i'm ama daetz. >> let's head to spencer christian. boy are they are getting the winds we got the last few days. >> mildly encouraging news. the santa ana winds which have been very powerful have diminished since yesterday. wind advisories and wind rnings haven dropped as of 3:00 this afternoon. as you can see, a wide expanse of southern california is still under a red flag warning. red flag warning for high fire danger until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. and the latest reports indicate that wind gusts, although they've been generally a bit lower today than yesterday are still up to 40 miles per hour or higher in the valleys and mountains. not only los angeles county and beyond moving down into san diego county. we'll update the graphics with more details. at the moment, red flag warning in effect for the entire area threatened by these fires until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> thank you. now to the latest on the

pg&e blackouts. electricity is slowly being restored to customers who had their electricity turned off as part of the planned outages. we're learning about the death of a man found unresponsive 12 minutes after one of those planned outages. the victim reportedly relied on several electronically powered machines that providd oxygen. >> abc 7 news i-team reporter dan noyes questioned them about what it would take to end the blackouts. >> what is the answer to end these? >> what's the value of human life would be my response. as i said when i concluded, that's why i'm here to try and make this better. now we can work, and we need to work. we cannot live in a society where this happens frequently. >> pg&e has scheduled a 6:00 p.m. media availability to answer more questions from reporters and we will be there. meantime, here's the latest on how power restoration is going. 74% of customers impacted by the planned outages have had their

service restored. that means fewer than 195,000 customers still need to get their power back. the utility says it's found 23 instances of weather related damage to its infrastructure. this map gives you an idea of which communities are still without electricity. we're going to put that up right there. pg&e says they're inspecting lines and working to restore power to those affected customers. >> leslie brinkley is in the east bay where some residents are still without power. >> let's begin with cornell barnard live in santa rosa. cornell? >> reporter: some good news here. power is slowly coming back on to oakmont. this is a retirement community here in eastern santa rosa. a lot of people lost power including this small grocery store. they are back open tonight and doing a pretty good business. one county supervisoras a lot of harsh words for pg&e saying

this -- if this happens again, they need a lot of help. >> it's been crazy. just crazy. >> reporter: david arcada was restocking pints and pints of ice cream he kept frozen during the power shortage. he owns oakmont villa market. the power went out wednesday morning but closing his doors was not an option. >> we had to stay open for the community. it's a retirement community. >> reporter: he stayed open to sell some small items but he's now tossing produce and hundreds of pounds of perishables he could not keep cold. he fears he's lost up to $25,000 worth of product and business. >> will insurance cover anything that you lost? >> just renewed my insurance and talked about this with my insurance broker. not covered. >> reporter: pg&e choppers were inspecting transmission lines near highway 12 as a precaution before the power is turned back on. >> we're just pulling stuff out of the freezer because it's

going to go bad anyway. >> reporter: the lights were still off at vicki and ted's house. it's been almost three days now and the fridge, well, it smells pretty nasty. >> it's all warm and getting warmer in there. >> reporter: down the street, a small generator is reducing t frustration level at dennis fin's house. >> it's managed to keep our refrigerator going and our cell phones charges. >> reporter: others still don't know why their power was cut. >> with no wind in our area at all, it hasn't made any sense to me to have the power turned off. >> i have no confidence that corporate pg&e will be responsive to any of our requests. >> reporter: sonoma supervisor went to pg&e's headquarters with several demands, including the utility provide backup generators to vital businesses in the event of another shutdown. >> wake up, cpuc and pg&e. this cannot be the norm. >> reporter: yes, supervisor goran would like a representative from sonoma county to be present in pg&e's

emergency operation center in the event of another shutdown. pg&e's response was, we'll think about it. live in santa rosa, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> how much more of sonoma county is still in the dark? >> right now most of the outages are concentrated to the eastern part of santa rosa. in fact, you can see that's the burn scar from the wildfires just two years ago. that's how close the fires got. as a result, that i why this is one of the last areas of sonoma county that is still without power. we are told by pg&e, talked to them a few moments ago, 78% of power has been restored in sonoma county. i asked, will everybody get their power back by tonight? they say no guarantees. back to you guys. >> cornell, thank you so much. just because the lights came back on doesn't mean everyone is back in business. >> no. abc 7's leslie brinkley joins us from downtown lafayette.

>> well, i know that i spoke to some small business owners and i was told that many of them called, spoke to pg&e this morning at around 9:00. they were told power would come back on it by 6:00 p.m. they had to make a decision. do we open a day. stay closed today. many of them told employees not comen only to have the power come back on 30 minutes later at 9:30 this morning. so a lot of frustration. they lost another day of business and lost more money. >> communication we got from them was tentative. very iffy, and it really didn't -- we didn't know what will happen until it actually happens. >> 9:30 a.m., the lights came on in downtown arinda theater square. 11:00 a.m., power restored to this shopping center in downtown lafayette. >> how much money are you out, do you think? >> something around 700. >> per day? >> per day, yeah. >> it adds up. >> it's okay. as long as we don't have any

fire, it's okay. >> reporter: but this dry cleaners didn't have staff as they tried to reopen and the credit card reader wouldn't work so they let people pick up their clothes telling them to come back and pay later. >> there may be power but it doesn't mean it's back to business a usual. >> well, not only is it not back to business as usual. people don't know that there's power here yet. >> reporter: it was hit and miss for consumers. hard to find businesses open? >> yeah, the nail salon is closed because they didn't have power. so we couldn't get our nails done today. >> reporter: but you got lunch. >> we got lunch. >> reporter: a starbucks remains shut down despite the power being back on. so was the subway next door. they can't reopen until tomorrow. >> first of all, we had to throw the food and then clean up the place. then we have to resource the food, get it prepped up and be open. >> reporter: at the forth bore restaurant, only the bar was open at lunchtime as they geared up. >> we only lost about 20%, 25% of guarantee. we're very safe with it. >> reporter: they just opened up this afternoon. you have to remember for these

businesses, it's not a matter of when the power went off, when the power goes back on, but many of these places were closed on wednesday before the power went out. now they're closed for a day after the power is back on. big impact, ama. >> what did these business owners say about the prospect of another outage going forward? >> well, if that were to happen again, everybody in this area understands the severe fire danger here. they are respectful of that. but they say they're going to all meet, exchange stories, ideas, try to pass along some information to pg&e because they feel like communication, specifically communication, could have been vastly improved. leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> thank you. stay with abc 7 news for continuing coverage on the pg&e power shutoff. coming up later this hour, what your insurance might and might not cover. and the issues that some people with disabilities faced during this week's outage. fleet week kicked into high gear as the first of three air shows thrilled spectators.

check that out. the blue angels got the most oohs and ahs. if you missed the action today, you have all weekend to take it in. sky 7 caught up with a parade of ships this morning as it headed toward the golden gate bridge. that's majestic in itself. abc 7 news anchor mark thomas joins us live along the embarcadero. eric? >> reporter: along the embarcadero if you were here long enough you'd see sailors and marines walking by taking self oys with people who pay their salaries. and maybe you'd even see the occasional navy ship like the one here behind me. but everybody knows what they were really waiting for down here. that was a look at the blue angels. and there they are. over the embarcadero. over the city. of course, over the bay area in their f-18 hornets. sometimes as close as 18 inches apart at 400 miles an hour. normally six planes in the show

but today there appeared to be a seventh, maybe following them to take aerial photographs. whatever it was everything we have come to expect. it was loud. it was visible. there were lots of aero battics going on and lots of people stopping just to stare. people who were from the bay area. people who traveled a long way to come here. people who knew what was happening and people who didn't. >> i think my favorite thing is if you look around, literally i think that's the coolest thing. you never see that. nver see just evebody watching one thing. >> they fly so low and they are so coordinated, so synchronized. the combination iswow. >> that gentleman is from pakistan visiting the bay area. didn't know he'd be seeing the blue angels but was mightily impressed he did. there will be air shows this weekend. you'll get to see them in action. and, yes, a very long time ago, your correspondent flew in the back seat of one of those f-18s. it was a lot of fun and kind of

messy. i'll leave that at that. but make sure you get down and enjoy fleet week here in san francisco. >> what is that behind you? share your naval knowledge here. >> it's unique looking, is it not? this is the "uss zumwalt" a guided missile destroyer. but it is also stealthy. that's why it's shaped so unusually. the ironic thing, i've had several people walk by, most of them from foreign countries asking me if that was a submarine. no, it stays on top of the water. it just looks really different doing it. live along the embarcadero, eruk thomas, abc 7 news. >> we knew you had the details. eric, thank you. go to abc7news.com for complete look at fleet week tivities, including air show times and videos of the parade of ships and air shows. >> eric in his element.

power outage. our coverage of this week's power outage continues. coming up, will your insurance company cover you for any losses because of the outage? varsity blues. another bay area parent has been sentenced in the college cheating scandal. imaginary friend. stephen chbosky is stepping away from the perks of being a ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ blow a kiss, into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss, into the sun ♪ all we need is somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪

if you have a teen or millennial in the house, they're about to get very excited. our guest is the stephen chbosky who wrote the best selling why book, the perks of being a

wallflower and directed the film version starring emma watson. this year stephen took his sweet time. 20 years later, he's out with his second book "imaginary friend." it's a total new genre for you. >> yes, it is. >> so great to see you. >> thank you. i'm very excited to be here. the first person who interviewed me when i came to san francisco for the perks of being a wallflower movie was gavin newsom. so i fully anticipate you becoming the governor. >> i anticipate that as well which is why i have you on the show. >> i'm a very good luck charm. >> slnts. 20 years, that's a huge build-up. are your fans the ones who love perks, are they going to be excited about this? >> thus far, they've been incredibly excited. i just heard that we made "the new york times" best seller list in the first week, which is fantastic. and everybody that's loved "perks of being a wallflower" they love it because the book, yes, it's scary but equal parts heart and horror. >> what's the premise. >> it came from this idea. something that we all had -- an

experience we all had as children. you're laying in the grass. you look up in the sky and see the clouds and the shape. it looks like a dog, hammer, a face. we all did it. my premise is what would happen if a little boy looked up in the clouds and realized it was always the same face looking back at him. that's where it started. >> that's a little spooky. >> it is. if he's standing outside of his school and looks up to the cloud and says, hello, can you hear me? there's a thunder clap. he says if you can hear me, blink your left eye and the cloud goes like this, like this and floats away. that's the beginning of the tale of imaginary friend. >> i can't wait to read it. this is my copy right here. emma watson. you were really close. she was the star in "perks." how does she help you with the ending of this book? >> when we were filming the perks of being a wallflower. we were on lunch in pittsburgh and eating together. i started telling her the story of "imaginary friends" with the cloud thing and beat by beat by beat and she's on the edge of

her seat and then this happens and she goes -- huh. and i go, what, no good? she's like -- she's so polite. she'll never tell you it's terrible. then i had to extract it. i was like, i've got to go back to the drawing board because this girl is very well read. >> that is like the huh i had when i got to the end of "harry potter" and harry ends up not -- >> spoiler alert. i guess everyone knows. >> hey, you've been really busy the last 20 years. >> yes. >> you've been directing the live action "beauty and the beast" also starring emma watson and "wonder." >> i directed "wonder." are you more of a director or writer? >> i am equal parts. if all i did was direct movies, i would get a little squirrely. if i only wrote books, i'd be lonely. i love doing both. it's looking like i'll be directing the movie version next year so it goes from horror to musicals. i love them all. >> so you have the solitary and then you need the social, right?

>> that's right. you find writing to be a solitary existence? >> yes. >> what you guys have here is fantastic. you're all here. you get to talk. you're so nice. by the way, when they're off air, they're really, really nice. so just, you know -- wow. even got laughs. so it's too solitary for me to do tall the time. i love to do. it's very fulfilling. i like being around people. it's great. >> with what happened with "perks," i'm sure "imaginary friend" will eventually become a movie as well? >> i think so, yes. >> is that why you wrote the book? >> no. after 20 years, i wanted to write another book for the fans. but, yes, eventually yes, i'll adapt it. i love it. >> do you see actors in certain roles? could emma watson reappear? >> yeah. >> as the mom? is she too young to be the mom? >> she meet be too young but it takes awhile to get movies made. she's the best. she's a great friend. i'm very excited. here's to hoping. >> and this is very exciting. this time you're on a book tour. quite different from the reception.

>> it is. you know how it's different? you travel yourself and drive yourself. its much -- it's much more low rent than -- movies take care of you and hear good luck. but it's really fun. >> and now we're offering you sparkling water and -- >> it was cold and in a can and you're really nice and that purple is great. life is great. >> congratulations on the book. it's not too late to at kepler's books. tickets are still available, so go. thank you, stephen. >> thank you. so let's get over to spencer christian because the weekend is here. we have the blue angels, a lot going on. spencer, what's the latest on the weather? >> he thinks we're nice. our weather is going to be nice as well. thank you, stephen. here's a look at live doppler 7. mainly sunny skies. and temperatures changed in the last 24 hours. some locations in the north bay and east bay are a few degrees cooler than they were this time

yesterday. oher locations like san francisco, palo alto, san jose and nd east bay a few degrees warmer. a live view from sutro tower looking over the bay. sea-going vessels of various sizes and shapes. oakland 74. san jose, 80, 82 at gilroy. here's the view at the golden gate. blue skies there. freely flowing traffic. 81 degrees at this hour at santa rosa and petaluma. san rafael, 75. 78 in livermore. and a closer look at the bay from mt. tam cam. there's a lot of activity out there as we get to -- as fleet week becomes a bigr deal as we get closer to the weekend. here's the forecast features. sunny tomorrow. miles to warm conditions will prevail across the bay area. gradual cooling on sunday. but really gradual. just by a couple degrees. cloudier and cooler pattern developing next week.

you may have noticed a haze in the air the last couple of days. that's because we're being impacted by smoke from wildfires in the sierra. some of the smoke is vis inl. so as a result, this air quality advisory for the next 24 hours has been issued. moderate air quality expected in the inland east bay, coast and central bay. good air quality elsewhere. on we go to overnight conditions. clear and cool. overnight lows in the mid to upper 40s. a little chillier where lows drop into the upper 30s in some spots. highs tomorrow in the south bay. 81 san jose. 85 morgan hill. mild on the peninsula with highs in the upper 70s. and mild on the coast again. highs of 71 and half moon bay, 69 pacifica. downtown san francisco will top out at 72 degrees tomorrow. up in the north bay, highs around 80, 82 degrees in most locations. east bay highs. 76 oakland. and the inland east bay will have highs around just above 80

degrees. looking ahead to sunday, we'll have mainly sunny skies. slightly cooler than tomorrow. by just a couple degrees. more cloud cover. hgh clouds mainly on monday as the cooling continues. and that cooling patternill be with us through all of next week. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. after a sunny and mild and wonderful fleet week weekend, a look for continuing pattern of more fall-like weather going into the middle of next week with the coolest days being next thursday and friday with inland highs in the low to mid-70s. pleasant week ahead, though. just a gradual cooling trend. >> perfect for the blue angels. >> that's right. we've shown you the blue angels, but there's much more than just the air show. what you can see this weekend. >> and cleaning up. but are you getting to the place where the most

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facebook suffered a potentially fatal blow to his plan for a worldwideigital currency. visa and mastercard announced they're pulling out of the company's libra project. the move comes a week after paypal became the first big partner to drop out. facebook has faced substantial critici criticism. politicians on both sides of the aisle raised privacy and money laundering concerns about facebook controlling a currency. san francisco mayor used a tour of a new senior housing facility to try to win support for a measure on the november ballot. we received an up close look at the 93-unit facility that will serve low-income people ages 62 and up. the building was funded in large part by a 2015 housing bond. the mayor says proposition "a" will allow san francisco to construct many similar projects. >> we tell the voters that this affordable housing is for teachers that we have carveouts

for teachers. when we tell the voters that this is going to help seniors, there's $150 million to create more projects like the one that we're standing in front of today. >> prop a is the largest affordable housing bond measure in san francisco's history. critics say it's a band-aid approach to fixing the city's housing crisis. two federal judges, including one in california, have blocked a white house plan to deny green cards to immigrants who may need to use public welfare programs like medicaid and food stamps. the new rules were to take effect next week. a new york judge wrote that president trump was redefining immigration rules that has stood since the 1800s. and the new plan had no logic. that was his quote. the justice department has not commented on the ruling. next week marks the 30th anniversary of the lomar prieta earthquake. it caused part of the bay bridge to collapse. 63 people died in the quake.

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let's take a live look. one of the fires burning in southern california. look at that smoke coming off the ridge. you can see it from the chopper here. deal with these high winds that we had up here. the santa anas kicked in. now southern california is havingse fire issu. more than 100,000 people have actually been forced out of their homes by the saddle ridge fire. >> it has charred 7500 acres and destroyed at least 25 homes. it's just one of several fires burning right now across california. >> the saddle ridge fire in los angeles county has already ripped through more than 4,700 acres and killed at least one person. >> abc news' marcy gonzales is

live near porter ranch. >> reporter: and we actually just got an update that the fire has spread. it's now covering 7500 acres and continuing to grow, although the containment numbers are going up. firefighters were out here all day at this house trying to keep the flames contained. you can see just destroyed this home. flames coming out of that roof earlier this morning. if you look over here to this scorched hillside, you can see just how close the flames came to some of the other homes. and because of this ongoing risk, this entire town and other areas, we're talking more than 100,000 people are now under mandatory evacuation orders. massive fires tearing through southern california. several now burning out of control destroying dozens of homes. >> my house, i can see where it was from here, and it's all gone. >> reporter: time lapse video shows flames devouring this hillside, raging ominously above

neighborhoods. powerful santa ana winds with gusts up to 70 miles an hour spreading the flames quickly as families scramble to evacuate facing a nightmare on the roads. above me. it's coming this way. we're going to get out. >> repter: firefighters in los angeles county hosing flames creeping towards this backyard. reinforcements moving in. >> here comes the helicopter. a water drop on the way. >> reporter: officials say one man suffered a heart attack and died while trying to stop the fire from reaching his home. >> obviously, that's very tragic. >> reporter: in riverside county where more than 70 mobile homes were destroyed, an 89-year-old woma killed. the cause of that fire captured on a doorbell camera. garbage burning inside this truck and then dumped on a roadside and igniting. >> identified the cause, obviously, but we're still investigating whether or not there will be any type of criminal charges pending.

>> reporter: you can see how strong these winds are carrying burning embers and causing destruction like this and these winds are not letting up. the national weather service extended the red flag warning saying these extreme fire dangers are now expected to continue through tomorrow evening. live in porter ranch, marci gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> do we know how the fire where you are actually got started? >> investigators haven't given us an official answer but we did hear from one witness who says he saw the flames start near a transmission tower and then spread to the nearby brush. and, of course, you know that was the major concern going into this period of extreme fire danger. that is why the utility companies shut down power to hundreds of thousands of californians because they were so concerned with the high winds that there could be issues with the power lines sparking fires. now investigators again aren't saying that was the cause here,

but it is something they are definitely looking into. >> we'll have to wait for that official word. thank you. this little rabbit also suffering from the fires in southern california. look at this little bunny. its fur is a bit burned. otherwise, it appears okay. i don't know. i hope it got to a vet and got checked out. stay with abc7news.com for continuing coverage of the fires. >> at least he was moving. >> a lot of horses got displaced, too. hope they're all okay. now to the latest on the impeach inquiry and it's getting complicated. a federal judge in san francisco aloud one of the men arrested in a campaign finance scheme to be released on bond. andre kikuskin must turn in his u.s. and ukrainian passports. they have been linked to efforts to dig up dirt on presidential candidate joe biden. prosecutors say the suspects

wired a million dollars from a russian businessman as part of the scheme to funnel money into the u.s. election. >> these are two associates who were effectively rudy's feet on the -- boots on the ground in ukraine. >> the former ambassador to ukraine testified in the impeachment inquiry today. she was ousted earlier this year after coming under attack by giuliani. in the south bay, labor leaders are backing an initiative they say will block special interest money in politics and increase voter turout. but opponents are calling the measure sdeedeceitful. chris wynn has the story. >> reporter: a union-backed coalition of community groups and elected officials called for limiting special interests in city elections. >> we have an underrepresented demographic out there that just can't get in because of the financial barrier to running for office. so this doesn't eliminate that, but it's a step in the right direction. >> reporter: the fair elections

initiative would prohibit candidates for city council or mayor from accepting contributions from developers, land lords and the lobbyists who represent them among others. it would also move mayoral races from gubernatorial to presidential election years. >> the lowest voter turnout tends to be in communities of color, women and low-income. >> reporter: political science experts say any increase in voter participation is a good thing. >> having the mayoral election during the presidential year, we know is going to increase voter turnout because people are already turning out to vote for the president. >> reporter: scott niece, executive director of the san jose downtown business association says the measure would give union-backed candidates an unfair advantage. >> it is a devious measure to benefit and enrich the unions. >> reporter: the silicon valley organization which is the region's main chamber of commerce says noise from presidential elections could drown out local issues. >> this is a power play by labor

unions to change the rules so that they can get more voters to participate in certain elections. >> reporter: supporters have until the spring to collect approximately 70,000 signatures to get their initiative on the november ballot. in san hosay chris nguyen, abc 7 news. a bay area parent has become the first, too void prison time in the college admission cheating scandal. he admitted to paying $15,000 to have his daughter's a.c.t. answers corrected. he received one year probation, a $9500 fine and must do 250 hours of community service. sartorio is the co-founder of pj's organics known for making frozen burritos. he's the eighth parent sentenced in the scandal. if you're near san francisco bay you probably heard the jets flying overhead today. hard to miss, right? fleet week is here. >> but it's about morthan just the air show. what you can see this weekend coming up next. i'm spencer christian. you'll be able to see everything

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spectators who line the waterfront to catch a glimpse of a fleet week tradition, they were thrilled with what they saw. how could you not be. a san francisco fire boat led this morning's parade of ships through the golden gate. it's so incredible. sky 7 caught up with the vessels which led the parade of five

navy ships and the "hmas brisbane" from the royal australian navy. it's so much fun, fleet week. joining me is marine 1st lieutenant sam wu and rob s. thomas. thank you for coming in. you just come into san francisco, look around. you know what's going on. we've been talking about the blue angels but talk about what else is going on with fleet week. >> so first of all, thanks for having us here. thank the city of san francisco for having us. this week we have, as you said, plenty on the website, fleetweeksf.org. the canine heroes on saturday from 11:00 to 1:00. we'll have kind of like tour visits for the ships and everything. but we're just happy to be here. >> what's the canine thing about? that sounds neat. >> we'll have some military working dogs displaying their capabilities. they'll interact with the locals

and you can meet the dogs and handlers, too. >> that's cool. that's really neat to see what they do and get up close. i fleet week more of a showcase or more about recruiting? >> so i'd say overall it's just kind of like how the marines -- if there's a major disaster, how the marines -- the navy and marine corps team works with the city of san francisco to help the city get back on its feet. this year we're focusing on route clearance and debris removal. if there's a major earthquake there would be a total of 54 sales force towers worth of debris. that's a tremendous amount of debris. that's just like meet the city and show how we can fill the gaps in the event of a major disaster. >> commander, talk about what fleet week is like for you. >> it's our 39th year celebrating with the great city of san francisco and tremendous maritime history, naval history of san francisco. we feel like it's family for us. we do this --

for us, we do hadr support and also what we would do in a disaster stuftance. that's what you'll find at our humanitarian village at marine green which will be there tomorrow and sunday to allow the public to see the type of efforts that we do with your dem here, your coast guard, fema region to provide support if and when there were some kind of disaster. on the sort of recruiting front, obviously, everybody knows the blue angels are part of the air show. they're sort of the beautiful face of the navy when they fly over. it's straight forward. we want you to come celebrate the navy with us. over the next two days you'll find the air show from 12:00 to 4:00 eachday. ship tours from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at piers 30 and 32. so we just want people in san francisco if you want to come out and celebrate the great weather, come see a wonderful air show, come down and celebrate with us. >> what if you have limited time? is there one specific thing you should do? we always talk about the blue

angels. what do you think, sam? >> i think you check out the humanitarian assistance village, marine green. see all the equipment we'd bring in a disaster scenario and meet some of the marines, techs, explosive ordnance techs, engineers who remove a tloeft debris. >> and tell them thank you as well? >> that's been the best thing about this. just working closely with your first responders here and sharing that with the community. if you had anything to do, go to the marine greens and see the humanitarian village. the air show will be going overhead and so you can kill two birds with one stone. >> and the 30th anniversary of loma prieta coming up, the timing is perfect. thank you both for coming in. for more information about all the fleet week activity goes to abc7news.com. >> now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> it's going to be a great weekend for enjoying all the fleet week activities. here's live doppler 7. sunny skies. mainly sunny the next couple of days except for passing high clouds here and there.

overnight lows drop rather low in the north bay valleys. lows of 38 in santa rosa. low 40s in many locations. most of the remainder of the bay area, lows in the low to upper 40s. even at the coast, high temperatures in the low 70s. 71 in half moon bay. upper 70s around the bay shoreline. 77. san mateo. inland east bay, low to mid-80s. and low to mid-80s in the south bay as well. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. the entire weekend is looking pretty good even though there will be a drop of about a degree or two in temperatures on sunday from saturday. a little change on monday but then you see partly cloudy skies on tuesday. mix of sun and clouds. seasonal pattern through wednesday and turning cooler on thursday and friday and looks like there's a slight, slight chance, maybe some light showers at the end o next week but we're not going to bank on that yet. >> you said slight twice so i'm

not worrd. >> very slight. >> all right, thanks. a bay area woman with disabilities reaches out to pg&e for help during the outage but the answer wasn't helpful at all. we'll have her story. i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. if you think your experience company is going to help you because of your losses during the ou

now back to our coverage of the pg&e power people identifying themselves as having disabilities say the power utility forgot about them. a woman has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair to get around. >> i was born with my spinal cord on the outside of my body. >> reporter: jones' close friends and roommate also has a disability. when jones heard their third floor apartment could be losing power along with the building's elevator, her roommate called pg&e. >> they kind of hemmed and hawed at her. they were like, we, uh, there might be this one place, but we're not really sure. >> reporter: the advice, stay with friends. >> unfortunately, the disabled community is not one people know

about until you're involved in it. until you become paralyzed have an accident or become elderly. so we're forgotten. which is unacceptable at this point. it's a life is a life. >> reporter: jones lost a friend who uses a wheelchair in a wildfire. >> it really does kind of scare me that that could be me next. >> reporter: she has this message for pg&e. >> plan better. do better. >> reporter: a pg&e spokesperson writes in an emailed statement to abc 7 news, we understand the hardship turning off the power for safety can be for customers. especially the customer with whom you spoke and all customers with similar circumstances. we don't take this action lightly. the utility company says it does everything it can dependent on weather to alert customers in advance and the safety of its customers is its highest responsibility. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> although people had a couple of days to plan for the power shutoffs, losses were inevitable. whose responsible to pay for

that? >> michael finney says maybe you're stuck with it. >> what makes this situation so different than any others before it is the fact that it was a planned outage ordered by a private company pg&e. as power went out, thousands of residents watched helplessly as refrigerators full of food spoiled. some folks couldn't work from home. others fled to shelters or hotels that had electricity. your homeowners insurance might cover such losses if -- if this had been a normal disaster. but probably not this time. why? well, here's insurance consumer advocate amy bach. >> most policies will only cover a loss due to a power outage if it was ordered by a civil authority. that's our concern is that because pg&e initiated it and they're not a government entsity, there may not be coverage. >> wow. >> yeah. >> that's right. if the governor ordered it,

local mayor, the -- any government official, but since pg&e is a pruft company, its decision to cut your power probably is not covered by your homeowners or renter's insurance. now bach says it would be a different story if a government agency had jumped in. then most likely you would be covered. you can try filing a claim with pg&e for losses like spoiled food, but pg&e says it does not compensate for these types of losses. isn't this weird? >> yeah. they have that extended storm outage thing where you can get up to 100 bucks normally. >> that's because a storm actually hit. you know, this is just different. >> all right, thanks, michael. now to a flying car project that may actually get off the ground. yes. get off the ground. boeing and porsche are teaming up to make them a reality. the companies released this artist's rendering and a video of a prototype of their electric

autonomous flying vehicle that can take off and land vertically. the companies released a joint statement saying they want to explore what they called the, quote, premium urban air mobility market. did you know that existed? >> no, but that sounds like the bay area. they didn't release any details about the moneyor other resources they plan to invest or price range. >> you see all those people on the bridge right now? they're saying we'll take it. >> if you ever wanted to walk on water, now is your chance. >> a brooklyn-based design company released what are being called jesus shoes. the retrofitted shoes contain water from the jordan river blessed by a priest injected into the soles. >> they feature vatican red insoles scented with franken sense. a steel crucifix on the shoe laces and an encryption from matthew 14:25. they went on sale for $1400 and

immediately sold out. the company plans to release more later this month. i guess if you've got the money to spend. are you looking to keep your home germ-free? >> but are you looking in the right places? the germiest places you should be cleaning right now. new at 5:00 -- winery work arounds. it's the middle of harvest season and some vintners have no power. >> plus, buying generators to keep the lights on. what you need to know. >> also 50 years after a major walkout at san jose state. the legacy of the activism still felt today.

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coming up on abc 7 at 8:00, american housewife followed by fresh off the boat followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. >> think about this one. do you think you know where the dirtiest places in your house? >> i bet people guess the toilet. but you might be scrubbing the wrong place. >> reporter reed binion directs your sponges to the germs you

should be tackling. >> there are germs lurking everywhere in our homes from the kitchen to the bathroom. but what exactly should we be cleaning and how often? in the bathroom, don't just focus on scrubbing the toilet. it's actually cleaner than you think. according to microbiologist carol gerber, if you want to cut count on the back deerbacteria r the room close the lid before you flush. the moist cloths are the perfect place for bacteria like e. coli to grow. make sure you wash them with hot water every three or four days. in the kitchen, those rags and sponges used to wipe down everything are perfect at collecting bacteria like e. coli and salmonella. think you can just throw them in the microwave or dishwasher to clean? think again. your best bet is just to replace them weekly. and water reservoirs are one of the germiest places in the

kitchen. check the owner's manual on how to clean it monthly. i'm reed binion. >> how did we do? well -- >> we've got the sponges. >> yeah. >> thank you for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> i have no confidence that corporate pg&e will be responsive to any of our requests. >> no power and no patience. local leaders are fed up and looking for answers. meanwhile -- >> it's all warm and it's getting warmer in there. >> that doesn't mean it's a warm welcome as people come home after the power has been out. but -- >> you know, show must go on. one caterer uses every work around she can think of to pull off 16 events this weekend. >> also ahead, what went wrong with pg&e's website. one expert has an idea. >> and 100,000 people are told to get out as fire sweeps through southern california. >> now news to build a better

bay area frombc 7. >> from mill pepg&e crews restoo residents and businesses can get back on to the grid and off the generator power they've been on for days if they had a generator. the lights are back on for nearly 2 million who lost electricity when pg&e switched it off in an effort to prevent wildfires. >> now we have the first death that linked to the outages. marelied on oxygen. authorities say an autopsy indicates an eldorado man who relied on medical equipment for his survival did not die because his power had been shut off. 67-year-old robert martes lived in pollack pines an hour from sacramento. he died about 12 minutes after pg&e cut his power on wednesday. he had a severe case of copd and had oxygen equipment that required power. >> the lights are on in much of the bay