Abc 7 news contributor and chronicle insider is here with his perspective. First though lets hear from abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz breaking down the debate. At least we had a debate tonight. We did. A total 180 from the debate a few weeks ago. The candidates were still as contentious and combative but did allow each other to speak in part because the mics could be muted which led to a healthy debate on several topics starting with coronavirus. The two sparred on how to reopen the country. If you have a restaurant you need plexiglas dividers so people cannot infect one another. You need to be in a position where you can take testing rapidly and know whether the person is in fact infected. You need to be able to trace. These are businesses with no money. Putting a plexiglas up is unbelievably expensive and its not the answer. Youre going to sit there in a cubicle wrapped around with plastic . The candidates also sparred over health care and national security. The president went after bi
Covid19 cases are claimingimbi across the country and worldwide. They are reopening and expanding operations on tuesday but not now, not anymore. Stephanie sierra has details. Disappointing for a lot of merchants. Certainly so. San francisco is still doing remarkably well but dr. Grant colfax explained two numbers triggering the decision to pull back are the citys case rate and hospitalizations, both have increased slightly. So here is what exactly is on pause. Indoor pools, bowling alleys, locker rooms, and showers at Fitness Centers originally set to reopen november 3rd will now remain closed until further notice. Restaurants indoor museums, zoos asquakwa aquariums and indoor Worship Centers will be required to capacity at 25 . Nonessential office space without concessions stay the same. Also operating at 25 capacity. Mayor breed and dr. Colfax referenced the surge of covid cases across the world and country as reasons to take precautions before its too late. France in particular is
Gusts will be near 60 and 70 over the ridges. And at the lower elevations well see some very breezy winds to gusty, up to 50 miles an hour. Relative humidity, 5 to 15 , thats tomorrow. Right now were at 52 in danville, 50 in pleasant hill. 53 in concord. Fog in the north bay with upper 40s. Its a chillier morning out there and the relative humidity is back with us this morning. Nine degrees cooler in Half Moon Bay, two to three degrees cooler in the north bay. And the visibility anywhere from a quarter mile to half mile from napa to santa rosa. Not much in terms of fog. Well have partly cloudy skies today. And temperatures will stay on the cool side, near seasonable levels, mid60s around noontime around the bay and inland. 50s at the coast, by the afternoon, partly cloudy skies, still with low 70s inland, upper 60s around the bay and were looking at that sunset at 6 19. Well go in detail about what to expect in terms of winds and ad coming up, liz. Lisa, thank you. This morning we are
And here comes our wind advisory tomorrow afternoon, at 4 00 for the lower elevations, lasting through monday, 11 00, in the red, indicating a red flag warning, 11 00 in the hills, and looking at 20 to 40 mile an hour wind gusts, gusts to 50. And we could see some of those gusts over 70 miles an hour, over the ridges, so the relative humidity drops anywhere from 5 to 15 and this could allow fires to ignite and spread rapidly. Right now were at 49 in mountain view, 54 in the los altos hills. 44 in napa. 24hour temperature thing, anywhere from two to five degrees colder this morning. Certainly feeling like fall and the fog has spread from napa to novato at a quarter mile visibility, three quarters of a mile in santa rosa. Partly cloudy around the bay, along the coast, sunny inland. Low 70s there. Bayside, upper 60s around fremont, only in the 50s at the coast and then things change rapidly by tomorrow. Ill be back with the timeline of the winds and the dry air in a few minutes. Liz . Lis
Containment. Were wrapping it up. At least theyre trying to. Firefighters want to completely surround the fire zone before the Holiday Weekend brings a change in the weather. This fire did its greatest damage when humidities were low and temperatures were high. Exactly the weather conditions forecast for this coming weekend. These next 12 to 24 hours is very crucial for to us get in there and get as much work as we can done. No one wants to see this fire kick up again. Bill is optimistic that the worst is over. I assume they have it under control. The neighbor who lost two buildings on his property but saved his home isnt afraid of the weather change. He says it is just part of living here. It will be 105. It was 105, 6, when its burning. Its hot. Worry about fire danger. Its nothing new to us. Weary crews are ready to jump back in but they hope they dont have to. Abc7 news. And Spencer Christian joins us now. What are firefighters facing in the next few days . This just looks ominous.