Because of the prevention of wildfires. Anser hassan is live with more on this. Good morning. The town of danville says the combination of dry conditions and high winds increases the threat of wildfires, so pg e says they will cut off power starting tonight. Town Officials Say the psps event will begin 6 00 and 8 00 p. M. This will affect residents along parts of diablo road in east danville. The power outage cant be avoided but the town wants residents to be prepared. That includes fueling up vehicles, charging mobile devices and have an emergency kit ready which includes batteries, flashlights, cash and a firstaid kit. Also plan for your pets and pg e advises to unplug all electronics. Now, this power outage wont just impact danville but many cities around the bay area. In oakland people have been through this before. Its just more frustration for businesses already struggling because of covid19. I dont know what to do because my flowers need cooler especially with such hot weather.
Be done without any precedent in the time at least ive been on this committee which is about 25 years. And its being done i guess to show power and push someone through really abrogate the value of hearings that this committee should treasure and respect so i very much hope this does not happen if theres no need for and is going to create a lot of bad will the doesnt need to be created. Today was the final day of confirmation hearings for judge Amy Coney Barrett judge barrett was not involved in todays hearings but it was still heated at times yes our washington correspondent Alexandra Limon joins us now live with details alexandra. And vicki good evening. And despite the opposition that we heard from Democratic Senators like senator feinstein there, the interactions between those senators and judge barrett were still pretty amicable all week long but today lawmakers did lose their patients with each other. Points. In the final day of hearings Democratic Senators continued to push agai
Greater numbers. Thanks for joining us everybody on kron 4 news at 5 im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis thousands of people all across the state of california. Or in the dark tonight pg and e has turned off the power in parts of 24 counties, including several right here in the bay area all in the name of preventing wildfires that is the goal, heres a look at pg and es latest outage map showing the areas experiencing these preemptive power shut off the purple indicates places that are without power tonight because of these intentional shut down to see parts of napa sonoma and solano counties and then further south portions of the Oakland Hills are affected as are customers east of 6. 80 there further south theyre talking about the south bay and parts of the peninsula, a vast area here of people dealing with this unwelcome roller coaster. We have Team Coverage tonight kron fours dan kerman is in the napa valley where thousands of people are still without electricity and kron fours rob
Before the lights come back on. The highlighted areas are where pg e cut off power to cut down on wildfires. Pg e announced it hopes to have the power back on in santa cl a clara, alameda and contra costa counties by midnight. But north bay is not in the clear yet. Were joined from a Resource Center in calistoga where people have been stopping by all day to charge up their phones, their laptops. How is it going there, melissa . Reporter weve seen kids, weaver seen adults plugging in their phones. Were here at the calistoga parking lot. Underneath those tents, thats where folks plug in their phones, laptops, tablets, you name it. Theyre also going home with these kits for the adults. A portable battery really helpful right now, and for the kids, a coloring book and some snacks. It just boop went out. Reporter samantha nary remembers the moment around 6 45 last night when the lights went out and the ac was silent. I feel like im in a desert. Reporter the scorching heat and the dying batt
Is a big a big hassle now we have to go through all of this. Now its 6 another night of no power for thousands of pg and e customers as the villa tea Company Continues its second night of planned Power Outages because of the high temperatures. Strong winds low humidity leading to high fire danger. Right now we are under red flag warning that last until 11 00am tomorrow morning and heat advisory is in effect until 9 oclock tonight. Thanks for joining us tonight, everybody, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus according to the utility that shut off is forecasted to affect about 53,000 customers. Over at least 24 counties in california take a look this is the latest pg and e outage map the areas highlighted in yellow are impacted actually the areas in pink are impacted. Yellow and green just indicates regular outages for a variety of reasons but were talking about here this preemptive shut off that is the pinkish purple you see right there parts of the peninsula. The south bay. Parts of t