Dangerous and record setting heat in areas today. Lightning strikes kaugtd on camera by the california highway patrol. Thunderstorms are expected to be strongest in north bay. A wildfire in st. Helena started around the wildfires. Its been so strange. And power knocked out in mill valley. A bolt hit power lines. You can see pg and e responding, and a salon owner says they were working with clients outside when it happened. We got so scared but five seconds later, the big line happening again. Sop we move everybody inside. We heard like an explosion, and it was a small one and a big one like a bomb. Mother nature is mad because something is going on here. Rough weather. That is what is going on. Pg and e reports power has been restored. Thank you for joining us, those issues are not enough, more than 3 million homes statewide could have their power shut off. If that total is reached, it would be the largest shut off in state history. I know that its going to be highly disruptive to peop
A speech ro speech roateep ro. So its a tough fight in there. A fight evolving situation. As far as the evacuees are concerned, theyre getting out of here. Theyre going to the Cross Walk Community church in napa. They are getting information there. So this fire continues to burn, sparked by lightning. Were hoping we dont get wind, and cal fire, as of now, is still saying zero containment. Were hoping that changes sometime soon. From napa county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. Wayne, let me ask you about the evacuees for a minute. Better safe than sorry. Anyone decided not to evacuate . Reporter dan, im sorry for the threesecond delay, but that has to do with where were at in our signal. Yes, there are people in there who have stayed. Most of them have left. If you go through the area and look at the gates, there are these tags, they say evacuate. We saw chp going in there, knocking on doors, making sure people were gone. I saw two people who stayed behind. The owner of the house, trying to
The California Independent system operator extending that flex alert asking people to conserve that energy as you mention through thursday to avoid blackouts and also intermittent outage situation. Thats not what we thought we would find on this block here in milpitas. They said about 139 customers did not have power and when we got here you can see the lights are on this morning and good news for folks on this block but there are sporadic outages we want to tell you about when it comes to pg e across the bay area this morning. The good news, the rolling outages were called off last night by pg e shortly after 8 00 p. M. Because the Energy Supply would meet demand. Thats what the Energy Supplier said. Were learning two big reasons for this. The temps stayed cooler and people did conserve energy. Governor newsom also took some blame for the outages during his monday news conference. Let me just make this crystal clear, we failed to predict and plan these shortages and thats simply unacc
Part of the plan. It appears he had plans to escape but police got there too quickly. Hes described as a drifter, who didnt have much contact with family. This morning they raided his hotel room where he had been staying since earlier this month. State police say he walked into the grand 16 Movie Theater thursday night, bought a ticket to be train wreck but all the while had attention to kill. 21yearold macy brode died within the theater another died at the hospital. Nine others were wounded. We get to the front of the building, a middleaged woman with blood coming out of her leg. Reporter investigators say houser fired 13 rounds from his gun. People in the theater scrambled, among them one woman who pulled the fire alarm, likely saving lives. It didnt take long for people to arrive. When they did, houser was still inside alive. It was apparent he was intent on shooting then escape. What happened is the quick Law Enforcement response forced him back into the theater. At which time he s
Bullet casings on the floorboard. A. 9 millimeter gun by the crime scene. When police searched estradas house, they found. 9 millimeter ammunition and casings. Were asking for us and the media to reserve judgment until all the facts are in. Reporter police say estrada showed up at the hospital with gunshot wounds above the waist line. During contact with a physician, estrada admitted he was shot in the drivers seat of his vehicle while near a street in hayward. But would not answer who had shot him. Thats how the probable cause statement reads. His family insists hes innocent. We know that hes not capable of this. Reporter estrada did not enter a plea today. Hes in the process of formally hiring his attorney. Hell be back in court on august 25th. Meanwhile, Funeral Plans for the fallen officer are under way. His Memorial Service will take place next thursday. Reporting live in hayward, Jodi Hernandez nbc bay area news. Thank you, jodi. We invite you to stay with us on air and online. Y