And if the power is shut off we heard from pg e it would happen early wednesday morning. All of this is a fluid situation as they watch the weather. Pg and e is preparing for what could be the 10th Public Safety power shut off. The Company Warning it may cut power to parts of marin, sonoma, napa and Solano County as well as parts of the east bay including berkeley and lafayette. I am ready. I do have a generator. And i am all for it. Reporter pgae says the Emergency Operation center is keeping an eye on strong winds expected to start early wednesday morning and last through thursday morning. The company may turn off power to thousands of customers to reduce the risk of a wild fire. I mean i would like a definite answer, maybe. That would be nice to know for sure. I just drank the last of the spare water thinking we are in the clear and now i have to buy all that again. Reporter pg e says double check your emergency kit and splice and have a plan ready. We are still monitoring the weath
Sectionalize those communities that are in danger to a high fire district, were able to sectionalize the system to keep those customers energized while other districts are turned off. Last month the company went through four rounds of power shutoffs. The last two overlapped and some people went without power for days at a time. The decision depends on the weather so we want to hear from spencer christian. Are you seeing any increased fire danger . We are. As you know its been abnormally dry the last several weeks going into what we consider the rainy season. Here is a look at the monitor. Alou were not at an elevated level of drought, were dry around the bay area. Heres whats going to happen. A cold front is going to drop down and a low pressure system will drop to the north and we will get strong dry offshore flow and that will increase fire danger as a result of those winds and the very, very fire dangers, a red flag is in affect from 4 00 am. Wednesday to 7 00 a. M. Thursday. Wind g
Would likely be the north bay. Residents say nope, not again, but they have come to expect them. Anywhere you go, the entire county was affected. The whole county, the whole bay area. Reporter it wasnt too long ago dianes neighborhood in san rafael was pitch black at night for several days. News another pg e safety shutoff, she calls frustrating but not unexpected. It is just concerning, are the schools going to be shut . Works affected . Reporter sunday the utility said parts of Northern California could see hazardous wildfire conditions prompting another shutoff. Warm temperatures coupled with gusty offshore winds are said in the statement, pg e said bot the forecast and scope of the weather remain fluid three days ahead of event. Present prejections reflect the weather event similar to previous psps events that impacted 180,000 customers. Last month pg e turned the power off in hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Northern California. Not too good. Reporter he lives in o
The bridge. At 4 31, lets go back to the desk. Thank you. More witnesses are schedule to testify this week at the impeachment hearings on capitol hill. As doug luzader reports, the democrats say President Trump is welcomed the list. Reporter president t crit trump is critical nowdemocrats say he should join it. Mr. President. Reporter will President Trump testify in his own impeachment hearing on capitol hill . Seems unlikely to say the least but the invitation is there. The president could come before the committee and talk and speak all the truth he wants. You dont expect. If he wants to take the oath of office or he could do it in writing e has every opportunity to present his case. Reporter presenting his case on twitter the president wrote, the crazed do nothing democrats are turning impeachment into a routine partisan weapon that is very bad for our country and not what the founders had in mind. What democrats have in mind is to hear from 8 witnesses over three days in public. Bu
And show you that traffic is already busy on 205 and 580. You will see slow traffic for sure. And you will see traffic here that is going to be just very slow. Nothing unusual about that. Once you goat livermore it looks good and a little bit of slowing in dublin. Just a little bit at the dublin interchange. The rest of it looks good including the san mateo bridge and interstate 880 and at the bay bridge we have a backup. At 5 01 lets go back to the desk. Thank you. New this mong, firefighters investigating an overnight garage fire in pleasanton that happened at 3 15 this morning on matteson court. Neighbors told our crew on the scene a tesla and chevy bolt both burned in the fire but it does not appear that theres significant damage to the house and no word on the cause of the fire. There are no reports of any injuries. Our time is 5 01. Police in fresno investigating a deadly shooting rampage where gunmen shot and killed four people and six others were hurt the it happened in southea