Many understand its not in the same of safety but just weeks after a major fire, the timing wouldnt be worse. Im stocked up on batteries, flashlights, lanterns. Reporter she has what she needs. Im here to service the community. Reporter shes assistant manager at Outdoor Supply hardware with a possible safety power shutoff hours away, most of the portable generators have sold out. This could easily do a refrigerator, couple lights, tv. Reporter john was buying extra flashlight batteries and hes not happy about it. As a general sense of disappointment to pg e. I think one place seems to be under control and another comes in after that. I dont like it. Reporter the utility says it has to cut power to thousands of bay area customers due to hot, dry windy conditions or risk parking a fire from an active power line. At the end of the day we have to stand by the side of safety and if its necessary, we have to do this to prevent healthcare reforms emergencies from occurring. Reporter nancy jus
Strong. Were talking about potentially over 50mile an hour gusts, Strong Enough to knock down tree branches especially any trees weakened by fires in the north bay the past couple of months and if those get knocked down into power lines, thats why were concerned about the power aspect. Red flag warning goes through friday morning at 11 00 in effect for north bay mountains, east bay hills, valleys and santa cruz mountains. Its the combination of the gusty winds, especially in the higher terrain, the heat and very low humidity, talking relative humidity levels in the Single Digits that has us the most concerned. Paul, thank you. The pg e update on the power shutoffs is underway right now. Lets listen in. We want to show you where we stand at this hour regarding this Public Safety power shutoff. A Severe Weather event with hot, dry conditions and high wind gusts is expected to begin this evening. Forecasted gusts are anticipated to reach about 55 Miles Per Hour. We expect these high winds
More weeks to the customers inside. This should be done by tonight. The owner in downtown san jose configuring his and or table set up complete with partitions. He is also preparing supplementary bags for customers to put their mask in. Wednesday will be the first time in seven months patrons will be allowed inside. I think what we want is people to start getting the sense that we are becoming more normal. The Health Secretary on tuesday announced alameda and santa clara counties met the criteria to move into the orange tier or moderate risk level for coronavirus transmission. We are the largest county in the entire state to move into the orange tier. While the state allows for greater capacity, starting wednesday, santa clara is allowing Indoor Dining and indoor gatherings. Family Entertainment Centers and places of worship a 25 percent capacity or no more than 100 people. Up to 200 people will be allowed for outdoor gatherings. All businesses must follow proper protocols. We will be
Bay valleys and the east bay valleys. That puts hundreds of thousands of other people in play for the high fire danger now through 11 00 friday morning. Lets look at the winds. Well start up in the hills. Thats where theyll begin, then theyll eventually spread down and accelerate through the valleys. 24 is not too bad in st. Helena. 38 in dabo. We know we could get winds up to 34, 35 Miles Per Hour. Humidity levels back in the 30s and 40s. What does all of this mean for the rest of us and those of us in the red flag warning . Near record high temperatures today from 80s around the bay, 90s inland. San rafael san rafawith the bes of a record high, 92 today. Thank you. Those critical fire conditions could force pg e to shut off power to tens of thousands of customers today. Heres a look at the impact on bay area counties. More than 22,000 customers could face preemptive electricity cuts because of the prevention of wildfires. Anser hassan is live with more on this. Good morning. The dry
Local news station. From louisville kentucky to our Nations Capital and here in the bay area call for justice tonight is echoing across the country as demonstrators protest, a grand jurys decision in the death of Brianna Taylor. This is video from the citizen app here showing a demonstration happening tonight in San Francisco, protesters gathered outside the citys Mission Police station. They projected the hashtag Brianna Taylor and defund sfpd now on the building. Thank you for joining us on this wednesday night everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis a protest in San Franciscos Mission that began around 7. Tonight this is the citizen app to a video captured dozens of people marching Holding Signs there and in you can see a group of protesters marching in the middle of the street there everybody does appear to be peaceful. There is also a rally in san jose were also hearing. Reports of demonstrators in oakland and sunnyvale meanwhile, the city of louisville is under a curfew un