Want. We know what a hardship it is to our customers, and we dont want to put them through that. Right now on the kpix 5 new at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the city of fremont now ordering you to cover your face in many Public Places bill good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Kpix 5s andria borba is live with those new rules, andria . Reporter well, ken, elizabeth, this is all about making sure that the central workers, the Grocery Store workers , those firefighters, although people who still have to go to work are safe when we have to go into o busi. Face coverings are now as necessary as issues as shoes when it comes to contacting a Central Business in fremont. The ordinance went into effect this morning. It is aimed at keeping essential workers healthy. Beke our first responders, health care workers, and sometimes in these closed settings we worry about the. Reporter Sonoma County declared the for such local ordinance with fremont joining in today. I think it
And run their business. This weighs heavily on all of us including those of us at pg e. This is not how we want to serve you, and this is now how we want to run our business. Were actually in the business of providing power, not taking power away. So, we feel the impact of the decision, and i understand how it alters, how it disrupts the normal flow of life and the normal flow of community. But theres another part of the reality that were in. With winds like the last 24 hours or so and the conditions of the vegetation, we could not run parts of this system given the risk to Public Safety. We struggle with the decision as we do with any decision to turn off power. We weigh the level of acceptable risk given the circumstances, the wind and the vegetation, and we determine that we must have zero risk of a spark. So, what exactly was the risk . Well, we know from history that wind speed, the wind speeds at which our lines can be affected and cause a fire. Wind speeds at about 45milesperhou
Customers in the bay area. We have life Team Coverage at the Pg E Emergency Operations Center and on the preparations being taken in the south bay. Our meteorologist is tracking the winds that are causing so much concern. We begin with greatly who is in lafayette where people are scrambling to get ready and stocking up on needed supplies. More than 40,000 customers in Contra Costa County alone will lose power tonight and that includes in lafayette where people have been rushing to places like this ace hardware to make sure they are prepared for the outage. Once ron got word pg e would shut off his power, he left work early and rushedto the sto up and he wasnt alone. Several pallets of water completely empty. People are getting ready because the stores are more crowded than ever. The Police Departments estimate 21,000 customers will go dark in the marinda area. Police departments sent notices to residents last night to prepare before pg e finalized its plans. Giving residence a heads up
51, 52, thats cold water right there. When you get the on shore wind, that will do it out to vacaville. There is a delta breeze. Temperatures take a drop for some, looks like the pattern is changing. Monday was probably the hottest day. 60s, 70s, 80s, few low 90s. Im making sure when you catch me looking, im making sure the short time i looked away, nothing new happened. We are off to a good start, steve. Some of the problems are getting better. We have slow traffic here on the livermore commute which is not unusual. You will see low traffic on the commutes. You can see the time from the carquinez to the macarthur maze is up. Earlier crash at 80, if you 15 the bay hour now. Metering lights are on. Things are beginning to get more crowded the usual spots. Federal investigators will be at hayward after a deadly Helicopter Crash there yesterday. Allie rasmus is out there right now. A Flight Instructor was killed, his student was hurt. Reporter those two pem people were on board at the tim
It is a nice day. It will be cloudy to start, but then it will be sunny for most, a little cooler than yesterday. We will talk to steve in a little bit about what tuesday holds here in the middle of july, along with mike and claudine, i am sal. Have you guys been doing any shopping . I was going to buy a new tv. I wasnt get a ton my wife and just kind of surprised her. She says rtv was fine and it is 11 years old so i was going to do it. I did it. She wasnt happy. What did she do . She bought an instant pot yesterday. I think this is a payback thing. She texted me as soon as she did it. You sit or walk away after you set it. My wife is trying to get me to learn to use it. Maybe i will. It is so easy. Reporter what can you make an it . Anything. I made pot roast last night. Amazon does not give sales totals when it comes to last year and this year, they probably will do the same when it comes to the amazon prime sale. Will one experts generates estimates it generates 2 billion, it is bi