East bay will be windy at times maybe some gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour down below the 4050 up above already started to see a change in the winds and youll see numbers running in the 2030 mile an hour range across the north bay mountains right now the 31 right now that lets be 33 so discreet 27 spanish flat, so these winds start to ramp up and then notice the direction too coming out of a northerly direction that is that very dry hot wind now developing looks like it will intensify overnight tonight. You see all the color of the Central Valley start to see the winds picking up already. This is going to kind of settle in overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. So you can see a lot of colors, the red even some purple beginning to show up those are gusts over 40 maybe 50 Miles Per Hour. Now as we head to the middle of the day tomorrow love the winds are going to move a little further to the south so stay blustery in the north bay, but i think picking up in places like the oakland hills, the diablo range where you could see gusts over 30 plus miles an hour maybe over mount diablo over 40 and of course down towards san mateo and the Santa Cruz Mountains some gusty winds there as well then after that we may watching pull back just a little bit only to intensify again as we head into early on friday morning that will be the last round of the strong gusty winds i think the focus again will be a little further to the north but with the humidity running so low fire danger running high just about everywhere you go. Weve got a red flag warnings up all around the bay area with some strong gusty winds and youll notice that humidity 10 to 20 . We may even get lower than that as we head toward tomorrow afternoon. Youll see that right here start to drop off now weve got 1620 parts of the north bay but as we head toward tomorrow afternoon. We may be headed down to some Single Digits in places like sonoma in the napa you get those gusty winds, you get very low humidity, perfect conditions for fires to continue to burn there and that will be the case now usually get nice recovery overnight in the Early Morning hours, sometimes 8090 plus percent, not going to see that now the winds from the ocean of been cut off theyre all from the land that is very dry so to staying very dry very hot looks like fire danger running high through at least friday morning. Thank you laura more from you later well back to those power shut off now pg and e actually started turning off power to more than 50,000 customers earlier this evening kron fours Ella Sogomonian shes tracking those outages tonight, she joins us now live in the newsroom ella. Pam and ken were hearing that about 33,000 customers had their power turned off starting at 8 oclock tonight. Lets take a closer look at the areas that have already lost their power. These are the pg maps of all the outages it can be found also on our website kron 4 dot com. The magenta triangles represent the areas that currently have their power shut off you can see that there is a lot over the north bay in sonoma and napa counties as well as to the east bay and the south bay. And if you click on the future p s p s outages, the gold here highlights the areas that may potentially be impacted. And you can see that that expands all the way across the bay area, the peninsulas well the shut offs can last up to 48 hours so there are Community Resource center set up if you need wi fi or you want to hook up a device to charge it. They also have snacks and water those are represented by these blue plug icons, so its good to prepare at home in advance as well so make sure that you have one gallon of water per person per day. How some nonperishable food thats easy to prepare. Flashlights extra batteries, a portable phone charger Important Documents of course and if you do have a generator practice using it before the Power Outages just to make sure that you are doing so correctly, hot weather also prompted californias electric grid operator to issue a statewide flex alert thats when the urge people to conserve energy between 03 00pm and 10 00pm on thursday 5 turning down air conditioners and not using major appliances we saw in the past earlier this summer that the previous conservation efforts were praised because it didnt reduce the power demand and avoided rolling blackouts live in the newsroom. Ella sogomonian kron 4 news thank you our Team Coverage on the power shut offs continues with kron fours tampas aqi she reports from saint in napa county. Here at the scene alina Catholic Church which is serving as a Community Resource center during these Public Safety power shutoffs here they have snacks water charging stations, wi fi and much more they already have seen several people stopped by after losing power wednesday night pg and e customers in napa county prepared for a Public Safety power shutoff wednesday evening. For some folks and lena the shutdowns already begin people like pat mcgrail foot up several gas cans to get through the next couple of days, im gasoline for generators. I have my house and my neighbors house. She lights going. Weve had to clean out the refrigerator which is a horrible job. And then be able to run them again and the generators. Were on wells so we have no water. And to go good. Water she could flush something the girls all too familiar with. He had to evacuate for the lnu lightning complex fire and was evacuated again for 17 days with the more recent glassfire he lives off Glass Mountain road or power was already down from the fire no cable. Theres no tv theres no land line telephones. And cells are working so far. And they notified us this evening into a power shut off and we just laughed. They originally told the or would be back on at 85. And the and then yesterday they send us an email saying its going to be the 27th despite the power disruption, the grill says hes just thankful to have a home Still Standing after the glass fire tore through homes nearby meanwhile employees in downtown saint helene are feeling the impact at work and at home just costing us action not only business when the business goes down. And then you go home in the refrigerator is down in the electricity. And it sounds like youre complaining, but you not complaining, its just that we need some relief and we need some kind of Money Monetary compensation for all this outage going on the Resource Center will reopen from 08 00am to 10 00pm on thursday in saint helene a tailor the psac ii kron 4 news nearby in calistoga this generator is keeping the lights on for most downtown businesses and homes on the east side of the napa river. And residents also have their own generators ready to go they tell us they dont have to look far to see what fire can do and thats why they say they understand why the shut offs happening but its still a no win situation. Eason may they had to everybody even like evade they know the power you know trying to say that things all of us complain about even they dont end of the power and something happening. All of going to complain about the heat. So its a very hard thing to really make power shut off in calistoga is expected to last until sometime tomorrow the mayor there says he believes this is their 15th power shutoff event in 2 years during the red flag warning the Santa Cruz Mountains area is among the regions most at risk of wildfires kron fours rob fladeboe reports from the summit in los gatos. Reminds motorists that fire danger is very high today here along some of road and across the Santa Cruz Mountains. People were stocking up on ice another shutdown groceries here at the summit store outside the umbrellas are tied down head of predicting high winds. Its yet another worry for fire and pandemic weary residents is owner ben a its getting a little unnerving you have so many things calm pounding on each other, but you know a red flag warning is probably the last thing. That we need right now some residents here said the power was shut down for about 10 seconds last night in what may have been a preview of a longer shutdown to guard against fire sparked by downed lines in the heavily forested region. There hasnt been a significant wildfire in this part of the Santa Cruz Mountains since 1985 lexington fire but some residents have mixed emotions about pg and es Fire Prevention strategy. I would like for them actually fix the issues that they have as opposed to just shutting things down quadrant by quadrant. Relatively small inconvenience. Now for a day or something i sure want more fires appear back at the summit store which serves as a kind of lifeline for hundreds of mountain residents when the power goes down. Then a man showed me the brandnew 125 kilowatt generator he had installed out back of the store that was after losing 10s of thousands of dollars and spoiled inventory that resulted from previous red flag power shutdowns at this point. Im for it because its a safety issue were almost hopefully in the rainy season. And i and i understand both sides of pg knee and doing what they have to do but its been a dry long. Hot summer up here. In the Santa Cruz Mountains rob fladeboe kron 4 news. And make sure to download the kron 4 app for the latest power shut off developments and download the kron on app to watch the latest news briefings, you can buy both free apps at your phones app store. Breaking news now the case against Scott Peterson will head back to a San Mateo County superior court room. The decision was made by the California Supreme Court petersons legal team has been fighting for a new trial after claims of juror misconduct in his murder trial. Court records show the juror in question failed to disclose her involvement in another legal proceeding during the selection process. Peterson as you may recall was convicted in 2004 for the murder of his wife lacy was pregnant that at the time with the couples son. Their bodies were found in San Pablo Bay and now to the south bay. We are learning more about a woman who died after being shot in a parking lot in milpitas on saturday night. Family members have identified the victim as cassandra you know since officers found her shot near the Hilton Garden Inn on north mccarthy boulevard she was taken to a nearby hospital, but she later died. She leaves behind 2 children her family believes the shooter was a former boyfriend and a 20,000 reward is being offered in that shooting for this suspect, 35 yearold kevin james get mad. Police say get mad knew the victim they say this was not a random act of Violence Police add that get mad should be considered armed and dangerous he may be riding a motorcycle family of the victim say that he lives in gilroy anyone with information is asked to call 911. Indoor dining is back in the south bay this week Santa Clara County moved into the states orange tier of reopening and that allows restaurants to see people inside at 25 of normal capacity. Kron fours gayle ong visit one restaurant in san jose to show you what Indoor Dining looks like. Restaurants in Santa Clara County have been waiting 7 months to reopen indoors and now they have more options to serve their customers been a very very long time the interesting to be. Able to see somebody while im working now cyrus photo but is the bar manager of brays restaurant and bar in san joses willow glen neighborhood, the restaurant has been ready to reopen their dining room taking the necessary covid19 precautions to keep customers safe. The first indoor table set wednesday afternoon as things change kind of every week where always kind of rearranging trying to maximize what we have but also of course keep people safe and so now that we know that we could have people inside were really just kind of going to take this week to shuffle things around and see like. How many more people we could fit within that 25 . Also while keeping people distance Public HealthOfficials Say santa clara has slowly drifted down to meeting the metrics of the states orange tier as of this week the county has an average daily covid19 case count of 3. 7 cases per 100,000 population, the metrics as counties the to have below 4 cases restaurants can now see people inside but only up to 100 people or 25 of normal capacity whichever is fewer, but county officials still consider Indoor Dining or risk we will be out there. With our Enforcement Teams ensuring that there is compliance with that local requirement and with the local directives now gap res photo but hopes everyone will do their part to prevent covid19 from spreading in the county, especially when the weather changes once it starts yeah, hopefully we can have more than just 25 inside but. Fingers crossed well see how goes. I spoke to a number of restaurant in Santa Clara County who are choosing to stay close indoors for now they are sticking to Outdoor Dining and take out. Reporting in san jose gayle ong kron 4 news. Alameda county also moved up to the rnc here this week, but restaurants there will have to wait about 2 more weeks to resume Indoor Dining few kids bouncing off the walls at home in the city they now have a place to go playgrounds reopen today in San Francisco. The city has been in the orange tier of the covid19 reopening tier system for about 2 weeks now and that made it possible for the city to reopen more than a 180 of its public playgrounds. Mayor london breed called it a good sign. It gives us hope the time that we spent in isolation the time we you know doing what we needed to do during this pandemic we know that theres a light at the end of the tunnel. There are strict rules and guidelines in place the number of people allowed on to the playground will be limited. In addition to the number of children using the playground equipment at once visits will be limited to 30 minutes when others are president. Everyone was must wash your hands before and after their visits, eating and drinking are not allowed in adults are asked to avoid nonessential cell phone use to actively supervise their children. Well the city and county of San Francisco also taking a hard look at what it will take to keep the moscow knee center as a top choice for business convention, one Business Leader tells kron fours has it made you why it may be tough booking moscow knee even after the pandemic. The San Francisco moscow the center is one of the Top Convention Centers in the country. But the findings in this recent civil grand jury report plans to trouble on the horizon. Like this finding unwelcome street behaviors and and cleanliness that bother Convention Attendees and exhibitors have been Important Reasons for Convention Planners of some medium and large size events to select venues in other cities. The findings of this report are based on research completed prior to the pandemic which is significant says jay chain of the San Francisco chamber of commerce that say the pandemic magically thats this appears tomorrow. Which is not but lets say it magically disappears tomorrow theres going to be economic lag between when the time demick ends and while most going centers back up again but even after that Economic Activity comes back isnt going to stem francisco going to be a great experience and a track that experience for people or were going to continue to see social media posts from visitors homelessness and street conditions and streak witness and their concerns around that is if those challenges continue it wont matter whether the pandemic is here or not were going to have. With come Mosconi Center and having conventions that. Francisco city leaders can either accept or reject the civil grand jurys recommendations. They also have the option to seek further now this is in any area where they feel more study is needed has it made you kron 4 news. Rent prices are also going down in San Francisco because of the pandemic according to Zumper National rent report, the median price for a onebedroom apartment dropped by about 20 that is the largest yearly decrease zumper has ever recorded but take a look at this a price is still the highest in the country about 2800 san jose came in 4th at about 2200 open was 5th at 2100 the backlog of unemployment claims in california will not be resolved until late january thats according to officials managing edd the Employment Development department. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains some of the lingering concerns lawmakers have about the agency. Leaders of the state agency tasked with processing millions of unemployment claims during the pandemic gave lawmakers an update on his issues wednesday, a group wor