And some breaking news. We speak were just hearing that First Responders have rushed to geyser phil. Right now we do not know the circumstances but kron fours michelle kingston joins us now live from geyser bill michelle. Wt do you see. Hi guys money for kind of he pictured here tell you. They are an weiner erupting. A huge role our place that weve been showing quite bit were a number of homes destroyed. Weve been here a couple hours now its a lot different here today than was yesterday we have that the pope thinking really hard to it. Its not a lot winds. And we kind of just not been able to see anything for the past couple of hours because it just your blanket of smoke, but i would say about a half hour ago 45 minutes ago thought to cooler room. Number of firefighters. Were coming down there. Heading for that limit moke. Were not really sure what exactly going on over their life. A very red on the top. It seems to be growing in size. The wind seems to have much more clear you are not being so much of that a blanket of smoke and it it it seems like we just had all all eyes on this. One it smoke and again on all the fire trucks that weve been seeing going up and down rather now heading directly not. Im michelle how many miles do you think it is away from you now. Its really a tough. But i would say about 2 miles. I didnt know exactly in the show you said. Did you have a across street. And guygers route which is. Where a lot of those homes that weve been showing you ah that were destroyed. Robert young vineyard. Yes, the end were actually now being an ambulance. Driving by now. Theres unconfirmed reports on twitter. Injury that that way nothing i can. Can really report on. Have you seen our air looks during official word is this the first ambulance youve seen add to that. For example and that he had there and really the article that the suspect out there. Today yesterday. So we up until this point we havent heard any reports of any injuries, but you do see ambulances you mentioned a red plume of smoke does that seem unusual because Everything Else thus far has been in life. Smoke. A white gray occasionally we would see some dark but in it believe that that would be a structure this is the first time were seeing we also havent really been seeing helicop or planes. Today but being though now you know again its hard to tell us the um medical or if there are helping fight the fire. Keep us posted as you learn more, certainly a developing story there and well be back in touch with you throughout the broadcast and i know youll be tweeting about it so i well get back with you. Throughout the night, yeah, i mean time a pair people are on pins and needles because of these a power shut off governor newsome once again bashing pge over their handling of the Public Safety power shutoff yet another big one is looming this weekend the governor did not hold back today and made it clear that the utility that he will try to hold the utility accountable. We should not have to be here. Years and years of greed. Years and years of mismanagement particularly with the largest investor owned utility in the state of california. P g any mark my word. It is a new day of accountability. A new day of transparency. This is not the new normal. This cannot continue the system simply cannot absorb it. That being said the genie has been warning folks for the past 24 hours or so potential historic wind event this weekend could lead the utility to cut power to some 850,000 customers thats 2, 2, and a half Million People pg e says that the wind event is expected to begin saturday between 06 10pm and then. Lasting intel midday on monday. So heres a look at how many people here in the bay area could be afected some counties in the 10s of thousands of customers as you can see like Solano County about 10,000 in all just under 400,000 bay area customers could be impacted. Pg e says that the bad weather is said do between 6 and 10 00pm saturday as we had mentioned earlier mean meaning those shots. Good happened several hours beforehand well among the 36 counties impacted by this next round of shut offs Contra Costa County where. Some 48,000 customers could see their lights go out this weekend kron fours dan kerman is live in a rocket tonight with how people are preparing and dan, i know that spot where 2 weeks ago when the power was shut off there was a fire in people had a difficult time evacuating in the darkness overnight. Thats right. I mean not only are they looking at a possible power shut off, but they have a firsthand view of what can happen when the powers out by this fire that happened nearby in moraga and so they have double concerns here one their power going off for several days on e and to a possibility of another fire. In morocco friday people were stocking up on ice and more ice and more ice. In preparation for the coming power shut off. We have a refrigerators one freezer this full of food, so we dont want to go to waste at moraga hardware people were picking up batteries and flashlights and coolers and more on the way we have a shipment coming in there tomorrow morning emergency shipment as were calling it 06 00am for more batteries more lanterns ice pack type things to ice just most of the people in morocco have already been through this once earlier in the month last time it was and ban was only 20 hours. Only last time there was also a fire in the middle of the night during the shut off. We were evacuated that was quite frightening. We got we got knocking on the door at 3 oclock in the morning. That makes the trepidation about the power shut off minor compared to the fear of fire were always worried about the fire still residents are frustrated these power shutoffs keep happening, i just cant believe that a Power Company like the genie camp. Get this arrange and do something about it we cant live like this for the next, you know couple of years, whatever. So i just you know i think everybodys irritated and i dont think anybody has the solution. And still all people seem to be irritated most still believe that its better to have power shut off then have another fire come this way we should also mention that moraga fire had nothing to do with the electricity at least thats the latest word. Were getting from mariah firefighters. Thats the latest live in raga dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you. Dan Santa Cruz County is also bracing for this planned shutdown which she is likely to affect even more customers than. Were affected some 2, 2, and a half weeks ago your car a flat a live for us up in the Santa Cruz Mountains with more on that and what people are. Doing to get ready for this hey rob. Thinking and ready im here in ben lomond along highway 9 in the san lorenzo valley the power was out here for 2 full days during the last power shut down a couple of weeks back as you might imagine. It was a very good very busy day in fact. Here at the only gas station in town. Lets take a look. Here we go again so say the steady stream of people filling up cars cans and propane bottles here at the shell station in downtown been loman. By this time tomorrow the telltale sound of generators will be heard throughout the mountains. I got around the generator to keep the well going to pump water to the house. Although subject to change pgd for now is projecting that as many as 45,000 customers, almost half of all customers county wide could lose power from roughly saturday evening to as late as monday afternoon county Communications Manager jason, how i would if you had power go out last time it looks like you should probably expect it to go out this time. With some additional loss specifically in the city of santa cruz looks like the only relatively safe area. In the city of watsonville this point. Generators will power workstations and allow staff to continue providing services here at the countys main medical facilities on emmeline street. The county is also planning to use generators to power traffic lights in a few key intersections after some 2 dozen went dark last time around. Meantime water managers are calling on the public to conserve the more water people use the more energy it takes from our generators to pump water through the system. To treat it out facility Treatment Facility and so the less people are using the less electricity it takes. Hence we are in better shape to withstand what could be a multiday. Shut down as he pumped gas for a steady stream of customers on friday. Shell manager tell hiv told me the station itself ran out of gas last time around. He says that wont happen this time. Yes we did you are already so thats why we ran out in 2 days so this time are more. You got a full tank. Im ready im ready but i this couple of we ordered some more guys coming by sunday, so. Now wait a minute mister, so got to thinking of the power went out here 2 weeks ago so if this a tanker truck shows up here uld be out and will e power be able top thatas we got on the horn this afternoon in a said got to take to come tomorrow on saturday. So there ill belenty of gas here. Morrow meantime a few moments ago i spoke to the manager over here today or rather 2 one of the guys doing most of the gas pump he said that he thinks he is build up more than 200 gas cans alone. Today we live in ben lomond rob fladeboe kron 4 news. It is need a lot of fuel and yes i would say people are Getting Better at preparing for these power shut off just cant be too prepared. Thats for sure. All Rebecca Strom is here now to update us on the latest with the fire conditions out there. Rebecca. Yeah, were definitely at a better humidity than what weve been seeing over the lacoupleays, were dropping down to Single Digits were now in the mid to even upper teens in the area. 81 degrees us still a pretty warm out there that were seeing im tracking 80s and even low 90s around the bay area wind speeds though definitely much better than what weve seen the last few days, im tracking about 15 Miles Per Hour with wind gusts of up to 24 so far so that is definitely nice were getting a break however, this break is not last furlong current wind conditions, yes under 15 miles hour. Average around the bay area but then fast forward and into this weekend, especially saturday evenin when were going to be seeing the winds really start to kick up. In fact this could be the wind event that were oito see for the entire year so far and thats really going to start to hit the north bay tomorrow night. So there is a high wind advisory issued by the National Weather service and in the higher bay ea under s highwind watc as well over the next couple of days through monday morning because were going to see wind gusts of up to 60 maybe even 70 Miles Per Hour. And some are Higher Elevations so definitely gonna make it harder. Aandle on ghters to try to get this fire. And also another red flag warning issued as we get into tomorrow and then thats going to as well with the warm as temperatures still going to be with us. All those answers coming up in just a bit now back to th. All right. Thank you rebecca, our coverage continues at kron 4 dot com and there you will find an interactive map of the potential shutoffs were tracking fire danger throughout the weekend. And we have update on the can kate fire thats burning right now in Sonoma County. Away from here. It does feel like its getting a little bit an assault tell you that but we did while were standing here. We saw several fire trucks moving path. Least one ambulance went by. But all say they were really going lights and siren. But they were certainly heading in that direction. There was a a ive been getting a little jittery from it and there was sheriffs officer who came by and i asked him you know how close is that and he said well you dont need to worry about it where you are so i ok, ill go back to live shot which is right here where you can see. Breaking scenes of devastation that governor Gavin Newsome came to see first hand. Be one of nearly 2 dozen homes destroyed in the king cake fire. His toll is tour happening shortly after declang a state of emergency for Sonoma County in Los Angeles County with a tick fires burning after his story came to the cal fire station in healdsburg where he shook hands with First Responders and talk about how the state is spending to prepare for wildfires and prix positioning of fire resources which he believes helped keep the contained fire from being a bigger threat. On his tour of the fire zone. Smaller versions of what has become all too familiar up here from 1718. Thats homes completely destroyed cars. Look like theve been in a war zone. All that melted down except a few curious items so 28 outbuildings 21, Residential Structures that we know of at this moment that had been destroyed. You see vineyards that been impacted obviously tremendous amount of land will assess the wildlife damage. But its a big big area and other a lot of hot spots still and theres still a lot of special work thats needed. But we are benefiting because of this respite of the winds and so people. So there, but those winds are predicted to come back. Saturday night into sunday. Now you can take a look at that plume of smoke that weve been looking at thats one of those hot spots the governor was talking about. Hes saying that Emergency Responders are preparing for wet this what theyre calling a historic and dire wind event could bring in terms of the fire. He says theyre working with meteorologist and state of the Art Technology to strategize and anticipate the movement of the fires cap reporting from guys are real. Im Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. All right maureen yeah, we are at the whim of the weather for sure right now we want to get back 2 of the forecast. I think a fire burning in Sonoma County impacting the air quality here in the bay area becca strum with us is going to get worse better. What we think. Well the hope is that tomorrow when were going to see that a high wind event that thats going to help clear a lot of the air a lot of the smoke out of the air for us, but for right now were definitely seeing it. The heaviest in the north bay guys and you can actually see her on the air quality math that im showing you the orange coloring on your screen of course right around the fire. Thats what were seeing it. The most right now the rest of the bay area not to heavily impact as of yet were definitely just seeing it mostly in the north bay for now. But of course that is set to change as we get through tonight and even into a early tomorrow afternoon because then we can see it start to spread across the entire bay area. There was a spare the air alert today in fact theyve also issued one for tomorrow just as a precaution because of the smoke and that were thinking that yes its going to be pushing through the bay area through tomorrow before that a wind event comes but for now look at this a nice clear shot overlooking downtown San Francisco right now so were not seeing and the haze in the air as of yet, but then this is a shot of the a bit as our cameras know just pointing towards the north bay. We can already see some of that smoke so definitely want to stay indoors if you can to rest of today and even into tomorrow because what we are expecting. Levels very unhealthy for the north bay, the coast and of course our east bay and our south bay locations. Ill let you know what the temperatures look 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 . 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I dont think we are in imminent danger right here right now still with the fire burning on the mountain behind his house, hes running sprinklers on the trees and his fence in case embers fly onto his property, same as it was 2 years ago terrifying and exciting and exhilarating in years said for people with losses. Stewart spent 16 years as a volunteer firefighter for the guys are ville Fire Department and has a deep appreciation for the work, hes a doer. Parts of pine flat roads are covered with fire retardant hillsides are charred black and the air is filled with smoke signed the fire remains close by with the potential to grow if the winds kick up got. Water stores got a generator, so i can run my well pump and maya my Domestic Water supplies keep our freezers cold and refrigerators that kind of thing hes also holding on to hope that his home will survive in geyser ville felecia all kron 4 news. Welcome back as we want give you live picture right now we mentioned earlier in the were on the phone with kron fours michelle kingston she described a situation where some fire trucks were racing to the scene. Of what appears to be. Portion of the think a fire that either rekindled or ignited something and on the west side of your screen you see the smoke coming from that area. Kingston and Maureen Kelly couple miles away. They witnesses they said it was him big red plume of smoke it doesnt appear read from that picture there from from what we can tell that is at geyser peak. Least that disclosed thats one of the closest to the citys you have if you go from geyser feel this is south and east of guys are ville so unclear why sparked this or if the winds kicked up for and if something specifically is burning but. Are trying to get more information there and try to reach out to cal fire to see what they can tell us again of a also mention that the they saw some ambulances go by as well so we dont have any reports of injuries but the. Well certainly stay on that. Ready to give an update on planned Power Outages over the weekend. Were going hear and welcome back to our coverage of the contained fire youre looking at a picture a live picture right now of a big plume of smoke. Near geyser peak right now. Yeah, is a new development within the past hour or so the fire head, largely been laying low if you will the winds had died down. And this smoke, it just been hovering. Out to 2 for much of the day while crews were really have during this thing again its a race against time for cal fire and the units assisting cal fire because they want to get this as contained as possible as not down as possible before the ferocious winds. Expected to roll. They really trying to throw everything they have at this fire. With alqaida resources to Southern California fires up and down the state, but this is new a certainly we didnt see this huge plume of smoke until recently. There are reporters who are located there just a couple of miles down the road there said you know they they saw the plume smoke and theres quite a scramble. That the prayer fire trucks firefighters heading to the 2 going to address this and they also noted some ambulances that were headed to the scene as well. Really kicked up this afternoon