Tonight generators across the state are on full blast as at least half a Million People are without electricity due to the fire danger. Smoky skies and high fire danger. Ill let you know when you can expect a change coming up. A possible setback in the race for a vaccine. The astrazeneca trials are on hold after a volunteer became ill. What this means for the bay area trials which were about to begin. South bay Business Owners find ways to reopen indoors, but they know that opportunity could slam shut again. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight across the tales of harrowing escapes from ravaging wildfires. Skies darken. Thousands face another night without electricity. Power shut off to prevent park sparking any new fires. More than 167,000 pg e customers in fact in 21 counties are still without power. This map shows the current Public Safety power shutoffs. Theyre indicated by upside down purple triangles. An
Our hands in the air and enjoy the ride. There is nothing else we can do. They also permitted the opening of museums, zoos and will be theaters. Now at 11, the extreme heat is over but now there is even santa cruz also moved into more smoke. Tonight, how long is this going the red tier today. And the Tiburon Police chief to last . Its horrible, we Just Announced he is leaving. Are just waiting. Thousands in the bay area still in the dark. Chief Michael Cronin is retiring after 12 years, the news comes after this confrontation between a police but Small Businesses are officer and black business feeling especially powerless and what pg e said a few hours owner. The officer questioned the man inside his own store and ago. Santa clara county gets the news its been waiting for but some parents are saying enough demanded to see that he did already. Its just not cutting it, its not indeed on the store. The town manager said the chief working. Taking a live look outside, now at 11 and had beti
But Small Businesses are feeling especially powerless and what pg e said a few hours ago. Santa clara county gets the news its been waiting for but some parents are saying enough already. Its just not cutting it, its not working. Taking a live look outside, now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area. The fog has rolled in with a vengeance tonight. There was so much smoke out there you couldnt even see the sunset tonight from San Francisco. Paul heggen is here, and the marine layer is coming in now, finally, is it doing any good at all . It does improve the air quality where it makes its way inland. But of course that will not be the entire bay area. You can see making its way across the bay but still that air trapped in place in the tri valley and Santa Clara Valley as well. This will be the challenge we face over the next several days, getting the atmosphere to mix around enough to disperse all the smoke in the air. Its pretty deep in the atmosphere right now. Air quality tomorrow, trou
We would like to see the sky and that has not been possible. No joke you have to be on your toes that they area campers rescued at a high sierra lake is an outof control wildfire inches closer to yosemite. In the past half hour power outage update from pg e. When the lights will come back on for thousands of customers in the dark. Hanging could be worse could be evacuated. Breaking news, the marin independent journal reports chief Michael Cronin is resigning after 12 years. The news comes after a confrontation between the Police Officer and a black business owner. Video shows the sergeant questioning the store owner inside his own store. It happened while he and his wife were unloading inventory in the middle of the night. His last day will be sunday. Right now, streaming on cbsn bay area, red flag fire conditions all over the state. Change in the winds now pushing smoke from hundreds of miles away right into the bay area. Tonight, windy conditions have several fighters raging in north
Know. J. R. Stone is in calistoga where entire neighborhoods are still in the dark tonight. Reporter complete darkness along these neighborhood streets on the western id of calistoga, a city where 40 of the people are without electricity and that includes tv. Tough for youngsters. Its hard, really hard. Reporter taylor may only be 6 but this is not the first time her family has lost power due to fire dangers. Now, though, they have a small generator that powers only the most essential items. I can only watch stuff on my ipad if its charged. If its charged. Have you been charging it . No. Because our charger doesnt work. Reporter across the state at least half a Million People are in the same situation. Dealing with Public Safety power shutoffs over fears of power lines falling and sparking a fire. You realize how much you depend on electricity when this happens. Reporter in calistoga you can hear the hum of generateors in neighborhoods. Winds are expected to pick up. Calistoga mayor ch