They are telling people to avoid that area. Twoalarm fire that we are monitoring. Thick smoke active right now. We will continue to follow that and bring you the updates as we get them. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Im marcus washington. The other big story. We are closely monitoring the guidance from the state this morning. Its been nearly 24 hours since governor gavin newsom announced new possible rollbacks. The number of available icu beds are dangerously low. A new statewide stayathome order could take effect. Bob redell is live for us in livermore. I know it looks like Alameda County could pull the trigger ahead of the order on the rest of the bay area. Reporter correct. Even though icu bed capacity here in Alameda County at 30 , the Health Department says it might order new shelterinplace order preemptively to preserve that capacity and to save lives. If and when this order goes into effect it will last three weeks and among other things would shut down indoor and Outdo
Another chilly start and its clear. Were not seeing the patchy dense fog throughout the week so we are starting out with a clear commute for you but look at these numbers. In the east bay were in the upper 30s in the next hour and then well see our temperatures gradually warming up, a lot of sunshine and it will be a nice day, our highs reaching into the mid to upper 60s this afternoon. There are some things im concerned about in the forecast. Ill talk about that coming up in a few minutes. Vianey, how are you looking what are you seeing right now as you look at the commute . Well, as we start to get into that heavy traffic hour of the day which is near the 6 00 a. M. Hour, we are getting reports of a new crash along highway 17, right after the alma bridge. The slow lane is blocked because of a crash. Anytime there is a crash that is blocking any of the delays it can cause heavy delays. If that is part of your morning commute drive times coming up in a few minute. The governor warning
To cut the castro out of their plans this halloween night. Thats where we begin this saturday here on kron 4 news at 9. Thanks so much for joining us. Im Jonathan Mccall justine enjoying some time off. This is what castro street look like today full of festive costumes as well as folks out trick or treating. But once again the city of San Francisco asking folks to stay away because of those climbing cases kron fours dan for longtime the castro looking into the issue with how folks are staying safe tonight jonathan there are obviously people that are still out here tonight a decent amount of people here that are celebrating halloween in the castro. But the key this year is to be doing it safely. The city is asking people to on avoid coming to this area here tonight apd is standing by and they would rather people which is stay home. People clad in costumes make their way along the sidewalks of the castros shops and restaurants covid19 has changed things this year. Halloween masks arent t
Site taylor. Well it happened at the Community Building next to the church and you can see its now boarded up but inside its looking a lot worse. I talked to neighbors earlier they told me that they heard a loud shattering noise in the middle of the night and soon after thats when this building caught fire Church Leaders believe that this is a hate crime. They say its politically motivated. Members of a San Francisco Armenian Church woke up to this destruction thursday morning, a suspected arson fire ripped through the first and second floor of its Community Building next to saint gregory the illuminator or median church make me feel that upset. If whitman them a building damage should doesnt do any good to anybody you know financial the destruction on to on chairman of the churchs board of trustees believes they were does to these some kind a hate crime involved in we had a similar situation of keys evie school. And we think this is somehow a continuation. No one was really a veteran
Strong winds could spread the flames from the glass fire and spark even more destruction. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 oclock im Justine Waldman the bay area is getting smacked with smoke intense heat, a red flag warning and a flex alert. This all happening on the first day of october what a of a day and october is usually are most intense months for fire. So lets get to it now as we start now with a look at our forecast Rebecca Strom us here now with a closer look at the wind speeds and the triple digit temperatures good afternoon. Rebecca. Afternoon justine yeah were actually under a heat advisory across the bay area as well because the temperatures are so hot were seeing anywhere from a 15 to 25 degree difference force what we normally see at this time for the year. And you can see outside right now this or live shot overlooking and the east bay in berkeley right now and very hazy very smoky that were seeing around the entire bay area and yes talking abo