now at noon, pg&e planning to shut off powers to hundreds of thousands of california customers by this time tomorrow. bay area agencies are working

to get ready. thanks joining us. >> kpix 5 is your is your vial guide to navigate these potentially widespread power shutoffs. people all around the bay area are waiting for official word from pg&e on whether they'll be in the dark come tomorrow. the team coverage starts with jackie ward in lafayette where high fire danger are putting some residents on high alert. >> reporter: most affected areas are here in contra costa and that includes lafayette. people here are getting ready. >> this is all that we have. >> people came here to ace to look for flashlights but they were out of luck. >> some people this afternoon will be disappointed. >> assistant manager howie gibb says he has not since n-94 masks were hard.com by a few years ago. >> batteries were filling,

every 15 to 20 minutes, it seems. it's like we are giving away. it's crazy. >> at safeway, michael haggerty was stocking up and keeping things easy. >> i want things that i can drink cold, eat cold, fruit, a lot of water at home. where we live, it's very, very wooded and pretty much a closed canopy. >> reporter: agencies in contra costa county spent the day in meeting. district 2 supervisor ken anderson says she's most concerned for those vulnerable. while shutting off the power is very inconvenient, she says, it is better than a fire tragedy. >> ace hardware says that they have a new flashlight shipment coming to and ready for tomorrow if they are open. jackie ward, kpix 5. if the preemptive blackout hit the north bay, pg&e says at

least 32,000 customers in napa county will lose electricity. cities like calistoga, napa and lake baretta may be in the dark. >> the blackout would turn off power for dents in major cities like vacaville, vallejo and fairfield. now, the threat is also reaching the south bay. >> more than 38,000 customers could be affected in san jose, sunny vale and palo alto. alameda county, nearly 33,000 customers will be forced to go without power, including parts of oakland, livermore and berkeley. oakland unified school says that ten schools could lose power and could be forced to close. men lo park, san mateo and half

moon bay are some of the cities threatened. in all, nearly 50,000 customers may be left without electricity into the weekend. it would then take up to 48 hours or more to turn the power back on. >> with the shutoffs looming, pg&e says it has seen a high volume of traffic and delays on its website. it is working on those issues. >> we have you covered on our website at kpix.com on the home page. you can find our power shutoff survival guide. check pg&e's latest power outage map and check the list of supplies to keep handy. and log on through your smart phone or other see vices. >> we have you confidence on air tomorrow morning catch us for an early start tomorrow morning starting at 4:00 a.m. a live look towards mount diablo now. mary lee has a look at the live conditions. >> this could be the strongest

wind event that we have seen so far this season with dry gusty offwinds. here is a look at the dublin cam. you will be under that red flag warning by tomorrow morning as well. red flag warning from 5:00 a.m. tomorrow until 5:00 p.m. thursday, for the north bay mountains, the east bay hills, north bay and east bay valleys. that's because of northerly to northeasterly winds, 20 to 30 miles an hour. gusts up to 45 to 55 miles an hour and that does mean an extreme fire danger, critical fire weather conditions, potentially dangerous fire weather conditions. wind advisory will be in effect from 6:00 a.m. wednesday until 3:00 p.m. on thursday to the north bay mountain, east bay hills and diablo range. could be some power outages and downed trees possible. future cast taking you hour by hour and when we expect to see the peak wind gusts coming up.

kenny? >> thank you, mary. two years ago today, strong winds and dry conditions sparked the fires. more than 6000 homes were destroyed, 44 people are being remembered. the warning carries extra significance. most of the fires were blamed on the utilities' power equipment failures. at noon, police and peace activists are gathering right now to discuss ways to stop gun violence. kpix 5 ann markovitz has more. >> reporter: it is guns down. there are people trying to take a holistic astretch to stopping the violence. the bay view is known as one of san francisco's toughest neighborhoods. while gun violence has been decreasing in the city. >> we are looking for better solutions and outcome. >> reporter: police chief bill scott is mopping those here to

talk strategy through data and the people's perspective. >> we have a lot of people that were impacted by gun violence in our city. and those impacts go on for generations. >> recent buyback events have taken weapons off the streets but many are coming from elsewhere in the bay area. communities facing the same societial problems. >> we are talking about root causes of poverty, gentrification where people are living right now. >> organizers are hoping to bring new tools of understanding to the street. >> the beat of the individual is going to go back to the community and touch each and everyone of those young adults or youth. >> what if people say, this is hot air. >> we work at the root calls and we can change the environment and help shape our future. >> the two-day summit continues

here tomorrow in the presidio tomorrow. oakland, richmond and san francisco have all seen fewer gun deaths overall in the last ten years. capitol hill police and the fbi were busy near the supreme court today after multiple reports of suspicious packages, but they determined that there was no threat. natalie brandt reports this came on a big day for the big court hearing land mark cases for lgbtq rights in the workplace. >> police cleared two suspicious packages at the supreme court as the justices began to hear arguments in closely watched cases concerning lgbtq rights. demonstrators from both sides of the tee bait gathered as the session got underway. >> this is about the american dream, about having the freedom to own your own journey. >> one case involves gerald bostock who was fired as a child welfare service coordinator in georgia after joining a gay softball league.

this is 2019. we should not have to be having this conversation but that's why we are hearingle gearing our efforts to the united states supreme court. >> tuesday morning's oral arguments involve a sky diving instructor in new york who says he was fired after telling a client he was gay. two questions for the court to decide is whether title vii of the 1964 civil rights act extend workplace protection for sexual orientation and gender identity. >> the gender identity case says that amy stevens was fired from a trout funeral home after telling the opener she was trans gender and plans to transition. >> the thing that hurt most is that they never even wanted to see the transition. >> reporter: attorney john burch represents the owner of the funeral home. >> he was applying a strict tress code that the federal

government acknowledges is illegal. >> the court will rule in the spring, a fares sign of how the majority conservatives will rule. the trump administration blocked the testimony of ambassador gordon sunland not to show up. the president tweeted, i would really like to send ambassador sunland but he would be testifying in front of a kangaroo court. >> text messages insisted to diplomats there was no quid pro quo for the president's withholding of funds to ukraine and the ukraine investigation

of former vice president joe biden. >> by preventing us to her from these witnesses, the president and secretary of state are taking actions that prevent us from getting the facts needed to protect the nation's security. >> republicans argue that house intelligence chairman adam shiv is cherry picking the fact and should release the full transcript from a former state department official who testified last week. >> why not release the transcript so you can see what the aim bass for told us. there was no wronging to. he was completely. >> a new washington post poll shows 58% of americans surveyed believe that democrats were right to begin an impeachment inquiry. backlash in china after an nba team manager's tweet. how the league is trying to win over critics. working outside your day job. new data on the american side hustle and the surprise motivation for some.

you. welcome back. more than 250,000 pg&e customers could be without power in the coming days.

local law enforcement authority as well as the mayor of oakland are addressing how the city will address this and get ready for the possible shutdown. let's listen in live. >> we are in partnership with not only oakland citizens but piedmont who is also affected by this. i'm very pleased and you can see that we are prepared with our other partners, whether it's parks, or fire departments, the alameda county sheriff's office and so we are collectively hoping for the very best and, yet, we will always be prepared to and keep you safe in case we're called upon to do so in the next few days. chief, if you would like to have comments, and then we'll have our fire chief speaking. >> thank you, chief kirk patrick. this is an unprecedented situation that the city of oakland is in.

pass everybody is aware, the city of piedmont is completely surrounded by the city of oakland. i cannot say enough about the cooperation and the fact that we are in this together. we need to take this situation serious and, again, the more we can take the heat from some of the warnings that has been put out, the less of a load we can put on the public safety services. my deep appreciation goes to the mayor of oakland and the city workers who are coming to bare to protect not only the city of oakland and the residents of oakland and the city of piedmont as well. darren white, oakland fire department fire chief. in response to the pacific gas

& electric co announcement that it will shut down, agencies have collaborated effectively in our efforts to prepare for this new emerging dynamic. in addition, as we know, the national weather service issued red flag warning conditions expected tomorrow. we have taken some very practical steps to ensure that we are prepared for any eventual allity. some of those steps include implementing roving patrols effective tomorrow through the end of the event in addition to the normal patrols that we would normally perform with our existing staff. we are upstaffing. we're going to rely in part on a lot of mute our aid assistance in the way of almost 20 plus different units. we'll provide response upon request if need be for any event that may occur. we made a request through the california office of emergency services for pre position units

consisting of the usually several apparatus that will come and deploy in the event you have a dynamic situation that's requiring needed response for an emergency wild land nature and oregon. additionally, we've secured and are in ongoing discussions about increasing units that can actually work for both emergency nonemergency transport services. more of that is evolving as we plan into moving into to. one thing i would like to remind everybody about is for those of you who live in the hills, where we know there are challenges with access and egress for first responders and members of the community, we ask that you remember to park offstreet, in your driveways. and sign up for a/c alerts that you can get timely note if i

cases. www.acalert.org. thank you. so it is automatic hand on deck. you heard from the police chief ann kirkpatrick and the fire chief. >> they say this is unprecedented. mary lee, you have been tracking conditions all day long for the next several days? >> that's right. we are tracking one of the strongest events we have seen this season, possibly even one of the strongest wind events since back on october 2017 when we had the north bay wildfire. so really watching the critical fire weather conditions as the winds will pick up, starting tonight but especially as we head through wednesday and for thursday which is why red flag warnings are in effect for tomorrow morning into thursday and wind advisory. let's get right to it. under clear skies, the diablo range under that red flag warning and wind advisory. temperatures right now cooler compared to yesterday at this time because of that onshore flow kicking in. already, we started off the day

with that patchy fog along the coast and already still seeing that this afternoon across the golden gate. a few areas of fog. so, right now, in concord, looking at 81, oakland, 70, 80. upper 60s in san francisco, upper 70s in san jose as well as santa rosa. winds, right now, looking at light conditions with that onshore flow. we'll see the winds start to ramp up starting tonight. here is the satellite and radar view all because of this low pressure system dropping a week cold front our way. a dry front and that is why temperatures are cooler. now, this low is going to through a portion of the great basin, what we call the inside slider and we'll see gusty conditions as we head to the next couple of days. for tonight, again, the wind will start to pick up but watch as we go through wednesday night and into thursday. that's when you will see the peak wind gusts at 10:00 p.m. on wednesday and strong winds, even on thursday morning. so that's when we'll see the strongest wind gusts wednesday

night into thursday. sunset at 6:42. sunrise at 7:12. daytime highs for today, cooler compared to yesterday. 84 for the high in concord. san jose, 74 in oakland and 730 in san francisco. there you can go the extended forecast. we are looking at strong winds wednesday and thursday. the winds relax friday. cool temperatures as we head into the weekend and we'll be right back.

if you are earning extra money from a job that earns you side money, you are part of the side hustle. a new bank rate survey finds that 43% of all americans with full-time jobs say that they have a job outside of their primary work. financial experts say that side hustles are different that second jobs like driving an uber. those kind of jobs necessary to pay rent or put food on the table spiked following thet 2008 financial crisis. jill shlessinger says take the transition slowly. >> keep your day job, those valuable benefits and start testing and see 23 there is any traction. it's terrific way to see if what you think is your passion has some legs financially. >> she also says if it does

not, you'll still have your passion and your main source of income. a reminder. if have you a consumer problem or question, e-mail us atconsumerwatch@kpix.com.

coming up tonight at 5:00, we are your survival guide for the planned power shutoff expected to impact much of the bay area. the top five things that you need to do to prepare.

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