Pack your belongings and get ready because of the fire moves in this direction, residents need to be ready to get out immediately. On the western side that we are repopulating, we are also calling for new evacuation warnings on the eastern side into lake county. Its a result of the change in weather conditions referred to as zone 31 in western lake county. Reporter looking at your screen, this is what it includes with the evacuation warning issued last night and from the road south to the county line, all of buts canyon road in lake county between 29 and the napa county line and highway 175 between 29, middleton and north to mckinley drive. Anyone in these areas should be ready to go at a moments notice and lake county is no stranger. It was four years ago that middletown was leveled, killing four people and destroying nearly 2000 instructions and burning 76,000 acres. We are here where a chp vehicle is blocking it off because dozers need access and they are using this for that. Its important to listen to Evacuation Orders. There is heavy machinery going up and this is moving toward lake county and it has been spreading slowly. We hope firefighters will get a handle before the red flag warning goes into effect. In lake county, sara zendehnam, ktvu fox news. How is the air quality and are you feeling much wind . Reporter not really feeling much wind. Its smoky and you can smell the smoke but not nearly as bad as what we are seeing in the windsor area. Thank you. That leads us to steve paulson, talking about the wind, a big part of our day to day. It will pick up later as another system drops into nevada and it wont be as strong but it will pick up later this afternoon and tonight into tomorrow with the red flag warning at 8 00 and gusting on higher peaks around 6065 milesanhour and similar to last 30 with winds gusting up to 70 milesanhour at the 2500foot level near healdsburg. Tuesday into wednesday and some higher peaks in the north bay, mount st. Helena and other areas could see gusting at 65. Not bad now northeast but northerly for others and not that strong with humidity from 25 to 70 with some good humidity, and santa rosa, 79 is good but it will take a tumble as the wind speed picks up and you can see not much in the morning. They are okay and by this afternoon, 25, 35 and by tonight, 40 milesperhour looks to be in the forecast with 30 from Cobb Mountain and 36 and 41 and cloverdale and by 7 00 tonight, some locations around healdsburg, 3040 around geyserville and even the wind in calistoga, 41 milesperhour tonight into tomorrow morning and that looks to be the strongest gusting with temperatures in the 30s and 40s and highs in the 60s and the 70s and that is the system digging in and after that goes through, it looks quiet past wednesday. We have traffic off to a nice start in solano county. 80 westbound is doing better than yesterday and the free way through vallejo and hercules looks good and so does 680. Not much of a commuter in the north bay because most people arent going to traditional work with 101 open but there are closures near the fire area, of course. Looking at contra costa county, a good start and the macarthur maze, traffic is light. Here is a look at some of the top stories with a fast moving wildfire in los angeles destroying several homes and forced tens of thousands to evacuate. More than 600 acres have already burned on a hill along the 405 freeway in the last time we checked, its only 5 contained. An unhealthy air alert has been issued and people are advised to stay indoors. Many bay area schools are closed because of the fires, smoke and Power Outages. All Public Schools in Sonoma County and most in napa and marin county. Almost 600,000 pg e customers brace for a round of power shutoffs with parts of late, mendocino, napa, solano and Sonoma County losing power around 7 00 a. M. Contra costa, santa cruz, marin and san mateo counties will also start seeing Power Outages tonight around 11 00. The safety shut off occurs even as power has not been fully restored from the previous shut off over the weekend and without knowing when the power will return, some families, a person in san jose, has not had electricity since saturday night but has hooked up appliances to a small generator. No warm showers because the hot water heater is electric. Its extremely frustrating and i feel for everyone impacted by the fires and that is the First Priority and the second is the power we need to live and exist. Santa clara county is concerned about the power shut off with temperatures possibly dipping as low as the 30s this week. They are setting up Warming Centers through tomorrow with daytime centers located in libraries and Senior Centers with extra beds added to homeless shelters. The San Jose City council will consider opening Warming Centers for half the year rather than just periods of inclement weather. Its 4 37 and many have lost Cell Phone Service because of the wildfires and combined with the pg e power shut off. In marin county, almost 50 of all cell sites were down as of friday. In Sonoma County, 17 of cell phone sites had no power. We dont know how many cell phone customers lost service, but the fcc is asking the wireless providers to report the numbers and locations of all cell phones that are out. The power situation is hit and miss at gas stations in Sonoma County with many gas stations closed because of the power outage and others simply ran out of gas. Gas stations that were open had long lines of cars and trucks with gas stations refilling tanks more often than usual during the power shut off. They say they still had trouble keeping up with the demand. Pg e acknowledges its equipment may have spark fires in lafayette last weekend and they are suspected of causing the kincade fire. It comes as no surprise that shares of the Utility Company have been syncing with the stock opening today at about 4 a share, down from 11. 53 weeks ago. In a News Conference saturday, Governor Newsom encourage warren buffet to buy the Utility Company. The red cross says there are about 4000 staying at evacuation shelters because of the kincade fire in changing wind is leading to new warnings in neighboring lake county with some good news. 30,000 in the coastal western Sonoma County areas are allowed to go home. It was difficult to leave and coming back was a relief and its still not totally cleared. This is my home. No matter what tragedies we may have, im not leaving it. The Sonoma County sheriff said the decision as to when and where to reopen neighborhoods is shifting with weather conditions. Authorities are uncomfortable with removing Evacuation Orders to areas closer to the fire including santa rosa, and windsor. The fire has displaced many immigrant families and some of them work in Sonoma County in the vineyards. Amber lee talked to a family now at a shelter that is in San Francisco. Reporter the rimers family of windsor now is in San Francisco, after being evacuated twice this weekend. On saturday, they were forced to leave their home and stayed with a friend in santa rosa. Early sunday morning, a mandatory Evacuation Order came for that area, as well. We are used to working every day. Reporter Antonio Ramirez worked at a very ordinary hospital and his wife is a housecleaner. They said their places of employment have no power and they cant go to work. The family said they came to San Francisco because there is power and they stayed at a hotel on sunday and then learned about a shelter opening at st. Marys cathedral. We saw it on the channel 2news. Reporter they said it was a safe place with beds, food and other necessities to help them cope with the uncertainty. Those who lost their homes the first night, Late Wednesday night, are in the vineyard area and in agriculture areas of Sonoma County. Reporter a nonprofit in healdsburg has a group helping more than 1000 immigrant families. Most are farm and vineyard workers displaced by the fire. Services provided include money for food and gas. That is what we are providing, for people to get to a safe place because we dont know when we can go back. Reporter the rimers family is taking it one step at a time. The shelter is a refuge as they worry whether the fire will destroy their home and how to pay their bills. This temporary home is their best option, for now. We dont want to spend the money we have saved on hotels. Its okay there. Reporter im told the capacity at the shelter in st. Marys cathedral is 200. There is room for more and volunteers say that shelter will stay open as needed. And San Francisco, amber lee, ktvu fox2 news. For more information on the kincade fire and the Evacuation Orders and the air quality index, go to the website at ktvu. Com. Its 4 42 and we expect new numbers on the kincade fire shortly after the sun rises but up next, what people need to know about Evacuation Orders and unbelievable video from bay area firefighters, straight from the fire lines. The first time this season, the warriors won. The joint effort as new members lead the warriors to victory. Good morning. We are off to a nice start on the morning commute and if you are hitting the roads, this is highway 24 westbound and it looks pretty good driving up to the tunnel. Quiet. Cold and 30s and 40s for some, but we expect the wind to pick up and we will show you the forecasted wind speeds, coming up. Welcome back. Its now 4 45 and cal fire has been able to get a fire line around more of the kincade fire in Sonoma County after the wind died down yesterday and now, 15 contained. The fire started last wednesday and has now burned more than 116 square miles and destroyed 123 buildings, including at least 57 homes. About 90,000 buildings are still in danger from these flames. We have incredible and terrifying video of what firefighters are going through to battle the kincade fire. Take a look as this video was posted from the fire Fighter Group on their twitter page. The caption reads, front windshield view of what our firefighters were faced with. They had to drive through flames and smoke covering the hills on the road. The destructive fire led to the largest evacuation in Sonoma County history and there are changing conditions. Ktvu has rob roth in petaluma. Reporter typical days and disrupted lives at the Petaluma Community center. Its really hard. I havent cried, yet. Its been really hard. Reporter victoria and her family of 17, five cats, three dogs and a hamster, all got the word to evacuate their homes early sunday. It was like 10 minutes. They said, you are a zone 10 and need to get out now. Reporter they came to the center but were told there was no room. They said overnight they would keep the doors open and there would be bathrooms available. We slept in the car overnight. Reporter as we met them, they had just caught a break and a nearby church had room for all of them but the grown ups worry about the homes they had to leave, but not nearly as much as how the kids are handling this. We dont want them to get scared. You know, have to sleep in the car. We are doing what we have to. Reporter when the kincade fire broke out last week, healdsburg became the closest Evacuation Center and then all of healdsburg and windsor were forced to leave and know petaluma is the focal point. Petalumas housing a lot of folks and we are at capacity all over. Reporter among those is a man evacuated from his home in bodega bay and hes angry his power was shut off and angry at the whole situation. Im concerned about my refrigerator, freezer, a lot of food in there. Im on a fixed income and how will i replace that if it spoils . Reporter many are asking the same question. If these fires and evacuations are the new normal, is it worth staying . I dont want to go through this every year or even again. If i had the money, id move from california tomorrow, tomorrow. Reporter theres space left and some local churches but for many people, the big question is how long is the evacuation going to last . In petaluma, rob roth, ktvu fox news. Its 4 48 and today, attorney general, xavier becerra, expected to talk about gun violence restraining orders at a Domestic Violence event. Earlier this month, Governor Newsom signed several bills at preventing gun violence. Its 4 49 and San Francisco police hope a man will be arrested that attacked a woman as she walked with her child. It happened almost two weeks ago on farrell street in the tenderloin and they said the man attacked a woman for no reason. In that surveillance video, it looks like she and her child got away unharmed. You can see that. If you recognize the suspected attacker, call San Francisco police. The man charged with through shooting and killing five employees at a maryland newspaper pleaded guilty but 39yearold jarrod ramos claims he is not criminally responsible by reason of insanity and is accused of storming the Capital Gazette Newspaper Office in june 2018 and fatally shooting five of the staff members. A jury trial is expected to begin next month. Former San Francisco d. A. George gascsn is now running for District Attorney in los angeles and announced that he will challenge the current d. A. , jackie lacey. He resigned earlier this month and said he would go back to Southern California to care for his elderly mother. Candidate Bernie Sanders has endorsed public defender, chesa boudin. The warriors are riding their first victory, beating the pelicans. Zion williamson was out, out hurt and the warriors went to a big lead and never looked back. Steph curry, draymond green, Dangelo Russell each scored more than 20 points in the warriors one, 134 to 123. Next, a home game tomorrow against the phoenix suns. Lets check with sal. Some people may have power over night but it is going off again and theres a lot of Traffic Signals out and lights out on the flu freeway. Extra caution. Fourway stops. People are blowing through those dark intersections. They think there is no light, so just be careful. You know, 101 remains open through Sonoma County with the fire being shut down. This is a look at the bay area commute and we are focusing on the 580 commute with the 205 looking all right in livermore and pleasanton and the commute has been strange. The north bay hasnt had much of one but the north bay and the south bay have been about normal. This is a look at 880 and in oakland with both directions moving along very well and no major issues at the bay bridge. Its kind of a mixed bag with no problems on the span and we are here to tell you more about this, anything that comes up. I can tell you that it is dark as dart can be with no lights in your neighborhoods. You cant see five fund feet in front of you, i kid you not. People dont realize how much we rely on power. You are right. Its cold, thats one with temperatures in the 30s and 40s and all signs point to another event that wont be as strong as sunday and going to the east, more so with the wind picking up and wednesday, it could gust up to 65 miles anhour and some of the higher peaks with projections 3065 with stronger toward the east and looking up toward lake county, and east through northern napa county and five, copper ridge west, and northeast, eight. These are two we will focus on for now because we will keep an eye on those and when the wind picks up, it will be the early ones to show the wind is slightly offshore. This will pick up through the lake county and in the northern snohomish county. 75 humidity and thats good. 34 in santa rosa but the wind forecast is not favorable and its not bad in the morning, but later this afternoon, we get about 35 and by this evening, 43 at cloverdale, 43 at geyserville and anywhere from 2735, 45 tonight all the way to windsor at 44 milesan hour. Calistoga, 40 late tonight, 8 00 and 10 00 and into tomorrow morning. By tomorrow afternoon, it should tail off but the next 12 hours are critical. 3435 in santa rosa and napa and some 30s to the east. 39 in alamo, pleasanton, 39 degrees and 40 in pitt knoll. That is the system visiting more the Northeast Area of nevada and Salt Lake City and that will generate the wind. Much farther east than what we had and maybe one of those forecasts, it wont be as bad but it will be the third one in 10 days to issue a red flag warning, unprecedented. 50s through 70s on the temps, wont go too far today but after wednesday, it looks really quiet with no event of anything with temperatures 70s and mostly sunny. Its 4 54 and pg e is sounding the alarm about another round of power shutoffs today. Coming up, more on when the shutoffs happen in the areas affected. Commuters in the north bay may have a tougher time getting around and we tell you why some golden gate Bus Operators may soon be walking the picket line. To the outside world, you look good, but you dont feel good. With polycythemia vera, pv, symptoms can change so slowly over time you might not notice. But new or changing symptoms can mean your pv is changing. Lets change the way we see pv. You track and discuss blood counts with your doctor. But its just as vital to discuss changing symptoms as well. Take notice and take action. Discuss counts and symptoms with your doctor. Visit takeactionpv. Com welcome back to mornings on 2 in the time is now 4 57. Many rideshare drivers support a new law requiring Companies Like uber and lyft to treat contract workers as employees. Some drivers want to be independent and today, dozens of ondemand delivery and drive share operators will be in san diego to launch efforts to protect the right of drivers to choose Flexible Work as independent contractors. Golden gate transit bus drivers have authorized a strike, one week after turning down a contract offer. The Golden Gate Bridge and transportation district offered a 9 Salary Increase and a 6. 5 employer pension contribution over three years. The drivers say thats not enough to keep up with inflation. The vote does not mean they will go on strike. But, it does allow Union Leaders to call a strike if necessary. Its 4 58 and classes for chicago Public Schools are canceled again today with the teachers strike continuing. 25,000 teachers and support staff will be off the job and 300,000 students will be out of the classroom for a ninth day. Negotiations between the chicago teachers and the Public School system made progress last week, but the talks stalled yesterday over the issue of class size and teacher prep time. We are investing 70 million and staffing to ensure we have a nurse and social worker in every school. We are investing 25 million to reduce class size and weve put that in the contract in writing. 7500 schools have staff workers, custodians and security guards, that worked out a tentative deal on sunday but they say they will stay on the picket line and solidarity until teachers are back to work. The ecigarette company, juul, plans to cut 500 jobs by the end of the year. The new ceo of the San Franciscobased company said its necessary as it copes with rapidly changing rules concerning vaping and vaping products. The number of jobs eliminated isnt finalized but reportedly ranges from 1015 of the company workforce. We are under a red flag warning that goes into effect at 8 00 on Tuesday Morning and runs through wednesday afternoon. Dangerously strong wind forecasted later today as firefighters are making progress against the kincade fire and there may be more evacuations. Pg e said more customers could lose power today. Some counties in the bay area could be shut off within the next couple of hours. From ktvu fox news, this is mornings on 2. Thank you for joining us on mornings on 2, Tuesday Morning, october 29. Im pam cook. Im dave clark and the kincade fire in Sonoma County has burned 16 square miles, as big as the city of oakland and only 15 contained. It grew through the night at a
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