Tonight. It was just after 5 pm when came screaming up pine flat road. Cal fire confirms there was an incident is the kincaid fire was blaring near hillsboro. Cynic up a column of smoke. Sonoma county sits under the smoky shroud of another devastating wildfire. Those most affected are on the ground helping. Like bernadette who lost her home. She is delivering meals to santa rosa restaurant. She wants to feed the firemen. I want to help. I love to help people. You help people and they are doing the best they can. That is what i wanted to do. Keep my mind busy. Reporter 20 minutes after she left 1999 geiser road on wednesday night in her pajamas her home of four years was gone. My husband and my toy poodle. Reporter there are a few things she wishes she had time to grab. My dads wedding ring. My husbands wedding ring. Reporter the good karma she is putting into the world helping others in her time of need are carrying her through. I know that god is good. Im going to find my dads ring. R
Service is watching for potential fire weather in the bay area next week. No plans to shut off the power as of tonight. That might become an option. The longterm solution to cover the wires and increase Vegetation Management is years away. What is the timeline you see for that . Better every year. Probably a 10 year timeline. They are clearly trying to put a bandaid on the wound. I dont know if they put the right bandaid on to solve the problem. Reporter aaron was left in the dark last week he feels the Corporation Like pg e should of had a better plan in place years ago to reduce reduce the risk of fire danger. They shouldve been investing for the last 10 years and doing rate increases accordingly to properly invest in infrastructure. Reporter pg e is asking for a rate increase which will kick in in january. An average customer will see an increase of about nine dollars per month. That is if the puc approves the rate hike. The governor just created a new job meant to keep an eye on ut
He stressed the utilities plans to continue safety shutoffs. Especially considering as of 5 pm tonight crews found 30 incidents of system damage along lines that were deenergized. Including tree limbs damaging power lines or lines coming down completely. Pg e said 20 one of those instances were in the east bay and south bay. Those lines have been energized. We had the potential for numerous incidents. Reporter expressed concerns pg e could use the power shutoffs in retaliation for the puc holding the Company Liable for billions of dollars in damage. From recent wildfires. The idea we did this for any other reason that safety is wrong. There are no punitive actions here. This is purely a weather related safety event. Reporter the winds pick up next weekend johnson said the company has learned some tough lessons from this most recent safety shut off. What will customers definitively see changing . Better notification. Narrowing of the scope. Website that works no matter how much traffic
Of the severe flu season. Reporter although Health Experts say the flu season has peaked in california, they are still issuing this warning. We may have turned the corner. Were not out of the woods. Reporter in santa clara county, the flu killed six people. Nearly three dozen inquired intensive care. And the doctor says it is still not too late to get the flu vaccine. When will the flu season end . We can never predict when the flu season will end. Reporter and as a rule of 00 the doctor says the flu season could end as late as the end of april. Live in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. Breaking news out of Southern California. Tonight this crash involved canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus motorcade. It happened near simi valley in los angeles. Three people were hospitalized including a chp motorcycle officer. His condition is unclear. The Prime Minister is not injured. Earlier today, Prime Minister trudeau met this morning here in the bay area. He met with governor jerry brown at t
The two suspects were arrested a short distance away, the officer who was hit is recovering, they have been booked on a long list of charges. It doesnt feel like the start of february, it is still pretty warm outside, tomorrow could break some records again, here is our chief meteorologist, paul . Normal february weather for hawaii or mexico, not california, not the bay area, 76 in san jose, recordbreaking for all of these towns, 75 at the beach, Mountain View 75, looking back at the past couple of years of weather history, san jose last year did not hit 75 until march 12, we did on february 2 this year, earlier than the previous three, we will likely see records tomorrow, the forecast on the right column, breaking the record by 2 degrees in napa, 76 in san jose, and San Francisco heating 72 degrees. This cant go on for this long, can it . Wait until you see the seven day forecast. Tonight some bay area employers are accused of retaliating against employees who are undocumented immigra