incident report sent to the cpuc this morning. the utility confirms one of its transmission towers near the ignition point experienced an outage at 9:20 p.m. last night. >> a report says the line relayed and did not reclose. minutes later, a fire was reported in that area. the report also says that a cal fire employee found what appeared to be a broken piece of equipment on pg&e's tower. >> according to pg&e's website, the tower was in an area under a public safety power shutoff. these pg&e blackouts. but the website reports that power did not happen until nearly 30 minutes after the fire started. >> now pg&e just held a news conference and addressed that, confirming that the power line was not de-energized. i-team reporter melorheostosani joins us there live. melanie? >> let's talk a little bit more about this broken piece of equipment, a broken jumper.

if you're wondering what that is, so are we. and just now, ceo and president bill johnson explained what that is. he says that the jumper is a piece of wire that basically jumps the conductor over the insulator. we know that it was broken. we also know according to johnson that this is a 43-year-old tower that had been inspected four times. now as you said, this transmission line was not de-energized, and johnson explained why not. >> transmission lines in the area remained energized during the wind event consistent with our established protocols and procedures. in other words, they did not meet the conditions that we forecast for transmission level outages. we didn't see the wind speeds in the forecast that we typically would see for transmission outage. and so we relied on the protocol, and we still at this point do not know exactly what happened.

>> the utility turned off power in the area at 9:48 last night, nearly half an hour after the fire started. pg&e is working closely with cal fire to investigate the kincaid fire. here's more about how the fire started. >> a vegetation fire reported as in the geysers going to be on john kincaid road. thinking time lapsed video showed just how quickly the kincaid fire exploded, spreading over sonoma county. fire dispatchers quickly identified power lines are a possible cause. >> also, possible power lines down in the area. all units acknowledge life safety hazard on checkback. >> but take a look at another angle telephone fire about 9:20 last night. there is something glowing in the distance, then it fades and then there is fire. firefighters arrive todler find a large fire spread over several hundred acres. >> dispatch vegetation fire to geysers. >> this animation from google

earth gives you an idea of the topography of the area before the fire began and the proximity to the geysers geothermal plant. you can see buildings, power lines and geothermal pipelines that run across the area. cal fire investigators are on the scene looking for evidence in kincaid road and the aptly named burned mountain road. close attention is being paid to the power lines. calpine who owns the geysers power plant provided a statement saying, quote, consistent with our fire prevention protocols, due to the wind conditions we had de-energized our local power line system before the fire started. we do not believe our facilities caused the fire. there are power lines operated by third parties across the geysers. and this media briefing continues right now. bill johnson saying that 125,000 customers have had their power restored. he is also emphasizing that pg&e workers are getting threat, and

he encourages people if they are mad to be mad at pg&e, but to leave those employees alone and allow them to do their job to get the power turned back on. live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> melanie, thank you very much. all right, now, as we've told you, the kincaid fire burned homes in geyserville and forced thousands of people to flee the area. >> for many it added insult to injury after the pg&e power outages. abc7 news reporter laura anthony has been talking with people in geyserville all day long. she is there with the story. >> hi, dan. i'm high in the hills right now above geyserville. i'm here on pine flat road ahead of the firefight. let's show you what's happening right now in the distance. it was a pretty dramatic scene just a few minutes ago as firefighters lined up on that ridge there and actually set a backfire. that's what you're seeing right there. in fact, they are appearing to try to set that fire and stop

the fire, the spread of the larger fire right where you see that pink retardant. >> we're dispatched to a fire near the guys geysers geothermal plant outside the community of geyserville. >> do you know anything about whether the plant had anything to do with the start of the fire? >> we do not at this time. >>t does that plant do? >> it's one of the world's largest geothermal electricity generating plants. >> how difficult has this fire been overnight to fight and what are the challenges going forward? >> overnight it was fueled by 60-mile-an-hour winds, in addition to low relative humidities and high temperatures. so that coupled with the dry fuels that we already experienced made it really challenging, along with the terrain in that area is extremely difficult and rugged. so firefighters had a really tough time fighting the perimeter of the fire let alone working on the perimeter of the fire. so going forward, we expect the same dry conditions, a little less wind, however we are expecting some more winds coming up this weekend. >> so what is the goal the next two days before the winds kick up again? >> it's imperative that we do

our best to get around it as much as we can and get as much of the heat knocked out so we are prepared for the winds coming up this following weekend. >> this is go-time for you guys, right? this is the time that we were all concerned about? >> it is. we've been lucky this year, and we're hoping to not have this happen, but we're back where we are. it's what we do. and we are prepared for it. it's just going to take a little more work than we'd hope for. >> and we're back live here. we're showing you the wind condition right now. you can see there is a little bit of a breeze that's picking up a little bit, but nothing like we saw overnight with those gusts up to 60 miles per hour. we can also tell you that with maybe 15, 20 minutes of daylight left, this aerial attack is probably going to wrap up. so that's probably why they decided to set that backfire, to try to keep that line or hold that line overnight when they can't fly the tankers or the helicopters that we've seen all day here. live in sonoma county, laura

anthony, abc7 news. >> all right, laura, thanks. of course, that didn't help. the fire spread so quickly last night and they couldn't do an aerial attack. as you can see, the kincaid fire is burning 10,000 plus acres. they made some good progress because the wind has died down considerably. but as you can still see, flames are burning. >> exactly. the terrain certainly has not helped either. well, abc7 news reporter wayne freedman was also in geyserville today. he joins us outside of the river rock casino. wayne, you described it as a double whammy for people who live there. >> it's been quite a day. right here at river rock casino, we may have watched the last of the air drops today because the sun is going down on the horizon. there has been a battle all day behind us to keep this hot spot contained, to keep the fire from going down the road. meantime, if you take a look over to the right, that is the alexander valley in what would otherwise be a beautiful sunset, if not for the haze.

on the other side of it, geyserville, where people have been evacuated, but they're closer than they think. >> don't start cutting it yet. i'll tell you when. >> here is one of those hiccups of evacuating they don't tell you about. debbie and tony matas of geyserville when they tried to pull out their pickup truck this morning, they discovered someone had blocked the exit. >> turn that way. >> are you worried? >> yeah, a little bit. >> a little bit? >> what am i going to come home to? am i going to have a house here or what? >> when they tell you that fire is bearing down and it's time to move, then it's too close to home, and that tells the story of geyserville this morning, a town turned brown in the morning light, where those left behind handed out protection masks like halloween candy. >> it's a lot of work. >> debbie and tony matos actualactual went to work today. they returned with little time to pack up their belongs, like barney, their 20-year-old dachshund. have you ever seen conditions

like this? >> not this bad, no. >> and we're still in the fortunate zone. a few miles east, no subtleties about what might have been. this is wine country where homes burned, and by mid afternoon, new hot spots lit up in the distance. these are backfires near the river rock casino where flames burned right to the edge of outlying buildings. here is chief matt epstein, who knows too much about fires around here to dismiss more trouble. >> this is the same area during the valley fire. the same type of fire behavior, the same type of fire behavior we saw in 2017. this area is just ripe for wildland fire. >> now the chief, chief epstein says the key right now is watch the wind if you want to get a sense of the wind, look at the smoke. it's going straight up right now. that's a good sign. an hour ago, it was still blowing around, changing directions. watch the smoke. the smoke tells the story. the sun is going down. we'll see what morning brings. live from river rock casino in

sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> we will certainly be watching, wayne, thank you. w just got new information on school closures tomorrow because of this kincaid fire. both the alexander valley union school district making up 1 k through 6 school and geyserville unified making up four schools will not have class. we will of course let you know if any more schools are added to the list. >> well, the north bay is obviously wine country, and some wineries have been forced to shut their doors because of the power shutoffs and the fire. >> abc7 news anchor eric thomas joins us live from robert young vineyards vineyards in geyserville with the story. earlier you showed us grapes that had turned into race since, eric. >> dan and dion, the robert young vineyards considers itself lucky. it could have been a lot worse. yes, they have suffered losses, let's show you this used to be a barn, believe it or not. now it is a bunch of charred wood and some bent nails. there were also fires up here started by embers.

that storage unit over there, as you can see, is completely burned out. but this is what they live for this. is the money. this is the vineyard. these are the violence that they count on to make wine from, and you can see on the edges here some of those violence were damaged by the fire, and some of these grapes are now pretty much useless. and this was the day that robert young vineyards were planning on picking these grapes. they were supposed to start at 6:00 tonight, ten minutes ago, and continue on until about 3:00 in the morning. but as we know, that is not going to happen right now. but most of these violence are in pretty good shape. they also have 50 head of cattle that they graze around here. well, there is a problem with that because the fire has consumed a lot of the grassland, about 50 acres worth out of the 450 acres they own around here. and they're wondering when they can go back into business, just

like everybody else without power. live right outside geyserville, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> thank you very much. a tough firefight is under way. the big factors of course the weather and the terrain. abc news correspondent will reed talked with cal fire about the fire's behavior and what they can predict and fight. >> what were to happen if it were to catch and jump this way? >> fire travels uphill extremely fast. the fuels are high. the humidity is down. winds are up. so fire's best friend. sowe're just trying to keep it over there and hope it stays that way. it's hard to tell with the unpredictable winds. >> all right. let's check in on the winds and the other conditions that are very important to firefighters. >> i'm checking the latest right now, dan. here's a lock at wind conditions around the bay area. i'm happy to report that the wind is generally calm, which is very good news, of course. even near the area of the fire, we have calm wind conditions. and we have hador much of the afternoon and early evening. although we have occasional gusts there, up to about 11

miles per hour, as you can see, the relative humidity there is very low. 9%. and it's still quite warm. but we'll have calm wind across the entire region for a while before we get to another major wind event this weekend. details on that in my forecast coming up. dan and dion? >> spencer, thanks very much. let's take you live outside to sky 7 for another look at the fire zone. and oh, my, as you can see, flames still burning. a lot of smoke. this fire is now at least 10,000 acres, having gone from about 300 or 400 at 11:30 last night when we left you on the late newscast to 5,000 by day break and then it just exploded from there. look at all of the smoke, dion. >> and truly, wind has played such a major role in spreading the flames. at one point, we had been getting some reports of wind gusts of 60 miles an hour or more. so you can imagine that is why this fire exploded in size. >> and obviously, as you look live from sky 7 at all of the smoke, very challenging even during the daylight hours for fire crews fighting from the

air, because it's so tricky with all of the smoke to get close to the fire lines. but they only have a few more minutes of daylight left. and the air attack, means water drops by helicopter and flame retardant by fixed-wing aircraft, some of which came up from southern california to help in this event, they can't do that at night so, then it's the hand crews on the ground. they'll have some headway doing that, but of course that's when without the air attack the flames can continue to really explode out of control as they did overnight because they couldn't attack it from the air. >> and let's take a look now from sky map 7. it really gives you an idea of where exactly we are looking at. you can see red winery road where we saw news anchor eric thomas. that is where a lot of wineries are located, not too far from fm highway 128 and of course u.s. 101. this gives you an idea of how widespread the damage is on the ground. 10,000 plus acres. the latest report that we had is

that this fire was zero percent contained. we should hear more in about 45 minutes with another update. >> we expect both of those numbers, containment and acreage probably to go up since the last update. the fire has continued to burn. >> now you can always get the latest on the fire at our website that is abc7news.com. you can head there at the very end of this newscast and like we mentioned, you'll get the latest from cal fire where they will be giving us an update. another programing note to tell you about. abc7 mornings will start early to bring you the latest of the live weather conditions at 4:00. i'll be joining kumasi aaron and lisa argent of course watching those weather conditions. >> stay with us. we have a lot to get. to the fire is burning amidst pg&e power outage, deliberate power shutoffs, which is supposed to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires. >> next, we'll get an update on the outages and when people might get a chance to see their lights turned back on. >> and we'll continue to cover the kincaid fire throughout this newscast.

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as pg&e crews work to restore everyone's fire by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, many of us need to be prepared for outages again this weekend, which could be even more widespread than anything we've seen so far this month. >> the wind could be pretty bad this weekend. pg&e says the strongest winds of the year will move in overnight saturday into sunday and monday. eight of the company's nine service zones in california are at elevated risk for a power shutoff. all of the bay area is in that risk zone. >> now that means crews began safety inspections for

restoration for the rest of the day, restarting at daybreak tomorrow morning. governor newsom spoke today about the blackouts and wildfire conditions and had some harsh words for pg&e. >> it's about dog eat dog capitalism meeting climate change. it's about corporate greed meeting climate change. it's about decades of mismanagement. >> pulling no punches. here are the three bay area counties affected by this round of shutoffs, sonoma, napa, and san mateo. >> abc7 news anchor kristen sze joins us with a look at how pg&e's website is doing in terms of updating the information. >> the utility was criticized for its communication problems in the last round of shutoffs. >> that's right, dan and dion. during the shutoffs two weeks ago, pg&e's website was constantly down. they promised improvements. now things seem to be running much better on the website today. so here is their public safety power shutoff page. and if you'r power is out, you'l probably want to check on

restoration times and see when you get your power back. you see all the purple dots up there. they represent the areas where there is the public safety power shutoff. let's say you click on a dot there, and look. it will tell you in that spot when you can expect to get your power back. in this case, tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. so you still have a while to go there. i want to bring up one more map to show you. you heard pg&e saying in their news conference that this weekend could be a lot more widespread in terms of the shutoffs. take a look. day two, that is saturday. look at areas two, three, four, five in their zone in the region they cover. that's all these areas. and you can see here in the bay area, that's 3 and 4. so a lot of us are going to have our power possibly shut off. and then you can see on sunday and monday, that's just their entire coverage area, pardon my circles, but you get the picture. this next event this weekend is no joke. it could be a lot more widespread. this information is probably not what you want to hear, not what you like, but at least dan and

dionne, the information is available on the website and seems to be not crashing and accessible. >> that is good news and a welcome change. thank you very much, kristen. >> certainly we will be all hands on deck come this weekend. and spencer, you can talk more about how severe this wind advisory is going to be. >> we're going have calm winds the next couple of days. that's the good news. but as kristen pointed out, we're going to have this next wind event, which may be more severe than what we just experienced overnight saturday into sunday. here is a look at what's happening right now. calm conditions around the bay area with a little bit of haze developing, as you can see in the golden gate bridge. 86 degrees in san francisco right now. also mid-80s at oakland and san jose. redwood city at 90. 78 at gilroy. and 81 at half moon bay. and here is a few from emeryville looking at the western sky in the after glow of sunset. 85 at santa rosa and petaluma. 81 apiece at napa and fairfield. 86 at concord. 81 at livermore. and the view from mount tam,

hazy and warm tomorrow afternoon. cooler weather likely for the weekend. but dry gusty winds will return late saturday night into sunday. and air quality has not been great today. today was a spare the air day. tomorrow we expect more widespread poor air quality across the entire region. it will be another spare the air day. overnight tonight, clear skies. low temperatures mainly int the upper 50s to about 60. tomorrow another sunny and warm and dry day. even in the absence of wind, though, with the dry conditions and the rising temperatures, we still have fire concerns. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. it will be a little bit cooler on saturday, but once again, those dry gusty winds will kick in late saturday night into early sunday, elevating fire concerns once again, even as the temperatures are going down. >> thanks, spencer, very much. well, of course, all eyes have been on the north bay today because of the massive kincade fire. but it's not all that's burning. >> no. next, a look at other fires that sparked in the bay area as well. stay

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and muir beaches. highway 1 is closed between muirwoods road and panoramic hiway. the fire was burning towards the water and no structures were threat erned and no evacuation orders issued. in santa rosa, a home caught fire in the fountain grove area. the santa rosa fire department tweeted this issue. only the duplex burned. >> point isabelle off 580. fire crews battled it from the ground and the air. helicopters dropping water on it. it was quickly contained, but that smoke still visible for miles. commuters on 101 and 280 near sfo could see this thick column of black smoke. firefighters are working to put out a three-alarm house fire on sixth avenue in san bruno. it broke out just after 4:30 in the afternoon. san bruno police are asking people to stay out of the area. well, more to come. more smoke from the kincade fire will spread into the bay area tonight, and tomorrow it may affect you. >> and new at 6:00, a look at how to cope with the smoke, and

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now from abc7, live breaking news. >> we begin this half hour with an update on the kincade fire burning in sonoma county. cal fire is reporting that at least 10,000 acres he burned. it is still at zero percent containment. >> several homes have burned. thousands of people have been evacuated, including the entire community of geyserville. a cause has not been determined, but pg&e says a transmission line experienced problems moments before the fire started. so the investigation may center on that piece of information. >> about 2,000 people are und the evacuation order in geyserville and the surrounding area tonight. >> liz kreutz is live from the sonoma county fairgrounds which is doubling a an evacuation center for animals and a command nter for firefighters. liz? >> good evening. 45 animals have been brought here to the fair ground, just as you said.

the fairgrounds doubling as both an evacuation center for livestock, like you see these horses right here, as wells a base camp for cal fire, cal fire and sonoma working together to get this fire contained. >> the focus right now is on getting the fire out. obviously we know the winds have subdecide sided. we're bringing a ton of firefighters into this community to get as much containment on this fire as possible. >> horses. we have some mules, a donkey. we've got some goats. we do think there might be some alpacongn. >> there was also this pig, matilda, who is getting picked up by her owners to be moved to another location. it seemed like she was having a good time here, didn't want to go. found that kind of funny. also, james howard showed up to the fairgrounds, hoping to find a cool place to evacuate with his 18-year-old cat angela. the fairgrounds are only for livestock, so he was directed to go across the street to the

santa clara veterans memorial center, an evacuation center for people and their pets. back at the fairgrounds, we are still with our favorite best friends here, sunny the mustang and uno the donkey. they are best friends. thankfully they were able to stay together in the same stall. it's the care they take to make tour that is animals feel as safe and comfortable as possible. liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> thanks. elsewhere people were dealing with the ramifications of these pg&e power shutoffs. >> many wineries and restaurants along highway 12 were affected. abc7 news's lyanne melendez joining us live in kenwood with more on how they managed there. lyanne? >> of course we've been talking all day about the winds. if you joined us earlier at 4:00, we showed you these flags before they were swaying, kind of gently, and look at them now, hardly moving at all.

here we go. i think i can touch it. and the wind is the reason why the power was turned off in the first place. now for one restaurant owner, today has sort of been a nightmare. thisorhen the owners of tip's roadside in kenwood came to open the restaurant, they found that someone had cut the chain that had secured their generator. the evidence is clear, someone used bolt cutters and walked away with it. >> so currently we were using the generator for our refrigerators and our storage room, to keep all our food safe and in the past we've used it to help the first responders during the last fire with our trolleys. and to do good. >> their power was cut off by pg&e yesterday. it has since returned. pg&e is warning of another wind event on saturday night into sunday morning, which may require more power shutoffs. that's bad news for this winery, st. anne's crossing, which was

in the dark today. still, the owner put up a sign to let people know they were open for business. >> hopefully that will bring people in. but it's going to be a slow day today. >> how about tomorrow? you said you have something big tomorrow? >> i do have a big tasting tomorrow. so we would really like to have that power back on, pg&e. >> chateau st. jean across the street has a generator which they purchased after the 2017 fires. this is one winery known for hosting a lot of weddings and other events. >> we actually bring in additional generators just for the various spaces around the property in case this can't support ought of that. >> and there you see it. hardly any winds. those flags, of course, belonging to moscordini cellars who were very nice to host us here all day. most places that have i checked have power, but pg&e is now telling everybody that if they don't have power yet, it will be

restored according to pg&e by 7:00 tomorrow. i'm live in kenwood, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> all right, lyanne, thanks very much. for firefighters, winds have obviously been the major factor here. first too strong and then too week. cal fire's incident commander mike parks explains what first responders dealt with last night when winds gusted around 60 mile >> when you have that kind of wind speed, similar to what we had two years ago, the resistance control is just at a level that's well beyond our capabilities. aircraft are dropping on it today. their challenge today is because you don't have enough wind speed, the visibility becomes challenging. as you see behind us, the smoke lays in, and sometimes the helicopters can't gs low i they like to. different areas have different visibility. the aircraft are working at this very moment all of the parts of the fire that they can. >> sky 7 shows you the view the pilots have of the fire, quite dramatic. you can see what cal fire was talking about. some areas very thick smoke.

but in other place, visibility is much clearer. it's a bit spotty and hit and miss. the smoke is northerly in the north bay for now, but that could change. look at this animation by the national weather service that they tweeted out. by tomorrow, shifting winds will push smoke into much of the area. so no matter where you live, you may see it and smell it. they say this is an experimental forecast, but clearly, this is expected to be an issue for a lot of people around the bay area. >> when it comes to the winds, we are getting a little bit of a reprieve, but it is not going last, spencer. >> no. here is a look at conditions near the fire. the wind is quite calm with an occasional gust to about 10 miles per hour. but it's bone-dry. relative humidity 9%. and all around the bay area at this moment we have either calm wind or wind speeds not much more than about 10 miles per hour. it's going to remain that way going into the late night and overnight hours. so for most of the day tomorrow, we'll continue to see calm wind, although it's still going to be warm and bone-dry.

so there will still be fire concerns. but it's over the weekend that things will change and we'll get another so-called wind event as the wind becomes quite strong and gusty saturday night into sunday, we may see gusts at least at the level that we saw last night, and perhaps even higher. and of course we'll continue to update you on that. dion? >> we'll stay on top of it, spencer. thanks. to learn about air quality, smoke, and the kincade fire, download the abc7 news app. there you'll find all of the headlines plus easy access to the weather forecast. we do send out breaking news alerts throughout the app. it's how you'll find out the latest as it happens. >> you can use the app to watch a live update on the kincade fire scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. >> and we'll stream it live on abc7news.com. we're not out of the woods when it comes to fire danger. >> pg&e just warned of new power outages over the weekend. we talk with an expert abou

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with the elevated fire danger, researchers at san jose state university are keeping an eye on the forecast and how some of the changing weather conditions this weekend could impact the general public. >> abc7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story now from the south bay.

>> granted rare access to the front line, researchers with the sjsc fire weather research lab just returned from sonoma county where they were at the kincade fire throughout the night. >> with the more extreme conditions, we need to understand this extreme fire an i no way to really do it except for probing inside the fire, and the radar allows us to do that. >> using state-of-the-art technology, the professor says the data collected will be useful in the long run. >> if we get better tools and better observations, we can constrain that and limit the power shutoffs in the future. >> asg&e prepares for another potential round of public safety power shutoffs, some say the utilities should act more urgently to fix areas of concern. >> they need to be more transparent about what is actually going on. and that's goi to create understanding. >> santa clara university law professor katherine sandoval previously served as a commissioner on the california public utilities commission. >> it's not enough to say well,

vegetation hit a line. why did the vegetation hit the line? and what are they learning from that? and how can we marshall that into a plan right now? >> sjsu meteorology professor allison bridger has been monitoring the forecast. >> this whole pattern is going to weaken over the next 24 hours. and that's what's going to help the firefighters. >> the containment could be tricky as even stronger winds are predicted throughout the weekend. >> if you live in an area that's prone, you should be ready for a problem. be ready to go get out. fast. >> communities across northern california waiting with anticipation once again. in the south bay, chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> all right. we are keeping an eye on the weather because of the fires and the smoke. they're impacting the bay area right now. here is live look from our emeryville tower camera. >> spencer is checking the forecast and will be back with forecast and will be back with an update, nex at hertz, we know that a change of scenery shouldn't mean a change in standards.

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seen from space. well, it is those very winds that have fanned the flames in sonoma county and are going to propel the heavy smoke toward the central bay area. >> with that, of course, comes health concerns. new at 6:00, abc7 news reporter david louie found people in san francisco who say they can already detect the smoke in the air. >> the sky over san francisco won't be this clear for long. do you smell anything in the air? >> yes, just slightl, though. just -- but i do smell the smell of smoke. >> a team of 25 at the bay area air quality management district says the smoke from the kincade fire will arrive this evening and early friday, propelled by northeasterly winds. however, don't be fooled into thinking it takes visible smoke to pose health hazards. >> particulate matter is invisible to the naked eye because the particles are so small they can bypass your lung's natural defense functions. just because you can't see it doesn't mean you won't be impacted. >> children and seniors are the most vulnerable, according to a

special itself in critical care at ucsf. stay indoor, avoid outside exercise and use air filters. en people exercise they tend to breathe through their mouth which allows more particulate matter to enter the lungs. they endured the smoke from the wildfires over the past two years. >> i remember it felt hard breathing on my commute, really irritated the lungs. >> did you wear a mask? >> i did, yeah. >> however, the doctor says he has changed his mind about everyone wearing n-95 face masks. he says there is little evidence they help healthy adults. still,ng them doesn't hurt. >> they handed them out at our office. we still have them from the first time. >> they'll be managing the particulate matter in the air throughout the nine bay area counties. a researcher from stanford just completed a study of children who were exposed to smoke from last year's camp fire and concluded that their immune systems were compromised by the particulate matter they inhaled. in san francisco, david louie,

abc7 news. all right. now tomorrow will be a spare the air day because of the kincade fire, as we take a live look from our east bay hills tower camera. boy, it is a beautiful sunset, though. >> sure is. >> today was already a spare the air day, our 20th of the year. smoke is expected to spread farther into the bay area tonight and tomorrow. >> all right. it is a stunning shot. with more on the spread of that smoke and the bad air, let's update the weather forecast for you. >> well, the discouraging news is that tomorrow will be another spare the air day as of course more of that smoke filters down to the bay area. as david just reported, those small particles invade your respiratory system very easily. they can be dangerous, even if you don't see the particulate matter. anyhow, spare the air day again tomorrow with poor air quality expected for much of the bay area. overnight tonight, look for clear skies. maybe a few high clouds near the coast.

overnight mild, tomorrow look for another warm and very dry day. fortunately, we'll have low, calm wind tomorrow. but it will be warm at the coast again. 81 at half moon bay. around the bay look for mid and upper 80s. oakland, san mateo, palo alto, fremont. upper 80s to low 90s inland. and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. so we'll get a little bit of cooling on saturday, which will help reduce the risk of fire. but overnight saturday night into sunday, even though sunday is going to be a cooler day, we get another wind event which is going to bring us powerful, dry gusty wind once again. perhaps at the levels we've seen with this current event. so thatill elevate fire concerns once again. but then most of next week, once we get past the high winds on sunday, most of next week will be calm and crisp and fall-like. >> at least it cools down a bit. >> it does. that's helpful. >> thanks, spencer. employees here at abc7 joined forces to help very deserving kids. >> yes indeed. the volunteers were stuffing special comfort kits that will

be distributed to children undergoing treatment at hospitals all around the country. >> the day of service was part of disney's team of heroes program, which has committed $100 million to support children's hospitals. at last count, our abc7 volunteers had stuffed some 300 bags. nice job, everybody. >> that's fantastic work. it will make a huge difference. let's have a little fun with the warriors. their season opener is tonight. >> abc7 news sports director larry beil joining us live for the warriors' season opener. larry? >> dion, dan, everybody is set for opening night at the brand-new chase center. we got the warriors. we got the clippers. we got carlos santana in the house and some exclusive fun video with the commissioner. hey there, california residents on medicare. it may come as a surprise... but medicare doesn't pay for everything. so help bridge the gap with a medigap insurance plan, like an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan,

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now abc7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening, everybody. larry beil. we're live at chase center. it's the start of a new era for the golden state warriors. you've got a brand-new building, a largely new roster, and a whole new vibe and a lot of unknowns frankly about this team, as we show you kind of a late arriving crowd. a lot of people trying to figure out how to get to chase center on night number one as the warriors tip off against the l.a. clippers. you look at the warriors and the core of this team, they've been through it all. they've seen it all. they've done it all. five straight trips to the finals. three championships. you wouldn't think there would

be much that would make them nervous at this point. but opening night does bring out the butterflies in everybody. >> that's why i love doing this. very few things anymore make me nervous, but basketball, basketball is one of them. and that's something to relish, you know. that's a privilege to feel the butterflies and feel the nerves of competition. >> irfli for every game. me, atst.l never change for >> interesting steve kerr with eight rings total would still feel butterflies. let's bring in abc7's chris alvarez, who got the video of the night. adam silver at hooptopia dunking, two for two. unbelievable. we were the only ones there. >> did he throw it down with authority? >> of course he did. there he is right there. what a fun event. and now everybody has gone now. adam silver has gone. hooptopia the place to be when

you're not watching the game at chase center. the commissioner that role, but he was clearly having fun. >> he was ready to go. he looked like a pro out there, larry. >> we'll enjoy opening night here at chase center as we throw it back to dan and dion. highlights at 11. >> too much fun. >> thanks, larry. thank you very much, chris. in just a few minutes, cal fire will give you an update on the kincade fire burning in geyserville. >> we'll be streaming that news conference live, also our a oura app. pg&e revealed one of their transmission towers experienced an outage just before that fire started. >> but it appears to have been in excellent condition, recently inspected. so we're just going to have to wait for the results of our investigation and cal fire's to learn more about that. >> the kincade fire has burned at least 10,000 acres. thousa of people have been evacuated, and that includes the entire community of geyserville. >> we have had time coverage on

the kincade fire, and our reporters are tweeting about it. take a look. wayne freedman was at the river rock casino where firefighters trying to keep flames from crossing the road. >> now eric thomas was at robert young vineyards, where he found the owner trying to put out the flames. our laura anthony is sharing video showing how firefighters are using flame retardant. >> and lisa amin gulezian is reporting on a new mask. you see her trying it out right there, to help keep the smoke out of people's lungs. she'll have more on the fire and that mask on abc7 news at 11:00 tonight. >> all of our resources are dedicated to making sure we keep you up to date on this fire. so stay tuned that is this edition of abc7 news. look for breaking news updates any time on the abc7 news app. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm dion lim. for spencer and larry and all of us at abc7 news, thank you for joining us. >> we'll see you again at 11:00.

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