In california. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. Im julie haener. For some, it is a second night in the dark as pg e tries to avoid setting any catastrophic fires from its equipment. We have the timetable to get the lights back on. Remake the utility is sticking to its forecast. Winds die by tomorrow morning, then day long inspections and repairs. And if no surprises, powerback sometime tomorrow evening. This is what we are going to be dealing with for the next over 24 hours. Reporter santa rosas Oakmont Retirement Community is in the heart of the power ou smiling while plopping. Figuri this Fire Prevention blackout wont be the last. We are supposed to have these 50 to 60 mile an hour winds this morning, they havent developed as of now. Reporter pg e says the wind did materialize at higher elevations. A 66 mileperhour gust recorded on mount st. Helena. What the heck is pg e doing . What have they done to help with the situation . Reporter the owner of oakmonts market sold 300
Hydrated. Julie haener. And im frank somerville. He says business outdoors has been slow the past two weeks. The poor air quality depends on so much, the restaurant that where you live. Some say the smell of smoke has caters to families has had to eased, others say it looks like close early. Desk, even in the middle of the those that do come keep their day. Masks on. We do find our patrons new tonight, more on how people wearing it at any little break are holding up in these hazy they can to not have to inhale the bad air. Conditions. Reporter i think its fair to say many want their quality reporter another spare the air alert tomorrow, breaking the previous record set during to improve. The camp fire in 2018. The air, today was a little different. People sought dense smoke, a again, expected in the east bay hazy sky, the worst spots along and northbay. It was so evident today. The bay areas perimeter napa, concord and gilroy. In downtown concord tuesday evening most of the patio to ou
Here throughout the weekend to make the lake safe again in the meantime napa county deputies want to make sure that people stay away. Napa counties Lake Berryessa might seem like the ideal place to cool off an escape this weekends scorching temperatures but because of the hennessy fire. The lake is off limits through labor day the areas surrounding the lake. The infrastructure and some places the roadway itself. Suffered some pretty some pretty significant damage. A county under sheriff John Crawford says deputies will be patrolling the lake to keep people away. The closure is for safety and will allow hundreds of crews to remove trees clear around roads and put in new utility poles and lines all that work needs to happen without visitors flocking to the lake. Theres just a lot just a lot of things that need to be taking care of cleaned up prepared. Before people can really safely come back and recreate a late various, the head of the fire is the largest of the lnu complex fires, its b
Weekend hot and dry temperatures exceeding 100 a lot of the east bay portions of county as well little part like San Francisco to the and also along the coastline, not to are in a little bit. Were looking at excessive heat advisory, but this is an excessive heat warning and just about all the entire bay area for the weekend temperatures thus far come into the 60s we got some 50s up to the north bay feeling pretty good to start 61, san jose. Most readings inland are actually ahead of the ball game or only trailing a little bit around the coast. And up to the north bay a little bit as well not having a lot the way of winds just a minor little breeze here going on here is the breakdown word, 84 by 11 by 2 oclock 99. Again with numbers topping off well beyond 100. Well take a closer inspection of those temperatures coming up in just a bit marty. All right dave and we want to continue our coverage of this hot Holiday Weekend by taking a look the way to some cities are helping people stay co
A closer look is coming up. And at the live desk, im tracking the flex alert for the Labor Day Holiday weekend. The heat could put a strain on the power grid, so there is a possibility of rolling blackouts. Utility companies will focus on conservation during peak hours. Pg e is putting all hands on deck in these areas where were expecting the triple digit temperatures. Things that could be by the heat, were stocking up for this weekend. And Governor Newsom has signed an emergency proclamation to free up additional capacity. And doctors say that Labor Day Weekend could be make or break against the fight of coronavirus. They urge americans to follow social distancing guidelines. And in southern california, some companies hired private security guards to enforce face masks at beaches. College towns are closing bars to keep students from gathering. At least eight universities have reported homore than 1,000 case on campus. Not sure that being facetoface is helpful or necessary at this int.