good morning, everyo.thank . i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we're following two breaking news stories this morning, the outages affecting so many people and a story that hit early this morning. in fact, we came on air at 2:30 this morning. a live look at st. monica's church in moraga where evacuees were given the all-clear to return to their homes about 30 minutes ago. they had to evacuate early this morning because of a fast moving brush fire in the hills of moraga started about 1:00 a.m., about a mile away from st. mary's college burning near the sanders ranch community near the intersection of merrill drive and sanders ranch road. we spoke to at least one evacuee who says they got a lot of power alerts but no alerts about evacuations. it was quick thinking neighbors who pounded on each others doors and blasted horns. no one was injured.

>> and no buildings burned. lucky indeed. if you lost power, this fire danger is the reason. pg&e trying to reduce the threat of wildfires sparked by equien malfunk because of strong winds that can spread the fire easily. these power outages, a look at the overnight map from pg&e posted about 2:00 a.m. the purple areas don't have power. that's a screen capture. pg&e has been unable to keep the website going. too many people trying to look at it. the second round got under way about midnight. pg&e projectedth quarter million homes and businesses to lose power in phase two in addition to the hundreds of thousands of homes without power yesterday.

so where are we today? hopefully a lot of people will be getting their power back. >> they're probably not going to turnt back on unt the threat is over. we have the red flag warning until 5:00 this evening and then we know that from what pg&e has told us they have to check the lines before they flip the switch and turn it back on. we will still have gusts in higher elevations. this does not include the valleys. a lot of people without power. if you still have to head to work we're continuing to monitor the situation for you. heading over to mike you're updating the fire reported in san jose. and confirming it's a small roadside fire. it's in the center divide of the roadway surrounded by pavement. it's 880 at coleman. anytime those reports are coming

in really on edge, i have to admit it, folks. phase two kicked in for these areas later yesterday and so you came home, there might have been lights and signals in your area. you wake up, you might have been able to use your mobile phone because that power might be out at your house. any intersections uncontrolled treat as a four way stop. if you tie, the person on the right goes first. keep that in mind as we look around the bay. the tunnels remain open for business. the metering lights are on. back to you. breaking news we've been following. we came on air at 2:30 this morning to bring you live coverage. a big fire broke out in moraga not far away from st. mary's college. let's get back to our team coverage. st. monica's church was serving as an evacuation center for the

people who had to flee their homes in the middle of the night, sharon. >> reporter: that's right, you can see one family left here but the rest about a half hour ago were just allowed to go home. the american red cross was here to help out. let's look at video. it shows how heated it was for the parents and all the families trying to get out of the area in the neighborhood. we've been told some neighbors got an alert to evacuate and others said they didn't hear anything. no alerts. let me bring you back here to the american red cross. tell me, you're the last ones here because you live on merrill circle. what did you see?

>> around 2:15 our family was asleep ande heard a loud banging on our door, our neighbor was shouting for us to wake up. the hillside was on fire. we look outside the window, we could see the flames, the fire line was advancing directly toward our house, down the hill above us. given the current environment we were as prepared as we could be. we got our stuff together. the kids were calm. we loaded with our phones, our go bag, our important papers and reporter: it was probably even more difficult to get out because the power was out. what did you use to get out? >> well, because of the -- we knew the power was going to go out around 11:00 p.m. we prepared keeping electric lanterns and flashlights by our bed. we were able to use those go to our house, pick up what we needed and find our wut without a lot of difficulty. >> reporter: the fire department, police chief and

fire chief saying great news for all the vegetation work. that probably saved your homes. what have you seen neighbors do that maybe saved a lot of your homes today? >> for one thing the hill behind us where the fire started is guraze by cows. that will be one of the factors that kept this from spreading. we have a defensible area around our homes and keep vegetation watered trying to use ground cover appropriate for california and this type of weather. >> reporter: you can see your family snuggled up with mom with their american red cross blanket here and just waiting to get the final word that they, too, can go back. they live on merrill circle and there's still fire apparatus there. so they're saying just hold off a little bit and they'll be allowed to go back as well. i want to say one thing fabs are saying, they want to move

forward and learn from this event saying the fire chief and police chief are telling me community warning system, get signed up along with nixle. both systems need to be working to get the alerts out to all the neighbors. reporting live, i'm sharon katsuda. back to you. >> excellent advice. >> it's good advice no matter where you live especially with all the changes right now with these power outages. so many parts of the bay area still remain without power this morning. >> one of the areas seeing the outages, contra costa county. you can see the homes and businesses are dark following the planned shutoffs. very similar to the scene in lafayette. you see darkness with traffic lights out. the utility says about 51,000 homes and businesses there do not have power. >> we want to give you a closer look at the street level

outages. we saw the overview from pg&e. what i have on the ipad you can access on our website. those are the areas that are without power. you can zoom in to specific neighborhoods and can see down to street level, look at this, fair view avenue in this area, half of it without power, the other half not. let's say your kids go to school up here. they could be okay there. that's a good thing to keep in mind as you're driving around. you may have power at home but you approach a stoplight and they're not working. you can do this throughout the entire state, zoom in to the areas you may be.

not the entire area is affected. it's a really great thing to use. the website has been down, overloaded. find out what's going on where you live, work, or where your kids go to school. >> and our "today in the bay" coverage will extend beginning at 7:00 this morning. if you're without power you can still watch this newscast on your phone. you just need the nbc bay area app, click watch live. i want to check in with kari right now. we're still in the micro climate weather alert. low humidity as well. >> low humidity. as we start out this morning we have cool temperatures. here is a live look outside in san jose. skies are clear and we are starting out with upper 50s. here is a look at where we are for many of our micro climates mid to upper 50s, even a few low 60s. morgan hill cool, 43.

we also wanted to highlight some of the wind gts we've measured over thet12 hours and it's mostly been elevations about 3,000 to 4,000 feet up. look at mt. st. helena, a peak wind gust 77 miles an hour. up to 48 miles an hour and it will stay windy in some of those areas going into the next several hours. it is very dry and we see the humidity levels only at about the teens and lower 20s and as far as the relative humidity. so with air that dry and winds higher up, gusting up to 30 to 40 miles an hour, that is the reason why we do have the red flag warning. winds will calm down and we will have much more calm and nicer weather going into the day tomorrow. so i'll have more on that. mike, you have a safety reminder

for the north bay. talking about phase two having kicked in overnight but, remember, phase one is still in effect for the north bay. we're looking here around highway 29, highway 12, around airport boulevard. we have a couple crashes now reported just off highway 12. we are watching the same area, will be dark. caldecott funnel and the lantos tunnels are still open. a quick look at what we have planned. next, we'll talk live with pg&e. then at 6:25 the arrests in the blackout zone. you can get specific information where you live or work anytime

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right now at 6:14 we do at this point our micro climate weather alert with high fire danger today. as you get ready to head out the door in concord, mid-50s. it's a cool start but leads into a warmer day reaching 75 at 1:00. we'll talk about this when the

winds calm down and what's ahead for the weekend in less than five minutes. meanwhile, we want to talk with jeff smith, the pg&e spokesperson. we have you on the phone, right, jeff? >> yes, i'm here. how are you this morning? >> we're doing well. good morning. i want to talk about the power restori restoring. is everyone who is in phase two with power now safe from losing power? >> we are still monitoring weather conditions. at this point it does look like those that were in phase two will probably not lose power as a result of this power shutoff but there still are pretty significant wints moving through certain portions and so our meteorologists are continuing to monitor. we are still monitoring. >> talk about how many people are actually without power right

now, upwards of 200,000? >> actually, it's higher than that if you look throughout our territory. there were over 500,000 in the initial phase one. some of those have been restored but many will not be until later today. we will begin our inspection process later on late morning or early afternoon. and with respect to those in phase two some of those folks still may lose power. we're looking at a little bit over 600,000. >> jeff, there's no phase three, right? >> well, phase three was down in the kern county area. that did begin early this morning. that was fairly limited in scope with a little bit over 4,000 customers. >> in the kern county area? down in the central valley.

okay, so talk a little bit, is this going to be our new normal? there are a lot of people frustrated with this as well. >> we understand that. our customers have expressed frustration and we know it's really inconvenient to be without power. our customers rely on electric service and we understand their frustration with this. in addition to these public power shutoffs we have done a lot of system hardening as well which means we've been adding additional poles, more fire resistant poles. we've been undergrounding where that's possible. we're hardening as well so in the future these shutoffs can be reduced. because of the changing climate here in the state of california and the increased wildfire risk, we really have needed to take this step in the interest of

public safety for our customers and communities. >> jeff smith, we will continue to be in contact with him, thank you for joining us this morning. in case you didn't hear jeff is talking about most probably the phase two power cutoffs have been completed. if you have power now it sounds as if you will have power later. >> all right, but the weather is tied to all of this. it varies all across the bay area. we are seeing high wind gusts and higher elevations while the valleys are not experiencing much at all. we are watching it at all levels. as we head out the door in san francisco it's starting out with temperatures feeling very mild. in the south bay clear skies. we'll see that as our temperatures start out in the upper 50s. it is a little bit warmer than

it was yesterday at this time, but when you consider that quite a if you people are in the dark it is a chilly start to the day and gusts from 30 to 40 miles an hour in the observing hills up to about 36 in mt. tamm, santa rosa. measuring wind gusts of 32 miles an hour. and these are these quick bursts of wind that are not sustained, but we have seen in the observing hills the sustained winds at about 20 miles an hour. the highest gusts we've seen so far mt. st. helena. that is 4,300 feet up. so it is in the higher elevations once again and so we do still have the movement of this air rolling across parts of the bay area and as we go throughout the 9:00 to 10:00 hour we still have this northeasterly wind at 25 to 30 but will be up to 30 to 35 as we go into the early afternoon. by 5:00 that's when the red flag warning should be allowed to expire as winds start to

subside. going into tonight we'll see the direction shift and it will come in more from the south and southwest. our humidity is still very low. if you are looking at the criteria for red flag warning it has to be at about 15% or less. we're looking at right now humidity levels at about 18 to 20% and then as we go into the rest of the day, it will be dropping. more dry air coming in and it could bring the relative humidity down to about 7% to 8%. some very dry, crisp air along with those wind gusts over 25 miles an hour. we know you have to get out the day. it will start out in the mid-50s and reach into the mid-70s. we do have some mid-80s. mostly up to about 79 and 80 degrees for the east bay, for redwood city a high of 80 degrees. san francisco will reach into the 70s today.

we'll see low 80s. we do have a lot of changes ahead. gusty winds today. we'll see things calming down by tomorrow. still some breezy conditions leading into saturday and sunday. mike, you have a new crash in san jose. i do. we're still in green for most of your commute just kicking in for hayward. we have the lantos tunnel still open for business. that continues to be powered. we do have a crash that may block one lane but the south bay looks very smooth. intersections may not have power. thank you for watching us on your mobile phone if that's how you got us.

still under half an hour. down to 580. a pretty typical light pattern for much of the bay. mild slowing. it's the north bay, the same area right around napa as yesterday. watch highway 12. back to you, scott. next overnight, arrests in the blackout zone. the crime concerns across the bay area. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. morgan hill under a curfew. the only bay area city to enact the curfew during the public safety power shutoff. >> while the lights were out, so were the police. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez reports several suspects found that out the hard way. >> reporter: the morgan hill police department's decision to enact a kir few didn't go well with everybody. it certainly was effective shutting down crime in one neighborhood. great job by morgan hill pd patrol officers arresting two suspects burglarizing cars in our power shutoff area. police had a mobile command van to provide visibility. >> people understand why. it's community safety for everybody.

some don't agree with it and that's fine. everybody is entitled this their own opinion. >> reporter: we did find folks scattering to find supplies. they were frustrated pg&e didn't give them notice they were in the affected area until the same day the power was supposed to go out. next, we'll ten our breaking news coverage of the overnight evacuations in contra costa county. >> i turned on the flashlight and my room was filled with smoke and i got up and my parents were running around. they woke me up. >> we thought it was a good idea to leave. we're getting ready to do that. by the time we got in our cars we saw probably four or five fire trucks. >> we've been on the frontline with the people evacuated. we'll tell you what they're saying now and where that all stands. plus, the wind was whipping up. next an updated look at our weather conditions. kari just updated her forecast.

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6:30. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington this morning. and i'm laura garcia. we are following two breaking news stories this morning. of course the power outages affecting so many people. and this story, a live look at st. monica's church in moraga.

that's because dozens of evac e evacuees had to go there overnight. eventually they were given all clear to return to their homes this is why. there was a big fire in the hills of moraga. firefighters quickly moving in knocking down the brush fire but not before it burned about 60 acres. firefight hers to go door-to-door knocking on doors to evacuate people. that all happened a little bit after 1:30 this morning after the fire started. about a mile away from st. mary's college where merrill drives meets sanders. they got a lot of power alerts but no alerts about evacuations. >> so what's going on? anyone who lost power, some are just trying to figure out why this is all happening. of course it's fire danger. pg&e trying to reduce the threat of wildfires sparked by equipment malfunctions and downed wires because of the strong winds and those winds can

spread the fire easily. the areas in purple are without power this is a screen capture. for the most part this has been unavailable on pg&e's website. the second round of planned shutoffs got under way around midnight. now pg&e projected another quarter million homes could lose business in phase two. we just got off the phone with pg&e spokesman jeff smith who told us it is most likely if you are in the phase two zone and you still have power you will continue to have power. of course in the north bay homes and businesses that were already without power continue to be although they are efforting to get that back on as well. >> and we did have some winds overnight as well. you may have not noticed it in the lower valleys but the higher elevations were threatened,

kari. that's the reason we did have the red flag warning for higher elevations. elevations above 1,000 feet and in the valleys we haven't felt that very much. in emeryville it looks fairly calm here with all clear skies. take a look at the gusts we've me measured in. mt. st. helena up to 77 miles an hour. very windy on mt. diablo. gusts up to 75. rose peak had a gust up to about 48. but we are going to see as we go throughout the day, wednesday is strong through the morning in those areas but then starts to calm down as we go into the day. the warning continues until 5:00. mike, you have more traffic heading into the north bay. >> yesterday and today seeing later flow around the bay. the shutoffs are making folks adjust their schedule. over here looking for richmond in towards san rafael heading into the north bay it's a smooth

drive. we're seeing more crashes reported throughout portions of the north bay. now, remember, highway 12, 29, the whole area here south of napa saw a number of signals out yesterday and a lot of tie-ups for traffic flow. we still have the same outage area for phase one and we will likely still see an issue. minor crashes through the area. nothing major except for interstate 80 and getting over to the scales which looks like it may have cleared with that fast lane slowing you down. the caldecott tunnel still open. areas like treat boulevard, signals for major roadways scattered around the bay. be very careful. back to you. a lot of concern at about 1:00 after a brush fire broke out in moraga. it was not too far from st. mary's college. the school itself was not affected.

we came on air at 3:00 with the story live. so many people had to evacuate in the dark. back to our team coverage. sharon katsuda is with some of those evacuees. bob redell, you are there with the firefighters. >> reporter: we have since come back down from the fire line to the evacuation center, laura. this video is from about 90 minutes ago. you get a sense what it looked like for the firefighters. the fire is out and has been out for quite some time. what you're looking at are the bulldozers up there and hand crews trying to dig a line, create a line around the area that burned and get the extra 30% containment. there is no active fire up there. there are certainly hot spots.

as we've been reporting the people who were evacuated there in the gated community, about 140 homes threatened, most have been allowed back home. this video is from around 1:00 this morning when the fire was, unfortunately, going really good. it was burning on the back side. there was an open space area that it was burning in behind these homes. we did speak with one of the captains and he was telling us how horrific and dangerous those conditions were when they first arrived. >> the activity that was going on and with the crew that initially started on this side of the fire, the fire activity and behavior was very dangerous and put them in a situation where it burned their hoses. given the number of resources i had working on my division i was very blessed to have the number of people and the crews that i had. we were able to put in a lot of good work.

they put in about 5,000 feet of hose. and were able to put a good stop on that side of the fire. >> reporter: that captain credits the number of resources available, about 150 firefighters, and the fact a number of them were in the area on standby, on alert given the fact we had these high wind conditions. he said that he saw gusts of up to 30 miles an hour when he was out there on the frontlines. now this fire, again, started before 1:00. it should be noted the power was out at that point. so it does not appear there was a power line issue with the wind. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda was at st. monica's church which served as an evacuation center quickly overnight for some of those people. >> they also had to endure the crisis without power. sharon, what are they saying about all of this?

>> reporter: this was such a huge challenge for the neighbors, they're telling me. this whole room was packed with about 100 at least evac ways and now you can only see a handful left. we'll talk to this family soon. the american red cross was out here. there was a power outage in this church. they had to bring hot water in from oakland. now let's take a listen to what some of the evacuees experienced this morning. >> i went outside it was pretty scary. there was smoke everywhere and everything was red, the moon was red, too. i was freaking out, i'm not going to lie. >> i saw the red lights and to the immediate right was a huge plume of orange smoke going straight up. i said we have five minutes to get out of here. >> reporter: with me is andrew,

one of the evacuees. they're still trying to get the fire apparatus out of merrill circle. what are you hearing about the situation at your home right now? >> the fire department and police have been very open, giving us quite a bit of information. we understand that they are probably waiting until it's daylight to get a better idea what the situation is and whether or not it's safe to return. we're waiting here until we hear further from the first responders. >> reporter: all morning long we were hearing different stories, some people got alerts and some didn't. did you get alerts? >> we did not. a next door neighbor saw the fire, woke us up. where we live on merrill circle there is no cell service. though we signed up to receive the community warning system

because they came through our cell phones we didn't receive any of those until we already evacuated. >> reporter: thank you for sharing your story. still waiting for word whether schools will be open this morning. they're very tired after a long night. one thing to point out the fire chief and police chief was out here saying get the community warning system in place. sign up for that and with nixle and work with the cell phone companies so people will get future communications. >> i think we've all learned a lot from this week alone. >> those kids up all night, we'll write them a note. >> as we've been telling you pg&e says some 200 homes and

businesses still without power in the bay area. veral streets.hts are out along this is what it looked like in the east san jose foothills at about midnight. you could see the lights are on but that dividing line there. as of 3:30 this morning about 38,000 homes and businesses were without power in santa clara county. we were talking about jeff smith of pg&e live on the air a short time ago. and while he couched the language, it was things like most probably and likely. the bottom line he said if you have power right now, it is most likely you will continue to have power throughout. >> we're continuing to keep an eye on the weather. this red flag warning remains in effect. that goes on until tonight, kari? >> until 5:00 today. and so we're still going to have these high winds throughout the morning. it's occurring at higher elevations. as we take a live look outside in san jose, looks all nice and calm here downtown.

as you get ready to head out the door, it feels cool. in dublin a calm start to the day. as we start outith our temperatures, we'll be in the mid-50s. it will be a cool go as you start out this morning in the mid-50s but then as we go through the rest of the day we'll see low 70s with sunshine. we talk about the red flag warning and the criteria you need to meet that. relative humidity at 15% or less and wind gusts 15 miles an hour, both happen simultaneously. that's occurring now and once again will occur throughout the day. i'll have more on that coming up. mike, you have a car fire? any smaller fires, chp gets those reports. a car fire north 680 coming up in toward the sue noll area. it sounds like the car fire is

out. i will monitor it to make sure everything is clear. we do see a lighter commute building. fewer folks on the roadway, adapting to the power being out. this is the area where we talked about that merrill fire. a pretty light build. the same areas as yesterday. watch highway 12. our coverage continues all morning long. >> in fact, a quick look at what we have planned. arrests in the blackout zone. the mayor of morgan hill. remember, you can get specific information anytime on our website or app. earlier today the south china morning post said talks had broken down. this morning the white house said the opposite.

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the time is 6:45 and we are still under a micro climate weather alert. as you get ready to head out the door in walnut creek, we have clear skies and also cool temperatures throughout the day. it will actually be slightly warmer. we're at 75 at 1:00. we'll talk about when the winds will subside and what's ahead for the weekend that's coming up in less than five minutes. thank you very much, kari. back to our other top story, the widespread blackouts across northern california in the bay area, hundreds of thousands of people remain without power.

the city of san jose will hold a news conference to update everybody. kris sanchez live at city hall, a week of uncertainty for all of us. >> reporter: we're at the police department. this is where we're going to be getting our update in about 15 minutes. you see the podium is set up. as you may know at this point the county of santa clara declared a state of emergency and they did that to free up resources in the event we need mutual aid. this time yesterday we didn't know how the outages were going to play out but what we know is that there are a lot of folks impacted. we have new information ahead for you. this is fresh as of 4 are this morning. 20,000 pg&e customers were affected by the outage so far which represents a lot more individual people, customers, of course, is not one for one person. alum rock, evergreen, almaden in the outage areas.

they reduced left turns at six different intersections to simplify the traffic flow without the traffic signals. people posted crosswalk signs. those are really busy thorough fares. the community resource centers will remain open for folks who need information or a place to charge their phones. we are staying put here where the city will update the situation. we don't nope if the police chief will speak. we'll be here. we will also stream it through the nbc bay area app. we work before and after the newscast is on the air. stay tuned to our social media platforms as well. we'll update you. again, the press conference starts in about ten minutes. >> sounds good. we'll check back with you,

chris. morgan hill has enacted a curfew during the power shutoff. >> we have the mayor on the phone right now. so how did the curfew really work out for your city? >> we haven't had to really use it yet because the power in morgan hill didn't start going out until around 11:00, 11:30 last night. >> can you give us a specific idea what the curfew covers, you may not leave your house at all or more selective? a police officer can say you look suspicious, we've create add curfew. i'm going to talk to you. >> really what it is, it's not as restrictive as the word curfew may sound. we just want people to stay, if

they can, stay inside. if you want to walk your dog, if you want to walk to your neighbor or if you're hanging out in front of your house or place of business, that's okay. however, we want to encourage people to be inside when there's no street lights and there's really no light at all. it's not safe for people to be walking around. >> so you're the only bay city that enacted this. really why? >> it's an overabundance of caution. we don't want people walking when there's no street lights it's not a safe environment for people to be walking around. it's an overabundance of caution. again, it's for the safety of our citizens. >> okay. and i actually understand the morgan hill police made a couple of arrested of attempted car

burglars. >> we didn't have any incidences unusual or that we could attribute tohe power outage but we do have at least approximately six intersections out. i want to remind drivers to be patient and when they come to an intersection without any stoplights treat it as a four way stop. >> that is so true, something people have to get used to. thank you for joining us. >> have a good day. lots of things to update you on this morning. let's start with traffic and weather as you try to get out the door. we monitor the high winds. >> we're still watching the wind speeds around the bay area and for most of us and where the general population lives, the wind is calm. you go up in elevation and those winds are whipping. we do have a difference around

the bay area and look at the sun rise from the cupertino hills, a nice way to start out. we have a view of where we have electricity and power. looking around at all of our camrys. emeryville right now as the commute gets under way and make sure that you are careful on your way to work this morning. it is a chilly start to the day. so cool if you don't have heat and also very dry. the humidity levels will continue to decrease as we go throughout the day. that's another thing if we have humidity levels in the single digits and there's a spark and also a wind to carry it, fire spreads rapidly. this red flag warning continues. as far as our winds from the north and northeast, highest winds across parts of the north bay as well as the diablo range

over to the east bay hills as well as the santa cruz mountains. that's where we've seen winds 10 to 15 miles an hour. look what happens as we go throughout the day in san francisco as well as some of the coastal areas. we'll see the winds increasing. the winds start to calm down and actually shift direction coming in from the east and southeast which will bring in more humidity and improvement in the fire weather conditions. our high today a little bit warmer than yesterday reaching 80 degrees in san jose. coup earp tino expecting a high of 79 degrees. low 80s in pittsburg and danville. 70 in half moon bay. a little bit warmer with the mission district and 79. we do still have quite a few changes ahead.

this storm system bringing us those offshore winds will be moving away. we will have calmer winds tonight as well as tomorrow. there will be another system developing across the pacific northwest that will cause breezy winds on saturday and sunday but it won't be as close so we're not expecting the high winds we see right now as our temperatures stay in the upper 70s and low 80s. no major changes here. san francisco will be slightly warmer today but cooling off early next week. mike, you're tracking the roads. how is it looking? >> it happened right in front of the toll plaza camera. i think they may have turned off their flashing lights. now that may loo bad but that's pretty typical at this time. a lot of congestion out of hayward and overall we're looking good. a little bit lighter than your typical thursday but it is kicking in pour than yesterday. phase two, the second aerp phar

has kicked in around the bay. watch the local intersection. no signal means treat it as a four way stop. lots of the tunnel remains open for highway one between pacifica and the city. caldecott tunnel open. the light build through the area. back to you. 6:54. happening now a series of explosions have rocked northern syria this morning. firefighters firing mortars. turkey launched the operation yesterday in the kurdish held part of the country after u.s. forces pulled back from the area. sources tell nbc news those troops will remain in the country but will not confront kurdish forces -- turkish forces should they launch an assault.

next our top stories, power shut off but still flames broke out in contra costa county. we'll hear more from the people evacuated overnight in the midst of that blackout. and don't forget download the nbc bay area app.

and welcome back before you head out the door some top stories on "today in the bay." back to the breaking news we've been covering since 3:00 this morning. we came on early to bring you live reports about a brush fire in moraga.

we've been on the fire lines talking to evacuees. about 100 people evacuated from their homes. we have video to show when you the fire was quickly spreading just before 2:00 in the morning. crews had the upper hand calling it 70% contained, still putting out hot spots. they told bob redell the fire is now pretty much out but it did burn at least 60 acres. good news, no one was injured, no structures burned to the ground. >> that fire caused hundreds to evacuate and the power was out as well. >> this is live look. there are some lingering evacue evacuees. the fire is out but there is equipment there. the church was full of evacuees. we were live on the air when they got the all clear.

it was a hectic night for people who had minutes to get out of their homes. take a listen. >> i saw the red light and to the immediate right was a huge plume of orange smoke going straight up. i said we have five minutes to get out of here. so we just ran through the house, gathered what we could, took my parka because i knew it woul c >> reporter: your warm jacket. >> here we are. >> again, the fire is out. evacuation orders lifted. you saw that at 5:30. wind kry today in higher elevations and fairly calm elsewhere. tomorrow a nicer day ahead and hopefully we can all enjoy the week. could use a little break. >> a lot of signals out. we're seeing smaller crashes in the napa area. highway 12. watch that. remember, phase two kicked in. caldecott and the lantos tunnels are open.

walnut creek, we're hearing a lot of reports about those. this is going to continue. join us online right now for continued commercial free coverage of all the power outages. ♪ good morning, breaking overnight, on the attack, ♪ good morning, breaking overnight on the attack, turkey's military pushes deeper into syria continuing its ground advance agt the kurds. why one of the president's most loyal supporters saythisould beco the biggest mistake of his presidency we're live inside syria and at the white house. impeach him. for the first time joe biden declares his unconditional support for president trump's impeachment. >> he's already convicted himself, in full view of the world and the american people. >> the president pushes back claiming biden is trying to save