Bam, everything went off and that was the end of the day. Reporter the city of santa rosa has its Emergency Operations center fully staffed. They estimate 50,000 to 60,000 people will be impacted within the city limits. Traffic lights at 24 intersections are expected to go dark. Our goal is to make sure that during the shutoff, that we do the most we can to protect our community. Reporter the owner of bettys fish andhips cooked up lunch for customers before the shutoff. They lost power for three days during the last outage. With a freezer full of just delivered fish, the potential losses are once again huge. I dont think theyre thinking about the families that are impacted, small businesses, retail, restaurants. There just has to be another way. Reporter now, we are inside village pet store. The good news here, just after the power turned off, they were able to start up a generator. You can see the freezers are now powered. Im going to walk you back here to the animal section. You can see cheddar the bearded dragon now has power. Hes warm. These are also powered for the fish. The critters are going to be okay. Everyone doing their best to brave and get through this latest power outage. Reporting live in santa rosa, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thanks for that update. Schools, by the way, are also at risk of going dark. Heres a list of schools that closed early today due to the potential power shutoff. Hidden valley elementary, santa rope sa accelerated charter school. Rincon valley middle. Maria carrillo high. As of right now, the schools will remain closed tomorrow unless pg e decides to keep the power on at those schools. At this hour, the wind is picking up. This is a live look in walnut creek. Lets bring in jeff ranieri. Timing is everything, especially when it comes to all those people wondering when and if their power will be cut. The wind, while it has started to pick up in the mountains, we think at this point from 9 00 p. M. Tonight until 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow, thats going to be the zone of some of the strongest winds in the hills and also the mountains. If this is your first time seeing our red flag warning map, i want to make sure you understand whats happening here. All areas in red, youre under this warning. For the north, east, south and Higher Elevations of parts of the peninsula, mountain gusts of 55 Miles Per Hour. Its going to be a lot different at the lower elevations. Only gusts up to about 20. Lets get a closer fix on the highest fire danger. Based on wind and humidity, its still going to be marin, napa and sonoma counties. You can see this area in orange. Thats our critical fire danger. So what about that wind . Weve already seen it gust up to about 45 Miles Per Hour for saint helena and mt. Diablo. Tonight, notice how this wind will build in first around the north bay with gusts that could hit 5 miles per hou0 miles per well, even if your power is going to stay on like contra costa county, the fire danger is still high. Were in a red flag warning right now in most of the bay area. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro is live in concord with a look at a new strategy firefighters are using to respond more quickly to fires. Reporter janelle, about an hour ago this entire parking lot was filled with fire engines from several different agencies here in contra costa county. Collectively theyre known as task force 2025, and they just took off to go back to their respective stations. Now, for at least the next 24 hours, the task force firefighters, engines, water tender trucks, and bulldozer will be strategically placed and available to respond to a fire at a moments notice across contra costa county. This prepositioning strategy paid off earlier this month when a fire threatened homes in moranga. It paid off because we got personnel and equipment to the scene a lot faster than waiting to have a strike team form up within the county because its a process to get a strike team to form up if its not a prepositioned strike team like this one is. Reporter together these firefighters are going to work as one unit. So if, for example, theres a fire in crockett, the entire task force, including all 20 by forming a special team in advance, it prevents draining departments of their resources. Governor gavin newsom allotted 25 million for this new program this year, and this afternoon, i talked with several homeowners here in concord, and they said that they really, really were glad to hear about this proactive approach to firefighting. Reporting live in concord, Marianne Favro, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Who has power, and who doesnt . Weve made it easy for you. Weve posted an interactive map right there on our website. All the impacted areas are colored there in that purple color. You can zoom in to the street level. You can also type in your address. That will also tell you if youre in the outage zone. Just head to nbcbayarea. Com. Our coverage continues in just a few minutes were going to take you to San Mateo County to show you how communities are preparing for possible outages plus some answers for a neighborhood in the east bay worried that a problem power pole could spark a wildfire. Those stories coming up at about 6 30. New details on the shooting outside Ridgeway High School in santa rosa. Police have found the gun. Take a look at the weapon. The shooting happened yesterday around 9 00 a. M. When police arrived, they found the teenage suspect in a classroom, but there was no weapon. They later found the gun in some bushes a few miles from campus. Officers believe another student put it there. They say both the suspect and victim are involved with gangs. The 16yearold victim was shot twice but is expected to be okay. An emotional night for Law Enforcement officers. A sheriffs deputy is dead and another recovering from gunshot wounds. Deputy Brian Ishmael of the El Dorado County Sheriffs Office was shot and killed while responding to a call about a theft from a private marijuana garden. It happened this morning in somerset, which is about 45 miles east of sacramento. An off duty deputy from the San Joaquin County Sheriffs Office was wish mail on a ridealong when gunfire erupted. He fired back at the suspects, trying to save ishmaels life. He was shot but is expected to be okay. Two men were arrested. Today i stand before you with the worst news that we can convey. Early this morning, we lost one of our heroes. You can see here a procession was held for Deputy Ishmael following the shooting. First responders parked on overpasses and stood atop cars to salute the procession. Deputy ishmael leaves behind a wife and three daughters. He was 37 years old. Back here in the bay area, closing arguments have started in the high profile murder trial involving a local real estate hare es. Tiffany lee is accused of arranging to have her exboyfriend kill, he was the father of her children. Her defense claims she was allegedly scared about losing a custody battle. Prosecutors say lee arranged with her then boyfriend to kill green. Her attorneys argue shes being wrongfully accused of a crime committed by someone else. They say green was killed in a botched kidnapping. Mark zuckerberg was back on capitol hill to explain his cryptocurrency plan called libra. But thats not what lawmakers wanted to talk about. Members of the House Financial Services committee blasted zuckerberg over facebooks online problems, including security, lack of oversight, and its failure to factcheck political ads. Do you factcheck on any ads at all . Yes. Describe what you factcheck on. Well, actually, thank you for the opportunity to clarify. Facebook itself actually does not factcheck. Zuckerberg explained the Company Works with a set of independent factcheckers. As for libra, one congressman claimed it was most likely to be used by drug dealers, terrorists, and tax evaders. A San Francisco supervisor whose challenged mayor london breed when it comes to homelessness now wants a better plan to handle trash and waste left in his district. Christie smith is in the city with the latest on this major problem. Christie . Reporter supervisor matt haney stumbled on a big pile of trash on the sidewalk and twreettwree tweeted out a photo expressing his frustration. He wanted the city to do more, including adding more trash cans in this particular neighborhood, but some shop owners we spoke with say thats exactly what they dont want. I want my neighbor toe nice and clean. Reporter this man runs a market in the tenderloin. He spends more time than he wants to cleaning up trash near the trash can outside. He says people have turned the area into a dumping ground. With a big bag or shopping bags full of trash. They just dump in, and they leave. Reporter he doesnt want trash cans out front because he thinks it will attract more dumping. As we spoke with him, the bags were picked up. Last night he cleaned up this mess. Supervisor matt haney tweeted a picture of it. Its disrespectful. Its dehumanizing for us to have trash strewn all over the sidewalks. Reporter he thinks more needs to be done including more city cans that are functioning and not broken. Something as basic as trash cans that are accessible and that work, we can do better. Sidewalk cleaning, pressure washing, we need to do more and better. He suggested big belly or smart cans as an option. We have crews every morning in the tenderloin washing down. Reporter the department of public works shared these pictures with us saying they put in quite a bit of resources into cleaning the neighborhood and have partnerships that work. The focus should be not really more trash cans or more sweeping. It should be more enforcement and getting people off the street. Reporter the department of public works says there are actually more than 3,000 city trash cans here in San Francisco, and theres a formula for how theyre placed. Often they are near bus stops or where people gather. Haney, though, is calling for a hearing on what he calls inaccessible or inadequate trash cans. Reporting live in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Thanks, christie. Up next, you might call her a serial who police say she is and what she admits about pulling up plants across the east bay. Also people in San Mateo County are getting ready to be in the dark. What theyre doing to get ready for these Power Outages. A fire warning is in effect right now, but heat, that is the second part of the story. Ill show you where at the coast well reach into the 80s tomorrow coming up in about seven minutes. Want to get back to our continuous coverage of the pg e Power Outages. As we mentioned before, parts of San Mateo County and heres the map there could have its power shut off later tonight. Nbc bay areas robert handa joins us in woodside, where many people are frustrated and a bit confused. Reporter thats right. And at this hour, some are actually getting a reprieve. This time around, pg e is targeting smaller pockets of San Mateo County including this neighborhood of woodside where about 500 people or so work and live, and where some told us they learned some valuable lessons the first time around. Lauren carey spent his day preparing for the worst. During thirst outage two weeks ago, the gasoline in his generator had gone bad. So hes making sure he has a fresh supply even though he doesnt agree with the pg e strategy. I think theyre going too far because, you know, we didnt get much wind here before, and i dont think were going to get that much wind here now. Reporter the owner of alices restaurant, including the gas station, says he actually ran out of fuel last time around and described the towns attitude toward the shutoff as agitated. I thought it was a major frustration on peoples part, and i think thats the sentiment youre getting across the board. Reporter at the cal fire atione i, ther extra staffing and vigilance. The big concern is the wind. Our larger fires are when have these high winds, and theyre usually up in the upper elevations. Reporter but at around 4 00 p. M. , many residents here, not necessarily everybody, got notices from pg e telling them the power would not be turned off due to improved weather conditions. Its a big relief that we know that our neighbors and friends are going to have power and that we its not going to cause hardship. Reporter again, since the notices are just going out, pg e could not tell us specifically who will lose power and who wont although it appears that most people will not lose power. It depends on the line theyre connected to. Pg e also emphasizes residents will get notices of their status, so no one will be left wondering what will happen to them tonight. Live in woodside, robert handa, nbc bay area news. Communicating is key. Thanks so much, robert. A community worried about an old power pole got the upgrade they wanted for years. Today, pg e crews replaced it. Last week we showed you the pockmarked pole damaged by woodpeckers in rockmore. The community claimed the pole has caused several fires and that pg e had promised to as tens of thousands of ag people in the bay area face another round of Power Outages, the bay areas largest city is moving forward with its plan to try and buy out pg e and build its own power grids. San joses power proposal was heard by the City Rules Committee today. Committee members say they believe the public would benefit from san jose taking over the power grid because it would mean better management and fewer potential blackouts. The mayor admits pg e has said its assets are not for sale, but he says hes not discouraged. Although pg e has stated that the companys assets are not for sale, in fact theyre in bankruptcy court. They are for sale, and whether they like it or not, they are at the mercy of the bankruptcy judge and ultimately the cpuc. The next step is to put the idea in front of the full city ncl. Thatppens on november 19th. Caught on camera, a woman stealing plants from some stores in the east bay. Walnut creek Police Posted this video on its facebook page. You can see her getting out of her car, then ripping the plants from the ground, and then taking off. Investigators say they have video of her stealing plants from the garden beds at six different locations. Her name . Kim murphy. Investigators say she admitted to stealing plants for more than 20 times in the past several months. Some help tonight for a couple hurt during the gilroy garlic festival shooting. This is wendy towner and her husband, francisco aguilera. They were shot with a gunman opened fire in july. Towners leg was injured so badly she was unable to drive her car, which was a stick shift. She was nominated for a program to get a new car. A good example of gilroy strong. Jeff ranieri is back to talk about the heat and the winds which would cause power lines to fall down. The wind forecast is right on track. I have not seen any changes to what we expect to happen tonight right into tomorrow morning. So lets bring you into that microclimate forecast. I want to start off, put this into perspective, what we are looking at. This is a fire danger rating scale. Its the same scale that firefighters use, and its based on humidity, wind, and also how dry the fuel, the brush is out there. And as we move through tonight, it is at 140, which puts it in the very high category. By early tomorrow morning, it jumps 20 points to 160. So the fire danger is real out here as we move through early tomorrow morning. Weve already started to see those winds gust up primarily in the mountains. Mount st. Helena down to mt. Diablo, 40 to 45 Miles Per Hour. There again has been no change to the fire warning thats in place. Its for the northeast, south bay, and for t santa cruz mountains. Gusts up to 55 Miles Per Hour for the mountains. And for the lower elevations, not as much. Only 20mileperhour gusts. This warning in effect until 4 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Lets put a track on this wind. We can follow it just like we follow a storm system. By 8 00 tonight,ce the focus of the brightest colors. Thats your highest wind gusts will be in the north bay down to about mt. Diablo. 20 to about 30 Miles Per Hour on average with gusts in the mountains, 3,000 feet and above at 55 Miles Per Hour. Well see that similar forecast until 11 00 p. M. Tonight. By early tomorrow morning, some of that wind starts pop down here near the peninsula and woodside. 20 to about 30mileperhour gusts but the real danger continues to be marin, napa, and sonoma counties. The way things have continued to look, we see this wind moving out of here by tomorrow afternoon, and that will certainly help to lower our fire danger. On top of the fire danger, its also a temperature story. Record setting highs tomorrow. Well start off aittle milder, mostly sunny skies. 71 in the trivalley. 71 in the east bay. Fog free in San Francisco. The north bay at 72. By the afternoon, 15 to even 20 degrees above average. So without any kind of airconditioning, if your power is cut off, it will be uncomfortable. 90 over to san jose. Some 90s here in the east bay from pittsburg to concord. Oakland at 88. Look at this. Beaches, 83 in hlf moon bay. Redwood city, 88. After will likely have upper 80s, and downtown, the mission at 87. Right through wine country, lots of low 90s throughout tomorrow. My extended forecast has that wind coming down as we hit tomorrow afternoon. Notice by sunday, temperatures drop to 69 with a cooler system and likely more winds gusting up to about 35 Miles Per Hour. Well stay in the 60s in San Francisco through early next week. Also going down to 77 on sunday for the inland valleys. Were waiting on some critical information on the sunday wind event. We will know a lot more as we head through the next 24 hours. I want to get us through what were dealing with right now and then well really put a focus on sundays event as we hit tomorrow night and friday. People in San Mateo County parts could see their power maybe late overnight, last check from pg e. I personally want to stay away from the Power Outages but the wind definitely could be gusting up tomorrow morning. Up next at 5 00. Google says its created the fast every computer on earth, but its biggest competitor, ibm, isnt happy. Well explain. The skyrocketing use of meth has become an epidemic i San Francisco, but now city leaders have a new idea to curb the problem. The city plans to create a Sobering Center to help people ride out their highs and then ideally enter treatment. A special Drug Task Force studied meth use and determined that users need more ways to get help. Leaders hope the center will meet that need and eventually lead to safer streets and fewer overdose deaths. Google says its achieved something new. Quantum supremacy. 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