breaks out in raga. it's a good example of howast flames can spread during a red flag warning. >> alsosky7 is in the air as thousands of people are dealing with a planned pg&e blackout. >> it's thursday, october 10th. we've been tracking all of this since we came on the air at 3:00 a.m. >> drew is here, sue is here, mike is here. he's been telling us for days these dangerous conditions would get here overnight. >> sure enough there you go i was just updating mount diablo. you can see we're gusting to 72 miles per hour on mount diablo. for a hurricane, 74. winds are out there at 3,800 feet. a lot of us don't live up there, but when the sun comes up, the atmosphere turns over that means the air rises because it's getting warm. the colder faster air will sink down. we'll see faster wind speeds now

through about 10:00. we'll get some 30 to 40-mile-per-hour winds down deeper into the valleys. so it may be calm in your neighborhood now, we still have the potential for those gusts. everything is so dry. the ground is so dry. the vegetation is ready to ignite. the air is so dry. humidity at 10 to 20, if you're luckys will hang around around d 3:00. the wind also hang around longer. we will just be so dry. you can see all the flags unfurled on the ferry building. we have wind up to 17 miles per hour blowing across the surface in san francisco. it's up to about 25 in twin peaks. temperatures now, low to mid 50s. near 70 everywhere at noon. we'll stay at r tea coast. the rest of us in the upper 70s. sue? >> let's look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. all sold out.

metering lights on at 5:20. normal timing for this morning. back towards the macarthur maze. the carpool lanes are getting by without delay. best if you can to carpoo a decent drive, about 45 to 50 minutes up and over the altamont pass. otherwise we're in the green. exception is southbound 880 near hegenberger. two right lane es blocked becau of an accident. they're getting by okay. a look at your transit, no delays as far as i can tell. b.a.r.t. is running on time. no delays with ace train and everybody in muni is looking good so far this morning. >> thank you. let's start with the story we've been following since 1:00 this morning. a wildfire forced people from moraga from their homes overnight. >> at this hour some evacuation orders have been lifted and some people have been able go back

home. >> jobina fortson is live in moraga with some people who had to evacuate. >> good morning. the good news is that people are able go home. i want you all to take a peek behind me inside the evacuation center here where the power is completely out. it's been out since 10:00 or 11:00 last night. the american red cross truck is here. they're loading everything back inside. they provided drinks, restrooms, snacks for people standing out in the cold and in the parking lot. it's been a long night here and morning. i want you to see the flames going to through the hills there in moraga. i talked with the fire chief who tells me anywhere between 40 and 60 acres has burned in the hills. the fire right now is at 70% for containment. everything is under control. officers and firefighters went door to door waking people up this morning and in one family'

case they went ahead and left because a neighbor came by and said there was a fire. the fire chief tells me this was a very close call. >> fire encroaching immediately against the property, several fences were burned, that gives you an idea how close the fire got to those homes. >> our pow is out. it went out 11:00 p.m. last night. >> did that make things more challenging? >> a little bit. you go to flick on the switch out of habit, nothing comes on. so we had -- because the power did go out, we knew it before we nt bed, we had flashlights ready and whatnot. the cause of the fire is under investigation. i asked the fire chief since so many evacuees were telling us they had to go down this wipndy road in the dark, if the power being out impacted them in any way. he said no because of the time of day that it happened it was

dark any way, so this is just a routine for them and because of the power tage, they actually had extra firefighters any way on staffeady to go. so they were in a better position for this fire. for now reporting live in moraga, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> thank you for that update. another story we've been following is that massive pg&e safety power cutoff. >> we did get some new numbers. drew tuma is following that for us. >> reggie and kooumasi, we have been tracking those numbers since pg&e implemented phase one yesterday afternoon and also phase wo ovtwo overnight. they cut power in the east bay, the peninsula, south bay and santa cruz counties in phrase two. power went out about 11:00 last night. pg&e cut power to the south bay around midnight. pg&e has a new website where you can check your address or an address of someone you may know

and see the status of their power. we heard from many of you it's been hard to access this website. we have been able to access this website this morning. you look up your address. it will pop up a new window. what you can do, you can either type in an ac a location you know, or you can type in a city. we'll type in moraga. we have been tracking that wildfire since earlier this morning. you click on the city you want, it will give you an update. moraga, the public safety power shutoff has happened due to winds and dry conditions. 359,000 customers are in the dark this morning. pg&e has a broader map you can use. all these icons have different colors. you see a lot of purple on the screen. that means you are without power this morning. coming up at 6:45 a.m., we will be talking live with an official from pg&e and they might be able

to give us some information on when this power may come back where you live. you with find these links on our website, abc7news.com or on pg&e's social media pages. >> thanks for that. pg&e launched this new site ter the original one just kept crashing. >> our sincere apologies for the impact of not having the pg&e.com website available. we understand and appreciate the patience of customers and communities. >> pg&e officials thanked people for their patience multiple times during this press conference last night. the company says the website is designed to handle heavy traffic, unlike the one you see here on your screen. and there are some local authorities who are telling folks that the power could start coming on -- i'm cautious about saying that. i just mean the process of starting to have that power come on as early as this afternoon. >> yeah. so many people right now are starting their day. they have no power in the east

bay. amy hollyfield, you are live in lafayette where there's no power there for people. >> it is so dark out here. the lights went out at 10:45 last night. businesses like this gas station are closed. we met some firefighters and police officers who are on duty. they're looking for coffee, that's not happening. nothing will be open in lafayette. it's dark. plenty of people stocked up on ice. they were also busy clearing out the hardware stores the last few days. >> everybody took everything. >> do you have any flashlights left? >> no. no flashlights left. we even went to a point where we were selling the outdoor solar lights. they got all the refrigerator ice packs that we had. they got cantles. every candle we have. then over there, we practically

sold out of our ice chests. even the very expensive ice chest. >> how much does that one cost? >> like $300. >> here's video from the caldecott tunnel. this is last night. this is after the power had been shut down. it is open. it will be open for your commute. there was talk they may shut it down when the power went out but they got generators going and it's open. right now the contra costa sheriff's office is saying the power could be starting to come back on around noon today. but then also said pg&e adds that it could take one to five days to get all the power back on. as you know, just stay tuned and roll with whatever happens. there was a chance maybe this afternoon you will get your power back. live in lafayette, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> there is a little bit of hope there. we'll follow up with that with our pg&e spokesperson in a few

minutes. you can count on abc7 news for your p outage updates. download the abc7 news news app and enable push alerts to get the latest information. we have much more on the power outages impacting the bay area. that's coming up. >> including how some east bay hotels are keeping guests safe and comfortable. >> here's a look from sky7 over orinda. it was looking at the bath stati b.a.r.t. station. that's the only place on 24 that has power. it was an eerie commute this morning. thankfully the moon is adding a full stage. that added some light to my commute through there. it's very dark when you roll through 24 this morning. we'll have more on the power

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check out the dry air. you will need lotion, lip balm, that is just to make you comfortable. it won't help with the fire situation. here's sutro tower, gusting up to 23 miles per hour. we're in the heart of the fastest wind. you may have some debris i your yard. try to clear that out. that could ignite as we head throughout the day.

be vigilant out and about, human actions create our wildfires most of the time. we have small craft advisories. it will be choppy on the bay today. at 6:00 this morning winds are strong through about 10:00. then we pull out of the 40s. may be a few 30-mile-per-hour gusts from 10:00 to noon. then we pull out of the 30s and into the 20s at 1:00. heading deeper into the afternoon hours we pull out of the 20s. that's why the wind advisory ends at 3:00. i want to show you temperatures for san francisco in the next 12 hours. our temperatures will be the same just about everywhere today. maybe just two to three degrees warmer than san francisco. so we're talking about mid to upper 70s for highs this afternoon. sue? >> looking at your san rafael commute past the north gate mall and the civic center, looking good with those taillights headed southbound. we have a few minor delays for those cash paying folks and fastrakers on the richmond-san rafael bridge.

give yourself a little extra time. overall we're doing well. green is good. a couple of problem spots southbound 880 near hegenberger, an accident blocking the far right exit lane. traffic is getting by there. we'll head up towards fairfield or the cordelia area, westbound 80 near the scales, the right lane is blocked with an accident. traffic is stacking up towards fairfield. we'll be back with more

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welcome back. it's 6:18. we want to take you live right now to sky7 live over sanders ranch road in moraga. this is where people had to evacuate earlier this morning because of a grass fire in the area that was getting to peoples backyards. luckily firefighters were able to get those flames under control. you can see just how many firefighters were there on the scene. they told us they had about 150 firefighters there. some people have been allowed to go back to their homes. some people are still at that evacuation center. you can see fire crews are on the scene working to make sure everything is okay for the people who live in that area.

power outages began after 10:00 p.m. in parts of the east bay. kate larsen tweeted these photos showing the before and the aftershots of the whole foods in lafayette. the marriott has backup generators but only for the common areas. the hotel gave guests glow sticks to get through the outage overnight. a guest visiting from the caribbean islands is impressed that californians know the reason for the power outage. >> at least we know what the reason is. every once in a while we have a planned outage in trinidad and we have no reason why it's happening. it's just happening because. >> it's an interesting time for him to be visiting us. the lights and fans remain on in the caldecott tunnel. pg&e said they provided backup generators to keep the tunnel open during the outage. people in the north bay are anxiously waiting for the power

to come back on in the meantime they're salvaging what they can in their fridge. parts of the south bay are also dealing with outages. >> last night santa clalaanta cy declared an emergency. at evergreen valley college there were empty lots. campus was closed there out of an abundance of caution. outages started between 11:00 p.m. and midnight last night. mike is joining us now dwan aga talk about this wind and when that will finally die down. >> so far we had a tractor cause a fire, the power was out in her rag moraga so we're not sure what caused that fire. in san rafael, they have some power there.

sunny and seasonal temperatures today. calmer and warmer tomorrow through saturday. temperatures back to average for sunday. let's jump into the fire danger index. takes into account the heat, the lack of humidity and gusty winds. we're pegging extreme, the pyre on the fire danger index. 6:00 this morning across the north bay. still high in the diablo range that will increase. you can see that other rang showing up there. by noon, barely holding on to a high fire danger in the diablo range still pegged at the extreme in the north bay. as the winds calm, we'll take out the extreme and have minor pockets that will still be high heading towards 5:00. let's talk about temperatures. look at this. mid to upper 70s, san francisco throughout the entire bay. upper 70s, about 79 to 82 in the south bay. the north bay, the east bay, low 80s there. breezy 72 at half moon bay. look how cool it gets tonight.

temperatures dropping all the way down to the upper 30s to low 40s in yucaipa, lake port, cloverdale, santa rosa. the rest of us in the mid to upper 40s. that's what happens when you have extremely dry air and no winds. so the winds will take the -- the lack of winds will take away the fire threat but you may have to use the furnace tonight. we're back to average on sunday. hi, sue. >> good morning. checking on your san mateo bridge commute, a lot of folks there. no reports of stalls or accidents, but you are bumper to bumper across much of the span. drive time from hayward 880 towards 101 and foster city. we're focusing on the macarthur maze, we have reports of westbound 80 just before 580, left lane blocked with a couple of cars there. i'm not seeing it on the live shot. it's probably just out of screen

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thursday morning. what catching my eye right now, mount diablo gusting to 72 miles per hour. hurricane threshold is 74. so, if you live around mount diablo, that's where the winds will be the fastest. that's at 3,800 feet. other areas up in the north bay, still gusting to around 30. and 've had up to 45 to 50. so fast winds right now. two planes have landed safely at sfo after this terrifying incident for passengers. >> united confirmed that one of its flights to orange county had to come back to sfo because of a bird strike. the second incident was with a lufthansa plane. both happened around 9:00 last night. air traffic control audio indicates it may have been an engine problem but they have not been able to confirm that. passengers say there was just panic when the issue happened. >> within 30 seconds, probably five or six good booms. good pops. people in the back were

screaming. i was in the front, i didn't see the engine. people in the back were screaming fire. >> luckily nobody was hurt in either incident. coming up at 6:30, more on the power outages. >> and we'll talk live to

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right now at 6:30, tens of thousands in the dark. sky7 is live in the east bay in the orinda area where there's a lot of black there this morning. >> as the power went off to more people overnight, what we feared happened. a fire in moraga forced evacuations overnight. homes and people were threatened as the fire grew to 40 acres. good morning again on this thursday. it's 6:30. >> we have special team coverage including drew tuma, sue hall is here in the studio with mike. sky7 over these power outages. mike, let's start with you. it's all about the wind and what we feared would happen happened. >> what we prepared for also happened. the emergency officials did a great job of keeping that from threatening homes. it threatened homes but it didn't damage them. tip of the cap to the way they

planned and prepared and executed. the winds and dry air is still out there. that's why we have the high fire danger. the windisory is still until 3:00 this afternoon. we have seen gusts up to 72 miles per hour on mount diablo. some of those faster gusts over the next couple of hours, when the sun comes up, that will push into the valleys. while it may be calm in your neighborhoods now there's still the potential through 10:00 in the valleys with the fastest winds and downed trees, branches and power lines. above 1,000 feet, the strong winds will continue until 3:00. mount diablo at 72 miles per hour right now humidity levels in the teens and 20s. here's skooy7, highway 29 and t b.a.r.t. stations are the only things you can see. dress for low to mid 50s. 70 at noon. 70 at the coast.

upper 70s this afternoon. everything is over, fire-weather wise with temperatures in the 60s at 7:00. >> did you mean highway 24? >> what did i say? >> 29. it's okay, it was 24 making through the area. here is walnut creek with some brake lights southbound 680 headed towards highway 24. we had a problem northbound near treat, allegedly initially reported as blocking three lanes, apparently that's been moved off to the right shoulder. that was northbound 680 near treat. it's slowing southbound towards highway 24 for an eight-minute drive from concord into walnut creek. let's check back in to fairfield. an accident out there blocking the right lane at scales in cordelia. that long stretch of red traffic behind into fairfield for a solid 20-minute delay. and as far as the power outages not affecting your b.a.r.t. trains this morning or caltrain or ace trains, all are running

on time. >> thank you. we've been telling you about the fear of wildfires all week long. overnight those fears materialized. >> flames forced people from their homes in the east bay but people are able to go back to their homes this morning. jobina fortson is live at st. monica's catholic church in moraga, the evacuation center overnight. how is that looking now? >> about an hour ago, dozens of people walked out of the evacuation center here. they were given the all-clear to go home. inside there are just a handful of people hanging around here, that's because residents on merrill circle are still under evacuation. they're resting here at st. monica church. crews have the fire under control. the moraga orinda fire chief tells me this was a close call. dozens of homes were threatend. fences were burned. but there were no serious

injuries or any serious damage as well. i talked with so many residents this morning. here's what they experienced during their evacuation process. >> i got the phone call. so i walked out my front door. i said i don't smell smoke. i don't see flames. then i walked further down the driveway, and the whole ridge was on fire. >> they're saying the fire started at 1:00. so that was two hours after the power went out. >> my phone was on sleep mode, and i guess we got some sort of warning. i looked out the window, flames were coming down the hill. >> wow. >> got the kids, the dog and got out. >> the red cross did pack up their van, but they do still have at least one representative here. you can see a handful of people. they're troopers. we don't have an estimate as to when they can return back to their homes. we're waiting on that.

reporting live in moraga, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> thank you for that update. if you know someone or if you are someone who is without power this morning, you're not alone. >> 359,000 people across the bay area are without power right now. i should say customers, because drew, as you've been reiterating, just because it's one customer without power doesn't mean many more people are not living in that home or working in that business. >> customer just means a meter. that could be a private home, a business, that could be a kocon complex. the amount of people this is affecting is much higher than that 359,000 customers. pg&e has been talking about their implementation of the power shutoff. they did phase two overnight as many of us may have been sleeping. they cust p the power went out in parts of the east bay, the peninsula and santa cruz counties around 11:00 last night, then the south bay

had power cut around midnight. pg&e has a new website set up. i know yesterday a lot of us were having a hard time accessing this website. you were getting errors this morning we have been able to access this new website. what you can do here, you can look up a specific address. if you want to see maybe the status of a loved one or a friend, what is going on where they live, even where you live. you probably know if your power is out by now. you can search a specific address or a city. we'll type in moraga. we have been tracking that wildfire this morning, that is under control thanks to cal fire. but nonetheless, moraga, the public safety power shutoff, you get this message has happened due to gusty winds, dry conditions and a heightened fire risk. this map in orange, everyone shaded in orange is under that power shutoff. again, that is thousands of people right now this morning. and pg&e has another map where you see a lot of different color icons here. the ones in purple, that's the

area that is affected by the power shutoff. of course you can zoom in to specific areas. click on the magnifying glass, this one to the south of sunnyvale, a polygon pops up, you can see how many people are affected in specific areas. coming up in less than ten minutes, we will talk live on air to pg&e, they may be able to give us more information on when your power could potentially be restored. reggie and kumasi, we have both of these links to pg&e on our website, abc7news.com. of course you can find a lot of this information on pg&e's social media. hopefully we'll get more information when we he that interview. >> one of those communities in the dark is lafayette. >> amy hollyfield is live there showing us what it looks like this morning. amy? >> it is so dark here. businesses like this gas station are closed. you won't be able to find coffee this morning. and the streets, they are so

dark. it is so easy to plow through an intersection and not even realize you have done it. there are no lights there. it's just so dark. so police are out this morning. they are looking for that. we have seen a couple people get pulled over and get tickets. officers did put up some portable stop signs as a few intersections to remind people but they're also pulling a lot of people over. >> people are running right through intersections going 25, 30 miles per hour, not seeing that there was an intersection, you're supposed to stop. when there's no lights out, they have to come to a complete stop. it's like a four-way stop sign. we put stop signs out, but it's so dark. >> here is video from the caldecott tunnel. it is open. this was taken last night after the power was turned off. there was talk that they could possibly shut is down, but they got generators in place and it's

available for your morning commute. the power went off about 10:45 last night in the area. there is talk that the contra costa county sheriff office tweeted lights could srt coming on sanch said it could take several days. no classes at uc berkeley today. classes are canceled. students at st. mary's are told they should be at school. fruitvale, howard, montclair, sequoia, elmhurst united, skyline and sojourner truth are closed. all other oakland public schools are open. there are many closures in the north bay. we have a complete list on the ticker scrolling at the bottom of the screen and you can find it on our website, abc7news.com. the city of morgan hill is enforcing a curfew overnight.

it was supposed to go into effect at 7:00 p.m. but was delayed until the power was turned off. city officials say they wanted to do tce t chance of criminal activity in the areas impacted by the outages. >> in just a minute we'll talk to a pg&e spokesperson on the outages. i appreciate the questions you've been sending in. we'll try to get answers to as many of those as possible. >> right now, let's get back to abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. >> the air is extremely dry and so it the vegetation. we need to be vigilant all day today as critical fire conditions will hang around until 5:00. look at flag and the golden gate bridge.is unfurled and flapping hard. chasing away the fog and the sea breeze that could bring us cooler weather today and increasing that fire threat and the threat of drifting into someone else's lane when we have

these gusts. you're driving along and you get pushed over. be careful across all the bridges today. four-way stops if you're driving. it's hard to see them. if you're unfamiliar with an area, slow down. if you're familiar with an area, hopefully you know where the lights should be. mass transit, i talked to sue, she said good for now. no issues there. windy and choppy on the bay. let me show you what the winds will do. they'll increase over the next couple of hours through about 10:00, especially across the north bay and the diablo arrangement heading to 1:00 hour, winds locked into the north bay. that's where they will be fastest. they'll start to drop below critical levels by about 3:00. here's a look at san francisco. this is pretty close to what we're seeing other than this morning where temperatures range from 35 to yucaipa to 65 n. san francisco. a 30 degree range this morning. mid to upper 70s this afternoon with lots of sunshine. at least in that respect it will be comfortable. >> saw a lot of debris blowing

around this morning. where i live in san rafael, the winds were not trhat strong. >> in other places it is strong. so when you're traveling in for your commute, you may see twigs. i did not see large chunks of trees, but that was just my commute. >> let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we had metering lights on at 5:20. the cash paying lanes are the good way to go. no delays. if you're fast tracking, you are stuck in the backup with the metering lights on back towards the macarthur maze. slow on highway 4, 30-minute drive from antioch into concord. 40-minute drive up over the altamont pass to dublin and pleasanton. we are seeing a good solid backup into fairfield. hope think that will be improving shortly.

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want to get you an update from pg&e and outages impacting the bay area this morning. we have jeff smith on the line from pg&e. thanks for being there. my first question is a tweet we saw earlier this morning from contra costa sheriff's office. they're saying that pg&e told them that the power could begin

to be restored at noon today. can you confirm that? are there other counties we should be telling people about? >> what i can tell you at this point in time as the weather system moves through, it's moving through the bay area right now, we expect this system to have made its way through sometime late morning or early this afternoon. once the system has kind of passed through the area, that's when we will be able to begin our inspection process. and so that will take place sometime beginning in the early afternoon. we have to inspect each mile of line before we can begin to restore that portion of line. so that in some instance also take some time for some customers. in terms of being able to provide a specific time as to when those customers will be retored, not able to do that at this time. but what i can tell you is that once the weather system passes through, we will be able to begin that inspection process and that's the first step of being able to restore customers. >> do you know where that noontime came from that the

sheriff's office is tweeting out? >> you know, i know that city and county officials are in regular contact with pg&e representatives. so we have been providing them with updates. i'm not sure what that specific time came from. i do know that we've got a relationship with those public official officials. >> we got this tweet from a viewer, if we live in contra costa or anywhere in the bay area and we still have power, can we expect it to stay on now? >> at this point in all likelihood yes. we have -- we've conducted the public safety power shutoff in those portions of the east bay. that began between 10:00 p.m. and midnight last night. so in most instances we would say so. but we're continuing to monitor weather. there is always -- you know, when we're in this time

period -- this time of year where we see high winds, it's always possible that weather systems could change. at this point in all likelihood if they did not lose power between 10:00 p.m. and midnight last night they in all likelihood will not be part of the public safety power shutoff. >> are you planning to notify people when their power is turnal back oturn turned back on? we will reach out to cities and counties and let them know when the restoration process starts. we will send know know know customers. we are working to get customers restored as safely and quickly as possible. we know customers are frustrated. we understand that. we're sympathetic to that. >> is there going to be some sort of notice like the notice they got that the power was being turned off that we are starting the process this could happen in the next six hours?

any kind of, i guess, window? >> with respect to a timeframe that may be more challenging. when we are able to begin the restoration process we will let customers know. we will send out notification saying the weather has passed through the area, we can now inspect the lines. one thing we've been telling customers from the beginning with respect to the public safety power shutoffs is they should prepare as for any type of emergency or natural disaster they should prepare for an extended outage. in some instances it takes some time to complete the inspections before we can restore power. we do want customers to be prepared for that. at the same time we understand their frustration and that this is a real inconvenience for them. >> jeff, a question yesterday about the delay in the east bay and the south bay for that second phase of the blackout. pg&e said at the time it was because of the change in the

forecast. our forecast never changed. the national weather forecast didn't change specifically either. what forecast were you referencing? >> wee a team of meteorologists as well. i understand that there are varying opinions meteorologists do study the weather. as our meteorologists were studying the weather pattern when the most severe winds were going to be taking place, what they saw was that it would be a little bit delayed from what they had initially predicted. initially they thought the severe winds would become sometime after noon yesterday. we need to take customers out a bit before those severe winds start. and so what their weather pattern initially noticed that it happened sometime between -- some time after noon. as they continued to study the weather patterns their determination was the most severe winds would be later into the day and into the evening time. so that's why that was delayed. >> did the way that the -- that

there was no wind in the north day and those people were turned off and many of their opinions way prematurely, did that have an effect on the decision pg&e made about the east bay and the south bay? >> the decisions on when to conduct the public safety power shutoff is just depending on safety. these decisions are strictly made based on what the weather conditions are and in an effort to make sure customers and communities are safe. those are the only thought processes that go into the decision. >> have you started thinking ahead about preventing this having to happen again? if so what measures are you taking right now? >> that's something we've been thinking not just -- not just right now but for a long time. we've been conducting extensive system hardening all throughout our service territory since we saw these changes in weather conditions and the climate

change that is impacting the state of california. since the increases of fire that have taken place since 2017. we have been doing a lot of things from adding more fire resistant polls to undergrounding to looking for a wide variety of ways that we can harden our system and strengthen it against fire conditions. one thing we also identified that we do need do, particularly in the short-term is conduct these public safety power shutoffs to make sure we're able to prevent fires before they happen and keep our customers and communities safe. >> all right. we've run out of time. i had more questions from viewers, we appreciate you taking the time, jeff smith, to answer your questions. thank you. >> thank you. have a good rest of your day. we understand customer frustrations and we're working to restore them as quickly as possible. >> can't wait to hear they'll be turned back on. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> let's hear what our weather is like right now.

here's mike nicco. >> we have mount diablo at 72-mile-per-hour wind gust. let me put the 72 in perspective. hurricane is 74. mount st. helena, a 55-mile-per-hour wind gust. oakland hills, tamalpais mid up to eveupper 30s. so the winds did come to fruition overnight. look how choppy the bay is from our exploratorium camera at pier 15. those winds running 20 to 30 miles per hour across the bay definitely churning it up. that's why we'll keep the fire danger in through 5:00. seasonal temperatures today. excuse me.calm and warmer tomorrow through saturday. temperatures back to more autumn-like levels starting on sunday. let's look at the critical fire conditions. you can see the diablo range high, yellow, just a few spots over there. still in the orange and also the red, which is the very high and

the extreme, our two highest categories. look at that. as the winds pick up, that actually increase over the north bay as we head towards noon, the most critical fire conditions will be in the north bay. notice how quickly they shrink getting to 5:00. temperatures today, mid to upper 70s most areas. we'll have some low 80s and low 70s at the coast. look at the temperatures tonight. look at the 40s to barely 50. clear conditions, no wind, try air. it is going to be quite crisp tomorrow morning. you'll need a heavier coat but lose it by the afternoon hours. look at thosetemperatures, warmer than average through saturday. hi, sue. >> good morning. we go to the san mateo bridge, we have debris like a big old chain off of a tow truck midway across the span. that's the reason for all the brake lights across the san mateo bridge for about a 20-minute drive now from hayward over towards 101 and the peninsula. you will see the typical areas of red. let's head over towards the richmond-san rafael bridge, westbound 580 near castro.

we have a left lane blocked with an accident there. you're seeing traffic now back past point richmond approaching the span there. and southbound on the sunol grade near the sunol exit, highway 84, we have a lane blocked here as well. you're stacked up a the way southbound on 680 from the 580 interchange. give yourself plenty of time there. we have this accident just now cleared westbound 80 near the scales, cordelia and fairfield. the damage is done. very slow all the way through fairfield. coming up on 6:. we'll be back in just

welcome back. it's 6:58. maybe you're heading out the door, here's the 7 things to know before you go. number one, there's breaking news in the east bay. an overnight fire is now under control after forcing evacuations near st. mary's college in moraga. people are slowly being allowed to return home. residents on merrill circle are still under evacuation orders. people are waking up without electricity in parts of the east bay. police are looking for drive horse go throughintersections without stopping. power is now also out in parts of the south bay and peninsula. dangerous fire conditions through 5:00. nothing has changed. red flag warning extended until

that timeframe except in the santa cruz mountains where you have critical fire conditions until lunch. >> don't forget if the power is out, treat those intersections as four-way stops. number five, two planes landed safely at sfo after a possible bird strike. united confirmed one flight to orange county hado come back to sfo because of the bird strike. this is a second incident with a lufthansa plane. pg&e set up safety barriers in front of its headquarters in san francisco, they say it's a precaution to keep their employees safe. and there are the blue angels. they'll be practicing above the bay today preparing for this week's fleet week. they will perform tomorrow, saturday and sunday. >> you will hear it. it's thrilling. >> can't wait to start talking more about that and less about

the fire danger. >> usually that's top of mind. >> all week. we're glad they're here. we're not going anywhere. our continuing coverage of the pg&e wildfire threat continues right now. >> right now at 7:00, frightening moment for people in the east bay when a fire broke out. it grew to 48 acres in moraga before crews could get the flames out. you could see what it looked like at 1:00 this morning and it is an example of how fast the flames can spread especlly under a red flag warning. good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi aaron. >> and i'm reggie acue, and we are interrupting "gma" so we can bring you continuing coverage. right now, 39,000 customers are in