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Is going to increase that fire behavior to levels we saw when the fire initially began. Lets pull up the map of the areas affected by the kincade fire. The red portion at the top of the screen is where the fire is burning. The purple area shows where there are mandatory evacuation orders in place. The blue area indicates places where people were told they can now return to their homes. However, they have been told there is still and evacuation warning in effect, and they should be ready to evacuate again quickly if necessary. 30,000 people in western Sonoma County are back at home this morning. They went back after getting the allclear to do it. Allie rasmus is at the fairgrounds with fewer people today. Reporter yes, overall the kincade fire has led to an unprecedented number of evacuations, as we know, about 250,000 people across northern california. Here at the Sonoma County fairgrounds, this is one of 16 shelters according to the red cross thats open and serving evacuees of the kincade fire. This morning there are about 100 fewer people here than there were about 24 hours ago, because they lifted some of the evacuation orders for the western part of Sonoma County, the coastal areas and the bay. They are still under evacuation warnings, so they can go home but must be ready to evacuate again at a moments notice. The supervisor here this morning said there was a sense of relief amongst the people who were told they could go back home, at least for now. Yeah, they were thanking us profusely for what we have done for them, and everybody smiled, im going home now. We all smiled and wished them the best. Reporter and yesterday residents began returning to empty streets and some 30,000 residents were allowed to return home. Typical to leave, and coming back was a relief. Its still not totally clear. So were just hoping for the best. Right now we dont feel comfortable lifting the evacuation orders for some of these areas closer to the fire, santa rosa, windsor, still seeing significant risks there. Reporter while some residents are being allowed to return home, the evacuation orders for most of the county remain in effect. There are new evacuation orders for people closer to lake county on the eastern edge of Sonoma County as the kincade fire continues to grow there. That fire is active, still only about 15 contained. Back here live, we have been here since 4 00 a. M. , and just in the last 10 minutes or so, we are seeing a little bit of a breeze out here. Earlier this morning it was completely still. Again, the windy conditions over the next 24 hours are what people are concerned about. Emergency responders say folks should be prepared in some areas to evacuate again. For now, about 30,000 people in western Sonoma County can go home, but are told to remain on alert. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Some are being allowed back into their neighborhoods and others are being told to get ready to leave. Sara zendehnam is live where the warnings have gone out. Reporter thats right. We are off western mine road in lake county. What youre looking at behind me is the eastern side of the kincade fire. Ill get out of the way so you can see this. We have been out here for about an hour and a half now. The fire really hasnt spread too much, which is great news, since we have been out here. But we are seeing a lot of flames here and there when trees go up, you know, the big flames and a lot of smoke in the area. Like i mentioned, the good news is that it hasnt really spread down the hill or anything like that. But still this is a very intense fire here off western mine road here. Not too windy here. The breeze has picked up within the last hour or so and the red flag warning is something firefighters are concerned about today. They are trying to get a handle on this because yesterday they were concerned the fire was pushing east toward the western side of middletown and in lake county. Of course middletown was destroyed by the valley fire in 2016, so a lot of people with anxiety there. Fire crews were here yesterday and tried to build a line to keep this from spreading down into lake county. They are really ready for anything. Working on a pretty robust contingency plan, preparing for that thing to come across the lake county line if it were to do that. Reporter because of the concern the fire was spreading east, cal fire issued an evacuation warning for highway 29 bus canyon road south to the county line, and highway 175 between highways 29 and middleton road. Anywhere in those areas, the youre in those areas, definitely be prepared to evacuate. When i was talking about the flames, look at this. Its unbelievable. Every time we think its died down, unbelievable flames just going up in the air. Thankfully there are no homes in this area. This is a very rural area, no homes to speak of that we can see at least. Just a lot of vegetation to burn here. The fire really hasnt moved too much but you can see the plume of smoke going up as the fire continues to burn down trees. Just and incredible scene to see this with our own eyes. You can really see how much smoke is going up and we are hoping the firefighters can get a handle on this before that red flag warning goes into place. We know the winds will pick up, obviously a big concern. One more look at the devastation here in lake county, the eastern side of the kincade fire. We are just off western mine road in lake county, guys. Sara zendehnam, thank you. Steve says the low humidity is causing those problems. That smoke will hang over the bay area today and we have another spare the air alert. Smoke from the kincade fire and other smaller fires around the bay area are causing bad air quality. Wherever you are in the bay area, youll probably see and smell smoke in the air. Air quality in San Francisco, the east bay and north bay have been affected a lot. Try and limit your Time Outdoors. The combination of fires, smoke and Power Outages means many schools are closed again today. Information on which schools are closed is changing minute by minute and parents should check with schools to be sure. Well scroll the latest information on the bottom of the screen. Many schools sent students home early yesterday because of poor air quality. The smoke that filled this area was unexpected. So were also going to lock at our safety and security procedures with regards to the smoke as well. Classes are being held at all Contra Costa County schools today except the ones in clayton. That leads us right to steve, concerned about the winds later today. They will pick up. By the way, the smoke was forecast. Last week we ran the High Resolution model and it showed that coming over the bay area over the weekend. So it was there. It will blow out to the ocean today because the winds will turn north northeast. Another red flag warning, and this will start at 8 00 a. M. I cant remember three in a week and well have the graphics coming up. The National Weather service says several of us in the office cant remember three red flags happening so close together. This is historic for sure. I never remember three. We had one thursday, then sunday, and another today. The wind picks up later. The air quality will be better, winds turning north northeast. It will send the smoke back out towards the pacific or towards the russian river. Gusts up to 65 miles an hour. Whats fueling the fire now, even though its cold and temperatures are in the 30s for some, theres very low humidity. Its in the teens for some around lake county and northern napa county and near the kincade fire. Unfortunately looks like by this evening, this afternoon and tonight, getting 35 to 45 mileanhour winds, peaks around 60, 65. Last week we had a gust of 70. This looks to be similar, and this will take us through tonight, when the strongest gusts will be with us. I would think just like on sunday, it should start to lighten up a little bit. 33 santa rosa, 35 fairfield, very cold here for many. Theres a lot of 30s, even into the Santa Cruz Mountains. The fog is at sfo and parts of the city too. Highs today in the 60s and 70s, everything starting with wind and red flag tonight into tomorrow. Sal . We have the typical commute for many areas of the bay, except of course for the north bay. Highway 101 is open but some side roads near the fire are closed. This is a look at 580, traffic getting into marin not full strength. A lot of people arent going there obviously. This is a look at the westbound bay bridge, backed up 10 to 15 minutes. 880 looks all right in oakland. If youre in the east bay, highway 4 is slow through bay point and pittsburg. 680 near marsh view, we have a motorcycle accident. Northbound 101 is slow coming into redwood city because of earlier issues. Then 85 is slowing down. This is downtown san josi and you can see that traffic is all right. Back to the desk. We are now in the third Public Safety power shutoff by pg e in less than a month. They have scheduled some of the shutoffs to start this hour here in the bay area because of the strong winds coming in. They are not expected to be as strong as we had over the weekend but its enough to increase the fire danger. During the day today, pg e will turn off the power to almost 600,000 customers, about 1. 8 million people. And they will start turning off power in parts of lake, sonoma, napa and mendocino counties during this hour. Tonight at 11 00, the Public Safety shutoffs will affect parts of alameda, Contra Costa County, marin, santa clara, santa cruz and san mateo counties. San francisco is the only bay area county not affected. Governor newsom is meeting with First Responders on the first lines of the fire in Sonoma County. This cannot be the new normal. We cannot absorb this year after year. We have experienced ten of the worst fire seasons in californias history just since 2015. The governor met we evacuees and thanks firefighters for all their hard work. Cal fire responded to 330 wildfires in just 24 hours over the weekend. The Governor Also Announced a new state website, response. Ca. Gov with tools and resources for those impacted by the wildfires as well as power shutoffs. It combines local and state resources along with health services, shelters and housing information. Get more information on the evacuations and more through our website as well, ktvu. Com. And follow our social media and download the ktvu news app. Pg e may be responsible for even more fires when the power was still on. What a new report reveals about two fires that forced evacuations in lafayette. A ban on natural gas in new homes. We have a look at the change that could be approved today. Ew y shouldnt mean a change in standards. Thats why thanks to you were rated number one in Customer Satisfaction by j. D. Power. Crews say they are maintaining 50 containment on the fire that started last wednesday. This is a live look at one small part of the massive fire. The kincade fire has burned through 118 square miles and destroyed 124 homes including at least 57 homes. Some 9,000 homes and businesses are still threatened. Two firefighters have been hurt and there have been no reports of injuries. Many immigrant families have been displaced by the fires, including those who work in vineyards. Some are staying at a shelter in San Francisco, which offers beds, food and other help. For some, that shelter is the best option they have. Today there will be a vote on banning natural gas in new homes. New codes would favor all electric stoves and water heaters. In cupertino, a new service will take people anywhere in the area and to the cal train station. Rides are booked through the app and its 5 a ride. A monthly unlimited pass is 60. Sal, everybody behaving for you today . Sort of. Obviously there is no commute in areas where people are not even going there in the same numbers. Richmond bridge, almost no delay. This looks like a typical commute, backed up for 20 minutes. Its been lighter on this freeway. 880 is getting slower and we have had slow traffic on highway 4 and 680. Through the east bay, we have a couple of things. Southbound 680 approaching 84, slow traffic out of pleasanton. And we have had slowing on northbound 101 because of earlier issues. South bay commute seems the most normal here. 7 20, steve. Sal, thank you, sir. We have kind of a lull here before the next red flag warning kicks in. Three in a week is really unprecedented, especially after sunday with the winds. Winds will pick up later. This will not be the same ilk as we had on sunday, closer to what we had last week. Gusts up to 65, 70, starting today and going through 4 00 p. M. Wednesday. Thats a long stretch with no power and thats probably true. Gusts 40 to 65. After wednesday, theres no signs of another one, so maybe things will calm down. No rain either but a quiet pattern. Gusts to 65 are possible. Nothing too bad until this evening about 5 00, 6 00, starting to pick up a little bit. 40 overnight and 35 to 40 miles an hour takes us into tomorrow morning. 33 in santa rosa, and there are many following suit. Theres even a little bit of fog, sfo has a little and San Francisco a little. Humidity 82 for santa rosa, thats going to go down. Thats the system around eastern nevada, setting up the stage for a difference in the pressure gradients. High doesnt like the low so it fills it with wind. Extreme fire danger today and tomorrow, highs in the 70s or upper 60s. That smoke should get pushed back to the west as the winds turn to the northeast. Then its quiet with no wind event and no rain. Thank you. Gas stations are running into double trouble in parts of the north bay. The two reasons drivers are out of luck when they go to fuel up at some stations near the kincade fire zone. And today testimony on californias clean car emissions in response to President Trumps actions. Hey. Hey. You must be stevens phone. Now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network. Only with xfinity xfi. Download the xfi app today. Shouldnt they go to prison for as long as the law allows . Chesa boudin said he wouldnt seek maximum sentences as district attorney, even for murder. We are a progressive city, but letting violent criminals off early endangers everyone. Ad paid for by San Francisco Police Officers association. Not authorized by a candidate or committee controlled by a candidate. Disclosures at sfethics. Org. Happening now, san josis mayor is in washington, d. C. Where hes set to testify before congress on californias clean vehicle emission standards, speaking on the environment in response to President Trumps actions revoking californias authority to set stricter auto emissions. The mayor says the federal government shouldnt make it harder to be green. Hes expected to tell the committee about the benefits of the states emissions standards. The Golden State Warriors are riding the wave of their first win of the season. They jumped out to a big lead and never looked back, three players with more than 20 points each. Up next, a home game tomorrow against the phoenix suns. A win tonight for the astros will give them the world series for the second time in three years. They are three games to two and tonights game is in houston. So far not much of a homefield advantage, the astros losing in houston and winning in washington. Game six and seven if necessary will be in houston. First pitch today is 5 07 p. M. And during the game you can get your local news including the latest on the kincade fire and Power Outages by going to ktvu plus. After its debut and sellout in august, the pop eyes chicken sandwich popeyes chicken sandwich is back. And coming up, well have a live report on whats being done now to stop the flames from spreading into lake county. Some are being allowed back in but finding theres no electricity. We have a look at the areas affected by another pg e power shutoff. Good morning and welcome back this tuesday, october 29th. Im dave clark. Im gasia mikaelian. Crews from across the state and neighboring states are gaining ground in their fire fight. The kincade fire grew to 118 square miles, just 5 square miles bigger than it was last night, and crews maintained 15 containment. Cal fire says they are preparing for the winds to pick up again later today. And the kincade fire is moving to the northeast. In lake county, people are advised, be ready to leave as soon as youre told. This is a mandatory evacuation area and Sara Zendehnam is there now with the latest. Reporter good morning. We are off western mine road in a rural area on a dirt road here. We are seeing more smoke than flames at this hour. Ill step out of the way so you can take a look here. This is the eastern side of the kincade fire. You can see all the smoke billowing into the air and there are still flames here. It is smoldering in the area, a lot of heavy vegetation this fire is rolling through. Like i said, this is the eastern side of the kincade fire as it makes its way toward lake county very slowly. The breeze has picked up a bit in the last hour, and the fire seems to be moving slowly, but its definitely made its way down that hill in the last 15 minutes. We havent seen any homes in the fires path, just a lot of rugged terrain and heavy vegetation. Of course this landscape will be completely changed by this fire. Western mine road near highway 29 was blocked off because dozers are using this as a way to access the eastern side of the fire. We have seen a lot of emergency vehicles, fire trucks, water tank trucks making their way through here. Crews have tried to build containment lines to keep it from spreading, but cal fire yesterday said they are ready for anything. Fire burned really actively throughout the afternoon and we focused our attention with the aircraft with the large air tankers and type 1 helicopters, the big retardantdropping helicopters. We are doing everything we can to keep it from spreading down into lake county. Reporter an evacuation warning was issued for highway 29 from bus canyon road south to the county line, and highway 175 between highway 29 middleton north to mckinley drive. Anyone in these areas should have all their emergency supplies packed up with documents, medications and things. You dont have to leave yet but you must be ready to leave at a moments notice. This fire has been unpredictable. We have seen throughout the morning, without any notice the flames will just shoot up in the air. Its made its way down this hill, moving very slowly. But the smoke has really picked up and the breeze is really kicking in a little bit more than it was an hour ago. Around 5 30 a. M. , we didnt feel a breeze at all. Now we are definitely feeling that and we know there will be a red flag warning in place. Firefighters are very concerned about the winds and firefighting efforts today, hoping to get a handle on it. This is the eastern side of the kincade fire as it moves toward lake county. Sara zendehnam, ktvu news. So many of us remember what it felt like sunday morning. Were not seeing that, are we . No, we are not forecasting that at all. This system is not as tight together, a little more farther to the east. Cold 38 in west dublin hills this morning. Its been a tough month. We could use some rain and theres none in sight right now. The wind picks up later, affecting the air quality. Red flag starts 8 00 a. M. And goes through wednesday 4 00 p. M. , gusts up to 65 miles an hour possible. This is what we saw last week, similar to what we saw on sunday. Still seeing 50 in the east bay hills, 40 in the Santa Cruz Mountains and maybe 65 in the hills again. There were some very cold temps out. Its helped a little bit with 30s and higher humidity, but in the hills the humidity is very low. Even a little bit of fog is there for San Francisco and the san mateo coast. To the north, thats where all eyes are on the wind speeds. They will start to pick up. Ridge ranch, 22 humidity. There are some near the valley floor that are higher and colder. We have a lot of teens and low 20s for that. The winds will pick up tonight and tomorrow, then we should get a break. Highs today near 70 for many. Right now we have slow traffic on highway 24 driving through lafayette. The commutes have been relatively normal. Some have not been. Sonoma county, its been slow there. 37 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze and when you get to the bay bridge, its about a 20 minute delay here. 880 not slow yet. Highway 4 and 680 are slow, and especially heading down to the fremont area. South bay commute and peninsula have been heavy and slow, including 101. Now back to the desk. Pg e just confirmed a short time ago its 7 00 a. M. Round of Public Safety power shutoffs, mostly in the north bay, is now underway. They are working to restore power in other areas. Reporter we are north of santa rosa, an area still under evacuation orders, and the area we are in is under is public power shutoffs which started about 30 minutes ago. Sonoma county has the most customers impacted, 86,686 customers without power there. And later tonight at 11 00, parts of marin, santa clara, san mateo, santa cruz and alameda and contra costa counties will have their power cut. This latest power shutoff comes as pg e is trying to restore power in some areas and will likely keep power off in other parts of the bay area because of the situation. And people say they have been without power for days in santa rosa. I have a generator. Its an inconvenience, Walking Around with flashlights and stuff. But hang in there. What do you think about another round today . I was in the fire two years ago and it came close, so whatever they need to do. Reporter pg e says they want the system to deenergize before the winds really get going later this morning and early this afternoon. They are working hard to impact the minimum amount of customers with the power shutoffs. We continue to believe its the right thing to do. We will not make secondary judgments on our models. We will not try to guess at where we think things will happen. We will not roll the dice when it comes to Public Safety. Reporter another live look here, National Guard and Sonoma County Sheriffs Office blocking off one of the streets where we are. This area was evacuated yesterday because of the kincade fire moving, forcing evacuations in the area. This area is without power so that will likely remain the case for the next day or two. If youre in an area that has power, it may go off and you may have power restored only to see it go out again. Be prepared for any situation and know what youre going to do, and know where youre going to go. After today and tomorrow, theres nothing predicting another power shutoff, so they want to get through this and hopefully power will be restored soon. In marin county almost 50 of all cell sites were down as of friday. In Sonoma County, 17 of sites had no power. Were not sure how many cell phone customers lost service but the fcc wants wireless providers to report the numbers and locations of the cell site outages. Also in Sonoma County, the gas station situation is hit and miss. Many were closed because of the power outage and others just ran out of gas. Stations that were open had long lines and many had to refill tanks more often during the power shutoff. The red cross says 4,000 people are staying in evacuation shelters because of the kincade fire. 30,000 people are now being allowed back home. It was a relief to come back but its not totally clear. This is my home. No matter what kind of tragedies we may have, im not leaving it. The sheriff says the decision to reopen neighborhoods depends on weather conditions. Authorities say they are still not comfortable lifting evacuation orders in areas close to the fire including santa rosa and windsor. Pg e says its power lines may have caused two fires in lafayette last weekend that forced evacuations. Fires on sunday afternoon started on both sides of highway 24 near Pleasant Hill road and destroyed the clubhouse at the lafayette tennis club. Pg e filed state incident reports and said the first fire may have started when a power line touched a communication line. The second may have been ignited when a downed power pole touched a transformer. The fires did not begin in areas designated as high risk for wildfires. Democratic leaders in washington are moving ahead with the impeachment inquiry. Coming up, the testimony today that could help sway an upcoming vote in the house. And we have unbelievable video from bay area firefighters straight from the kincade fire. Good morning. Coming up, a new restaurant that does not list prices because they want people to give what they can. How donations help the restaurant stay open and bond the community together. And the Salvation Army is stepping up to help those forced to leave their homes because of the kincade fire. Still to come, how the Salvation Army plans to feed thousands of evacuees. Stay with us. Welcome back. Cal fire says winds died down yesterday and they have just confirmed the burn zone grew to 118 square miles. It is 15 contained. 124 buildings have burned including 57 homes. About 90,000 buildings are still in danger. This is a look at what firefighters are going through in battling the kincade fire. A San Francisco firefighter posted this video to twitter saying quote, front windshield view of what our firefighters are faced with. And you get a front seat view as firefighters drive through flames and smoke on bumpy terrain as fire is covering the hills and parts of the road. A white house official will testify today, saying he raised concerns about the phone call at the heart of the investigation. He was listening in on President Trumps call with ukraines president. Hes expected to say he didnt think it was proper for the president to demand a Foreign Government to investigate u. S. Citizens. Those who defend the president say this is not new information. Whether you have one person or five people all saying, well, we objected to what the president said with the president of ukraine, we have the transcript of the call. We can all make our judgment. This comes as Democratic Leaders are planning a full house vote on the investigation to lay out how the impeachment inquiry will move forward. New this morning, trump says the man expected to replace the leader of isis was also killed during the raid. The leader, abu bakr al baghdadi, died saturday in northwest syria. He was of hiding in a tunnel and detonated a suicide vest as troops moved in. The tunnel partially collapsed. As we speak, the ceo testifying on capitol hill, answering questions about the safety of the 737 max jet. Pam cook is in the studio with more in dollars and sense. We have been listening in in the news room, just started a short time ago. The ceo started with an apology to the families affected by the two crashes involving the 737 max jets. This hearing is live ongoing right now. Just to let you know, he started out at boeing as an intern 30 years ago, as an engineering student, and hes committed to making things right. He said boeing is trying to help those families affected with 100 million to help meet their financial needs, acknowledging there is no way to replace the personal loss the families have felt. He says hes been on flights himself and they have spent 100,000 hours of testing to be sure the 737 max jets are safe. Again, this is live questioning and ill monitor this hearing and let you know what else they are asking him about this morning. Taking you to the opening bell this morning, beyond me stock was eligible for trading this morning following the ipo. Despite a good Earnings Report, landlord the insiders are cashing in there. Take a look at the big board this morning, the new york stock exchange, dow jones up about a quarter of a percent. The s p hanging onto about the same gain, and nasdaq is down right now. Apple is launching the air pods pro ear buds, featuring a new design and they have noise cancellation. They will be on sale tomorrow for 249. Early reviews say the new design fits ears better, and the sound is sharper. They have up to five hours of listening time and announce messages to let you know when you get a text, and can read it out loud to you. Virgin galactic has become the first Space Tourism to hit the market. Hundreds of people already put deposits on flying on one of the flights. A 90 minute flight allows passengers to experience a few minutes weightlessness for about 250,000. Amazon is offering Online Grocery Delivery Service with no monthly fee. The cost of amazon fresh was 15 a month and now its free, but its in addition to the annual fee to be a prime member. Walmarts new delivery Unlimited Program is about 13 a month, so amazon trying to compete with walmart there. As always. Everyone competing with amazon too. Lets get you where you need to go with sal and the latest on the commute. Im looking at the times here for 880. If youre driving from vallejo and trying to get to the maze, its about 40 minutes, which is pretty typical for this time of morning. Getting out to the bay bridge, add another 10 or 15. Its been lighter than usual on some of the commutes and very light in marin and Sonoma County. Highway 101 remains open. Northbound 880 is slowing down now past the coliseum into downtown oakland. We have slow traffic in pleasanton and dublin on 680, and 880 is slow across the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. All the south bay is slow including downtown san josi. Steve . Thank you, sir. Well get right to it here. The humidity is low but that will change. Speaking of cold, josh is up in mendocino county, 29 degrees. Out of power since saturday. You and me both, along with a lot of others. Visibility 7 miles in santa rosa. What about san josi . Its all ten, all ten. Critical fire weather continues at 8 00 today. Thats when the red flag warnings kick in. The smoke is going to push more westward than it was last week. Well see gusts 45 to 65, even 75. Remember, we had 65 to 70 in the hills last week. So these are the wind projections for this forecast model. Its not bad until 6 00, 7 00 tonight. Then the winds pick up. This is north northeast pushing the smoke back. Tomorrow morning after about 8 00, things should start to lighten up, 8 to 10. But between 6 00 tonight and 8 00 tomorrow, that will be the strongest gusts. 30s for manies, very cool here, and even a little bit of fog in San Francisco, sfo and parts of south San Francisco and san mateo coast. Not a lot but a little bit. We are looking at what we talked about, the breeze picking up out there. Sara zendehnam was talking about that. Some locations are not as bad but you can see the hawk eye ridge 19 . Thats whats fueling the fire. East bay hills not bad. Thats going to pick up tonight. This is not as deep as the one we had on sunday but its going to set the stage for another offshore event. This looks to be the last in the series. Three in a week is unprecedented. Nobody i know or even at the Weather Service can remember three events of this nature in seven or eight days. Its unbelievable. Thank goodness we have a lot of cold air in place. After wednesday it looks quieter. No sign of any rain yet. The european model in two weeks starts to break down some patterns that could favor us for the middle of november. Maybe. Lets hope. Still following the latest on the kincade fire. Coming up, how about a little good news for some fire evacuees now allowed to go back home . Well have a live report from Sonoma County coming up in just a few minutes. First, Golden Gate Bridge transit workers preparing to strike. How it could affect bus, ferry and other services. 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. Welcome back. A new law requires companies to treat rideshare contractors as employees, but some want to be independent. Today dozens of rideshare and delivery drivers will be in San Francisco calling for the protection of the right of drivers to work as independent contractors. Golden gate transit drivers voted to authorize a strike a week after turning down a contract offer. They were offered a 9 pay raise and 6. 5 employer pension contribution over three years. But the drivers say thats not enough to keep up with inflation. The vote doesnt mean drivers will go on strike but it allows Union Leaders to call a strike if necessary. It is 8 00. Juul plans to cut thousands of jobs as they cope with rapidly changing laws. The number ranges from 10 to 15 of their work force. Dangerously strong winds forecast later today just as fire crews started making Good Progress in the kincade fire. But there may be more evacuations on the horizon. And pg e shutting off power to even more customers today. Some counties in the bay area are in the dark now. A look at when other counties could be affected. Good morning and welcome back to mornings on 2. Im gasia mikaelian. Lets get the latest on the kincade fire in Sonoma County and lake county. Its burned through 118 square miles and its 15 contained. This is video this morning from the eastern side of the fire as it heads for the middleton area of lake county. The fire grew slowly overnight because winds were not as strong. There are evacuation orders in several counties and 90,000 buildings are in danger. Crews attacked the kincade fire from the air yesterday and tried to keep it from spreading into lake county. They say if the weather changes, they will be ready. Preparing for that thing to come across the lake county line, if it were to do that. More than 4500 personnel are battling the kincade fire there are at least 27 helicopters making air drops. Cal fire estimates full containment by november 7th. They will be holding a News Conference at 9 00 from the Sonoma County fairgrounds and well bring that to you live. This is a map of Sonoma County, the red spots those affected by fire. Theres a larger portion where people are told they have to evacuate. Thats the purple area. Then the blue area, closer to the west coast, those are places where people have been told they can return to their homes. However, they have been told there is still and evacuation warning in effect and they should be ready to evacuate again and quickly if necessary. Thousands in Sonoma County are waking up in their own homes this morning. The mandatory evacuation orders were downgraded to evacuation warnings. Allie rasmus is live at the Sonoma County fairgrounds, where the shelter is a lot emptier this morning, but still a lot of people cant go home just yet. Reporter there were about 30,000 people told they could go home yesterday in the western part of Sonoma County, some of the coastal areas. Theres still a lot of folks who cant return home, and this has been their home for the last couple of days. This is the Sonoma County fairgrounds, one of 16 shelters for evacuees of the can i remember the some kincade fire. Some are waking up and stepping outside, and for some of them this is day three they are starting here at the shelter. We spoke with a family of four heading out to their car to crank up the heat and seek a moment of privacy with their newborn. Shes one month old and its freezing. They need portable heaters. They have plugs and stuff for phones, but they need to plug in some heaters. Just want to go home. Coping the best i can. I dont know when ill be able to go back to my apartment. You know, got to wait it out. Reporter this morning the supervisor here at the shelter says there are about 460 people staying here, 100 fewer compared to 24 hours ago. There was a noticeable sense of relief among people here when the evacuation orders for lifted for western Sonoma County yesterday. They were thanking us profusely for what weve done for them and everybody smiles, but man, im going home now. Thats wonderful. We all smile and hug and wish them the best. Reporter mexico of the evacuation orders for Sonoma County residents are still in place because of the kincade fire and there are new evacuation orders for those closer to lake county on the eastern side of Sonoma County. As you mentioned, the concern is that later this morning the winds are expected to pick up. Thats also expected to increase the risk for fire dangers. 30,000 people who got the okay to go home yesterday, they are supposed to remain on alert and vigilant in case the conditions change and they have to evacuate again. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Smoke will hang over the bay area today and there is another spare the air alert. Smoke from the kincade fire and other smaller fires across the bay area are creating bad air quality. Wherever you are in the bay area, youll likely see and smell smoke in the air. The air quality in San Francisco, east bay and of course up in the north bay have been significantly impacted. Try and limit your Time Outdoors today. The combination of fire, smoke and Power Outages leave many local schools closed today we are working to update the schools that are closed and well scroll that information at the bottom of the screen. And some schools that held class yesterday sent students home early due to the poor air quality. The superintendent says there were plans in place to deal with the power shutoffs but the district didnt anticipate poor air quality. We have another red flag warning, steve. What lies ahead . This is the third in a week, and this is unprecedented. Nobody can remember three in a week. A little better for the air quality so far. 51 in north beach, no white caps and cant smell the smoke. Red flag warnings start at 8 00 a. M. And go through 4 00 p. M. On wednesday. Possibility of gusts up to 75 miles an hour. The kincade fire wind forecast is not that bad until later this afternoon and this evening. Get about 4 00, 6 00, 7 00, youre seeing 30 to 40, and 10 00 tonight winds at 43. There are possibilities of gusts higher than that. This looks like another overnight event, taking us into the Early Morning hours of wednesday. By 8 00 to 10 00, it should start to let up. Its really going to howl tonight and into tomorrow morning. Its colder, and thats helped. Theres even a little bit of fog around San Francisco and san mateo coast. I dont think it will last long. Some projections for the fire show a northeast breeze picking up now. These are the areas well focus on over the next 12 to 16 hours or so, wind speeds picking up from that system. Its Strong Enough that its going to create another strong difference in the pressure gradient, translating into another north northeast event. We have to get through the next 24 hours. Good morning. We have traffic thats unusual for obvious reasons, the situation with not a lot of people going to marin county. Looks like the Richmond Bridge is almost empty, not a typical commute. In the east bay, highway 24 looks like its a little slow. Then 80 westbound from the carquinez bridge to the maze, 38 minutes there and another 20 at the toll plaza. Different parts of the bay area have different types of commute. 880 northbound slowing from san leandro and 680 through concord is all right. It will be slow in pockets with peninsula traffic also recovering. Its a typical morning commute. Downtown san josi traffic has recovered a little bit. 8 10, back to the desk. We are now in the fourth Public Safety power shutoff in less than a month. Pg e says some scheduled shutoffs that were scheduled to begin an hour ago are indeed in effect. Powerful winds are not predicted to be as strong as the past weekend, but enough to increase the fire danger. Throughout the day, pg e will be turning after the power to almost 600,000 customers, about 1. 8 million people. Pg e says it began turning off the power in parts of several counties at 7 00. Tonight at 11 00, power shutoffs affect parts of alameda, contra costa, marin, santa clara, santa cruz and san mateo counties. San francisco is the only behavior county that will not be affected. Governor newsom is meeting with First Responders on the front lines of the fire in Sonoma County. This cannot be the new normal. We cannot absorb this year after year. We have experienced ten of the worst fire seasons in californias history just since 2015. At the Sonoma County fairgrounds evacuation center, the governor met with evacuees and thanked firefighters for their good work. Cal fire responded to 330 fires in just 24 hours over the weekend. A new site called response. Ca. Gov combines local and state resources, health services, shelters and houses ever housing information. Get more information on the evacuations and more at ktvu. Com and follow us on social media and download the ktvu news app. Coming up, pg e may be responsible for even more fires when the power was still on. When we come back, what a new report reveals about two fires that forced evacuations in lafayette. A ban on natural gas in new homes. Well look at the change in san josi that could be approved today. Well be right back. Be right back. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. Today san josis city council is going to vote on banning natural gas in new homes. New codes will favor all electric stoves and water heaters. And cupertino is providing a new service with six vans to take people anywhere in the area and to the cal train station. The shuttle costs 5 a ride and a monthly unlimited pass is 60. 8 16, lets say hello to sal and see how were doing with the traffic. Were doing okay. There have been no major problems on 880 but its very slow. So is 580. Not a good alternate there, backed up pretty heavy into oakland. If youre on 680 its slow. Most of the commutes are normal except incident and marin county Sonoma County. We have three quarters of a normal bay area commute. Steve . Sal, well be better by thursday. Things look better then. We have another red flag warning, the third in a week. Its unprecedented. We have another red flag just started, 8 00 going through wednesday at 4 00, gusts up to 75, higher in peaks up to the north. This will move back to the west, maybe 65mileanhour gusts or higher possible. Again, some of the projections arent that bad. They pick up about 6 00, 7 00. Then youre in the 30 to 40 mileanhour area. Then overnight unfortunately this seems to be a trend with the strongest gusts overnight into the morning hours, and we are seeing projections here 30 to 50 miles an hour near windsor. Tonight overnight will be the critical time. A lot of 30s for the temps, which helps a little bit. A little patchy fog this morning, not much but a little bit. Some of the wind directions now are starting to go more northeast and wind speeds are picking up for a few. The reason the fire continued to grow overnight is because the humidity is so low, in the teens. Its higher at the valley floor but that will change here. Some of the Higher Elevations 21 , very dry. Marin county hills, north at 13 there. These will pick up later, and tonight into tomorrow. One more system, and look at the cold air plunging in here. Well get the cold air but also the wind. Seattle two days in a row with a record low. Thats how cold it is up in the pacific northwest. Hopefully this will be the last in the series. Highs will be near 70 for just about everybody after tonight and tomorrow. It looks sunny and quiet. Quiet is a good thing. Well take it. Gas stations are running into trouble in the north bay. The reasons drivers find they are out of luck when going to the stations near the kincade fire zone. San josis mayor is on capitol hill this morning, testifying before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on californias clean car emissions. Why his system is all in response to President Trumps actions towards california. How you watch it does too. Tv just keeps getting better. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Welcome back. Happening now, san josis mayor is in washington, d. C. Set to testify this hour before congress on californias clean vehicle emissions standards. The mayor will speak to the House Oversight reforms Sub Committee on the environment in response to President Trump revoking californias authority to set stricter auto emissions. The mayor says the federal government shouldnt make it harder to be green. In his opening remarks, hes expected to tell the committee about the benefits of the states emissions standards. The Golden State Warriors are riding the wave after their first one of the season. The warriors jumped out to a big lead and never looked back in the 134123 victory. Up next, a home game tomorrow against the phoenix suns. On to the world series, a win tonight and the Houston Astros will win the world series for the second time in three years. Tonights game is in houston and so far there is no home field advantage. The home team has yet to win a game. Game six is tonight and if necessary game seven will be in houston. Coverage tonight starts at 4 30, first pitch 5 07 p. M. Get the latest on the kincade fire and all the pg e outages ktvu plus from 4 30 to 8 00. We are following the latest on the kincade fire burning in the north bay with a live report on whats being done to stop it spreading into lake county. Some are being allowed back at home but there wont be any power when they get there. Well look at the next round of pg e power shutoffs. Improvements on the morning commute. Right now the san mateo bridge traffic is improving but theres a new crash in the east bay. One more red flag warning to go, started at at 8 00 and that will take us to 4 00 tomorrow afternoon. The winds will turn more east northeast again. Heast again. Welcome back, im gasia mikaelian. Its a great morning. Straight to the kincade fire here, crews from across the state and several neighboring states are gaining ground on the kincade fire. Its burned 118 square miles, just 5 square miles bigger than last night, and crews maintained 15 containment. Officials are now preparing for winds to pick up again later today. This morning people in lake county are on high alert as the flames move east. This was this morning outside middletown and the twin pines casino. Sara zendehnam is in lake county live this morning with the latest there. Reporter good morning. We are off western mine road in rural lake county, and the winds have really picked up in this area. We are at the eastern side of the kincade fire. Ill step out of the way and you can take a look at all the smoke billowing from what was burning this morning. Now we have a lot of smoke, not really seeing any flames. The winds have definitely picked up. One firefighter just told us the winds are working in their favor, so the fire is blowing over itself. Right now dozers are trying to hold the containment line. The crews are putting down new lines to be sure the fire stays put. We have not seen any homes in the fires path in this area. With red flag conditions today, the concern is that the fire will cross the lake county line, which is why cal fire issued an evacuation warning. At the same time on the western side that were repopulating, we are also calling for new evacuation warnings on the eastern side into lake county. This is obviously a result in the change of weather conditions, referred to as zone 31 here in western lake county. Reporter the concern last night was that the fire was moving east into western lake county and thats why zone 31 is under that evacuation warning. Highway 29 from bus canyon road south of the county line, all of bus canyon road in lake county between highway 29 and the napa county line, and highway 175 between highway 29 middleton north to mckinley drive. Anyone in these areas should be ready to go at a moments notice. This is the east side of the kincade fire. We have been here for hours and earlier this morning we saw a lot of flames shooting up from this dense vegetation. This is a very rugged, isolated area of the county here. We are just seeing a lot of smoke now. We were told by firefighters that dozers are out putting down containment lines and making sure the fire doesnt spread. The winds have really picked up just in the last hour or so. You may be able to hear how windy it is up here. Firefighters say the winds are moving in the right direction, so its not too bad for them right now. Of course as the day goes on with red flag conditions forecast, of course the wind is still unpredictable. Very impressive view of all the smoke from the kincade fire there. Sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you. That video this morning was incredible, the orange glow over the hill. And even the time shes been reporting for us, ive noticed the winds picking up a little bit where she is. Big time compared to a couple hours ago. Now its going back to the west over areas where its already been, which is good. Tom, i can relate here. Please tweet more often on updates, no internet, no tv, just twitter and text. Thats all i can get too at home. I understand. If you live in an area without that, youll see cars near the off ramp by the freeway because they have to go find cell service. I understand if you can only get twitter and texts. Im trying to send out as much information as i can. The air flow is now picking up out of the north northeast, and picking up there around lake county and back to Sonoma County. Things are beginning to start picking up again. Visibility is okay but santa rosa is down to 6 miles, and now the wind is coming back toward them. Most locations near the south are ten. Winds pick up later, smoke moves westward. Red flag warning started at 8 00 and goes to 4 00 p. M. Tomorrow with the possibility of gusts to 65, 75 at the higher peaks. The wind advisory picks up at noon. This system is similar to the one we had last wednesday and thursday but not like sunday. It will still be Strong Enough. 30s and 40s for most of the temps this morning but as this system comes in, that will increase the wind out of the north northeast. The humidity is already low in the Higher Elevations, in the teens. The strongest gusts will be tonight overnight into early wednesday morning. Sal . We have a problem in oakland on 580, which is normally better than 880. Not this morning. 580 at 13th westbound, a motorcycle crash blocked some lanes. This commute was okay until this happened. Some people are using 880, which is not a bad idea. 880 northbound is slow but not as slow as 580. The bay bridge is backed up all the way to the maze, metering lights are on. Southbound traffic looking good. Look at the south bay commute, and you can see the traffic here is slow. Back to the desk. Pg e is shutting off power again for parts of the bay area. The north bay is already feeling the impacts. Reporter we are near Sonoma University here and we believe they lost power about 7 00 this morning. This is the most impacted county when we talk about others. Power shutoffs started around 7 00 this morning again, and later tonight around 11 00, contra costa, alameda, marin, santa clara, san mateo and santa cruz will have parts of those counties going dark. The intent is to have the system deenergized by the time the winds really pick up. They want the impact to be minimal to customers but want to make sure their employees are not harassed by the public. Theres a lot of anger out there and we get it. But we ask, please do not take that out on the people engaged in restoring your power. Its dangerous work, its hard work, and they are committed to working as quickly as they can to get your power back on. Reporter the latest shutoff comes as pg e is trying to restore power to other parts of the bay area following the second round of power shutoffs this weekend. Todays shutoffs could affect 600,000 customers, and pg e is going to be shutting off power. They really want you to be prepared and know where youre going to go and what youll do should you be impacted. Right now doesnt appear there were any major problems. We have seen people treating the lights as a fourway stop, no accidents to report. People are going with the flow, getting used to living days without power or having it shut off and having a plan. Thankfully no extreme wind events are forecast, and pg e says at least through the first week of november it will be calm. We just have to get through the next two days. In Sonoma County, the gas station situation is hitand miss. Many were closed because of Power Outages. Others just ran out of gas. Those that were open had very long lines. Many stations have had to refill their tanks more often during the shutoff and still had trouble keeping up with demand. Pg e says its power lines may have caused two fires last weekend that forced evacuations. The fires sunday afternoon started on both sides of highway 24 near Pleasant Hill road and destroyed the clubhouse of the lafayette tennis club. Pg e filed a report with the state and said the first fire may have started when a power line touched a communication line. The fires did not begin in areas designated as high risk for wildfires. Democratic leaders in d. C. Are moving ahead with an impeachment inquiry. The testimony today that could sway an upcoming vote in the house. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Welcome back. We have breaking news, a 3. 9 everything just registered south of hollister. We dont know how far or wide it was felt. There are no immediate reports of any damage or injuries. Thats what you would expect with an earthquake act this size. It comes exactly two weeks after a 4. 7 quake hit two weeks ago, so certainly people having nerves rattled there. Stay with us throughout the morning as we get more information. Right now the ceo of boeing continues to answer a number of questions in a hearing on capitol hill. Its addressing the safety issues surrounding the 737 max jet. We are listening to this hearing which started about an hour ago. Questions are centered around the two crashes that killed 346 people. Taking you live to the hearing, thats the ceo of boeing. He is not blaming the pilots, saying the Company Takes full responsibility of their planes. You can hear a Heated Exchange going on there as the questions are starting to get very serious about when boeing knew about the problems with the software. Again thats the ceo of boeing, and hes mentioned that boeing is working with the faa to override any new versions of the software. Hes answered the question that hes committed to getting it right, saying zero accidents is the only number acceptable, also saying boeing is helping the families affected by the crashes and the company has set aside 100 million to help them financially. Again, we are monitoring the hearing in the news room and well update that story throughout the day. When the opening bell rang this morning, about 75 of shares of beyond meat became eligible following the ipo. Despite a good Earnings Report there, taking a disappointing quarter. The dow is coming back from an hour ago, now up 14 points. The s p is still up as well, and the nasdaq has been down most of the morning, now down about a half a percent. Apple is launching the their pro wireless ear buds with a new design, resistant to water and sweat, and they have noise cancellation. 249 and the early reviews are pretty good. They have about five hours of listening time and announce messageses and can read your texts out loud to you. Virgin galactic launched on the new york stock exchange. Richard branson was there welcoming the holdings on the exchange yesterday, becoming the first Space Company to hit the public market. Hundreds have put down deposits to fly on one of the flights there. A 90 minute flight allows you to experience a few minutes of weightlessness and costs about 250,000. Amazon, much cheaper, offering Online Grocery Delivery Service with no fee. The cost of amazon fresh was 15 a month and its now free, but you have to pay for the prime membership, 119 a year. Its completing with walmarts new unlimited Delivery Program which costs about 13 a month. Right now with the power outage, that would be nice. Wonder if someone can deliver to me. People lining up for premade sandwiches. Someone went to costco and said they had to hold people outside so when one came out, another can go in. And reminder, fill up the gas tank too. Thank you. The life were living right now. Sal . Not doing well. 580 coming up from san leandro, there was a motorcycle crash near highway 13. Thats backed up traffic for a long way. If youre coming in, avoid 880. But it could be your only choice unless you get off the freeway. I wouldnt recommend driving up to the lakeshore area on 580. 880 is very slow, so this is kind of a bad commute. 880 getting up to the bay bridge is all right, but the bay bridge is backed up. The walnut creek area is slow as well as the south bay. Still plenty of slow traffic out there, except of course for the north bay. Steve . Thank you, kind sir. Well get right to it here. The wind is beginning to pick up with some of the Higher Elevations. I know sara mentioned that and its very true, winds 34 miles an hour up in that area. The red flag warning started at 8 00 and goes through wednesday at 4 00 p. M. Smoke will move now more towards the west, back towards the sonoma coast and through the pacific. Still expecting gusts 40 to 60 and possibility 65 to 75 in the higher peaks. It was very cold this morning, lots of 20s and 30s. Some patchy fog around San Francisco and the san mateo coast. Now the conditions are beginning to deteriorate here. Now youre seeing northeast, northeast, northeast. Thats around 20, 25 miles an hour there, gusting to 34. Just 15 humidity. Its not as bad but it will pick up here, a sign of things to come. This looks to be the last in the series. Lets hope so, because we need a break. We need a break with the rain but wont get that until at least the middle of november. This pattern after tomorrow looks to be normal and quiet. Winds pick up tonight into tomorrow with strong gusts overnight for the north and east bay hills. High fire danger. After thursday and friday, the weekend looks sunny and just normal if you will, for now. Normal sounds so good. Thank you. Aiming to feed thousands of evacuees. Well talk with the Salvation Army to hear about their efforts to help kincade fire evacuees. Well be right back. Hey. Hey. You must be stevens phone. Now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network. Only with xfinity xfi. Download the xfi app today. 8 53. New this morning, a federal judge blocked an abortion ban in alabama that would have made the procedure a felony in almost all cases. The judge blocked alabama from enforcing the law, which would have called for a sentence of ten years to life in prison for the Abortion Provider with no exceptions for rape or incest. The law was set to take effect next month. A minneapolis restaurant has taken prices off the menus to bring people together over a good family style meal. People who eat at the Provisions Community Restaurant can pay what they can when they leave. Food is put on the table through those donations and with the help of volunteers. Its meant to be shared and tables are designed to bring groups together. To actually sit and spend time asking someone what their day was like, looking them in the eye and sharing a meal is all an expression of care. The restaurant says it needs 12 people a day to make a 20 donation so they can keep serving the community these types of meals. An important update on the kincade fire evacuees. Well hear from cal fire live as they give us the latest on the efforts to contain the kincade fire. 8 58, a white house official set to testify in the impeachment inquiry to say he raise concerns about the phone call at the heart of the recitation. Commander alexander minimum was listening in on the president s call with ukraines president. He is expected to say he did not think it was proper for the president to demand a Foreign Government to investigate a u. S. Citizen. Whether you have 1 person or 5 people all sang, we object to what the president said, the president of ukraine, we have a transcript of the call. We can all make our judgment. This comes as Democratic Leaders now plentiful house vote on the investigation to lay out how the impeachment inquiry will move forward. Classes for Chicago Public schools canceled again today as teacher strike carries on. 25,000 peoples teachers and additional sports a support staff will be out of the classroom for a ninth day. Negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and the Public School system made some progress last week but talks stalled yesterday overclass size and teacher prep time. We are investing 70 million in staffing to ensure that we have a nurse and a social worker in every school. We are investing 25 million to reduce class size. And we have put that in the contract in writing. 7500 Schools Support staff workers including teachers, aides, custodians, security guards, reached a tentative deal on sunday but they say they will remain on the. It line in solidarity until the teachers get back to work. San francisco based juul company is going to cut some 500 jobs by the end of the year. The ceo says it is necessary after the proposed rules about vaping and vaping products. The do not yet know the number of positions eliminated and expect to get more in the coming days. The kincaid fire continues to burn in Sonoma County, forcing evacuations in parts of napa and lake county. Still to come, a live update from cal fire. Many pg e customers are now left without power this morning. We will let you know about other areas that could soon be affected by the safety shut off. And the Salvation Army is a stepping up efforts to help those evacuated because of the kincaid fire. How the Salvation Army plans to feed thousands of evacuees. Welcome to mornings on 2 at 9 00, we are looking at a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco