Pg e began turning off power on saturday night. Outages affected cut r. Cut. Bute and yuma counties. The time is 4 30. Lets check weather and traffic where you live. Wednesday and thursday is our next chance for high fire danger. Ill touch more upon that as we head throughout the day. American canyon, the winds were like 2 miles per hour. Our fastest wind in livermore is 5. Its blowing off shore. So another day of stagnant air and warmer than average temperatures. A few high clough clouds out ts morning. Should be a colorful sunrise. 61 to 65. 70s at the coast by noon. 80s elsewhere. 90s by 4 00. Inland everybody in the 50s and 60s by 7 00. How is the commute . Its shaping ul wee ining up than that problem in tracy. In the immediate bay area, no major problems. We had a couple earlier stalls. Theyve been cleared. A live shot of the san mateo bridge, westbound on the right looking great out of hayward, foster city. 101 problem free at this point. 101 looking good in the south bay. This
Its on pg es watch this is happening. The governor says he understands why every one is upset but this needs to happen to keepplan power outage may impact santa clara county. This is look at the News Conference that just started. They are discussing how the community can best prepare. Well tell you the key take aways on our 6 00 newscast. The next 48 hours will be challenging for parents. Schools across the bay area will be closed if the power goes out. Were listing all the schools at the bottom of our screen. Nbc bay area melissa colorado joins us in oakland. Reporter the district spokesperson tells centers will be impacted. You might have to close tomorrow as well. The reason pg e electric system is interconnected in the power lines in the hills affects the grid here below. They will tell the public to prepare for a black out. City lead ers say the worst cas scenario is the power outage could last up to five days. This is the type of interruption that should not happen. Reporter even
Many are getting ready and city and local officials are warning people the power outage could last for days. Power will be likely shut off for thousands in Alameda County alone including in the Oakland Hills because of red flag weather and high fire danger. It is an unprecedented move. This is a first. Thhave received notification of a planned power outage. I will say it is good to have some warning rather than no warning. It could take up to five days for pg e to get the power up which the mayor said would be devastating. Five days without electricity is acceptable for our committee. Theres a possibility they could restore power sooner. That depends on how quickly they can inspect lines and re energize those lines. Reporter the Oakland Police chief said the department is beefing up its ranks. All sworn officers with days off are canceled and starting this evening with our entire Investigative Team assigned and in uniform. And outage will close 12 schools. Grass valley, howard, parker,
Customers in the bay area. We have life Team Coverage at the Pg E Emergency Operations Center and on the preparations being taken in the south bay. Our meteorologist is tracking the winds that are causing so much concern. We begin with greatly who is in lafayette where people are scrambling to get ready and stocking up on needed supplies. More than 40,000 customers in Contra Costa County alone will lose power tonight and that includes in lafayette where people have been rushing to places like this ace hardware to make sure they are prepared for the outage. Once ron got word pg e would shut off his power, he left work early and rushedto the sto up and he wasnt alone. Several pallets of water completely empty. People are getting ready because the stores are more crowded than ever. The Police Departments estimate 21,000 customers will go dark in the marinda area. Police departments sent notices to residents last night to prepare before pg e finalized its plans. Giving residence a heads up
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