E freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Laura i am Laura Trevelyan and thiss bc world news america. Reth six days to go behe thelection more an 70 million and counting, early voting is all the rage across the United States. Dormany and france impose a Second National wn as covid19 cases in europe continue to rise. What you need tonight. We will meet the guitar girls who are using music to change their lives. One day i am be a famous. Not just in afghastan. Laura welcome to world news america. It is just six days to go until the official u. S. Electiobut more than 70 million he already voted including President Trump and joe biden, ballot as a u. S. Citizrst ever i went to downtown boklyn in the cold and rain to find out what was getting everyone out and about so early. The line in ooklyn for early voting goes around thendlock and beyo. New
52 look at the north bay though weve got some 30s back in fairfield Petaluma Santa Rosa and san anselmo cs another cool start and extra layers, youre stepping outside after these Cool Conditions this morning 70s and 80s later today under all that sunshine talking more about that. Still ahead robin. Thank you john were checking in on a caltrain because we have delays up to 20 minutes are having issues in the south bay, so train one 23 has stopped in morgan hill theyre having some mechanical issues this morning so thats causing a 20 minute delay right now. They are holding that rain pretty much until further notice so as soon as they release it or solve the let you know and pass it on meanwhile plan ahead or consider an alternate source of transportation they want to check in on the bay bridge which is unusually light into San Francisco and has a really backed up much and never reach the 80 the overcrossing or even the maze so easygoing at 13 minutes for 80 west from the bottom of the ma
40s, currently thats a little update on your forecast weve got plenty more to come as for traffic Robin Winston is on standby, yes still tracking a hot spot left over from the 8 oclock hour john a big problem in Castro Valley east bound 5. 80 before redwood after 2. 38 an overturned crash with some folks trapped inside of a vehicle, so. Emergency crews are on scene still working with this theyve issued a Traffic Alert your 2 left lanes are closed and its awful here on to 38 to 38 is backed up on to the nimitz the northbound them it is backing up into hayward and then the southbound even set connector is going to be jammed out of san leandro from washington so if you can just use 5. 80 the entire trip. Youll save a little bit of time youll be stuck in the traffic leading up to red would but at least you dont have to deal with the backup on to 38 or trying to connect from the nimitz so just stick with 5. 80 for the trip to oakland and san leandro and eventually to Castro Valley this is g
For some today and as we mentioned the number of customers without power in Northern California. Is about 30,000 around the bay area. Alameda napa sam, a tail Santa Clara Santa Cruz and sonoma counties all have more than a 1000 customers who are in the dark. Although people in some sections have been given the allclear and that means their power could be restored soon so lets get the very latest now from kron fours Justine Waltman shes in our newsroom just a well pamela allclear signal has been issued for portions of Monterey Santa Cruz and santa clara counties, which means. That pg e crews can now begin patrolling all these d energize lines whether thats by helicopter or by foot or by car. And once theyve confirmed that the lines have not suffered any when driven damaged and that hazards like trees are removed customers spent can have the power restored sort still a ways off but theyve been given the all clear so lets take a look at where the power is out right now thats the purple tr
They say the majority of power is expected to be restored by this evening. Thats the good news. Heres a look at pg es current Public Safety power outage map and see all this purple areas, those are spots where the electricity is currently turned off. Far fewer of them than this time last night but still a lot of outages in the north bay. Now we go live to calistoga where many of those customers remain in the dark red cross for is dan kerman is there live with us dan we heard from that gentleman. Its been windy for many many years said all the sudden the past couple years people lose their power preemptively theyre not happy. Well, ill tell you something really interesting and thats the fact that when i talk to people in marine yesterday, they were a little less willing to go with the power shut off but here in calistoga where youve seen lots of fires, they are more willing role with the tide. Now pacific gas and electric has been crisscrossing napa county today tried to restoring power