Good evening, everybody thanks for being here tonight at 8 oclock im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis thanks for joining kron 4 news at 8 our top story tonight more than 167,000 customers have been left in the dark this evening. This result of the planned power shutoffs by pg and e because of wildfire concerns. The impact has been felt by more than 22,000 customers in sonoma and napa counties, 17,000 customers in sonoma county. 5,000 customers in napa this is the current interactive outage map shut offs here indicated by those pink triangles you see the area just west of lake hennessy there is inundated with shut offs. Power for some customers may not be restored until tomorrow night according to pg and e and while most of those customers have dealt with these power shutoffs before they are no less frustrated. Kron fours michelle kingston reports now from santa rosa. I mean were becoming experts and being flexible up here in santa rosa street lights are out atm is not working thousand
But first escaping the were trapped. Flames. Tonight inside those daring reporter while multiple agencies are making sure there helicopter rescues near yosemite are no hikers still trapped in the fire zone, those who were c. I was a little bit anxious because you dont know how rescued, are grateful. Quickly its coming up the hill. Were just so lucky and two people from the bay area with stories to tell after being fortunate to have made it out and to have been helped by all airlifted to safety by the those amazing, amazing people. National guard. Reporter in the south bay, tonight we have that inside ian cull, nbc bay area news. Story of those helicopter were seeing dangerous fire rescues. Among the 200 people who were weather across much of the state. Here in the bay area, the heat and the wind and the smoke rescued, some hikers from the bay area who didnt know if they remain a big concern. This is what it looked like all would make it out alive. Their Labor Day Weekend road afternoon
Their weather app. Everyones trying to prove it was the hottest where they live. Look, its not a competition. Global warming will eventually kill us all together. As you know, yesterday was labor day, which is a columbus day that youre not racist for celebrating. I went to a pool party, and by that, i mean i wore a mask alone in my pool and played ambient crowd noises like an nba bubble game. And on saturday, you may have heard about this, i went to this fun little boat parade in texas, and sadly my ship sank. Her name was the hms metaphor, and she will be missed. With the passing of labor day, summer is now officially over, and also somehow, hasnt happened yet. Its like the movie tenet. Im assuming thats what its like. I havent seen it yet because i dont want to die. The big question leading into the weekend was would people follow the advice of Health Experts and avoid large parties . And the answer is, america. Virus didnt stop crowds from hitting a lot of beaches saturday and sunda
We would like to see the sky and that has not been possible. No joke you have to be on your toes that they area campers rescued at a high sierra lake is an outof control wildfire inches closer to yosemite. In the past half hour power outage update from pg e. When the lights will come back on for thousands of customers in the dark. Hanging could be worse could be evacuated. Breaking news, the marin independent journal reports chief Michael Cronin is resigning after 12 years. The news comes after a confrontation between the Police Officer and a black business owner. Video shows the sergeant questioning the store owner inside his own store. It happened while he and his wife were unloading inventory in the middle of the night. His last day will be sunday. Right now, streaming on cbsn bay area, red flag fire conditions all over the state. Change in the winds now pushing smoke from hundreds of miles away right into the bay area. Tonight, windy conditions have several fighters raging in north
And she will be missed. With the passing of labor day, summer is now officially over, and also somehow, hasnt happened yet. Its like the movie tenet. Im assuming thats what its like. I havent seen it yet because i dont want to die. The big question leading into the weekend was would people follow the advice of Health Experts and avoid large parties . And the answer is, america. Virus didnt stop crowds from hitting a lot of beaches saturday and sunday. These are pictures of some busy beaches from california, to florida to new jersey. I had in mind this is what it would be like, but i didnt think it would be this bad, you cant even theyre like side to side, its crazy. A massive crowd of people showing up for an unofficial burning man festival in california. No social distancing. You just gotta ask yourself, do you want your obituary to include the phrase unofficial san franciscobased burning man festival . And was it worth it . Labor day barbecues arent even fun under normal circumstance