This is about the wind. The wind blows a branch into a wire. The wire is hot. It falls on the ground. Away we go. This is happening right now to about 21,000 residents in the sierra foothills including parts of butte nevada and yuba counties. Here in the bay area at northbay counties were put on notice for a possible power shutdowns today. Pg e decided not to take that step just yet. In sonoma napa and lake counties. Those areas are in the danger zone. For tomorrow. That includes parts of santa rosa. Cities of napa and calistoga. Pg e is monitoring santa rosa closely. The citys Emergency Operations center open up today. County officials are preparing it in case of a shut off. Shutoffs can be dangerous for some like medical professionals who rely on electricity or treating patients. We dont have the ability to run generators and certain complexes. We want to be able to keep things cool. They dont have to be frozen. We have to maintain temperatures. We are running upwards of 100 degrees. If pg e orders a preventative shutdown in your area it will take 24 to 48 hours after that to fully restore the power. These schools in the santa rosa district might be impacted. Hidden valley elementary. Ren con valley middle school. Maria correio high school. At the watch stage for tomorrow. Most of those areas have been put on hold for now. Tomorrow could be even more critical. It will be another waiting game for a lot of the cities and counties right now. We will stay on top of the situation and give you the latest from pg e as it comes in. Fire Officials Say mill valley with homes nestled on the hills of mount is vulnerable to a major fire. If it happens a quick evacuation will be critical. Emily turner on the key factors for that fast escape. Reporter when it comes to red flag days everybody is on edge. None more so than folks who live in these hillside communities of marin county. Really this is where the red flag warning applies. But also because this is where it will take the most time to evacuate if they need to. We know where the prevailing winds come from. We know where the likelihood the fire comes from. About that can be life or death on the narrow heres side streets of mill valley. Even more important than knowing where the fire comes from says this homeowner is knowing where to go when it arrives. There is a lot of ways we can go. Our primary plans have us going down miller. But both he and his neighbors planned to leave on foot. Cars likely wont get very far. Living on mount tam has some pretty obvious advantages. One of them being the fact it has absolutely stunning views. There also are some major disadvantages. One of those is trying to get off of the mountains in the event of an emergency. In trying to get out that mountain quickly. Lets time it. Reporter almost 7 minutes. Seven minutes is best Case Scenario a perfect day with no one on the road. The reality is it could be a long time delay to get out. Reporter marin fire said just thousands of people evacuating on the road out while fire crews tried to get in. Gridlock wont begin to describe it. That is why this year marin fire added to the front of their vehicles. So they can move whatever blocks the path to the blaze. As far as the fire is concerned he said. It isnt a matter of if but when it happens. It hasnt burned in a long time. We are due for a mater major catastrophic fire. Reporter all that video you just all of those fire crews pulling out today. Those are the strike teams that have been authorized additionally not just to reach any red flag warning issues happening in marin county but all over Northern California. Marin county fire has eight engines ready to go. In the event of a fire in the area. You want to jump on it as quickly as possible. As you can see can cause major damage if a fire gets anywhere in these hillsides. The fire danger also elevated. Right now around the east bay hills and mount diablo. Contra costa Fire Protection district say they are ready. They showed f isth new bulldozer. That is to go with an older model they have had since 2005. They say having to will make a difference. We have doubled the firefighting capacity. We can double the firebreaks. And half the time. We can do lots of preparation beginning a fire season. And we can get out there to either one big fire with two dozers. We have the capability of go to two different fires at the same time. Multiple and simultaneous fires are a real possibility during peak season. More resources to help you prepare for the fire danger. On our website. Check if your neighborhood could be impacted at the power shut off. Sign up for napa and Sonoma County emergency alerts. The top story kpix. Com. As we go to this period of high fire danger we have you covered. We will be on alert keeping you uptodate on any fires that break out. A judge in San Francisco has dealt a major blow to opponents of a homeless shelter on the waterfront. The Embarcadero Navigation Center is already taking shape when a former parking lot. Andrea after todays ruling it is full speed ahead. Reporter that is right. Take a look over here behind me on the embarcadero. These are already going up here. Just feet from traffic. A judge ruled today construction can continue. Construction on the embarcadero homeless Navigation Center continue tonight. After a San Francisco judge denied a temporary restraining order on the project from neighbors. He got it wrong. There is no question. Reporter save embarcadero for all argued the city was in the Navigation Center would harm the neighborhood. The judge disagreed. Nor does the court except petitioners argument that it has shown irreparable harm here. From that potential that the opening of this Navigation Center may subject its members of the public. Save embarcadero set the port and the city did not arrange for a lease a fair market value for the land. Our appraiser valued it at 90 million. The citys appraisers valued it at 60 million. Tax revenue alone to the people of the city of San Francisco the state of california the city estimated 2 million a year should be getting from this. Right now it is getting pennies. Reporter leading the charge against the sensors said he wont move. But is not optimistic about the future of the neighborhood. During the potentially four year and long tenure of the center. Looking at the way the city has run other navigation sensors. We dont have any confidence the city will be able to run this one. Without negative consequences for the neighborhood. Reporter City Attorney slipped out without talking to reporters. San Francisco Mayor issued a statement via twitter. We are moving forward because we need more sensors to help people off the streets and connect them with services. Reporter the city of San Francisco is pushing for with all of this at this point. The plaintiffs in the case state the decision is appealable. They are considering the option of appealing it. They are pushing forward with a lawsuit. Weight want to wait until the judge is written ruling comes out before they make their final decisions. Tonight we continue our series project home. A deeper look into the troubled bay area housing market. How we got to this point in the efforts to bring about change. Tonight you will meet Patrick Shannon a Senior Living on a fixed income in San Francisco nor the beach. His wifes suffered a stroke and money is tight. His landlord is raising the rent and patrick worries he will have to leave the city he calls home. I wish they would have picked on me when i was in good form. But they come at me when we are vulnerable. Patricks landlord just happens to be the largest in San Francisco. And while what they are doing is legal the city supervisor said it is wrong. Catch project home tonight at 11 pm. President trump whistleblowers complaint saying he put pressure on ukraine to investigate the son of democratic rival joe biden. According to the wall street journal during a phone call in july mr. Trump urged to you ukrainian leader eight times to investigate the former Vice President and his son who worked for a company in ukraine. The President Trump denies using military aid to the country as leverage. I did not make a statement. That you have to do this or im not going to give you aid. I wouldnt do that. President trump said he may release a transcript of the call. He and others in the administration say that could set a bad precedent. President trump is scheduled to meet with ukraines president at the un on wednesday. To date mr. Trump did make an unscheduled stop at the United Nations special summit on climate action. He did not make any remarks. The president had meetings with other leaders. 200 countries are but dissipating in that climate summit. 16yearold activist retta had a powerful message to world leaders. We are in the beginning of a mess extinction. All you can talk about is money. Economic growth. How dare you. She is demanding urgent action to stop climate change. The swedish teenager has become a youth leader. She sailed across the atlantic a carbon free trip to attend the conference. A new acquisition for facebook. The startup working on computers that can control your mind. Heartbreaking update to a california amber alert. A toddler believed to be taken by his father. The disturbing discovery on a Central California road. The worlds oldest travel firm collapses leaving thousand stranded. How the British Government is scrambling to get people home. East bay neighborhood willing to give up some privacy to feel say. The new tool to keep criminals out. The juul record. They took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. Old boy abducted by his father from the Central Valley appears to have ended in tragedy. Two bodies have been found near a car linked to last weekends amber alert. The discovery was made on the rural road the stanislaw for hours. 32yearold stephen at abducted his son. And warned he was armed and dangerous. Last night Sheriff Deputies say they found his red car they were traveling in. They have yet to officially identify the bodies found near the car. A woman was struck and killed by a hitandrun driver in san jose last night one s. King road illegal way. Invest get us believe a dark blue or green truck was heading south on south king road when it hit the woman who was in a crosswalk. The victim was found in the road and was taken to the hospital where she died. Police said the truck and driver were last seen turning west onto story road. British government scrambling to get its citizens home after the collapse of the worlds oldest travel firm. Thomas cook flew to several u. S. Destinations including San Francisco and la. The final thomas cook flight arrived in Manchester England monday Morning Hours after the Company Announced it was shutting down. That has left 150,000 british citizens who are currently on vacation stranded around the world. Britains Civil Aviation authority is figuring out how to bring everyone home. It could be the largest peacetime repatriation in uk history. Over 40 aircraft. Those aircraft are imposition. In the next few hours will start bringing passengers home. The company has been operating for 170 years. And employees 21,000 people in 16 countries. A drop in the british pound and a slowdown in bookings caused by brexit uncertainty are to blame for the downfall. As of 01 of 26 airports in california set to get millions of dollars in infrastructure grants. They will get 7 million for electrical system upgrade for airfield lighting. 6 million for sound installation. Meantime buchanan field will get one. 5 million for one runway repairs and runway lighting improvements. Imagine controlling your screen with just a flick of the wrist. Facebook wants to make that sciencefiction dream come true. Tech crunch reports the social media giant is buying up control labs. A startup making a wearable wristband that reads neural impulses. Translates your movement into actions on the screen. It is facebooks latest investment into neural input devices. In the first time the company could turn research into reality. New initiative in Santa Clara County to stop wage theft by restaurant owners. Officials celebrated the opening of a new agency. Office of labor standards enforcement. Initial focus is to ensure that existing judgments are paid out to retail food workers. Any business that refuses to comply could have its permit to serve food suspended. The countys coo had a message for workers. We are here to advocate for you. We are here to protect your rights. And to help collect what you have earned and what is owed to you. Santa clara county has the highest number of wage theft claims and all of the state. Crews in san bruno repairing a water main break today. The second in as many days. The city managers at the first break happen sooner early sunday morning. Off skyline boulevard. Crews try to fix that leak. Too much water pressure broke the water main into other places. What is left of hurricane is slamming arizona. Within two inches of rain triggered flash flooding and road closures. The area that was impacted by monsoon flooding called Apache Junction has issued more than a dozen road closures in their town. Despite the warnings cars have been attempting to cross through flooded streets. A crusade a mom and her child from the stranded vehicle. Multiple agencies have issued several safety warnings including the Maricopa County department of transportation. And a Flash Flood Warning in the National Weather service. They are getting the rain and we will be getting the heat in the wind. The offshore wind is the key for us. Arizona turnaround dont drown. If you think you cant get through. Even if you think you cant get through be smart. The water can carry your car away. For us went high fire danger in heat the next two days. Your quality will be poorer. Unhealthy air quality east bay south bay next day and also likely wednesday. Pour airquality spare the air day tomorrow. Wednesday as well. Very likely unhealthy air quality. When coming from the Central Valley not from the ocean which cleans the air. We got warmer today. I dont want to call it hot. You will be in the triple digits. 10 degree hotter tomorrow. Oakland you made its 80. San francisco 71. San jose 82. Milder night tonight. We stay in the 60s. Fremont 63. Napa 61. San francisco 62. Castro valley tomorrow 90. 93 degrees. 91 on wednesday. It is all about the wind direction. Many parts of the country northwind is a cold wind. Not for us here. Northwind is one version of not having an onshore flow. It is the opposite coming off the warm to hot mountains of Northern California. Big ridge to the west and the perfect spot to enhance that. Storms passing by to the east. Counterclockwise flow around those storms enhancing the north to northeast wind. The wind is coming from Northern California and not from the ocean. With critical fire danger. No clouds. The coast you will warm up likely to the low 80s the next couple days. Hi cloud cover on wednesday. The low clouds that move in. It all ends on thursday. As the low clouds begin to build off the coastline they will push in lynn on thursday afternoon. A two day heat even any today critical fire even. The red flag warning begins at 9 pm nightht rough on tuesday. Until just before the lunch hour wednesday. North bay and east bay hills and mountains with Higher Elevation will be windy humidity will be low. The fuels have been dry the past couple months. With gusty winds and low humidity the fire danger goes from high to extreme. We will be warm all the way to the beach tomorrow and wednesday. We talk about the happening and struck september and october. One sure breeze returns thursday. 20 degrees cooler thursday in some spots. He will fall below average for our highs friday in the upcoming weekend. Tomorrow will be a hot one. 102 santa rosa and napa. 101 concorde. 98 vallejo. 92 oakland. Mountain view 96. Redwood city 96. Almost 90 San Francisco. Close to 80 and pacifica were Half Moon Bay or pescadero. Hot on wednesday. Significant cooling on thursday. We fall back to average on friday. Below average with middle 60s near the water in middle 70s and lynn saturday sunday and next monday. Hot and dry for the next two days. Antonio brown is done with the nfl. The former receiver has found a new way to spend his time. 49er faithful are celebrating their teams undefeated record. San francisco lost one of their key starters on defense for an extended period of time. We are up next. [white rabbit by jefferson airplane] one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you smaller and the ones that mother gives you dont do anything at all remember what the dormouse said welcome aboard. Feed your head Antonio Brown released by two teams this month is going back to college. The former wide receiver posted an image on instagram. Showing the courses he is taking online essential michigan university. The school he attended before the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted him in 2010. The university confirms brown is enrolled. He now has more legal trouble to deal with. He is facing a civil suit for allegedly trashing a condo he was leasing in miami last year. A judge there ordered him to appear for a videotaped deposition tomorrow morning. Separately two women have accused brown of Sexual Assault and harassment. Three weeks in the nfl season the 49ers one of only seven teams unbeaten. The good and the bad. It hasnt happened since 1998. A long time ago. The future for the 49ers. Yesterdays victory came at a price. Quarterback with a spoon is expected to miss at least a month. He has a sprained foot. Big loss for a team that has Something Special cooking in santa clara. With this phone. That is a great. Yesterdays menu featured plenty of turnovers. 49ers had five. The defense bailed them out when recovered a fumble. The gamewinning touchdown. Jimmy g to dante pettis in between two steeler offenders. The only thing that matters is the 49ers a 30. We left probably four touchdowns on the field today. We just cant have that. Luckily we have enough in this locker room we found a way to won. It is not always going to be a blowout. Sometimes you have to keep you on the edge of your seats. We have to keep you involved. We have to keep you on the edge of your seats. The 49ers have three games. 30. Two of them not particularly impressive. They are 30. They are having fun with this. They get this week off. And in cleveland monday night football at levi stadium. Coming up at 5 30 pm a county warning schools about fake pills. They look real that they are laced with a deadly drug. My Health Officials are reaching out directly to parents. People living in this neighborhood have chosen to trade some of their privacy for safety. We will have the story coming up. To sixyearolds are rested arrested at their school. The incident that forced caused a florida officer his job. The pills that look like the real deal. But can quickly take your life. A new warning from Santa Clara County. Fake pills have taken a dozen lives. Those pills look like percocet. They are laced with a deadly drug. In san jose where experts are sounding the alarm tonight. Reporter the death toll in Santa Clara County about these fake pills is rising. We are learning about a second teer
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