Plus, this 11 year old is spreading hope through her love of art. I want to inspire other kids to make a difference in the world. [lester] and puppy love. More puppies are wagging their tails in homes across the country. Well tell you why. [child] this is nbc nightly news kids edition. Welcome to nightly news kids edition. Im lester holt, and its really nice to have you join me from my new york city apartment where, like many of you and your family members, im doing my best to stay safe. For those of you who may not know me, my day job is usually spent behind the anchor desk at nbc news every weeknight bringing the news from around the world to our viewers. And back in the spring when the pandemic first hit, we thought, well, what if we put together a new show just for kids to help you guys kind of understand whats going on in the world and figure things out, because we know sometimes the news can be scary and really hard to digest. And so here we are, and weve got some really cool stu
Red flag warning has been issued as high winds and warm temperatures cause increased fire danger putting the bay area on high alert. Thank you for joining us at 3 im Sanaz Tahernia the genie is also ready to shut off power to try to prevent a major wildfire. The utility says the potential power shut off could happen as early as tomorrow afternoon affecting more than 22,000 customers take a look at what bay area counties could be affected by the power shut off. Those counties are alameda contra costa santa clara and san mateo napa sonoma and solano counties, the highest probability areas or the north bay mountains near mount saint helene small pockets in the east bay near mount diablo the Oakland Hills east of piedmont and portions of the santa cruz area. And the power shutoffs do need to happen in your area you will be notified in advance via text call or email. Again thanks for joining us here at kron 4 news weve got Maureen Kelly shes joining us live from napa high morning. Thats why
Rosa where firefighters and residents are getting ready for high. Heat and gusty winds stand. Thats right those 2 things a bad combination, especially when you look at this very dry brush you see behind me you know typically october is when we get the big fires. Well we still might get a big one this month but weve already had 2 of them people have already evacuated that might have to do it again. Tuesday afternoon temperatures in santa rosa were already in the 90s but by wednesday, a red flag warning kicks in with even warmer temperatures wind gusts to 55 Miles Per Hour and bone dry grass and brush just ready to go up in flames. That is exactly why were of staffing again under these red flag warnings will have at least 12 if not more engine locally across the county. We are again urging our community be prepared for the potential to evacuate again evacuations have become routine for best film. Well back you waited or sky hawk neighborhood home a little over 2 weeks ago due to the glas
Conditions heading our way law yeah, this historically one of the worst times a year we get those offshore winds. And the dangerous fire conditions of course for many folks looks beautiful down below like today, lots of sunshine and warm weather but watch what happens here, weve got a cold front that is moving over the top of this ridge once that moves on by High Pressure starts to build on the backside of that. And then here come those winds those dry northerly offshore winds developing and very gusty in spots, especially over the mountain tops but even in some of the urban areas youre going to feel the gusts down below so fire danger going to be running high as we head into the next few days right now we havent seen much in that offshore wind developing yet but not expected still sea breeze in the San Francisco on the west at 5, 6, in the pacific out of the west 9 in sfo, a west oakland of 5, but look at the north bay see sonoma now get a normally composed the wind at 17 Miles Per Ho
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