In california. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. Im julie haener. For some, it is a second night in the dark as pg e tries to avoid setting any catastrophic fires from its equipment. We have the timetable to get the lights back on. Remake the utility is sticking to its forecast. Winds die by tomorrow morning, then day long inspections and repairs. And if no surprises, powerback sometime tomorrow evening. This is what we are going to be dealing with for the next over 24 hours. Reporter santa rosas Oakmont Retirement Community is in the heart of the power ou smiling while plopping. Figuri this Fire Prevention blackout wont be the last. We are supposed to have these 50 to 60 mile an hour winds this morning, they havent developed as of now. Reporter pg e says the wind did materialize at higher elevations. A 66 mileperhour gust recorded on mount st. Helena. What the heck is pg e doing . What have they done to help with the situation . Reporter the owner of oakmonts market sold 300
Tonight generators across the state are on full blast as at least half a Million People are without electricity due to the fire danger. Smoky skies and high fire danger. Ill let you know when you can expect a change coming up. A possible setback in the race for a vaccine. The astrazeneca trials are on hold after a volunteer became ill. What this means for the bay area trials which were about to begin. South bay Business Owners find ways to reopen indoors, but they know that opportunity could slam shut again. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight across the tales of harrowing escapes from ravaging wildfires. Skies darken. Thousands face another night without electricity. Power shut off to prevent park sparking any new fires. More than 167,000 pg e customers in fact in 21 counties are still without power. This map shows the current Public Safety power shutoffs. Theyre indicated by upside down purple triangles. An
Our hands in the air and enjoy the ride. There is nothing else we can do. They also permitted the opening of museums, zoos and will be theaters. Now at 11, the extreme heat is over but now there is even santa cruz also moved into more smoke. Tonight, how long is this going the red tier today. And the Tiburon Police chief to last . Its horrible, we Just Announced he is leaving. Are just waiting. Thousands in the bay area still in the dark. Chief Michael Cronin is retiring after 12 years, the news comes after this confrontation between a police but Small Businesses are officer and black business feeling especially powerless and what pg e said a few hours owner. The officer questioned the man inside his own store and ago. Santa clara county gets the news its been waiting for but some parents are saying enough demanded to see that he did already. Its just not cutting it, its not indeed on the store. The town manager said the chief working. Taking a live look outside, now at 11 and had beti
Hydrated. Julie haener. And im frank somerville. He says business outdoors has been slow the past two weeks. The poor air quality depends on so much, the restaurant that where you live. Some say the smell of smoke has caters to families has had to eased, others say it looks like close early. Desk, even in the middle of the those that do come keep their day. Masks on. We do find our patrons new tonight, more on how people wearing it at any little break are holding up in these hazy they can to not have to inhale the bad air. Conditions. Reporter i think its fair to say many want their quality reporter another spare the air alert tomorrow, breaking the previous record set during to improve. The camp fire in 2018. The air, today was a little different. People sought dense smoke, a again, expected in the east bay hazy sky, the worst spots along and northbay. It was so evident today. The bay areas perimeter napa, concord and gilroy. In downtown concord tuesday evening most of the patio to ou
But Small Businesses are feeling especially powerless and what pg e said a few hours ago. Santa clara county gets the news its been waiting for but some parents are saying enough already. Its just not cutting it, its not working. Taking a live look outside, now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area. The fog has rolled in with a vengeance tonight. There was so much smoke out there you couldnt even see the sunset tonight from San Francisco. Paul heggen is here, and the marine layer is coming in now, finally, is it doing any good at all . It does improve the air quality where it makes its way inland. But of course that will not be the entire bay area. You can see making its way across the bay but still that air trapped in place in the tri valley and Santa Clara Valley as well. This will be the challenge we face over the next several days, getting the atmosphere to mix around enough to disperse all the smoke in the air. Its pretty deep in the atmosphere right now. Air quality tomorrow, trou