See. Reporter on the Northern Edge the blackout turned the community of senior ho hoping to hold off the afternoon heat as long as possible. When we have a blackout like this. It impacts the seniors so badly. They are stuck in their homes. It is really hard. Reporter a nurse the 50 years sarah helped to deliver food and check on neighbors many of whom are homebound unable to escape the trailers with no means of staying cool. I have been to several houses today. It is like an oven. No ac. They cant get out. The cant do anything. They are stuck. Reporter we had a system in place. After the fire starting to talk to pg e when they were going to do these power outages. We have to have a defined plan. Reporter today was the result of the tail planning. They had five generators ready to go. Guest might not have even known there was a power outage. We have meetings after meetings as you can imagine making sure every detail is covered. We want the Guest Experience to be good. Last night was not
Sonoma counties and the foothi heang our s i can report to you, even though we did get up to 101 in santa rosa is we are on the downward side of this heat, and also on the wind event. So the red flag fire warning has expired. But look at the heat and the new records today. 101 in santa rosa. 100 in concord, 99 in san jose, and with the drier wind this morning, it was able to push San Francisco up to a very hot 94 degrees. What about temperatures right now . It is slowly dropping off. Use that term loosely here, because we are still very warm for this hour. 86 in San Francisco, 98 in napa, 97 in san jose, but holding onto 100 in concord. Heres a little benefit good promise in the forecast. The ocean breeze i pickingout o. That eventually will incorporate some cooler air. We will drop through the 70s in palo alto but hang onto 80s in danville. By tomorrow, not as hot. Mid70s in danville. Ill talk about theis cooler system in about 15 minutes. In some places a lot of heat and no power. Pf
In the heat, she questioned why pg e decided to cut power to roughly 1400 customers in napa and Sonoma County. There hasnt been anyone here and its one of the hottest days of the year. I hope they get it on right away. Reporter 87yearold fern says her breathing machine stopped working when the power went out around 4 00 a. M. I dont have any air thats blowing in. Reporter pg e chose to do a Public Safety power shutoff because of weather conditions that created a wildfire risk, something Kevin Bachmann understands because shea victim of the tubbs fire. I was one of the several thousand homes that burned down in north santa rosa. Reporter calistoga mayor chris canning says preemptive fires are the new normal, and the city is prepared with generators which were not needed this time. If we did end up with a total shutdown, those generators would have been able to power about 2 3 of the community. Reporter by mid afternoon pg e began the process of restoring power, but warned it could take
Story. Reporter democratic president ial hopeful Julian Castro in the bay area tonight, saying notes on the controversial call are putting gain before the countrys wellbeing. I believe this is going to be the undoing of that president. Reporter president ial hopeful castro says he believes the conversation with ukraines president crossed the line. It is beyond comprehensible how we let american president try to use our government and a Foreign Government to investigate his political opponent for his own benefit. N that in itself impeachment. President met him in new york but released transcript of the call that candidate castro is reacting to. Says thankful for u. S. Military support and expresses desire to by more equipment, President Trump said would like you to do us a favor though, investigate Matters Regarding the 2016 election meddling inquiry, and later asked him to look into claims that joe biden interfered in investigation regarding his son. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched
Early afternoon. As we go to the noon hour well see low 80s for many of our micro climates and a few spots reaching the mid80s before it starts to come back down for the evening as gusty winds pick up. That will keep it cool for the weekend. Well talk more about that. Mike, theres a crash in san rafael. Everybody is keeping it cool as well northbound. Now lets show you northbound i cant show you because there are no lights. You see the headlights. Thats the southbound commute. A crash was cleared around central san rafael. Everything on the Speed Sensors looks great. Theres a little blip coming into sunnyvale. Well check on that. Right there 580 through the altamont pass. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Another hot button day is on tap in our nations capital. A live look now at capitol hill where President Trump is still denying accusations of impeachment acts calling all the reporting a hoax. Today, in just hours, acting director of National Intelligence will testify. House Speaker Nancy P