Drastically. As a Business Owner working in the community. The risk rings. Northbay hill for napa and sonoma. South into the santa cruz mountains. It is something we are extremely concerned about. They pointed to make weeks of devastation. The northbay glass fire that destroyed 100 homes. This late in the season. Any spark consent disaster in motion. Everyone is vulnerable. Not just the residence. The fire does not judge. He goes where was to go. It is going to go with the weather. It is going to go with the fuel loads. It is expected to be thursday evening before the all clear. Then they expect lines for damage and debris. That could push the outage into friday. Frustrating for customers who wonder why there is so much untrimmed vegetation. There was no good decision on how to handle this. Then its take care of the systems. Keeping people home. They are not as easy to navigate. I do not know what i would do. I would probably have to go to someones house. It does not sound right there
Regardless of whos doing it. Stern words from the states chief Elections Official after unofficial ballot boxes began popping up across the state. Well, cease and desist that is the message sent to the California Republican party after it admitted putting out unofficial ballot boxes around the state. Their position, its legal. State officials disagree calling the ballot boxes illegal and a disturbance to voters. Let me be clear unofficial unauthorized ballot drop boxes are not permitted by state law. Thats the message from california secretary of state alex pudella who is calling on California Republican Party Leaders to stop their operation of unofficial ballots boxes mooch he issuing a cease and desist order after republican officials confirmed theyre operating those boxes in three counties. But a states person for the gop insys theyre perfectly legal citing a ballot collection bill that became law 4 years ago. And the more opportunities we give people to turn in their ballots and ca
Crime after crime, it was that same terrifying m. O. I saw a flashlight shining down the hall, and i thought, now, thats odd. The leather gloves i really, really remember cause they made kind of a sound, you know, when they moved. He started ripping sheets, or towels, im not sure, but it was very methodical, and it was very slow. It was a time when a vast area was terrified of one evil being. This was a criminal who went by many different names. He was known as the east area rapist in Sacramento County. The original night stalker in Orange County. A 29yearold wife was raped while her tiedup husband had to listen. A 17yearold girl was attacked here. He put his knees on the victims chest. He had a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other. Peepings, prowlings, stalking. Over 100 burglaries. Police say he checks the home out before he strikes. He put plates on the mans back. And he told the man, if i hear these rattle, i will kill your wife. At least 13 homicides. This is a sustained
Wildfires. Now at 10 oclock the bay area and Northern California just hours away from seeing potential Hurricane Force winds. The threat now causing extreme fire danger. And another round of power shut offs from pg and e thats where we begin this saturday night at 10 oclock here on kron 4 news. Thanks so much for joining us. Im Jonathan Mccall and im justine waldman. It is dry, theres very low humidity and the winds are going to whip that adding even more fuel to an already historic fire season. We have Team Coverage tonight on the fire danger and the power shut offs will start with meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez whos standing by with the latest on the fire danger this weekend. Yeah thats right just cnn jonathan all eyes will be not just on our hills but also our valleys and coast. Everyone in the bay area will be impacted by this upcoming wind storm and we do have a wind advisory going into effect sunday afternoon through monday morning most of us will see sustained winds at 20 to 35
California, the majority of the customers impacted rn napa county, Sonoma County and marin county and with thousands of customers in san mateo and santa clara counties that could also be affected. Pg e will open over 100 Community Resource centers to support those without power and there will be handwashing stations, people can charge medical equipment and other devices and they are also providing snacks. These are the areas to be impacted starting this evening. It includes every bay area county except for San Francisco. Now lets get the latest on the weather. This afternoon is when we get the wind, right around sunset tonight is when the majority of us expect to see them pick up and it will be windy overnight. But first let me get you out the door sunday morning. Temperature sitting right around 60 and a quick look ahead shows we will see numbers in the mid70s today and plenty of morning clouds. It should look gray at times to start the day with daytime highs into the mid70s for most.