Are a lot of darkened businesses without generators probably going to have to be closed today. Pg e believes that this psps should last for two days. Some people tell us they cant wait that long to get their power back. We met a College Student who is going to head home to southern california, shes now without electricity and wifi at st. Marys in moraga. I cant do School Without wifi, especially because we are all online so its impossible because we cant go to inperson classes. So i told my mom and she was like, yeah, lets book you a flight home right away. Reporter if these winds spark a fire contra costa firefighters are ready to go on the ground and in the air. They have two helicopters with expandable water buckets ready to go, they can drop water on any flames that pop up. They also have ground crews ready to go, but the weather will play a role in whether the helicopters can go up. If the wind is too intense those helicopters have to stay on the ground. It is windy right now, its
Of us. Thank you, mike. Firefighters put out a small grass fire along interstate 580 alonging along regatta boulevard in richmond. Fires were reported in Castro Valley and healdsburg. Firefighters worked to stop these fires quickly before they could reach homes and other buildings. Because of the dangerous fire conditions pg e cut off power to more than 106,000 people across the bay area. People in the north bay were some of the first to go dark. Lauren martinez is live in mill valley. Here in mill valley you can see some degree in the strebris. Restaurant owners at tips roadside in kenwood were angry after they lost power an hour before they were told it was scheduled to be shut off. They hope they dont lose whats on ice in their freezer. A couple weeks ago, we lost all the food in there. It was probably 15,000, 20,000. Everything is so much harder now because of covid, fires, Power Outages. Its just you know, everybody is saying i cant wait for 2020 to be over. Hopefully, you know, 2
Dangerous winds there, even in the lower elevations, 37 in fairfield. Down to 20 in concord. 30 in napa. 22 in novato. 27 in San Francisco. Look at the peninsula, 25 to 31 whether youre in san mateo or sfo. A noisy night out there, there will be a lot of debris on the road, so drive around that and be careful. Our lower elevations, still in the red flag warning until 11 00. Higher elevations until 5 00 tomorrow afternoon. The winds will subside for most of us after 11 00, its so dry and the winds will below wind advisory criteria, but still fast enough to have that high fire danger. Reggie . That breaking news is in the east bay, high winds are now blowing. Youre looking at what happened in concord after a tree toppled bringing down power lines on Birchwood Court late last night. Contra costa county firefighters responded to similar calls reporting either fallen trees or downed power lines. This morning nearly 107,000 customers throughout the bay area are in the dark. Pg e shut off pow
One business has two generators ready to go. Ill tell you why in my story. Tracking fire danger and winds. Hour by hour look at how strong and how long coming up. Reports of High School Students having sleepovers shuts down campus for in Person Learning amid concerns. Bars and restaurants in san jose can be open longer, but the issue is employment. Abc 7 news starts right now. Now from abc 7 live breaking news. And that breaking news is a new red flag warning just went into effect for large parts of the bay area until friday morning. Pg e has started shutting off power to parts of Sonoma County because of the extreme fire danger. Tonight the eutility reduced the number of planned outages. The bulk of customers in napa county. We have Team Coverage on the dangerous fire weather. Lets start with j. R. Stone in calistoga where residents and businesses. Fill up your gas container, another Public Safety shut off is underway. Im filling the gas can for the generator. Reporter in calistoga, t
When we talk about fire danger, that means there is a red flag warning. For a look at who exactly is affected and when the winds will pick up lets get to francis. We have a red flag warning in effect. Its first going to hit the north bay mountains and east bay hills tomorrow at 11 00 in the morning and spreads to the rest of the bay area for the coast and the rest of the lower elevations by 8 00 tomorrow. Winds will be from the northnortheast, so this is try land breeze, will bring humidity down into single digits. Gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour around the bay and even near 70 Miles Per Hour over the Higher Elevations and ridges. So this is extreme fire weather conditions. Youll want to secure your Outdoor Furniture and everything can you to be prepared. It will peak into monday morning. Now pg e is warning hundreds of thousands of customers across Northern California they may lose power tomorrow. We have high confidence this will be the strongest diablo and fire weather so far. We have