chief throughout the morning. that much more quickly that's the key reason you are doing this because you can't trust your own equipment at this point, correct? >> we are not necessarily saying that we can't trust our amy? >> good morning. equipment. this fire is out. the factor of safety that existed in the environment it burned about 60 acres. naturally when the electrical systems were compromised does not exist anymore. they have it mostly contained. they are not leaving the area. >> the utility says they they're keeping a close eye on it. they're not letting down their restored power to 50,000 people guard but they don't want people in the sierra foothills. to think fire is rushing towards their homes anymore. we have video of what it looked it is 4:40. like. it was a scary scene. talking about that wildfire risk residents tell us they got out as quickly as they can. is something that our weather team has been tracking for the last few days and this morning. mike has a look at the day ahead and what the risk is now. there was a huge glow that lit up the night and lit up their >> the risk is there. it will be there until 5:00 this homes. these homes just lost power last evening. we're in the height of it from night. it was 10:45 before pg&e turned about 4:00 this morning, 40 the power off. these residents are dealing with minutes ago, to 10:00. you still have to be vigilant the threat of fire and also even once the sun comes up. having to evacuate without we're still in a danger power. they say that made it trickier situation, just not as dangerous as when it's dark. for them. i want to talk about the but of course everyone did get forecast a little bit. out safely. if you're stepping out, this is >> so none of the homes here what the winds do. have power. look what they do.

the street lights are ing h o h we have 39 in yucaipa. 44 in cloverdale. 46 in mountain view. not affected by the winds, but t p w on this about the peopl places like san francisco, 65 about how many people did you degrees right now. say that you have evacuated or our average high is 70. winds are keeping our are you just actively trying to temperatures up. 52 in hayward, concord, san get more people out of here? ramon at 58. >> the active evacuations stopped. the peninsula forecast, a few we're asking people to stay out high clouds during the afternoon of the area until we can get hours, pretty comfortable things more secure, make sure temperatures, starting off at 54 it's safe for them to come back. at 7:00. we'll hit about 70 at noon. hanging out in the mid to upper >> this was burningi innear merl 70s from about 1:00 to 5:00. notice once that sunsets with circle north near sanders ranch this bone-dry air temperatures road. it was a big will drop about ten degrees from 5:00 to 7:00. from 78 to 69. as far as the south bay goes, 7 at one point flames got up to the backyards of homes, but at 6:00. firefighters were there in the backyards to fight the fire and east bay valleys, we will hit -- keep it from getting to the look at that. almost the same forecast for all houses. firefighters did protect the these neighborhoods. area. they were dealing with winds that were definitely fanning interesting. very homogenized air mass out these flames. there.

they were also dealing with the temperatures will be comfortable. it will be breezy today. power outage. they say they were prepared. fire danger continues through 5:00. let's bring in sue. they were doing drills and ready how is the commute? to go. >> so far the commute is fine. they're not evacuating people we have some trouble areas. anymore. slowly starting to let people just a typical area out of the return home. live in, amy hollyfield, central valley, tracy up and over 580 westbound. abc 7. >> thank you. we have a problem in marin some people who evacuated are at county. this is a scary situation with another fire on a hillside, st. monica's catholic church on canyon road. southbound 101. >> our coverage continues with you can see it from tamalpais jobina fortson who has been drive. there live this morning talking they called in fire. the two right lanes of 101 will to people forced to evacuate. be blocked off. it's sort of near marin joe's, >> good morning. i had a woman come up to me there's a casa baena drive on here. her daughter took this video coming down the hill. the side there. it is visible this is from sanders drive. look at this on your screen. blke off, y will be backed this is the first time we're getting to see what it looked up. we have slow and go traffic like for evacuees coming down. coming through the robin williams tunnel into the golden your daughter took that video. do you mind replaying that for us again? that'sbeit like comi dthat hil? gate bridge because there's no power in the tunnel. traffic is flowing through, but it's dark. heads up there. southern marin has quite a few

power outages. we'll come back with >> there wasames. did the police officers come to your door? describe that process. >> my husband called me. my phone was on sleep mode. i guess we got some sort of warning. i didn't hear it. then he said, you know, my brother and sister-in-law have been evacuated. i think you need to evacuate. look out the window. i looked out the window, flames were coming down the hill. woke the kids, got the dog, got out. this is what we saw when we were coming down. >> i'm really glad you all are all right. that looks very scary and close. >> you can see the fire engines, they were all dajed in front of everyone's house. i knew they had it. >> when you go back here, youhi. it was impresses sieve.

>> wow. okay. thank you very much for sharing that with us. also i want to point out the red cross is here. they opened st. monica's church. there are bathrooms, coffee, anything, resources are available. if you have been evacuated and you are in this area, for now, your business can do a lot in 10 minutes. like make a big sale. surprise and delight a customer. or come up with the winning idea. reporting from moraga, jobina and 10 minutes is all you need to finally give your business fortson, abc 7. >> incredible to hear her say the firefighters were there. the internet technology it really needs. i knew they had it. we'll prove it. >> actually in the backyards give us 10 minutes. with the hoses ready to go. if we can't offer you faster speed or better savings it worked. >> wow. than your current internet service, >> this is what our meteorologists have been warning we'll give you 300 dollars for your time. us about all week. meteorologist mike nicco joining call now to get your comcast business 10 minute advantage us. we can see some of those wind gusts behind you. the thing we were so frustrated and take your business beyond. beyond fast. yesterday, and to look at that textbook coverage of that fire by moraga and emergency officials, good job. mt. diablo, 69 and then

72-mile-per-hour winds before the data dropped. hurricane tlhreshold is 74. we are in the heart of the windstorm right now. gusts anywhere from 24 to 40 miles per hour on the data that is showing up now. this is up in the highest elevations. that's where we expected the winds to be the fastest and the most sustained. not down where we live. i don't want you to feel a false sense of security. maybe it's not windy in your neighborhood, it could be windy up in the tops, fire starts t will climb down that hill and come towards you. that's why we're in the red flag warning until 5:00 this evening, noon for the santa cruz mountains. we'll look at the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. here's sue. >> we are going to the bay bridge, a stall blocking lane number two. the robin williams tunnel is without power.

it's very dark going through there. and we have reports of a fire visible from the freeway, near 1 101. we'll talk about that in one second. this accident involving a motorcycle and a big0.n cleared . we have at least six to seven fires burning across the right shoulder. no injuries involved there. state right now. like i said, right near the red flag warning continues for the sacramento valley, up tamalpais dry, two right lanes, into the foothills, even parts fire has that blocked because of of the sierra. a fire on the hillside there. as you slide down towards merced more on that in a couple of in the san joaquin valley, we minutes. >> all right. have a red flag warning that thank you. other breaking news story extends not only today but into we're concerned about is the massive pg&e safety power tomorrow. the santa anas will kick in. you can see from santa barbara cutoff. >> meteorologist drew touma in the studio now with more. down to the border with mexico, high fire danger here. >> pg&e implemented phase two of if you head this way it will be this safety power shutoffs. just as dangerous as it is here today. thanks, mike. you are looking at the reason overnight the company began to pg&e is implementing these power cut the power in the east bay, peninsula, south bay, and santa sh shutdowns. firefighters are dealing with a cruz counties. brush fire in solano county. so the power went out in parts it's in the middle of a field of of the eas:0 wind turbines. the montezuma fire burned about

last nigh that's wt we were for 150 acres. a tractor started this fire. for much nigh they parts o the 234,000 time is 4:47. dialysis clinics are scrambling to treat patients whose regular clinics were left without pg&e customers statewide are electricity. >> those clinics have been impacted in phase two. alerting patients they are now, many parts of the north bay closed until the power comes remain in the dark. they lost power very early back. some people need dialysis every wednesday morning. other day to clear toxins from their power went out in part of phase one, which impacted about their blood, and they say pg&e's 48 hour warning period of a 513,000 customers. possible blockout wasn't enough. >> would be helpful if pg&e pg&e has launched a new website could give a longer leadway. to keep people informed about we did wait to see today will be the outages where customers can off or on? search their address. the facility didn't know if it i know we talked about how we've will be off or on. been having issues trying to get >> that means some patients are on that website. having to travel far to get pg&e says the website is dialysis. some people are only getting working. you can see if your home or limited treatment because of all business is impacted. the additional patients that there's als this -- this is the openlireivg.>ou're ver more outage map, you can see the areas affected by the power outage. on this map you see a lot of ouide.m yo ac>>ys. different colors. the color you see the most i u c s sutera inhe winds.

the purple color. that's where pg&e proactively they're sustained at 17 miles turned off your power. per hour. first you can see in the east gusting up around 25, 30. bay, in moraga, where we were that's why it's mild. tracking that wildfire early mid 60s in san francisco. this morning and continue to be fire danger today. on the scene, you can see in the it will be sunny and seasonal. moraga area, a lot of the area has been turned off in terms of temperatures will be calmer and their power. you click on one of these warmer tomorrow and saturday. a seasonal pattern will start polygons you can see how many for sunday and the rest of next customers are affected. week. let me give you a quick overview in one polygon alone you can see of temperatures today. low to mid 70s from the coast into san francisco. 13,000. mid to upper 70s around the bay. mount of people affected by we have upper 70s to low 80s in these power outages is much the south bay. wider. we have a link on our website the east bay mainly just low where you can find this map and 80s. up in the north bay, upper 70s pg&e on all their social pages to low 80s. are keeping us updated. 79 to 82 there.rey there's a lot of people that are without power. thhat dryou. that's for sure. it w drew, thank you very much. let's talk about some schools that are closing. temperatures in the low 40s up some are staying oepen. in the north bay valleys. mid to upper 40s in the east bay classes at uc berkeley are valleys. fremont, redwood city, morgan closed today. hill. students at st. mary's told to just barely 50 around richmond,

oakland, san mateo. come to school. more comfortable sleeping than fruitvale, howard, montclair, what we're dealing with today. here's a look at your fire sequoia, elmhurst danger index. you can see it is pegged on skyline and sojourner truth are extreme right now up in the north bay. closed. all other oakland public schools we have high for the east bay. are open. there are many closures in the let's go through time. north bay. you can see as we head all the we have a complete list on way up to noon, we're still in abc7news.com. the my of morgan hill is enforcing a curfew overnight. the high, very high category. it was supposed to go into then just to the high category effect at 7:00 p.m. but was as we head towards 5:00 this delayed until the power was afternoon when the fire danger will subside quickly. turned off. city officials say they wanted here's your temperatures. to do this to reduce the chance it's going to be seasonal if not of criminal activity in the areas impacted by the outages. a little bit warmer than average. much quieter and calmer starting pg&e gave an update on the outage last night. tomorrow. how are the roads, sue? dan noyes was there. county, you're right now. >> he asked about pg&e's efforts to improve the safety of overhead power lines. without power in the robin williams tunnel. it's dark there. you have three lanes now in the southbound direction that will change to four lanes once the zipper truck comes through. they have shut down the two

right lanes in court ta rte madt tamalpais drive. it's up on the while side there, so two right lanes near casa baena drive are blocked off so they can get an upper hand on this fire. this is southbound 101 near tamalpais drive. we'll check back in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, sue. apple removed a controversial app that protesters in hong kong use to track police. >> elon musk says spacex is ready to send astronauts into orb orbit. >> apple takes action after criticism from the chinese government. >> the tech giant removed a smartphone app that allows hong kong activists to track and share police movements. an official chinese newspaper accused apple of facilitating illegal behavior. elon musk is optimistic about flyinging a human into space.

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t.> couple the fi m inorag start w there was no power. we had a tractor start a fire. so you've got to avoid outdoor activities with open flames. watch out for vehicles on the dry grass because they could start a fire as well as not disposing properly cigarette butts. call 911 if you see flames. pg&e has put barriers around its san francisco headquarters as frustrations grow because of the power out pajs. >>-point lead says the barriers are up to keep employees safe. the chp says someone shot towards a pg&e worker while that person was driving in a marked truck tuesday night north of sacramento. nobody got hurt. it's created this kind of response. a woman whose husband worked for pg&e posted a photo online in support of the utility crews. that image has since gone viral. >> these people are human.

they have nothing to do with the power outages or the fires. they've humans. they're workers. they're trying to katie barbier took these photos this one shows her cousin and his >> stores are crscrambling to kp st shelves. this is at a safeway that san ramon. this is where bottled water is supposed to be. one woman was getting her tesla ready in case she was stuck for days without power. >> as soon as i heard there was going to be a power outage, i went and charged. and we went to costco, got water. so i've been preparing ever since i heard about it. >> as you can imagine, generators are also in very high demand.

some places have sold out. >> we'll give you an idea of how close that fire was to st. mary's' mary's. ithe the fireghters p up a strong defense. we'ren e yocanee a the way through the morning commute. once we get past the morning commute, we see a tapering, especially outside of the north bay. the winds will start to let up in the north bay heading into the afternoon hours. by the time we get to sunset or a little bit after, 7:00, the wind event is over. also the fire threat is going to be over. the air will still be dry. we're just not going to have the wind that will help fan flames or help start them in that case by pushing down some power lines or trees into some power lines. we're still right now in the heart of this storm. sue? >> all right. we're checking over at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's starting to fill in.

no official word on metering lights. if you can carpool or the right hand cash lanes seem to be getting by well. we'll look on the main focus, ma wheing to tend to a fire on the hillside near tamalpis drive. lanes four and five, those two right lanes are shut down at least for the next hour or so. i'm not seeings rather early. we'll follow this for you. >> thank you. coming up next at 5:00, we have the latest numbers from pg&e on just how many people are in the dark right now. >> plus that 40 acre fire in moraga overnight this is new video just in. we'll have another update. and issues with two planes at sfo.

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now at 5:00, an overnight fire in the east bay highlighting how fast flames can spread during a red flag warning. people in moraga forced from their homes as crews fought a 40-acre fire overnight. >> this is what it looksevaenr . at last check contained. we have a crew there and here at this evacuation center where people had to rush out of their homes. they're now able to go back inside. it's thursday, october 10th. this fire is coming during pg&e's public