area cities will be going dark as soon as 7:00 a.m. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, october 30th. abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco is tracking this critical fire danger. good morning, mike. >> hi, everybody. i do have good news, hardly any winds this morning. look at this up in the hills less than 15 miles an hour. doing good for now. starting at 8:00 we'll see critical fire conditions develop and the peninsula. winds at least 20 to 30 sustained, gusting 50 miles an hour even up to 65. very low humidity, extreme fire conditions. let's talk about your temperatures, 37 to 46. a little chilly this morning on your planner. 62 just about everywhere with the breezes starting to increase at noon. red flag warning for just about all of us by 4:00 except for the bay shoreline, san francisco and the santa clara valley. at 7:00 the winds will really

start to pick up. i'll show you the forecast coming up. we'll take it from you right now, mike. as we get closer to another dangerous wind event across the bay area, fire crews are rushing to gain ground on the kincade fire. >> here is the latest on the fire overnight. it is still exploding in size. it's now burned more than 74,000 acr acres, roughly the size of the city of fresno. the fire is just 15% contained. cal fire expects full containment by next thursday, november 7. >> now last night some evacuation orders were downgrad downgraded. people still need to be ready to leave. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live this morning with the conditions crews are facing this morning. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, good morning. they're saying 123 structures have been destroyed and they say

90,000 are considered threatened. they are worried about the next wave of winds. they have made some progress on the kincade fire. they have it 15% contained. they allowed some evacuees to return home yesterday. they aren't ruling out the possibility of more evacuation orders. >> we are still somewhat at the mercy of mother nature with her variable wind offshore and onshore. with that we ask for continued vigilance from the public, and that means just patience to get re-entered. and patience should you have to be evacuated. >> reporter: firefighters are watching to see if it is going to move into calistoga, napa county or lake county. they are on an evacuation warning.

they tell me most of the activity is on the northeast corner. cal fire telling me it was a quiet night. there's no wind. weighs very cold. as you know more wind is coming. so they are still very careful about what is coming next. amy hollyfield abc 7 news. smoke from the fire is drifting into the rest of the bay area. today is another spare the air day. it is worse around san francisco depending on the winds. >> uber is helping out by offering free rides for evacu evacuees. you can get two free rides. it will run until next thursday and uber is doing this for those

affected by the fires in los angeles. we've been getting plenty of calls asking how you can help fire victims. >> the shelters are in need of extra supplies. here is the address you can drop off things like new blankets, pillows and towels would go a long way. nearly 1,500 evacuees have filled the six shelters to capacity. not just people but animals, too. pet food, leeches, crates and beds would be appreciated. you can also help by making a financial donation to the red cross, text redcross to 90999 to make a $10 donation or go to redcross.org. the bay area is bracing for more power shutoffs. power will be cut across 29 counties. jobina fortson is tracking all of that at the live desk. this round will many pact

270,000 customers in the bay area. they will lose power at 7:00 a.m. followed by parts of marin, santa clara, san mateo, alameda and contra costa. pg&e says today's shutoffs may impact many of the same customers who lost power over the weekend and check out this map, the projected outage map. if i bring you to their website you can see all the icons in pink represent public service shutoff. thousands are still in the dark as you can see. >> i've done the best i can with ice. doing okay right now. if it goes to wednesday or thursday, not going to make it. >> some people asked why pg&e doesn't put their lines underground to prevent shutoffs.

many communities with burden of proof yid power lines still had their power cut off. they will estimate an estimated 59 6,000 i i i >> businesses in the bay area are suffering because of the power shutoffs. check out this video posted on twitter. they threw out expired meat after four days without power. the restaurant lost up to $7,000 per day in sales. the owner in montclair lost $40,000 and counting. >> i have just given up. to me we're shut down. we're closed. we're not doing any business and we're not going to do any business until the power turns back on. >> people say they're coming to terms it is a new reality. >> make sure you are following

abc 7 because we are constantly send i sending updates. sky 7 has this feature that will let you see through the smoke at what the areas are supposed to look like. right now another big fire burning in the southern california's most expensive properties forcing celebrities to leave their homes. >> a live look from our east bay hills camera. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike? i want to give you a quick idea what will happen if you're commuting today. jobina will tell you about

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let's start off with some good news at 6:10. as we head to noon, 20 miles an hour, napa and fairfield and look what happens at 8:00. we're hitting 40 with the 20s and 30s spreading over all of our neighborhoods as the evening commute ends and stays that way

overnight with gusts at our highest elevations. we'll start to drop out of the 20s and 30s. look at our fire danger index this morning. we're doing great. we're green, we're blue. we blow up to very high to even extreme, napa county by noon and then we start to spread that all the way down to the south and along the east bay at 9:00 and at midnight extreme fire conditions. while we're sleeping is when it will be most dangerous. the pg&e public safety shutoffs are impacting commuters this morning especially mass transit. smart train in sonoma, marin, will not have service because of the power shutoffs. santa rosa city bus will operate for free with modified routes.

golden gate transit are on a on modified schedule. four-way stop if the power is out at your interception. looking nice smooth this morning. we'll hop over to our friends in the south bay. nice and clear, kumasi and liz. >> thank you, jobina. our coverage continues next with the people impacted by

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a dangerous wildfire burning in los angeles has prompted evacuations. the getty fire broke out and rapidly chewed through 600 acres. firefighters are trying to get the fire under control. former governor arnold schwarzenegger and senator kamala harris are among the celebrities who have had to evacuate their homes in southern california. l.a. lakers star lebron james tweeted, check it out, man, these l.a. fires are no joke. had to emergency evacuate my house and have been driving around with my family trying to get rooms. grammy winner blanchard also had to evacuate. >> it's a struggle. i come from a place accustomed to hurricanes. this is something you can't prepare for.

it can come out of nowhere. >> at least 10,000 homes and businesses are under evacuation orders. >> in the north bay some people have had to evacuate for the second time in two years. the kincade fire and the tubbs fire. that was one of the worst of the north bay wildfires. the tubbs fire burned a smaller area but destroyed more than 500 homes. hundreds of homes burned two years ago. they moved back in recently only to be evacuated again. they say it's all too much. >> it just feels like it's out of control. the same thing keeps happening over and over again. i know everyone has tried to make improvements. it's not working. >> they say the big difference is time. they had two days' warning and

in 2017 they only had 20 minutes. still, i can imagine that's a lot for people to deal with so soon when you think you're trying to move forward and it's all coming back to you. some of the interviews, talking about ptsd. >> anytime those winds come through people get this sort of eerie feeling because of going back two years ago. >> they can smell the conditions and it triggers the stress. having just finished and it could be threatened again today. i don't in how they do it. some strong people trying to deal with that. we're hear with you. here is another strong storm that's bringing snow to salt lake and an early snowstorm to denver. look at the high pressure in calgary. that's what's steering our next wind event towards us that will get here later on. that's not san jose.

that is the bay bridge. what we're going to be dealing with are very comfortable conditions this morning. but then things change during the afternoon hours as the air gets drier. i can't stress this enough. while we're sleeping we have our highest fire danger so have your bags and everything you need by the door. you're going to exit your house and get to your car and get out in case you have to. calmer and much more comfortable through the weekend. here is how quickly things change up around the kincade fire. this morning almost no wind at 9:00. by noon we're knocking on 30 moles an hour, pushing 50 at midnight and we're staying there through most of the early morning. by 9:00 it's over. so it's a very small window. upper 60s along the coast and san francisco. 70 to 75 for the rest of us on the spare the air day. early morning walks along the beaches, watch out for increased risk of sneaker waves on our west/northwest facing beaches

through 9:00. tonight in the 30s in a few select areas, up in the hills it will be windy, it's 50s and 60s. my accuweather seven-day forecast, not much of a change in the temperature. after tomorrow afternoon it'll be a real treat with sunny, mild afternoons and no more fire threat after tomorrow. here's jobina. it's relatively quiet but we do have an issue because of the kincade fire. you are looking at state route 128 between geyserville and calistoga. all that have is closed and don't plan on that opening anytime soon. geysers road, springs road, healdsburg avenue, alexander valley road, beach avenue -- i mean, the list goes on and on. 101 is open but exits closed between geyserville and windsor because of the kincade fire. the commute out of tracy, speeds

are still very slow. we move furd in but still very, very slow. the cash lines are smooth. walnut creek is packing in as people head in to work. kumasi and liz? "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 right here on abc 7. >> ginger zee with a look at what's ahead. good morning. >> great to be with both of you this morning. coming up we are live in washington where that big showdown is under way, the first white house official set to defy the trump administration and testify in the impeachment inquiry. also, on the front lines of the dangerous wildfires in california. i know south of you and right around you firefighters are racing still.

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most of our neighborhoods have moderate air quality represented in the yellow which is technically

you need to stay inside if you can. greatest concentration with our forecast across the north bay and with the winds pushing out over the coast down to san francisco and observing. overnight it gets quiet even though the winds will pick up and then tomorrow, again, concentrated in the north bay. also the east bay. kumasi? thanks, mike. bay area residents are raising questions about the fire emergency price gouging and whether or not businesses are taking advantage of evacuees. >> michael finney spoke with the council of san francisco. some hotels are offering discounts and making sure companies' computers don't increase rates because of demand. >> the hotels have to monitor pricing and obey the laws. >> and they know that? >> absoluteli, yes. they know the state has a law.

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continues next at 6:30. >> reporter: we're at a grocery store still open thanks to a generator. i'm lauren martinez. the latest on power outages. plus, we are live in the fire zone.

right now at 6:30 -- >> we're playing both offense and defense right now. >> the kincade fire exploding in size. another dangerous wind event looms. critical fire conditions across northern california. >> plus, the countdown to a fourth pg&e shutoff. >> we have no clue when we will get lights back on. >> how people are dealing with the shutoff. >> we plan to get out of town. >> we tried to get some food that wouldn't perish. >> and the time line when hundreds of thousands will be left in the dark again. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, october 30th. we have the very latest evacuation orders, school closures scrolling at the bottom of your screen. right to mike nicco. i know the big question today, are these winds going to pick back up? >> they are. right now everything is fine.

take a deep breath, relax but be prepared. starting at 8:00, the critical fire conditions develop. 1:00 for the rest of us in the red which is the east bay, the south bay and the peninsula and that goes through 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. everything is very quiet. this is the fastest wind we have in our lower elevations. again, everything is fine right now. temperature 48. let's break down the day, air quality, yes, it's an issue especially across the north bay right now. it could be for more of us. if you're coughing, that will continue. 37 to 46. it's chilly. dress accordingly this morning. 62 across the board at noon. 59 -- 57 to 64 at 7:00. once the sun sets that's when the most dangerous fire conditions develop. more on that coming up.

pg&e is preparing for yet another round of public safety power shutoffs. officials say an offshore wind event will force them to cut the power to 596,000 customers. parts of sonoma, napa and solano counties will lose electricity. marin, santa clara, san mateo, alameda and contra costa may be affected around 11:00 tonight. this is the projected outage map, thousands of customers may remain without many after the power shutoffs on saturday. to point this out to you so you can see what that impact looks like. this is the current outage map, everything in pink is the public service shutoff. for now, jobina fortson, abc 7 news.

>> all that pink, all that power out. parts of the north bay will be without power again after just getting it restored. >> reporter lauren martinez joins us live where the back and forth is having an impact on people. lauren? >> reporter: it really is. the lights are still on here thanks to generators. pg&e says the next power shutoff could affect residents who have been without power since saturday. some are going on 72 hours without power. bill stags whose partner owns casa orinda says it makes it hard to run a business losing more than $50,000 in revenue and it's been hard on their employees. >> as it stands now this huge state of unknowing and anxiety has a profound effect on people.

>> i don't think many businesses can survive being shut down for five days. the amount of income we lost is well over $40,000. >> reporter: again, starting at 7:00, residents napa, solano, lake counties can expect to lose power. in marin county can expect to lose power tonight at 11:00 p.m. >> lauren, thank you. thousands of people in the santa cruz mountains expect their power to stay off. some people have stocked up on supplies. one woman said she and her family are just going to get out and leave town. >> we're planning to get out of town to get soaway from this

madness. >> the pg&e power shutoffs impacted communities with power lines aboveground as well as below ground. >> pg&e's public safety power shutoffs are cutting off communication services. more than 450,000 people have lost telephone, internet and cable tv service in this weekend's round of shutoffs and the blackouts are knocking out cell phone towers. six radio stations went off the air. we're expecting to get another update on the kincade fire burning in sonoma county. >> take a look at the incident map showing the fire activity plus the massive road closures and power outages across the county.

amy hollyfield is live with more. >> reporter: this weather is a nice break but they are worried about the weather heading our way. they consider 90,000 it would be threatened and haven't ruled out the possibility of more evacuations. the most active fire right now is on the northeast side of this fire. that's why they have allowed people on the west side of the county to go back home. they are worried this new round could create conditions as intense as this fire started. >> really we're at the cusp of cautious optimism. we're contending with the ping-pong effect right now. >> reporter: they are watching to see if it will move into calistoga or into middletown and lake county. they're on an evacuation

warning. it's been quiet, though, overnight. i did talk to cal fire. they said nothing major to report overnight. they told me that this morning. they're saying don't get too comfortable with the winds that are coming. they want everyone to still be vigilant. reporting live in heeledbualdsb abc 7 news. dozens of schools across the bay area will be closed because of the smoke, the power shutoffs and evacuations. we're running a list of them across the bottom of your screen. one dealt with poor air quality yesterday but will be open today. >> people are going home early because of the smoke. it's making people sick. >> yeah, my friend benny, he -- because he doesn't like the smoke because it's bad for his lungs. >> this building was destroyed at cal maritime sunday during a fire in vallejo and will stay closed the rest of the week. the school is providing

temporary housing for students. >> governor newsom launched a resource website for those impacted by the wildfires and power shutoffs. you can find a link to it on our website, abc7news.com. southern california also on fire this morning. this intense fire burning close to multimillion dollar homes and the fierce santa ana winds about to pick up. >> reporter: the night before basically i had to redesign the entire event. >> powerful picture capturing what could be the new normal. hear from the couple behind this wedding. and a quick check of the dow trading. we are starting down a little bit this morning about 20 points. >> first a check of your weather and traffic with mike nicco. i, everybody, welcome to tuesday. a look at what's going on this morning, can you imagine not having power with temperatures in the mid to upper 30s? it has to be so cold in some of those houses. san francisco at 51. clover dale 51.

the warmest spots out there. a look at walnut creek and how dark it is as we look south on 680 and along main street. it's 41 degrees here. danger, the power outages, four way stops, some mass transit systems not running. it will be breezy this afternoon. a look at your winds, they're fantastic this morning. we even have a little bit of a sea breeze bringing us an uptick that all changes, though, at noon. 20 milicic winds, the tip of the next wind event moving in. by 8:00 sun sets and we're hitting 40 already in the north bay. we'll stay even pushing up to around 60 to 65 as we head towards the overnight hours and then to tomorrow's early morning commute. by the end of the commute 20 to 30-mile-per-hour winds.

we'll talk more about the critical fire conditions and pinpoint some of the neighborhoods they'll be in. jobina, it's been pretty quiet on the roads. >> it has. i'll take it. we have so much else going on this morning. >> it's a good thing we don't have traffic to deal with. >> exactly. everybody could use a little break. let's get right to it here. the bay bridge is looking pretty smooth this morning but the toll plaza is backed up. smooth sailing from there. there's a little bit of a slowdown on the bridge this morning but no incidents reported. a three-car crash blocking one of the lanes at sunsun valley road. now to this mass transit alert mike was talking about earlier. this is becausef the pg&e public shutoffs.

santa rosa city bus and transit will operate for free with modified routes and timetables. also we need to know golden gate transit buses are on a modified schedule because of the kincade fire. everything is looking good with b.a.r.t. there are a lot of professionals here trying to help out this community and trying to save this neighborhood. >> they're prepping the structures, triaging, making them defending. >> we are not going to give up. we're going to take a stand.

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let's get those kids ready that do have school today, dress them warmly this morning. 37 to 46. everybody around 59 degrees. remember poor air quality all day today near 70 at 3:00. comfy temperatures but who wants to be outside and breathe that air? look at this, more than 5.5 million people across northern california and another nearly 15 million across southern california in the red flag warning and outside of that we have air quality issues for nearly 3.5 million people in the

san joaquin valley. you can't get away from it. we're seeing fire index starts to spread across the rest of the north bay. extreme in the diablo range at 8:00. extreme at midnight in the peninsula and it stays that way during the overnight hours. this is going to be a nighttime event. get ready. the getty fire broke out, burned at least 600 acres and more than 1,000 firefighters are trying to get it under control. reporter rachel brown from kabc. >> reporter: good morning, kumasi and liz. we are on the west side of los angeles an area where eight homes have been destroyed. you see the one behind me has been red tagged. this is one of the homes

firefighters weren't able to save. the getty fire has not increased in size. it was 5% contained by nightfall but that number should be higher now. the fire erupted yesterday at 1:30 in the morning along the 405 freeway. thousands of people remain under mandatory evacuation orders hoping they have a home to return to. >> vallejo lifted a restrict on water use. they forced the city to order restrictions but pg&e brought in a generator and the water is flowing once again. pg&e's stock value has plunged to another record low. the price per share closed at $3.80 yesterday, that is a loss of 24% of its value from friday's close.

pg&e stock traded as high as $49 per share in the last year. and pg&e's power shutoffs, as we know, are supposed to reduce the risk of wildfire. >> the i-team says the company is admitting its equipment may have sparked at least three fires in the bay area. last week the i-team reported about a pg&e tower that failed. that tower is now being looked at as a possible source of the kincade fire. on sunday a spot fire badly damaged the main building at the lafayette tennis club. pg&e filed documents stating the fire started in the same general area as an electrical malfunction. the utility could face possible fines for not turning the power off before that fire. >> we are assessing whether or not we should have appropriate fines where protocols have not been met. fines would include the possibility of $100,000 per incident per day. >> according to "the chronicle"

the fire destroyed two outbuildings at the club and damaged the roof and chimney of a home. the fire break out on the other side at pleasant hill and condit roads. in milpitas a fire burned four homes. they say the fire destroyed one home and damaged three others and took crews hours to put the fire out. more than a dozen state parks are closed because of the power shutoff. officials say 17 parks in sonoma and marin counties are closed today. they include the ones listed on your screen like mt. tamalpias state park. a full list can be found on the recreation website. >> if your power goes out, you'll be wondering if food is still safe to eat. your fridge will keep food safe up to four hours if you don't

open and close the door. after four hours toss meat, eggs and dairy products except butter. uncut fresh fruit and vegetables are safe to keep. we have more on abc7news.com. one chicago couple that came to california and left with a now viral wedding photo. >> the kincade fire made it anything but that. katie and curtis ferland got married at the chateau st. john vineyard in sonoma county. check out the shot. check that out. this is another photo of their wedding. it went on as planned. the kincade fire burnin miles away. most of the wedding event staff was forced to evacuate but they still somehow managed to pull it off. >> we thought we would make it a beautiful trip for people. >> and now they have a beautiful story. >> and now they have a story forever. >> the wedding planner said she had to redesign the entire event the night before.

the wedding photographer said she was thinking in the american gothic style when she took the shot. it is one the newlyweds will hold on for forever. >> everyone looked really happy. the other one you get back a little bit, the lady is smiling, everybody is so happy. they made the best of it. >> they did. sometimes this can bring people together. >> they aren't familiar with fire season? people from chicago? i have a lot of questions. we'll talk when the show is over. >> they were familiar and i asked that. were you worried about this? and she was like every single day. >> oh, no. >> so they knew. it was the timing, the where and when. >> until the last few years, what were the chances? we've had hundreds, maybe thousands of weddings in the fall every year.

the last two years not so good. i want to show you something on the other side of the storm. i'll state the obvious. this is denver and it's obviously snowing there. what else are we looking at? >> i lived in denver -- oh, look at him. we worked together. get out of the way. so, look, so this is actually the state capitol. >> nice. >> and usually it's really nice, ride your bike around there, get a pretty view and not so much today. >> wow. >> it is crazy. >> pretty in a different way. >> i don't remember it being this snowy there. >> that's how strong the storm is and the reason why it will bring us another wind event today because we're on the other side of it. >> here is a look. that is pretty far south for this time of the year. it's that low setting up another

wind event for us. let's jump right in. it's only 8 to 11 miles an hour on mt. tam. look how dark it is from mt. tamalpais. nothing on in marin county. hazy sunshine, dry air that leads to our highest fire danger tonight. have everything ready to go by the door you're going to exit in case you have to be evacuated. calm and clear, a great weekend. our poorest air quality at healdsburg. it could spread down the coast and into the central bay. look at this, nothing as far as winds and then, boom, up to 27 at noon. 50s, 60s, 65 during the overnight hours and by tomorrow afternoon down to nothing again. temperatures upper sick.

we're back in the 30s and 40s. another cool night. once we get to thursday the weather is nothing but a treat all the way through the weekend. jobina? >> thank you, mike. good morning. the impact the kincade fire is having on traffic. that is closed and don't plan on it reopening anytime soon because of the fire efforts up there. we are looking at geysers road. the list goes on and on. exits between geyserville and windsor are closed and will stay that way. head over to fairfield before suisun valley road. a crash has been cleared out. you can see the speeds are still impacted there, 13 to 13 miles an hour. also want to check out the toll plaza stacking up. the cash lanes are filling in again.

it was completely empty earlier, which was interesting to look at. haven't seen that before. 280 pretty smooth but beginning to fill in on this morning commute. thanks, jobina. in the south bay san jose could reshape how new homes are built and powered. a city proposal would ban natural gas from being used in newly constructed buildings. they want to move to renewable electricity instead. natural gas will still be allowed in high-rise buildings, but the city may change that in the next few months. the meeting for final approval starts at 1:30 this afternoon. new at 6:00, some bay area operations will be closed. blue bottle will move its west coast roasting facility to sacramento by the end of the year. the webster street building will operate as a cafe after the roasting operation shuts down. a new luxury hill hotel will celebrate its grand opening, the grand hyatt at sfo is the only

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all right. welcome back, everyone. it is 6:57. if you're just joining us maybe you're had he heading out the door, 7 things to know before you go. number one, bracing for another

round of pg&e power shutoffs. today's outages will impact about 270,000 customers in the bay area, parts of sonoma, napa will lose power starting in just a few minutes at 7:00 this morning. number two, the latest on the kincade fire, some evacuation orders have been lifted for western parts of sonoma county, stronger winds are forecast to return today. yeah, crippling conditions for our firefighters quickly. 8:00 this morning the red flag warning for all of us including those firefighters up in the north bay. the rest of us it begins at 1:00 this afternoon, gusts up to 65 miles per hour and this will continue through 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. number four, dozens of schools across the bay area are going to be closed today because of the smoke, the power shutoffs and the evacuations. we're running a list of them at the bottom of your screen and we also have the full list on our website, abc7news.com. number five, the kincade fire is also impacting our traffic. state route 128 between geyserville and calistoga is

closed. exits are closed between geyserville and windsor. number six, pg&e stock value has plunged to another record low. the price per share closed at $3.80 yesterday. that's a loss of 24% of its value from friday's close. number seven is a bit of good news for somebody in sonoma county. the california lottery says this lucky store in sonoma sold the only winning fantasy five lotto ticket and the jackpot is $62,000. >> let's be friends. >> how many generators will that buy? >> that's the first thing. >> that would be really nice if someone could take the money and do something good for all the people up there in sonoma county. >> absolutely. we'll see what happens. thanks for joining us this morning. we'll be back here in about 25 minutes or so with another abc 7 news update. anything else you need to know in the meantime just go to the website or download the app. "good morning america" starts right now.

good morning. as we join you this tuesday morning, the first white house official on that phone call with ukraine will break with the president and testify on impeachment. defying president trump. a national security officer, iraq war purple heart, will testify at congress today. the first white house official on that phone call between president trump and ukraine's leader to sound the alarm, calling it damaging to u.s. interests. all this as the house sets the first official vote on impeachment. raging inferno. firefighters racing against the clock to contain hundreds of blazes across california before the worst santa ana winds of the year move in just hours from now. and the new video emerging -- >> go, g