see who would be out and when. this is the map. i'm showing you san francisco here, and the east bay. these are areas not yet affected. we don't expect san francisco to be affected at all or the rest of san francisco county. that's the only county untouched by this event.

already parts of marin are being affected. if i click now on sausalito, the pink areas that you see on the map are the areas that already have outages. here's one area in sausalito, when you click on that, you can see that about 3,700 people are affected there. the one issue with this map is it does not total the entire bay area. it's difficult to see how many people are out as one large number. you have to go through and pick and choose the areas. a moment ago we heard frances say parts of napa county have been affected. if you go up into the north bay, you can click and see what areas have been affected. i will click on the city of napa now. you can see there are a number of spots that are now out. let's click this area, about 2,000 people in that area out. we expect that area to affecteds we said a moment ago. the east bay won affected r thi

early this afternoon. we'll continue watching that. this is part of a larger wildfire safety plan. all of the counties in red are going to be affected sometime this morning or later today. talking about nearly 800,000 customers in 34 counties that may see their power shut off. as i mentioned, only san francisco county is exempt. >> one of the areas that's impacted now is the north bay. thousands of people without power in marin and sonoma counties. >> amy hollyfield is live this morning in sausalito. what are you seeing? >> we found a dark gas station. this is the bridgeway gas station. the pumps are not working. no power here. don't count on coming to get gas here today.

ave the marin gateway center, it's in the dark, including the ross shopping center store, the cvs, the target. outside thehoing on donahue street, the traffic lights are blinking. the power shutdown is under way. we have a tweet from the sheriff's office showing people that a traffic light is out at bridge and bridge way boulevard because there's no power there. just warning everyone, advising everyone to treat these stop lights as a four-way stop. do not plow through them. you need to stop and assess the intersection as you would at a four-way stop. the lights are out in sausalito until further notice. live from sausalito, amy hollyfield, us a us a. pg&e customers in the east bay were bracing for the shower to be shut off overnight, in the latest update pg&e said the

power may not turn off until noon. ldott tunnel stayng good morning. >> good morning. we are here at the caldecott tunnel on the orinda side. the traffic is starting to pick up as it normally would about this time of the morning. this is the major thoroughfare for commuters going from oakland and the san francisco areas. there have been signs that have gone up saying the caldecott tunnel may close at noon. we have been in touch with caltrans. they are saying at this point they are trying to get generators in place in time. say the power does go off at noon, they hope to have the generators in place so they can run the emergency systems that go along with the tunnel. there are lights and fans which

are about ventilation. in case there is a fire in the tunnel, they need to have those fans operational. this is really up in the air for folks going to work as to whether they'll be able to get back this afternoon through the tunnels any way. other things happening in the east bay, people have been going to hardware stores, picking up supplies, batteries, flashlights, anything they might not already have in their homes. then we've also received a fair amount of information about what will happen with the schools. at this point been told the schools will remain open even if individual facilities lose power. in orinda, if the power goes out, they plan to have the elementary kids in the classroom. a couple of high schools lose power around noon or in the no-power zone. but we've been told those schools will remain open.

kids will be in their classrooms. they'll just do the best they can, kumasi and reggie. laura anthony, back to you. >> thank you for that update. b.a.r.t. riders should not have to worry about getting around. thanks to b.a.r.t.'s power distribution system. >> we get traction power f pg&ero atm 12 different big switching stations that we have. and we're able within our own system to shift power around. so if we lose pg&e power to one of those switching stations, we can simply draw power from somewhere else in our grid. >> but if any b.a.r.t. station does lose power, there are generators there. the escalators may stop working with y but lights should still be on. no lights off in the south bay yet. if the power goes out so will the traffic lights. inoperative traffic signals are a concern for vta.

outages could disrupt schedules for its 400 buses. >> we expect if there are power outages in certain parts of town that affect traffic lights, that's going to affect our bus service. we're hoping people will just be patient with us. they can certainly call customer service to get some other alternative routes. >> vta says it doesn't think its light rail service will be impacted. while it has hybrid buses, their electrical power is recharged from its diesel engines. the two bus yards are located are clos today because of this power disruption. all the schools in alum rock school district and all san leandro schools are closed. napa valley says they will close today and tomorrow. also closed is skyline high school, uc berkeley, mills

college and uc berkeley. go to abc7news.com for more. a lot more ahead on the power outage as thousands of homes and businesses in the bay area go dark. state and local officials say this shouldn't be happening. the i-team digs in to what's going on. >> first, it's 4:1. mike, you're tracking this. the reason behind this is our fire risk. >> the heightened fire risk that starts in about 45 minutes or so, it ramps up during the overnight hours. i'm worried about when we're sleeping tonight what will happen. if you're heading out right now, temperature is 48 in napa. 47 in san jose. 48 in morgan hill. we have 52 in mountain view. let's talk about the humidity. it looks pretty nice in most areas. 60s, 70s, 80s. the dry area

and that dry air will get drier throughout the day. 13-mile-per-hour winds in fairfield. they're variable. they're not full-on from the north or northeast. so we're not even at the tip of the experience yet. until those winds start to switch completely offshore. we have some good news. look at the golden gate bridge. unlike yesterday, it's clear. i think it will remain clear. it will be hard to find clouds the next several days in our sky. if you are commuting, remember you head into the stop lights, they're not working, four-way stop. caution there. mass transition, i have not heard of anybody, any mass transit systems being affected, i would check first. and it's going to be windy. north of the bay bridge through the delta this afternoon if you're going to be on a ferry. let's talk about temperatures. yesterday we were about ten degrees warmer than this, just about all areas.

we'll hit thefrci . mi70s around the bay.mid to upp areas. we may reach 80 in santa rosa for the warm spot. we have the dry air coming, the breezes coming but we don't have the heat. it will be comfortable outside. let's talk more about the commute. let's kick it over to frances. >> all right. b.a.r.t., caltrain, vts not expecting delays. so some of the service will be impacted where there are power outages because they will have to treat power lights out as a four-way stop. problems in napa. power lines reported down on highway 29 at 221. this is also impacting traffic on highway 12. lights are out. traffic is slowing down because they have to treat those areas as a four-way stop. a rough ride through napa this morning. a couple accidents. one in san bruno, north 101,

south airport boulevard off-ramp is partially blocked. also in san jose, southbound 680 on king. that

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you will see an area at the top of the page where you can eventually get to this website. any time you hit any of the pink markers, that is one of the outages that has been started as a part of this preventive measure to hopefully not have wildfires. what you're looking at here is the city of sonoma. every one of these pink areas will be a separate outage. there, there are 3,200 people out of power. the area next to it, near mission highlands, 3,400 people without power. 2,200 people without power near vineberg. and if we zoom out again, in napa, the city of napa, a bunch of outages. this is only 41. if you add these all up, it adds up to several thousand people.

wish pg&e would total these numbers so we can get an ongoing talley, but wishes and dreams, kumasi. wishes and dreams. >> hopefully soon. so governor newsom says we should be outraged about pg&e's decision to turn off the power. rate payered ed ed ed advocate forced outages shows pg&e doesn't have confidence in their own work. >> we had huge rate increases so pg&e can fix their system and i think people are upset it's not done yet. >> we're not a third world country. we should not have to have 800,000 peoples power turned off for possibly five days. look at the destruction of business operations. look at the devastation of financial resources and those who are medically indigent that are tied to their homes and need that. re genvepeed.>> let's che in

meteorologist mike nicco. he and pg&e have been concerned about this morning until tomorrow afternoon. >> yeah. that's why the fire danger will kick up here in the next couple hours or so. i think it's going to peak tonight, i'll show you why coming up. san rafael, we've been hearing about power outages in the north bay. southbound 101, doing well here. a lot of lights on. high fire danger today and tomorrow. that's your number one weather concern. once we get past that, we can relax friday and saturday, enjoy some warm weather without the danger and threat of fire. cooler sunday, monday and tuesday. we front-loaded this seven-day forecast with our biggest concerns. temperature today in half moon day, 67. san francisco, 69. about 73 to 78 in most neighborhoods. 80 in santa rosa. winds will increase as we head throughout the day.

it may be quiet in your neighborhood now. it won't be later on. sheltered areas where a lot of us live will be cool. temperatures in the mid 40s in our valleys, low to mid 50s elsewhere. up in the hills, mid 50s and mid 60s. warmer there because of the winds. also remember the humidity will drop heading throughout the day. it will be extremely dry tonight. here's why my biggest concern is tonight. 7:00 this morning, our winds are fastest up in the sacramento valley. as we head towards noon, you can see them try to push into the north bay. but it's not really until 8:00 tonight, and then peaking at 3:00 tomorrow morning. that's when we'll have the fastest winds. heading through the morning commute, it will be windy everywhere. by noon, the strongest winds up in the north bay. by 3:00, the wind event is over. by 5:00, the fire danger is over. friday and saturday, warmer than average. comfortable sunday, monday, tuesday. >> the biggest question is are you ready for a power outage?

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if you're just joining us, i know, it's 4:24. we came on early today because people were without power. the fire danger will be ramping up. red flag warning for just about all of us. the santa cruz35:05:00

our critical conditions will bee whipping up ofheoreast at 45 to 55 miles per hour starting at 6:00 today through 3:00 tomorrow. i'll try to pinpoint some exact areas where we'll have extreme fire conditions the next 24 to 36 hours in my next weather hit. we continue to follow who is in the dark this morning. yesterday we told you that marin county would be one of two counties not touched by this pg&e planned outage. that turned out not to be the case. pg&e revised that and said marin county would be included. san francisco county not included. i do have our map from pg&e, which is focused on marin county. the largest area you'll see out tanls s outages in now, that's not the area. that's nine people. if you go closer to sausalito, there are approximately 4,000

people who are waking up to no power this morning. again, this is just the first wave of people being shut off. we expect that number to go up quite a bit by the time we get into the as. thanks. one of the biggest lifelines in a power outage can be your cell phone. if you plan ahead you can store up electricity while you have it. here's some things to maybe think about. charge up yrou cell phones to the max while you can along with laptops and tablets. get external batteries for your phone and charge those fully as well. also you can charge up old laptops and use them as extra charge for your cell phone. and don't forget to turn down the brightness on your cell phone because that will help to extend the battery life. if you have an electric car, don't forget to power that u no you can. >> let's pinpoint some areas where the weather will turn extreme. the fire index here. very high at 7:00. right between napa and fairfield or napa and cordelia. up in theouheig hr

will notice this very high to extreme fire index will be on top of our highest elevations. by noon, look at that, we're at our highest level in napa and solano counties. extreme fire conditions there. unfortunately watch it stred throughout the north bay. it's in the mountains between santa rosa, the napa valley, also between napa and fairfield. for the east bay, we're getting very high. you can see in the diablo range we're high. for the santa cruz mountains, just high at 2:00 tomorrow morning. those areas will also stay very high while the extreme weather for fire conditions cannots. look at all that red across the north bay. that should get your attention. coming up next, we are tracking the pg&e power outages as they grow. >> caltrans said the outages would force it to close the lantos tunn

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the pg&e power shutoffs begin. the east and south bays may be next. good morning. pg&e warned us now this is happening. those shutoffs began at midnight. more will happen as the morning goes on. >> we'll show you specific areas impacted by the power outages. right now the scope of the outage. the latest number that we have is that 185,000 people are waking up with no power this morning in northern california. so that includes marin, napa, solano, sonoma and mendocino county. beginning at noon we expect a second round to