Without power. At the height of the shutoff, 345,000 customers had their power turned off. Most areas are expected to have their lights turned on today. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live in orinda this morning with how residents are dealing with this and also businesses. Good morning, amy. Hi, jobina. You cant help but feel bad for the businesses and i ammic looilo looking at them in orinda and a second day and morning of not being able to light. Its the same situation in lafayette and also in moraga. Their downtown areas do not have power and, of course, some homes also have had their lights turned out. We have seen Grocery Stores bring in lights to stay in business. Some people are frustrated. You can go on nextdoor and read how hard this is for people as they try to distance learn and work without power. The Hardware Store now say they plan for these. After last years one we restocked and held stock on things like generators and cords for generators, oil for y generators and
House in downtown lafayette. The couple used wooden boards to cover cover up the ugly symbol of hate. Its really frightening and of deep concern to see this symbol of whites pharmacy being displayed. Reporter its clear this house was targeted. There is a flag supporting joe biden outside and on the second floor window, a sign that says grab him by the ballot box. A notsosubtle dig of President Trump about his comments on women. We have seven days until the next election, seven days to choose love over hate, unity over division and bravery over fear. Seven days to protect our childrens future and to make our parents proud. There was more graffiti, swastika equals trump sprayed on the Saint Stephens overpass on highway 24 in orinda. Its the same spot biden supporters have rallied each week. I was lost for words. Reporter the woman who hosts to these events told ktvu if there has to be a connection. It feels very targeted, given the visibility of the bridge and where we have been every fr
The Oakland Fire Department says two structures and a brush caught fire. Crews from hayward fire, Alameda County fire and fremont fire were all called to the scene. Eight people were displaced by the fire for people in the montclair hills have been hit by the pg e Public Safety power shutoff. Lets bring in meteorologist Rosemary Orozco as the intense winds that sparked the power shutoffs have passed. There is still a red flag warning in effect. Where do you start . The red flag warning in the far east bay hills that includes montclair and over the north bay hills. Not because it is incredibly dry out there. And still a little bit breezy. Giving you a look at the conditions you have a northeast wind that continues to keep dry conditions. We are seeing some improvement but in any event, we are looking at the red flag warning with relative humidity reporting 16 in some areas. And we are looking at this to continue until 5 00 this afternoon. More on this in the conditions you can expect co
We begin with three big headlines. Trending in the wrong direction is the coronavirus. Counties may see opening plans curtailed. Officials in Santa Clara County are finding an up tick in cases. The vaccine took a big step forward. Pfizer says its trial drug is more than 90 effective but it needs more study to use it in the atrisk population. The vaccine could be available as early as next summer. As the development of a vaccine moves closer to approval, medical experts are helping california to decide who gets priority. Health is a critical part of building a better bay area. David louis had access to three members of a Task Force Working on that challenge. California is one of three western states prioritizing who gets the vaccine once approved by the fda. The process, by rich, those decisions are made is really important if people are going to trust that the process is fair. Hes one of three members of governor newsomes task force who talked about planning on a webinar. Theyll look a
North bay and thats going to last through at least 9 00 this morning. So, hopefully you have the pets inside and protected or sheltered some way. Your plants also because this is the type of freeze that will end the growing season. And then weve also got the possibility of some pipes bursting as we get down into the mid 20s. Hopefully everything is taken care of through 9 00 this morning. You see we have upper 20s in places like ronard park and petaluma should be 38 not 28 and 29 in fairfield and how about some other areas and youre going to find some frosty spots around lafayette at 32 and close in san ramon at 33 and just like yesterday if you dealt with frost in the morning more than likely youll wake up with frost during the Morning Hours. As we head through the morning, you can see the feelslike temperature which factors in the wind chill is about the same as it temperature outside unlike yesterday when we had the wind chills that were in the low 20s. Mike, thank you. Today presid