They were ready. We had under a 4 minute response time. What were learning about this fast moving fire. Also winds are dying down. Why firefighters say the danger isnt over yet and where the biggest threat will be overnight. But first tens of thousands of people across the bay area are still in the dark tonight. It is becoming all too familiar for this time of the year. Public safety power shutoffs because of high fire danger. Now, pg e says that this is a expected to be the largest shutoff of the year. Lets show you the outage map in realtimes. Those purple triangles show where the shutoffs began last night. In some areas the lights not expect today be back on until some time tomorrow. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight. We begin with cheryl hurd and so much frustration there has to be. Weve done this so many times. Reporter it is. And right now were in the heart of the theater district, and this iconic sign you can usually see from the freeway is out. In fact power wept out h
Can expect reset sounds like a big one its going to be a big one in fact we havent seen a midwinter storm like this in the bay area in quite a while weve had a few weeks storms making its way into the bay area, but this one is pretty typical for this time of year. So lets take a look at our satellite and radar from earlier tonight, very dry conditions. But now we are noticing some more light bands of rain just off the coast going to make its way inland. But this isnt even the storm that im tracking the one that is going to pack quite a punch during the overnight hours and for your thursday morning commute is right now over eureka so its just arriving into the golden state and its going to make its way into the bay area during the overnight hours and its going to wreak havoc for your thursday morning commute so the highest rain totals expected for those of you in the north bay specifically our local hills and mountains upwards of 3 inches of rain or less for the rest of us in the bay ar
Taking a live look outside right now its a bay area bridges, it is a wet commute already for some it will be what commute for everyone eventually thanks for being with us tonight at 5 everybody im grant lotus im Justine Waldman in for Vicki Liviakis tonight. We do have Team Coverage as we brace for the brunt of this. Flooding concerns tonight, but first lets go to our chief meteorologist lawrence car who is tracking the time of the storm and the potential a lot of danger here lawrence, the al gore not only just talk in the rain were talking about very heavy rain maybe some thunderstorms. And gusty winds were seeing some of those gusts along the coastline near 30 and 40 miles per hour. So this is significant storm system now just making its way closer to the coastline. You see these bands of rain. Theyre just pushing on shore very heavy bands moving in right now with that red and the yellow begin the show about side. Give you an idea of some of the intensity of some of the rain that the
Heavy rain has flooded that area, forcing caltrans to close the intersection for the foreseeable future. Drivers are being asked to detour around the closure. Thats causing a significant traffic impact in that area. Even nba players arent immune to all the traffic were seeing out there tonight. Some members of the New York Knicks are running incredibly late for their game tonight at oracle arena against the warriors. This is video from just a few minutes ago of the team bus stuck in traffic along the embarcadero. The game is supposed to start at 7 30, so a little while ago, San Francisco police began escorting the bus through the city and onto the bridge. Some of the knicks players are already at oracle. Up to date if we hear anything about a later start time. Abc 7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow joins us live from along the embarcadero. Melanie, you just saw the bus go by. Reporter you know, we absolutely did and as a new yorker, i understood that need for urgency, right, that bus was
People be dealing with it today. It is friday, december 16 at 5 00 a. M. I am reggie aqui. I am Jessica Castro. We have alexis smith and meteorologist mike nicco is busy. We have the winds as the big issue and the cooler temperatures. As far as the wet weather i will show you you a dry live doppler hd with showers in the upper left could be near the coast later today. Mostly now it will be the chill in the air that you feel today. Temperatures running in the 40s hanging out in the lowtomid 50s at noon, and low 50s at 4 00, and temperatures will drop in the afternoon hours and grab a heavier coat with the 40s this evening. Alexis . All the video is of the crash on northbound 101 around Candlestick Park. A serious collision. The vehicle flipped. The left lane is still blocked. You can see the debris. The glass. Items were in the vehicle. They have the left lane blocked. There is fuel leaking. Not seeing too much of a delay. I will can show through on the traffic map with yellow but it lo