President caen . Here. Vice president vietor here. Commissioner moran here. Commissioner maxwell here. Commissioner paulson here. And we have a quorum. President caen good. Will you please read the announcement . During the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and mayor breed, have lifted the restrictions on teleconference. This meeting is held Via Teleconference and televised by sfgovtv. For those of you watching the live stream, please be aware there is a brief time lapse between what is being viewed. On behalf of the commission, i would like to extend our thanks to tv and puc i. T. Staff for their assistance during this meeting. If you wish to make two minutes of Public Comment on an item, dial 14156550001, meeting i. D. , 146 087 5808, pound, pound. And star 3 to speak. Im going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones to minimize background noise if they have not already done s
In place today at 1 oclock goes into effect take a look at your map now you can see the most of the bay area is in pain which means the red flag warning going into one this afternoon is for these areas, the glass fire region where that fire is burning in the north bay east bay hills Santa Cruz Mountains the last time we saw a red flag warning was when that glass fire erupted over the weekend. So this is time to have that go bag ready and take it seriously theyre going to be northwest winds of 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour with gusts of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. We also will have those dry conditions that are just showed you across the bay area and that was low humidity. Thats whats bad thats what causes a fire of a power alert is going in effect at 3 this afternoon theyre asking people to conserve electricity. So we can avoid a power outage. Heres some tips on your screen turn your thermostat to 78 degrees turn off unnecessary lights close blinds and drapes keep your home cool and dont use ma
This is an interactive map on pg es website website showing exactly where those shut offs are happening. You can Lake Berryessa there to the right to to the east and all of these areas along highway one o one in the of napa and sonoma counties this is where thousands and thousands of customers have lost their power in Sonoma County more than 17,000 customers have been affected in napa county its more than 5,000 customers without power. The utility says power for some customers may not be restored until tomorrow night. 9 oclock wednesday night most of these bay area customers have seen it all before and while its no less they are no less frustrated. They are a bit more prepared this time kron fours dan kerman live for us tonight in santa rosa with the latest from there. Dan. Well good morning or good evening. I should say ken and pam, especifically many people now have generators that they did not have before theyve done most of their shopping they have their flashlights theyve been thr
Lot of us have had these shut for its nothing new but while we have seen it. There are no less frustrated as for sure many residents now are a bit more prepared kron fours dan kerman was in santa rosa, he has that part of the story tonight. This is a typical intersection that youre seeing east of santa rosas downtown lights are out stop signs in place, but just one of the many frustrations for those who are living in the power outage areas. I think this is going to be the new norm. Santa rosa residents have seen it all before pacific gast and electric shutting off power so adverse weather conditions dont down power lines and start a wildfire after living through this 2017 2018 2019. We know exactly what to do. But knowing what to do doesnt mean santa rosa residents are happy about it i blame lot of the staff on kg me i really do. Sorry but i do. Theyve had since 2017 to get their act together this man and his family run santa rosas urban pizza company. He says covid19 has already been
Lotus and im Vicki Liviakis some gusty winds mean that any fire that has sparked a can spread rapidly chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow here tracking those winds for us tonight want various he has some breaking down guys down below me the urban areas where most of us live not much in the way of wind 5 mile an hour winds in oakland youve got 6 right now in the nevada 6 in the petaluma but certainly up above. Its a completely different story in fact those winds getting very gusty across some of the mountain tops and thats what were concerned about thats red flag warnings have been posted weve seen winds over 30 almost 40 Miles Per Hour across some of the peaks in the north bay expected to pick up here as we head through the next few hours and probably top out about one 32 oclock in the morning. Before we watch the winds begin to subside so red flag warnings are posted of course we just had a record heat wave things very dry out there now weve got the gusty winds above a 1000 feet also