Protests and demonstrations that at times have gotten violent and destructive. Local Police Departments say theyre worried the violence might surface again on Election Night regardless of the outcome bay area businesses are either boarding up again or simply staying boarded up kron fours dan thorn is live in berkeley tonight, he joins us with more on what police have plan and what the residents are expecting to dan. Well ken and pam some bay area Police Departments say they are increasing staffing on election day and the following days and theyre also canceling any discretionary time off its been said before that this is likely going to be an election unlike any other and police are not taking any chances. Businesses throughout the bay area are boarding up or are continuing to stay that way as election day nears depending on which way the elections go police in Berkeley Oakland and San Francisco are also preparing for potential unrest by increasing staffing to help keep the peace open
Says power should be restored by late tuesday evening extreme winds were recorded in some parts of the bay area and Sonoma County for example wind gusts 3 to 99 miles an hour. And we have Team Coverage on the extended red flag warning on the safety power shutoff our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow in the weather center. Hes tracking the gusty winds but first we turn to kron fours to recess to theo who is in Sonoma County where a lot of people are still without power tonight, teresa. As youre mentioning some of those wind gusts were up to 90 Miles Per Hour plus they had sustained winds of 76 Miles Per Hour. So certainly this area was hit hard. And some of those residents still being hit hard because they still are without power. As the sun went down the winds started picking up it could be another long night for residents here in the north bay who already faced the last 24 hours in the dark we lost power yesterday 5 oclock 05 00pm. And has been out since and he says that this latest
Evening, everybody im pam moore and im Catherine Heenan in for ken wayne tonight, so lets get straight to it. Heres where power shutoffs stand right now this is a pg and e map for right now. And we have Team Coverage tonight we will begin with our Lawrence Karnow in the Weather Center with the latest on the wind event which is really the main concern when it comes to the fire danger tonight. Lawrence yeah, i certainly weve seen some tremendous winds. Well, the strongest wind events of the season so far in fact youre seeing latest image here weve got High Pressure out there in the pacific weve got a low pressure just to our east and really the difference between these 2 which is causing all the gusty winds not only here but around the state southern california. Theyve got the santa ana blowing too. Theyve got an active fire there causing some extremely dangerous conditions right now that ridge building in over the upset in northwest, great basin that low kick into these once these begin
Schools and communities first is responsible for the content of this ad. Now at 11 00 thousands still without power across the bay area tonight. We asked if pg es safety shutoffs may have prevented potentially devastating fires. A bay area woman died in this house fire. Tonight why some neighbors tell us the power shutoffs may have cost the homeowner her life. I tried to call and cant call. It was 15 minutes before the Fire Department could get here. A new justice is in town, Amy Coney Barrett confirmed tonight. An inside look at the warriors oakland voting center. Now at 11 00 on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a live look toward the Oakland Hills where for a second night in a row some pg e customers are without power. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. Taking a look at pg es current outage map, the areas in purple there show the communities that are still without power right now. The utility hopes to have it restored as early as tomorrow. Lets get right to our chi
Tonight why some neighbors tell us the power shutoffs may have cost the homeowner her life. I tried to call and cant call. It was 15 minutes before the Fire Department could get here. A new justice is in town, Amy Coney Barrett confirmed tonight. An inside look at the warriors oakland voting center. Now at 11 00 on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a live look toward the Oakland Hills where for a second night in a row some pg e customers are without power. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. Taking a look at pg es current outage map, the areas in purple there show the communities that are still without power right now. The utility hopes to have it restored as early as tomorrow. Lets get right to our chief meteorologist paul heggen with the latest on very dangerous fire weather, paul. Gusty winds and low humidity continue to be a problem for the bay area and the map showing the Power Outages very closely lines up with where were seeing red flag conditions, that combinat