south so it is producing high winds there and low humidity. as we head out the door in dublin right now, looks pretty busy. as you get ready to step out it's chilly, some cool air. look at where we start in the upper 40s, so you need a heavier jacket if you're on your way out the door, and also going to be outside for a little while. we'll see our temperatures warming up into the upper 60s and eventually hit the low 80s today. i'll have more in a few minutes. mike, you have reports of a gravel spill in dublin. >> the same shot you saw, there is quite a bit of traffic flowing. this is not unusually heavy. as far as the volume goes i'm watching this area as you pass by hacienda and approach the dublin interchange west 580 reports of gravel in the roadway. smaller rocks onto cars of the roadway, you see traffic moving smoothly at the dublin interchange and starting in the altamont pass with a tad bit of slowing coming off the merge, a typical spot for a friday. light volume of traffic, we expect fewer issues with the traffic as areas started to restore power after phase two started recovery. friends in montclair, oakland hills. some in hayward still had power out 8:00/7:30 last night but we don't have any major problems. a smooth drive along the peninsula, toward the bay bridge, where we expect to see early slowing. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. breaking news we're coming now, a brush fire exploding overnight, destroying homes, threatening lives, in southern california. live video in fact of the fire from knbc's helicopter. it is called the saddle ridge fire, burning south of the grapevine along interstate 5. the fire is affecting the cities of sylmar, granada hills and porto ranch. >> this area of l.a. county did not experience any planned power outages like other parts of that county, so just like we're experiencing here in the bay area, we're seeing power outage in some places, other places no. so far, mandatory evacuation orders are in place for thousands of people, as you can imagine. let's listen in to our sister station's coverage of the fire right now. >> reporter: -- apparently right now it's laying low, giving firefighters a little bit of breathing room in order to try to evacuate homes of its west of here and set up a plan, but you could see how quickly this fire can grow, and intensify, and then the very next minute the winds calm down a little and now the fire is setting down just a little. we still have that large fire line here, this is in the granada hills area a little west of porto ranch but dangerous for the firefighters and these homeowners here in its path. >> meghan, we can see the smoke there blowing, as you mentioned, this is a wind-driven fire and we want to check in with meteorologist shanna mendiola, 27-mile-per-hour winds. you expect this to get gustier. >> right after the sunrise. if you look at the wind gusts the typical spots focus on the san fernando valley, valencia through the newhall pass, 37-mile-per-hour wind gust traveling through new jl hall pass into intern valley and drying out the area as well. sunrise 6:55 this morning -- >>s wi as we continue to check with knbc in los angeles this morning, the wind conditions are fueling that fire. we'll keep our eyes on that. the fire in southern california is the exact reason why pg&e says it turned off power to hundreds of thousands of people across northern california right here in the bay area as well. here's where it stands right now. >> pg&e says there's been significant progress in service being restored to bay area cities, nearly 312,000 homes and businesses across the state though remain dark, compare that to the nearly 747,000 originally impacted. the largest outages we're seeing right now is in the north bay, that's been true all along, and napa and sonoma counties. you remember they were part of the fir round of planned shutoffs. here is a live look at pg&e's power outage website, could you see pple, that's the areas still dark. pg&e says it will not turn back power on until later this morning, at the very earliest, so crews can continue to inspect the lines. if you're watching us on your mobile device, still don't have power, it's still going to be a while. this morning, people still remain outraged at pg&e for cutting off that power, something pg&e says may happen more when there are extreme fire conditions. >> "today in the bay's" roz plater is in orinda, where thousands are still without power, but not at the b.a.r.t. station. you're there live and there's some lights behind you. >> reporter: yes, there's light here at the b.a.r.t. station, although there are still traffic signals out on our way here, so still some power outages, and we're going to talk to b.a.r.t. passengers as they start arriving this morning to see what the temperature of them is. some are angry how this was handled. pg&e says as it becomes daylight crews will get out to the process of checking and rechecking lines and equipment as they move to restore power to the rest of the area. that could take hours, possibly longer. the company's new ceo apologized but he is standing by the utility's decision to cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers. >> i apologize for the hardship this has caused, but i think we made the right call on safety. >> reporter: the utility faces mounting criticism from customers and politicians, some calling for the company to pay for the costs incurred because of the shutdown. there is also new criticism brewing after a report in "the "san francisco chronicle" that just hours before the power shutoff some pg&e gas employees wined and dined some of the top customers of a sonoma county winery. the new ceo calls that a colossal mistake and tone deaf and promises something like that won't happen again. we'll have more coming up in the next half hour. for now we're live in orinda, i'm roz plater for "today in the bay." >> thanks. we continue to monitor the bay area blackout on air and online. our digital team is sending push alerts and refreshing our content 24/7. stay connected on nbcbayarea.com, twitter and our facebook ininstagrstagram pages. the state of the auto industry in the balance. and social security checks are going up next year, the modest increase some people can expect. taking you out to the bay bridge, as the traffic begins to grow on this friday morning. mike will be in soon to give you updates as you get out the door. good morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. here are today's top business headli headlines. wall street is set to open in the green as high level negotiators from the u.s. and china resume trade talks in washington tad. president trump told reporters the first day of talks on thursday were going "really well" and tweeted he'd meet with the chinese premier at the white house today, that increased hopes among investors both sides can reach agreement. if no progress is made this week, u.s. tariffs on chinese imports are said to increase early next week. import prices for september will be released before the opening bell. later in the session, investors will keep an eye on october's consumer sentiment figures. in an effort to jump start stalled talks the ceo met with gary jones on wednesday, the first barra attended with union leaders. all production at gm factories, wall street analysts estimate gm is losing roughly $50 million to $100 million per day in lost production. workers survive on about $250 a week. it's official, social security checks are going to get a boost next year, albeit a modest one. the social security administration announcing checks will increase 1.6% in 2020, while that's good news for retirees, it's still less than what they've gotten in the past. in 2019 the checks got a nearly 3% bump. every percent counts. back over to you. >> sure does. got to wait a few years though, hopefully. >> hopefully. frank holland, thank you very much. coming up on "today in the bay," northern california windy conditions now gone. kari hall tracking what's next. >> the winds have now shifted to southern california. today we are going to start out with some very cool air. look at concord, down to 47 at 6:00, but it will warm up, and we'll have a nice day. we'll talk more about this and the weekend forecast coming up next. and 880 moves nicely as well, over by the coliseum, a smooth flow of traffic. we have some crews out there from overnight but no major problems. we'll talk about an issue that may affect your weekend plans so stand by. you're watching "today in the bay." tv just keeps getting better. how you watch it does too. this is xfinity x1. featuring the emmy award-winning voice remote. streaming services without changing passwords and input. live sports - with real-time stats and scores. access to the most 4k content. and your movies and shows to go. the best tv experience is the best tv value. xfinity x1. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. welcome back. we take you back to breaking news in southern california. a fire exploding overnight, destroying homes and threatening towns. the saddleridge fire has already burned 4,6 hurn ac00 acres sout grapevine. a lot of homes have been destroyed already, thousands of people have been evacuated as well. the so-called saddleridge fire is burning south of the grapevine along interstate 5. we'll continue to monitor what is hapng in uthern california. the winds we were expecting here are causing problems down there, the santa ana winds of course. >> as we go through the day winds will be gusting there while our winds are calm. a live look at the clear golden gate bridge getting ready for fleet week and for a lot of people headed into san francisco, we'll have some pleasant weather today. we're starting out in the mid-50s. santa cruz now at 52, if you're headed there for the weekend, expect some more cool mornings and warm afternoons. oakland you're heading out the door to 49 degrees. we also have 49 in concord as well as livermore, so we're still talking about people waiting to get their power restored, and it is very chilly out there. take a look at brentwood, we're at 44 degrees for that morning drive. you may have to crank up the heater in the car on your morning commute and then we wait until about 9:00, when we get out of the 40s and the rest of the day we're continuing to warm up. here is a look at our high temperatures for today in the south bay, los gatos reaching 80 degrees. 82 in east san jose, also 82 in pleasanton, as well as martinez, hayward, up to 81, and we'll see some low 70s in half moon bay today, skies staying clear, in redwood city expect temperatures up to 78. there will be a very shallow layer of fog developing right around the golden gate bridge, later on this morning, but it won't stay there all day and we'll see in the north bay, highs reaching up to 84 in sonoma, and 78 today in clearlake. a live look outside in san jose, as you're getting dressed, grab a heavier jacket because of this chilly start, the rest of the day, you'll need the sunglasses, with the sunshine continuing. as we look at what's happening here the storm system is bringing gusty winds moving away, still once again some gusty winds over southern california, going into sunday, another low develops across the pacific northwest, and makes it breezy here, and those rain chances will stay to the north, even as a couple more storm systems roll in right behind that. looking at our wind gusts, now seeing those northerly winds turning more southerly and at about 10 to 15 miles per hour throughout the day. as we look at our seven-day forecast, we have some low 80s, and we'll see some highs in the inland areas reach up to 80 tomorrow but mostly upper 70s through the rest of the forecast. san francisco 77 today, dropping back to the upper 60s early next week. mike, how are the roads moving out there? >> over here pretty smoothly. want to mention for folks who are headed out of town if you're planning to drive to southern california, those of you know the route, universal studios and disn disneyland take i-5, this is currently closed. scott and laura told you about the big fire headed down there, it's just south of magic mountain as you head toward 405 off of i-5. i-5 south of the grapevine is where it's closed because of the big fires we're continuing to follow. stay tuned for more updates. closer to home very kaurm on ca roadways. crash southbound 101 around holly street, one lane may be blocked by crews there. no major injuries. they have to move a couple cars and green for pretty much all the other sensors, even out of the altamont pass, mild slowing there. vasco road coming south out of brentwood, discovery bay and 580 about 18 to 20 minutes, typical as you're at speed through the dark area, one lane without any problem right now. we have one more crash on highway 4, over here going eastbound over toward antioch, and the rio vista bridge. it's out of lanes, a smooth drive to the bay bridge toll plaza. back to you. >> thank you, mike. covering some of the other news of the day, the man accused in the deadly stabbing at the macarthur b.a.r.t. station in oakland will ask a judge to dismiss the charges against him, this is a fairly routine legal procedure. john lee cowell faces murder of 18-year-old nia wilson and accused of critically injuring her sister in the attack. the attorney is asking the judge to seal part of today's request and says it may contain potentially prejudicial information. in august, prosecutors announced they will not seek the death penalty in the case. 4:49. new this morning, the san mateo county sheriff's deputy who tased a bay area man who died now cleared of any wrongdoing. 36-year-old chinedu okobi was allegedly jaywalking when deputies stopped him and the confrontation became violent with okobi hit with multiple tasers, batons and pepper spray. he later died of cardiac arrest. the four deputies 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san fernando valley. this is in the middle of homes, this is exactly what we were fearing in northern california. we will bring more live pictures and have the very latest. and the high elevation wind event we had yesterday now has since moved in to southern california. we are going to have some calming winds today, getting out the door in palo alto, notice it's a little bit cooler than we've seen throughout many mornings this week. we'll have a warmup today, more on that and what's ahead for the weekend, coming up next. and a very well-lit view of the richmond-san rafael bridge. i just say awe number of crews clearing from the parking lot and no lanes blocked here. we are talking about the crash, i have an update on the peninsula, looking like san carlos. our house is on fire now. this is hard. you see it on tv all the time. >> the saddleridge fire has destroyed homes. flames overtaking several neighborhoods in sylmar. several homes destroyed there. people are trying to cope. a look at the devastation, a reporter with our l.a. affiliate found around 3:00 this morning. all right, well breaking news in southern cafornia, we will continue to cover that, and we will have all the news of the day as well. good morning, everyone. we'll have the weekend weather as well, as power comes on around the bay area. good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. it's a friday morning. >> thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. we'll get to your morning commute, as it looks like traffic is picking up out there. we continue to follow this raging wildfire in southern california as well, now in san rn valley, just really devouring homes down there, people having a tough go of it. the winds that we were experiencing here in the bay area, they're known as the santa anas, down there, boy they're really -- >> wanted to show a map of what we are seeing in parts of southern california. you can see the winds blowing offshore, are coming in at about 35 to 45 miles per hour, going throughout the rest of the morning, it's still going to stay

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