Well see those purple triangles finally disappear. About 10,000 customers are still in the dark this morning. At last check, electricity has been restored to 335,000 customers. Many of them lost electricity on sunday. We are still at risk of fires even if the red flag warning is over. A small wildfire broke out before 8 00 last night. This is in napa and sonoma counties. Crews were able to get that under control. In orange county, its quite a different story. The race to contain two fastmoving wildfires being pushed by the santa ana winds, nearly 70,000 people are under a mandatory evacuation this morning. Jobina is tracking that and these questions about how one of these fires started. Jobina . Thank you. Good morning. Fire crews say they could see a break later today when the winds start to die down. The fires started on monday. So far the silverado fire in the hills above irvine burned 13,000 acres. Its 5 contained. The blue ridge fire is about 15 miles away. It burned 15,000 acres
Probably not soon enough, but coming soon, if you consider the weekend soon. I do. Im already thinking about it. It is friday morning. Good morning to you julian and kumasi and jobina. Hi, everybody. I do have the news of a fire danger length extending until 6 00 this evening. National Weather Service brought that up this morning. Thats the difference between when you went to bed last night and whats happening now. 90s possible everywhere, even along the coast, just like we had yesterday at Half Moon Bay. All those records going to be warmer than it was yesterday. Ill show you that relief coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Pg e is expected to restore power by 10 00 tonight depending on the weather. This morning thousands of people in Northern California are still in the dark from the Public Safety power shutoff that started on wednesday. So the pink triangles that you see on the map, those indicate the outages. Anser hassan is live in sonoma with more on this. Good morning
Just a bit. We definitely have a diminished fire threat. No red flag warning. No fire weather watch. Nothing like that today. We can breathe easily today and enjoy some really comfortable weather. Not only today but for the next several days. As you look from our roof camera, it is clear and kind of chilly. Wait until i show you those temperatures in the next hit. Heres what to expect this afternoon. 66 at half moon bay. Low to mid 70s around the bay and upper 70s to a few low 80s inland. Well have that accuweather sevenday forecast into november coming up. Reggie . Thanks. Pg e does expect everyone to get their power restored later today. This is the map showing the areas still in the dark. A lot fewer of those purple triangles this morning compared to last morning. About 10,000 customers. Electricity has been restored to 335 toush 335,000 customers. We are still at risk of fires even if the red flag warning is over. A small wildfire broke out before 8 00 last night. This is in napa a
Warmer than weve experienced, some patchy fog out there. Because of the lighter winds and the warmer day, air quality will be moderate as we get into that ridge of High Pressure building in today, tomorrow and monday. Air quality is moderate from san rafael to oakland and concord. Good in redwood city. Moderate in san jose which as we go through the afternoon, could get hazy. Thats emeryville, numbers in the 40s to 50s right now, about 71 in concord by noontime, 66 over in hayward. By 4 00 we are trailing back out of the 80s, afternoon highs should be reached at about 3 00. Tonight its mild for the trick or treaters, 70s to start out around the bay and inland, dropping through the 60s, very comfortable and dry conditions, right on through the evening. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. This morning San Francisco officials are asking people to stay away from large gatherings, especially from the castro, where hundreds usually celebrate halloween. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena has a look a
Well look at the map first, you can see all the green around our area right now. About 2,000 fewer people are in the dark than we anticipated earlier this week. The bulk of the outages are happening in napa county. Thats where we find Amy Hollyfield. Shes in calistoga. The lights are on right now, pg e warned they may turn them off by 6 00 this morning. Its 6 00, we still have power here, but people were very prepared just in case. Calistoga had been warned, so residents here filled up gas cans so they could Power Generators if necessary. One restaurant is determined to keep running even without power. The owner of local q707 restaurant has generators and a tent to set up outside so they can keep cooking food for customers. Since the fires, basically since the 28th, weve pretty much only worked two days a week because they keep turning off the power. Its unfortunate not to have a full paycheck for a full week period. Thats why were doing the best we can to keep it open. Residents tell