authorities have only named one suspect, pg&e. this pg&e power line the next road over from their house became a crime scene. only a few months ago, the company pleaded guilty to the biggest corporate homicide in american history. 84 felony counts of manslaughter for the people they killed by starting the 2018 campfire through criminal negligence neglecting to find and replace this nearly 100-year-old hook. >> this is the hook that killed 84 people. >> reporter: prosecutors say pg&e skimped on safety work to save money. are you convinced personally that pg&e can in fact make this shift and start putting safety above profit? >> i absolutely am. i absolutely am. there is no question in my mind. it will happen. >> reporter: we won't see you back at one of these? >> no, sir. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the zogg fire broke out on an extremely windy day and p grg&e said be ready for proactive safety shut offs but the company says this one was not included in that shut off. we drove up to where the fire started and found a pg&e crew supervising

>>here in napa county pg any had originally forecast 9200 pg e customers would have their electricity cut. however as it turns out just 5,000 are without power. and that apple valley dan kerman kron 4 news. >>all right well happening now pg needs giving an update on the power shut offs for tonight, let's listen more details on that in just a moment. >>for now though i do want to emphasize that turning off power to our customers is not a decision that we take lightly he scs events or 2 of last resort for us. we use this for weather events that are so severe that people safety their lives their homes and their businesses may be in danger we really want to thank you for your patience and your understanding through this and with that we want to move on to the weather update, let's start with our meteorologist scott strenfel scott what we've seen over the last 24 hours. >>so thanks lindsay yeah as previously communicated briefings here. you know we were talking about the dissuade would come with 2 waves of whether essentially we're expecting the first last night into this morning. with a l

pg&e is not helping. >> lights off. pg&e has cut the power to thousands because of the high fire danger. we'll tell you about the resources available if you're in the dark this morning. >>> and a brand-new interview with dr. fauci this morning. his warning about the pandemic as we head into winter. it's thursday, october 15th. >> a lot to cover including the high fire danger and hot temperatures across the bay area. i want to check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> yeah. definitely want to seek air conditioning if you can. you guys in the studio there, some of you don't have air conditioning, maybe stay at work longer today. i'm here, just to give you a reference where i am, air conditioner is now. wind advisory for the north bay until 11:00 this morning. it's been a noisy evening because of the trees rustling. high fire danger continues until 11:00 tomorrow. moderate risk of heat illness starts at 11:00 today through:00 tomorrow. tonight will be warmer than this morning. temperatures 90s everywhere except for the co

pg&e opened 40 community resource centers. these are places people can go to if they don't have electricity. the centers will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the next two days. as for schools, some schools are giving students a pass for the next two days, but many families say it's still tough to be without power with so many sheltering in place due to covid-19. >> the schools told me basically that if we lose power that they'll just, you know, give them a two-day pass for not having to do any school work. that doesn't help us out any. they don't have a plan to make up for that somehow. >> customers have been told that power could be off until friday at 10:00 p.m. pg&e said crews will be out friday morning to inspect power lines. if all goes well, they will turn the power on as quickly as possible. for those of you who still have your power, pg&e is asking you to conserve power over the next two days. anser hassan, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> in the north bay more than 9,000 customers in napa county lost electricity

pg and e's helicopter crews were out inspecting transmission lines in boulder creek. getting ready to power them up. the power was shut off. wednesday night but says the winds did not pick up as anticipated. >>a lot of homes had their power restored by yesterday afternoon. >>and the wind really never showed up so we're i'm very thankful that they did not turn off the power one time a few years ago. they did turn off the power when the wind did not come they had warned us they turned it off and then we never had any wind and that was that was rather irritating. but this time. they they would literally they waited until whether or not the wind came and when the wind didn't come they left the power on. >>does barbara seem like the nicest person ever along she said she was irritated you the county was prepared resource centers were set up where people can waters faxon charge up their cell phones and other devices. >>well in the east bay, the power shut offs are impacting areas like walnut creek with neighborhoods their residents say. if they're not prone to so they were a

pg&e could not completely their aerial inspections because it was too windy. pg&e performed on the ground inspections with the idea that the power will turn back on early this afternoon, by tonight at the latest. it's a little late for katherine foods who lives and we caught her walking downtown this morning. she was in search of a gas station that was open so she could get fuel and oil for her generator back home. it ran out of gas last night and ruined $200 worth of food in her fridge. >> it's all done. it was barely hanging on by a thread overnight and this morning, everywhere, the ice cream, all of the food is gone. >> reporter: how much food do you think you had lost? >> we had gone shopping yesterday because we thought it was on at 10:00 so it was pretty full. >> do you understand why pg&e is doing this? >> well, i understand, i guess, with the winds but it hasn't been windy since was that last night? the night before it was really. windy so it's like, okay. i guess but now it's not windy and it's not hot. it's a little dry. >> reporter: you're a little

pg e says they're crews aim to restore power. >>to those affected within 12 hours after those winds die down maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and some alameda county students have returned for in person classes, how schools >>good news for 2 more bay area counties alameda and santa clara counties have moved into a lesser restrictive tear those 2 counties are now in the orange or moderate here on the state's reopening tier system. the orange here allows more businesses to reopen indoor operations with safety precautions are modifications these 2 counties now joins san francisco and that moderate here. sam tale contra costa. solano napa and marine county they're still in the substantial tier and sonoma county has stayed in the most restrictive purple here. >>and based on state guidelines alameda county has managed to slow the spread of covid-19 well enough to allow elementary schools to reopen in person classes yet today was the first day back for the students in livermore as kron four's phillipe djegal reports it is up to each school

>>> now at 11, new questions tonight after a report claims pg&e employees were not trained to handle last year's big power shutoffs. >>> just days before we could be seeing more shutoffs. a look at the fire dangers on everyone's radar tonight. >>> and the controversial candidate running for mayor in the bay area. the accusations of domestic violence. >> we never heard of the severity of the domestic violence.>>> plus, a happy ending after two high dollar puppies are stolen in san francisco.>> miracles of people doing the right thing and getting the word out. my friends and community are so amazing.>>> our top story and streaming on cbsn bay area, pg&e allegedly skipped of ready big step before starting those our safety shutoffs last fall. good evening to you, a new report claims many of pg&e's emergency workers did not go through proper training at the time. joe vasquez with how the company is responding to the claims.>> reporter: when extreme wildfire weather approaches, pg&e shuts of power to thousands, earlier this month the plug was pulled on the town of calistoga yet again. >> t

thank you, jeff. >>> pg&e is about to flip the switch. a majority of the power shutoffs will be concentrated in napa county. so many neighborhoods trying to do their best to deal with yet another shutoff. here is nbc bay area's pete surraato suratos. >> reporter: pg&e crews are on the ground in napa county as we approach yet another round of the power shutoffs in the area. now this marks the fourth power shutoff in napa county, and in speaking to residents, they tell me that it's not getting any easier. >> it's very inconvenient. but a generator works pretty good. >> reporter: patrick lives in england and tells me it's becoming costly to fuel the generator during the shutoffs. but after receiving an alert about another shutoff in the area, he doesn't have much of a choice. >> i need to work. i am a power contractor and use power saws and drills and everything else. and you've got to have power. >> reporter: at 3:00 a.m., pg&e will begin shutting off power to more than 3200 homes in napa county. it's a part of its public safety power shuto

he told me he has worked closely with pg&e and pg&e has done a good job over the past few years to help keep key businesses open such as gas stations in the area. reporting live from sonoma county, sharon katsuda, nbc bay area news. >>> a lot of work there. thank you. >>> before you head out building mid-day to get exercise, you should know a number of parks in the east bay are closed because of the strong winds. several parks in the east bay regional parks district were closed over the weekend too as the dangerous weather moved in. the goal is to keep people out of places like the park in the hills to reduce the fire danger' lower other risks. cal fire is also staffing up as well. prepositioning crews in order to help local agencies if they are threatened in those areas. >>> oakland zoo is closed today because of the power shutoff. no word when it will reopen tomorrow. what a bummer for the kids. get up to the minute weather alerts straight to your phone with our app and it is free and you can use it even if the power goes out in your neighborhood. >>> new details this morning. we have

well look now at pg e's outage map it's changing hour by hour. the purple triangles are the affected areas. that's where the power is out right now because the p s p s here in the bay area customers in alameda contra costa. napa san mateo santa clara santa cruz solano and sonoma counties are without power. right now pg says that some of these customers might not have their power turned back on until 10 o'clock tomorrow night once this. a heat wave passes and the winds past than they need to go in inspect every single inch of line before they can turn the power back on and with all this extreme heat. there's also been a flex alert that's been issued for today, it started at 3. it's now in effect until 10 o'clock tonight, we're all being urged to avoid using any big unplug any devices that are not in use this is all to avoid a rolling blackou. let's check now on our current temperatures and also the wind speeds with our expert our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez she's standing by with a look at the conditions outside right now heat advisories in ef

this giant pine tree in fell right onto pg&e lines. pulling down three power polls. >> we would have had a major issue. >> luckily the neighborhood was part of pg&e public safety pour shut off. folks here fear if the electricity had been on. they would have been in a world of trouble. >> pg&e was right this time. thigh prevented a big fire. >> our house is safe. we're thankful. >> pg&e started turning off power late yesterday afternoon. to parts of the bay area. forecast to experience dangerous fire conditions. >> despite the power shut off a handful of small fires started anyway. fortunately crews managed to put them out quickly. pg&e says without the psps things could have been worse. >> high winds could blow trees and other debris into power lines. we shut them off for safety. and deenergize them. to prevent a wild fire. >> it meant some schools couldn't offer online instruction. and once again forced many businesses to close. but residents say the wind warranted it. >> the windows rattled and woke me up. it was like a hurricane. >>

now at 5 the bay area stuck in the grip of another heat wave coupled with high winds pg needs taking the drastic measure to try to prevent wildfire cutting power to thousands of customers stuff it's like living in the 3rd world country sometimes people who have not lost power are still being asked to conserve to try to cope with the triple digit temps or else blackouts are possible in far greater numbers. thanks for joining us everybody on kron 4 news at 5 i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis thousands of people all across the state of california. >>or in the dark tonight pg and e has turned off the power in parts of 24 counties, including several right here in the bay area all in the name of preventing wildfires that is the goal, here's a look at pg and e's latest outage map showing the areas experiencing these preemptive power shut off the purple indicates places that are without power tonight because of these intentional shut down to see parts of napa sonoma and solano counties and then further south portions of the oakland hills are affected as are customers east of 6.80 there

pg&e will provide an update in an hour. and we will carry it live. >> fire officials and residents say they are bracing for the winds that could be stronger than what we saw in the 2017 north bay fire. that devastated entire communities. live now from sky farm drive in santa rose. what is the picture where you are? >> good evening. the winds really started picking up over the past hour. fire officials say wild fires will burn up in the hills but tonight the concern is that the winds will push down into the valley. which puts more people at risk. >> she had friends come by to t help her cut threes around her house. >> i'm worried especially with the winds. next two days. if there's another fire, this brush that's been accumulating for 20 years might catch fire. >> her house was spared bit glass fire. >> if it's true they will have high winds. i'd rather have the power off than a fire. >> the concern is the winds. >> the assistant fire marshall. he says crews have been prestaffed and prepositioned so if a fire does break out

pg&e is warning that the scheduled outage is until 10:00 p.m. tonight. reporting live, anser hassan, abc7 news. >>> we will be keeping a close eye on this today. right now on our website we have an entire section dedicated to the public safety power shutoff including tips on how to prepare for the next one. it's all on abc7news.com. >>> we are just now 18 days away from election day, both the president and former vice president are hitting the campaign trail today. first a look at how they handled dueling town halls and questions from undecided voters. jobina has more from the live desk with more on that. >> there were plenty of issues discussed yesterday, of course including the virus pandemic. >> we have 210,000 plus people dead. what is he doing? nothing. >> we have done an amazing job. it's rounding the corner. we have the vaccines coming. >> reporter: president trump said during the nbc town hall he couldn't remember if he was tested on the day of the last debate. he did test positive two days later. while the president defended his personal record

despuÉs de eso los equipos de pg&e comenzarÁn la tarea de inspecciÓn. reportero: le piden para que se prepare para estar sin el servicio de 24 a 48 horas. en el mejor de los casos podrÍa reestablecer el servicio el jueves por la noche, aunque hay algunos que podrÍan esperar hasta el viernes. >> para terminar la inspecciÓn a las torres y lÍneas y reparar algÚn daÑo, y por eso algunos clientes podrÍan estar sin servicio elÉctrico hasta el viernes por la tarde. reportero: pg&e instalÓ centros humanitarios donde puede cargar tus dispositivos y acceso a internet, y en algunos sectores hay centros de enfriamiento. pg&e desde ya advierte que este podrÍa ser un mes complicado y que se seguimos con vientos y altas temperaturas, los apagones continuarÁn. para saber si serÁs un cliente afectado, puedes visitar la pÁgina web en pantalla. ramÓn: para una guÍa completa sobre lo que necesita hacer en casa para sobrellevar los apagones prolongados, lo invito a que descargue nuestra app de noticias. tambiÉn nos puede ver a través de ese medio. le hacemo

and i got off with pg&e to try to clarify information. a lot of folks got an alert the outage would extend into tomorrow with that red flag warning. at the same time we're hearing about an all clear in some parts of contra costa county. bottom line, though, are people in this area should be prepared to have the lights off, the power off probably into tomorrow. >> strong magnet on the bottom and a clip so you can go like this. >> reporter: for those who live and work in the three communities that make up la murinda it's all about making the best of a difficult and increasingly familiar situation. at maraga's ace hardware that means being better prepared to serve their customers this time. >> after last year's ones we restocked on generators, cords for generators, oil for generators, gas cans and held much more stock than we would have normally in years past. >> reporter: from downtown orinda the lafayette maraga it seems the vast majority of residences and businesses are without pg&e's power but not necessarily powerless. dry cleaner chong

pg&e shut off power sunday night. thousands of people here in the bay area, the majority in contra costa, alameda, napa and sonoma counties to prevent wildfires during yesterday's high wind event which pg&e reports maximum gust in the high 60s to high 80-mile-an-hour range. power is supposed to be restored last night but pg&e was unable to fly helicopters to inspect power lines and equipment, which is something they must do before restoring electricity. stoplights are still out, businesses remain closed, gas pumps shut down. last night people were buying ice to try to save perishables. >> takes me back to when i was a kid before we -- you know, a lot of times in the midwest you'd have storms and no electricity. so you got used to it. >> reporter: i can relate as someone who is from the midwest. pg&e has set up charging stations like this at the presbyterian church. a look at the pg&e website shows the current power outages for the bay area statewide 345,000 people lost power. less than half restored. 1,000 still witho

pg&e has restored power to more than 156,000 customers so far. let's take a look at the utility website right now so you can see this is the map that shows the public safety shutoffs and all the purple triangles represent areas still without power and at the height of the shutoff 3,045 customers had their power turned off. most people will have their lights turned back on today. amy hollyfield is live in the east bay and have more on the impact of homeowners, as well as residents. back to you guys. >> hi, good morning, jobina. i'll take it from here. i want to show you how dark it is here in orinda. we lit it up with our lights but without our lights, it is dark here. no power here in downtown orinda. same situation in lafayette. businesses dark, again. a second day they will be losing money and they will be closed and except we noticed major grocery stores. they brought in generators to stay in business. and then, ok, several homes also without power. some people are frustrated. others are looking for the positive in all of this. >> after last y

pg&e crews are busy repairing the damage caused by last night's windy weather. sustained winds of up to 76 miles an hour in the north bay did, indeed, topple trees and take down power lines. this giant pine tree in angwin fell right onto pg&e lines, pulling down three power poles. >> we would have had a major issue by all means. >> reporter: luckily the neighborhood was part of pg&e's public safety power shutoff. folks here fear if the electricity had been on, they'd have been in a world of trouble. >> pg&e was right this time. they prevented a big fire. >> our house is safe, and we're thankful for that. >> reporter: pg&e started turning off the power late yesterday afternoon to parts of the bay area forecast to experience dangerous fire conditions. >> we're doing this for safety. we're doing it because of the weather. we know it's extreme times right now, and we wouldn't shut off the power unless we absolutely had to. >> reporter: it meant some north bay schools couldn't offer online instruction today. and once again forced many businesses to close. but residen

pg&e's map showing the current power shutoffs. each one of those purple triangles representing thousands of homes without power from the east bay to the north bay hills to the santa cruz mountains. good morning on this october 26th. everyone wondering about the dangerous wind conditions. let's get to abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. >> all right. hi, everybody. let's talk about what's going on. red flag warning, nothing has changed here. 11:00 for the lower elevations and the coast. 5:00 tomorrow afternoon for our higher elevations. we've had 70-mile-per-hour winds, those are hurricane and severe thunderstorm thresholds. most dangerous winds will go through 11:00. from 8:00 to 10:00, we'll see another real strong burst of winds, maybe even faster than what we're dealing with right now, 46 in napa. 43 in fairfield. 30 in hayward. 34 in san francisco. 22 in san jose. up in the higher elevations, 55 in diablo, 36 in st. helena.

neighbors tell abc 7 news the home was in pg&e's shut off zone. firefighters were able to keep the flames confined to the home. a man inside the house suffered smoke inhalation. >>> tonight judge amy coney barrett is now justice amy coney barrett. >> i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> she was officially sworn in as an associate justice by justice clarence thomas tonight. tomorrow justice roberts will administer the judicial oath. >> i will do my job without any fear or favor and i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. >> the senate confirmed barrett by a 52-48 vote. maine senator collins was the only republican to vote against barrett. >>> in the south bay there is a desperate call for volunteers at local food banks. the pandemic has created a hume need f huge need for donations. they are trying to get food supplies out the door. >> reporter: providing food to half a million people every month during the pandemic. second harvest says it has never seen this before. they o

pg&e afirma que podrÍa terminar los apagones a partir de maÑana por la tarde. puede visitar el mapa que ve en pantalla a travÉs del sitio web que le mostramos para saber sobre los cambios por parte de pg&e. noticias univisiÓn 14 trata de contactar a la compaÑÍa para saber quÉ recursos ofrece a las personas afectadas por falta de luz. la empresa ha habilitado centros donde los clientes pueden recibir asistencia. >> se ofrecen lugares para lavarse las manos, silla, carga, baterÍa de respaldo, agua, comida ligera y tambiÉn informaciÓn de pg&e. ramÓn: puede revisar la informaciÓn de centro de recursos para clientes afectados visitando la pÁgina de pg&e que le compartimos en pantalla. los apagones han afectado mÁs a las regiones del este y norte de la bahÍa. en el condado de sonoma hay mÁs hogares sin luz. alrededor de 23,464 clientes han resultado afectados. seguido por el condado de contra costa con 17,966. el condado de alameda registra mÁs de 16,000 clientes sin acceso a la electricidad. entre los condados mÁs afectados estÁ el de marÍn, donde

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 power back. one college student at st. mary's says she is going home to southern california because she's without electricity and wifi in moraga. >> i can't do school without wifi, especially because we are all online so it's impossible because we can't go to in-person classes. so i told my mom and she was like, yeah, let's book you a flight home right away. >> if these winds do spark a fire contra costa firefighters are ready to go on the ground and in the air. they have two helicopters on stand-by. they have those water buckets they can use to drop water on any fires should they occur. we are getting a break right now from the wind, it was blowing earlier, and it's a cold wind. so keep in mind you will want to grab a jacket if you're heading out this morning. reporting live in lafayette, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> keep an eye on our website, we're posting the latest updates on our power outages. we have

>>when pg and e does cut power to thousands of customers. tonight our coverage picks up with the power shut offs and the north a county has been hit hard by the winds and thousands of pg and e customers are in the dark there erick rucker has the story. we just we did today we went with the flow. it's a sunday island alexandria, how cool >>they got married congratulations on being married it in this wind event it would have been more memorable and for the wrong reasons if they got hitched a little later in the day that thought was definitely on the bride's mind leading up to the big day. >>our table closs were everywhere but we some people it can fix them quickly. >>solano county saw some of the gusty east winds in northern california sunday night topping off in nearly 40 miles an hour in some parts the high winds and fire danger come just over 2 months after the lnu fire destroyed homes in the vacaville area pg and e says about 1500 customers in solano county may help their power turned off because of the high winds. far fewer possible outag

this is a look at pg and e's outage map. the areas in purple indicate where power has been intentionally shut off or could be shut off. later on today and is pretty widespread throughout the bay area lot of communities there in the mountainous regions of san mateo and santa cruz counties, the east bay around mount diablo the oakland hills around mount tam in marine county and then at the top of the screen you'll see a lot of areas around napa and sonoma counties, the higher up you go the stronger the winds but even in the valley floor. they've got the potential power outages as well were fanned out across the bay to give you team coverage going to start right now in the weather center with john frame. well, guys, yeah, those winds definitely causing so many issues across the bay area and they're very widespread this morning too. >>pushing from our inland areas now towards the coast. so that's keeping things dry with very little marine layer out there at least it will be a cool afternoon ahead of us there's your one rest but

it should be on pg&e. this is ridiculous how we had these ordinances that effect our ability to even change the environment. it's just ridiculous to keep those companies like pg&e and the monopoly and all this energy that is holding us hostage. i also want to say if it keeps increasing like this, the price of clean energy for rate payers will exceed what they would be paying if they were just a regular pg&e customer. this is super serious and disgusting how lobbyists can do this type of thing. it's just -- anyway, having said that, i think other comments or questions from my colleagues? seeing none, mr. hyams, let's go to integrated resource plan. >> thank you commissioner fewer. you will be hearing from us on this over the upcoming months. i mentioned the letter, but we do plan to engage further with this body, as well as with the board on this issue. so stay tuned. >> i'm sure my colleagues would join me in support of the letter that is being distributed state wide. thank you for to california puc. >> th

also has pg and e ready to show off the power in order to prevent a major wildfire. utility company is saying that the potential power shut-offs could happen as soon as this evening, let's take a look now at pg e's outage map. this is the latest information and the areas that are highlighted in yellow or the affected areas. this includes calistoga napa eastern parts of walnut creek and eastern parts of milpitas this information is just being updated in our producers move around the map right now so you can see where these possible power shops could be happening and we do have team coverage of this issue right now and we will start with our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez she has the latest now on this red flag warning and what we can expect in the coming hours with the weather could afternoon marissa hi justine yeah, the red flag warning currently in effect through friday morning in addition to that. >>the national weather service just issued a heat advisory for most of the bay area hot dry and windy conditions in this heat advisory is going to go into effect thursda

pg&e will restore power by 10:00 p.m. friday safety permitting. >> our estimate at this time based on weather forecast is that the event that will end in the morning on friday. somewhere between a range of, say, 8:00 in the morning to around noon, that four-hour range is when we anticipate the winds to decrease. >> as you can see on pg&e's website the power shut offs started in the north bay marked by the purple icons on the map. if you want to see if you're on the list of possible power shut offs if your home is impacted, go to abc7news.com where you can look it up with youred ed addre >> this is depending on the weather conditions, dan. >> no question about that. things are heating up in a significant way. spencer, you're looking at 100 degrees in the next couple days. >> that's true, dan and ama. we have challenging days coming up the next two days especially. let me give you a look at the red flag warning high fire danger. it going to be really hot in the only in the inland but around the bay and warm on the coast. st

neighbors tell abc 7 news the home was in pg&e's shut off zone. firefighters were able to keep the flames confined to the home. a man inside the house suffered smoke inhalation. >>> tonight judge amy coney barrett is now justice amy coney barrett. >> i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> she was officially sworn in as an associate justice by justice clarence thomas tonight. tomorrow justice roberts will administer the judicial oath. >> i will do my job without any fear or favor and i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. >> the senate confirmed barrett by a 52-48 vote. maine senator collins was the only republican to vote against barrett. >>> in the south bay there is a desperate call for volunteers at local food banks. the pandemic has created a hume need f huge need for donations. they are trying to get food supplies out the door. >> reporter: providing food to half a million people every month during the pandemic. second harvest says it has never seen this before. they o

si desea saber, puede visitar la pÁgina pg&e.com. ramÓn: debido a las condiciones del tiempo se emitiÓ para maÑana la alerta flex a travÉs de todo el estado. la conservaciÓn de energÍa puede ayudar a evitar la interrupciÓn de servicio elÉctrico, a causa de la alta demanda. para conservar energÍa elÉctrica se instala poblaciÓn a programar el termostato mÁs de 78 f, utilizar lavadoras o cargar los vehÍculos elÉctricos antes de las 3:00 de la tarde y apagar cualquier luz o artefacto innecesario. mÁs detalles sobre los apagones, los encuentra en nuestra aplicaciÓn de noticias univisiÓn Área de la bahÍa. vamos a cambiar de tema, porque el secretario de estado alex padilla informÓ que hasta hoy, los electores en california han devuelto mÁs de 1,000,000 y medio de boletas electorales por correo. este es un aumento considerable de 150,000 boletas electorales, mÁs con respecto al proceso electoral del aÑo 2016. faltan 19 dÍas para las elecciones, miles de californianos han votado para elegir un presidente y tambiÉn pa

in other answers, the question here is how badly pg&e miscommunicated the last minute ps ps. shang tao represents montclair on the oakland city council. >> i do believe munication can be stronger and better. i will be honest that my office is also frustrated. >> reporter: pg&e acknowledges they sent notices to customers saying they would not be part of the blackout, when in fact they would lose power. >> that method should have never gone out and we sincerely apologize for the confusion and inconvenience and we are looking into the process to make sure things move smoother next time. >> reporter: pg&e says it does expect to restore power to all customers by late tonight. >> that will be a relief for all of those still waiting. >>> those who did lose power, and also the ability to prepare meals, lined up this morning to receive food at a pop-up pantry in san rafael. the san francisco marin food bank delivered shelf the table food items, as well as disaster kits to people in marin affected by the outages. >> we were prepared for at least three distributions. so far we've done t

this is the reality of 200,000 pg&e customers. the only light shining in this intersection is from our camera. i'll give you perspective as to what 17,000 residents are experiencing tonight. >> the type of night projected. dark one. >> i received an alert i maybe subject to power outage. >> over 17,000 residents lost power. since 8:00 p.m. this gas station had to close. traffic lights are also out. resident got the notification. >> do you have a plan? >> booked a flight to fly home tomorrow. >> pg&e says it's likely to last two days. this college student is not taking any chances. >> just because for school, i need wi-fi. >> the fire protection district is staging crews in fire prone areas. >> the fires have accrued this summer. this is one of the most dangerous times of the year. >> resources are ready to respond. helicopters equipped with a medical response team. and a fire bucket to create a line of defense ahead of the ground crew. >> we call it dipping. we dip into the water and fly over the fire kp drop the water. >> both cr

that's why we have those power shutoffs pg&e has been running. let's bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. i don't know how different the cessions are in southern california right now. are they facing the same wind conditions we are? >> they really are. for a lot of the mountain gusts or mountain peaks they are seeing high gusts at times from the same system that brought us our wind. it's just now moving off towards the south. a bit of good news for us, the trees not swaying around nearly as much they were this time last night. here in the east bay hills occasionally we'll get a breeze kick up but that's been it so far this evening. let's take a look at that storm system that moved in and disrupted the entire western atmosphere, and you can see how that's continuing to move here off towards the east right now. and that will continue to carry that wind away with it as we head throughout the next 24 to 36 hours. now, our fire warning that's in effect here from the northeast and also parts of the south bay hills for the highest peaks where we s

folks here as well as pg&e are on high alert. item now, pg&e is preparing to de-energize the lines in as many as 21 counties including several in the north bay. alameda, sonoma and santa clara counties among others. this could reach 50,000 total customers and customers impacted have already begun to receive notification by text or auto phone call or email letting them know they are in the impacted area. pg&e says the goal is to have things turned back on 12 daylight hours after the event. that spokesperson telling us this move is down out of safety. >> it does look liketh some aar that will cross over from the fires. we understand, you know, what our customers have gone through and we hope they understand it's something we do only as necessary and only for public safety. >> reporter: the folks with pg&e on standby for the possibility of a weather alert. as for that last fire, the glass fire, good news. it's 95% contained but not great news. it burned 67,000 acres. cierra johnson for nbc bay area news. >>> san jose police say a vi

tomorrow, and continue in waves if pg&e decides to cut power. restoration would begin monday night and finish tuesday morning. community resource centers would be open in every area where a shut off had occurred. >> north bay residents and business owners are scrambling to prepare for the potential. cornell barnard has a look at how they were getting ready. >> reporter: generators are firing up the action rents in santa rosa, gavin williams has only a few more models left. >> these are 2.5 kilowatts, 6 kilowatt, and small suitcase kilowatt. >> reporter: the threat of another psps by pg&e has a lot of people getting ready. >> it's getting old real quick. >> reporter: village tru value hardware member knows what her customers need, flashlights, lanterns and batteries. >> during the power outages, everybody wants battery operated everything because a lot of people don't have generators to, you know, see. >> reporter: but kelly does. >> this one is for us. >> reporter: the store has lost power so many times, a back upgenerator is ready to go to keep

so pg&e says they will cut off power starting tonight. the town of danville says the paps event will begin between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. this will affect residents along parts of diablo road in east pdanville. they want people to fuel up vehicles, charge mobile devices and have an emergency kit ready which includes batteries, flashlights, cash and a first-aid kit. they're also reminding people to plan for your pets and pg&e advises to unplug all electronics. now, this power outage won't just impact danville but many cities around the bay area. in oakland people have been through this before. it's just more frustration for businesses already struggling because of covid-19. >> i don't know what to do because my flowers need cooler especially with such hot weather. well in the long-term, if they are always like on and off, on and off, it kills our business. >> now, back out here in danville. the power is scheduled to be out until 10:00 p.m. thursday. reporting live in danville, anser hassan, abc7 news. >>> we have this tool to help you see if y

pg&e cut power to 345,000 customers and in the past hour they told us they have now restored power to over 156,000 of those customers. the company says they hope to have everybody's power back on by tomorrow night. live coverage now with a look at how customers are doing. >> reporter: if you are some of the 45% of the customers that have their lights back on you are probably feeling relieved but the rest of the people will have to wait. pg&e says they have 65 helicopters to inspect the power lines but today they could not fly because of the high winds. moonlight on monday night was the only bright spot in parts of lafayette. >> we had candles, we were modestly prepared. if it comes on tonight we will be all right. >> reporter: some residents will be spending another night in the dark as pg&e tries to bring grades back on safely from the public shut off. all day traffic lights were not operating. some businesses had to shut down. for many businesses and families, the pandemic has made the shut off especially painful. >> we are all working from home so it is difficult to navigate not ha

you probably do not have power at this time if you live east and the napa river you do not because pg any spared you. because the sap a microgrid system in that particular area because of all the wildfires over the past couple years that that system is in place to keep hospitals and fire stations and police departments open during emergencies but not everybody in calistoga has power not a lot of people have power. so that's way it is the hope is to restore power to everybody by the end of today and why did they do it because of all those wildfires. this was preemptive move to prevent another wildfire. and we did not hear any in the overnight hours so guess is hard according to pg e hard to argue with the results. >>when gus over 45 miles per hour wind speeds over 25 miles per hour in our weather stations or pg weather stations on not lena did record 65 mile per hour wind gusts really which is a big a big hassle. >>now we have to go through all of this if this leads from like another like glass and suddenly better to have power for 2 days and be gone for like a week or so. >>so to use

>>pg says the overall picture is. we don't want to see another wildfire in fact we don't want to see anything because you can't see anything you're in the dark thank goodness, i'm not afraid of the dark. >>back to the law well. well time now is 6 '06 and we have new video this morning that was actually shot by john trouble on his way into work this morning showing a fire that broke out near the glen park, bart station right along 2.80 in san francisco and as it goes by you'll see the flames come into view right around 3 o'clock this morning see the smoke there in the street light and then there's the fire. just another example of how busy crews were running around trying to make sure that any fire that did break out got put out quickly before the winds had a chance to spread hands, i'm sure he had that mounted right he had that camera his forehead every never dry field at the same time we have team coverage continuing now has thousands of customers. >>are all in 4 counties in the north bay with no lot no power for mor

well now to our big story that we're following for you this morning pg and e says that power shut offs are likely because of the hot and dry conditions combined with expected high wind gusts about 50,000 customers all across the state could be without power starting tomorrow. so let's take a look at this graphic here it actually shows the bay area counties that could be impacted by the public safety power shutoff so we have alameda contra costa. and santa clara county all could see more than 11,000 customers without power. and in the north bay more than 11,000 customers in napa sonoma and solano counties could also see their power turned off so be prepared. now over to the east bay, one area that may be affected by the power shut off and piedmont in the east bay hills kron four's terisa stossel talk with people there who are bracing for the worst. most people say that they are in support. >>of p s p s but they do have some questions about why everyone is in this position in the first place pg e meteorologist are constantly monitoring the weather during wildfire to make sure that if the

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. >>> we have team coverage tonight. our chief meteorologist is monitoring the red flag conditions. first, on the tens of thousands of people who lost their power. >> reporter: for many it will be friday evening, 10:00 p.m. before they get their power back. two full days and nights of getting by. generators start their roar as much of calistoga goes dark for the better part of two days. >> i'm watching the wind and it's only like four miles per hour on mount st. helena and three down here. so far so good. >> reporter: residents know the overnight hours may. many have sprung for generators and much more. >> solar panels and batteries, kind of pain in the butt but it beats getting stormed down. >> reporter: pg&e says peak risk cities friday morning. it will still be very dry and you'll still have red flag warning'

in fact this is a live look at the pg&e outage map. the north bay and east bay heavily affected as well as parts of the south bay. >>> and we are tracking problems out there this morning. live to alameda county and dublin which is where "today in the bay's" bob redell is live this morning to show us some of that damage. looks like you have a tree there behind you, bob. >> reporter: yes, kris, we've seen a number of trees that have come down in the east bay. this one in the parking lot outside the santa clarita jail in dublin. fortunately no one was hurt. it shows you how gusty the winds have been. these are the heaviest winds we've seen all year. that's why we are under this red flag warning and it's why firefighters are taking it so seriously because this is a threat to potential -- starting potential wildfires. case in point, earlier this morning at 12:45, a brush fire burned three to four acheers re castro valley. alameda county fire responded with 11 units. that's how aggressive they were in putting out this fire and keeping it fro

sarah spoke with pg&e and has more. >>> nearly every bay area county could be affected by pg&e's public safety power shut offs in the next couple of days. pg&e says it's necessary while customers say it's necessary. >> maria has been through this before. >> we hope pg&e will solve the problem for us. >> the owner of the mount claire floorests say the power shut offs don't get easier. >> we lose quite a bit of money, the computer is down and the online orders cannot go through, we will be in trouble. >> a utility spokesperson says it's a last resort but they have no choice, but to potentially cut power to tense of thousands of people across northern california because of dangerous weather forecasted dry, hot and windy conditions increase the risk of pg&e pg&e sparking wildfires. >> we want to make sure that people are safe and that we're able to prevent any kind of emergency from occurring. >> pg&e customers and contra costa, napa, sa lerno and san mateo counties could lose power this afternoon. they're on the psps list, we know how difficult it is for our customers. it's not al decision

>>and now because of hot dry and windy conditions in the forecast pg says. >>they may have to cut power to part of this town as part of the public safety power shut-offs to help reduce the risk of more wildfires. >>this is not the first time this has happened here calistoga's mayor says they've endured multiple public safety power shutoff since 2018 which is why pg e has just finished constructing a microgrid here which is expected to keep the lights on for about 60% of the town's residents that includes the downtown section which means the town's grocery store hardware store pharmacy in many restaurants will remain open residents without power will be able to juice up their devices and cool down at the community center when and if the psp ps happens wednesday. the mayor himself lives in the section west of the napa river that could be in the dark it's a financial hardship, though i mean no bones about it. >>you lose food. not everybody can afford eat all the time are many times for that matter. this is significant. and again we know that it's for our own sa

here's a look at the pg&e outage map. this is expected to be the biggest public safety shutoff of the year. those fuchsia triangles you see there are the areas where power has already been turned off. the north bay and east bay areas heavily affected by all of this as well as parts of the south bay. >> let's take a look from our san bruno mountain camera. you can see it is shaking. wind speeds have picked up throughout the night. they're expected to get even gus gustier. >> rob maeda a covering the story for us. >> these are the conditions we were worried about. strong winds on the increase and humidity levels starting to drop down. walnut creek 16% humidity sustained winds at 20 miles per hour. livermore humidity 10% winds down to 15. we're starting to see some of the wind spilling into oakland. 31 miles per hour, sustained winds there. you can see the winds picking up in san francisco. but at the top of the list, 84 mile per hour gusts up at mount saint helena. it is the north bay seeing the worst of it now. the transit

the stretch of days we will see dangerous fire conditions and warning of possible pg&e outages for thousands of people yet again. >> we don't take anyone's word for it. we will do our own independently reviewed process. >>> even when a covid-19 vaccine is ready, it may not be distributed in california right away. the approval process. >>> coronavirus guidelines expected today that could give us some insight on when theme parks might finally be able to reopen. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, october 20th. >> we thank you at home so much for joining us. we have a lot to talk about, as always. we start with meteorologist mike nicco for the look ahead with the day at weather. getting used to waking up to the cooler temperatures. >> the longer nights are better for sleeping. milder in the north bay with the winds. if you live in the valleys where most of us do, another nice night. let's our attention to why it is going to be warmer because of the winds blowing through the north bay. the red flag warning that continues until 8:00 wednesday morning and it is very dry and going to get breezy

some residents are hesitant though about pg and e's prevention strategy. >>i would like for them actually fix the issues that they have as opposed to just shutting things down quadrant by quadrant. relatively small inconvenience. >>you know for a day or something i sure want more fires appear. >>one store a generator to prepare for the outages. this is because they want to lose thousands of dollars and spoiled food when the power goes off overnight. >>and in addition to the power shut offs of course the other big part of this story is the fact that the bear is bracing for high temperatures today, we're talking the potential in some spots for triple digits. i heatproof before i left this morning would that advisory goes into effect later this morning just when the air is going to warm up so. >>closed down earlier people we talked to are ready to conserve kron four's will tran is live in concord with the details good morning. well. >>james darya it's 77 degrees already in concord according to the will appeal and a lot of people are ready to go including offi

because of the pg&e shut off. guests who reserved ticket ts can redeem them tomorrow or thursday. >> a pair of wild fires forced tens of thousands from their homes. the blue ridge fire both started yesterday. they just exploded in size. at the winds swept in. out of control blue ridge fire charred 15,000 acres and threatening homes. the fire only 5% contained and burned 12,000 acres. 90,000 homes are under evacuation. five firefighters have been hurt battling the flames. two in critical condition. >> intense to see the video. we are passed our fire danger. what do you have? >> such great news. the same system that brought us those dangerous winds on sunday and monday. that's what is kicking up the wind in southern california. we think they'll also be out of the gusty winds situation rolling through tomorrow. there's good news for them. i want to start off with the air quality tonight. there are some fires in the central valley. we mooigt see that haze move our way tomorrow. over all we're in the good to moderate r