Will happen. Those in napa, sonoma and lake counties could see shutoffs happening at 7 00 this morning and those in marin county could see shutoffs at 11 00 tonight. Reporting live in mill valley, im lauren martinez, abc 7 news. Lauren, thank you. In the south bay thousands of people in the Santa Cruz Mountains would see their power mountay off into this new round outages. Amanda del castillo shows you the range of emotions neighbors are feeling. Reporter many residents were still without power about the same time pg e announced a third round this month would hit on tuesday. I think it will go right into the next one. Reporter Lynn Schwartz says powerful winds was a welcome site this weekend. She didnt mind sacrificing power if there was proof of a problem. She questions when residents will see solutions. How about putting power lines underground . Reporter Kevin Burnett lives in an area with buried lines, but hes been without power since saturday night. Pg e anticipates the new shutoff will impact the same customers. Burnett admits he has concerns. Ive done the best i could with some ice and doing okay right now. That goes until wednesday, thursday, not going to make it. Reporter lights have stayed on for this womans family in Scotts Valley. Her lines also buried. Got candles and flashlights and water, and it never went out. We are one of the lucky ones. Reporter no luck for denise whose power went out the first two rounds. Were planning to get out of town tomorrow. Were going to get some nice away time from this madness. Reporter the pg e power shutoff is one reason youre just taking a vacation . Thats the only reason. Reporter Scotts Valley police took to facebook to explain their frustration with getting reliable information about who exactly will be impacted in this third round of outages. We know extra patrols will remain until power is restored. Im amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. And pg es Public Safety power shutoffs are cutting off Communications Services to thousands of people across the state. More than 450,000 people lost telephone, internet and Cable Tv Service in this weekends round of shutoffs. The blackouts are knocking out cell phone towers, more than half the towers in marin went down. Six radio stations went off the air. While the kincade fire is still growing in size, calmer winds did help gain ground. More than 74,000 acres and 15 contained is up from yesterday mornings 5 . So thats a bit of good news. Last night firefighters said they expect to reach 100 containment by next thursday, november 7th. So as the containment goes up, the more confidence grows. I always say we are not out of the woods yet. That is the day before the anniversary of the campfire. People in western Sonoma County had evacuation orders downgraded yesterday afternoon. It allows 30,000 residents to return home for now at their own risk. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Office posted this showing some of the waste you can see left behind in shiloh estates. Firefighters were able to keep most homes standing. Dozens of schools across the bay area will be closed today because of smoke, power shutoffs and evacuations. We are running a list of them across the bottom of your screen right now. One school dealt with poor air quality yesterday but will be open today. People are going home early because of the smoke. It is making people sick. My friend benny, because he doesnt like the smoke because its bad for his lungs. This building was destroyed sunday during a fire in vallejo. It will stay closed for the rest of the week. The school is providing temporary housing for students. In addition to the ticker at the bottom of your screen, a running list on our website, abc7news. Com. Mounting problems for pg e. Next, what the utilit is saying about two fires that broke out in lafayette this weekend. And capturing what could be the new normal. Hear from the couple behind this viral wine country wedding photo. That is all ahead. First, it is 4 35 on this tuesday morning. Youre never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. Mike, you are tracking those winds. Its all about being prepared because everything is fine this morning, even up in the hills our winds are 10 Miles Per Hour or less and coming out of the north which means theyre down sloping. If it could get any drier, they would be. Alltime record dry vegetation. You can see why things are popping up and exploding all over the place when we get these critical fire conditions. Here is your fire danger. This morning were low to just some barely moderate. But look how rapidly it changes by 11 00. Were already in the high to very high, solano, napa, sonoma counties. And as we head into the 2 00 hour we start to see some highs in the diablo range and some extreme up in the north bay where its going to stay up there all the way through the afternoon into the early evening hours and we start to see some very high to extreme in the east bay hills and down into the diablo range. Lets watch the peninsula. You become extreme by midnight tonight. All those areas under the red flag warning are hitting our highest level of fire danger during the evening and overneat hours. As we head to tomorrow you can see by the end of the morning commute it moves into the north bay and by the afternoon hours it finally vanishes. Worried about smoke today, this is spare the air. The most concentrated area of smoke in the north bay and blowing over to the coast and down into the central part of the bay area and then tomorrow it will be back up in the north bay. Take a quick look at the temperatures if we can and you can see were starting in the 30s and 40s this morning. Low to mid60s by noon. Mid60s to low 70s. Temperature wise a delightful day. Youll have to put up with poor air quality and the anticipation of what will happen tonight, jobina, when the winds pick up once again. Yeah, were all hoping for the best, definitely. The third round. I know. And, you know, its impacting the traffic as well for commuters this morning. I have an alert for you all that we need to share. A big headsup for everyone, smart train in sonoma marin will not have Train Service because of the power shutoffs. Santa rosa city bus and transit will operate for free with modified routes and timetables. You can also see it on your screen here that golden gate transit buses are on a modified schedule because of the kincade fire and related mandatory evacuations. And since were talking about the outages here i just want to make sure everyone is aware if theres a signal light thats out, treat it all as a fourway stop. Take your time this morning because we were seeing some incidents pop up and just a live picture now, san jose 280 looking nice and smooth. We will be back with more news, weather and traffic after the break. There are a lot of professionals here trying to help out this community and try to save this neighborhood. Theyre prepping the structures. Theyre triaging the structures, making them defendable. We are not going to give up. We are going to take a stand. You just about cannot escape the fire conditions until you head up into the sierra and across Southern California not only today and tomorrow like us but throw in thursday as the winds will be shifting from north to south. We have air quality concerns all throughout the san joaquin valley. This is going to be today, tomorrow, and also thursday. As far as temperatures, hanging out 70 in the central valley. 64 monterey. 74 in los angeles and 44 in tahoe. More on our fire danger coming up next. Thanks, mike. Vallejo has lift add restriction on water use. The pg e power shutoff cut off electricity from a water pumping station that forced water restrictions to be ordered. The water is flowing once again. Pg e stock value has plunged to another record low. The price per share closed at 3. 80. That is a loss of 24 of its value from fridays close. Pg e stocks traded as high as 49 per share in the last year. And pg es power shutoffs are supposed to reduce the risk of wildfires. The abc 7 news iteam says the Company Admits equipment may have sparked at least three fires in the bay area. Last week the abc 7 news iteam reported about a pg e tower that failed. That tower is now being looked at as a possible source of the kincade fire. On sunday a spot fire badly damaged the Main Building at the lafayette tennis club. Pg e filed documents with state regulators late yesterday and the fire started in the same general area as an electrical malfunction. The utility could face possible fines for not turning the power off before that fire. We are assessing whether or not we should advance appropriate fines where the protocols have not been met. Those fines would include the possibility of 100,000 per incident per day. According to the chronicle the fire destroyed two outbuildings and damaged the roof and chimney of a home. A fire also broke out on the other side of highway 24 at pleasant hill. In milpitas a fire burned four homes. The fire destroyed a home and damaged three others. It took fire crews about five hours to get that fire fully put out. Wine country here in california is one of the most sought after wedding settings in the entire country. One couple from chicago decided to tie the knot when the kincade fire hit, and it made for quite the moment. Hear their story of i do with smoke and fire added to the backdr backdrop. Reporter its a modern day wedding photo, a bride and groom, picture perfect venue and fire. What do you think when you look at the photo now . Its eerie a little bi. Reporter katie and Curtis Ferland are the couple behind the masks. They got married saturday night in Sonoma County. The kincade fire burning just miles away. The first thing we see on the tv when we turn it on is flames everywhere. Reporter first they had to move to a hotel. Their airbnb had no power. Then most of their vendors were forced to evacuate. Still, the show went on. The night before basically i had to redesign the entire event. We worked off a Skeleton Crew to make this happen. Reporter miraculously they did. Their wedding photographer took this now viral photo to prove it. I was thinking of american gothic, the 1930s painting. That was the regular normal of American Life at the time, and all of a sudden in a very strange way this has become our new normal of the wine country. Reporter later that night katie and curtis, along with all of their guests, were forced to evacuate. They came to San Francisco where, get this, someone broke into katies parents car. Thousands and thousands of dollars of merchandise stolen. Reporter despite all the obstacles they say this image is their lasting memory, a reminder of all the people who came together to make the most important day of their lives happen. Are we at the point where we can say this was a comity of errors . Not yet. Quite the photo. That photo is really pretty. It is stunning. So many of the people who helped put this wedding on, the couple was from chicago, the people behind it are all from Sonoma County. The event planner there was wearing the same outfit that she wore the day of the wedding because she got evacuated later that night from her home. It was a community effort. Such a special place and they wanted to make it a special day. They did and now they have this photo. Hopefully that wont be the new normal. We want it to be beautiful like it always is. People will start questioning having weddings in october in wine country. Maybe september. A look at our air quality forecast. I wanted to show you where do you live in the eastern district, the area in green there, South Central is in pink. Its the yellow and the orange in the north that are going to be the most impacted by this particular event today. So hopefully that gives you an idea of exactly where you live and how youre impacted. Lets talk about whats going on. A look from the east bay hills and weve got, yes, amazing conditions out there. It is so clear and so dry. Its going to be hazy sunshine, dry air, and its going to be gusty this evening. Thats going to lead to our highest fire danger during the overnight hours. Head to bed tonight in case you need to be evacuated or in case anything else happens. How will you prepare when youre groggy, when youre half asleep . Something to think about if you havent had that opportunity yet. Hopefully you dont get it. It could be your turn tonight. Calmer and comfy conditions through the extended. Take a look at surface winds up around the kincade fire. Notice theres nothing this morning, but by noon, look at this, 25 Miles Per Hour and then nearing 50 during the overnight hours and thats why im afraid we could see that fire spread tonight. Temperatures upper 60s, half moon bay, San Francisco, low to mid70s for the rest of us. Tonight in the valleys, 30s and 40s. 50s and 60s in the breezy hills. Here is my accuweather sevenday forecast. Breezy through tomorrow morning. 4 00 tomorrow afternoon the fire threat is over. We get a treat for halloween. Look at that. No rain and comfortable temperatures. Thats the way its going to stay all the way through november which starts friday into saturday. Jobina . Thanks, mike. I want to start off with the closures because of the kincade fire. This morning we are looking at the same story here. This is state route 128 between geyserville road and calistoga. A lot of closures. Geysers road, healdsburg avenue, beach avenue, all of those still closed. Highway 101 is open but exits are closed between geyserville and windsor. Now over to emeryville where things are starting to fill in this morning and we are getting word of a crash somewhat nearby high street. A single car crash. One car is blocking a lane there. Were not sure which one yet. We will find out for you. Looking down at san jose, 87 is looking nice and smooth. Im sure people on 80 are very envious this morning, kumasi and liz. Thanks, jobina. Abc 7 news is working to build a better bay area covering the issues that matter to you like your safety. Longtime San Francisco chronicle columnist has joined our efforts to do that. Phil shared his efforts on what pg e could have done to prevent the fires on lafayette at 5 00 yesterday. Take a listen. Put yourself in pg es place or the person on that day, a choice, 30,000 people around lafayette. You have a choice. You turn off the power and gavin newsom wants you to rebate them 100. Thats 3 million. You leave the power on, you have a fire like they had and you could be looking at ten times that amount plus the devastation and the personal burden on people. You make the safe call, turn it off. He has columns that run every wednesday and sunday in the San Francisco chronicle. Time now is 4 49. Apple is releasing details on its next generation of air pods. And new tech is letting mcdonalds know what youre probably going to order before you do. Heres tech bytes. In todays tech bytes apples new air pods. Theyre called air pods pro, have a Noise Cancellation feature that blocks out external sounds, support Wireless Charging and will be in stores tomorrow with a 249 price tag. Big change is coming this morning to Los Angeles International airport. Travelers will now have to go to a separate lot to catch an uber, lyft or taxi. It applies to pickups, not dropoffs. And would you like fries with that . 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So, come on home for the holidays. Come on home to cracker barrel. Lets take a look at the air quality. Were waking up moderate which is healthy. Up to the north bay and you can see in healdsburg before those most sensitive we have it for you and its unhealthy for everybody around davis. As you slide south weve got yellow for just about all of us which is moderate. And this is the way it should stay. Places like San Francisco, oakland, you could have even worse air quality as we head into the afternoon hours. Well take a look at what the humidity is going to do. We do have some issues at our beaches if youre trying to head that way later on today. The man overseeing ukrainian policy at the National Security council will meet with house lawmakers. He is the First Official to testify about who listened to president trumps call with ukraines president. Alexander vindman said he was concerned, his words, by the july comments threatening to with hold u. S. Aid unless ukraine got political dirt on joe biden. The house plans to vote thursday to formally begin the impeachment inquiry. President trump calls it illegitimate. In the south bay san jose could completely reshape how new homes are built and powered. A city proposal would ban natural gas from being used in u newly constructed residential buildings starting next year. San jose leaders want to move to renewable electricity instead. Natural gas will be allowed if highrise buildings, but the city may change that in the next few months. The meeting for final approval starts at 1 30 this afternoon. A new luxury hotel will celebrate the grand opening today. It is the only hotel on airport grounds. More than 350 rooms and direct access to sfo terminals. Hyatt executives and mayor london breed will hold a Ribbon Cutting ceremony at 11 00 this morning. Our highest humidities are supposed to be over through the morning hours. Were seeing a small influence. Look at the humidities, 70 to 80 . Half moon bay. Notice where its not reaching. Were still in the 30s and 40s in the north bay and 50s in the east bay and look what happens. Here is your time clock at 6 00 this evening. Thats if youre with us earlier when the winds are really going to start to crank up. Look at the humidity levels dropping down to Single Digits in places like lake only 30 in San Francisco. Overnight when the winds are the fastest, thats actually where were going to have some of our driest air. Instead of humidity rising, it will drop even more and thats why while were sleeping were going to have the most dangerous fire conditions. Be prepared. Good morning. We are starting out with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. You see the cash lanes are starting to fill in. Overall a pretty smooth morning across our roads in the bay area. I like to see it that way. Lets check out another live look in san rafael, this is 101. Pretty empty for the most part this morning. Very quickly i mentioned before there was a single car crash past high street. That cleared up very quickly this morning. So we are looking at all green right now, kumasi and liz. Thanks, jobina. A bit of good news for someone in Sonoma County. Take a look at this. The California Lottery says this lucky store in sonoma sold the only winning Lottery Ticket sunday night. The person picked all five winning numbers and got the 62,000 jackpot. Fortunately for the winner that store still had power. It was not in an evacuation area and that is really good news for the area. Im happy. Im happy for them, too, and happy for that person. A little jealous, i suppose you could say. The outages continues at 5 00. I dont think many businesses can survive being shut down for five days. Pg e Power Outages taking a toll on locecal restaurants and shops. Another round today. Plus, going live to Sonoma County as crews try to get and you realize you are the the hostess with the mostest. 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Another red flag warning today. Good morning. Its tuesday, october 29th. I know a lot of you are waking up without power, maybe watching us on your phones this morning. Its been a rough few days for a lot of people. We want to try to keep you updated when it comes to the Power Outages and when it comes to the weather. Mike has been checking the winds. How are we looking right now, mike . Were fine. Its a great question
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