay area lawmaker who is aiming to take money out of the equation when youre talking about california prosecutors investigating police the space lehman rob bonta has proposed a new law that would bar prosecutors from investigating Law Enforcement misconduct. If theyve received Campaign Contributions from that particular agency. A handful of das including San Francisco. Dha sabine says they will no longer accept money from police unions. To make sure that prosecutors are in their independence and their service and their ability to follow the facts and do their job which to do Justice Trust in government as well as Law Enforcement. To me. Just finally under this proposal prosecutors have taken money from a Law Enforcement agency would have to recuse themselves from the relevant investigation. But its not clear who would take over that investigation. Some police unions, including oaklands already speaking out against this bill. Well today in Santa Clara County District Attorney announced that he is dismissing cases filed by officers from a south bay Police Department. This move is the result of an investigation by the das office into races post on a social media site that were discovered over the that said apparently they were filled with islam a phobic and antiblack language. Leaders from both Community Say the da did not go far enough. Police officer joking about violence against women who wear headscarves rights to strangle her with that head scarf covering her face with as as one who wears a headscarf and lives in san jose i was horrified. But now i believe this will continue to allow some officers to close the extreme. According to the San Jose Police union 2 of the 4 officers involved are back on duty after being completely exonerated the internal Police Investigation and administrative reviews are still ongoing former 49 er star Dana Stubblefield has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for rape earlier this summer. A jury found stubblefield guilty of an assault that happened in 2015 at his home in morgan hill. According to Court Documents the developmentally disabled victim was interviewing for a babysitting job when the incident occurred. The case was tied up for years saying legal arguments centering on the victims mental capacity. Stubblefield attorneys have called the charges absolutely ridiculous and they say they plan on appealing the sentence. In National News tonight, a minnesota judge has dismissed a 3rd degree murder charge against derek chauvin. Hes the former officer is accused of killing george floyd back in may. The second more serious seconddegree murder charge remains along with a manslaughter charge judge peter cahill also denied requests from the lawyers of 3 other officers to dismiss charges of aiding and abetting. The case will now move on to the trial phase. As far my relationships with all people i have great relationships with all people. I am the least racist person in this room, abraham lincoln, heres one of the most racist president weve had in modern history. He pours sure on every single racist fire. 02 president ial candidates took questions in their last debate, the final faceoff happening in nashville, tennessee. President donald trump and democratic nominee joe biden stayed focused and did not deteriorate into chaos actually yeah, pretty civil debate, especially relative to the last time those 2 are on a stage. Now less than 2 weeks until the election its crunch time kron fours Justine Waldman kicks off our coverage of this final president ial debate she joins us live just seen. The debate focused on 6 topics the coronavirus Race Relations Climate Change National Security. American families in leadership, but when it comes to the virus. The conversation showed the candidates differences. The president s belief we need to learn to live with the virus until theres a vaccine and biden stance that is unacceptable. Learning to live with it were dying with it because hes never said hes he said its dangerous was the last time is a really dangerous still we dangerous tell the people as dangerous now what should they do about the danger. And you say i take no responsibility, let me talk about your choosing and to carry it takes full responsibility. Its not my fault that he came here, its chinas fault, and you know what its not joes fault that he came here either its chinas fault, they kept it from going into the rest of china for the most part but they didnt keep it from coming out to the world, including europe and ourselves. So the mute button seem to work tonight, the voters could actually hear the policy differences between the 2 candidates. This was a far more civil and polite debate. A big difference from the last one and were just Getting Started on our debate coverage here on kron 4 news in prime time much more ahead tonight. Grant appreciated just teen today, the u. S. Treasury announced sanctions against 5 iranian entities for attempting to influence elections in the u. S. The agency accused the country of trying to influence the election by exploiting social issues within the u. S. And denigrating political figures. The sanctions come one day after Us Intelligence officials said both iran and russia have obtained us Voter Registration info and iran has been posing as the far right Group Proud Boys sending intimidating emails to voters. No retaliation was announced against russia today. Here at kron 4 we are committed to helping make sure that your vote counts if you experience a problem casting your ballot. Let us know, and well investigate you can email us at voting problems at kron 4 dot com. Still to come places of worship can finally hold services indoors again in Alameda County, how the services are being shaped by the presence of covid. Plus republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee Approved Judge Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination. Why democrats didnt even show up to vote and a big step in the battle against coronavirus perhaps details on the first drug in the u. S. To be fda approved for. Treating patients thats next. Back to that big story in the face tonight, the murder suspect who is now behind bars after an hours long standoff in oakland the scene unfolded. Here was a business on high street right near international at one point a man was taken hostage can force theresa has the story. Some very tense moments here and hold when when a hostage situation unfolded on this thursday, it was around 1115 thursday, Oakland Police called to the 1600 block of high street. An armed suspect stormed an Office Building several employees were able to run out, but one man. Was held hostage. And we really are working diligently to ensure that he knows that he is safe theres a safe environment that we had distance were going to take our time were not rushing anything will stay out here all night will start here tomorrow, whatever its going to take for him to peacefully surrender. We do know that this individual is connected to a double homicide that occurred here in oakland Specialty Teams were called in including negotiators to try and defuse the situation a shot was fired. Alarming police but then a break. Lot about the last half an hour the hostage was safely released unharmed. Our Tactical Negotiations Team continues communication as communication is on and off. But this has the release of the hostage and thats really the goal is the safe release of the hostage in a safe surrender. Of the armed gunman, but then matters escalated a series of shots were heard. Police say the gunman was shooting through the walls where he was barricaded there was a shelterinplace order put out in an attempt to keep the public safe. Police had said that the suspect was wanted in a double Fatal Shooting finally after nearly 5 suspect peacefully surrendered. Deputy chief lawyer on armstrong identifying the man as a suspect wanted in last weeks shooting where 22 shots were fired. 2 people lost their lives. I want to thank our officers from Oakland Police department that really took their time and manage this and everything we could to protect life. Todays combination of this continues to show that we exercise patience when it comes to these kind of situations we dont want a tragic event to occur triple shooting in east oakland last week on 84th avenue. There too. Tragically lost their lives as a result of that. This suspect was involved in that crash. The suspect will be taken into custody and booked into the Alameda County jail here in oakland. Theresa kron 4 news. Now to a landmark in the fight against covid today just hours before the president ial debate. The fda approved the first drug to treat the virus from does the fear is an antiviral medication, given to patients through an i v this is for people need to be hospitalized. The maker bay area based Gilead Sciences said today the drug is approved for people who are at least 12 years old again who need hospitalization for their infection. It had been authorized for use on an emergency basis since spring. It works by inhibiting a substance the virus uses to make copies of itself. And hear the latest coronavirus numbers as we track the pandemic nationwide there have been nearly 8. 4 million cases of covid with nearly 223. 1000 deaths in california, the coronavirus death toll has now topped 17,000 while here in the bay area more than 1700 people have died because of covid and there have been 113,000 cases locally. To the east bay now another county is set to allow Indoor Church Services to resume places of worship in Alameda County can hold Services Inside as early as tomorrow, they will be limited of course to 25 of normal capacity or 100 people whichever is fewer. There will also be social distancing requirements, including wearing mask and staying at least 6 feet apart. We spoke to a representative from one church today who says that people at first were reluctant to return but slowly, but surely they are coming back. We have them. Preregister so we know how many people we can have them. Its a limited to that but. Were growing in numbers and thats a great thing. Of course after the uncertainty of the past few months amid the pandemic many people are finding returned indoor services. A big relief. A historic restaurants in San Francisco have been forced to close because of covid some of them now finally allowed to reopen places like at its grill which opened in 1849. Its considered the oldest operating restaurant in california. It will begin serving customers next month. Tommys joynt will also be reopening its doors that will be next thursday. This news comes just a few days after the city announced it will be allowing Indoor Dining at 50 capacity. But Restaurant Owners say operating at anything less than 50 . Its just not financially feasible. Yeah, a couple of great oldschool restaurants by the see them open up again 8. I now to our 4 zone forecast to come for chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with what we can expect lawrence really scary and oakland with that fire today. Yeah thats just kind of us im going to be very very careful in the coming days, fire danger running very high outside beautiful out there right now just a couple of patches of fog trying to sneak inside the bay but weve got. Looks series of wind events rolling into the bay area. So well see some very strong gusty winds developing the next couple of days. I think as we get toward the weekend. Maybe the strongest winds weve seen all year long as weve got a series of these lows the continue to drop over the top of this ridge, one after another one moves out another one moves in the east of us and thats whats generating all the win and its going to howl and parts of the bay area fact, red flag warnings are a police probe cross parts of the east bay and the north bay weve got some fire weather watches in the Santa Cruz Mountains this is going to go in effect as we get into the weekend and the sunday into monday and tuesday 30 to 45 mile an hour winds expected then look at the humidity near the coastline 5 to 15 of the very dry near the coast as you get inland, youll see gusty winds as well 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. But its not going to be just over the mountain top this is all the way in the valleys this occ