Happening right now, thousands of pg e customers are still in the dark this morning. And the power might not be back on until tonight. So here is a look at the outage map. Pg e cut the power in nearly two dozen counties across the state, august because of the high fire danger. The purple triangles indicate those Public Safety power shutoffs. Calistoga is one place that is impacted. The mayor says the shutoff was a necessary step because of the threat of high winds. At one point, there were half a Million People in the dark statewide. Crews will be working to restore power once the sun comes up. High winds and dangerous heat are making it difficult for firefighters battling dozens of fires across california right now. And i really want you to Pay Attention to this number. So far wildfires have burned about 2. 3 million acres in comparison to this same time last year. And this same time last year, just during a press conference yesterday, Governor Newsom said that he has had it with Clim
Two miles from 162 at bald creek starting to calm down after high wind gusts yesterday as we take a look at current wind speeds at road. Now im back on 162 just because the fire is moving really fast within the last 30 minutes. Five to seven and highs that will reach into the low 90s for its a pretty crazy experience the inland and east bay and some being out here. Very intense. We appreciate you bringing us low 70s near the coastline and those pictures. Of course, your safety is what is of utmost importance to us as what we are expecting moving into the weekend coming up in a few minutes. Well. Stay safe out there, jonathan riv rivas, a freelance reporter, capturing these amazing pick mike, how is it looking for the commute . A smooth drive around the terse f pictures for us. Our hearts go out to them. Perimeter of the bay. The big concern the crash at the the rest of us in the bay area dublin interchange for west 580 affected by these fires in which is now clear. Somewhat of a sense
Each year the 1st monday in september is labor day in the usa it is in canada too they just spell it differently its a celebration of the Labor Movement and its the unofficial end of summer and for many laborers automation and technology could spell the end of the line which jobs are robots taking over and which jobs will be safe lets ask our t. Boom bust host christy i and kristie ive read that in 1950 elevator operator was among 270 careers listed in the u. S. Census back to the future a recent Postal Service controversy involves. Taking sorting machines offline and these behemoths could move the mail much faster than human beings could and automation is replacing or accompanying workers in detroit and all sorts of Assembly Lines elsewhere kristie what sorts of Assembly Work is unlikely or impossible to be automated. Well as you know a lot of some of the work and manufacturing work is being heavily heavily automated nowadays but as a long must found out the hard way not everything ca
We begin with emily turner on the site. We woke up and a strange site it is, emily. Reporter yes. All you have to do is look at social media and people are commenting about halloween skies, but from the gates of the Golden Gate Bridge it is a ghost town here, be hing see, nothing to take pictures of and this is much better than when we first got here. It is high noon, but more or less in the middle of the night anywhere in the city it is the middle of the night. The smoke is so thick, streetlights and headlights are still on and it is like this all over. At least in st. Helena it wasnt close to where we were in the city. The red warning weather brought in a bunch of smoke that burned in almost every single direction around us. It was sitting up there. When smoke is up there, the smoke is ash particles from burned material, so it is a darker color, so what happens is the sunlight actually gets absorbed by some of that dark every material so we get a filtering of sunlight. Reporter the t
All across the bay area. Just today. Last night, the sandbar note the afternoon hours. City canceled honor the lives many people waking up with of the eight people who got in vehicles covered in ash. The dark sky and oranges tent the chris moore neighborhood. And we are talking at 8 00 ort the pipeline explosion sent flames 1000 feet high and 9 00. Distorted 38 homes. A few minutes ago, governor and the smoke we butte gavin newsom signed a bill to help Small Businesses impacted county. While the ashes followed, many by the covid19 pandemic. People reporting not smelling the governor was joined by selena state senator who co the smoke. Authored the bill. It will give a new tax break for companys that rehired employees laid off by the getting a lot of calls into the newsroom from concerned viewers about this. I want to bring in our meteorologist. Companies could receive 1000 tax credits for each employee i will have you explain this, but it is my understanding it they rehire. A maximum o