This entire town, was in the dark. Unt,he number of people affected statewide was in the millions. And now were hearing it could come again. For Sonoma County it was two days without power. Restaurants and delis had to throw out perishable items and cash registers wouldnt work. We did 5,000 or 6,000 less. Reporter pet food express had to have frozen goods shipped out and the market had to stop selling perishable items and they have gone out and bought a generator. If anything we learned a lesson in that regard. Reporter Sonoma Valley hospital lost power which was a surprise to the board member. Hospitals are not supposed to be cut off and our hardworking ceo made a number of phone calls to pg e without getting through and leaving messages. But to reply. Reporter and that lack of information from pg e is what urks county county supervisor yang. We are not getting what we need to adequately prepare our constituents. Reporter the website kept crashing and when it was working it wasnt accurate. And it doesnt help us in communicating to our residents what is needed. They need to fix their website and they should have done it by now. Reporter tonight a pg e spokesperson is telling me that should the power be cut off, again this week, pg e will be redirecting customers on the website to a temecuporary site provide that address information about which parts of the bay area will be without power. Reporting from sonoma, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. As of now Contra Costa County is not part of pg es planned shut down this week but it doesnt mean the county wont be prepared. Contra costa fire spent the day getting ready for the high fire danger and impressed people a couple of weeks ago including the gavin newsom when it stopped a brush fire in maraga. They are ready to jump into action at a moments notice. They are on 24hour shift and depending on the need in the county or the surrounding counties throughout the state we could go as we need to. The Department Adds just because the county may not be under a red flag warning it wont let their guard down. We are under a fire weather watch. A live look at our traffic cam in fremont, the American Flag lower left breezy now and drier gustier winds are on the way. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri and it could be a frustrating week for a lot of people. We are looking at what looks to be gusty winds in the Higher Elevations of the mountains. We started warning you about this last week. So here is what we have right now. A fire weather watch from 5 00 p. M. Wednesday until 5 00 p. M. On thursday. That could likely be upgraded to a red flag fire warning and hills for 5,000 above for the north bay, east bay and south bay and the highest wind gusts are possible in the mountains, on and off of 20 to 50 Miles Per Hour and lower elevations, 5 to 15 Miles Per Hour with gusts to 20 and also that low humidity. Lets get a closer look. 11 30 at night on wednesday and see the red areas on the map. That is the gustiest winds. Once we hit into thursday morning, most of the highest gusts would be in the north bay over mt. Diablo and for parts of the Higher Elevations of the peninsula. Well talk about this wind event in more details plus a second wind event that could impact more of the bay area by sunday. Again, two wind events this weekend. Well have full details in about 15 minutes. Thank you, jeff. Another great resource in the next few days is jeffs twitter feed. Hell tweet about the fire danger and the changing forecast. Especially when it comes to the wind. His handle jeff ranieri. New details in the new star energy tank fair. Air sample results came back and show that toxic levels were lower than what is normally associated with industrial fires. Health Officials Say the heat of the fire combined with weather conditions helped minimize local smoke impacts. Workers spent the weekend training water ethanol and foam from the site and fire investigators are trying to figure out how the explosion happened. They ended up changing pleas. Today two bay area parents pled guilty in the College Admission scandal among several people who changed pleas after Actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison. This is her over the weekend at the federal facility in dublin. Today panuel and liz wedge alvarez admitted paying half a Million Dollars for changing answers on their two daughters Entrance Exam and a bribe for a fake recruitment to the georgetown tennis team. En regez stepped away from the company he founded. And london breed is firing back at the candidate attacking her with a controversial billboard and some calling it sexist and racist. Here it is. In the south market district featuring a cartoon picture of mayor breed while thinking about Homeless People and saying stop human traveling in San Francisco. It is pay paid for by ellen zhou trying to get the mayor to debate her before the november election. It is purple, it is disrespectful and it is no place and in San Francisco for that kind of divisiveness that really hurts communities and i think again we could have a discussion about poll ty decisions without taking it to that particular place. Now the mayor said she wont try to have it taken down and just focus on her job instead. We are about a year until the 2020 president ial election. And facebook is cracking down on foreign efforts to interfere. That is what Ceo Mark Zuckerberg told nbcs lester holt. The two talked at facebook headquarters in menlo park and Zuckerberg Facebook has now tools to catch hacking attempts and the company is seeing foreign elements trying to influence the 20 election. The signal that they intend to be active in the upcoming election and but it is also i think a sign that weve been able to proactively identify them and take them down. You could see the entire interview coming up on nbc nightly news at 5 30 following this newscast. President trump bowing to pressure over syria and he still wants to get all u. S. Troops out of syria but israel and jordan have asked to stay on. The president said now he will leave a small number of u. S. Forces in the region. Primarily to protect oil fields and getting backlash for abandoning kurdish allies in the north. Were working with the kurds. We have Good Relationship with the kurds. Buff we never agreed to protect the kurds. We fought with them for three and a half four years, we never agreed to protect the kurds for the rest of their lives. The president on the defense after withdrawing from his miami resort from hosting the g7 summit next year. He blamed the media and democrats for claiming he would profit from that meeting. But some republicans were critical too. A rox star reception for Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the cal campus this evening and cal students lining up before the event started it is a packed auditorium to see the lecture featuring the womens rights icon, starting about an hour ago and still happening. This is a live look inside the lecture right now. During the speech the justice paid tribute to a former dean and colleague at the law school there at cal for 57 years. Nbcs bay area melissa colorado joins us from the cal campus with the more. A lot of buzz this evening. Reporter a lot of buzz. I saw a lot of students wearing notorious rbg shirts and this is a free event however you had to be a berkeley law student or a faculty member to get a seat. And now i was just listening in on the live stream. You would think they would talk about complex cases but actually the conversation is really focusing on Ruth Bader Ginsburgs past as a Supreme Court justice and more so the wife and mother and daughter. Im here to see Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Reporter from retirees. The great hero of my life. Reporter so second year law students. That sums up the Ruth Bader Ginsburg fan base. 1600 berkeley law students and faculty members packed the hall to listen in on a conversation between the Supreme Court justice and one of her former clerk who is now a law professor. She had done so much for the feminist move. And to see her in person is nothing an opportunity i expected to have. Reporter she beat cancer four times and spl worry what would happen if she left the bench while President Trump is in the office. I dont want to say there is a fear that the judicial system rests on her but shes an influential force on the bench now. And she said traveling enhanced her healing and stimulates her. These fans say her presence alone is inspiring their legal careers. Hopefully shell be kicking for a long time. Reporter and that lecture is still going on. Were expecting it to wrap up around 5 30 and more on the highlights next at 6 00. That is the latest from berkeley, im melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. Well see new oat 6 00 news, another live look in the auditorium, Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the cal campus and more of what she said and saying right now coming up on our 6 00 newscast. Still to come, millennials not buying in the bay area. Why they feel priced out and why there is hope that home prices may now fall in the future. And how about this. Write your suggestions on the chock board. It is just one way berkeley is using to name a new street in the city. Wind gusts expected to pick up this week. Not only one event but two different wind events. Well give you everything you need to know about the next couple of days coming up in about seven minutes. A powerfu tornado left behind a path of destruction in texas. Right near the dallas area. The tornado touched down in north texas over the weekend. Just last night it destroyed entire blocks for 20 miles long. More than 140,000 people are still without power. 140,000 customers. Fire and police crews search through the debris for several hours to make sure no one was trapped as of tonight to deaths or serious injuries have been reported. Were also tracking a fire in southern california. Take a look. It broke out this morning in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of l. A. About 200 homes have been evacuated so far. Firefighters say they are getting a handle on this fire, especially since it isnt windy. That is the good news. But you could see how close it is coming up to those homes there. The fire has not burned any homes and so far no one has been hurt. Well they make up the largest, fastest earning group among us but millennials are having a tough time affording homes here in the bay area. New information shows many of them with tech Company Salaries and bonuses are likely to leave the bay area because its just too expensive. Our business and tech reporter scott budman is live in San Francisco with more on the struggle and a struggle for many of us here, scott. Reporter it is true, janelle. The young people we spoke to were optimistic coming here for good salaries and Stock Options but then they, too, ran into the brick wall of bay area housing prices. It is hard out there for a millennial. No matter how much money they make, home prices are likely out of reach. Well of course it is too expensive. Reporter many bay area millennials struggling with high rent and eyewatering down payments to buy. And people will move out and then move further and those prices will go up and it will go on and on forever. Reporter it is so tough a survey commissioned by San FranciscoReal Estate Company zum per shows more than a third of local millennials between the ages of 23 and 38 currently live with their parents or roommates, almost a third of them say theyre likely to move away from the bay area in a year. Oh, yeah. Completely. Probably will. Im in Nursing School so once im done ill leave. It is just too much. It is a little intimidating. Reporter this agent hears as much from his young clients. Once they get discouraged they go back to their Current Situation which is renting or living with folks. Reporter now wilson does say there could be a silver lining. A combination of falling Interest Rates and in the last feon falling there could soon be a new window to buy. Live in San Francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. Well the days may be numbered for homeless men and women living along south bay creeks and rivers. The santa clara Water District is focusing on what to do about the growing number of camp as long local waterways. Tomorrow the water board will vote on increasing the funding for safe and clean water programs and establish an encampment cleanup project. A san jose councilman wants to eventually see encampments removed. We cannot have People Living on in our waterways. It is just unsanitary and it is not just bad for the environment, it is bad for them too. Some worry that removing the homeless along the river will push them into more populated neighborhoods. Take a seat. Safeway clerks could sit down on the job. They will pay 12 million to provide seats for up to 30,000 california checkout clerks. That is the core part of a legal see. Reached in the south bay. A santa clara safeway cashier filed the lawsuit in 2011. She claimed not allowing clerks to sit violated state regulations. Can you imagine driving down barack obama street or 49ers avenue . It could happen in one east bay city. They want to hear your suggestion for a new street name. The city of berkeley is in the process of restructuring shaddock avenue to make it more safe for pedestrians. Part of the project created a new street that needs a name. The city set up this big chock board for people to jot down ideas. Some suggestions include people street and Greta Thunberg way, a tribute to the swedish climate activist. I had malcolm x and just one figure that inspired me. It would be great if it was someone local that has been very inspirational to the community. That is a good idea. A city spokesperson said there is an online forum to weigh in on name suggestions. Berkeley city council will make the final decision early next year. We just need chalk to put up our suggestion. That is full. That chock bard. Bay area way. You dont like a name people are probably scratching it out and putting theirs in. For sure. Happy monday. It is warm. Yes, temperatures warming up. It is a result of a drier wind that is beginning to start to filter in now. So we are looking at two different wind events over the next seven days. So i wanted to show you first that the change that is happening in the atmosphere. We did have those clouds on saturday. It felt like fall out there and then yesterday we had a nice rebound of that sunshine and it is all from the area of High Pressure that is building in. We are used to High Pressure and the warm temperatures up but it is the way this is setting up across the west to help with the circulation and clockwise circulation to help to drive the winds off shore and that is why we are looking at more fire danger this week. So fire weather watch right now. Issued from 5 00 p. M. Wednesday until 5 00 p. M. On thursday. This again could be upgraded to a red flag fire warning for the hills for a thousand feet and above and the northeast and south bay and again i want to be clear on this, so you understand what is going to be happening with that wind, best chance of any high gusts would be in the mountains, 20 to 50 Miles Per Hour and lower elevations 5 to 15 with gusts up to 20. So big contrast and ill look at the wind speeds in about a minute and a half. I dont see extremely gusty conditions tomorrow. But with that warmer drier air starting to filter in, it will leave us with sunny skies. We need the sunglasses and morning commuting and maybe a light jacket. Down to 56 for the north bay. San francisco 54 and the east bay 57. Temperatures going up about four to seven degrees. Still it is noticeable in the south bay. Probably a little bit too warm for you in october. Close to 90 here in morgan hill, also gilroy and downtown san jose at 85. In the east bay, a few isolated 90s tomorrow. 90 in concord and 90 in antioch. Over to the peninsula, beaches warming up to rare october 70s, Half Moon Bay 73. Over to redwood city and 85. San francisco, no need for a jacket tomorrow, 79 in the mission. 74 in the outer sunset and through marin, napa, sonoma, a lot of upper 80s and low 90s. So tomorrow warms up, not that windy. But once again once we hit wednesday and thursdays forecast well see that wind increase. So lets get a look at the wind gusts. By 3 00 p. M. On website, it is beginning to increase here. I think by 11 00 p. M. On wednesday were up to 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour primarily in the north bay and the Higher Elevations. And that wind event would last right through thursday morning. Once again for the north bay and the Higher Elevations and then after that once we hit thursday afternoon, well begin to see winds calm on down. So my extended forecast looks like this. Wednesday night and thursday morning, we get the winds and fire danger and then a second wind event by sunday. Gusts up to 40 in San Francisco and that would linger into monday morning. And for those inland valley a second wind event sunday into monday. I think sunday is por widespread. So even the lower elevations on sunday would also get those gusty winds. Well have to see what happens with pg e but right now two wind events come in the next seven days. And just to see 90degree forecast. That is intense. Uncomfortable. Thanks. Up next, at 5 00, all you can eat food at levi stadium. The 49ers have a new food policy but it comes with a catch. One call 811 before you dig. Ings you can do is to make sure you calling 811 can get your lines marked. Its free, its easy, we come out and mark your lines. We provide you the information so you will dig safely. Itreat them all as if, they are hot and energized. Stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. Some relief for the housing crisis in santa clara county. More on theot where 130 units will be birth near the google village. County leaders said the project is ahead of schedule, theyll be similar to the Second Street studios, the complex for the homeless in san jose opening in august. Im just as happy to have a lowincome Affordable Housing here as market rate. Why . Because we need something on the site and people to have a place to live and the homeless need a place to live as well as anybody else. This project was part of the 950 million housing bond that the county voters approved with measure a three years ago. The goal of measurea is 4800 new Affordable Housing units in saa ara county over the next ten years. It is a good time to be a niners undefeated 60 and if yo get tickets for next year, you get free food. They will get unlimited food and drinks, all you can eat. Choose from 15 items but hot dogs garlic fries and pretzel and water and soda and alcohol is not included but the perk comes with a price. Each season ticket will increase an average of 20. A 49ers executive said were looking forward to this plan but if Joey Chestnut gets tickets well go broke. The start of the tahoe ski season is starting. That is coming up next. Tv just keeps getting better. How you watch it does too. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Tonight at 6 00, the disturbing message your dog will die. That is the yard sign causing concern for a bay area neighborhood. And why the owner wont take it down. That story and more coming up on our 6 00 newscast. Get ready to start shredding it. Break out your skis and snowboards, tahoe is set to open this friday and we have warm temps. But theyve been busy making snow. Snowmaking machines building up the base. This is the first ski resort in the tahoe area to open for the ski season. Did you say shredding it or just shredding. Shredding. Get ready to start shredding. For the millennials it is so hot here, it is hard to think about snow. Shredding. Shredding. No, start shredding it, babe. And well have more on the two wind events coming up. Thanks for joining us, lester holt is next. Bye. It. Breaking news tonight, the race against time here in los angeles. Firefighters rushing to stop an explosive fastmoving inferno. The flames threatening homes on fast a hilltop neighborhood mandatory evacuations ordered, schools sheltering in place. re in the fire zone. The deadly storm system, a powerful ef3 tornado, carving a nearly 20mile trail of destruction ss homes blaw nearly 20mile trail a home depot leveled the storm on the move as we come on the air the new threat. President trump urging his party to get tougher and fight impeachment and what hes saying about his sudden about face