. >>> one year to the day after the start of the kincade wildfire unit. they say it was started by a dormant pg&e power line that should have been dismanteled because it was no long needed. investigators say when it snaps, it hit the tower multiple times and showering sparks along the brush. the fire burned 77,000 acres and destroyed 17 4 homes. >>> we are on alert for fire conditions and kari is leading the char for that. tell us what you're seeing in the radar and temperatures and wind. >> it's a little alarming when you hear national weather service saying they are seeing the same kind of setup that we have seen in some of those large fires in the past like the kincade fire that could happen again later this weekend. now is the time to get ready as we are enjoying a nice break. sunshine and calmer winds. temperatures are starting to cool off. we are looking at east san jose high temperatures reaching 75 degrees and 76 in gilroy and also going to see a light wind for most spots like los gatos reaching 76. oakland up to 71 and upper 70s for concord reach

. >>> new findings obtained of exclusive fire investigative unit one year to the day after the kincade fire started tearing through the north bay. and coming as the region copes with more extreme conditions. "today in the bay" starts right now. >>> and a good morning to you on this friday. i'm marcus washington. >> oh, yes you are. and i'm laura garcia. we're all happy it's friday. get through the show this morning. look at you in your sunshine shirt there. >> dark and early in the morning. >> exactly. wearing a yellow shirt, kari. >> that's really nice. love that combo. >>> let's check it out for our friday forecast. we are starting out with clouds now. i do have some things i'm watching as we go into the weekend even though the wind is now calming down and we have cooler weekend temperatures. we turn our attention to another high wind event as we head to the beaked where we may see wind gusts topping 70 miles an hour. our high temperatures for today right now. it's going to be a nice one. get out there and enjoy it before we have those other concerns later this weekend. mike, how is

>>today marks one year since the kincade fire burned through sonoma county that fire burned close to 80,000 acres and destroyed 174 homes. calfire determine the kincade fire was sparked by electrical transmission lines which were owned by pg and e and another big story that we're following this evening is gun violence in oakland so far this year homicides are up 38% compared to this time last year, but police say they are making headway in getting killers off the street kron four's dan kerman reports. >>if you will fire. powered weaponry that has or family members docking is they're eating dinner at their kitchen table. we will be out there holding you accountable. >>at a news conference friday afternoon oakland police chief susan manheimer announced arrests have been made in 6 homicides 5 of which occurred this year. >>we would not have been able to have such success this week that it not been for. >>the relationships that we built in the community we can't do this alone. the committee this help us all right now murders in oakland stan did 80 up 38% this year compared to last with m

>>well today marks one year since the kincade fire burned through sonoma county that fire burned close to 80,000 acres it destroyed 174 homes cal-fire determine that the kincade fire was sparked by electrical transmission lines which are owned by pg any more resources are being added as we continue with our fire season in east bay fire department has introduced a new high tech. a high-flying tool rather to fight wild far hires kron four's phillipe gaal has the story. >>con air one is in service and already fighting fires in contra costa county it is the result of a public private partnership between reach air medical services and the contra costa county fire protection district. it is fully certified last to fight fires from the air where we bring is. >>very local response. so if you have a little fire this morning over here on mount diablo we can be there in minutes you're not going to see any cbf aircraft maybe a half an hour that they tend to look at about a half an hour. response time to the staff reach pilot nurse and a fire protection district captain and paramedic. >>it is equip

. >> it was the largest single wildfire in sonoma county fire, the kincade fire. our investigative unit has obtained the report on the cause and it blames a pg&e power line, the line that was supposed to be sha shutdown because it was no longer needed. nbc bay area's jaxon vanderbeken has the story. >> what you're describing with the kincade fire is not an accident. it is the product of a long-standing pattern. >> reporter: that's former public utilities commissioner after we told her about the kincade fire was blamed on the pg&e power line for sparking it. >> there needs to be a look at the organization and why this organization keeps producing the same types of problems over and over again. >> reporter: according to the report, the 230,000 volt power line that started the fire had once provided power to a geothermal plant northeast of geyserville. the plant was shutdown more than a decade ago. but rather than deenergize or remove the line, cal fire says pg&e left it up. and making things worse, disconnected it from this plant designed to secure the power line to

. >>> tomorrow marks the anniversary of the kincade fire, the largest single wildfire in the history of sonoma county. our investigative unit has obtained cal fire's report on the cause, and it blames a pg&e power line, a line that was supposed to be shut down because it was no longer needed. here's nbc bay area's jackson van derbeken with the inside story. >> so what you're describing here with the kincade fire is not an accident. it is a product of a long-standing pattern. >> reporter: that's former public utilities commissioner catherine sandoval after we told her of cal fire's report on the kincade fire which blamed a pg&e power line for sparking it. >> there needs to be a serious look at the organization and why this organization keeps producing the same types of problems over and over again. >> reporter: according to the report, the 230,000-volt power line that started the fire had once provided power to a geothermal plant northeast of geyserville. but the plant was shut down more than a decade ago. but rather than deenergize or remove the line cal fire says pg&e left it up. an

henderson leaves behind a young son. >>> one year to the day after the start of the kincade wildfire our investigative unit has obtained findings on the cause. cal fire says it was started by a dormant pg&e line that should have been dismantled because it was no longer needed. it had once provided power to now closed geo thermal plant outside of geyserville. investigators say when it snapped it hit the tower multiple times showering sparks on to brush below. pg&e says it has not yet seen the findings. the fire burned 77,000 acres and destroyed 174 homes. >>> california is recording it its highest daily covid deaths in a month. 130 new deaths were reported yesterday. midweek it hit 62. compared to two weeks ago deaths are down 6% and cases are down nearly 3%. >>> personal care workers can reopen. sonoma county will allow tattoo parlors, nail salons and massage studios to reopen indoors. health leaders allowed them to reopen but only outdoors. sonoma county right now has the most restrictive rules because it's still in the purple tier. >>> happening today if you're thinking of a family

>>today also marks one year since the kincade fire burned through sonoma county that fire burned close to 80,000 acres and destroyed 174 homes, cal fire's determine that the kincade fire was sparked by electrical transmission lines that were owned by pg and e. >>another big story we're following tonight. prosecutors are preparing to retry the penalty phase of the murder case against scott peterson peterson was convicted back in 2004 of killing his wife lacy and their unborn son. investigators say that peterson took the bodies from their modesto home and then dump them from his fishing boat into san francisco bay where they surfaced months later, fast forward to earlier this year california supreme court overturned peterson's death sentence then 2 months later that same court ordered a new hearing to re examine his death sentence reporter kay recede now has more on today's court proceedings from status last county. >>in this courtroom sketch an older and mask scott peterson appeared in a stanislaw county courtroom from san quentin prison. he was sentenced to death but that sentence has

. >> these will be equivalent if not stronger than the tubbs fire of 2017 and the kincade of 2019. >> reporter: two red flag warnings in effect sunday for the upper elevations at 11:00 a.m. and then a second warning go l go into effect at 8:00 p.m. for the valley floors. >> the last couple events we have, have stayed up high, and not transitioned down low. this one we are fully expecting the winds to transition down to the valley floors. >> reporter: lowwenthal said the emergency system is better than three years ago. the alerts and warning sirens have come a long way. >> our alert system is better. as soon as you hear the siren going off you know there is something up. >> reporter: for now it's a wait and see game for responders and residents. >> we are having huge fires. i'm not sure if shutting off the power is the answer. >> reporter: in calistoga, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 was at a separate battery store? mat county where business was booming, people are stocking up on batteries and generators ahead of time. the store supervisor told us two generators that sell the mo

. >> these will be the equivalent if not stronger than the tubbs fire of 2017 and the kincade of 2019. >> they're shutting off half of california and that's just crazy to me. >> from firefighters to store owners, seemingly everyone in the bay area preparing for the potentially dangerous effects as critical fire conditions move in this morning. it means power outages could look like this. take a look. pg&e's public safety power shutoffs could kick in for the areas you see in orange in just a matter of hours. good morning again, everybody. it's sunday, october 25th. i'm liz kreutz. thank you for joining us. we have complete coverage of power outages and what you need to know about them but we're also tlracking the fire danger. we get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at the conditions. >> good morning. abruptly things will change this afternoon. right now things are fine, winds are light. there's a lot of fog out there, relative humidity is high and we're looking for this abrupt change as a dry cold front moves into the bay area. so by 4:00, the valleys will be under a wind a

calfire determine the kincade fire was sparked by electrical transmission lines owned by pg and e. by the way can track the weather in your neighborhood anytime with the kron 4 mobile app we have full forecast interactive radar. it is a great resource as you try to stay up to date during. this harrowing weekend as we have the high winds the low humidity. so download that for free right now at the app store and google play. >>and now to the east bay where police are trying to curb the rise of gun violence in oakland is so far this year homicides are up some 38% compared to this time last year, however officers say they are making headway and getting these killers off the streets kron four's dan kerman has that story. >>this is some of the fire power criminals in oakland are now using. an increasing number of high powered and high capacity weapons. >>clearly what see on this table behind our weapons that don't belong anybody's community faced with a 38% increase in homicides this year. oakland police announced friday they've seized more than a 1000 of these weapons so far this year.

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henderson leaves behind a young son. >>> one year to the day of the start of the kincade wildfire our investigative unit obtained findings on the cause. cal fire says it was started by a dormant pg&e line that should have been dismantled because it was no longer needed. the line once provided power to a now closed geo thermal plant outside of geyserville. investigators say it snapped and it hit a tower multiple times leading to a showering of sparks onto the brush below. thus starting the fire. pg&e says this has not seen cal fire findings. the fire burned 77,000 acres destroying 174 homes. so we remain in the hot weather, high fire danger. it's dry out there. weather really plays a key role in all of this. >>> yeah, we're going to have another threat of that as we go to the end of the weekend. let's get you out the door for the morning commute as you head through the east bay. we have a chilly start to our day. mostly some low 50s. we'll drop down to 50 degrees and then we'll start to warm up as we go into late morning. so we are going to have that warming trend for us today. but you

next at 11:00- >>> we were closed down for the tubs fire, the kincade fire and glass fire. it's been almost every year it's been unless. >> pg&e is power plant shutoffs underway in the bray area as strong winds bring in another round of high fire danger. outages have hit all corners of the bay area near the higher elevations where wind gusts are expected to top 55 miles an hour. hello again, everyone. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. tens of thousands of pg&e customers are expected to remain in the dark for a day, maybe two people in the montclair neighborhood in the oakland hills enjoyed the evening as best they could before the lights went out. restaurants were busy serving customers all they still had power. many restaurant and storeowners said they anticipate losing thousands of dollars in business during this latest shutoffs. a pg&e map shows where the outages are happening. inverted purple triangles indicated its power the power has been turned off. in those areas pg&e has set up community resource centers where customers can plug in their devices. >>> w

with dry vegetation and severe drought are making for dangerous conditions similar to those during the kincade fire last year and 2017 wine country fires. >> we are definitely hoping resident are not complacent. unfortunately we have just had a record setting year, but this weather event is going to bring wind we have not seen this year. >> reporter: calfire has ramped up its resources and added extra firefighters round the clock, but it's urging the public to do its part. >> when you hear about these wind, you want to be more cautious about definitely not barbecuing or using any kind of flame. we wouldn't really anyway, but last night i did hear fireworks go off and that was troubling that people weren't adhering to the warning. >> reporter: the peak period of concern starts from 6 p.m. tonight through early monday morning. some shoppers stopped by ace hardware this afternoon for last minute necessities. >> i'm a pretty bare essentials kind of guy. i just grabbed my clothes and maybe some water. i work on a ranch actually and we have generator backup over there. so we always have power up the

the guns fire the kincade fire. those areas have now several seasons to reestablish and seasonal grasses and brush that every grown and so those areas do still present a threat to us typically october is the month we see terrible wildfires in this area. >>we've already seen a couple now we'll just have to wait and see have another one comes in santa rosa dan kerman kron 4 news. >>well to the south bay now woman has died after an suv plowed right into a group of outdoor diners in san jose over the weekend. she was one of 8 people who were injured in that crash and now they're growing safety concerns about outdoor dining kron four's jonathan mccall reports. >>san jose police are investigating 2 fatal crashes that happened just hours apart on sunday. both crashes have one thing in common. the victims all hit by drivers behind the wheel. now business owners are concerned and worried about the safety of their customers. >>a troubling trend now has some restaurant owners concerned about the dangers of outdoor dining in sa

coffee park is almost entirely rebuilt but nobody forgets, not with big fires, the camp and kincade enlightening complex and every year since. >> we had people in santa cruz reaching out to us to be able to give them information. >> reporter: as neighborhood leaders make welcome packets for returning homeowners got a now hear from a new wave of victims. >> we do have a wealth of information that can help them know there are people who have gone through it and we will help them every step of the way. >> vegetation management is a huge issue right now for us. >> reporter: he was the mayor during the tough disaster and now a newly elected county supervisor he expects fire to remain a dominant issue. >> i don't know whether we are getting better and it is stopping them are we are getting lucky but they have all have the potential to be just as bad as the tubbs fire and 2017. >> reporter: weather has been improvement on readiness, he understands how ongoing stress, smoke, power shut off, may have people ready to leave. >> when one crisis hits after another year after year, it gets hard, they do tell

had in by spent the weekend looking at previous weather events we had one almost on the same day the kincade event when we had the terrible fire storms break out we had very similar with conditions loopy gusts over the last 24 hours. we had a gust near st. louis in on the mountain top there 89 miles per hour. healdsburg just above them 83 miles per hour black hawk 68 miles per hour blow you up to about 69 hawkeye in the north a 61 miles per hour pittsburgh, 57 miles an hour and in the oakland hills to 51 miles per hour. and that's the way it played out all around the bay area when you get winds like that should you get a fire started of course extremely dangerous conditions now we are looking at the high fire danger again in parts of the east bay we're going to see some gusts 20 to 30 miles per hour mainly over the mountain tops now but even some higher gusts possible over the diablo range the oakland hills humidity down to about 8.18% say muslim county looking at 25 to 40 mile an hour winds again as we're still seeing some a very dry conditions out there as well 18 to 23% relative humidity

the nuns fire the kincade fire. those areas have now several seasons to reestablish and seasonal grasses and brush that every grown and so those areas do still present a threat to us. >>a lot of the bay area really has to be ready to evacuate ready keeping their eye out for any sort of smoke and flames were expecting high winds and high temperatures again. that is a bad combination for this type of live in santa rosa dan kerman kron 4 news is it ever thank you dan and that red flag warning coming as the glass fire is now close to full containment. >>cal fire says the fire is currently 96% contained after burning more than 67,000 acres in napa and sonoma counties. >>the fire destroyed more than 800 homes. and now we want to bring in chief meteorologist lawrence karnow to get a check on those fire conditions. lawrence which areas are going to be at risk with this red flag warning yet mainly over the mountain tops above a 1000 feet that's we're going to see. >>the strong us gusty winds with we've got a guy clasico weat

going to be the strongest northerly wind that we've seen all year and in fact it's going to be near the kincade fire anniversary from last year's peak fire season here in the bay area. >>we have a high wind watch that will go into effect sunday afternoon through monday morning when first arriving for those of you in the north bay mountains and valleys by sunday afternoon then open school officials are ials are apologizing for racist term that was used in a newsletter. >>and there's some good news for families in the south bay several playgrounds are now open in san jose, so we'll go over the new rules which include how often parks will be clean. and next what joe biden is doing to fix what some are calling a major misstep he >>there are only 11 days until the election and today, vice president mike pence and his wife karen cast their votes early in indianapolis, indiana early voting in need pence is how they over second. >>there has been a record number of early votes cast so far in 2020. meanwhile, senator kamala harris says campaigning now in georgia, the democratic vice presidential nominee

potential for another wildfire in areas that have already burned in the tide fire the nuns fire the kincade fire. right now the. pg e is not calling psps but they do say they are in what's called a watch for a public safety power shutoff. possibly for the north bay, mountainous regions again and also for the east bay hills. they say it the potential is for thursday morning. they'll have more information and they'll be starting to alert their customers as we get closer to thursday. they start notifying people of that potential about 48 hours in advance. reporting from the north and maureen kelly kron 4 news. and talking about the red flag warning let's get a look at our bay area forecast around midday. the fire watch from this morning was upgraded to a red flag warning for the north bay mountains we've got dave spahr standing by with a look at. >>doesn't get we're going to be seeing similar conditions here in the city and other parts of the bay area. >>well actually not in san francisco. it doesn't appear to be but we are as you heard from morning kellie shirley capsule it very very well you

. >> this level, the last one we had was the kincade fire in '19 and the wine country fires in 2017. >> reporter: firefighters began staging in areas, their biggest concern, sunday afternoon. >> the areas we'll pay close attention to are primarily the wild land. >> reporter: over 38,000 pg&e customers could lose power. this owner of this bar and grill says he's coming to terms with that possibility. >> either order really light or use my own home or basically have to give everything away, or take a complete loss, in a sense. >> reporter: their goal is to keep this fridge closed as long as possible. >> we're trying to stay positive and make sure the freezer stays at a good temperature. >> reporter: next door they're also staying hopeful. >> i only have one little generator so i can keep one freezer full. other than that, i'll lose it. i'd rather support and help people out and give way to the community. >> reporter: this is abc 7 news. >>> our coverage continues in the east bay where large parts of alameda and contra costa countys will be impacted as we mentioned and as abc 7 news rep

insurance contractors to help each other rebuild and they have volunteered to help the fire victims of the kincade lnu and glass fires in santa rosa gayle ong kron 4 news. >>all right gail and now turning to the glass fire tonight that blaze has burned more than 67,000 acres in napa and sonoma counties. containment is at 70% and we are learning the crews expect to fully contain the fire. in about 2 weeks how that fire has destroyed more than 600 homes and it still threatens more than 3,000 structures by weather time now as we take a live look above san francisco tonight. >>this is the embarcadero out there and you can see a bit of a breeze certainly much cooler today than what we've been experiencing. >>joining us now chief meteorologist lawrence karnow who is tracking the winds as glass fire continues to burn out. yeah thinking that such a huge component with these fires and how they're going to burn where they're going to go within fortune over the last few days, firefighters really catching a break we've had that nice on shore wind that means the winds coming from the west from the ocean and mo

the guns fire the kincade fire. those areas have now several seasons to reestablish and seasonal grasses and brush that every grown and so those areas do still present a threat to us typically october is the month we see terrible wildfires in this area. >>we've already seen a couple now we'll just have to wait and see have another one comes in santa rosa dan kerman kron 4 news this weather event could mean power safety shutoffs for thousands of people around the bay area. >>pg says its notified about 54,000 customers in portions of 24 counties. you can see the areas affected are in yellow, the blue icons represent community resource centers in the bay area more than 24,000 customers in alameda contra costa napa san mateo santa clara santa cruz solano and sonoma counties are expected to be affected. earlier today, the utility talked about the decision to cut off electricity. >>so overall turning off power to our customers is not a decision that we make lightweight ps yes answer to a last resort used only when the wea

the nuns fire the kincade fire. those areas have now several seasons to reestablish and seasonal grasses and brush that every grown and so those areas do still present a threat to us typically october is the month we see terrible wildfires in this area. >>we've already seen a couple now we'll just have to wait and see have another one comes in santa rosa dan kerman kron 4 news twelve's find out more about the weather give you a live look outside at the embarcadero in the city and the family looks calm and not very threatening know it doesn't let's hope that it kind of stays that way lawrence amina even talking about the fire danger. this is the last thing we want to hear it certainly is fired is going to be running high. there's just no getting around it we see these patterns develop at this time of year. >>we just have to be extra careful as people humans cause most of these fires we don't have to worry about any lightning strikes but. >>you put car off the side of the road maybe on some high grass you can start a

similar to those present during the kincade fire last year and the wine country fires. >> we are definitely hoping they are not complacent. but we have had a record setting year. but this weather event is really going to bring winds that we have not seen this year. >> reporter: ramping up the resources, adding in extra firefighters around the clock, but urging the public to do their part. >> you want to be more cautious about using any kind of flame, which we wouldn't any way, but last night i heard them go off. >> and some shoppers would stop by ace hardware this afternoon for last-minute necessities. >> i'm a bare essentials kind of guy. i just grabbed my clothes, maybe some water. i work on a ranch actually and we have generators out there, which is really lucky. >> we have everything in our garage ready to be put into the fire. we wouldn't wait for the evacuation. we would go to the preevaccuation orders as we have friends that would live in napa and sonoma and they said not to wait around. >> they hope to have power restored to this area by noon on tuesday. in half moon bay, betty yu,

they're comparing it to the kincade fire of last fall and the firestorm of 2017. contra costa county's fire district put out this detailed map of the highest fire risk. it stretches from richmond to el cerrito and highway 24 corridor and lafayette and moraga. in lafayette is where amy hollyfield is this morning. amy? >> good morning. downtown lafayette is dark. look at the businesses behind me. they are closed and dark. pete's coffee, jam bba juice, whole foods down there, all the lights are on, that's because they have two generators keeping them with power. they will be able to open at 8:00 this morning even though that is an expensive measure they are taking. the only lights you can see along mount diablo boulevard are from the whole foods and then from passing cars. all the headlights. that's about it. so keep in mind that those stop lights are also going to be out. you need to treat those intersecointe intersections as four-way stops. pg&e believes this power outage this will last for two days. some people are saying they can't wait this long to get their pow

next at 11:00- >>> we were closed down for the tubs fire, the kincade fire and glass fire. it's been almost every year it's been unless. >> pg&e is power plant shutoffs underway in the bray area as strong winds bring in another round of high fire danger. outages have hit all corners of the bay area near the higher elevations where wind gusts are expected to top 55 miles an hour. hello again, everyone. i'm frank somerville. >>

then that strong to extreme weather event reminiscent of some of our bigger fires, the kincade fire, the wine country fires, that's the kind of wind event that will be prevalent. will we have those types of fires? hopefully not. we'll have cold lows in the 30s and 40s next week. warm afternoons in the 70s and 80s. here's your fog forecast. look at that. it takes a while for it to get back to the coast. it's going to linger throughout the day. notice how quickly it pushes back to the east as we head into the evening hours. even more cloud cover and the possibility of drizzle tonight. mid to upper 70s down the south bay. 74 to 79. 68 to 74 on the peninsula. 60 to 63 the peninsula coast with mid 60s in downtown, sausalito and san francisco. 67 in richmond to 73 in fremont along the east bay hills. 76 to 82 in our east bay valleys. see some green splotches there? that's the possibility of patchy drizzle tonight. cooler for saturday, sunday and monday. 50s, 60s, 70s. you can see the warmer afternoons after those chilly mornings tuesday and wednesday. all eyes on sunday night through tuesd

insurance contractors to help each other rebuild and they have volunteered to help the fire victims of the kincade lnu and glass fires in santa rosa gayle ong kron 4 news. >>into larry county crews are taking down some really big trees that were burned in recent wildfires, the giant sequoias are among the largest trees on earth. crews had to bring in a 300 foot tall crane when 100 foot crane reached less than halfway up the tree. many of these ancient trees are being taken down they were already dead, were scorched by this recent fire. the trees have to be taken down before residents in the sequoia crest area near fresno can return to their homes. >>a stunning alleged plot to kidnap the democratic governor of michigan we're hearing from the man who employ one of the suspects. >>plus u c berkeley students get to chat online with coronavirus pandemic doctor anthony fauci the discussion they had tonight about the pandemic. >>but first gyms and fitness centers in alameda county will be allowed to reopen inside tomorrow. what you need to know before you step onto the ellipt say yes... to the best barga

. >> this level, the last one we had was the kincade fire in '19 and the wine country fires in 2017. >> reporter: santa rosa firefighters began staging at fire prone areas, their biggest concern, sunday afternoon. >> they will be out patrolling those upper elevations. those areas that we're going to pay more special close attention to which are primarily the wild land. >> reporter: here in sonoma county over 38,000 pg&e customers could lose power. this owner of this bar and grill says he's coming to terms with that possibility. >> either order really light or use my own home or basically have to give everything away, or take a complete loss, in a sense. >> reporter: their goal is to keep this fridge closed as long as possible. >> we're trying to stay positive and make sure the freezer stays at a good temperature. >> reporter: next door they're also staying hopeful. >> i only have one little generator so i can keep one freezer full. other than that, i'll lose it. i'd rather support and help people out and give away to the community. >> reporter: in sonoma county, luz pena, abc 7 news.

one hurricane force winds at around 70 miles per hour on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the kincade fire. so prime fire season, a peak of high fire season here in the bay area. that's when the wind advisory going into effect for everyone in the bay area sunday afternoon through monday morning in addition to that red flag warnings going into effect the first for the north bay mountains and east bay hills but even our valleys as well going to be under red flag warning by sunday night through monday morning but even throughout the diablo range in east bay hills we are going to be under that high fire danger threat sunday morning through tuesday morning. so that does impact all of the north bay mountains valleys is well included and we are going to notice relative humidity. it's stream lea dry down into the single digits for most of sunday, specifically for those of you in the north bay when tracker for right now tracking. calmer winds along the coast, the oakland seeing light and breezy winds as his fairfield in the teens, future wind gusts though by sunday morning starting to peak in

. >> this level, the last one we had was the kincade fire in '19 and the wine country fires in 2017. >> reporter: santa rosa firefighters began staging in areas, their biggest concern, sunday afternoon. >> they will be out patrolling those upper elevations. those areas that we're going to pay more special close attention to are primarily the wild land. >> reporter: here in sonoma county over 38,000 pg&e customers could lose power. this owner of this bar and grill says he's coming to terms with that possibility. >> either order really light or use my own home or basically have to give everything away, or take a complete loss, in a sense. >> reporter: their goal is to keep this fridge closed as long as possible. >> we're trying to stay positive and make sure the freezer stays at a good temperature. >> reporter: next door they're also staying hopeful. >> i only have one little generator so i can keep one freezer full. other than that, i'll lose it. i'd rather support and help people out and give away to the community. >> reporter: in sonoma county, luz pena, abc 7 news. >>> our coverage

the guns fire the kincade fire. those areas have now several seasons to reestablish and seasonal grasses and brush that every grown and so those areas do still present a threat to us typically october is the month we see terrible wildfires in this area. >>we've already seen a couple now we'll just have to wait and see have another one comes in santa rosa dan kerman kron 4 news and james are all they have to be on alert the east bay, the north bay, the santa cruz mountains, yeah, hot weather high winds all around fact john's been tracking all of that in the weather center. let's continue our team coverage now with him good morning. guys no fun to talk about those high winds, especially because that's a factor here. >>in addition to the heat which we've already had this week that's resulting in that heightened fire risk, especially. it's also keeping any sort of marine layer well off shore that's resulting in this crystal clear view you're seeing from berkeley all the way out to the coast. so certainly no fog this mor

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