48hour notices. Many people will want to check for themselves. Check out pge. Com psp pge. Com pspfupdates. And thru can enter your exact address, check and see if you are listed. Reporter but says pg e, the weather is always subject to change. Our meteorologists, our analysts at the operations center, are looking at the data. Are analyzing the weather data minute by minute. And it could change. Even up to the very last minute. Reporter for now, however, legendary weather forecaster, jan combol, is not surprised. This is not a bigtime event for us. Reporter but he says the sooner we get rain, the better off californias firestorm tsunami will go away. Our diablo winds here, santa anna winds from Southern California. They often any into early december. The thomas fire in Southern California was on december 4th. Reporter weve posted the link to pg es outage tool. For those directly affected, pg e promises it expects to restore power to them within 12 Daylight Hours after the wind events dissipate. A red flag warning goes into effect early tomorrow morning. For parts of the bay area. For the very latest on that, and the latest conditions, lets check in with our chief meteorologist, bill martin. Bill, hows it looking . Well, its looking like a red flag warning. Its not a highend red flag warning. As jan mentioned in that last piece there. Its going to be breeze nethe hills above 1,000 feet and in the north bay. Its not longlived and the wind gusts are right in the middle of the warning criteria. Not on the high end. The forecast for tomorrow, another warm day. And then the winds pick up tomorrow night. Into thursday morning. Thats the main event. Look at the contour. Thats where the wind is. Thats about midmy. Theres thursday morning. Lets come in a little closer now on the area of most concern. Theres wednesday morning. Look what happens by tomorrow evening. It starts to pick up. And you see the reds and yellows coming out of the valley there they go, about midnight, thursday morning. Late wednesday night into thursday morning. And there it is. And watch how quickly those winds dissipate. So its an event but its not a longlived event. And its not a highend, high wind speed event. There will be gusts in the higher elevations. Certainly in the peaks, 50 mile an hour at the top. Winds mostly north northwest. Tonight and tomorrow, theyll be a little more north northeast. And theres your red flag warning that stays in effect through friday morning. So it goes into Effect Tomorrow morning. Lasts through friday morning. And its very typical for this time of year, but these are always something to be concerned about. Power outages certainly a possibility in that area i just showed you with the red and orange contours. And around the county, around oroville, theyre gonna be knocking out some power. Grass valley a possibility as well. Ill see you back here with the complete forecast and the timing on the winds and the fiveday warmup. Okay, for more on the pg e shutoffs, we want to join a News Conference in progress right now. A red flag warning from the National Weather service. The condition of dry vegetation, or material on the ground. And also realtime, on the ground observation. Overall turning off power to our customers is not a decision that we make lightly. Pspf is known as a last resort. Only when the weather evens are so severe that peoples safety, live, homes and businesses may be in danger. With that, we want to move to our weather update. Another dry diablo wind event expected to start in Southern California wednesday evening continuing through friday morning. Id like to cover the timing of the even. It does consistent of two distinct time periods of wind risk. So during the day on wednesday, we will see the development of breezy and dry north winds. Initially develop down the sacramento valley, but starting at about 8 00 pm on wednesday, were expecting an increase in the strength of those winds. And for those winds to spread across the northern sierra foothills into the elevated terrain of the north bay. And then well see them spread bathe further in the evening into the east bay hills and santa cruz mountains. Then we do expect the winds to decrease midday thursday through about thursday afternoon. We will see relative humidities fall into the teens and potentially Single Digits for most locations during that timeframe. That period, the hull between weather events will be followed by a Second Period of wind risk starting approximately 6 00 pm thursday evening. By 10 00 am friday we expect to be able to begin the rest for most areas. Well be utilizing the greatest intel from the public and internal weather model data. As well as some of the realtime intelligence from the hundreds of publicly owned and pg eowned weather stations out there, which we have 850 of, to support any early all right, listening live to a News Conference from pg e talking about the planned power shutoffs that are scheduled to go into effect possibly as early as tomorrow. Pg e is estimating versus heres the bottom line. Theyre estimating that 54,000 customers in 24 Northern California counties could lose their power. Several counties are in the bay area. This will start tomorrow. Pg e says they hope to restore power within 12 hours after the winds die down. In some cases, winds will be 50 mile an hour wind gusts. That could down power lines, tree limbs starting fires. Its a much more targeted planned power shutoff now. The area encompasses more than eight million people, but again only 54,000 customers will lose their power. Pg e hopes to have all power restored by friday. Stay with ktvu. Com for the latest on the planned power outages. You can download our news app. The u. S. Supreme court stepped in in the legal battle over the census, saying the government can stop the count. The Trump Administration tried to put a stop to the census in september. Civil Rights Groups sued. The census determines the number of congressional seats in each state, as well as federal funding. On day two of her confirmation hearing, Amy Coney Barrett vowed to bring no agenda to the bench. Senators grilled her today, pushing her on issues like abortion, gun rights and the number election. Not willing to make a deal. Not with the commity, not with the president , not with anyone. Im independent. Reporter on the first day of sdrekt questioning before the Senate Judiciary committee, Amy Coney Barrett refused to commit to rule in any particular way should she be confirmed to the nations highest court. She also stressed that no one within the Trump Administration, including the president , has asked her to. I have had no conversations with the president or any of his staff on how i might rule in that case. Reporter on the healthcare law. Real people that we run into all the time. I assure you they am not. I am not hostile to the hca, i am not hostile to any statute that you have. Reporter roe v. Wade. Its distressing not to get a straight answer. Do you agree with Justice Scalias view that roe was wrongly decided . If i express a view on a precedent one way or another, whether i say i love it or i hate it, it signals whether i might tilt one way or another in a pending case. Reporter and the possibility that a dispute over the 2020 election wind up at the Supreme Court. Im concerned that what President Trump wants here couldnt be clearer. That hes trying to rush this nomination ahead so you might cast a decision, a vote in his favor in the event of a dispute. I certainly hope that all members of the committee have more confidence in my intelligent than to being that i would allow myself to be used as a pawn to decide this election for the american people. Reporter in round 1, senators are alotted 30 minutes. At least one of them, sheldon whitehouse, didnt ask a single question. Instead calling into question the donors and organizations now supporting barretts nomination. I think this gives you a chance for you and i to tee up an interesting conversation tomorrow. Reporter judge barrett was asked repeatedly today whether she would rule like one of her key mentors, but said if confirmed, youll get justice barrett, not another justice scalia. Furz the most soughtafter Public School in San Francisco. The big change being considered in the admissionses for Lowell High School. When you take a look at her record, it all begins to unravel. Ann ravels no reformer, shes backed by big corporations whove poured hundreds of thousands into her campaign. And she opposes ballot measures to make the economy more fair for working people. Only dave cortese is endorsed by the California Democratic party. Hes helping us battle the pandemic with a sciencebased approach. And expanding Health Services and child care to those in need. For state senate, Democrat Dave cortese. When was the last time your property tawhat . L went down . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. Santa clara and alameda counties are moving in the right direction when it comes to covid19 infections. Both counties are in the yellow of the covid restriction list. The changes take Effect Tomorrow in Santa Clara County. Officials say reduced capacity is critical to reducing risk. Its a really important limitation we put in place to reduce the density, to help try to reduce risk to the community. And well be out there with our enforcement teams, ensuring that theres compliance. Californias Top Health Official discouraging trickortreating or halloween parties. Halloween is just weeks away. A time for parties and trickortreating. This year the health and Human Services secretary is strongly recommending against any parties and urging families to stay home. The whole act of going door to door, ringing door bells, digging into buckets of drishs candy create a risk delicious candy create a risk of spreading covid19. Reporter the state saying its relying on people to do the right thing. Keep interactions to a minimum. Does that mean that trickortreaters will be doing enforcement . Absolutely not. We dont want to turn certainly what a time of joy into something that is difficult or contentious. Reporter the state recommending alternate activities this year that dont involve interacting with groups. Celebrating at home, there are some fun ideas. Creating a Haunted House or candy hunt, painting faces and ca pumpkins. Reporter the States Coronavirus numbers are generally trending in the right direction. More people want to gather for parties from halloween to thanksgiving to the holidays. Things will only get more challenging. The key, he say, will be holding off on those gettogethers as much as possible or keeping those gatherings to less than three houseload holds at a time. Hes encouraging people to get a flu shot, keep wearing their masks and washing hands. San franciscos most soughtafter Public High School is drawing criticism. School officials are considering an admissions lottery for Lowell High School instead of academic achievement. Covid19 has changed the way students in San Francisco are graded. Now it could lead to an even bigger change in San Franciscos most elite Public School. The future of admission to Lowell High School in San Francisco could change. Were now going to begin discussion on superintendents resolution to adopt an interim lowell admissions policy. Reporter the move will give all students across the city access to the alist school that counts a former Supreme Court justice among its alums. The idea does not sit well with Michelle Parker whos runing for a school board seat. One issue, the short notice of the proposed change announced by the board last friday for a vote next week. This is a vote that is supposed to happen in about a week. Reporter the reason for change, which would only be temporary for one school year, was prompted by the covid19 pandemic. Lowell students have been accepted based on a score system that takes into account grades and test results. When covid hit, schools closed, and the school switched to a pass fail grading system. Part of why lowell is a successful and soughtafter place is because its a space for a bunch of highachieving students to have a rigorous Academic Experience in an environment with a bunch of other students who want the same thing. Reporter one of the studentses is a 17yearold lowell senior who says she too is not sure a lottery system is the best solution. Students is a 17yearold lowell senior who says she too is not sure a lottery system is the best solution. I think an esay may be better. If the goal is we just need to figure out a quick solution for one year only and revisit it later, lets look at some of the alternatives. Reporter that meeting is happening right now between the school board and parents. Public comment session has been going on for about 90 minutes or so. Some of those opposed to the lottery say they use the grades from the seventh and eighth grade instead of lottery system. It does not allow for other type . The board scheduled to vote on whether or not theyre gonna move ahead with the lottery vote system next tuesday. An investigation into an explosion in gilroy that seriously wounded a man. What authorities found in his house today. Sfwloo new information about the Antigovernment Group that allegedly plotted to kidnap michigans governor. The suspects may have had another highprofile target. I got it all from you im always pushing through i know well make it to the finish line i know youre waiting on the other side im like you ondemand glucose monitoring. Because theyre always on. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. So you dont wait for life. You live it. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. One man was injured in an explosion last night in gilroy. The area still closed and think be for several days as the investigation continues. Its on the jesse gary with the latest on the investigation tonight. Were not sure at this point what kind of explosives wlchl theyre fireworks or or more a serious type of explosives. Reporter Gilroy Police along with the Santa Clara County sheriffs bomb unit continue their investigation into mondays explosions. Around 2 00 pm, neighbors say a loud blast rocked this quiet hillside community. One woman says 53yearold machinist, daren darryl, was injured in the accident. He is a good guy. He wasnt trying to hurt anybody. Hes not a terrorist. He just messes around with little, loud explosive thing. It sounds worse than it is. But he didnt mean any harm, i know that. Reporter Gilroy Police say a 53yearold man was driven to a nearby hospital with a traumatic hand injury. If theres illegal kwlms used, well go from there. What kind of things are they looking for . Theyre initially going to try and figure out what the scale of the device was. So theyre going to turn around and do a quick sweep to try and find what the outer perimeter, you know, of the debris field is. S san jose state Senior Security scientist with expertise in explosive devices. They will reconstruct the device. Theyll literally pick all of the pieces that they can find out from the debris field and bring them back together again and recompose the device. Reporter goodrich says itll take added time to dot investigate because there could do the investigation because there could be more explosive devices around the property. Gilroy police say the man injured in this explosion has not been charged with a crime. And the drug Bay Area Task force has been notified of the explosion. 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