Reporter meanwhile people are trying to adapt to a day without power. Most stores here are closed but not all of them. This couple says they managed to buy what they needed. We shopped by flashlight, and we paid cash. We were due two cents change, but we all forgot about that. Reporter people here understand they need to make sacrifices to stay safe. Were surviving. It could be much, much, much worse. Reporter in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. I want to give you a more detailed look at exactly where those outages are happening. First lets talk about the east bay. Most of the outages are in the oakland hills, which is right here. This is that whole montclair area that she was talking about. Some people without power on the Southeast Side of walnut creek, so were talking about this area right here, and then all along danville, which is right down here. So lets look at the north bay. 9,000 customers without power. Thats just in napa alone. So were talking about this region ri
Thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Well check in with mike for a look at the Early Morning commute in a bit, but vianey is in for kari. Good morning to you. How are we looking today . Good morning. Were off to a hot start. Weve got 70s and 80s right now and its not even 5 00 a. M. Can you believe it . San francisco right now 74 degrees. We are still under that heat advisory through 9 00 tonight because of these temperatures. San jose, 63. The fact san jose is or San Francisco is warmer than san jose really gives you an idea where were at right now. The wind speeds are calm at the lower level. High fire danger, ill go into more detail coming up in my full forecast. Mike . Vianey, you asked can i believe its not even 5 00 a. M. Yes, yes, we know. Over to the roadways, because its so early, very light traffic flow. Lets give you an updated look at the map. Green sensors all over the place. Much of your construction work has alre
And practicing covid19 norms. Masks for Everyone Welcome back is a mask from us hand sanitizer, temperature gauges we want everyone to feel like they are in a safe place. Reporter one of roughly 1800 pg e customer set to lose power in sonoma county. Much higher napa 9200 customers. And eastern Solano County some 900 customers will be affected 80 to 90 and lake county said to be impacted the next few days because of a red flag warning. Height winds expected early friday morning expected to get the most friday morning with estimated restorable times friday night. Reporter because pg es equipment was blamed for sparking the wine country of ours in 2017 the utility began cutting power the following year to prevent similar incident as stop. Humidity forecast to drop below 20 in high wind exceeds 25 Miles Per Hour. We reported on customers who complained about using and losing food when teaching with dark. Attribute organizations is to the redwood empire for being customers can have food rep
Tracking the strong winds, the peak wind gust with the offshore went 50 to 60 miles an hour earlier this morning, mount st. Helena, mount diablo gusting wind gusts of 63 miles an hour. Mount hood 39 and 38 milean hour wind gusts at the oakland hills. Because of the dusty offshore winds, low relative humidity values, a big concern with the red flag warning that remains in effect now through 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow for all the areas highlighted in red. The northbay and east bay mountains, Santa Cruz Mountains under the red flag morning. We continue to watch humidity levels drop throughout the day today into tomorrow. That is why we are talking about the extreme fire danger. Also looking at dangerously hot temperatures. Likely record breaking highs today into tomorrow which is why the heat advisory for the bay area in effect today and tomorrow. We look at daytimes highs 20 degrees above average this time of year. I can let you know what to expect in your neighborhood coming up in a few minut
Grizzly peak or skyline boulevard from 9 pm until 6 am, until this red flag event is over to make sure that those roads can stay clear for fire engines, if need be. Live in health, adria, kpix 5. We went today cal fire crews have already dug enough containment lines, this season, to cover the distance from san diego to new york city. With the new red flag warning now in effect, they have their work cut out to surround the glass fire in napa and sonoma counties. That blaze now covers more than 88 square miles and is just 5 contained. The solid yellow on this map shows the mandatory evacuation zone surrounding the fire perimeter is in orange and the lighter yellow, like the area around st. Helena you see there, represents evacuation warnings. The biggest areas of concern right now, the communities of calistoga and anglin. It is not just the wind that is a problem. We have 118 aircraft yesterday alone, we dropped 80,000 gallons of retardant on this fire. Between the two counties. But obvi