Things are better around the rest of the bay. It is fine. The visibility 10 miles in San Francisco. The same story for livermore. Temperatures this morning and santa rosa are still in the 30s. 39 degrees. 42 and novato. Mill valley m 43 lafayette at about 45 in oakland we dipped down to 49 degrees. 39 walnut creek. A bit of a chilly start waking up. 43 inserted saratoga. 42 in palo alto. In san jose about 49 degrees. Morgan hill is in the 30s. Once the fog dissipates, and it will, we will actually be having another lovely sunny day. We stay with the cooler temperatures we had yesterday. We see the upper 60s at the coast and in the end it will work its way to the low 80s. Another day with sunshine and another system off of the pacific right now starting to get its act together. It will roll into the northwest. The question is whether it will bring rain to us. I will have the answer in the extended forecast. For now i will send over to sell to ask how things are doing with the commute. I
Decision not a mandate but the governor yesterday signed a bill into law citing research that teens arent getting eight to 10 hours of slneeded to thrive. School will be starting later for many california le and High Schoolers in the coming years. Governor newsom signing a new law requiring public middle schools to not start before 8 00 in the morning and high schools not start before 8 30 a. M. That does not include zero periods. The governor said the science shows teenage students who start their day later increase academic performance, attendance and overall health. I think its good to start after that so they can focus well in the schools. I think its a really good change. Reporter Santa Clara County superintendent says about 20 of schools in california already operate under the later start time. But 80 do not. Its going to mean a lot of schedule changes, some of our districts need to negotiate with bargaining units in order to implement the change. Reporter the dean of San Jose St
169,000 customers. Any moment now we are expecting an update from pg e. This is a live look inside the utility headquarters in San Francisco as we wait for the briefing to get underway. We understanding they are doing audio sound checks. We need officially gets underway, we will bring it to you live. In the meantime, we have team coverage. Alyana gomez is in nampa were people have been in the dark all day. We begin with Paul Chambers who is been talking to pg e customers in contra costa countys. Many say they are frustrated. They are very angry. About two hours from now, pg e is threatening to cut off the power, which is nearly reporter pg es ever delay in Power Outages has many businesses questioning whether to close or not too close. Within a twoblock radius, some businesses were open it somewhere close. Some owners say the constant back and forth in the Power Company has them on edge. I have no idea whether to open or to close. Are they going to shut it off or not . They say at midn
Evacuations here. At last check the fire is 50 contained. Evacuees are encouraged to meet at st. Monicas church on camino pablo. Is another gathering area at the safeway on moraga way and people are advised to take essential items. Lock your windows and doors when you leave as well. This fire comes as pg e shut off power earlier in the night but this time we cannot confirm how the fire started. The Emergency Management coordinator for the Fire District joins us on the phone. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Tell us what you can pick we understand its a burning away from st. Marys. The town as well at this point. Reporter good morning. The fire is not near st. Marys college. Its actually burning behind homes adjacent to sanders drive and merrill ct. We have 100 150 contains. Making good progress. We have a dozer on the scene. We have units from all around contra costa. And our partners some cal fire are here in force. We are making good progress. When the sun comes up containm
Its 70 contained. Before we show you the fire and give you the updates i want to point out that behind us is st. Monicas church. This is were some of the evacuees were told to go to get updates. A short time ago they got the word that half of the people who were told to evacuate ca w return home. We are seeing a little bit of traffic. People who just got the notice are leaving this Evacuation Center and heading up the hill. Up the hill from us in the distance you can see some of the fire trucks and vehicles on standby, watching this fire. Merrill fire broke out around 1 00 last night. It spread to 40 acres but is now 70 contained. At one point it was threatening 140 homes in the Sanders Ranch neighborhood, one mile south from st. Marys college. The university was not threatened. Firefighters say they have a good handle on the fire and will start to switch to mop up mode, and watching things. The spokesperson want to thank the residents were evacuating so quickly. When police came to th