this sign says it all. extreme fire danger. it is why mt. diablo state park is closed. it is still hot and winds are picking up, leading to a red flag warning. the sky is filled with smoke from the already our spare the air days aren't over either. >> any minute we speck an update on the power shutoffs underway before the 18,000 customers in sonoma county and about 5,000 in napa county lost power overnight and probably won't get it back until tomorrow. we'll bring you pg&e's update as soon as it happens. we do have a team of weather experts keeping track of the conditions. drew tuma is live on the roof monitoring air quality, plus spencer christian. >> it may seem surprising that fire danger is up as temperatures are dropping sharply. look at the 24-hour temperature

change. nearly 30 degrees cooler in some spots than it was yesterday. look at santa rosa. even as temperatures dropped, the winds are picking up intensity and we have a red flag warning in effect for all the higher elevations in the bay area until 8:00 tomorrow morning. the relative humidity is dangerously low as the winds intensify with wind speeds, gusts in the higher elevations up to 32 miles an hour in st. helena. 17 miles an hour at atlas peak. and we have a wind advisory for virtually all the higher elevations. now we go to drew tuma. >> reporter: you can see the sky behind me. it has that yellow hue once again as the sun is setting and we will find that sunset with the yellow orange sky like it was early this morning when the sun was rising. let's look at where all the smoke was coming from.

you can see the august complex fires to our north. we'll add the winds to the satellite picture we're seeing and the winds that we have, those offshore gusts that had developed and prompted the red flag warning are going over the august complex, bringing smoke right down into the bay area. and that is not going to change over the next 24 hours. but you probably noticed, you haven't smelled smoke as much as you think you should have looking at the sky above. the gusty winds are keeping a lot of the smoke suspended up in the atmosphere. that's why we're not seeing unhealthy air quality across the region. still we have issues. it is moderate to poor. the lone exception, a sea breeze has been in san francisco with a good air quality. a spare the air has been extended for tomorrow. >> thanks. look at the color of the sky behind you. thank you very much. people in the north bay lost power overnight as pg&e started

cutting the juice in order to avoid fire danger and it may not end until tomorrow. here's a look at the current outages. the deliberate outages are represented by the purple triangles you see and they affect customers from santa rosa and st. helena and calistoga. wayne is live in santa rosa. wayne? >> good evening. i wish we had better news for the people who don't have power. the bottom line, it could be until tomorrow before they get their electricity back. we're at the intersection now in unincorporated sonoma county along highway 12. the lights are out. traffic here is moving and people are not real happy. in sonoma county, they're using plenty of ice. in theory the goal is to keep refrigerators cool, hot tempers could use some ice as well. >> how can they get away with it? >> reporter: it is to prevent high voltage lines from sparking

wildfires. 17,000 customers have gone without power and some of them really need it. bob o'neill used power from a local store to charge his wife's oxygen machine. >> my wife would start to have real problems with oxygen and it could be fatal. so this is life saving. >> reporter: for everyone else, the shutoff has caused mere inconvenience with lights not working, intersections along highway 12 now operate on the honor system. if you need gasoline, keep moving. >> i'm not just blaming pg&e. i'm blaming our government and our local leaders. >> reporter: while they blame pg&e. the supervisor -- >> show me where the wind is. it's dead still here. this is getting old really fast. >> reporter: older yet considering how sonoma county endured more than a week of these shutoffs last year and it is still only early september. >> it won't be the last. we'll have more problems. >> after the last two years, i'm

expecting it every year from now on. >> so to summarize in two words in sonoma county, cynicism and frustration. live along highway 12 in sonoma county. abc7 news. >> thanks very much. let's give you a live update as you look at breaking news. pg&e is holding a news conference regarding the power shutoffs. >> the offshore winds brought in a very dry air mass across california. if you look across the state, relative humidities are running in the teens to single digits in areas, and as we know, vegetation is extremely dry out there and susceptible to ignition. when we expect the dry conditions to continue overnight, we won't see much in

the way of humidity recoveriere. the vegetation will be very susceptible to new fire conditions. so the other kind of element here is that in local areas where we do not expect the winds to rematerialize, earlier we were able to issue the weather all clear in some localized locations to begin the restore and restoration process. and additional information, i believe, will be provided in this briefing in those areas. another element is that we do expect santa ana winds to develop across southern california this evening. tomorrow morning as well. we do expect winds into the tehachapis and the san joaquin valley. the timing on those winds, it is looking like they'll ramp up, continue overnight before diminishing tomorrow morning. and just a quick note is that

other utilities to the south are considering psps due to the santa ana winds as well. the second wave arrives and the santa ana winds develop across the south. we'll be providing the intel they need to make informed decisions about the weather going to all clear. in general, the timing we expect to be out of this wind event by tomorrow morning. i think it may last until about 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. things are looking much better in the afternoon tomorrow. and then looking at the long range models, we don't see an event horizon after this. we did continue to collaborate with the federal forecast agencies that we work closely with. the national weather service and other agencies.

and like i mentioned, the red flag warnings will remain in effect through tomorrow and then other forecast agencies recognize the risk period we're in, just to make the a few, they're showing high risk and significant fire potential lasting through wednesday. so that's my weather briefing. i'll turn it back over to you. >> thank you. i want to recap a couple of highlights that i heard. we're still you understand a red flag warning in major parts of california. still a lot of low relative humidity and dry vegetation on the ground. we do have the all clear in some localities in our service area, and the good news that i had, we don't see another wind event forecasted over the next seven days. is that about right? >> yeah. you got that all right. and one thing i'll add, this continues to be a very dynamic situation. all those points are right on.

>> okay. terrific. thank you. let's get an operational briefing from our incident commander mark quinlan. what can you tell us tonight? >> thank you, lindsey. good evening, everybody. here with the operational briefing. currently, as of the start of the briefing we have roughly 167,000 customers out of service, resulting from the power safety shutoffs. we began reenergizing all those customers last evening. at approximately 9:00 p.m., and we continue that evolution, all the way through the morning. it was a staggered type of deenergization sequence. i'm happy to report it was completed safely. you can see the scope primarily is in the northern portion of

our service territory. it covers 21 counties and seven stribs. one thing that has referenced in his remarks was the ability to adjust timing on the kern county, which is to the far south of our service territory. when we safely deenergized, the operation center pivots and they monitor throughout the events. the first thing we were able to do, the kern county area, to the south end of our service territory, they were scheduled to be shut off at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, or 1400 hours. but the weather conditions changed. we expected the winds but we expected them later.

we were able to delay deenergization until 7:00 p.m. this evening, or 1900 hours. along the line of changing weather conditions, we were monitoring the system, the wind speeds that scott covered throughout the day. we noticed two specific areas to where we could declare the weather all clear earlier than anticipated. the first area is in the northern area of the service territory, in the humboldt and siskiyou counties. there is a section that we no longer believe there is a weather threat. the winds are no longer at unsafe levels. we broed the restoration process in those two counties. in the southern sierra part of the scope that you can see on the right hand side of the slide, specifically, there's a block of customers ranging between 30 to 35,000 customers

that we believe can be restored so we're in the process of doing that work. the disadvantage with the time of day is that we're running out of daylight. we won't be able to fly our helicopters in those areas. we have ships but they will be landing at sunset and we'll continue the patrolling process and the incremental process through the evening until we're at first light where we can get the air fleet back in the air. so the next slide covers really mitigations that we've been able to establish and avoid interruptions. the most significant block of that effort is really in the humboldt county. we have a generating station there that has the ability to be

placed into an island configuration and carry all the customers and serve them without necessitating a shutdown, even though transmission lines that flow into humboldt county from the east needed to be taken out of service for safety. so we avoid that had. and the remainder are really the temporary generation efforts that we've put forth. you can see icus, hospitals, nontraditional medical facilities that have since been converted into medical purposes for purposes of covid-19 pandemic concerns. we've been able to provide temporary power for that. the last thing i'll mention is the two hundred grid section alliesing devices that we've installed. we've installed they have times that many devices. but in this event, with the scope that we can see on the

right hand side -- >> all right. you've been listening to a live update here from pg&e. regarding what they call their public safety power shutoffs and turning off the electricity for people to avoid wildfire danger. they're sort of explaining the rationale and why they make the decisions they do to cut people's power to avoid wildfires. after this wind event, you just heard pg&e's meteorologist say, and spencer christian, our meteorologist say, after this weather event, the winds should die down so we should not experience any more of these power shutoffs. >> in addition to the power shutoff in the north, there is a red nag warning for the east bay hills overnight. we looked into the wind event. >> the fire danger is extremely

high. >> fire crews here are on high alert. last year in october, the almost inconceivable happened as the fire breached highway 24 at 680. since then a jimt swath of land has been created with dozers and brush clearing, from martinez and pleasant hill through lafayette and on to san pablo road and el sobrante. >> it creates a fuel break and a fire break for any fires that may begin to its north. winds out of north pushing south. it protects lafayette and the communities to the west. >> for the danger that lies ahead, a 12-person hand crew is on stand by. the state has given the okay to pre position them. >> a water truck is standing by

further east. >> our area that we're most concerned about is the marsh creek morgan territory. that is running along the hillside. it allows fire crews to assess situations remotely and in and out of a growing fire zone. >> here we go again. it looks like the temperatures should be going back down. the winds should be going back down. we have to make it through. >> reporter: in the east bay hills. i'm leslie brinkley. >> a quick look at the three major wildfires. following the scu complex is the second largest in the state history burning more than 396,000 acres in seven counties, includingal need, a contra costa and santa clara. containment edged up to 95% so they almost have it surrounded.

and the lnu is the third largest at more than 375,000 acres. it is at 91% containment. firefighters keep making progress on the czu complex fire. containment is at 81% and it has burned more than 86,000 acres. so all encouraging news. the oak fire has burned since starting yesterday afternoon. it is 5%. evacuate orders are in place. and due to increased needs, the office said secondary evacuation sites are being set up to make room for people. more than a dozen firefighters were hurt while fighting the dolan fire in monday ray county. they had to deploy their emergency shelter. three firefighters were air lifted to a hospital. one is in critical condition. the fire has been burning for three weeks and just exploded in size overnight. >> a pretty busy night for us.

the fire in general grew between 50,000 and 60,000 achers from where we were yesterday to today. >> the dole an foyer was started by arson on august 18 afrlt man has been arrested in connection with that blaze. >> the creek fire in fresno is at nearly 144,000 acres without any containment. structures have been destroying including a land mark general store built in 1904. hundreds of people have needed help getting out of the area with some needing to be rescued by helicopters. a san jose father and son were rescued. >> reporter: this was the abrupt end of what was supposed to be a fun fishing weekend. their car is still wreaking of smoke after driving hours out of the fire zone burning in fresno, ma daria and maricopa counties.

>> just beyond the lake is where we saw the burned out areas. you got to see smoke coming off the trees, flames, stumps on the ground that were on fire. >> reporter: this scene at fresno international airport is one of a number of dramatic operations by the california national guard this weekend. 46 people and four dogs were rescued by the helicopter. >> the mass evacuation is an event that we haven't seen us involved with something on this magnitude in years. >> reporter: they're regular campers. they've also never been through anything like this in their life. >> i was more worried waiting in the parking lot. you could see the flames. you could see the spots.

>> reporter: one california national guard pilot said even combat doesn't compare to what he saw over the weekend. >> the pilot was very open to saying, i've never seen anything like this. with what they went through on saturday, the flames, the smoke, it was a skiry experience. something i never experienced before. >> cal fire doesn't expect to have it contained until at least october 15. >> so frightening. you can follow it all across california with our exclusive wildfire tracker. the abc7 fire tracker is available now at abc7news.com and the abc7 news app. >> we are working every day. california's positivity date is taken down slightly.

today the governor said it has improved enough for indoor personal services and gyms to reopen. they moved from the purple to the red tier on the tracker. today in marin county, they were sent to allow indoor dining and indoor personal services like massage, for example. the state hit the brakes because of an issue with the county's data. liz found plenty of business owner in need of a recount. >> reporter: the strip small is named 2020 gym of the year. >> this was going to be my best year. >> i feel like i'm tied up in a bad dream and i don't know what to do. >> the county alerted them that

they had been allowed to open indoor operations. but late last night, word came from the state that the decision was reversed. >> i found out through a friend and i thought he was joking with me. this is the second time the county has reneged on reopening. >> reporter: this has a ripple effect. businesses open for indoor services rely on the foot traffic from other services. if they're closed, it means less customers walking in. >> the hair salon, they brough people in. they walk past and come in. so that could be a big reason why my business is lower. >> reporter: the department of public health says the reversal by the state took county by surprise. he belize an outbreak at a skilled nursing contributed. >> and that's not a step we're ready to take. >> he's fed up with the back and

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days. >> you're so right about that. look at the 24-hour temperature change. you can see most locations are final to about 30 degrees or more cooler than at this time yesterday. that's a dramatic cooldown. we still have the dirty air, of course, looking out over sutro tower, over san francisco. the temperatures in the 60s are in san francisco and oakland. 84, gilroy. vinyl in half moon bay. we have smoke and fog at the golden gate as well. temperatures in the north bay and 70s. 92 in fairfield. 88 in concord and livermore. as the temperatures go down, we have wind intense identifying over the hills. as a result, the red nag warning are in effect for all the hills, mountains, until about 8:00 tomorrow morning. and here's the accuweather forecast. another spare the air day tomorrow. although the cooling continues..

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the i-team reporter is digging deep into the data under covering the problem and exactly how police are responding. >> this story starts with innocence, just like this young man and his passion to ride bikes. >> i think a bicycle, there is something really, really magical, spiritual about that. it brings people together. >> that's exactly what he did. the richmond native co-founded a bicycle group bringing the neighborhood together. every first friday of the month. with you the musical tradition took an unexpected turn on august 3, 2018. >> we were leaving out of the intersection. the police officer comes over and grabs my handle bar. >> who was the problem, do you know why he's stopping? he told me that he was stopping me from playing loud music. >> the oakland police cited smith for violating a noise

ordinance. he spent two nights in jail with a $5,000 bond. >> why do you think you were arrested? >> bicycling while black, driving while black, dancing while black, existing while black. it is the reality here in america. >> it is a grim reality everywhere. especially in oakland. according to the abc7 analysis of police traffic stop data, black men are eight times more likely to be stopped by police than white men. and three times more likely to be stopped than hhispanic men. for him, it happened in his driveway. >> the officer thought i was suspicious. what's the problem? he's like, well, you pulled over in a hurry. well, i live here. i said would you like the see my keys? he still sent me through hell. >> his story is all too family. 86% of black men and women in oakland who were stopped were

not arrested. >> the civil rights attorney sees it all the time. >> they get stopped and searched and hand cuffed and then they don't find anything. >> reporter: african-americans make up 55% of police stops despite roughly 23% of the population. >> we have to bring these numbers down. >> reporter: what is the oakland police department doing about it? i sat down with the interim police chief who was appointed after these incidents occurred. but she recognizes there's a problem. >> before we used to cast a wide net and it was based on geographic or suspect information. today we are able and precision based intelligence led policing to make informed stops.

>> it started in 2016. >> for example, vehicles wanted in homicides, shootings or robberies, we get the officers the information. >> so is it working? more than 2,000 white men and women were stopped in 2018. yet there were more than 8,000 marvs stopped during the same time period. but less than half were based on intelligence-led stops. so what happened to the other 60% of stops? >> we're nowhere near where we ought to be. >> what would you say to those who criticize, that's not good enough. >> we agree. in oakland, we are always striving for improvement. we are always hook temperature data. >> tracking data is part of the solution. but what about monitoring behavior? >> i found a records request two months ago looking for the number of complaints filed fence oakland police officers.

but we received two notices for additional time and have yet to be filled. >> we're not perfect but we're confident to say we're working really hard on the way we police the city. >> despite what happened in the past, change is happening. >> change in the organization. filling our stop data forms are comprehensive. >> the question is, will these internal changes really change policing on the streets? the law says one is presumed innocent. not presumed guilty. a right that should have been afforded him. >> do i have the right to remain silent? >> not when it comes to questions. >> you're going to jail for obstruction. >> you should be able to exist without being harassed. >> now the charges against smith

were drop he agreed to settle the case. for a closer look at our analysis, we have created drafts that dig deeper, dating back over the past four years. you can find that link on our website. stephanie sierra. abc7 news. >> you talked about the policing. how has the effort evolved since 2016? >> 31% of traffic stops were based on intelligence led stops. in 2018, that figure jumped to 39%. so this is improvement. as we heard them appointment out, it is not where we need to be. >> thank you. and starting tonight, abc debuts a month-long series called turning point. examining the racial reckoning sweeping the nation and where it leads to lasting reconciliation.

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precautions. his tips? always wear your mask, dome talk on the elevator unless it is absolutely necessary. and if you have to cough or sneeze, turn and face the wall and do it into your elbow. >> that will go a long way keeping airborne viral particles low. >> reporter: there have been so many questions about covid-19 and elevators. he even has a facebook video with more advice. >> maximize space. everyone should face forward. announce your own floor. >> 28, please. >> the person closest to the buttons should push them and use your knuckles. >> if you do touch something, many buildings have hand sanitizer near the elevators. some are selling buttons you can tap with your feet and new improved air purifiers. >> we know how it spreads. that means we know what controls should be set up.

>> reporter: even so, many of the tallest office buildings are still mostly empty because of public safety restrictions. this is one of the largest elevator providers with thousands digitally connected to mob or the activity. they say bay area elevator use was at its lowest in mid-april and rising slowly. during the month of august, the up of elevator trims was just 23% of normal. san jose, 40%. in oakland, 46%. and it is likely most of the elevator cars each trim up and down were not fulfill they can asign people to specific elevator cars. >> the traffic is count across the board. what that allows us to do is actually, reprogram those elevators so it doesn't direct people to maximize or fill the elevator up. only direct four or less people

on to the cabin so they have room to socially distance. another one is using its systems to make rides safer. at the post montgomery building in san francisco, employees have cards that tell the elevator which floor they work on without pushing buttons. they are now piloting the next phase using smartphones. >> we can put blue tooth beacons inside the devices and it will connection through your app so it will enter your floor using your own smartphone. >> california regulations that are slowing the return to work are also allowing more time to get inovations in place. but employers have a critical role as well. >> companies will have to do their job in terms of extenting the work days. so we can dedense identify office. >> no matter what turns up, you

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convert their nearly empty two bedroom into a dream space. they recently moved in together into their very first apartment. they filled up their kitchen, dining room, and two bedrooms with nearly 70 pieces of furnlture and nick knacks all bought in four weeks. >> we were going for homey but also nicer quality items. we didn't want to choose things that would break down fast. >> xanlder is a software engineer and said he doesn't have a lot of savings. james has a strong interest in design and wanted an apartment which inspired creativity. >> i had to find different options to make both of our worlds work and make sure we were happy. >> their solution, choose items for sale but also, available at second hands shops. >> they settled on facebook

marketplace. >> the couple came away with this leather sofa they got for free. someone preferred to give it away rather than pay to have it hauled away. they received this cabinet for free. the legs were broken so james and alex cut off the legs and then put on it this ledge. >> the couple we got it from, they were trying to down size their apartment. >> they paid nothing for this kitchen table. they were a steal. the vase set them back just $15. these wine storage cubes sold for $1 each. the rug beneath went for $10. the vase you see here cost them even less. the drink cart, another $40. and the dismay shelf, 30. in all, the couple estimates they saved some $10,000.

they also created the perfect ambience. the couple furnished the apartment just in time for james' birthday party. happy birthday, james! i'm michael financially. 7 on your side. they did so well. it looks great. facebook market place now has implemented a curbside pick-up and delivery system to ensure your social distancing. california wildfires have scorched more than 2 million acres this year. climate experts say it is a sign of what is ahead. >> in the last three weeks, california has set highly concerning records. with over 900 fires burning across the state, scientists categorizing this as unprecedented. >> the largest wildfires have occurred in the last two decades. right now, just over the last three weeks, we've had

california's second, third and fourth largest wildfires. >> over 8 million acres burned. the lmu, czu and the lightning complexes. all of them ignited by line.line >> the fact that we had a country to rainy season and low snow pack means that fuel everywhere are vulnerable. >> they are noticing a pattern of wildfires happening sooner than anticipated. >> those are the times of things you see. one, maybe two weeks out in the future. >> today, the governor pointing to climate change. >> i literally have no patients for climate change deniers. >> reporter: previous fire data reveals patterns of what is to come. the california land scape doesn't help. the biggest question is, will it get worse? after a two-year research, they

conclude that climate change will blame identify the extreme fire weather by the ends of this century. solutions diminishing. >> our clean house emissions. but also, home hardening, hardening of the electrical grid. >> abc7 news. >> that's certainly an ominous look into our crystal ball. it is pretty bad and it is going on get worse. first we'll have smoke and haze. a little marine layer. it will be mild we are low temperatures in the low to mid 60s. tomorrow our hoocooling continu. low to mid 90s in the warmest inland locations. it my remind you that tomorrow

will be another spare the air day. hee's the accuweather seven-day forecast. the cooling does continue. hoe 60s at the coast from thursday into perhaps the middle of next week. that's a welcome change. we do need the air quality. we're hoping for that. >> yeah. >> yes, we are. >> thank you. >> okay. let's talk little baseball. sports director larry biel is here. >> hey, double dim today. the al west. we'll see how they handle being

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good evening. how crazy is pandemic baseball in 2020? start taig a's will play ten games in the next seven days. it's busy. they were the road team in oakland and their first team of the double-header with the astros. hazy skies all around the bay. the opener of the make-up of the postponed game in houston. because of the positive covid test. no score in the second. diving cash to rob kyle. still scoreless when chris davis connects. only the third homer that greinke has allowed all season. but they answer in the fifth. two out. game tying bomb to right. so 2-2. if he gets hot, a double in the sixth, with robby grossman. the a's take game one. no score in the third and the giants will play the mariners. the a's up by 5 1/2 games in the

division. on to football. they made some news signing deandre homicipkins. and it's relevant because the 49ers host arizona sunday afternoon at levi's for the regular season opener. with no pre season, it is hard for anybody to know what to expect as the season is set to begin. raheem wondering what it will be like fan-free on sunday. >> some of the things we're looking for, they don't know what we'll be doing as well. it is a catch 22. put on a good show. >> they're one of the best in the league. one of the best coached teams in the league. week one against them, we'll find out where we are? it should be fun. the heat playoffs series, out

with a bad ankle. jimmy butler steal and slam 17 for the butler. to the third quarter. andrew iguodala can still get it. he had 23 against the bucs. back within four. to goran dragic. 1 103-94 the final. what does he want to do? he has one year left on his deal. what we're talking about. >> that's a big deal. >> yeah. indeed. >> thank you. all right. join us for abc7 news at 11:00. >> here in cal stoistoga

of customers are without election due to the fire concerns and the shutoff made by pg&e. you can see the massive generators shut off in some areas so businesses can stay open. more tonight in my story at 11:00. 93ing the creek fire and rescued by a helicopter. hear what happened to the hikers that may have saved their lives. thank you for joining us tonight. >> for all

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