That all cities from santa rosa down to santa cruz and gilroy are under a red flag warning tonight, coastal regions, Santa Cruz Mountains and lower valleys are also under a redflag warning but that runs through 11 oclock tomorrow morning. Pg e has already turned off the power to 225,000 customers across the state with 136,000 more expected to lose power at some point tonight and the power is already off in the north bay. The areas marked here in purple that with that triangle thats the places that have already lost power pg e is turning off the power because the wind gusts could knock over a power line and start another devastating fire. Once this wind event is over power will be restored in phases. Starting monday night through tuesday night. And we have Team Coverage of tonights events kron fours gayle ong is live for us now in the east bay, where the winds have just started to pick up. Well have the latest from her in just a few moments. But first want to check in with meteorologist
And were hoping they can get the upper hand on these fires pattern. A cooldown as our high over the next couple of days temperatures reach into the while were seeing higher upper 60s. Each morning well start out morning humidity and cooler with some fog and also at times temperatures. A live look outside in walnut some smoke drifting by. Creek. Even though the sun hasnt come once that fog clears out but up theres still a lot of smoke that also will, once again, that in the air. Our temperatures in the low 60s marine layer coming back is helping to improve our air this morning. At noon were in the upper 70s. Quality and we should see more going into saturday and sunday. Mike, you were tracking a fire up in the north bay. Its still going to be lower whats going on with that . Compared to what weve had you know, it sounds like, recently with mid80s in the kari, it may be a smaller fire, south bay. Upper 80s for the inland east perhaps roadside, unfortunately, bay and 94 further to the nor
In terms of acreage. It has burned nearly 366,000 acres and is 25 contained. Five people there including three First Responders have been hurt. And 31 structures destroyed. In santa cruz and san mateo counties, officials this morning confirming a second death connected to the czu fire. Officials say a 63yearold woman was found dead inside the fire zone. Six people remain missing. That fire has burned at least 80,000 acres and is 19 contained. One person has died and 538 structures have been destroyed. Now officials are holding a News Conference right now about the lnu fire. Lets listen in. Fire engines assigned to incidents from arizona,idaho, nevada, new mexico, texas, oregon, utah, washington, and montana. And thats part of the 375 engines that were requested. One thing i want to touch on real briefly this morning is driving. As we start to repopulate areas as well as curiosity is regarding some of the wildfires is we really want to encourage people to stay out of the area. We have a
Maxes out. And 60s and 70s. Breezy some clouds around. And there is a west wind at six Miles Per Hour out at livermore right now. Temperatures a little cooler. Hayward west at 6 00. Mostly sunny with a couple of systems that will take aim here over the next couple of days. That will keep us in an area of low pressure and temperatures coming down near average to a little below. All right. Lets head over to sal now. Yesterday, you were a little busy. Lets hope today is not so much. How are we starting off . Weir okay, steve. Were doing okay here if you are driving on most of the freeways on a thursday, friday, eve, if you will. Lets go out and see what we have. We still have traffic on the san matteo bridge looking good. 401. Governor new is expected to shut down all state beaches and parks. Thousands of people ignored social distancing guidelines and flooded the beaches across the state last weekend. The Governors Office sent a memo to Police Chiefs throughout the state yesterday to pre
Numbers and freeways for you we have the pitch a call to danville at 11 minutes the don barden bridge 84 west picking up a little bit too but not that still under 15 minutes to make it across the trip from a livermore to dublin is wide open at least from vasco to the dublin interchange thats only 10 minutes but theres a high wind advisory if you have to travel through the altman watch your speed a wind advisory there from issued by chp and then one for the bay bridge as well really be careful if youre on a motorcycle are are driving any sort of high profile vehicle when one looks great northbound from brisbane to San Francisco clocking in at a very quick 6 minutes. Now back to our top story that weve been following for you this morning, 5 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the bay area to hospital workers. One from Alameda County the other from Solano County they tested positive after coming in contact with a known patient. Both healthcare workers are employed by north