california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%.

that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state superintendent. officials take unprecedented action to reduce the risk of wildfires... thousands of people in the north bay are without power as emergency officials take unprecedented action to reduce the risk of wildfires. good afternoon. >> first we have some

'breaking news" in san jose. all southbound lanes of highway 101 near the broken -- broke all road offramp are blocked right now. there is a fatal crash sorry now involving a caltrans vehicle. the person who died was not a caltrans worker but rather in some -- someone inside a vehicle that collided with a caltrans truck. there is no estimated time on when that highway will reopen. back to the pg&e power outages. the lights are still out and it affects more than 17,000 homes and businesses. the electric company says this unprecedented move is to keep people safe and minimize the extreme fire danger. jackie ward is in nava. >> reporter: pg&e says this is the first time they have ever done something like this, but it may not be the last. we as people in napa county how they feel about this becoming a more regular thing

? whether you are from here -- >> whether it will help or not , we have to turn the power off in weather like this it would be perfect fire weather. i think we have to disadvantage a few people. >> i am all for you protecting your beautiful part of the world. that is your defensive mechanism for making sure you retain this beautiful area that you have here. >> reporter: people we spoke to seem to like the idea of pg&e taking a proactive approach to keep people say. a spokesperson for the electric company says -- electric company says -- >> it is the new normal with unprecedented wildfires we have had this year keep happening. >> reporter: keeping people safe is the company's ultimate priority. is this a direct response to what happened last year with the wine country wildfires ? >> this is for fire safety. this is

to prevent wildfire and mitigate fire risk for the safety of the community, our customers. >> reporter: schools across napa , sonoma and lake counties were close today. it is unclear if they will have to be closed again tomorrow. jackie ward, kpix5. >> pg&e anticipates finishing line inspection today. they are being done via helicopter, driving and on foot. marylee is tracking the dry and windy conditions for us. we are watching the winds ease and they will continue to die off as we had through the afternoon and the rest of tonight. they live look, you can see the sunshine we are tracking offshore winds. that is a dry and warm air out of the north and northeast. very dry out there. let's talk about the wind speeds.

up to fairfield, 24 mile-per- hour winds. solano county under a red flag warning for the central valley until 11:00 p.m. the rest of the bay area we are watching the winds decrease. that is why that red flag warning has expired from the north bay and east bay hills. in the south bay, a total of 11 people are now displaced after a two alarm house fire in san jose. the flames reported just before 8:30 a.m. on east san antonio street. the fire started in the attic on the causes under investigation. no injuries were reported on the red cross is on scene assist in the residence. an arrest has been made in bottega bay that took a violent turn when a deputy crashed his suv into a home.

ryan more of santa rosa led them on a high-speed pursuit yesterday morning. deputy say he and two other suspects are believed to have stolen several generators from the bodega bay campground over the last two weeks. officials say they were responding to suspicious activity early yesterday when they attempted to stop ryan who was driving a honda pilot. he then drove away and that is when the pursuit began. somehow the deputies vehicle lost traction and slammed into the side of this house. the suv caught on fire and the flames started spreading to the home. the sonoma county deputy remains in the hospital with serious injuries. brian remains in custody. bail has been set at $110,000. massachusetts senator, elizabeth warren has released the results of a dna analysis proving she has distant native american ancestry. she tweeted out the results today that were on the front page of this morning's boston globe. she also tweeted about the president's promise

, he said he would give a million dollars to a charity of her choice if her dna showed native american ancestry. >> o'gara survive who cares? i didn't say that. you better read it again. >> she first faced scrutiny, but president trump has amplified the rhetoric as he eyes at warren as a possible presidential rival in 2020 , frequently mocking her with the nickname pocahontas. she wrote to the president today "i took this test and released the results for anyone who cares to see because i've got nothing to hide. what are you hiding ? release your tax returns or the democratic led house will do it for you soon enough. hes. to know what happened to the saudi journalist

after entering the consulate. mola lenghi has more information. >> reporter: president trump spoke with the king of saudi arabia monday morning asking about the disappearance of saudi journalist. >> the world is watching. the world is talking. this is very important to get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: the president says he ordered secretary of state, mike pompeo to leave immediately to meet with the king. he entered the saudi consulate nearly two weeks ago and has not been seen since. the saudi's denied having any knowledge about his whereabouts. >> it sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers, who knows? we are going to try getting to the bottom of it very soon. his was a flat denial. >> reporter: president trump told 60 minutes last night , there would be consequences if it is discovered the saudi's murdered the u.s. resident. >> we are going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe consequences.

>> reporter: halting or delay the sales of weapons from the u.s. to saudi arabia. >> reporter: the saudi government has begun working with turkey to investigate the disappearance. they have llgranss to thh lice to enter the consulate where the two countries are expected to conduct a joint inspection. the mayor announced a program to keep people from losing their homes. according to the mayor, and provides emergency cash assistance, free legal representation and supporting services. >> we don't want to continue to have to do these emergency interventions. we need to permanently solve this problem and prevent it from happening in the first place.

>> members of the san francisco foundation and kaiser permanente joined the mayor for today's announcement. electric scooters returned to the streets of san francisco this morning. two companies got the go-ahead to deploy 625 scooters today. scoot and skip are the companies that were chosen out of the 12 companies that apply for the permit. if all goes well for the first six months they may be allowed to double that number. the apps for both skip and scoot have specific instructions about where to park those scooters in the city. more bay area news on traffic and one of one of san francisco's most popular neighborhoods. the project will make numerous improvements to make the high-end jury corridor safer including travel signal upgrades and new curb ramps. the construction project is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2020.

crossing the bay bridge, it than i could take a little longer for the next three weeks. lanes will be closed on the western side of the bridge nightly from 8:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. the closures will allow crews to replace seals on bridge joints. work is expected to take place through october 27. the commute from the bridge into downtown san francisco should be smoother. the stretch of fremont street is back open. it was close for weeks after two cracks were found on the overhead bus deck at the new terminal. since then contractors and engineers have been working to shore up that structure. the terminal itself remains closed as the repairs continue. still had, big baby news from one of the world's most loved couples. kensington palace has announced prince harry and meghan marare expecting and fans are already betting on names. the president is getting a firsthand look at the devastation by hurricane michael along the east coast on a search for those

that are missing continues at this hour.

he's there to see the damage from hurricane michael.. more than 220- thousand homes and businesses in six states are still without power.. thdamagerom hurricane michael. more than 220,000 homes and businesses in six states are without power. it's been five days since the storm made landfall. of the roughly 230 people that say behind are still unaccounted for. the lack of power and spotty cell phone service or adding to the

-- people in hard-hit areas have been waiting a long line to get essentials like food and water. with supplies though, some people have resorted to looting. >> this hit so hard and so fast that the different aspect of human nature is going to come out. people are going to do anything to survive. >> yesterday the president approved a disaster declaration in georgia for counties that took a direct hit for michael. deadly floods are affecting southern france. at least 10 people have died , the area most effective. forecasters say three months worth of rain fell in just six hours overnight. several villages have been evacuated , many people are stuck in their homes and have been encouraged to go to the roof or upper levels as a result, seven helicopters have been deployed to try to reach those who can be risky. prince harry and his wife meghan markel expecting their first child.

>> reporter: the baby news broke as prince harry and meghan markel arrived in australia for their first overseas tour together. >> that is fabulous. we are very pleased. >> reporter: kensington palace announced the baby's due in the spring and said royals are delighted to share the happy news with the public. shortly after harry and megan got engaged last year the bbc asked them about having children. >> not currently, no. of course, you know , one step at a time. hopefully we will start a family in the near future. >> reporter: ever since at their wedding at windsor castle some speculated the duchess was hiding her baby bump last friday when she and harry returned to st. george's chapel to watch princess eugenia mary her parents. the family will live here on the grounds

of kensington palace, in a two-bedroom cottage across the street from prince william and kate who have three children of their own. >> they will be able to play together, raise their kids and have a wonderful upbringing. >> reporter: palace officials say meghan markel's mother is thrilled with the news on looks forward to welcoming her first grandchild. the baby will be some of the in line to the throne and queen elizabeth's eighth great-grandchild. when tom gardner, cbs news, bundaberg it >> the baby may not be due in spring but that's are being taken on possible names, diana, victoria and alexander are among early favorites. a new video at noon, a meeting interrupted by snakes falling from the sky. take a look at this, it will give you the goosebumps. the bank workers in south china were standing around when all of a sudden a massive python fell from the ceiling. that is not a small snake. it is pretty big. it slithered around

the office space until curling up around the couch. eventually the authorities arrived and collected it, it is unclear where the python came from. >> is this a practical joke or? >> i don't know. i would be freaking out right now. look at that. if that were to ever happen, you would see a flash behind me. i would be gone. let's look at something nicer right now, here's a live look at the sales force tower camera of the blue skies this afternoon. our temperatures are warming up here. we were in the 70s even about 80 degrees in santa rosa recently. 73 san jose. 78 for concord, 72 oakland and 75 let's talk about how warm it is compared to yesterday at this time. 24 hour temperature change.

18 degrees warmer in santa rosa, 17 degrees warmer napa. you can see that big difference with our weather. stronger offshore winds that is why we had a high fire danger and red flag warning this morning. that has since expired for the north bay and east bay hills. we are still talking about very dry air with those offshore winds in place. we are looking at that ridge of high pressure and still turned north and that load to -- still to ourselves. that low drawing in those northeasterly winds. that is why our relative humidity levels in the single digits right now. the good news, we are going to watch the winds ease as we had to the day and especially for tonight. we saw winds gusting up to 77 miles across the north bay mountains overnight.

looking at north bay hills, anywhere from 20-30 mile-per- hour wind gusts. that is a very good thing. sunset at 632, our sunrise at 719 tomorrow morning. daytime highs today about 5-10 degrees above average for this time of year. 85 in campbell, 85 with morgan hill, plenty of sun. 81 for santa clara. check out the north bay. santa rosa looking at 87. one of the warmer spots across the bay area this afternoon. today the warmest day out of the extended forecast , we are still warm throughout the work weekend into the weekend with plenty of sunshine and above average temperatures over the next several days. ing how you can drink your cup and

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a live look at the big board right now. the dow is up about 50 points. sears is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy e atf ansestoress it has

dead. he keeps losing customers to e-commerce and big-box competitors. liquidation sales will start shortly and closing 140 stores by the end of the year. starbucks is offering a new fall accessory to go with your lattes. nail stickers. the coffee giant partnered with uk fashion brand to launch a line of pumpkin spice nail stickers. they come in a variety of shapes and sizes. you can buy the decals online for seven dollars plus shipping. we will be right back.

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