Just a few minutes ago pg e narrowed the scope as they continue to monitor wind conditions for wednesday. Tonight about 35,000 bay area customers stand to lose power in the next day or so in sonoma, napa, and san mateo counties, but theres potential the fire danger could be higher this weekend, so what does it all mean . We have Team Coverage for you tonight starting with kpix 5s andrea nakano. Reporter yes, right now pg e is calling this a potential Public Safety power shut off. As of tonight the Utility Company says it will decide i the morning whether or not communities will go dark once again. Pg e says it has narrowed the scope of the potential power outage, but its still estimated to impact almost 200,000 customers from central to northern california. For the last 2 days pg e has reached out to customers by phone, email, or text to warn them. The California Governor Gavin Newsom admits the utility has improved in that area, but not in much else. If they start shutng off power, it
Because of that website that constantly was crashing for pacific gas electric. They said today the average customer who called in and was on hold on the phone for 21 minutes. Before they finally got any information out of utility. We dont know if that number includes the number of people who simply hung up out of frustration. Coming up tonight at 6 pm hear from the ceo again about how exactly how much of their equipment was damaged during the wind event. At the same time pg e said it needs to raise the electricity rates by more than 7 in january. Utility said in a typical residential customer will see an increase of about nine dollars a month. The average electric bill would be about 130. The latest rate hikes would start in january if the puc signs off. More than 2 increase just took effect on october 1. We are following additional developing news about pg e. This one is out in pleasant hill. They are dealing with another power outage. They are working to get power back on for more th
Ber3eley Crystal Clear just as it is everywhere else across the day. Berkeley you been warm all morning long you are in the upper 60s for much of the morning. So hardly even needed a jacket in some areas as youre stepping outside. Now today. We remain calm as far as winds go tomorrow that all changes though winds are going to pick up as we work our way into your wednesday night leading into thursday and that combined with what weve already been seeing the hot dry weather means fire danger is increasing in for the north bay. This means potential Power Outages areas lit up in yellow these are where fire weather watches are taking Effect Tomorrow afternoon. And we are going to be seeing winds in these areas gusting as high as 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour. Why youve got to take this so serioushy because with winds that strong any potential spark could result in a rapidly spreading fire as for right now temperatures are comfortable upwinds are calm today. One of our better days to get outside sp
Columbus day holiday in this district. I did graduate from the school back in 1993, so i really enjoyed being here and hopefully my son could graduate here as well. Reporter but there is a big problem. The School District has lost 2,500 students over the last few years. Our School Districts have faced an enrollment crisis. I will call it a crisis. The cost of living has pushed many of our families out. Reporter dr. Amy flores took over in july and was immediately tasked with overseeing the closure of two schools by next year because they dont have enough students to sustain them. Why the exodus . Dr. Florez says a few families are choosing charter schools. District data says most are leaving the district all together. She knows the reason for the move. I can tell you i have sticker shock every day whether its food, services, san jose is extremely expensive. And its difficult for families to raise their children here. Reporter this has been a longterm discussion in the evergreen School
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