has more on those power outages. cornel? >> reporter: pg and e telling us tonight that it will start proactively shutting down power to thousands of customers across the bay area in the next four to five hours. all of those customers are in the north bay region. this substation in petaluma supplies a lot of power to the area. the company says this move that has never been done before by the company is all in the name of safety. >> these are portions of cities and towns that are deemed extreme fire risk. this is to mitigate wildfire risk, keep our customers safe. >> reporter: customers in sonoma, napa counties are getting -- >> gallons of water. first aid kit.

>> reporter: pat abercrombie is ready with a go bag. he's even got a red flag flying outside of his home to warn his neighbors fire danger is real. >> we have got a lot of fuel down here on the ground on fitch mountain because we haven't had a real fire for 75 years. >> it's necessary, and it's something that's been a long time waiting. >> reporter: sonoma county supervise says it will cause some problems, but will avoid more problems. >> cal fire had determined a cause for last year's tubs fire, but a recent cal fire report blamed pg & e equipment. pat abercrombie hopes his neighbors on fitch mountain don't lose power. >> power pretty much isolates us. so i'm just hoping that if power

is taken down, that it's done judiciously. >> reporter: now pg&e says thousands of customers across the bay will be impacted. i just got the numbers, about 400 in sonoma county, 5,700 in napa county and up in lake county, about 11,000 people impacted. now here's the bad news. pg and e says it could take up to 24 hours or longer to get the power back on because it says utility crews have to physically inspect the lines to make sure they're safe before they can be reenergized. let's get to mools mools mos drew tuma who's been watching our weather. >> the winds have been active in the past couple of hours, you can see the wind gusts in diablo.

knoxville creek has winds increasing. we're under this red flag warning that's in place until tomorrow afternoon. winds could gust well over 40 miles an hour over the next 12 to 18 hours. so if future tracker winds gusts will get up to el30 miles an hour. we're back on air for abc7 news at 11:00, we expect those gusts at 40 to 50 miles an hour. we'll show you when those winds will finally relax in that accuweather forecast when i see you guys in a few minutes we want to mention the north bay counties that will see power turned off. in sonoma county, clover dale, geyserville, holdsberg and parts of santa rose sachlt clear sky lake, clear lake oaks, clear

make parks, cobb, and middletown. >> we sent out an abc7 news app when we found out that pg&e is shutting off power. turn on the notificationotifica. you can also use the app to check weather conditions where you live. the san francisco terminal at freemont street will reopen for the monday morning commute. three cracks were found in the building causing freemont to close. tonight we're learning new information about the cleanup and recovery efforts in the areas hardest hit by hurricane michael. you are looking at drone footage showing mexico beach florida showing home after home destroyed. mexico beach officials say that

40 people remain unaccounted for. so far only one person has been found dead in mexico beach. today governor rick scott says that lack of cell service is making tracking down people harder. >> one county, at&t is down and in the next county, verizon is down, so we have about 2,000 people working on that. >> president trump will be traveling to florida tomorrow to see the destruction firsthand. a sheriff's patrol vehicle crashed into a house and caused a fire. the deputy crashed about 4:00 in the morning. it all began as a search for theft suspects. when the deputies spotted the car believed to be in the chp is investigating the cause of the crash. 25 people were taken to the hospital after a bus crash along a busy los angeles freeway this

afternoon. take a look at the charter bus just crashed through that center divider on i-45 in the san fernando valley into oncoming southbound traffic. that bus collided with several vehicles on the freeway there. fire officials say that several people were evaluated and five sffered serious injuries. electric scooters will reappear on san francisco streets starting tomorrow. two companies skip and scoot will roll out hundreds of scooters into select neighborhoods into the southern part of the neighborhood on sunday night. that defies the judge's temporary restraining order protesting the fact that they were not permitted by the city to provide schoolers. the eta has limited the skootders to 1,350. speaking of transportation, good news for commuters ahead of the workweek tomorrow.

the south airport boulevard bridge is reopening ahead of schedule. the bridge over the channel near southwest boulevard and north access roads has been closed since may to finish parts of its foundation. crews put the finishing touches on that bridge today. redwood conservation activists and enthusiasts celebrated a big birthday today. abc7 news was in san francisco yerba buena gardens. the organization's president said red woods are a key tool in the fight against climate change and part of state history. >> the redwood trees are what make california so special. they're a unique species and has helped define california as a

unique place and one of the places we all love.heeae has es redwood memorial grows in 30 california parks. a young model shot and killed on her way to work. a desperate plea now from her family. a california authority getting big bucks to research earthquakes. plus walmart may be shelling out to end a lawsuit brought by california cashiers. the changes they may now be making in stores.

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california university is getting a big boost to help them study earthquakes. the new research could help make the bay area and many areas at risk of quakes safer. the national science foundation is giving the school money to modify the table to have a bigger range of motion. right now it only moves back and forward. studies done with the table have led to tougher building design codes. walmart has agreed to $65

billion because it didn't provide seating for walmart cashiers. a 2001 california order required workers to be provided seats when the work permits. walmart denies any wrong doing, but will offer stools in future. it's time to buy your lotto tickets again. the weekend drawings have come and gone and no winning tickets were sold. right now if you count both big games, there's almost a billion dollars up for grabs. megamillions, $664 million on tuesday, on thursday night, the drawing for power ball, the jackpot there, a measly $245 million. >> i would just take 5 or or orr mill.

a model murder mystery, a young girl gunned down on her way to work. and meteorologist drew tuma is up with your accuweather forecast. the weather has been beautiful, but it's been a horrible week for raiders sports fans. oakland traveled to london

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we now know the young model shot in her car in georgia is from california and her killer is still on the loose. >> kelsey quail moved in september from california. gas station surveillance video shows the moments before quail drove into oncoming traffic and crashed her car. >> doctors discovered a gunshot wound from her neck. her family chose to remove her from life support. >> i just want to know who did this, it's ridiculous, she didn't deserve this. >> investigators say now as of how they think quail was not targeted. her funeral will be held in california next weekend. and in accuweather, we're

monitoring our winds very closely, we do expect them to grow stronger later on tonight, increasing our fire danger as we head into monday morning. so we'll show you up above, we are as clear as can be. a lot of sunshine as that sun is setting this evening. temperature wise, it is comfortable out there, it is a mixed bag of 60s and 70s right now. it's about 66 in oakland. right now san jose checking in at 71 degrees. but the big story at the next 24 hours, will be our winds, at the surface, you will see fairfield gusting at 26 miles an hour. but as we go up in elevation, about 1,000 feet into our hills, you can see the winds are stronger, at mt. diablo, 36 miles an hour. so we do expect these winds to strengthen in the coming hours. so future tracker wind gusts w

will stop the clock at 11 later on tonight, and you can see especially in the north bay, those winds are very active, we do expect gusts well over 40 miles an hour at times, and that threat for those wind, dry conditions for your monday. those winds will be racing out of the northeast, again, gusting over 40 miles an hour. as we head into the later morning hours, we do expect those winds to back off. by 10:00, or 11:00 in the morning, those winds are relaxing, generally less than 20 miles an hour. and tomorrow afternoon, it will calm down, those rains and winds will affect the entire region. but overnight, that's when our highest fire danger does exist. that threat will be in our mills at about 1,000 feet. our key times for the strongest winds will be 9:00 tonight lasting through 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. so that's about a nine-hour

window where those winds will be very active. in the north bay especially, it's not out of the question that we could see winds in the north bay close to 70 miles an hour and those winds will drag down very dry air, so humidity levels will drop between 10 and 20%. so we'll find our highest winds in the north bay, we'll have that wind advisory in effect for those winds racing out of the northeast, but at the north bay hills and the east bay hills where we find our highest fire danger across that region. so that fire danger warning through wednesday afternoon where a fire could easily start with those windy and dryer conditions. the winds in our north bay, 40s to 50s, a windy morning on monday, the winds relax midday. so the afternoon, it's calm, but is a warm day, 70s to 80s across the board. windy tomorrow morning in our hills. the winds get out of here monday afternoon. it's just a light breeze for the rest of the extended forecast

and really you believe can conditi -- comfortable conditions into the upcoming weekend. the radars traveled a long way to put together throw punts, two fumbles, a turnover on down, and a missed field goal. 85,000 at wembley, and it was listed as a home game, but you be the judge. no jet lag for seattle, russell wilson handled the bad snap and puts it in the pocket and runs 19 yards. the score is 14-0. bradley mcdougal. watch what he does to marty cooper. he speared the wide receiver knocking him out for a short time. you can expect a fine later ek h own power and with a condi

cushion. carr appeared to run 34 yards, carr says he's okay, oakland's dignity is not, they got their butts whupped. they fall 27-3, the final. >> we'll have to do the best we can to a 5-5 man who can pass protect much better. and that's what we will do. >> you can hit me 1,000 times and i'm never going to complain about those guys. it hurts my heart to lose, it hurts my heart for our fans, for the ones that traveled all this way, and think of it. a lot of people travelled a long way and we just got beat that like, that hurts me. >> the rams, broncos and 49ers fans, but todd girly had 28 carries, 208 yards and two scores, rams are now 6 and 0 and they face the 49ers next week,

23-20 the final. taking a look at steelers bengals. bengals take a 21-20 lead with 118 left. but the celebration needs a little bit of work. that was plenty for 15 seconds left. ben roethlisberger,nd and anto brown. this weekend's practices are the final tuneup before the season opener tomorrow snigtd. night steve curry will practice tomorrow, kerr also added that draymond green will be limited as he works through a knee issue. and a lot going through his mind as the team bann ener is unfurl again before the game. >> from my childhood, to the journey it took to get here. and i'm thinking about getting

drafted by the warriors. to have a third banner going up. i definitely did not see that happening. so it's been a special time. these eight years and hopefully the next eight are even better. >> carlson and sharks ended their five-game road trip in new jersey. rogan couture lost it in the slot. sharks with a one goal lead. it didn't last. 37 seconds into the third period, kyle palm herry scored. and john sebastian cleans it up. sharks lose 3-2, they return home with a 3-2-2 record on thaa trip. green bay doesn't play until thursday night. and the warrior also play tomorrow night. >> busy week for the sports

department here. >> absolutely. >> the memes have been incredible. >> i'm sure. a young cancer patient's wish gets granted. what would you take a 3-year-old for 57 days? >> no. >> next "right this mi

minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. proposition 11 establishes into law the longstanding industry practice of paying emts and paramedics to remain on-call during breaks and requires they receive fema level training and active shooters and natural disasters. vote yes on 11 to ensure 911 emergency care is there when you or your love one need it.

tonight on abc7 news at

11:00, wire following breaking news where pg&e is planning to turn off power to thousands of ku customers to prevent wildfires. and the public fc soccer team went all out to celebrate one their youngest fans. >> what a special moment. >> that is 15-year-old ford matthew harding making his big debut before last night's game. you see harding is battling a rare form of cancer that grows tumors. his love of soccer turned into a dream come true this weekend. >> look at number 5, matthew harding. what a quality strike. >> hardens what to under go another year of chemotherapy and doctors gave him the all clear

to start in last night's game and that was his sixth goal. good for you, matthew. >> and he fits right in with the rest of the team, what a cool experience. >> welcome, duty, big-time. >> i can't see capable of. >> that's abc7 "news at 6:00." >> for the entire abc7 news team, thanks for watching. and we'll see you right back here at 11:00.

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