That means critical fire weather conditions will be happening in parts of the north bay and east bay and south bay. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Right to Spencer Christian who is tracking the forecast for us tonight. Spencer . Dan and ama, we have a pattern of strong offshore winds developing. As the winds flow downslope they compress, the air compresses. It dries out, it warms up. That increases the risk for fire. Were looking at gusts under 20 Miles Per Hour in the Higher Elevations at the moment but they will get stronger overnight. As a result we have a red flag warning in the north and east bay hills and valleys and the Santa Cruz Mountains from 5 00 a. M. To 11 00 a. M. Friday, our strongest gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour. High temperatures will be in the upper 90s the next few days and ill have more details and the complete accuweather sevenday forecast. Spencer, thank you. With the Red Flag Alert comes the threat of preemptive shutoffs that could affect 23,000
That could affect our air quality. More importantly is the wildfire concern, a red flag warning is going into effect in a matter of hours. Good evening, thank you for joining us, im dan ashley. A busy week ahead. A week where everyone should remain vigilant. It begins tomorrow night at 9 00, it runs until monday morning at 8 00 a. M. , its a combination of gusty ps going to mean critical fire weather conditions with the low humidity. Heres a look at the wind forecast, winds begin to pick up initially saturday night into sunday morning. You will notice 26 miles an hour in middletown. Still pretty gusty around calistoga. Higher elevations even stronger. A second round of winds sunday night into monday. There is a wind advisory on sunday, could see some Power Outages and the possibility of down tree limbs. As you check out those temperatures on sunday, triple digits. Just moments ago, pg e said 200 customers in the napa county area only would be impacted by a pg e power safety shutoff wat
Mta looks at the Surveillance Video on a week by basis. Were able to take a look at the service on the streets from week to week to see how well the mask compliance is going. Reporter the sfmta also reported having trouble with a few passengers when told to mask up. According to their data from april to august 31st, this are 63 verbal altercations specifically dealing with masks and nine operators have been assaulted. One driver was struck several times with a wooden bat in july. There was a minute toiature involved, as well due to facial compliance or lack thereof. Its a scary situation, indeed. Reporter roger out Transit Workers Union local 250 a believes many more drivers are not reporting passengers who dont compile to avoid any interruption to their bus route. We would like to see more assistance out there, boots on the ground in terms of people, workers, assisting us with more compliance. Reporter the sfmta says a few things are helping. Its mandatory for bus drivers to use the p
Oakmont and into annadale early this morning. But there was a vealiant firefight here on the east side of santa rosa to save as many homes as they could. And the statement i heard is they have saved far more than they lost. Six shelters are set up across the counties, and officials are working to set up a seventh. One of the most famous resorts in the bay area has sustained heavy fire damage. Lets go to reporter kate larson at the meadowwood resort in st. Helena tonight. Kate . Reporter hey, ive been here for the better part of an hour now, watching this building here. This is a fivestar resort and club in napa valley. This is a hotel room, a lodging room that has just been burning to the ground. I saw it in flames about 5 00, and weve just watched disintegrate. Ive been speaking to the fire crews and theyve been here since 2 00 in the morning, fighting fires all over this property. They say a number of buildings have burned, including the building that houses a very wellknown restaura
This says it all. Fire danger today is high as we approach another heatwave this weekend. Firefighters are gearing up to respond to potential fires. Fall heatwave, fire danger, and smoke. Ill have your weekend forecast coming up. The doj says San Francisco may be violating the constitution with its rules around indoor worship. Tonight opposing reaction from the religious communities. George washington, Abraham Lincoln, dianne feinstein, names that could soon be scrubbed from San Francisco schools. Why alumnis say the efforts are misguided. Abc7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Temperatures are about to soar in the bay area as dangerous fire weather returns. Tonight pg e is warning about potential blackouts, some in napa county. Abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel begins our Team Coverage with what we can expect this weekend. Sandhya . Yeah, dangerous conditions are expected this weekend, dan and dion. Two rounds of gus