At this hour in many locations in the north bay. Overnight pg e started cutting power to more than 500,000 homes and businesses, 200,000 in the north bay, thats due to the high fire danger and the red flag warning, this is a live look at the outages, you can see that large swatch of purple across the north bay, this is phase one according to pg e. Now a second phase is set to start about noon, and last at least through tonight. Outages will impact parts of contra costa, santa clara, alameda and san mateo counties. In the second phase, 234,000 homes and businesses are expected to be impacted. Also this morning, many schools and universities across the bay have canceled classes preemptively today. You can see our ticker there rolling on the bottom of the screen with the schools listed, and the south bay bracing for outages as well. We expect san jose mayor sam liccardo will hold a news conference, at 7 00 a. M. We will stream that live. Kari hall is tracking the red flag warning and conc
Morning, 6900 acres, 20 . We should have something new within the hour. Cal fire hoping to increase the containment number. The acreage burned will remain about the same. Near Lake Berryessa wayne freedman, abc 7 news. Nice to see there is progress there. To get the latest information on the fire near Lake Berryessa, you can download our free abc 7 news app for smartphones tablets and apple watch. Just enable the push alert for instant updates. Highway 50 closed in Eldorado County because of a large wildfire burning 200 acres on both sides and is now 30 contained. There are mandatory Evacuations Ordered from white hall to the sand flat camp ground. Fire officials said opening highway 50 is a priority. For now, anyone traveling to tahoe is asked to use 80 or state route 88 instead. A jury has convicted henry smith jr. Of first degree murder with special circumstances for the 2011 killing of jim capu. He was shot as he chased down smith following a bank robbery. Deliberations in this tri
Deportation here in the bay area. This wont be last. This new Political Climate is prompting debate about our immigration process and causing heart ache for a lot of local families. Weve been following the emotional journey of Mario Mendoza sanchez including a lastminute intervention by senator dianne feinstein. Within 20 minutes, shell take off for mexico city. Jean elle joins us time where you spent im with the family tonight. Reporter raj, what an emotional night here at the airport. A bay area mother and father saying goodbye to their three daughters. And Everything Else they know and love. This is a moment i hoped that has never came. Reporter after years of trying to achieve legal status, the fight is over. Mario Mendoza Sanchez and her husband leave their home in oakland behind and check in at sfo for a flight to mexico, saying goodbye to the United States and their three daughters. Its hard. I wish i dont have to leave my kids behind, but i really like to follow the law. Report
Thunderstorm activity over this year, and High Pressure is kicking in. 50s and 60s from the top to the bottom, from the west to the east. Upper 50s and low 60s with thunderstorm activity in the sierra. For us it looks a little bit warmer after these cool few days, mild on the coast that started warming yesterday. This theme will continue into friday and saturday. It is 5 01 am. We are quiet. Just the way we like it. There is a little bit of slow traffic, so i will not mislead you, but no major incidents is what i meant to say. Westbound 580 has some slow traffic. You will see slowing driving out toward the commute, 18 miles an hour at 205 which is pretty slow. Livermore to pleasanton looking good and interstate 8080 in both direction moving nicely 880 moving nicely in both directions. Very little slowdown as you make your way onto the bridge. An investigation is underway into the Deadly Police shooting overnight in livermore. Neighbors called authorities about a man acting strangely an
Good morning. Lets take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on with the 50 minute delay depending on which lane you are in but there is an average of 15 minutes or a little less. Traffic is not bad once you get onto the bridge. No crashes reported into San Francisco. Interstate 880 traffic moving okay. If you are driving on the peninsula the traffic is fine. We do have a new clash reported at 101 and that may or may not be causing slow traffic but we will keep an eye on this. It looks okay in from southern san jose into the airport area. It is 6 01 am. We began with a developing story in livermore where the police shot and killed an armed man late last night. Residents called authorities about a man acting strangely and it ended with the officers shooting the suspect and the house on fire. Leigh martinez is at the scene to explain the series of events that unfolded overnight. Reporter good morning. The police were here all night and morning. We are on the other sid