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Two breaded chicken patties plus fries and a drink for 4. 99. Three patties for 5. 99. Or even four for just 6. 99. Four patties . Well, tickle my elbow no thank you. Try my really big chicken sandwich combos. Starting at 4. 99. Welcome back a and we have liftoff pg any workers take to the air to begin the inspections needed before power lines are re energized. And its happening is a part the bay area are nearing 48 hours of black shoppers took off from the airport in santa rosa and Sonoma County thats where kron fours Maureen Kelly is standing by live. Maureen 44 chopper sounds like a lot but this is a big job. Stood there for a second, but yeah we have 3 of those choppers took off from right here at the Charles Schulz airport in Sonoma County. It looks like one of them just recently landed and re field. And appears to be getting ready to take off for another inspection tour. You can see it behind me right now. You can see behind right now looks like its taking off right here. You know this is one of 3 of 44, like you said theres. There is 6300 ground inspectors are going to be going out to visually inspect all these different lines yeah, it looks like weve got somebody taking off for yet another tour. Maureen kelly certainly an important part of this operation live tonight at the Center Airport thank you maureen as we now come back here, good get a check on that you could hear the wind blowing. And thats the thing is being concerning everybody so yeah, all those winds whip around the bay area you know almost 80 mile an hour winds, some parts year, but those winds begin to calm down a still breezy out the red flag warnings have been taken down everywhere except for the delta now so the fire danger is decreasing, although i think it remains elevated through the night tonight and even tomorrow were going see some dry air settling over the bay area. Thank you see kind of haze out there that some of leftover smoke from some of those fires around the bay settling in there will be there tonight. Hey lets check out the longrange forecast i want to give you idea if we can get some rain in here. A significant rain or bring an end to the fire season here we go as we take you through time looks like were going to see a change in for the weekend cold front dives in toward the bay area, not going to bring us any rain its going to fall apart, but it will ramp up the marine layer that sea breeze and thats some good news that will bring up the humidity and decrease the possibility of some fires and then as we get in the middle of this next week weve got another cold front on the way bringing a few more clouds but staying dry on tuesday that could all change though as we get toward lot of part of the week youve got this system thats going to drop in maybe bring in a slight chance of showers the bay area. Right now it doesnt look impressive enough you need about an inch of rain to bring an end to the rain season. I dont think see it from that storm system less things change and then behind that this what concerns me weve got another big ridge of High Pressure so next weekend. We could be talking about not this weekend but next weekend. We could be talking about the possibility of some more gusty winds and high fire danger in the bay area. Alright temperatures for overnight lows tonight. Theyre going to be chilly in spots plan on these numbers down about 39 degrees the napa valley members some very dry out there out there so its going to drop the temperature drop in a hurry tonight, 38 degrees for low in sane tches of frost in the north bay see 40s 50s in and around the bay and about the 50s in the parts of the south bay by day tomorrow. It is looking special 77 in San Francisco, 75. Youre not going those windy conditions in daly city 74 in millbrae 74 also burlingame 76 in san carlos 81 in palo alto the south bay are looking at 70s and some 80s really just a gorgeous sunday around the bay area tomorrow and the fire danger will be much less as we head throughout the bay area tomorrow to as the sea breeze is going to start kicking in the afternoon. Lot 80s even in the berkeley 80 of lael 81 in benicia 81 the napa valley almost 70 degrees at stinson beach. So the next 2 days. Were going to bring some cooler temperatures a few more clouds coming our way on saturday and then looks like late next week, theres at least a chance of some rain. Still to come marijuana could soon be allowed on k through 12 campuses will tell you about the new law signed by governor newsome. And vapingrelated deaths have now increased to more than 25 latest on the baby crisis. And california is now banning hotels from giving out those tiny plastic toiletry bottles. Mom can feel purse anymore will tell you when the ban goes into effect. 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. Those small plastic shampoo bottles we usually get we stay at hotels. Governor Gavin Newsome signing a law banning hotels from giving them out the law says that hotels will have to install reusable dispensers instead law takes effect in 2023 for hotels with more than 50 rooms and 2024 for hotels with 50 rooms or less down Marriott International has already said that theyre going to eliminate small plastic bottles in its hotels by december 2020 and the city of santa cruz has already passed such a ban scheduled to take effect on december 31th 2020. California schools may allow medical cannabis on campuses soon the new law allows parents to administer medical marijuana to their children on School Campuses but the School Districts will have final say on whether that can happen on their grounds. The law signed by reverses a current pop band within a 1000 feet of k through 12 campuses laws known as the joe joe act named after a teenager in South San Francisco who uses medical marijuana to treat severe epilepsy. The law goes into effect january 1st. Looking clear skies tonight decreasing winds fire danger continue now on our breaking news tonight pgd is giving the allclear to begin power restoration in several counties, but 10s of thousands of people are still waiting for an estimate on just when theyre going to their power. Cant come soon enough, but heres where we stand now pga Officials Say crews are working to restore power and all affected areas the process involves inspecting power lines for potential weather related damage. They have to look at all these lines physically look at them all the lines that were d energize the utilities employing more than 6300 people on the ground also using 44 helicopters to inspect some of the hardest to access areas. And of course this is contingent upon well at the whim of the weather basically right yeah. Mean weve weve had such strong gusty winds around parts of the bay area. I think has a lot explaining to do a lot of people are very very upset that their power got turned off and maybe when the wind in their s weve got the sandalwood fire also race fire that is burning there you see near a Moreno Valley near beaumont as fire conditions are going to be greatly elevated in parts of the south as we are going to see some very strong gusty winds the santa anas are going to howl there tonight in fact those winds are really going to be blasting throughout the night tonight, maybe 55, maybe even some 75 mile an hour winds. So extremely gusty winds developing in the Southern California. We also have some very gusty winds to affect our winds around the bay area check this out it was very impressive watching this all come together last night. Those blowing almost 80 Miles Per Hour is mount saint helene im a mount diablo 75 mile an hour winds, the Oakland Hills which is extremely dangerous. Youve got a lot of People Living around that area over 50 mile an hour wind sonoma, almost 40 mile an hour winds. There San Francisco gust just 24 Miles Per Hour. L around the bay area, the winds were howling quite a bit that now start to quiet down somewhat 10 Miles Per Hour in a sense is going notice the direction out of the west here, a west at sfo to and that some good news thats a little bit of a sea breeze, more of an easterly wind though, and oakland right now so were not done with the offshore wind just yet. Overnight tonight billion of some changes as we head toward the middle of the night. Yeah, it calms down in places that were seeing some gusty winds, especially in the north bay, those winds really diminished and that means were in for a pretty cold night around the bay area but the great news is the fire danger also come down quite a bit and then by tomorrow afternoon notice the direction of the win. All of a sudden were getting a westerly wind around the entire bay area and that means were going to great news as the moisture from the so is going start to move on shore and tt y come up tonight, especially along the coastline member were dealing with some places like santa rosa down to 3 . The driest ever seen before. Yesterday afternoon. Now things are changing were going to see a rise in that humidity level by tomorrow afternoon thats going to back off and some of the interior valleys a bit so i think even though were not seeing wins lothe delta still got some red flag warnings up in your neighborhood and continuing right to the Sacramento Valley and up in the Sierra Nevada Southern California of course dealing with those santa ana winds and fire danger will continue for them right through tomorrow morning. Rather they are tomorrow is going to be just a gorgeous day no fire danger to worry about those temperatures are going to be spectacular 70s and 80s all the way to the coast. All right lawrence, a state lawmakers are sounding off on p gs Public Safety power shutoff Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains their concerns. Were following up a state lawmakers as pg e continues through this process of those Public Safety power shutoff lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say this cannot be a longterm policy for the utility, its tragic. Its sad. Its very factional state senator jerry hill has the utility intentionally cut off power to customers he s hearing back in august in preparation for the power shut off. But says lawmakers never expected this we thought it would be sure. You wouldnt think that they would all of that their hill is urging state regulators to investigate every aspect of the shut offs including what he calls confusion and collapses in communications, its really a Crisis Assembly republican with devon mathis also has concerns but says the issue is broader pg needs to play their role they need to harden their lines. Not read headlines about how their executives are getting millions of dollars. You know thats not cool. At the same time the state and the federal government needs to go in and clean up the force to do their part. Lawmakers acknowledge action needs to be taken to avoid the issugo hey were the 5th largest economy in the world and guess what by the doing thi to protect themselves from any liability and it may be a a broader stepped in they should have taken we dont know and thats why the eu see needs the California Public Utilities Commission is also keeping a close eye on these power shut off the cpu see is demanding pge submit a report within 10 Business Days after this event is over. Reporting in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Now an update on the vaping crisis. The number of vapingrelated illnesses in the us continues to rise. Now reaching about 1300 cases and weve seen at least 26 deaths, 49 states have reported illnesses alaskas the only one not 2. The outbreak appears have started back in march symptoms include severe shortness of breath. Fatigue chest pain, most people who got sick said they vaped products containing thc the marijuana ingredient thtne in 8 said they vaped only nicotine until pinpointed the cdc is advising americans to refrain from using any vaping products. So is this weekend you heard of practicing right, yeah, shell lot of people say this is their favorite weekend of the year can you blame on top parties go at the Marina Grande wouldnt buy a beer. Sailors are at yet sailors not before the blue angels fly them, different the planes were and in the skies today, practicing you drive an abc allowed to be a poll over trying to catch a glimpse. It is a sight to see check it out. Hundreds of people of course, hundreds of thousands come to the bay area ever year to get an up close look at the air show the f a a 18 hornet. They were buzzing the golden gate zoom in down van that see if you are up on a roof, get your hair parted by one of these things they are just spectacular and look how close what about 18 inches apart wing tip to wing tip. It is fantastic decision fly, you know if youre wondering where to go to check out the navys aerobatic air shows ball kron fours. Has made you shows us that e snavy pilots on both it is fleet week and without a doubt the best place to watch the blue angels air show would be right here at marina green in San Francisco. It certainly is a great place to watch it. No question about it nothing in your way any in any direction. Charles la follette knows what hes talking about watching the blue angels air show is a longrunning annual tradition for this russian hill resident over the years, its been terrific we we moved here 50 years ago and i seen in almost every year. Other locations where you can see the blue angels fly in San Francisco, like twin peaks were example, up here you will enjoy a one of a kind experience that includes an iconic view of the city and those blue jets flying above it Fishermans Wharf pier 39 offers great unobstructed views of the sky overlooking the bay youll be sure to catch more than a glimpse of the blue angels here. Then there was beer 14 next to the Ferry Building from here youll have a pretty awesome view every time, those f 18 hornet had eased over the bay bridge with those of you who live iand cant make it to the city but still want to get your patriotism on try the port of oaklands Middle Harbor Shoreline Park were you a fine day different perspective of the Navy Fighter Jet soaring above the bay. So you say you have options. Of those locations work for you dont worry, we have got you covered show is great going to be can s if you can see alcatraz they say that center stage so you know lot of coastline here not only in San Francisco, but you know great headlines, the east bay you can you can find a lot of places its you can sure hear them. Yeah gonna put you can stay at home. I have been up again. I was going to say you can stay at home grab your remote like is and tune in is a 2 to 4. 02 00pm to 04 00pm on saturdays at saturday saturday. You want to fly one of those things. Alright look forward come try my really big chicken sandwich combo with two patties for 4. 99, or three for 5. 99, or four for 6. 99. Thats an amazing deal, jack hey, thanks, stanley. Ow. Wait, whats happening . Stanley youre deflating hold me, jack only at jack in the box. Two breaded chicken patties plus fries and a drink for 4. 99. Three patties for 5. 99. Or even four for just 6. 99. Four patties . Well, tickle my elbow no thank you. Try my really big chicken sandwich combos. Starting at 4. 99. The breaking news that pg is holding a News Conference right now now to update the bay area on whats happening in terms of the power shut off or go into that right now briefing and then well get off questions and answers. We have our president and ceo bill johnson of pg corporation. We also have some use a Vice President Community Wildfire safety program. And laura gym on a senior Vice President and chief customer officer of the company. After we have them talk was it a q and a and for those people on the phone just remember you can call our media line 24 7. 4, 1, 5, 9, 7, 3, 5, 3, 9, 0 we imagine going about 30 or 40 minutes tonight. So we look for debris from you want turn it over to bill. Good evening, everyone. He said im bill johnson, the ceo of Pg E Corporation and with that title comes easy, responsibility for this p s p s event. Spent a good part of the last week in the Emergency Operations center. Want start by acknowledging where we are in this moment. 2 days ago we decided to proactively turn off power to 800,000 customers. The largest asps event. And these that we can fight. As a result of this millions of people have been without a fundamental service, they expect and deserve. Run their business