Wind advisory coming up. Two separate Traffic Alerts. Traffic is tough on the east shore freeway. On the westbound connector working your way into the maze the number two mac lane is blocked for an injury accident with traffic taking up into berkeley. A busy right. You will see slow and go conditions as you get the bay bridge. The Traffic Alert is westbound 580 at 35th street with a major injury accident. I just got new information. The two right lanes blocked until further notice and they are running traffic breaks to ease the traffic heading through their. It is slow and go and traffic is building quickly. Use 880 in the meantime. I will have more details and a new crash to tell you about coming up. 6 01. Almost all of napa county is bracing for pg e to shut off its power. They say the outage could go on five days or longer. The outage impacts Rural Communities and also includes downtown areas. Tourists whose plans revolve around winery visits said this could have a longterm impact.
To get ready. Thanks joining us. Kpix 5 is your is your vial guide to navigate these potentially widespread power shutoffs. People all around the bay area are waiting for official word from pg e on whether theyll be in the dark come tomorrow. The Team Coverage starts with jackie ward in lafayette where high fire danger are putting some residents on high alert. Reporter most affected areas are here in contra costa and that includes lafayette. People here are getting ready. This is all that we have. People came here to ace to look for flashlights but they were out of luck. Some people this afternoon will be disappointed. Assistant manager howie gibb says he has not since n94 masks were hard. Com by a few years ago. Batteries were filling, every 15 to 20 minutes, it seems. Its like we are giving away. Its crazy. At safeway, Michael Haggerty was stocking up and keeping things easy. I want things that i can drink cold, eat cold, fruit, a lot of water at home. Where we live, its very, very w
We were screaming for help as he was fighting it and trying to save us for what felt like an eternity. The wolf started to drag matt from the tent but help was nearby. I just kicked it in the back half. Reporter alisa on facebook thanking their guardian angel, russ fee, who was in the campsite next to them. I was able to pick up a rock and we were able to sort of lob rocks at it for a while. That seemed to push it back quite a bit. Reporter the wolf let go of matt but kept following him as the family ran to russ van. I was trying to assess how much trouble i was in. I wasnt too sure if it was going to come at me or not. It wasnt snarling, it wasnt growling at me at all. Reporter matt was rushed to a hospital with puncture wounds and scratches. Park officials evacuated the campground, found the wolf, and euthanized it. On Facebook Alisa saying it could have been so much worse, matt is our absolute hero, and we are forever grateful to russ. Whoo. Right . Again, matt is okay, dad is okay.
Children are especially vulnerable to the algaes toxins. Experts say if a pet appears to stumble or collapses after being in water, find help immediately. Important story there. Back here, there is another kind of water crisis unfolding in the city of newark, new jersey. The epa is warning residents not to drink their tap water because their lead levels are too high. Heres abcs adrienne bankert. Reporter thousands of bottles of water were handed out to residents of newark, new jersey, after new tests showed Dangerous Levels of lead in the water of a number of homes. Mothers who are nursing, cooking. Sure, people are concerned as to what to do. Reporter last fall the city gave away 40,000 water filters but a few of those homes were rechecked for lead days ago and the levels were still too high. The epa is pressing the city to give out bottled water writing, we are unable at this time to assure residents their health is fully protected. We just need all the lead lines replaced. We dont n
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