Youre watching kpix 5 news at 5 30. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, big changes could be coming to a federal program that provides Food Assistance to College Students. Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. And im allen martin. Len ramirez explains that many students who now get Food Assistance might be cut off if they dont meet a new set of requirements. Reporter the changes to the programs known as snap or cal fresh here in california could have a greater impact here in the bay area because of the high cost of living often leaves little else for food. Tuition and rent takes a toll on College Students finance and often times food is whatever a student can get. I was just in a dorm and they were eating Peanut Butter for a meal. Reporter megan gets federal assistance with snap, but proposed rule changes would mean single adults would have to take on at least 20 hours of work and prove they have a job to be eligible. Second Harvest Food Bank says thousands of students
If youre just waking up, its friday, youre alive. Heres whats happening weatherwis weatherwise. All right. Looking forward to a great day. Thanks for the pep talk there. Lets look at whats going on. Been watching some fog floating around. Its hitting novato every once in a while. Iscono yoca see we look from sutro tower. It will not stick in one place. It will move around. It wont be a widespread event. If you have a long commute, you may run into it. Temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. Mainly mid to upper 50s at noon. Well stay in the 50s at the coast. Low to mid 60s with tons of sunshine today. Grab a coat this evening back into the 50s. Good friday morning, everyone. Yes, we made it to the end of the week here, checking out our bay bridge toll plaza camera. A live look and seeing that the cash lanes are stacking up now. Metering lights are not on yet. Moving down to the south bay, a live picture from 87, nice and empty this friday morning. We expect it to stay that way. Moving on
Activity you might see. No outdoor burning allowed at all. Make sure smar fires. No two evacuation routes in and out of your neighborhood and set up meetings with your department. If you have a local Neighborhood Group thats a great way to stay in touch with them and know everything you should be doing as well. What about the temperatures . Look how warm 9 00 t in the morning tomorrow. Well go over more temperatures and the heat and the fire danger coming up throughout this hour. Good information. Thank you, jeff. Thousands of people in the north bay are bracing for a black out. Pg e says it could shut down power tomorrow in sonoma and lake counties. This was part of the proactive approach to reduce the likelihood of a wild fire. Jody we can see construction behind you. Reporter thats right, raj. People here in santa rosa know how devastating wild fires can be. Were in the coffee park neighborhood of santa rosa where the tubs fire wiped out nearly the entire neighborhood nearly two yea
Ys, if the weather eres a long does not improve and especially with the hot days that are forecasted ahead. The anticipated Public Safety power shutoff come after the National Weather service announced red flag fire warning across the north bay and east bay hills. Dry winds, low humidity and high winds and high daytime temperatures creating a lot of concerns and making things more dangerous. It would affect 33,500 customers here in Sonoma County. Nearly 13,000 in lake county and another county. No definite shutoffs have been announced but pg e expects the risk to increase beginning around 8 00 as the wind gusts start to pick up. Thats when power would most likely be shut off. The company notified tens of thousands of customers last night about the anticipated shutoffs and plans to keep them informed as they make a decision some time in the next hour. They will be notified again and make a final decision on whether to proceed with the power shutoff late this morning and then well contac
What im seeing are wind gusts of 20 to 40milesperhour on. And off gusts possible tuesday and went. Sustained winds headed 20 Miles Per Hour and humidity around 10 . I want to get you a closer look at the specific cities and youll see in the north bay. It is for the hills around santa rosa. Napa, novato, right over to the east bay, oakland, lafayette, moraga, fremont, and in the south bay, to the eastern side of san jose for morgan hill and gilroy. So on top of that, we have the ni. When you step out the door. 70s from the north bay to the south bay. And look at this. By lunch time. Downtown San Francisco could be up to a hot 88 and 90s inland and thats not even the daytime highs. I want to turn our tacks on jean. Are people nervous fire danger s minds and it is in high effect. Because of the fire danger, the Fire Department is staffing up. It is preparing for a possible pg e power shutoff. High fire danger flags are flying in santa rosa. In fire scarred sonoma county, it means extra st