In certain communities. Alameda contra costa and officials have already declared a state of emergency in in morgan hill a pedestrian night curfew has been put in place to deter crime. For many the loss of power will be a huge inconvenience. For the most vulnerable it can have serious consequences. We met with volunteers and caregivers checking on seniors. Pg e has been telling people for months to prepare for a power outage. There are those that simply cant. To meet them youve got to take a ride. The last two homes are went to both ladies are on oxygen. Reporter he drives sure meals on wheels and he says most of the elderly clients have no idea what is going on. The thought hasnt crossed their minds that they need water and basic food in the refrigerator might shut off for a few days and their food might go bad. Reporter ellen lives alone in her apartment and seemed confused by the things that dean was telling her. Im all mixed up. I dont know what to do or how to do it. I never even thought about this. The flashlight in her living room was broken. We found a working with by her bed. He tried to warn her about the danger of foods boiling but it didnt seem to register. Somebody will be by tomorrow. Okay. I dont know what the this is anyway. It was pretty much the same at every stop. Some clients had more awareness and others but none have the ability to take care of themselves especially alone and in the dark. I hope they dont eat bad food. For this demographic it is scary. There are 1000 people who survive on what meals on wheels bring them in the diablo region alone. If the power is cut to their kitchen, they will not be able to provide food. Do you think the people that make these policies understand there are this many Vulnerable People out there . I think they need to go on a ride along and see what situation these people live on and what will happen if the power goes out for that amount of town. Meals on wheels will continue the daily welfare visit. Without them this attempt to prevent a disaster could easily cause one. Kpix 5. The meals on wheels diablo region has a team of 400 volunteers and serve central and east Contra Costa County. Sonoma county is one of the hardest hit areas with nearly 70,000 customers in the dark so far. Tempers are flaring. Reporter the Power Outages begin early this morning as these residents loaded up on essentials for what they say is a manmade disaster. The states largest power supplier pg e has been forced to shut off electricity because of a forecast of high winds and bone dry heat expected to put pressure on its infrastructure. It is a desperate attempt to avoid what happened last november when sparks ignited the fire erupted the town of paradise killing 86. He lost his power at 2 00 this morning. He could be in the dark for days. They are a public utility. How did they plans, pass their mistakes onto s . The lling continue throuinan6 pm 800,000 people will be off the grid. Hes keeping his bar open for a few more hours with the generator. Im going to throw a number and say 30,000. Reporter turning off the power could cost is much is 2. 6 billion. The Economic Impacts very a lot depending on who was blacked out and whether its a factory or a supermarket or a home. At this sonoma hardware store, people have been waiting in line to be escorted by flashlight. This is not this is as usual. The worst of the wind is expected to hit tomorrow. In sonoma, kpix 5. Are tting airy before and after photos of outage. Is cltages only a few lights are seen in the distance. The rest of the area was pitch black. Power outages affecting schools today and tomorrow. San jose School District closed 19 campuses today and tomorrow. Mills college has cancel classes for the rest of the day and tomorrow. Santa Rosa Junior College will be closed on thursday and sonoma state has close classes through friday. The following nine schools will be closed tomorrow. Fruitvale, grass valley, mont clare, and sequoia. Runs still continuation sky liner and sojourner. The shut off cause potential problems for the evening throug the north bay right now. Mostly affecting surface streets because of the traffic signals. Traffic control is in some places. State route 121 at old sonoma highway, 121 at napa and arnold road. Largest rates and thoroughfares in that area and accidents reported around their specifically highway 12 atlas pineros. Various parts of stony road, old adobe, marin county, sausalito and traffic ntplace a be careful as you work your way through there. This is all in the northbay but that will change once phase 2 gets underway. Back to you. We are your source for the latest information on the pg e power shut off. You can find a complete survivor guys, guide at www. Kpix. Com. People have until october 21 to claim losses related to the wildfires back in 2017 and 2018. The nonprofit fire victims groups say people should file even if they dont have an attorney. Details can be worked out after the claims are filed. It is a david versus goliath fight we have been covering all year. 10 atomic control trying to hang onto their apartments. Constant rent increases to pay for it all. The board of supervisors is asking to crackdown on san franciscos largest landlord. It is clear that this is a big issue and not just a few tenants that are dealing with this and not just a few buildings. It is neighborhoods. We were at the rent board commissioners last night and we will have the latest at 11 00. President trump calling out steve kerr. How steph curry is firing back. Singer rihanna opens up about her decision not to perform at last years super bowl. Coming up, northbay residents are frustrated about the power shut offs. They want to know why the areas effective and the timing seems so random. Im at the live news desk and we are keeping a close watch on this fire burning in solano county. The wind is whipping it up and right now this is an area of wind turbines. That fire has burned about 50 acres. Given the dry weather conditions, it has the potential to grow to more than 500 acres. We do not believe there were any structures in that area. Officials are telling us at the scene that they are trying to direct traffic around us. You can see it near highway 113. We are also getting word that the additional phases are beginning to click off now in the sierra foothills. We are getting reports from cities like sonora, angels camp, murphys, that their power was caught off a 4 00. The entire highway 4 corridor has been turned off right now. And they are saying to expect of power to be off at least 24 hours. We will keep you updated on that situation as well. President trump is calling out warriors coach steve kerr after he said he had no comment when asked about the Houston Rockets gm support for antigovernment protesters in hong kong. And i watch this guy steve kerr and he was like a little boy he was so scared to answer the question. He was shaking. He did not know how to answer the question and yet he will talk about the United States very badly. He called him a little boy and President Trump has openly feuded with members of the warriors who have been critical of his it ministration and policies. In 27 mr. Trump said he wouldnt invite the warriors to the white house after members said they had no interest in meeting him. The warriors star steph curry joked about the president s comments saying quote welcome, steve, to the club. They have been known to make statements on social issues ranging from gun control to equal pay. Rihanna confirming that she was asked to perform during the super bowl halftime show and in an interview with folks who was asked if she said no. And this is what she said, absolutely. I couldnt dare do that. I could not be a sellout or an enabler. Theres things within that organization i do not agree with at all. Colin kaepernick neil during the National Anthem to protest racial inequality of police brutality. He later settled with the nfl after saying they conspired to keep him out of the league. Nike shoes have been seized at the seaport in los angeles. They are illegal fakes of valuable special edition and retro air jordan designs by nike. They were found in two containers labeled napkins. The value is estimated at more than 2 million. With the clock ticking down to the next round of those Power Outages, the oakland zoo has generators in place in case it all goes dark at 8 00. If the power does go out within five minutes we will switch everything over to our generators and keep our animals happy and healthy. The zoo has delicate creatures that require tightly controlled conditions. They are confident the animals will be safe and comfortable. This wind event, what is the latest . We all know we are under a red flag warning that started a 5 00 a. M. This moing. That is 18 hours. Theres a limited time where the winds will be at their worst. The National Weather service issued that to cover when the wind would pick up. If you want to be specific it is between 10 00 tonight and sunrise tomorrow and that is when the worst of the wind will move to the bay area. Right before sunlight summa going to pick out the three different parts of the bay area just to show you how were going to experience this depending on where you live. We are looking at the east bay. I want you to take a look at mount diablo with a 50 mileper hour wind. The winds pick up intensity when they have to get over those ridges. Plus your Higher Elevation the winds will be stronger. That is why this red flag warning has been issued. It is for the mountains. The Contra Costa County and Alameda County we are seeing wind gusts up to 30. Its not Strong Enough for a wind advisory. That is a low was grade advisory they would put out. Were not even looking at that and neither is oakland. It does get breezy but the issue is the hills. Look at the northbay at 5 00 a. M. 55 mileperhour sustained winds. For santa rosa, and we can go down into the south bay at 5 00 a. M. And if you look to Santa Clara County it is a bit breezy but those red bullseyes are showing up in the mountains. If we put the red flag warning on here thats why its only in the mountains. It will expire at 5 00 p. M. On friday. Lets get through sunrise tomorrow and then we technically have to get through 5 00 tomorrow afternoon. As far as the element that goes along with it, its also the dryer air. That surge of dark own that started to filter in and by the time we get to tomorrow morning, humidity levels will be in the teens. If we look at the mountains we will see a more impressive story. Single digits above 1000 feet and in the mountains and up on those ridge tops where the winds will be the worst. So there is the story. Here are your highs for today. We made it into the upper 70s for low, most locations. And if you have it notice about how bad the winds going to be, we have a nice cool down. If you like these numbers, you will love the 7 day forecast. As far as the headlines go, strongest winds tonight. Warmer for all on thursday. We will increase temperatures a little. Not much more than where we are right now. Midto warmer weather for friday and the weekend it will be a mild warm up. Tomorrow in the south bay santa clara, 80. Milpitas, 79. Walnut creek, 80. Fairfield, 82. Over toward the northbay, marin and sonoma upper 70s or low to mid80s. Very much like yesterday. In our seven day, temperatures may go up a little her down a little and they want change a whole lot from where they were today. Winds are the headline and we will keep a close eye on it. I will have much more on this red flag warning coming up at 6 00. Back ovyou. Mingup, check out the new home and a major discount. Are you can scored 25 tickets to the chase center this season. Announcer Time Magazine reports the new american addiction. How juul hooked kids and ignited a Public Health crisis. Other news outlets report juul took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Markets ecigarettes with kid friendly flavors and uses nicotine to addict them. 5 million kids use ecigarettes. Juul is following big tobaccos playbook. And now, juul is pushing prop c to overturn ecigarette protections. Vote no on juul. No on big tobacco. No on prop c. Wit looks like jill heading offe on an adventure. 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A live picture from pg e headquarters. We are minutes away from an up date on these Emergency Powers shut offs. We will bring you that press conference when it happens. We have the information you need to know about these emergency outages. Kpix 5 with your survival guide. They have been delay to 8 00 tonight and that is for parts of alameda, contra costa, san mateo and santa clara counties will be affected. In total more than 270,000 bay area pg e customers will be affected. Weve got life pictures coming in from grizzly peak. The winds are expected to pick up and cause some fire condition concerns. Lets get over with more details. It doesnt look all that bad up on grizzly peak. Theres not really a whole lot of wind. The trouble spot will be overnight. 5 00 a. M. And at that point grizzly peak has a 32 mile per hour gusts. Look at mount diablo. In oakland a 15 mileperhour wind you might not notice. The same story in the northbay. Look at the strong winds up in the mountains compared to santa rosa. The timeframe is 10 00 tonight and sunrise rr