Judge barretts for right, out of the mainstream views the generations. Her confirmation means the court will be firmly in conservative hands with a 63 majority, the vote could be crucial in deciding the fate of the Affordable Care act, which will go before the court a week after the election. Any objective standard, judge barrett deserves to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. The American People agree in just a few minutes, she will be on the Supreme Court. , President Trump is set to host the swearing in at the white house tonight, with Justice Clarence thomas giving the first of the two odes, this is a live picture of the scene there on the south lawn, you cant tell, but there is a Group Gathering for the swearing in and we have seen, for the most part, most of them wearing masks, and the chairs on the lawn, it is hard to see because it is so dark, but the chairs on the lawn are spread farther apart than they were when barretts nomination was first announced. Lawmakers say there is s
Much out. For many in the bay area, this is what they woke up to this money, if there wasnt a downed tree, many found leaves and branches scattered all over the ground, on the left, a tree fell on Market Street in san jose, damaged some Electrical Equipment and knocked out power, in the middle, those strong winds knocked a tree on 103rd avenue in oakland, it also took out power lines. On the right, city crews were busy cleaning up a downed tree in san leandro this morning. In orinda, we saw downtown banks and businesses in the dark this afternoon, the neighboring cities of moraga and lafayette were also affected, pg e turned off power in a large part of the east bay holes and contra costa and alameda counties today, including parts of berkeley, oakland, and san leandro. You can see the widespread outages indicated by the purple triangles, power was cut all across the bay area, including in sonoma, napa, solano, and marin counties, customers in san mateo and santa clara counties are als
St. Helena. A red flag warning for pre much all of the bay area. The big event is tonight. It is essentially going on right now the wind will peak, most likely. The model pushing forward, lets get to about now. This really tells the story. 11 00, 12 00. The contour is getting a little brighter. It starts, weeks, and comes back down. Between now, 4 00 and 5 00, the wind will be pretty robust. That is the main concern. A secondary event shows up on tuesday, but it is not as robust. Mount diablo, 67 Miles Per Hour, mount st. Helena, current numbers at 50 Miles Per Hour. Bill, thank you. Hundreds of thousands of homes are in the dark after pg e cut power. A total 6000 customers are expected to lose their power. So far this weather event is unfolding as they predicted. Because of the anticipated strong wind, the utility began to shut down power. Shes unsure if she can work on monday i work from home. If my wifi is out, if it is not on yet, that could be a big problem. Reporter even more of
A record breaking heat last week now expect uh they see you can see some fog hanging out across the bay making. Visibility on our bridges a little bit lower we saw last week when were so fog free so bay bridge as well as Golden Gate Bridge to have an impact their air quality is good all across the board across the bay if you head out to the central valley, couple of moderate pockets to know this morning. But all in all a pretty solid start to this morning, were back in the 40s and 50s for current temperatures, doubling your at 53 right now oakland and concord 58 few 40s up in the north bay, especially cool up there. And later on today 70s and 80s for almost all of our daytime highs, ill get to that still to come robin all right, thank you john were checking in on traffic. We want to update your commute into San Francisco. And it is packed right now at the bay bridge toll plaza so if you need to get into San Francisco. You got to have to sit in this line so make sure you get out there e
Is no longer very visible at the bay bridge but certainly is right along the coastline, so if youre near the coast watch out for those low visibility spots. Good air quality for most of the bay area improvements from last weeks moderate pockets of air. And temperatures this morning as i mentioned have that cool crisp feel to them especially in the north bay, were starting things off in the 40s in Santa Rosa Petaluma nevado and since elmo 50s for most of the rest of us later today at 70s and 80s for most of our daytime highs nothing wrong with that. I am talking slightly warmer days come tuesday and wednesday. Still ahead robin. I thank you john were heading back to the bay bridge toll plaza where we have a couple of trucks blocking right now this is right at the pay gates westbound as you approach i notice a truck thats been sitting there in that middle lane for quite some time and then i thought it was a stall, but check this out this truck. Its not moving either. So this may be a cra