foothills to portions of the san francisco bay area the power cuts are affecting half a 1000000 people across 15 counties with more expected this weekend electricians like having a gutierrez working long hours to help communities facing dangerous conditions 2 weeks ago is really a nightmare for me since i've been getting phone calls since 4 o'clock in the morning trying to get a generator so so far the kinkaid fire is 0 percent contained and things could get worse to say the so-called santa ana winds will be even stronger in the coming days hampering efforts to fight fires in a state that's been plagued by them in recent years 10 years ago the fire raged through the same area killing at least 22 people and destroying over $5000.00 homes conditions now said to be almost identical to gallacher al-jazeera. in a few moments we'll have the weather with jenny but still ahead on the news hour facing the prospect of jail again sometimes the billionaire boss is back in court protection for a revered rock a ban on climbing a new route in a strange comes into effect and find out what happened in

foothills to portions of the san francisco bay area the power cuts are affecting hof a 1000000 people across 15 counties with more expected this weekend electricians like heavier gutierrez working long hours to help communities facing dangerous conditions 2 weeks ago was really a nightmare from this. i have been getting phone calls since 4 o'clock in the morning trying to get generators up so far the kinkaid fire is 0 percent contained and things could get worse forecasters say the so-called santa ana winds will be even stronger in the coming days hampering efforts to fight fires in a state that's been plagued by them in recent years 20 years ago the tubs fire raged through the same area killing at least 22 people and destroying over $5000.00 hones conditions now said to be almost identical and a gallica al-jazeera. there been protests in guinea over a potential change the constitution that may allow a president of a condé to seek a 3rd term in next year's election several opposition politicians and anti-government demonstrators have been jailed in the past week priyanka gupta report

it is nearby, in the foothills of the sierra nevada. carol: and this is all california? drake: that's right. pg&e is one of the big utilities there. he gets up there and starts seeing smoke and a stream of cars going the other way. he gets to town right as this giant fire that started just a few minutes before arrives in town and would end up destroying the town, killing over 80 people. and he was there basically trying to deal with all of the broken, sort of downed infrastructure of the pg&e infrastructure to let firefighters through to try to help people get out. so he, i thought, was an interesting lane to the story, because he is a pg&e employee and he was on the front lines when the fire came through. trying to protect people, trying to help manage the problem. but at the same time, that very morning, pg&e filed this report with its regulators, saying we may have started the fire. our equipment, which is a fairly common occurence, power lines in the dry conditions in the california summer will send sparks into the vegetation and start fires. pg&e files a report that

it is in the foothills of the sierra nevada. pg&e is one of the big utilities there. he gets up there and starts seeing smoke and a stream of cars going the other way. he gets to town as this giant fire that started just a few minutes before arrives in town and would end up destroying the town, killing over 80 people. he was there basically trying to deal with all of the broken infrastructure to let firefighters through to try to help people get out. i thought it was an interesting story because he was on the front lines when the fire came through. trying to protect people, trying to help manage the problem. at the same time, that very morning, pg&e filed this report with regulators saying that we may have started the fire. our equipment, a fairly common occurence, power lines will send sparks to vegetation and start fires. we had an outage on this particular hillside where the fire seems to have started. lane was in town for a couple of weeks, he gets this mixed reception. some people are happy to see him, others are yelling profanities because they blame this compan

that for the sacramento valley as well as the foothills of the sierra nevada mountain range outside of lake tahoe. from san francisco into the redding region. we have high wind warnings and advisories. gusts 65 to 70-mile-per-hour in higher elevations, gusts in the valleys, 45. it's incredible to see the amount of large wildfires that have burned across the western u.s. we're seeing clearly the fingerprint of climate change taking place across the western u.s. if you just look at the millions of acres burned year on year on year that continues to see that gradual uptick. and, of course, we know that a warming planet means the potential for more wildfires. and that's exactly what we're experiencing. >> okay. we're going to talk about that in just a moment. derek, thank you. >>> joining me now is brian garcia, warning meteorologist at the weather service. brian, we know you're very busy there in california. we appreciate you coming on, thanks. >> you're welcome. >> you're a forecaster, brian, what have you seen with the forecast over the years there, with relation to warming? and also ho

some of the early settlers came and settled up in the foothills in the sierra nevada's. there was not a lot of economic activity here. what we are driving through , the big walnut producing counties, here because of the deep soil. crops.manage all the all the crops have to be irrigated. water underground. >> during your time working in the industry or going back to ranch,mily operating the what are some of the biggest changes that have had an effect on the county? >> it is the cropping patterns. when i first got out of college .nd went back to forming a lot of corn is still grown, but this was a big cotton growing area. a lot of corn, a lot of grain. the changes have been in term of cropping patterns, what we have grown. the changes have been the ownership, the technology involved. the technology of being able to do more precision farming and planning. the irrigation systems have become more efficient because water is always going to be short, so the systems we are putting in, that has been a big change. what are some of the biggest challenges former space? spacemer spac

but it took a month for the news to get from the foothills of the sierra nevada to mexico city, so they signed the treaty before anybody knew that the transfer of california included the transfer of this new gold strike. well, from the standpoint of americans tuned to think that america is this exceptional place and perhaps more so in the 19th century than now butting maybe not. maybe not. this also came with an idea god particularly smiled on the united states. and it was the easy to craft a narrative around this because gold had been lying in the stream beds of california for millennia. and the native americans never found it. and then gold had still been lying in the stream beds for hundreds of years while california was under the control of the spanish, and the spanish knew what gold looked like, but they never found it. and then gold was still in the stream beds in the 25 years that california was under the control of mexico. mexicans didn't find it, and they knew what gold looked like too. and then within weeks of its transfer to the united states, boom, gold is discovered. and wh

in the sierra nevada foothills. handing out, panning out millions and millions of dollars of gold from the california minds. sutter at the colony, he found this to be a huge problem. the indians were soaking to get into the minds that he recalled in his book in english, the indians could not be kept longer at work. they were impatient run the minds. so, i had to leave more than two thirds of my harvest in the field. so, his beads were not going to do it anymore. this is not just cash for us, it is cash for everybody and we are going to go get it. they basically learned the value of gold. just as they learned the value of anything else that was a commodity being exchanged in california. live stock, firs, whatever it was that settlers wanted. indians were very quick to ascertain the economic opportunity in that commodity. they just as quickly positioned themselves to take advantage by fleeing places like the colony and leaving their customary jobs for the mines. add to this, a lesser-known story of the california gold

settlers camerly into this area and settled in the foothills, the lower foothills of the sierra nevada's freight there wasn't a lot of economic activity here. we are driving through is an orchard. big walnut producing county, the largest in the nation. they grow them here because of the soil. we can manage these crops. they have to be era gated. you bring in surface water and pump water. we pump water out of the ground. time working in this industry and going back to ranch,mily operating the what are some of the biggest changes over time that have had an effect on the county? >> from a production capability it is the cropping patterns. when i first got out of college and came back and went to corn is a lot of growing in this area -- this is a big cotton growing area. a lot of corn, a lot of grain was grown in the area. the changes have been in terms of cropping patterns. ownershipve been the and the technology involved in the actual production of agriculture. the technology available to farmers to do more position farming, to do more precision farming. the irrigation systems have become

the black-outs began yesterday afternoon in the sierra nevada foothills. moved south to the bay area. in all pg&e cut power to parts of 17 counties affecting 450,000 people in fire prone areas can including geyserville. fires still happen and now this fire has scorched 15 square miles. forecasters say the winds should start dying down later in afternoon. pg&e hopes to restore power within 48 hours. you can here the sirens and see the entire town now evacuating. another strong wind event even stronger than this one is in the forecast for this weekend along with the chance of another forced blackout. we'll keep an eye on this fire and give you updates throughout the morning. >> bill: more evidence of political bias regarding the whistleblower who sparked the impeachment inquiry. the tense exchange on the hill during mark zuckerberg's testimony as the facebook founder defends the site's policy of not fact checking political ads. what he said and we'll play that for you as a a-team takes it up. >> you won't take down lies or you will take down lies? a simple y

foothills to parts of the bay area had their power cut off. the golden state's governor and residents expressing their frustration of what is becoming the new normal. >> it is inferior rating beyond words to live in a state as innovative and extraordinarily entrepreneurial and capable as a state of california, to be living in an environment where we are seeing this kind of disruption and these kinds of blackouts. >> they turned out the power it last week for probably two or three days. there was no natural disaster. >> meanwhile, in southern california, nearly 20,000 customers have lost power so far. winds thrust through the region striking san bernardino, south of downtown los angeles. they might have to cut power to as many as 600,000 people throughout the state. >> as long as we feel like we need to do this to reduce risk, it's something that we are going to be looking at doing, but it's going to be very targeted. >> it hopes to restore power to customers as soon as possible. california is bracing for more hot weather to arrive on saturday

and they impact the sierra foothills and they impact portions of the north bay on each of the west and east sides of the sacramento valley. >> pg&e also announced the death of a contractor who died in a road accident in humboldt county. >>> in lafayette, two fires sparked around the same time around the same place. sky 7 flew over the burned area today bec>> a

in the sierra foothills where the governor made the statement. she tweeted it declared new measures to clear brush. catch our report on abc 7 news at 5:00. abc news tweeted it will have live coverage of president trump's address to the nation and the democratic response. you can see it here on abc 7, beginning at 6:00 tonight. >>> some businesses in alameda are collecting food and supplies for coast guard families impacted by the government shutdown. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is at the local cafe in alameda with a look at how you can help. hi, melanie. >> reporter: hi there, ama. these collection sites have received so many items recently that the one that's behind us has already had to have several pick ups. here in alameda, the coast guard is an integral part of the community. >> the local cafe in alameda is one of several alameda businesses collecting supplies for coast guard families impacted by the government shutdown. >> many of these families haven't received a paycheck. they've got lots of bills to pay. they have to feed their f

foothills, a public safety power shut off or psps. what is notable is that it is the first of the year in sonoma county but not the first of the year in the region. you can ask east napa all about that. remember june 8? >> no power! no internet, no nothing. so we got to go. >> reporter: that was margarita sanchez last june as pg&e shut off power. communities may go as long as 48 hours without power. this year santa rosa asked for notifications as early as possible. today they got one, with 100 hours' notice, twice the normal lead time, and this when the area remains in threat-level two of four. >> so we're not even 72 hours out, and at the 48-hour mark when we reach that fourth level of potential psps, that's when we start contacting customers and letting them know this could p h happen. >> we don't want anybody to be caught off guard. >> reporter: better to plan than be surprised, they >>> wildfire victims and bondholders are teaming up and have their own plan to get the company out of bankruptcy. it includes a $24 million settlement

sierras. a delightful day back here, at least temperature-wise. and it ought to be pretty clean as far as the air goes. half moon bay, 68. lake port, 69. lkthis.endocino eys.round 72 mpreas dropow 2 degrees. if you know people that have to be living out of their cars or f provide them with warmth. for the rest of us, we have to prospect our pets and plants. it's the coldest night we've had so far this season. temperatures in the low to mid 30s. we'll have mid to upper 30s in the east bay valleys. low to upper 40s for the rest of us. here's the seven-day forecast. halloween, it is going to be a real treat with temperatures at least during the day nearing 70 at the coast. low to mid 70s for the rest of us. we can see temperatures hold pretty steady all the wayre day. here's jobina. >> thanks, mike. i want to start off with a commuter alert for people in the north bay. smart train will have free limited service. service will operate from santa rosa downtown station to downtown san rafael stopping

foothill, a public safety power cut off. or psps. >> what's notable about in is it's the first of the year in insomnia an county but not the first of the year in the region. you can ask east napa all about that. remember june 8th? >> no power, no internet, no nothing. so we got to go. >> that was marguerita sanchez last june as they cut power near lake barry he issa. when these happen communities might go 48 hours without power. this year santa rosa asked pg&e for notifications as early as possible. they got one. with 107 oh hours notice. that's twice the normal lead time and this when the area remains in threat level 2 of 4. >> >> we're not even 72 hours out. at the 48 hour mark when we reach the fourth level that's when with contact customers and let them know it could happen even at the fourth level still a potential psps. >> we don't want anybody caught off guard. we want them to have resources and tools available. >> better to plan than be priced they say. in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7. > a 5-year-old albany biel

thunderstorms were breaking out all along the sierra foothills this afternoon and even into the early evening hours right now. we still have a winter weather advisory in effect until 8:00 this evening for much of the sierra. we'll expect about 6 to 10 inches of snow generally above 5,500 feet. check out these dark clouds over san francisco. looking out from sutro tower. it's currently 57 degrees in san francisco and oakland. also upper 50s in mountain view, san jose, santa cruz and half moon bay. the clouds are even darker from this perspective from emeryville looking west. some other temperature readings for you, 59 degrees at santa rosa and fairfield, 62 at napa, vacaville and concord and 57 at livermore. we've got lighter clouds, but lots of them over the bay looking southward from our rooftop camera here at abc 7. these are our features, cattered showers will continue overnight. there could be an occasional heavy downpour. we'll be drying out tomorrow through friday and there's a chance of more showers coming in memorial day weekend. we also have high surf right now. a high surf a

in the foothills they'll get some rain, for us, cooler weather. >> all right. thanks. >>> the public impeachment hearings in washington are drawing crowds from near and a queen from new jersey who is spotted walking through security on capitol hill. of course it gained attention. the drag queen spoke with the hollywood reporter yesterday. she said she was hired for the online network haps tv to cover the hearings. she said she wants to give viewers accurate information in a light and humorous way. it sure is hard to get through security. >> why do they make her take off the shoes? she's like, look -- >> look, she has the >>> it's a song that may take you back to your childhood. >> yesterday in pittsburgh it became the theme of world kindness day. ♪ would you be mine >> this is so great. the hospital welcomed the wife of fred rogers with "won't you be my neighbor." you won't be able to handle this. you'll see pictures of the newbor staple, a cardigan. >> my goodness. >> mr. rogers neighborhood was produced in pittsburgh and it taught lessons in kindness. >> so

foothills some time today, although it's not clear exactly when. the utility turned things off last night in butte, plumas and yuba due to the hire fire danger. crews had been monitoring conditions in counties including napa. stay on top of the weather and any updates with pg&e with the abc 7 news app, free to download in the app store, be able to push notifications. >>> investigators are combing through debris after a series of electrical explosions at huntington beach restaurants. take a look at all this. it happened during an oktoberfest event. four people were hurt, two were actually firefighters. the firefighters had been investigating the initial explosion when another one went off. people who had been enjoying their saturday night up until that point had to say. >> and there was like a ball of flame that came up and we thought it was like maybe part of the show, but then there was another one and my friend grabbed my hand and we started running and there was a third one. we thought the whole place was going to be on fire. >> officials think

. >> 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

foothills. >> pg&e said it would start turning off the power at 3:00 p.m. today although some people told us it started earlier than that. outages will begin in san mateo county around 1:00 in the morning. pg&e hopes to restore power by the weekend. >> a total of about 35,000 pg&e customers in the bay area are affected by these power outages and that is why we have live team coverage tonight. >> david louie will join us in a moment and we have team coverage in the north bay as well, which will bear the biggest impact. >> before we go to laura anthony, let's hear from liz kreutz who is life in santa rosa. liz. >> reporter: good evening. roughly 27,000 customers are without power right now in sonoma county. many of them here in santa rosa. now, i want to show you where we are. we are inside the city's emergency operations center where public safety officials are working around the clock, 24/7 to monitor outages, traffic and send nixel alerts. after the outage a few weeks ago the city and people ar

foothills. pg&e began turning off power on saturday night as a precaution to prevent wildfires. outages affected customers in bute and yuma counties. >>> two years ago this week the tubbs wildfire hpened and it was the most destructive in our state's history at the time. >> we all know what we've been through, and that's -- we just need a hug every once in a while. >> it's not as much of a celebration then. two years on, there's f orea >> that man and his family lost their home in the tubbs fire. they hope to finish their new one by the end of the year. there's a new fight now as many others battle with insurance companies over monthly living expenses which expire this week. >>> three ientists have won the nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their work in cell research. greg semenza, sir peter ratcliff and william kaelin. this is the first nobel prize announced this year. >>> developing news in the impeachment battle against president trump. the attorney representing the first whistle-blow

foothills some time today, although it's not clear exactly when. the utility turned things off last night in butte, plumas and yuba due to the hire fire danger. yesterday crews had been monitoring conditions in several more counties including napa. you can stay on top of the weather and any updates from pg&e with the abc 7 news app. it is free to download in the app store. enable the push notifications. >>> new developments this morning, investigators are combing through debris after a series of electrical explosions at a huntington beach restaurant. crews first responded to reports of three consecutive blasts causing a transformer fire that happened during an oktoberfest event. four people were hurt, two were actually firefighters. te firefighters had been investigating the initial explosion when another one went off. people who had been enjoying their saturday night up until that point had to say. >> and there was like a ball of flame that came up and we thought it was like maybe part of the show, but then there was another one and my friend grab

the foothills, the sierra, nevada. 48 in santa clara. 50 in san carlos. 41 in san rafael. 19 degrees cooler and our current wind check right now shows the winds, still a little breezy out of the north around mount tam, but nothing like we've seen. relative humidity, still relatively dry out there. 10% in san francisco, 24% in brentwood. that will be the trend as our winds go more onshore. sue, hopefully some good a coup spots, one of them is the golden gate bridge, we have the barrier work, the road work down to one lane in the southbound direction. it's quiet right now. just be prepared to slow down. those cones bring you into one lane for about a 25-mile-per-hour speed limit 17-minute drive from 880 across the span up the high rise and over towards 101. our problem spot is in san carlos. an overturned vehicle, it's early enough that it's not really slowing things. it's blocking the right lane and the holly exit. you will need to get off the freeway at ralston if that's normally your exit. >>> breaking news we were telling you about, firefighters are battling a in sylmar. >> this is

foothills. in the bay area the first outages would start at 3:00, that would be napa and sonoma in the north bay. pg&e says they are monitoring the weather. the ceo says they're doing this to prevent wildfires and save lives and that these outages could be the reality for the next ten years. governor newsom says that won't work. he has been very critical of the power outages. >> ten years of this cannot happen, will not happen. we are going to aggressively we are still waiting for that rebate that is owed to millions in this state. san mateo county would be the last county to lose power. this outage could last until noon tomorrow, then they were start checking the lines to see if damage happened and then start turning the power back on. this might not be the end of it. pg&e is now saying that there could be another shutoff this weekend and into next week. more wind is expected. so look for more announcements on that issue, a third round of possible outages. the first big announcement expected to

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

you can see up to the north here, also for the sierra foothills, this is around lake shasta, also the west slopes of the sierra nevada. wind gusts from 20 to 40 miles per hour. relative humidity, 15% to 30%. the winds back home locally. they continue to dial back. you notice the colors here indicating a bit of a breeze. 12 to 14 miles per hour. still looking at that offshore component, but as we get into the lighter winds, they will eventually shift to a sea breeze. right now the humidity is dry. 12%. 30% on top of mount diablo. it will take a bit of time before we see more moisture in the atmosphere. 82 in santa rosa. we are going in the right direction. 81 in sunnyvale. temperatures near average today. dropping off a bit through the weekend. 79 in san mateo. a few high cloudfrom te to time. the sunset district in the 70s. in the north bay, notice low to mid 80s. a nice afternoon. if you like it warm, today will be the warmest day out of the next three considering friday part of the weekend. 78 in oakland. looking out east over the east bay hills, temperatu fairly uniform, right arou

. >> pacific gas and electric cut the power to three counties in the sierra foothills to prevent wildfires. recent devastating wildfires have been blamed on sparks from pg&e electrical equipment. one of the communities without power is paradise, where 86 people died last year. >>> a second kansas resident has died from a vaping-related illness. it brings the number of deaths nationally to nine. both kansas residents were older than 50 and had other health problems. seven other kansans have been hospitalized ranging in age from 17 to 67. meanwhile, federal prosecutors in northern california reportedly are investigating e-cigarette maker juul. "the wall street journal" says it does not know the focus of the probe. >>> an estimated 1 million customers around the world who booked upcoming trips through the thomas cook travel agency have had their plans canceled. and meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of travelers like all these people you see in orlando have been waiting around wondering how they will get home now that thomas cook is no longer in business. the travel nightmare could take weeks t

. >> 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

. >>> pg&e turned off power in three sierra foothills counties, butte, yuba and nevada because of the high fire risk. >> tuesday pg&e is warning six additional counties should prepare, lake, napa and sonoma counties included. cornell barnard is live with details. >> reporter: yeah. it is a waiting game tonight. many folks in sonoma county wondering if they're lose power. many not taking chances but getting ready. >> just got to go with the flow. only thing we can do. >> says he's ready for possibility of losing power. >> just got batteries today to be prepared and proactive. >> reporter: pg&e called off a public safety power shutoff for monday in north by but possibility for more is real. >> we'll look at weather conditions and make a decision whether we need to shut off the power for safety. >> reporter: prompted city of santa rosa to activate emergency operations center. >> if pg&e does that, 33,000 residents without power, will create increased call for service, could impact traffic, increase people with access and functional needs. >> reporter: hardware stores, some sold out of ge

and they impact the sierra foothills and they impact portions of the north bay on each of the west and east sides of the sacramento valley. >> pg&e also announced the death of a contractor who died in a road accident in humboldt county. >>> in lafayette, two fires sparked around the same time around the same place. sky 7 flew over the burned area today because we've now learned that pg&e equipment may be to blame. >> abc 7 news i-team reporter, melanie woodrow joins us with more on this. >> dion and dan, the documents were just filed with the california public utilities corporation today. they outlined how the two fires that happened in lafayette could be tied again to pg& power lines. the fires started blocks from where power had been turned off. flames threaten homes and destroy the lafayette tennis club when a grassfire roared through dry brush found by high wind. it sent smoke over highway 24. pg&e reported to the cpuc that there were two incidents regarding the energized power lines yesterday. one was at pleasant hill where pg&e reported a lashing wire and open wire as a potential

still looking at the possibility of numerous showers here in the foothills of the sierra nevada. winter weather advisory through 5:00. back home looking at milder numbers, in the 40s and 50s to start. it is cool, but milder than we have been. santa rosa dropping to 38. you can see the view from the they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, to pr fixfinity internet and mobile, each for $30 a month. that equals awesome wifi from america's best internet provider and the best lte on the go. it's the ultimate coverage solution. it's all in the numbers. with xfinity mobile, you'll save up to $800 a year on your wireless bill. you can even get $250 back. don't miss out on xfinity internet and mobile, each for $30 a month. plus, save up to $800 a year on your wireless bill with xfinity mobile.

foothills. still a caution certainly with the relative humidity dry this morning. as we get into the all-important weekend with the blue angels, things slowly getting back to normal. that would be nice. how is traffic? >> we have one spot on the peninsula, we'll look first at the bay bridge toll plaza. just a minor delay for cash-paying folks in those left-hand lanes. otherwise you're moving smoothly across the span for about an eight-minute drive over towards san francisco. no delays there. look at our little blip of red and yellow coming out of tracy. that's typical for your commute. here's what we got a problem spot. an overturned vehicle. there's some confusion from the chp. they're telling us one right lane blocked and the holly off-ramp blocked with this overturn. and conflicting reports that two right lanes are blocked. regardless, the holly offstreet is closed. you'll need to go to ral fixfinity internet and mobile, each for $30 a month. that equals awesome wifi from america's best inter

foothills. governor newsom set the tone for his new admission yesterday when the democrat delivered his inaugural address and took aim at the trump administration. >> at a time when so much of america is divided, we are united. we will offer an olt tiff to the corruption and the incompetence in the white house. >> governor newsom issued one of his first executive orders yesterday. it aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs and expanding access to health care. you can hear highlights of governor newsom's inaugural address on our website, abc7news.com. >> in east bay, they have elected rebecca kaplan to serve as president. she's the first openly lgtbq to serve in the role. her duties will be appointing others. she ran twice. >>> grab the umbrella this morning, see what kind of coat to wear. right around 50 in the north bay, 49 to 53 from geurneville and santa rosa to vallejo. other neighborhoods, upper 40s, san rahman, tracy and low- to mid-50s around bayshore. the coast and down into the

showers numerous around the foothills and sierra snow through the late afternoon hours. it's 52 in san mateo. 56 in san bruno. 42 in santa rosa. 47 in san ramon. as we go through the next several hours, notice the activity, the clouds, the mist and drizzle from the peninsula to the south bay. elsewhere we're clear, that trend continues through your monday afternoon. the winds getting a little breezy along the coast. as we look at the possibility of accumulated precip, it's in the south bay and the peninsula. if you're headed out this morning, waiting for the bus or driving, it might be damp. the next couple of days will be cool everywhere. upper 60s for the east bay valleys. mid 70s tomorrow. back into the 80s. it will be a gradual warmup for everyone today. 68 in plalo alto. we have clouds, mist, drizzle and then sun. slightly warmer conditions tomorrow. back to average by the middle of the weekend. into the weekend we warm up for some nice october weather. good morning, sue. >> good morning, lisa. good morning, everyone. back to the bay bridge in a second. a look at th

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

foothill a power safety pour shut off or psps. >> what's notable about the warning is it's the first of the year in sonoma county but not the first of the year in region. you can askas na all th? no internet, no nothing. so we got to go. >> that was marguerita sanchez last june as pg&e cut power nearby. when the psps offs happen communities might go 48 hours without power. this year santa rosa asked for notification as early as possible. the they got one, with 100 hours notice. that's twice the normal lead time. and this when the area remains in threat level 2 of 4. >> we're not even 72 hours out tp petition 48 hour mark when we reach the forthlevel level of potential psps that's when we contact customers and let them know it could at the fourpgt level. >> we don't want anybody caught off guard. we want them prepared and have the tools and resources available to them. >> better to plan than be surprised they say. in santa rosa, wayne freed many, abc 7 news. >> lisa, i know this is something you are tracking as well. >> definitely we have the offshore flow in the upper echlgss right n

generally the sacramento valley, the sierra foothills and the north bay and a portion of the east bay area. this information is available on with it.g weather.gov and you can see the winds that the national weather service is expecting gusts up to 50 miles an hour with relative humidity 15 to 25%. >> you're listening to pg&e's chief meteorologist describe conditions that have compelled the utility to cut off power in three counties tomorrow, but eliminate the shutoff in six other counties. >>> let's bring in spencer christian. has the forecast changed? >> just a bit. we still expect a strong gusty over the north bay, east bay and down in the hamilton area. it's breezy. 23 miles per hour in san francisco. the broader region is not experiencing powerful gusts yet. here is the wind gust animation starting at 11:00 tonight. we'll see gusts from 25 to 30 miles per hour roughly. stronger by 6:00 tomorrow morning. the wind will stay in that range until tomorrow evening, but overnight into thursday we'll see the wind diminish significantly and that means the fire danger will dini a red flag w

they will meet in the sierra foothills. this afternoon's meetings follows a series of deadly wildfires in both northern and southern california last fall. governor newsom set the tone for his administration wdemoeliverel address. and he took aim at the trump administration. >> at a time when so much of america is divided, we are united. we will offer an alternative to the corruption and incompetence in the white house. >> governor newsom issued an executive order aimed at lower the cost of prescription drugs and expanding the access to health care. you can hear the inaugural address on abc7news.com. >>> rebecca kaplan will serve as the panel president. by doing that she becomes the openly lgtbq person to serve in that role. her duties will include appointing other councilmembers to committees. she has run twice and finished third in 2010 and second in 2014. >>> president trump plans to speak directly to the american people from the oval office hoping to build support for his border wall. this comes as the partial government

we'll show images from the foothills of the sierra and across the rockies tomorrow. the same storm. eventually, it will be severe storms again in the south this weekend much the pattern is setting up. i'll warn you about all of it and track it, of course. also this morning, new trouble for singer r. kelly now back behind bars facing a new allegation of sexual misconduct. we're in chicago with the latest on that story. >>> the new study on the popular keto diet, it could be bad for your heart. dr.s about that. deals, deals and more deals. we've got a deals and steals extravaganza. it's extra special, because it's in honor of women's history month. every single product is made by a company founded and run by a woman. it is all at least 50% off. you'll want to see it coming up on gma. >> we're excited for that. you can read the prompters. >> a second ago, i went to my optometrist. she said in a few years, we'll have to talk about bifocals. i wanted to die. i heard there's some sort of glasses situation coming up on the show. i guess, me and all of my -- >> there is. they're like $13. >

for example, in the north valley and the sierra foothills, we continue to see winds and experience winds as early as late this afternoon. we didn't get the all-clear to do safety inspectons until later this afternoon. and the same holds true for the southern part of our service territory in the kern area. also within the north valley, because of the number of helicopter patrols that can fly in those areas, we have 44 helicopters dispatched as a result of this and some of the rugged terrain that our teams are facing to do the safe inspections of the lines and do that's contributed to some of the delays in the areas that we've discussed. and we're going to continue to resume the work at daybreak in the morning. there's a lot of work that's going to happen tonight as well and throughout the night. the work that we can do in a safe manner so that we continue to minimize the impact. one of the other things that bill had discussed and shared a few photos in regards to the damage that we have experienced and observed so far, one thing i would remind us of is that the safety inspections continue

. >> reporter: pg&e says it's also in the process of restoring ower to the customers in the sierra foothills. live in calistoga. >> thank you. >>> you can find out using our absz 7 news app. push alerts. also customize the topics for you are interested in. >>> new at 11 square for firefighters in san francisco. they were evacuated while a house fire while the roof collapse ds. fire forced one person inside that house to find a new place to stay. no one was hurt. >> new developments on the impeachment battle. lawmakers looking at the first look at the whistleblower complaint just hours after the white house released rough transcript of president trump's phone call to the leader of ukraine. rachel scott on capitol hill with how the president is securing. >> reporter: in a secure room in the basement of the clal lawmakers were able to get their first look at the whistleblower complaint at the center of a tug of war between the white house and congress. >> i found the allegations deeply disturbing. i also found them very credible. >> reporter: after pressure from lawmakers on both sides of the a

the governor will meet with safety officials in the sierra foothills. this afternoon's meeting follows a series of deadly wildfires in northern and southern california last fall. governor newsom set the tonight for the new administration yesterday when the democrat delivered his inaugural address and he took aim at the trump administration. >> at a time when so much of america is divided, we are united. we will offer an alternative to the corruption and the incompetence in the white house. >>> governor newsom issued one of his first executive orders yesterday. it aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs and expanding access to health care. you can hear highlights of governor newsom's inaugural address on our website, abc7news.com. >>> in the east bay oakland city council elected rebecca c to serve as president. she's the first lgtb to serve in the role. duties will be appointing counsel members to committees. she ran twice, finished second in 2014. >>> thousands heading home after supporting clemson and alabama in the championship. clemson fans

foothills into the southern sierra yosemite looking at snow. it is a one on our storm impact scale with scattered showers, chances in the morning for you to get wet are much better than the afternoon, and the showers lingering into the south bay, the higher elevations, we're drying out from north to south and amounts will be light throughout the day, except if you are in the higher elevations where we could pick up another quarter of an inch of rain. 56 right now over in oakland, 55 in haurd, with 53 in napa. live look outside, where it looks pretty good here in san francisco with a few showers around, mainly in the morning. looking at clouds, maybe a random shower throughout the afternoon and then a mainly dry week. throughout the rest of the day, this is 6:00, notice we have the east bay, the south bay showers, and maybe a few in the north bay throughout the middle of the morning. all in all as we look at the rest of the day, trending much drier out there and looking at a dry but perhaps foggy start to the workweek. temperatures will be in th

some thieves hit the jackpot of all jackpots in pioneer which is a small town in the sierra foothills. somehow a delivery service contractor with amazon dropped off 300 packages outside a post office that was closed on sunday. instead of taking them to the post office that was open that day. they just sat there. now people are slowly finding out they won't be getting any of what they ordered. >> a lot of it was for my mother. she lives with us and can't work. i wanted to be able to bless her at christmas. that's very important to me. >> oh. >> well, that woman is now contacting amazon for possible refund help. deputies are looking into exactly how this happened. >> well, if you want to live in some of the safest cities in the u.s. you might have to move no bay area city made the top 25. wallet hub ranked nearly 200 cities based on home and community safety. natural disaster risk and financial safety. the safest bay area city came in 30th place. santa rosa is 59th. one factor that hurt san jose's ranking is its high risk for natural disasters. san francisco came in at 145 but it's got

and by the afternoon, things will wind down, but the upper foothills, the west slopes on the way to sierra nevada still could see several inches of snow. this goes until 4:00. and then actually, winter storm warning now until 7:00. so still a lot of activity up there in the mountains. and today looks like we're looking at a better day but a little slippery still throughout the morning hours, then we're t. numbers are in the 40s this morning, 30s in the north bay. it's cold and a live look outside at the airport right now. the scattered showers looking at snow over the highest peaks and we're dry tomorrow into tuesday. so, as we look at the next several hours, noticing that we do get a break throughout the middle of the day. then by the afternoon, still a line of showers wants to push through parts of the bay, so we'll keep it widely scattered with amounts anywhere from a couple hundredths to perhaps about a tenth throughout the bay, if you get one of those heavier downpours. winds certainly going to be a factor, 25 to 35 miles an hour from our valleys to the coast. so it's going to be gust

. >>> right now pg&e is turning off the power to three counties in the sierra foothills, butte, yuba and nevada. about 21,000 customers will be without electricity. >>> pg&e may have given the all clear for today but the utility says it will monitor weather and could decide to shut off power tomorrow to certain areas of the north bay and that includes parts of the napa valley. >> that's where laura anthony is for us tonight. laura. >> reporter: hi. it is getting a little bit windier. it is warmer here. i'm in the napa valley here at the silverado neighborhood. very much still in a rebuilding mode after the 2017 fires. now they're also faced here with the unsettling prospect of waves of power shutoffs. >> my son looked out the window and saw the ridge on fire. >> reporter: barbara mooney's home survived the 2017 fires but she's skeptical of pg&e's plan to shut off power as a proactive step to prevent the next big calamity. >> i'm kind of curious as to how they feel that's going to help us and if that's really maybe more for their benefit. >> reporter: more than 10,000 pg&e customers f

today the governor will tour fuel management project in the sierra foothills. newsom has been working to provide more firefighting resources. the state budget he signed last month invests about $1 billion in emergency preparedness. >>> governor newsom has opened a potential political minefield with president trump, requiring candidates to release returns for the five most recent years to appear on the primary ballot. the move is aimed at president trump who has, of course, refused to release his returns. the counsel to the president says, quote, the state of california's attempt to circumvent the constitution will be answered in court. >>> your voice, your vote. happening today, nht t of the second democratic debate will take place in detroit. ten candidates will try to convince voters they have what it takes to win the democratic nomination and beat president trump. many people will be watching for senator kamala harris and vice president joe biden, two top candidates in the polls. massachusetts senator else and vermont senator bernie sanders were among the ca

. >>> today power has been restored to all residents in the sierra foothills affected by pg&e shutoffs this week. pg&e shut off the power earlier amid the hot weather due to wildfire risk. during the shutoffs, pg&e workers spent days. they were checking power lines to make sure they'd be safe if a fire were to breck out. crews inspected nearly 2800 miles worth of lines. >> areas where we can get vehicles too, we will. we'll drive and do a slow pass and make sure everything is good. even though we use helicopters, we patrol with helicopters, the canopy is as bad as this is, you can't see it from the air. >> power was also cut to some north bay communities this week, but the power was restored last night. >>> the trump administration has notified california officials that the state is failing to meet federal water quality standards. in a letter to governor newsom, the epa attributes it in part to the homelessness crisis. the letter gives newsom 30 days to demonstrate that the state has adequate authority and capability to address these issues. newsom tweeted, quote, this is about retalia