Wildfire risk of the year. The wind is already picking up at this hour and gusts could reach 70 miles an hour in the highest elevations. Pg e is closely monitoring power lines and any trees that could knock them out. The entire bay area except San Francisco could be in the dark by the end of tonight. The first round of shutoffs are underway in parts of napa and sonoma counties. In less than an hour residents in marin could lose power and the shutoffs are expected to sweep across a large portion of the east bay and the peninsula. The threat of powerful gusts once the sun goes down. Yeah. The wind is already picking up and our red flag warning is already in effect. I guess well go to darren first. Paul, i know youll focus heavily on the red flag warning. In fact, i could do that first. The red flag warning has been extended. It start tonight and it will take us through the remainder of this evening and into tuesday. Read the details on the bottom lefthand corner. Extreme fire weather bay
Now the red flag warnings will be continued for these areas through 5 00 on tuesday. The winds arent going to be as strong, but they will still be gusty. The humidity be very low to the north bay mountains, thats where we are talking about the red flag warning through tuesday evening and we have wind advisory that is in effect for the entire bay area through 11 00 tomorrow morning. Even if youre in a spot that doesnt have a high fire threat, youll still need to prepare for the potential of Power Outages as whole trees could get knocked down by those winds. Darren has a closer look at that part of the bay area. Yeah, paul, this is not going to hit the bay area equally. Itll hit some places harder than others. John ramos is in the Berkeley Hills talking about preevaccuations there for a reason. Well be showing you why the Berkeley Hills are one of the places that really need to take this seriously. Well come in for a close up look now. The week hasnt kicked in at this point, but once we
Now at 11 00, pg e announcing the possibility of more power up chatops. Where thousands of bay area customers could be left in the dark. A new red flag warning just went into effect for parts of the north bay and am tracking more dangerous fire weather conditions later this week. Governor newsom is throwing cold water on hopes for a Coronavirus Vaccine before the holidays. Why the rollout will take some extra time. With many voters feeling uneasy about mailin ballots, tonight we put the system to the test. The two fake ballots you sent never show up. It is concerning. Im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Now at 11 00 on kpix 5 news and streaming on cbsn bay area, a red flag warning just taking effect with the wind causing the potential for problems. We will break down a new round of possible power shots in just a moment, but first lets get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen for what we can expect overnight. Low humidity is the big concern tonight, not going to increase very muc
Dark. A new red flag warning just went into effect for parts of the north bay and am tracking more dangerous fire weather conditions later this week. Governor newsom is throwing cold water on hopes for a Coronavirus Vaccine before the holidays. Why the rollout will take some extra time. With many voters feeling uneasy about mailin ballots, tonight we put the system to the test. The two fake ballots you sent never show up. It is concerning. Im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Now at 11 00 on kpix 5 news and streaming on cbsn bay area, a red flag warning just taking effect with the wind causing the potential for problems. We will break down a new round of possible power shots in just a moment, but first lets get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen for what we can expect overnight. Low humidity is the big concern tonight, not going to increase very much through the rest of the night. Winds will pick up, red flag warning just went into effect a couple minutes ago at 11 00, and this
And now at 11 00, a look at how the bay area celebrated halloween during a time of social distancing. Plus, bart trying to bounce back as reopening guidelines change. How bart is working to encourage the bay area to take the train again. And it is the final countdown. The last chance to have your voice heard ahead of the long voting lines on election day. Good evening, im juliette goodrich. And im brian hackney. A live look at the Castro District in San Francisco which is usually bustling. To say the least. On halloween night. But this year, celebrations across the bay are a bit muted. Yet, if there is a party out there to be found, betty yu will find it. She is in the castro with how people are celebrating. Reporter this year, its a much more subdued halloween. The city discouraged large gatherings and parties but they wanted people to safely celebrate and get in the spirit like i did. Its a hairraising Haunted House like no other. The social club hosted a social distanced tour with r