Just a few minutes ago pg e narrowed the scope as they continue to monitor wind conditions for wednesday. Tonight about 35,000 bay area customers stand to lose power in the next day or so in sonoma, napa, and san mateo counties, but theres potential the fire danger could be higher this weekend, so what does it all mean . We have Team Coverage for you tonight starting with kpix 5s andrea nakano. Reporter yes, right now pg e is calling this a potential Public Safety power shut off. As of tonight the Utility Company says it will decide in the morning whether or not communities will go dark once again. Pg e says it has narrowed the scope of the potential power outage, but its still estimated to impact almost 200,000 customers from central to northern california. For the last 2 days pg e has reached out to customers by phone, email, or text to warn them. The California Governor Gavin Newsom admits the utility has improved in that area, but not in much else. If they start shutting off power,
Just a few minutes ago pg e narrowed the scope as they continue to monitor wind conditions for wednesday. Tonight about 35,000 bay area customers stand to lose power in the next day or so in sonoma, napa, and san mateo counties, but theres potential the fire danger could be higher this weekend, so what does it all mean . We have Team Coverage for you tonight starting with kpix 5s andrea nakano. Reporter yes, right now pg e is calling this a potential Public Safety power shut off. As of tonight the Utility Company says it will decide i the morning whether or not communities will go dark once again. Pg e says it has narrowed the scope of the potential power outage, but its still estimated to impact almost 200,000 customers from central to northern california. For the last 2 days pg e has reached out to customers by phone, email, or text to warn them. The California Governor Gavin Newsom admits the utility has improved in that area, but not in much else. If they start shutng off power, it
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Pg e restored power for the final 2500 customers last night. More than 700,000 were impacted by the widespread event. The company has confirmed 50 instances of weatherrelated damage to its system in areas affected by the shut off and shared these photos yesterday of downed lines and vegetation on power lines. Meanwhile, the utility is defending its decision to power. One of the main misconceptions is that we did this to save our own skin. I cannot really fathom how that will work for us. The only thing that people of pg e care about in this event is the safety of others. It is you, and making sure we keep things safe. The triwindy weather that triggered the power shut off included gusts of wind of more than 70 mile per hour in some areas, from wednesday evening into thursday morning. And a Police Source confirms that the body of a tech ceo first lets get down to whether. As far as this is concerned, it will be a nice mild day. We have a cool start compared to yesterday. Taking a life t
Saw all these flashing lights. No major injuries. A couple vehicles on the approach. The left cash lanes are lightening up. Someone was trying to get in the parking lot. Overall a light build for the commute. A disabled vehicle reported off the university off ramp. Well make sure that is cleared for lanes. Back to you, marcus. A lot of people should take mass transit. Your ride on mass transit could get less expensive as they look into discounts in a specific situation. Good news, bob. Reporter marcus, lets say you hop on b. A. R. T. And head to sf or oakland and have to transfer to a local bus or ferry. Youre not going to always get a discount or a transfer. The clipper executive board which oversees the clipper fare card they want to change that. Yesterday at a meeting the board agreed to spend about 600,000 on a study looking into how to integrate the fares of all 27 bay area transit agencies. Right now each agency sets fares independently of each other and they dont always offer di