maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and coming up we continue to follow breaking news from capitol hill president trump is now being treated >>now back to our breaking news tonight, the president of the united states has left the white house he's been admitted to walter reed military hospital, less than 24 hours after testing positive for coronavirus a close to the president telling news nation that mister trump is now experiencing shortness of breath as well as a fever. the official line from the white house is the president is dealing with that fever and fatigue and the hospital visit is precautionary they add that president trump will work from hospitals, presidential suite which is equipped to allow him to continue his official duties when it comes to covid president trump is in a high-risk group and has. >>a couple factors that can contribute to more severe symptoms. he 74 and he's considered cltnically obese. according to the cdc. people in that 65 to 74 age range face a 5 times greater risk of hospitalization a

>>maureen kelly kron 40's. >>so for the best they're taking a live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero in the bay bridge and in this part of the bay area. it's rather clear pan meteorologist rebecca from standing by not only are things beginning to cool off. but there's some possible rain in the forecast yeah, pam ken can you believe that we might see some rain. >>as we get towards the end of the week into the weekend futurecast for showing us a system we've been monitoring. it's coming out of the pacific northwest and we're going to see a touchdown maybe on friday and bringing us see that line of rain here. it could cover the bay area and we definitely need it right for this time of year and then we can see it continue into your weekend as well so dust off those umbrellas just in case because we might need him towards the end of the week outside right now conditions here a nice sunny shot for the most part this is san francisco are south of market camera right now temperatures outside nice and cool her

reporting from santa rosa maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>thank you maureen the fire danger will continue at least through tomorrow night with that red flag waining that has been extended all the way through friday night into saturday morning chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with those details and more lords yet we really kind of enter that very scary period now where red flag warnings are posted it up. >>not only just in the north bay but actually end of the santa cruz mountains expecting some strong gusty winds there humidity dropping down 10 to 20% east bay may be a little stronger over the diablo range a 10 to 20 mile an hour winds, but maybe gusting over 30 in spots but even over the oakland hills watching for some strong gusty winds and very low humidity down to 10 to 15%. the north bay still the main concern we've got an ongoing fire, those winds going to get very gusty their 15 to 25 mile an hour maybe even some 35 mile hour places like say the lena yeah fill in the rutherford that could very well push that fire in

this time reporting from santa rosa maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>a feel for those people hear in their voices see in their eyes coming up. wine country hit hard by fire >>as we've mentioned several wineries in both napa and sonoma counties have been damaged some partially destroyed because of this glass fire forcing us to hernia has much more on which wineries have been hit the hardest. some evacuees return to their neighborhoods not knowing whether their homes are standing. >>some winery owners in both napa and sonoma counties are now discovering their businesses we're in the path of destruction. the glass fire scorched a number of wineries in calistoga saint and deer park destroying millions of dollars of wine in calistoga the famous castello di amorosa last about 10,000 cases of wine when the glass fire completely burned down the farmhouse on the property, 10,000 cases equals about a 120,000 bottles of wine and that's damage that according to the owner totals anywhere from 4 to 5 million dollars. also in calistoga fair states is now damaged du

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>still to come new details in the breonna taylor case what police say they did before they broke into her apartment. we have continuing breaking news coverage on president trump's health all night long after being admitted to. >>walter reed hospital less than 24 hours following a positive coronavirus test. the >>new developments tonight in the high-profile briana taylor's shooting death according to kentucky grand jury recordings just released today police say they not and identify themselves for a minute or more before bursting into taylor's apartment. the conflicting accounts of the march 13th raid are key to a case that set off. >>nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism. the details are part of hours of recordings made public today in a rare release for proceedings that are typically kept secret. a court ruled that the material should be released after the grand jury did not charge the officers with taylor's killing angering many in louisville and beyond o

>>she calls berlin a one man army and says what he did help save their community maureen kelly kron 4 news evacuees in sonoma county who are now cleared to return to their homes are getting some support from county officials there are 3 locations where evacuees can pick up supplies. maria carrillo high school and skyhawk park in santa rosa as well as sonoma valley, regional park in glen ellen all you will need is proof of residency the supplies will include garbage bags in 95 masks and gloves hand sanitizer personal hand wipes and safety information that's the last thing they think about is a small things but when they come back. >>and they don't have them. >>then they realize you know. what they really need. >>anybody picking up the supplies must wear a face covering at all times the list of support stations is also available on our website kron 4 dot com officials have extended the deadline for people in 10 northern california counties to apply for federal aid if they were affected by the august lightning wildfires, people living in napa sonoma santa cruz santa clara solano san mate

>>up with their neighbors city lights maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>kron 4 is your local election headquarters is election season and a friendly reminder, we're just 11 days away now from the november 3rd election but for many americans that will not mean heading to the polls. >>they've already voted as true catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to one of our analysts about what that could mean for the presidential well numbers they really do continue to be a pretty astonishing by one count today nearly 52 million americans. >>have already voted probably higher than that now but what does it suggest for the presidential candidates. we asked professor david mckeown why he thinks it could be bad news for donald trump. >>yes, yeah, we're at record numbers more democrats and republicans are pressing ballots therefore more democrats returning those ballots continually telling us that they're going to vote late on election day there and but looking at number that's 15 million plus 51 52 million us with 85 million ballots requested nose or

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>time now for our 4 zone forecast for chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a look at what to expect for the rest of this week lauren boy it's all about those winds whipping around the bay area we'll see a lot of that in the coming days in fact expecting high fire danger all week in fact likely going to see that continue into this next week as well maybe all the way in the following week these gusts are going to be amazing 30 to 50 mile an hour gusts expected the mountaintops here in the bay area blustery conditions and here's the latest forecast model showing you some of those winds begin to pick up overnight tonight you can see in the north bay all the colors moving in you got the red you've got the purple those are winds gusting upwards of 40 miles per hour then it gets interesting we've got a little cold front that's going to sweep through and the winds come out of the west as we head into friday evening, but that all begins to change as we get into latter part of the

>>maureen kelly live for us tonight in south san francisco. fortunate that things ended the way they did didn't this just in from south san francisco fire all mandatory evacuations have been lifted except 4 mountain road. so good news there. now to a developing story in the far crews are responding to a grass fire in vacaville long. i 80 fires assisting in the four-alarm fire chp has issued a severe traffic alert on westbound 80 near midway at this time all lanes are blocked and drivers should expect delays on this friday night as traffic is being diverted off midway we'll bring you more details there is they come into our news fires as a red flag warning has been extended. >>in some parts of the bay area until 8 o'clock. tomorrow morning you see on the right on the screen there south san francisco near that chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with a look at that current fire conditions and large we just have to get through this next stretch here. yeah, know they've unfortunately been extended but the winds boy this is just a stub

because they say they don't want to have a super spreader events maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>well now we want to check on our 4 zone weather forecast, it has been beautiful out there clear and the reason for that is the wind in lawrence you're saying that the winds are going to be pretty extreme yeah, boy you know so nice around the bay area we had 70's low 80's out there today looking gorgeous out there right now but. >>boy we are in for a major change in the weather as we're going to see some much more gusty winds develop a move into the bay area. so i want to give you an idea of at least some of our forecast models are starting to put together looking at some extreme wind events may be some 60 maybe 70 mile an hour gusts over the mountain tops extreme fire danger. i think into early next week at least in fact those periods a gusty winds on and off the next couple days. but i think it'll be a lot of part of the weekend when we really see these winds blowing as i put 30 to 50 mile an hour winds. those could be some would you feel down in some of the urban areas, maybe some

kron four's maureen kelly talked to sfpd which says the young woman is considered at risk. >>but after deferring until fall 2021. she's been living with friends in san francisco, according to her family has set pd says west was last seen in the area of crissy field in the morning of tuesday september 30th she goes by said and is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall weighed a 135 pounds she has hair that's been described as either blonde or light brown and blue eyes she was last seen wearing a sweatshirt athletic shorts and blue slip on vans tennis shoes. she may also have been carrying a black backpack. >>sydney's considered at risk due to. >>depression as says there is no evidence of foul play being involved with this case since the pandemic they've been dealing with an increase of cases involving people having a hard time right now you know we have been dealing with. >>number of people in mental crisis and we dealt with at all before covid came we are still dealing with even more so than ever. and so we completely understand and empathize with those who deal with crisis in

>>and still china have a good time because what else can you do maureen kelly for news. >>coming up next governor newsome announces an additional 200 million dollars for california's home key many homeless people are currently house by that program a record breaking number of covid-19 cases reported in the u.s. yesterday, how many new cases we're seeing this week plus a major wind event in the forecast for the weekend >>our top story on this friday night, a red flag warning issued for sunday as dangerous high winds are expected this weekend a new power shut off has been set for parts of the east bay today pg nease said parts and lafayette. we'll lose powers sunday afternoon around 04:00pm regional east bay parks will also be closed to sunday through monday and what park officials are calling a quote 20 year wind event kron four's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with

i'm maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and it is not just san francisco getting ready for the possibility of riots in southern california. rodeo drive in beverly hills will be closed to cars and pedestrian traffic on election day and the day after to try to keep the peace. the move comes as city hall is encouraging some businesses down there to board up their high end stores. city shopping become places of protest since the death of george floyd this summer a black man at the hands of minneapolis police. >>kron 4 is your election headquarters tonight people in alameda county have several options for voting in person in between now and election day and today, a major sporting venue was added to that list of locations kron four's haaziq madyun shows us where it is. >>the oakland alameda county coliseum accessible voting location will be open to alameda county residents starting this saturday october 31st to election day november, 3rd voters choosing this location will be able to register and vote in person in the oakland a

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>here's how you can prepare if the power's going to be cut you know it make sure you have gallons of water available with nonperishable foods also flashlights extra batteries portable phone charger if you have a generator and maybe its new practice using it before the power outage to make sure you know what's going on you can use it correctly never inside. and since we're talking about wildfire danger make sure you have a first aid kit and the go bag. an emergency preparedness kit ready to roll right turning now to the south bay where that red flag warning takes in much of the santa cruz mountains that people there bracing for another preemptive power shutdown kron four's rob fladeboe has. >>more on that is live from. >>the summit above wheels some rob how are things tonight. >>well la grande i haven't noticed anything that can really be called a gusty here at the 1100 foot summit of highway 17 however, if you notice that the flags are the banners outside the some in-house restaurant

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>well several bay area mayors are calling on governor gavin newsome and the state superintendent to safely reopen schools, mayors of the state's 13 largest cities, including san jose, san francisco and oakland. they make up the big city mayors coalition. well, they say low income families and k through 12 children throughout the state have been the most vulnerable to digital learning. well the app that quote black latino and now a low income students with special needs are newcomer students, homeless and foster youth are particularly at risk of just falling further behind their peers simply put we're facing the greatest education equity crisis in most of our lifetimes in quote. well police along the peninsula are investigating a series of brazen home burglaries 2 men. i wanted for breaking into homes while people were still sleeping inside and they stole a car kron four's dan thorn has more on the crime spree from palo alto. >>investigators say that these overnight crimes are extreme

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>all right want to check in once again with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow was a tracking not just the fire danger, but also triple digit temps yeah, boy hot out there around the bay area see you start to see those winds moving from the offshore regions and then all of a sudden get that dry air is that they're seeing starts to heat up and got hot spots out there for today in fact. >>numbers out there right now still impressive 92 degrees in san jose 96 in hayward 97 right now in oakland, so they're rolled down the hill certainly get some spots for you get some very unusual temperatures check out 99 degrees in napa they were just at a 10100 degrees right now cloverdale 92 degrees and timber on san francisco, 91 degrees right now so certainly some hot heat advisory in effect going to see another round of hot temperatures for tomorrow in fact plan on some 70's and some 80's along the beach boy you can sneak out to the coastline tomorrow it is going to be a spectacular day insid

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>time for space. forty-niners family and really the entire nfl is mourning today after the death of hall of famer. >>and 9 are great fred dean. passed away at the age of 68 due to complications from covid-19. he was traded to the niners in 1981 and immediately sparked their run to the franchise's first super bowl title for his efforts. he was named defensive player of the year. being won his second super bowl title with the 49 ers in 1985. he played 11 seasons in the nfl and was a four-time pro bowler he was inducted into the pro football hall of fame in 2009. if you follow the saint mary's men's basketball program you have definitely witnessed your fair share of upsets and if you follow the journey of their redshirt senior point guard. tommy cousy that might surprise you too. kron 4 sports reporter colin mill shows us how he went from walk on the team leader. >>from a high school junior who never played club basketball to starting division, one point guard you could say tommy koozies basketball rise

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>get closer to november, 3rd kron 4 is your local election headquarters today, a judge rejected the california attorney general as secretary of state's demands for information on the republican party's ballot boxes our capitol bureau reporter zavala explains the latest in the battle over those boxes. a sacramento superior court judge wednesday sided with the california republican party ruling it does not have to hand over the names and addresses of voters who use gop sponsored ballot boxes it will be help for the republican party voluntarily handed over to secretary of state. >>the names of voters trusted there's out to us we believe they're entitled to privacy we do intend to respond formally in writing to discovery requests that. >>propounded on us, but they may. they may not be able to get all the information they want but for now it's route one that went to us wednesday's decision comes a day after the state's democratic attorney general and secretary of state sued the california

kelly kron 4 news. >>the bay area reopenings calm as the u.s. is dealing with the highest average number of covid-19 cases since the pandemic began over the past week the country reported an average of 68,000 new cases every day that's up more than 22% compared with the previous week, the averare deaths per day across the country are also up 10% over the past 2 weeks to 794 deaths per day. health officials fear further spread of the virus as we head into the holidays. and tonight governor gavin newsome says his new vaccine group will not be delaying distribution of a covid-19 vaccine has 3 more states are you california safety effort to kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala reports. >>washington oregon and nevada are joining california's review group to put a second set of eyes on an eventual fda approved vaccine before distributing it within these west coast states the governor responding to critics who claim this could significantly delay a critical need for californians. >>no it will not

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>monitoring the glass fire and conditions here in the bay area, let's check in with meteorologist john trouble he has an update good morning. john good morning robin, at least we do have improvements in this forecast today is going to be a deep in marine layer that's good news for the glass fire and just start dry conditions in general and guess what a cooler day today starting today to waving goodbye to 90's from here on out in this forecast. so some changes that will help the firefight and i think we'll just be welcome for the rest of us across the bay area looking outside at air quality this morning, it's a range of moderate conditions that's fog you're seeing down below from berkeley though we do have some moisture to our south and then a cold front that steering its way to our west what this is going to do in the days to come as a result in a chance a chance of some rainfall today it's the fog that we're seeing and a low pressure helping to nudge out that high you do see this ra

she calls berlin a one man army and says what he did help save their community maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>thank you ease in sonoma county who are now cleared to return to their homes are getting some support from county officials. there are 3 locations where evacuees can pick up supplies. maria carrillo high school and skyhawk park in santa rosa. as well as snow valley, regional park in glen allen. all you need is proof of residency in the supplies will include garbage bags and 95 masks gloves hand sanitizer personal hand wipes and safety information. anyone picking up the supplies must wear a face covering at all times. the list of support stations is also available on our website kron 4 dot com. officials are extending the deadline for fema aid to people in 10 northern california counties. it applies to these counties napa sonoma santa cruz santa clara. solano sam, a tail moderate butte and yolo counties. residents now have until november 21st to apply for fema assistance grants. the previous deadline was october 21st the grants can include money for rental assistance essential home

maureen kelly. >>kron 4 news more than 16,400 firefighters continue to battle 22 major wildfires throughout california bay area fire crews tell kron 4 says it might be why they are gearing up for a longer fire season this year. >>a battle against extreme wildfire behavior. that is how they area firefighters described this year's fire season. this video from the glass fire shows exactly what firefighters are up against. >>yeah, the past few weeks are far fires have seen some extreme fire behavior to the triple digits in the red flag warning you know the temperatures have been very high the humidity's been very and it's been extreme fire weather. you know we've seen some high winds and once gets into the communities it's all here is another video recorded by bay area firefighting strike team including firefighters from oakland fremont hayward in alameda county they say their fire departments are preparing for the possibility of these conditions to continue for the remainder of the fire season this sea

she calls berlin a one man army and says what he did help save their community maureen kelly kron 4 news. well the future of a san francisco gas station in the twin peaks neighborhood is foggy. >>the gas station is city owned it's on tuesday on city owned land it's right on the corner of portola drive in woodside avenue. and since the is ending soon it could be replaced by affordable housing. so the station owner would live to renew the lease for the next 20 years while some drivers want the gas station to stay. others actually like the idea of more affordable housing. >>we need to be building more affordable housing and if that comes at the expense of the gas we're in the use gas station for 30 years we have lived here and many times an emergency or you need gas in the picture a broken down car they've really come in handy for affordable housing and the need for that, but you know there are still cars that mean a lot of around him. >>not all electric vehicles. >>well the san francisco board of supervisors was set to vote on the lease proposal on tue night where they were actually able t

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>time now check our forecast, a red flag warning is being issued for the glass fire area starting tomorrow afternoon along with a flex alert starting at 3 pm until 10:00pm. >>chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here lawrence that's not even to mention what these high winds could do to the fires currently that are burning and also the decreasing. air quality which is a factor so much you can really see that smoke begin to make its way in across the rest the bay area the win that started to shift directions and you'll see right here the very latest a few hours in the north bay you can see some of those winds started to come out of the north pushing that smoke from the fire all the way back in across the rest the bay area certainly that's going to be a problem for everybody else. but boy the conditions just getting a very bad as we're going to see the winds begin to pick up we see a little bit this afternoon the glen ellyn you see 12 mile hour winds out of the north northwest 12 also

>>maureen kelly kron 4 news this just in pg nice as possible power shut off could come as soon as wednesday night to the north bay mountains. >>and mount diablo in the east bay. >>and take a look outside at the embarcadero in san francisco, where it's a beautiful sunset and that wind is still blowing you mentioned or earlier can now chief meteorologist lawrence karnow keeping track of all these things when you say this that time of year i wish i had better news that which we had some rain to talk about. now we can bring into the fire season right now that is not even close. we've got a series of these wind events that are going to take place i think over the next 7 to 10 days. >>we have the honor guard as we've already seen the fires developing those offshore winds, pretty typical develop this time of year you get a cold front row over the top of that ridge that drops just to the east of us to the great basin. high pressure builds in behind it all of a sudden you get strong northerly component the winds and that's what we're going to see him back. we've seen 6 of the last 10 years we've bee

>>kron four's maureen kelly has details. >>i'm at andy's unity park in orleans neighborhood of southwest santa rosa. it's one of the areas with a large latino population. and a big number of positive coronavirus cases that's why the county of sonoma has chosen to this area as a place to begin its doubling of pop up testing sites. the testing is available to residents regardless if they are symptomatic or not it's free. people do not have to make an appointment, although they are encouraged and they also do not need health insurance co 9, 5, 4, 0, 7, which. >>encompasses most southwest center is a that is the the community most by covid so. >>a lot of >>a lot of our inability to control covid and or to mitigate the spread thing has been a lack of testing for essential workers. and so i think that this is a great step really getting some of the county where we need to be at. >>sonoma county remains the only bay area county still in the most restrictive purple widespread here in the states ranking system the pop-up testing site

i'm maureen kelly kron 4 news i would be a slam dunk and caught 4 has you covered this election for details on. >>where you can drop off your ballot just head to our website kron 4 dot com there again you can find a map of ballot box locations as well as times for when your ballot can be dropped off. >>yeah klay thompson, a rock over there that the court will take it coming up, assessing the risk a study suggests that jobs where workers are more likely to get covid-19 let's price plus they're wrong ready to roll election mode feels are helping out east bay for early voting and even on election day. >>and the bay area city preparing for potential protests after next week's election results will hear from city leaders after the break on. now they say they plan to keep people safe. hard to believe, but it's halloween tomorrow will the weather be chilly will it be wet. >>we'll be pretty nice. we'll have the answer coming up next. who's supporting prop 15? joe biden. biden says, "every kid deserves a quality education and every family deserves to live in a safe, healthy community. that's why i s

kron four's maureen kelly went into the downtown sector at lunch time and she didn't see at this new phase of reopening having much impact at all. >>i've seen it like this is crazy valerie chain has been selling the haze here at the flower cart off market street downtown for close to 30 years. >>she says business is still way down and while the city has now given non essential businesses, the green light to bring in office workers at 25% capacity. she has not seen much of a change today at this is time for us and let them know used to be. >>and that is having a major impact on mom and pop businesses that rely on foot traffic even this building right behind me pounding up 12 to 15% of people coming in. so that's very small amount of people come here. to what we usually have another dot coms and i hear people working from home what is nobody south of market, the manager of orange thomas had just a few customers eating around lunchtime, a small fraction of their prepandemic lunch time or davis 80's around 1 o'clock. we'll have a liner on the corner over him. >>i might be like a 1520 min

they're also bracing for power shut off as well kron four's maureen kelly has that story. >>more than 9,000 customers here in napa county could find themselves in the dark wednesday. >>if and when pg e decisive flip the switch on this public safety power shutoff many of those customers live in the town of calistoga it's terrible to say, but you almost get used to it it is not been easy lately for calistoga residents who were forced to evacuate for 6 days during the glass fire from the burn scars in the surrounding mountains, you can see how it burned right up to the edge of town. >>and now because of hot dry and windy conditions in the forecast pg e says. >>they may have to cut power to part of this town as part of the public safety power shut-offs to help reduce the risk of more wildfires. >>this is not the first time this has happened here calistoga's mayor says they've endured multiple public safety power shutoff since 2018 which is why pg e has just finished constructing a microgrid here which is expected to keep the lights on for about 60% of the town's residents that

>>contained around 2 o'clock this afternoon but then there was another fire kron four's maureen kelly has the latest. >>a massive column of smoke could be seen pouring out of sine hill in south san francisco today blowing over the 2.80 freeway burning the grass around the iconic sign that greets people driving north on one oh one that reads south san francisco, the industrial city with the hot temperatures and breezy conditions, lots of resources were thrown at this blaze, it went to a 5th alarm plus a cal fire alarm which brought in air support. it got uncomfortably close to homes several streets were evacuated. as many as 3 homes on mountain road were scorched so the fire bump up against a couple of but their were able to make a quick stop and knock it down before the fire got interior, so there's just an accidental damage to those on the letters on the hillside are made of cement and seemed to glean even wider next to the black in the grass. >>not long after that fire was contained another fire broke out just a few blocks away from the south city emergency command center on starlit

maureen kelly kron 4 news secretary state alex diaz says that there are many security measures in place right now to make sure that the next few days. >>leading up to the election goes smoothly. after sending out a memo to elections officials about the laws and consequences of voter intimidation and harassment. he says that law enforcement is on standby. but as a last resort only he says that so far there have been no concerning incidents with early voting already underway. >>or can not in any way interfere with the administration of elections. it certainly can cross the line try to harass or intimidate somebody was trying to exercise their right to election supervisors are trained to make sure that the election goes smoothly, haven't been trained on how to de escalate maybe some tense situation that there are questions. >>with about 40% of ballots already turned in a pda says those are being stored in locked ultra high security areas. the office is also keeping a close eye and working with social media sites on any and misinformation on california's election process online. >>right now

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>the u.s. economy saw record gdp growth in the 3rd quarter, i'm alexandra le mon in washington and coming up, i'll tell you why some are concerned the economy isn't out of the woods yet. >>welcome back everyone millions of people in the southeast are waking up without power after hurricane zeta just slammed into the gulf coast. the storm left a huge trail of damage all across the south from shattered buildings and thousands of downed trees and you can see the damage check this out in lakeshore mississippi that even included shrimp boats just washed up in all damage well over decatur, georgia, large trees were toppled by those strong winds rain just litter the normally busy roadways bringing traffic to a halt and at least 6 people were killed by that storm. it's been very will continue to track this storm for you and let you know how those folks are doing and we have a lot of family and friends who live in the area so we'll be checking on them as well wishing them the here at home, different tur

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>battle against extreme wildfire behavior that's how bay area firefighters are describing this year's fire season tonight more than 16,000 firefighters are continuing to battle 22 major wildfires throughout california. bay area firefighting strike teams are all preparing for the possibility for extreme conditions to continue for the remainder of this fire season and well rain maybe in the near will that help those out on the fire line. >>yes and no. it's good that it's going amber the activity of the fire itself on the north end of this particular part of the glass fire. you have very steep terrain very hazardous conditions are dozers are cutting roads and trails in the dirt which turns into much instantaneously in these cases which makes it very hauser's for all equipment and putting as well. battalion chief there says that our fire season may well last into december. preparations are underway on mexico's yucatan peninsula for a fast approaching storm. >>hurricane delta rapidly inte

>>maureen kelly kron 40's. >>in sports school or whether down in la turn game one of alds between the a's and astros into a home run derby sports director jason dumas loss has all the dingers when we come back. >>the house passes a new covid relief bill and drama putting in washington white >>surely before we learned of the president's covid diagnosis. the house of reference representatives voted to pass a new covid relief and stimulus package as our washington correspondent basil john reports for us tonight democrats say it's a compromise and republicans say it's to scattered. >>democrats are optimistic they can advance their new 2.2 trillion dollars covid relief bill, i know nancy pelosi is very wanting to get to a deal. she made enormous concessions so far virginia congressman don beyer hope speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary steve will reach an agreement so as long as those 2 are talking. >>those logs, mitch mcconnell of that we will accept what the white house tells him to do. you know i think we'

i'm maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and quarters this election season and just a reminder we are now less than 2 weeks away from november, 3rd 13 days away from the election. already bay area counties are seeing record high voter registration numbers. san francisco's district attorney chesa boudin says that his team is working to fight election fraud. the district attorney's office has set up a multilingual fraud hotline for people to report election fraud or interference. investigators with either the district attorney's office or the elections office will be available to follow up on the reported claims. and here at kron 4 we're committed to helping make sure that your vote counts if you experience any problems casting your ballot. let us know we will investigate you can e-mail us at voting problems at kron 4 dot com. stanford university school of medicine wants to make it a little bit easier for people to get tested for covid-19 crowd force master hernias live for us now in the newsroom with more on this study and

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>this afternoon, the sonoma county board of supervisors is also considering the 16 million dollar package of public health strategies to curb the spread of the virus is passed it would offer gift cards to encourage testing and offer one time stipends of $1200 and hotel vouchers to infected residents to help them afford to stay home from work and safely isaly. on to our other top pj nice as power shut offs are likely this week as dangerous fire conditions are expected tomorrow night take a look at p g knees future psps outage map. the yellow shaded parts are areas that are affected now bay area counties that could go in the dark include napa alameda contra costa santa clara solano and sonoma counties. we now want to go to kron four's charles clifford who is in the town of sonoma with more on that paycheck. >>all right now i'm standing in the city of sonoma and it is possible there could psps an area to the northeast of town. pg e says that so far 700 customers across the noma county h

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>for months now the cdc has told us that staying covid-safe means avoiding close contact with positive patients. but as scientists learn more about this virus changes to those guidelines should be expected. next today will explain the close contact change. >>the cdc is changing its definition of close contact as it relates to the coronavirus yeah for months now the agency has said close contact means spending 15 consecutive minutes within 6 feet of a person. >>who tested positive for covid-19 well today, the cdc redefine it as a total of 15 minutes or more meaning briefer but repeated contacts that adds up to 15 minutes over a 24 hour period is now considered close contact. the cdc advises anyone who has been in close contact with the covid-19 patients to quarantine for 2 weeks. >>other coronavirus news now stanford is looking to launch a study and they want volunteers they're trying to make it easier for folks to get tested for covid at home. this is called the community alliance to

maureen kelly kron 4 news. and continuing our covid coverage doctor anthony fauci the nation's top infectious disease experts said the u.s. covid numbers are quote stunning with infection rates rising in multiple parts of the nation and hospitals in some areas overwhelmed with patients. >>during an interview yesterday doctor fauci said the country needs a mask mandate to combat the coronavirus now it is very urgent and that's the reason why i have been urgently saying every single day. >>that we've got to do things that have not been done uniformly and consistently throughout the country. the numbers that you put up our stunning. this is going to get worse because we're going more into a cold this season. >>as we get through the fall and into the winter with the holiday season going we've got to do something different. >>doctor fauci added if the federal government does not make the decision on a national level he hopes that governors and mayors would implement mask mandates locally. the race for a covid-19 vac

reporting from san only 9 maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>let's talk now about our 4 zone forecast as we take a quick live look over downtown san francisco, a mix of smoke and fog covering the city right now and there's a slight chance of rain coming our way this weekend meteorologist strom is here now with those details good afternoon america. >>just seen good afternoon. yes, we're definitely seeing a little bit of haze around the bay area you can see it here this hour live camera overlooking the north bay, it's in tehran on a clear day we can normally see and the golden gate bridge in the background can't make it out today though, but yes we're seeing a lot of fog. the marine layer starting to deepen and that's bringing us so some cooler conditions around the bay area. winds have also died down versus what we've seen over the last week or so and that red flag warning was long expired over the weekend. so that is some good news for firefighters just a breezy conditions though especially across the north bay, the air quality still not grea

reporting from the north and maureen kelly kron 4 news. and talking about the red flag warning let's get a look at our bay area forecast around midday. the fire watch from this morning was upgraded to a red flag warning for the north bay mountains we've got dave spahr standing by with a look at. >>doesn't get we're going to be seeing similar conditions here in the city and other parts of the bay area. >>well actually not in san francisco. it doesn't appear to be but we are as you heard from morning kellie shirley capsule it very very well you could actually say there are 3 events within the next week the we're watching first things first it's the red that you see that's obviously the red flag warning and that goes into effect 00:11pm tonight be with us until wednesday morning around 80's. you can see. now this tan color that's a fire weather watch all this for the higher elevations, this bases like the post-it note to the national weather we'll get back to you on that later potentially for an upgrade of red flag warning so obviously as the

she calls berlin a one man army and says what he did help save their community maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>officials have extended the deadline for people in 10 northern california counties to apply for federal aid if they were impacted by the august lightning wildfires. residents in napa sonoma santa cruz santa clara solano san mateo moderate butte and yolo counties now have until november 21st to apply for. fema assistance grants, the grants can include money for well rental help essential home repairs and other serious needs not covered by insurance to find out how to register you can head to our website kron 4 dot com. >>the largest spa in contra costa county is now open for business, thanks to new relaxed covid restrictions we talked to the owner of woodhouse day spa in walnut creek about the changes genders says both customers and employees are thrilled to be back in business and they have taken precautions to keep everybody safe. >>it's huge we've been close for 7 and to be open again just feels like we've been given life staff our guest today they are beyond thrilled that we're

kelly is live there for us she's gathering more details and she'll join us later on this hour to bring us the very latest information. now let's turn now to our weather forecast because we have been under a red flag warning a heat warning. there are some dangerous fire conditions outside right now meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez joining us with the heat and also the fire danger good afternoon r-soph good afternoon just yeah let's switch to the maps because we're actually acts to not max one. so let's which the graphics because we're currently tracking. >>current conditions right now with that fire. let's take a look at wind speeds. no surprise there of the flare up because winds right now out of the north-northeast with gusts upwards of 20 miles per hour 92 degrees out there so extremely hot dry gusty conditions and that is just prime conditions for red flag warnings in addition to the heat advisory that is currently in effect in that area and we do have some extensions as far as a red flag warnings go for the valleys of the north and east bay, it's actually been extended from now thro

>>kron four's maureen kelly went to the chase center in the city where voters can drop off about. >>i'm on the corner of 3rd street and warriors way where starting on saturday at 10:00am people will be able to drive up here along warriors way pull over. >>and drop off their ballots. this is all part of the warriors team effort to get out the vote. the brand-new home of the warriors will soon be a place to make your voice heard this election while there will be no in person voting happening here at the chase center that option will be available at both the team's practice facility in oakland and their santa cruz arena. >>the team's vice president of government affairs and community relations says they want to empower their fans to exercise their right to vote and maybe draw in people to the polls that might not have been motivated before we are all in i think everyone from our players to our coaches to our senior leadership and everyone from the entire organization is speaking collectively on this there's. >>no other option for us this year but to get out the vote an exercise, the

because they say they don't want to have a super spreader events maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>a good idea, thanks so much marine, let's talk now about our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at downtown san francisco from our sutro camera we're looking ahead towards the weekend. and meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is here now s we can expect for as the kids call it not friday friday i call it friday. i love it it's my favorite day of the week, let's take a look at current conditions out there right now san francisco international airport clear skies. >>noticeably cooler temperatures today and that cooling trend is going to continue not just for your friday will also your end of the workweek forecast downtown san francisco ca cooling down an additional 5 degrees from today, 67 degrees few degrees below average along the coast, widespread mid 60's for daly city all the way into half moon bay winds out of the south at around 20 miles per hour tracking calmer wind speeds, especially along the san francisco peninsula coastline for your friday afternoon burlingame in mi

much of this community with the loss reporting from saint helene i'm maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>thanks for him, that's a great story and officials now extend the deadline for people in 10 northern california counties to apply for federal aid if they lost their homes or other belongings in the august lightning wildfires people in lake sonoma santa cruz santa clara solano san mateo napa moderate butte and yolo counties. now have until november 21st to apply for fema assistance grants. the previous deadline was october 21st. the grants now can include money for rental assistance essential home repairs personal property losses and other serious disaster related needs that are not covered by insurance and if you want to find out how to register we made it really easy. there's a link on our website kron 4 dot now some bay area officials are pushing for safe injection sites for people to inject drugs. but they'll be medical help nearby if the people needed kron 4 sanaz tahernia us live now in the newsroom with more on what local officials are doing to advance this and haven't they tr

again thanks for joining us here at kron 4 news we've got maureen kelly she's joining us live from napa high morning. >>that's why some dogs i'm in napa county which is the county or in the bay area could see the biggest impact to these p s p s about 9,000 residents here could be impacted if and when pg knee decides to flip the switch on this public safety power shutoff and the town of calistoga here in napa county is the city that could have the most residents affected. >>it's terrible to say, but you almost get used to it it is not been easy lately for calistoga residents who were forced to evacuate for 6 days during the glass fire from the burn scars in the surrounding mountains, you can see how it burned right up to the edge of town and now because of hot dry and windy conditions in the forecast pg e says. >>they may have to cut power to part of this town as part of the public safety power shut-offs to help reduce the risk of more wildfires. this is not the first time this has happened here calistoga's mayor says they've endured multiple public safety power shutoff since 2018. >>whi

>>and still trying to have a good time because what else can you do maureen kelly for news. >>costco is now selling covid-19 testing kits online the company posted to test kits on its website along with this video instruction according to the item descriptions both kids. test for covid-19 infection at home without a painful nasal swab it says the test results will be available between 2472 hours one is priced at a 129 99. the other is a $139 and $0.99. >>on 4 sports from the 18 t fiber sports desk. >>the forty-niners fighting to keep their heads above water or in this case record above 500 is a take on the new england patriots on sunday, but the pats haven't looked like the afc powerhouse of years past leaving the door wide open for the niners to get a big road win before tough divisional matchup against the seahawks next weekend. but hey one game at a time this sunday's game will be a bit of a homecoming for jimmy garoppolo who began his nfl career in new england before being traded to the niners in 2017. the 49 ers will be looking to rely heavily on their run game but keep

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>so what's weather going to be like on halloween, let's check in with lawrence he has a halloween forecast that even though we have to social distance and be careful we still want to know how to hang out. yeah you got to be careful. that's for sure you know some folks are still going to head out so yeah, it looks like the weather. it's going to work out very nothing too spooky except there's going to be some fog might be a little spooky as you approach the coastline on halloween night otherwise. yeah, it really should be a treat of a night it will be a little cool if you're stepping outside bundle up those numbers dropping off in the 50's and there's that ghostly see fog likely to move in late in the evening, so watch out for that, but sometimes the year you can sometimes you can see actually some rain moving in at this time of year, but doesn't look like that's going to happen for this halloween, it's beautiful out there tonight skies, mostly clear little haze, there's still a littl

kelly kron 4 news. >>we have some breaking news to tell you out of los angeles is a live look in la after the team has won the world series against the tampa bay rays in game 6 of that contest the dodgers beat the rays 3 to one. this is the la dodgers first world series title since 1988. we've also learned the dodgers infielder justin turner tested positive for covid-19 it's unclear when he tested positive, but that was announced after the game which just ended a short time ago. turner was escorted out during the game kron 4 sports director jason dumas we'll have more on this breaking news a little bit later on but we want to show you the live pictures as you can see police in the middle of the street. and also out there celebrating. we're told that this is somewhere near dodger stadium. but if you bend the dodger stadium, you know chavez ravine theirs just basically a parking lot there you have to get out of the parking lot kind of drive down the hill to get into some neighborhoods near there so we're

reporting from the berkeley hills i maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>thank you maureen and here is how we can prepare make sure to have gallons of water available with nonperishable foods flashlights extra batteries, portable phone chargers and if you have a generator practice using it before the power outage just to make sure it works and that you're using it correctly and since we're also talking about wildfire danger you should also have a first aid kit and a go bag ready. to go at a moment's notice and that red flag warning takes in much of the santa cruz mountains people they're also bracing for a power shut off if the winds get too strong kron four's rob fladeboe reports now from the summit right above los gatos. >>the winds have been picking up this afternoon here in the santa cruz mountains this area is under a red flag warning along with several other parts of the bay area as a result of a high fire danger in the possibility of high winds coming in later on tonight, i'm here outside the summit store on summit road above los gatos where i've