So, lets jump right in to weather. Let me take it from here. We have some issues out there as kumasi talked about. You can see it over my shoulder. The red flag warning in effect for the diablo range and east bay hills and also the north bay mountains and this goes through 5 00 this evening as winds could still gust 50 to 60. That is looking less likely but still possible but extremely dry out there. 8 to 18 relative humidity. We could have extreme fire behavior because of that. Winds are still running anywhere from 35 to about 41 in knoxville. So, that is still pretty critical as far as fire starting and fire spreading. Look at this. 8 in the Oakland Hills to about 10 , 11 relativi relative ty ty rest of us. For the rest of us extremely dry air and temperatures in the mid 70s to mid 80s. Away from the coast in the mid 70s. Okay, mike. Thank you. Oakland police are investigating an incident along mcarthur boulevard. One person is dead and we have reached out to investigators for more i
Without power. At the height of the shutoff, 345,000 customers had their power turned off. Most areas are expected to have their lights turned on today. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live in orinda this morning with how residents are dealing with this and also businesses. Good morning, amy. Hi, jobina. You cant help but feel bad for the businesses and i ammic looilo looking at them in orinda and a second day and morning of not being able to light. Its the same situation in lafayette and also in moraga. Their downtown areas do not have power and, of course, some homes also have had their lights turned out. We have seen Grocery Stores bring in lights to stay in business. Some people are frustrated. You can go on nextdoor and read how hard this is for people as they try to distance learn and work without power. The Hardware Store now say they plan for these. After last years one we restocked and held stock on things like generators and cords for generators, oil for y generators and
Area above highway 13. So certainly that was on everyones mind. This is the memorial to that firestorm but this time fire crews were in the right place at the right time. Black smoke rising from the Oakland Hills at 9 40 Tuesday Morning sent an ominous wave of panic. Oakland fire says what ignited the blaze is a gasoline generator hooked up because power was cut off by pg e because of the red flag warning posted for the east bay hills. It was a huge explosion. Its like i hear a neighbor saying its the generator that explode and then we see the fire all over the place and i started to shake and everybody just get panicked and started to run all over the place. Reporter this family lives next door. It was a second explosion and the fire went across the street into the other peoples yard. And the whole house just went up in smoke and flames, and then the cars exploded right after that. At least two cars. Reporter there were a total of four explosions as the fire tore through two homes, fl
Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn Bay Area Special coverage of campaign 2020 and impressive numbers on bay area voter turn out. What it could mean for results on election night. How San Francisco is getting ready for the outcome of the election. And any potential unrest in the streets. And falling short, the polls show prop 16 to restore affirmative action is losing traction among californians. California was one of the first states to ban affirmative action in 1996. As kpix 5s kip doe reports. Lets talk about prop 16. A new poll out from uc berkeley shows prop 16 trailing by double digits. Store the race sheeting up for prop 16. It would reinstate affirmative action in college admissions, Government Employment and contracts. Released by the institute of governmental studies shows prop 16 no votes leading 39 to 38 . Would you go so far as to say prop 16 has one foot in the grave. Those are your words. I wouldnt necessarily say it that way. But its chances are not great. Mark i
In the van last night. I notice some neighbors have been using generators. I imagine some people have medical issues. Reporter this is what neighbors feared this morning, a repeat of the 1991 oakland fire storm that killed 25 people and burned close to 3,000 homes. The 91 fire is in our hearts and minds every day. Reporter fortunately no one was injured in this fire and you can see that pg e is still out here. Neighbors say theyve been pretty frustrated because theyre hearing power is going to come back off and on sometime tonight but havent heard any confirmation. Firefighters say they will be on stand by out here because it is so dry out here. Reporting live in oakland hills. Sharon, thank you. Businesses in the north bay got creative during the outage. This is a life look at the local q restaurant in calistoga, good barbecue there. Within the past five minutes, the lights just turned back on. Before that, they were able to serve customers by using a generator and a propane grill. He