County mayor accuses pg e of lying to its customers amid widespread power outages. And a bay area woman makes a powerful statement on the first night of the Democratic National convention. My dad, marc anthony erkesa, should be here today, but he isnt. Hundreds of bay area bus drivers about to lose their jobs and their Health Insurance, some after decades behind the wheel. I just think its immoral. Good evening. Im ken bastida. Im Juliette Goodrich in for elizabeth. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area homes in danger as crews try desperately to get a handle on dozens of wildfires tonight. We have Live Team Coverage on the fires and the heat. First kpix5s joe vazquez is near the front lines of the hennessey fire in napa county. Joe. Reporter it is a warm night here in napa county along the grapefields here and there [ technical difficulties ] reporter folks here keeping their fingers crossed conditions will continue. Reporting live, joe vazquez, kpix5 news. We have new video in
Surcharged to your next bill. How much more you might pay. Any little bit of extra money i think would help. The school year started, tonight oakland unified finally has a distancelearning deal, almost. Everyone is like what is going to happen, mom and dad are busy working. Get ready for a heatwave this weekend, we will take a look at which counties are already under excessive heat watches. B mac now at 11 and streaming on cbsn, cruise battling a Massive Wildfire exploding from the forest tonight. It burned over 7000 acres in just 90 minutes. It has since grown to more than 10,000 acres. At least 100 homes are under evacuation orders, the red cross has been scrambling to open shelters. Right now this fire is 0 contained. Lets take a live look outside, get ready. A heatwave is about to barrel into the bay area. Paul heggen has been watching things. Temperatures heating up already, tomorrow lets take a look at the forecast eyes compared to what is normal. We will be about 5 to 10 degrees
Now at 11 00, breaking news, it is crazy hot. The power grid cannot handle it. The bay area has been hit with the first rolling blackouts in 20 years. Will this happen every day . We have warm weather on the way for the bay area. E leup in sight. We have complete details coming up. One mayor beggs people not come. What will they do to enforce it . Who should get vaccinated first . What california is being asked to do tonight. Streaming on cbsn bay area live, breaking news, pg e said tonights rolling blackouts are over. Power has been restored to essentially all customers. There are thousands without power tonight as the heat puts an enormous strain on the grid. We have Team Coverage on the heat wave, and what to ask next through the weekend. First, Katie Nielsen is insan rafael where the lights suddenly went out in the middle of dinner. Reporter thats right, the lights on Fourth Street just came back on about 90 minutes ago. For the restaurants downtown, the damage was done. Bill higgi
Struggling. This was supposed to be his big friday night rush. Restaurants are already under the gun. This is hurtful. Reporter the beer garden was still rocking, thanks to a bluetooth speaker, battery operated lights, and more than a few cold adult beverages. It was weird. Reporter those downtown when the power went out were relying on headlights from passing cars to see where they were going, while others used flashlights on their cell phones. Some question, why bother to leave . It is difficult to go home. We want to be by the air conditioning unit, we dont have that now. Reporter for the people owning restaurants, the stakes are higher. We have five more days to come. Will this happen every day or what . Reporter that is the big question everyone is asking. What will happen tomorrow . We spoke with a representative from the power grid. She said the biggest factor for the rolling blackouts tomorrow will be the weather. Katie nielsen, kpix 5. The crazy hot weather sounds like it will
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. A heat wave in california has triggered the first rolling blackout in california for over 20 years with more possible in the coming days. The bay area beach town is begging people not to visit but unclear how that could be enforced. Who will be vaccinated first when the shots become available, and what california and other states are asked to do ahead of time. It is 6 00 on this saturday, august 15. Good morning. I am emily turner. I am devin fehely. Lets get to our meteorologist. Yesterday was bad but thats only the start. Here is the view over the bridge with no marine layer this morning but i dont think anyone is surprised to see that. Although we did cool down in the upper 60s in the city after being in the mid90s yesterday. We shattered the record of San Francisco from the gold rush. We will do it all over again today. We have intense heat again today and it could get technically cooler tomorrow but dont think sunday will fe