♪ happy birthday to you ♪ and many more ♪ now at 4:00 looking live from our exclusive sales force tower camera thousands of people in the bay area waking up in the dark this morning and we are looking east. you can see some of the black outs in oakland. good morning. it is wednesday, october 9th. i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm ken ch overnight y. another earthquake rattled the area about 3.4. five miles frlen and felt as farts of any relat

approximate. we are on high fire danger. >> extreme fire danger with the strong, dry gusting offshore winds. if you are waking up this morning you might be wondering it is not that windy this morning. there is winds out of the northwest from downtown san francisco. 16 at sfo and 15 at half-moon bay and 7 miles per hour wind in concord and 13 in fairfield and antioch 14 miles per hour. this is a two-day wind event. the timing of the strongest winds, the peak winds will be late tonight overnight into tomorrow morning. that's when we will see the winds ramp up for us. the thing about this wind event

temperatures will be cooler. if you don't have power at least the temperatures will be oat cooler side with below average temperatures for this time ofexpt for coast and the immediate san francisco bay shoreline p. gianna. >> looking at the roadways, not a lot going on. the freeways are looking good. highway one there was a possible enclosure that may affect some of the tunnels. we are getting words that generators should be in place so there should not be a closure. everything is opened in both direction on highway one through devil's slide. there is a troubled spot on the peninsula. not affecting 101 but as you access south boulevard there is a crash with a box truck and it is closed. and i am keeping a close eye on closures and generators are in

place so the ventilator syst and the lights should be on and we should be okay through 24. lights out pg&e have turned out power to a million customers because the fire danger high. they will be doing it in phases 278,000 county people in the bay may be affected. they started at midnight in napa and so noma county and then phase two will be turned off in san mateo around noon, this is what pg&e is trying to prevent. a wildfire has burned more than a hundred acres at 101 near

camp roberts. progress has been stopped. pg&e crews have stayed there all night. a fire broke out in the wood canyon area. firefighters could see the flames from 101 and have stopped the progress. more people would have power shut off in the most power outage ever. p g and e says it is the strongest offshore wind event. it is working around the clock. >> how confident are you that you will handle this event well? >> we are unwavering in focus and commitment to do that. it could last through thursday afternoon. customers may lose power because of the interconnected

nature of the electrical grid. restoring power could take several days. cal tran officials are trying to avoid a traffic nightmare and a job going on in oakland without electricity the lights won't function in the tunnels and more importantly the tunnels exhaust fans it just won't work. cal tran confronted the problem yesterday and scrambling to set up four back upgenerators. >> they have to work per the fire department so we are saying we are going to come and do. >> we are staffing up for a mee uptake in moambulances to the mix. fire crews have engines and

bulldozers ready to deploy if a wildfire breaks out. in santa fe the fire power outage is expected to affect that area. the staff at the housing facility in allen rock scrambled to save food by renting an outdoor freezer. one of the veterans is concerned about surviving the night because he using a ventilator. >> without it i stop breathing. >> p g and e is trying to avoid another lawsuit. i don't know how else to put it but i don't think this is the way to go. i was just concerned that what will we do with the veterans because these are our guys. >> arthur will r and other veterans left the facility during the outage period. >> with the prospect of

teaching in thdark. thsan jose school district g 19 a handful around the bay canceling clays. u c berkeley has canceled classes for today but keeping the campus open. san jose is monitoring the outages but does not anticipate closing. we have more information on closings at the bottom of the website. contra costa gas stations may not be working. yesterday we saw people stocking up on fuel for their generators. transit could be your best bet. cal providing power. there is no issues anticipated at the airports. they all have backup power sources. so do the bridge toll booths so

no free rides today. anus updated on c. the california office of emergency services has activated dozens of state, local and federal agencies to monitor the outages. cal fire has 15 additional fire engines ready to go at a moment's notice. >> it is a mountainous area and there will be 80 miles per hour wind and they are putting bulldozers and fighting the fires specific to that area. we are your source for the latest information, we have a complete survival guide for the pg&e power sources. go to kpix.com and mary lee will show you quickly to navigate the page to get the information you need. you can find the video on our facebook page. time now, 4: 08. the impeachment inquiry intensifies in a letter for president trump's lawyer the white house says it is refusing to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. how top democrats are responding next. another live look outside as we head to break.

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good wednesday morning. it is 4: 11. here is a live look from the sales force tower camera looking south. in downtown san francisco mid- 50s with northwest winds at 20 miles per hour. i will show you futurecast and talking about the winds as they ramp up.

>> we have new video coming in from the border of turkey and syria where turkish forces are lining up and crossing the border to syria. a possible invasion in northern syria against kurdish fighters. the u.s. has been backing those kurdish militants a couple of days ago. the president announced that they are backing down from the fight. this could be escalation. back to you. the white house will not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry of president trump calling it an illegitimate probe by house democrats. an 8 page letter from the white house says given your inquiry lacks constitutional foundation, any pretense of fairness or the most elementary due process protections the ive brch can't be

expected to participate in it. the trump administration wants nancy pelosi to announce whether she is moving forward and she says that is not necessary and called out the president for stonewalling. >> this is very serious for our country. the president has said article 2 says i can do whatever i want. no, it doesn't, mr. president. yesterday the trump administration blocked testimony from gordon sondland u.s. ambassador to the european union. it was set before he was going to appear before members of congress. they view him as central to the trump ukraine controversy. california is the largest state to ban facial recognition technology in police body camera. governor newsome signed the law to ban the biometric scanners for drug that is suspected to be fentanyl at the san

francisco jail. four deputies had been released. all five inmates are conscious and under observation. 4: 14 this morning. public pressure is mounting for san francisco's largest landlord, vair ra text investment. they are the subject of project reports. rent control tenants are facing multi hundred dollar rent increases to help pay the landlord's mortgage. the board of supervisors is stepping in. they are asking the rent board to put an end to this behavior. >> it is unconscionable. sraeur ra text you need to listen. hundreds of wondering if th will continue to pay the rent hikes. keep sending your ideas to cbs.com and see all of our previous reports on our web

site. it is project home@cbs.com. we are talking high fire danger and the pg&e shut offs. and right now the wind is not that bad. you are waking up this morning and might be wondering what is going on. it is not that windy where i live. we are going to see the winds pick up especially to tonight and tomorrow. that's when we will see the peak wind gusts for the higher elevations. for the hills one thousand feet is where we will see the strongest winds. breezy for all of us but the windiest conditions in the higher elevations. the sales force tower camera looking east and the temperatures in the upper 50s from concord and oakland and 40s for santa rosa. the weather headlines. a two day event. the strongest wind event so far this season and the strongest wind event since the north bay wildfires in october of 2017 two years ago. and that is why we are watching

the situation. now the peak timing of this for those winds late tonight into tomorrow morning. i will show you futurecast on that in just a moment. you may be experiencing a power outage but the temperatures will be cooler so that is good news in all of this with near average daytime highs as we go through the day today. the warning lasting up to five p.m. tomorrow. to the north and east and diablo and santa cruz mountains with the northerly winds up to 15 and gusts up to 45 to 55 miles per hour and that's why we are talking about the extreme fire danger. a wind advisory for the north and east bay hills above 1000

feet and the diablo range could see power outages with these strong winds there. so here is the satellite and radar view. this is all because of the low pressure system that is going to drop into the great basin and that is why the winds will kick up with those offshore wind. we will time it out for futurecast taking you through the day. in the afternoon we will see breezy conditions but it gets going for us for tonight and tomorrow morning. those red and purple color indicating wind gusts 30 to 50 miles per hour. and really you will notice stop thursday in the morning at 9:00 a.m. you can really see fairfield 48 miles per hour wind29 as well a- moon bay and the winds relax for thursday in the afternoon. for today. looking at highs much cooler. 78 in concord and 73 in fremont and 76 in oakland and upper 60s

for san francisco. here is the extended forecast. again, looking at the strongest winds overnight into tomorrow morning. and then we are going to see the winds ease for your thursday afternoon and especially by friday cooling it down as we head to the weekend. gianna. good morning. checking the roadways right now if your commuting out of morin to san francisco. traffic light. ahead we are getting reports that the robin williams tunnel is totally dark right now so be cautious as you work your way out of morin to san francisco. it looks like it is okay at the golden gate bridge with nthe roadway right now and they did just do the lane changes. keeping a close eye on morin, napa and north bay area. we are getting reports of traffic signals out at state route 29 and 221 and we do have power lines on the highway and getting word of a traffic signal out in the napa area as well on service street.

state route 12 at kirkland ranch road. be careful if you do come across a traffic signal treat it as four way stop. a lot of green on the highways so it looks like things are quiet. bay bridge toll plaza. everything is clear out of the east bay to san francisco. again, tolls will be working during the power outage today. live look at the san mateo bridge, so far traffic is light out of hayward to foster city and no delay towards 101. it is clear but we have the troubled spot on the south airport exit as you head near sfo, a box truck is tipped over and dethe adway. if you ashlight isaring t people gear up for the pg&e outages. flashlights and cos in demand. stores are seeing a surge of customers and if you haven't

stocked up by now you could be out of luck. >> flashlights are just about gone and batteries we have been filling every 15, 20 minutes it seems. it is like we are giving them away. it's crazy. >> the lafayette store told us they will have a fresh shipment of flashlights in if the store is over. look at the emery home depot they are usually stocked with generators but yesterday they sold out. good morning everybody. i know what has kept you up all night and thinking about it this morning. what's going on with the san jose sharks? well, they signed a franchise icon. to a second tour of duty. who is that? and we got an update to a main key to the unbeaten. 49 rushing attack. kyle huecheck. they need him. . >> let's take a live look outside. you are

good wednesday morning. we are watching the winds with this wind event. likely the strongest one this season. not too breezy out they're in some spots and calm conditions looking at west northwest winds at 20 and downtown san francisco, 5 miles per hour winds in oakland. four in ananilr rkelbeu through freeways and the areas where we

have tunnels along highway 24. no delays but with the power outage cal tran is working to make sure there's a backup power supply. so far it is looking like things are okay as you travel through there. no delays and the same for the tunnel along highway one between pacifica and half moon bay. we got the nhl shot. a virtual icon to the san jose sharks franchise has joined this team. patrick marlowe. 20 years, the all time leader in goals in games played. what effect did that have on on nashville. they were winless going in. spirit was willing but the spirit did self- inflicd d a turnover flips followsberg. that made it 4-1 nashville won 5-2 and the sharks are 0-4. we got playoff baseball.

justin verlander front and center for the astros. going to tampa to throw out this first round series but the tampa bay rays rised up. tampa on its a game. won it 4-1. it comes down to gave first time in houston. the game in cleveland, sobering news. kyle u check, the team's best blocker will miss 4 to 6 weeks and suffered a sprained left knee monday night. nick bolsa and backer mayfield played for ohio state once upon a time. mimics flags and stuck the imaginary post ine ground. a couple years ago mayfield playing for oklahoma came to columbus, ohio and did the same thing. bolsa never forget that. >> no nick and his little

revenge was awesome. the flag plant is incredible. >> him balling out tonight. he took it personal obviously and when he started to do the celebration, i wanted to run up and congratulate him so i had to give him a little space to do it. that was pretty cool to see. that was then. this week is all about the los angeles rams. their next opponent on sunday with the 9ers 3 to five point underdogs but i think they are good with it. they want to be under the radar. they would like to be the underdog and shock the world. we will see. as far as seeing, i'll see you later. all right. we will see you later, vern. this is eagles will perform aga in the bay area. welcome to the hotel california. such a lovely place. some vintage footage of one

of the most successful bands, 1977 to be exact. the list of 2020 tour dates includes shows at san francisco's chase center arena on april 11th and 12th and they will include hotel california. 3rd best selling album in u.s. history. time is 4: 27. lights out. which roads will be opened and what is the best way to get around? we have answers to some of your burning transit questions as the bay area goes dark for high fire danger.