>>a few hours ago we initiated a public safety power shutoff across portions of the sierra foothills and the north bay. we also expect to turn off power for small parts of san mateo and kern counties. after midnight tonight probabay around 01:00am in total the shut offs will affect about 179,000 customers and touch portions of 17 counts. we made this dangerous combination of hot dry and ndy conditions. in those areas are just mentioned which together increased risk of sparks on the electric system which in turn has the potential to cause catastrophic wildfire. we don't ever want to any more of those. and so that's why we do these kind of things. i want to note that not everyone who is out of power will experience the strong winds that scott talked about. this is because the electric system relies on power lines of working together to provide electricity across cities counties in entire state something in the system as a large spider web of lies going in every direction. and regardless of whether you're seeing windy conditions in your location. dangerous conditions affecting the syste

they started turning off power in the sierra foothills around 2:00 this afternoon. places like the peninsula, they could be impacted. overnight stly. but as you said, it takes time to get it back up and running. they can't just turn it back on. we could have another wind event, possibly over the weekend. >> yeah. sunday looks a bit dicey at this point. so we'll have to see about that. and it's so interesting, isn't it, that they can flip the power off no problem but turning it back on is a little more challenging because they don't want to just turn it back on in the event that a line has been damaged in the wind. that defeats the purpose of the power shutoff. if you then risk some kind of fire danger. of course this is all very controversial. a lot of customers not happy about this at all who lost power last time. several hundred thousand people. governor gavin newsom has just been pounding on pg&e and blasting them for putting us in this predicament by not repairing the lines, deferring maintenance, and he believes creating this situation in a way that was not res

the coast in the southern portion of the sierra foothills. we would anticipate deenergizing at 7 pm on saturday. that is the sequence of steps as we currently forecasted. one saturday. lastly we do forecast a reverse santa ana type of a weather phenomenon that we have continued to see during this month. in kern county. we anticipate that to occur on sunday at 11 am. as i stated our goal here is to continue to ensure that we are minimizing the impact to our customers. as well as minimizing the impact from a duration perspective. so the times here are subject to change. we continue to monitor the weather forecast. if things move up we potentially can move things up. if we can have the opportunity to further delay because we see multiple hours delay in the weather forecast. that may impact the area. that is exactly what we are going to do. we are asking customers to prepare for outages of 48 hours or longer. given the potential duration that is currently being forecasted for this event. at the moment we are forecasting that the weather is going

the second phase in the sierra foothills area started and is ongoing over the next couple of hours. also was part of our second phase we are continuing to monitor whether in the east bay, south bay and santa cruz areas and we will be making a decision about the timing later this evening because what has changed from the discussion we had yesterday is that there is a shift in the timing of the weather pattern. we may be able to delay the start time. additionally there were some questions about the impact of some of our mass transit infrastructure yesterday regarding the call the cot tunnel. we were able to provide backup generation and that is currently in place serving the tunnel. that should not be impacted as a result. in addition to that we were able to mitigate in the half moon bay area we were able to reconfigure the supply to that tunnel and mitigate the impact we have also provided backup generation to two of our bart stations so that we minimize any potential impact to bart service as part of our process. in total the second phase of the shut off impacts approximately 250,00

and the southern portion of the sierra foothills. we immediately began patrolling and restoring our customers at that time. the remaining areas of the north bay and the northern part of the sierra foothills remain out of service until weather conditions improve at noon which was consistent with forecasts. as of noon shortly after all counties with the exception of kern were declared all clear. we have been restoring customers ever since. i will say that kern county itself the all clear for kern is actually projected to occur at noon tomorrow. we are going to file the same cadence and monitor weather conditions. if there is an opportunity to pull that in if winds decrease earlier than forecasted we will begin that restoration sequence as well. we restored approximately 100 to 125,000 customers. since these all clears have been issued. we have roughly 56,000 customers out of service still. the numbers are dropping fast. our crews are making great progress. that is possible due to the amount of resources we have out there. we have over

the counties are largely located in the sierra foothills. and the north bay. parts of mendocino county are potentially included as well as parts of san mateo county. we began proactively contacting potentially impacted customers this afternoon. 48 hours ahead of the event. by phone email and text. this means if you do not receive notification from pg&e you are not currently in the area we anticipate turning off the power. other than parts of san mateo county and some of napa and sonoma counties in the north bay we do not expect shutoffs in the remainder of the bay area. in terms of what is next we will continue to monitor the forecasted wind event. and update our customers and communities accordingly. over the next day or so we will determine if an exactly where we will turn off the power depending on how weather conditions change. once the winds are subsided we give our army of field personnel the all clear. which means they can begin inspecting powerlines and other equipment and the impacted areas. we repair any damage from the wind we find. we turned the po

giving you a look at the sierras. the snow continues to fall so well into the sierra foothills. we've got that snow line. for us, we are looking at just a few pop up showers of possibility. here's a look at your future cast and we'll come back and take a look at our afternoon highs today. here's a look at again as we get into the afternoon a little bit of moisture hanging around. doesn't really look like a big deal. just in case if you are concerned about it. here's a look at saturday morning when we are already beginning to see the transition once again and by the afternoon, this system is moving through. it is going to bring with it the rainfall, it's going to bring with it wind and an advisory for flooding over our north bay locations downstream of the kincade fire. >>> here is a look at the sierra, where there will be some calm time new mexico between advisories about the afternoon today and into tomorrow morning if you are thinking about traveling. rainfall amount s 2" to 4". it looks like pretty soggy weather last week at least until the start of next week. and we could al

the third area of reference is the southern sierra foothills. home that weather system comes in on sunday the 27th. we will begin the shut down process promptly at midnight tonight. we expect the all clear on monday at midnight. sustained wind speeds 30-40 miles per hour with gusts 50-60 that represents roughly 86,000 customers. the next area of geography is the bay area south they east bay , begins at 2000 hours at 8:00 p.m. the all clear is monday morning 0800. sustained with values 35-45 miles an hour gusts 55-65 and that represents roughly 246,000 customers. the fifth area is along the north coast out to the humboldt area that will begin at 2100 hours are 9:00 p.m. the season. the all clear currently sunday at 4:00 p.m. or 1600 hours. sustained wind speeds 30-40 miles per hour gusts 50-60 roughly 146,000 customers. the second to last would be the kern county area. projected to be sunday at 9:00 p.m. , 2100 hours. all clear monday at about 1800 hours are 6:00 p.m. sustained 20-30 miles per hour justice of 40-50 miles per hour less than 1000 c

tens of thousands more will lose power in the sierra foothills. >> joe vasc is begins our team coverage in san jose -- santa rosa. >> reporter: they weather conditions have improved. pg&e has decided that they will cut some power, but is not as much as they could have. >> due to the windy weather, and a heightened fire risk, pg&e has decided to shut off power the northbay to 1400 customers. in napa county and sinnott sonoma counties. >> reporter: in sonoma county the shut off area is sneer forest porter creek road. they are preparing the exotic animal park for the power outage. >> this is the area where the fires blasted over the mountain ridge. it pretty much extinguish all of the homes up there. >> reporter: pg&e's decision was announced around 7:30 pm. the company says this is the new normal, following the huge wildfires in recent years. and the losses that have threatened to destroy the pgd, itself. it is doing preemptive like us. some local officials said that they needed to do a better job of making decisions. >> i am beyond frustration. we have had a couple hundred thousand peopl

>>our original forecast was that the sierra foothill region would started to and the north bay area start at 3. that came with the understanding that if weather conditions either for the good. not to the good that we would adjust that timing. we're monitoring that in real time felt the need we saw a little increase in the wind conditions with our field observers that were in the field as well as the several weather stations that we have so we executed with enough time to complete by 5 and were successful in that effort. how we get here to start choice, but that is the choice. you know the risk the fire risk has grown exponentially typically in this region. in the last couple years. 2012, 15% of our. service area was designated high fire threat. this year 52% more than a threefold increase and the jogger fee of risk in that period of time. >>back out here live in san francisco outside the area where pga's spoke this evening important to also know while we do have those outages the north bay and the sierra foothill right now those folks in san mateo county are expected to lose their. around

. >>> bay area counties wait to hear about their power, thousands in the sierra foothills spent a night in the dark. how they're coping and what it takes to get service restored. >> plus a hangover an official illness? what's behind a new court ruling that could give you a new excuse for that late night out. >>> coming up all new at 6:00, a fight over residential high rises in downtown san jose. developers want to build more housing, but the city wants them to pay up. the feud that could put several projects at risk. >>> a public health emergency. that's what san francisco supervisor matt haney is calling the drug epidemic in the streets. more than 250 people died in the city due to overdoses. fentanyl is partly to blame. >>> mean while, residents along one san francisco street have set up a crude defense to keep the homeless off their blocks. residents say they put the heavy boulders on clinton park after the city failed to do enough. >> kpix 5's john ramos on what drove neighbors to ta this action. >> reporter: the people on this street in san francisco got so fed up with the late-nig

the second phase of our shutoffs in the sierra foothills area started around 3 pm. it is ongoing over the next couple of hours. also as part of our second phase, we are continuing to monitor the weather in the east bay, south bay, and santa cruz areas, and we will be making a decision about the timing later this evening because what's changed from the customer we had yesterday is that there is a shift in the timing of the weather pattern. we might be able to delay the start time of that. additionally, there were some questions about the impact of some of our mass transit infrastructure yesterday regarding the call the cops tunnel. we were able to provide backup generation. that is currently in place serving the call the cops tunnel. that should not be impacted. in addition, we were also able to mitigate the impact to the tom lantos tunnel in the half moon bay area. we were able to reconfigure the electric supply to that tunnel and medicate the impact as a result. we have also provided backup generation to two of our park stations so that we minimize any potential im

. >>21,000 people in the sierra foothills are without power due to pg any safety shut offs. a preventative measure that shuts off the power. while that has not happened in the north or far east bay counties. >>forecasting another weather system moving in tuesday evening. so the north bay, even though the customers who are contacted last night got another warning that is not happening tonight that does not mean that it may and won't 100% for sure not happened tuesday night. >>de geneo joked that he and his wife didn't like their old house. but even with that says the pain of losing everything has been tough and they couldn't imagine going through it again. >>absolutely not. >>it was more of a. losing everything which still we moved in a year ago and we're still not over the pain from losing the house to start with so realistically i would want to go through it again. >>now it is important to note that 2017 tubbs fire that ravaged this area. cal fire actually concluded that it was private electrical equipment that started that fire. but there is now a court battle over that as

foothills, so more around 7 o'clock tomorrow night. so those are exact some numbers but that's the best estimate from p j t store. >>already frustrated from the last hour out of outage from this one now we've got another one it just seems like. this is going to be some simmering anger and people are not be happy with the genie. >>yeah, the tension and anxiety in the community was palpable today, not only gas stations where the lines are long also just just driving along maybe people would have been hunting is flush ordinarily it does seem like you know, i went to safeway the water was great grab that people get nice people getting batteries and flashlights, it's a it's a big issue. obviously you don't want wildfires if that is the alternative but as governor newsome says it shouldn't have to be a choice between no power or a wildfire just as they were given the all clear from the last hour outage. >>here we go again you know told too long. all right and people in marine county getting ready for the possible power shut off this weekend.

from the sierra foothills all the way down to the east bay hills. so given the extreme nature of this event, we have been working internally and forecasting kind of what we call a high-stress scenario. which is comparable to the october 2017. and what we're seeing is that this is very similar in nature. but it does have a broader footprint, especially when you look at the east bay. >> we know the bay area and all of california that we do have high fire danger weather. pg&e has been planning for this for years. so why isn't pg&e better prepared for things like more backup generators for the tunnels? or other businesses that have spent hundreds and thousands of dollars trying to meet these demands? so people are checking into hotels or losing their groceries. this is costing a lot of people a lot of money. >> yes. understood. and we completely understand the impact it has on community, on customers. and for the trend the last couple of years, we've been actively engaged with the communities, the customers, proactively messaging that something like thi

pg&e began notifying customers in the sierra foothills, central coast, east bay and humble. the alameda county sheriffs office says the shut off will likely start saturday night till monday afternoon effecting 57,000 customers. in contra costa county 48,000 customers would lose power. >> right now we are going through staffing plans. who is on and who is off. what shifts we will operate. >> reporter: city officials in san jose say 27,000 customers and santa clara county could be impacted, primarily in the lone rock, everglades areas. >> the frequency is annoying. that is true but it also gives us a chance to hone our schools through the emergency operations center. >> reporter: firefighters throughout northern california are stacking staffing up in case a fire breaks out. select the fire department. two additional wild line saturday and sunday. those of the available through the district. truck many say is including san jose plan to activate emergency operations centers over the weekend. and san jose, azenith smith, ktvu fox 2 news. >> for more the outages of how your neighb

a few others in the sierra foothills. the humbled coast. the latest today took place around 4 pm around stockton and yosemite. in north bay have been out since saturday. we are going to see what the high winds prima and will hopefully have an all clear tomorrow. >>> here is the bottom line. pg&e is in just been given the all clear at 8 am tomorrow. in the morning, i hope to give the all clear, but it might come earlier than that. the problem is, that does not mean your power is going to come back on. pg&e as you see in the video, has to get out and inspect every single inch of the power lines. that has to happen before they can get the power back on to your neighborhood. as we were saying, those winds are expected to die down throughout the night. hopefully, everybody in the bay area will get their power back on by midday tomorrow night. >>> here is a look at longford street. there is heavy traffic going both directions. mostly going out to the mouth of the golden gate bridge. traffic is backed up at this time. did wave of people -- they ar

the sierra foothills, this in pocket that was in the north bay and then two individual counties, san mateo county on the peninsula and kern county down in the southern end of the state. essentially, all of those customers are restored at this time. the exception is in skmonoma counsel it county. we have about 1,000 customers as of this press briefing that remain out of service. that's primarily due to the kincaid fire that is an active fire that cal fire is in charge of the incident. we are reporting in under their command. we do believe that we wil be able to reduce the impacted customers to roughly 700 customers by the end of the evening. it's important that we work together with cal fire. they own the scene. they, they own the entire foot print of the perimeter and the adjacent areas to that perimeter, and we want to stay out of their way and support them wherever we can. and while we, they might the fire, in addition to that, we want to look for opportunities where we could resotore service. so, from a numbers perspective, we had 6,000 on the ground resources and 42 helicopters t

. >> coming into our service territory around wednesday and thursday, mainly in the sierra foothills and northbay. >> operation center is not just a bunch of computers. actually have a lot of people in the field. 26 crews that practice the 3s's. safety, including suppression of fires, switching, between sparks can happen and they are on standby to put those out if they happen, and finally, seeing, reporting back the actual conditions on the grounds of these folks here, who then alerts the emergency operations center. >> reporter: it is here that the decisions are made where and when to have shutdowns. check this out, cal fire's history of fires in the last quarter of the year, seven of california's worst fires occurred in the last quarter. 14 of the 20 deadliest fires also came in the last quarter, and 17 of the most destructive wildfires also came in the last quarter. so, whether the last shutdown was poorly handled, the risk is all too real. >> we learned a lot from the last public safety power shut off and we are committed to making improvements. one of the things we are doing is

wednesday afternoon the largest area affected here would be the sierra foothills in san francisco j r stone kron 4 news. >>well with the looming possibility of another power safety shut off one santa rosa rental company says that its call volume has increased drastically with people looking to rent generators, including danny barred in santa rosa who needs power our 2. machine for her son's medical treatment. so united rental which gave a generor to her child previously is offering it up again. >>i was sitting there with my kids on the couch, an realize, hey you know there's people out there that needs stuff i would hate for my kids to be in that situation. reached out to brian he said let's make it happen. and we're actually able to supply that smaller unit, there that worked fine for what they are needed. >>i think about those things we take that kind of stuff for granted. you know when everything is working fine, not a problem when it stops working that's what really goes in the front of mind. >>so the rental company also has several different sides generators that are still availa

>>for the north bay area's in the sierra foothills. they will be shut off due to critical fire weather. kron four's dan kerman joins us live from santa rosa with more details dan. >>we've been talking to pg e they say the weather had changed for those 3 north bay untycos lake and sonoma and napa and that's why they didn't feel it necessary to order the shut off tonight but they say another weather system is being tracked and that may lead to a shut off. on tuesday night. the temperatures in santa rosa are in the 90's winds are not all that brisk. >>that coupled with other factors means pacific gas and electric will not be shutting off the power monday evening in sonoma napa and lake counties but that could all change tuesday night we're forecasting another weather system moving in tuesday evening. so the north bay, even though the customers who are contacted last night. >>got another warning that is not happening tonight that does not mean that it may and won't 100% for sure not happened tuesday night. >>if the shut off happens. it mea

in terms of the timelines of the events, as referenced yesterday, the sierra foothill portion or region of our service territory is expected to receive those dangerous winds at approximately 5:00 p.m. we plan if forecasts remain consistent to begin the sequence at approximately 2:00 p.m. that gives us enough time to place our system in the deenergized state. for the north bay, again, the peak wind risk begins at 5:00 p.m. and we intend to begin our deenergization seek convention at 4:00 p.m. for san mateo county and kern county, which is a new addition since our report yesterday at this conference, the start time for those two events is 1:00 in the morning on thursday, october 24th. so as mentioned, we believe the all clear, the time when we anticipateinds to reach safe levels, is forecasted currently for noon on thursday. when we get the all clear, that's when we immediately go out and begin our patrolling and restoring activities. we actually have our field employees go into the field while the system is in the deenergized state. we go out and we sectionalize the system and place it i

that's those red flag warnings stretch from the sierra foothills clear out to the coast up in the north bay. you are seeing them, especially in sonoma napa and a counties portions of murder in alameda contra costa. and then eastern portions of santa clara county down further south so yes, definitely a day that is bringing along with a high fire danger and those red flag warnings do remain in effect clear into tomorrow morning now temperatures this morning are cool and with winds. it is a brisk start to the day she would do not want to forget your jackets as you're stepping outside, right now we're either in the 40's or 50's and overall this is a cooler start than yesterday fairfield your loan spot in the 60's right now with napa warmer than yesterday but novato conquered as well, san francisco in hayward all looking at a cooler start than where we were out for your just yesterday now later on today your daytime highs not much different than yesterday's it is going to feel brisk though with those winds so definitely keep the jacket on hand as you are planning your day ahead of you i'm ta

>>well right now they're monitoring some weather in the sierra foothills as well as in the north bay, the concern is that the problem could escalate and if it does escalate the north bay or potential communities in the north bay could see their power turned off. >>for the first time since launching its weather awareness website in august, pacific gas and electric has raised the level for a potential public safety power shutoff ince owns 3, 4, which cover the 9 county bay area pg meteorologists are analysts. >>our monitoring weather conditions in the sierra foothills and north bay where looks like there's some hot weather and some windy conditions coming in monday and tuesday. >>concern for the north bay is now at yellow for elevated, and as yet to reach the brown level for watch or the purple level for warning but pg e says it was shut off us imminent. it will notify impacted residents. 48 hours in advance. i think it's probably a good idea. >>they certainly don't want to leave my house again. on they're preparing for it they think it's a good idea. >>many people we spoke with in sant

. >> we are monitoring the hot and windy weather in the north bay and in the sierra foothills. >> reporter: pg&e is notifying more than 33,000 customers in sonoma county, 10 now in napa county, and 12,000 customers in lake county that their power would likely be shut off starting late monday afternoon to prevent the ignition of wildfires. 68,000 customers across six counties in the sierra foothills are getting the same alerts. the utility admits it is an extreme move. >> we understand and appreciate how turning off the power affects people and may create hardships. but this is for safety during a heightened fire risk. >> reporter: but maria higgins says she can't lose her power. >> my husband has copd and we can't not have the power. we have to have -- he has to have it. he needs oxygen. >> reporter: but others remember how a fierce firestorm devastated sonoma county two years ago >> i'm for it. i'm willing to have my power shut off. several friends lost their homes. not a pretty sight. >> reporter: the santa rosa fire department plans to increase staffing levels at fire stations this week

parts of the north bay, east bay hills and sierra foothills could lose power. pg&e emergency operations center is watching for strong winds that are expected wednesday morning and will continue until thursday. some 250,000 customers will lose power to reduce the risk of a wildfire . >> from this last one, we are all okay. throwaway a lot of food . >> pg&e will notify potentially affected customers by morning by text and emails. >>> the marching band is apologizing for playing during a memorial tribute at uc berkeley over the weekend. bryce turner passed away in saturday and a tribute is being held for him at memorial stadium saturday during the game against the trojans. the band continued to play while the stadium video was being showed. an apology was posted on the twitter account saying "sincere apologies to the family of bryce turner for inadvertently performing during his memorial earlier." >>> open police are making fewer traffic stops in an attempt to cure racial profiling. officers are pulling fewer people over for low level instructions like a broken wi

the shutoffs began at 2:00 today in the sierra foothills. they were supposed to begin at throw:00 p.m. in napa, sonoma, lake and mendocino counties. but some people said it went out an hour before that. >> as for san mateo and kern counties, the shutoffs should begin overnight at 1:00 a.m. sonoma county is facing themoun >>> a pet resort in sonoma says these shutdowns really hurt. >> there's no city water out here, so when the power goes out, we have to have something to give water to the animals. so i have five gallon jugs and put fresh water in. i missed a lot of calls. i was basically out of business when they shut down last time. >> in napa county, pg&e says 7400 people will see their power turned off in calistoga, deer park, lakeberryessa, oakville, pope valley, rutherford, and st. helena. >> laura anthony is live in calistoga tonight with the impact of the shutoff there. laura. >> reporter: hi, dan. it's really a tale of two cities here in calistoga. i'm standing on lincoln avenue. this is the bridge that goes over the creek. what's ha

>>thanks lawrence and we have team coverage tonight to try thousands of people up the sierra foothills are without power how are due to preventive measures taken by pg e our first stone following the story for us he joins us live. in santa rosa's coffey park, a j r you talk the fire victims tonight, how they feel about these measures. >>well vicki i talk with one man earlier this evening who tells me that if this saves one life then he is all for that victim lost his home. back in 2017 now right now the power is still on here and really there's no wind whatsoever but that could change in the next 2 days dies, they talk about this they do want to go to some of the video this is what the coffee park section of santa rosa looks like today and they have certainly come a long way since the tubbs fire in 2017. a fire that destroyed structures and killed 22 0 people i talked with one woman who said that she is all for preventive measures of turning off the electricity and monitoring as long as the monitoring is actually happening as long as it's not lip service from pg e that is what she said

and it could be more than 48 hours before theights are turned back on in the sierra foothills. some small business owners a treakin mg into their own hand hands. >>> tonight some southern andy tool that could help homeowners fight wildfires before help arrives. it's called the portable fire pump cart system. and it lets people use water from their smm wat can >> their job is to basically put the system at the poole side. put the suction hose into the pool itself, and layout the fire hose. that's all we're asking them to do. put the signage in front and they can leave. they back their rig into the driveway and have a hose that's laid out for them. >> if you want to try out those pumps, you have to rent it out from a fire defense service. and their website says they are experiencing a high demand. so you will be need some patience. >> the wind is the source of all this right now. >> and i can fire we started with. we come in for a closer examination on this. where is that fire burning? right on the sonoma and lake county lines. st about 20 miles an hour. you don't want any winds.

foothills and snowfall really piling up in the sierra itself ino the evening we can expect snow level the fall as low as 4,000 feet, it's going to be at 6500 feet for much of the rest of the weekend into tomorrow night a couple of showers but tomorrow a much clear day than today will be with a l of sunshine for your saturday and sunshine and dry weather for your sunday as far as rainfall goes totals, not that amount to too terribly much anywhere from a 10th of an inch to a quarter of an inch of rainfall that's some lighter stuff is the showers do remain light to moderate at most into the afternoon 50's for your high temperatures today just a touch cooler than yesterday we were talking a lot about how yesterday felt so warm well today is going to be another one of those days where you get the rain jacket on that might be the only where you want because temperatures are really going to be chilly san jose and campbell egypt, 62 east bay temperatures also in a range of upper 50's to low 60's similar to yesterday, but a little bit cooler than yesterday was north bay going to be in the uppe

.>> similar conditions in the sierra foothills, pg&e cut power in some communities last night, and right now the electricity is being restored to some of the 22,000 customers who had their power turned off about 24 hours ago. pg&e says line inspection should be complete soon, and power restored to all customers in the next hour. they said they are monitoring the conditions in case they need to issue another public safety power shut off. >> let's bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin, how bad is it out there?>> it depends on where you are, the red flag area is for areas above 1000 feet in the bay area. most people didn't notice much wind, but if you got up around mount st. helena, which is over 4000 feet, 51 mile an hour winds, and at mount diablo, 46 mile an hour winds, those offshore winds being the problem. those dry, low humidity and hot winds we are seeing that have promoted this red flag warning into tomorrow. usually in the east bay hills and north bay, they will accelerate. tonight we are expecting gusts of 35 miles an hour, the forecast is less wind than we saw last night,

across northern california and into the sierra foothills, close to 50,000 customers are being affected by safety shut yours f yourselfoffs. >>> the ceo of san francisco based juul labs has stepped down, effective immediately. kevin burns will stepped down and juul stopped all of its advertising in the u.s. that includes broadcast, print and digital. this comes as the ecigarette industry has come under fire recently at least nine deaths, two of them in california, are being attributed to vaping. >>> a reminder for people this morning, there is a heat advisory as well as fire danger. >> right, we are going to have those concerns today, another hot one, but the last one wanted to leave with you this beautiful shot looking from mt. tam toward the richmond-san rafael bridge as the sun rises this morning, a clear start but yes it will be hot, dangerous heat with our inland valleys up to 102 degrees, and then cooling off in the rest of the forecast with some 70s this weekend. >> we'll look forward to that. more cars and slowing out there? >> just the way it works. san mateo bridge trying to f

right now they are in the elevated potential for shut off pg&e will focus on the winds in the sierra foothills. >>> in southern california, firefighters are on high alert tonight because what we are getting up here, they are getting down there. low humidity, warm temperatures, strong winds. they are expected in parts of los angeles county and ventura county and the central coast roes conditions accelerate the growth of new fires and in the valley, neighbors know the fire danger is not only real, it is redundant. >> something that we run in to every single year. here we go again. >> sometimes you don't feel safe, even if it is burning, it somehow manages to get back here. >> extra fire patrols are working tonight. >>> a homeless encampment destroyed afrge fire today. fire crews say at least six people were living in the homeless encampment. nobody was hurt and it is not clear how it started. >>> lapd under fire after the agency failed to investigate thousands of serious charter schooled reports. data from the district attorney shows nearly 4,000 child abuse cases were not investigated

additionally because of wind gusts have reduced in the northwest portion of the sierra foothills, we are working on determining if we can bring service back to one of our transmission lines that's a supply of the humble area. if we are to perform safely on the transmission line to assess every inch and determine if there is any potential damage that occurs and see to repair the damage. we'll be able to bring service back to another approximately 60 to 80,000 customers this evening if we are able to do that work safely. the second phase of our shut-out offs started around 3:00 p.m. it is ongoing. we are continuing to monitor weather in the east bay, south bay and santa cruz areas. we'll be making a decision about the timing later this evening because what change from the discussion we had yesterday is there is a shift and the timing o the weather pattern. we may be able to delay the start time of that. additionally there were some questions about the impact of some of our mass transit infrastructure yesterday regarding the tunnel. we were able to provide backup generation. that's curr

with the exception of a footprint in the sierra foothills that includes the paradise and the surrounding areas. and the kern county which we anticipate. and later tonight going into potentially. tomorrow afternoon. and for these remaining counties or we have not commence the safety inspections. we will continue to monitor the weather. it will begin our safety inspections. as soon as the weather subsides. seville touched on this reiterate the system was some of the discussions we've been having the last couple of nights. to ensure that we safety restore power back to our customers, it's first our swizz the determination. which is a determination where weather has. respect to service territory. and they're already pre staged at those locations so soon as we get the all clear. we are ready to move into action to conduct. the safety inspections. assess for damage. repair the damage and safely restore. part of the safety inspections that we performed earlier today. we have found multiple cases of damage. suspected to be caught. could have potentially been the source of ignition not been for t

additionally, because the wind gusts have reduced in the northwest portion of the sierra foothills, we are actively working on determining if we can bring service back to one of our transmission lines that is a primary supply of the humbolt area. if we're able to perform this work safely this evening, which includes performing safety inspections on our transmission line to assess every inch and determine if there is any potential damage that has occurred, safely repair the damage, we will be able to bring service back to another approximately 60 to 80,000 customers this evening if we're able to do that work safely. the second phase of our shutoffs in the sierra foothills area started around 3:00 p.m., and it's ongoing over the next couple of hours. also as part of our second phase, we are continuing to monitor weather in the east bay, south bay, and santa cruz areas, and we will be making a decision about the timing of the deenergization later this evening because what's changed from the discussion we had yesterday is that there is a shift in the timing of the weather pattern. so we ma

looks about the sierra foothills at this point, that rumbled through or over us as we moved through the overnight hours. it is now moved on. we are looking at scattered showers for the rest of today. we're already beginning to see snow levels drop below 4,000 feet by tomorrow morning. could be down between 1500 and 2,000 feet. our local hills are likely to see snow. already beginning to see a little bit. i'll show you where in a moment. here's what's go take a look at lake county. right over cobb mountain, may have snow falling. cobb mountain 4,000 feet. definitely a possibility. here's a view over the central bay. rain over if san francisco bay. the bay bridge, san mateo bridge, it's a wet one. peninsula, south san francisco into the south bay into santa cruz, we've got rain falling here. one stop for the east bay shore, highway 24, 684, all wet at this moment. when i come back, i'll look at temperature temperatures. there's a blizzard warning for the sierra. details coming up. 4:31. let's check traffic. >> good morning. if you drive. to a nice start. there's been crashes for sure. rig

foothills.>> the adverse weather was increasing so we thought of contacting customers and as we continue to monitor all the conditions and wind speed and humidity levels, counties in the north bay were put on watch as well.>> 123,000 customers were told that the shut off might be coming and we are not home free just yet>> even though we are not shutting off power in the north bay tonight there is still a potential weather system moving in tuesday night so people might be contacted again.>> reporter: we remain under a red flag warning across a vast area. >> across much of the portion of northern california many of our counties are facing red flag warnings.>> reporter: fires require high temperatures, lotion million strong wind regardless of power shut off the company of things beyond power lines can cause fire. >> it is really these high wind events that feels those really large and damaging fires.>> reporter: this is only the beginning of heightened fire danger from power lines to cigarettes, from dragging chains to barbecues and accidents to arson.>> especially october, november and dec

specifically in the sierra foothills, the north bay, a small section in san mateo county and an additional small section in mendocino and kern counties. i'm pleased to say that we've been able to narrow the scope and reduce the customers exposure of any potential shutoffsince yesterday. we've done that. >> all right yufb looking at a live news conference. a second informational update in as many days coming from pg&e headquarters. meteorologists and others, the ceo, saying that right now they have not called for the pspd, the public safety power shutdown. if they make that call, that could affect about 200,000 people counties. >> we were just listening to mark quinland there, the senior director. and from meteorologists. they're saying that they are expecting 50 to 60 mile an hour gusts of wind. if that does happen, they will be making a call in the morning. we do have a survival guide for you at kpix.com. we'll bring you updates as we get them. >> we should mention that pg&e has worked on its website today. >>> an environmental disaster underwater. an alarming look at the decline of the o

. >>> after another powerful storm battered the sierra foothills. the sheriff's office says that flooding in son mo forced the closing down of like a fast-ming river than a downtown neighborhood. sonora police chief says that the flooding is caused by what he calls a perfect storm. >> with the rainfall pushing the hail that collected, into the culverts and drain, starting to clog up the water flow. >> even though the heavy rain stopped, the flood watch is expected to stay until noon time. >>> the sonoma county board of supervisors supervisors declared a health emergency. people are worried because of the and trash. >> the mailman delivered your mailbox. >> a pastry shop that has been around for nine years is in ruins. she lives in the back and there is no flood insurance. simply too expensive. >> reporter: what do you have left? >> nothing, really. i'm going to try to salvage what i can, you know, but basically everything is ruined. >> reporter: for flood victims, sorting out this mess may seem a lot to ask but that's what officials want, rather tha

at the sierra foothills and the impact portions of the north bay. i'm he's east and west sides of the sacramento valley. over a sequential period of time. so we expect. next to the system from a north to south. those of the forecast and weather threats. also budget in a little time to perform the operation and actually the energize the system. and just to have the system 100% the energized party winds being there. any potential fire ignitions so the range. this meeting right now between 240,000 customers to 600,000 customers. so we recognize that's a large range and many of you may have quesaions as to why that is what's driving that. so the 240,000 a lower and and of the range represents a just distribution facilities only distribution circuits only. and the other end of the spectrum which is roughly 600,000 customers represents transmission lines. as well as that. 40 1000 distribution and. so you can see there's quite a swing between the 2 numbers. and it's really a transmission configuration issue that we are attempting to solve the work on we ca

. >> reporter: we've just learned that pg and e is about to shut down power to areas in the sierra foothills, and those include butte, yuba, nevada, placer and el dorado counties. power was shut down in napa and solano counties. that power is slowly being restored. but i have to tell you, it's been a very long day for people living there. >> you know, the elderly and it's not okay they stay here. >> reporter: margarita sanchez is picking up her parents because their home nearak berryessa has no power. >> no power, no internet, no nothing. so they >> reporter: they cut power due to red flag conditions. >> i'm pretty sure they know what they're doing. >> reporter: the pool at this mobile home community is closed. resident jesse hague is worried about losing all the food in her fridge. >> we're doing the best with what we can. you have to buy a generator. i can't afford to buy a generator. i'm on a fixed income. >> reporter: last year, residents were forced to evacuate. pg and e is shutting the power down as a precaution. the equipment has been blamed for sparking wildfires, including the camp

still breezy, and thunderstorms again along the sierra foothills tomorrow. future cast shows that the low clouds go back in through the gate and retreat to the shoreline later in the day, giving us a pretty nice monday. it will be more sunshine tomorrow and amateurs will be coming up. so as a high-pressure building, it will warm to near 90 inland. monday through wednesday, especially tuesday and wednesday, tomorrow is more of a transition day. so tonight, send in the clouds along the shoreline. it will be sunny and warmer after morning low clouds, and it will cool off later in the week. in the meantime, sunshine and warmer temperatures. winds will be out of the west, 15, with a high of 71. in new york, looks nice, 69, they had thunderstorms today, 53 for santa rosa, 54 for napa and 57 in san jose. tomorrow, san francisco will hit 67 degrees. close to average along the shoreline, morgan hills will be up to 84. 78 at fremont. over the east bay, a few clouds, otherwise we will have sunshine tomorrow, and numbers recover into the 80s, in brentwood it will be 90

foothills. one center is in grass valley --- the other in oroville. you can find more information on kron4 dot com. ( marty ) today is the first spare the air alert day of the year. bay area air quality control officials say we should avoid driving today to help reduce air pollution. there were 13 spare the air alerts during the summer last year. ( marty ) make sure you download the kron 4 mobile app.. or go to our website kron 4 dot com .. to stay on top of this weekends heatwave. you can also get important alerts for your neighborhood. ( marty ) happening today.... teachers in the new haven unified school district are expected to vote on a contract proposal. they reached a tentative agreement friday to end the 14-day strike. kron 4's christina tay-tro is joiningus now live with more on the negotiations. ( marty ) thanks christina. ( marty ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... there's a new mural in the east bay honoring oscar grant, the young man who was fatally shot by bart police 10 year

and there were more outages in the sierra foothills. almost 4-dozen helicopters and 5500 employees are checking the power lines to make sure it's safe to turn the power back on time. >>> another impeachment hearing is under way. right now these are live pictures. two more witnesses are testifying this morning. fiona hill is a top national security. >> u.s. embassy official in ukraine. yesterday, eu embassador gordon sondland testified that the white house meeting ukraine's president asked for depended on announcing investigations into former vice president joe biden and his son hunter. embassador sondland said he believed the orders came from president trump through his lawyer rudy giuliani. >> was there a quid pro quo? >> as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting, the answer is yes. yes. >> gordon sondland now also testified that everyone was in the loop about the pressure put on ukraine including secretary of state mike pompeo. vice president mike pence. chief of staff mick mul

a man and his two children who have been missed in the sierra foothills had been found by a good samaritan and the three went missing near certificate lining center -- michael and his son, a 2-year-old and 7-year-old took off in their jeep to go hiking monday and disappeared. the search and rescue teams set up a command post to find the trio. but a good samaritan found them overnight and drove them home. apparently the three were not hurt. they said they did not need to go to the hospital. they did not need medical attention and a relief for everyone involved because of the lingers storms in the sierra foothills. >> katie, thank you. >>> police in oakland are trying to track down this man in a hit-and-run that left a 6-year-old dead. he's accused of hitting three pedestrian saturday night. vasquez and her 6-year-old son garcia were both hit and the boy's 21-year-old uncle is in critical condition and the victim were walking to a laundromat when a black mercedes ran them over and kept going. >>> that's at the center of -- kpix5 jackie ward is on the embarcadero where talks of a center are g

foothills and then eventually resulting in snowfall up in the sierra nevada in fact today and tonight snowfall is the most significant of the weekend up in the sierra as for your temperatures right now we're in the 50's so keep the jackets on as you're getting out there into the evening tonight, temperatures will further fall into the low 50's back to you. >>we're just going really fast through the rain. that's not exactly safe for now. >>just take it slow. that's kind of slippery but that everyone is women will be okay. >>well heavy rains swamp the streets of san francisco today are team coverage continues now with the waters were rising all day long causing a mess around the city. kron four's gayle ong has more from san francisco. >>too much rain too fast want the streets in this west portal neighborhood. >>this was the scene on 15 avenue and along the street saturday afternoon just started hearing the rain and they got pretty intense looked outside. and we saw that the water was pretty high not even the sandbags placed in and out of rosa maria gonzales is home. >>couldn't keep the

those restorations have occurred in part sierra foothills, the bay area, as well as hum bolt. weave about 510,000 customers that remain currently out of power, and we have teams, as i've stated, of more than 6,300 that are actively working at the moment to try to as safely and as quickly restore power to our custom can y customers who have been impacted. at this time, we've determined that the adverse weather conditions have subsided to the point where we could begin the safety inspections, made that decision earlier this afternoon, with the exception of a footprint in the sierra foothills that includes the paradise and the surrounding areas and the kern county which we anticipate that the weather is going to subside later this evening and later tonight going into potentially tomorrow afternoon. and for these remaining counties where we have not commenced the safety inspections, we will continue to monitor the weather. and we will begin our safety inspections as soon as the weather subsides. so, bill touched on this, and i'll reiterate, some of the discussions we've been havin