Until 11 00 this morning. Its been a noisy evening because of the trees rustling. High fire danger continues until 11 00 tomorrow. Moderate risk of heat illness starts at 11 00 today through 00 tomorrow. Tonight will be warmer than this morning. Temperatures 90s everywhere except for the coast. Thank you. Extreme fire conditions forced pg e to cut the power to thousands of people across the bay area. They could be in the dark for the next two days. Jobina fortson is at the live desk with more this morning. Good morning. Pg e is hoping to prevent fires from sparking from damaged power lines or power lines knocked down by high winds. The utilitys website shows who is affected right now. Heres a look at that map. More than 50,000 Northern California customers are impacted. In the bay area, about 22,000 pg e customers are expected to lose power in seven counties. The cruelyoul utility hopes to power by friday. Pg e is stressing this power shutoff is shorter than last years when some custom
Expansive i update to those red flag warnings now for areas of the east bay and the coast and addition to what we saw in the north bay yesterday as winds further spread across the bay area. Upping that fire danger for more and more areas as for this morning skies are clear beautiful start to the morning. But unfortunately we are seeing those red flag warnings now in effect for areas right along the coastline all the inland east bay and upper elevations too its not just today, but red flag warnings through friday as winds continue to gust into a range of 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour for most areas. Pete gust that mountain tops and this is the concerning part right here up to 40 Miles Per Hour. So in those more exposed mountainous and often forested areas thats where you have that greatest concern for a fast moving fire should there be a spark. Now futurecast a wind gust shows you we are pretty calm this morning, but winds pick up again this afternoon this has been a really steady trend. The
Out there early were starting off with the approach to the toll plaza and you can see the goes all the way back to west grand. So yes we have reached that point but we dont have any problems in the 10 minutes off to fremont street a foggy golden gate, theres your yellow truck there your bridge truck switching around the lane configuration but no problems here 19 minutes the moto to the toll plaza and just some minor crowding for 5. 80 west as you leave Castro Valley merging ought to to 38 and then another Little Pocket of crowding on the nimitz leaving san lorenzo rolling south into hayward its a pickup after a street darya thanks a lot robin lets get to the breaking news which are the fires burning in sonoma and napa counties still no control. And you can see the flames npthat firefighters are up against this is new video from overnight and the firefight here was off of highway 29 on Greenwood Avenue in calistoga the glass fires so far burning 46,000 plus acres just 2 contained. And t
This says it all. Fire danger today is high as we approach another heatwave this weekend. Firefighters are gearing up to respond to potential fires. Fall heatwave, fire danger, and smoke. Ill have your weekend forecast coming up. The doj says San Francisco may be violating the constitution with its rules around indoor worship. Tonight opposing reaction from the religious communities. George washington, Abraham Lincoln, dianne feinstein, names that could soon be scrubbed from San Francisco schools. Why alumnis say the efforts are misguided. Abc7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Temperatures are about to soar in the bay area as dangerous fire weather returns. Tonight pg e is warning about potential blackouts, some in napa county. Abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel begins our Team Coverage with what we can expect this weekend. Sandhya . Yeah, dangerous conditions are expected this weekend, dan and dion. Two rounds of gus
Am giving the governor support for his leadership. These communities are devastated. Reporter the governor met with President Trump in sacramento also. The governor honed in on Climate Changes role on the fires. If we put her head in the sand and think its only about management. Things will start getting cooler, you just watch. I wish science agreed with you. It will happen, i dont think science knows, actually. Ideology should not kick in, its just a fact. This is just a fact. And we have to do better as a country. Reporter senator harris focused on Climate Change. Her running mate, joe biden called this a climate arsonist. This is our nation to take seriously extreme changes in our climate. The hot is getting hotter, drier and drier and Climate Change is real. Both senator harris and President Trump had clear reasons for visiting the state. For democrats its a matter of solidifying their position. For donald trump it was more of the photo opportunity, meeting with a major state gover