now at noon, another round of power shutoffs hitting several bay area cities in the south and east bay at choi. >> and i'm michelle griego.

the north went bark overnight in what pg&e calls phase one of it emergency shutoff plan. people in will media, contra costa, san mateo are bracing for phase 2. >> we are live with phase 2. anne makovec is live with more. let's start off with mary lee who is tracking the dangerous conditions right now. >> that's right, kenny. watching the dry off shore flow, and right now, light conditions but we'll see the wind pick up as we head through the rest the day into tomorrow. wind gusts right now, even up in the hills, just looking at wind gusts in mount diablo, 34 miles an hour. half moon bay, 17 miles an hour wind gusts. santa rosa, 15. as we head through tonight, we'll start to see the winds pick up so that red flag

warning in effect until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, for the north and east bay hills and valley, the diablo range and santa cruz mountains. up in the higher elevations, up in the hills, guts up to 45 to 55 miles an hour. and with low relative humidity values is extreme. fire danger. so dangling us through the afternoon, the wind starts to pick up but i'll show you when future cast taking hour by hour. and when we'll see the peak wind gusts coming up. let's send it over to kpix 5 anne makovec live in san jose where pg&e has set up a center for those affect by the shutoffs. ann? >> reporter: yeah, if you don't have anywhere to go and you are waiting for the power to go out, this is the place to go. we are waiting for the power outaging happening in san jose. they have port-a-potties,

several layers of security and security guards. let's go inside. let's not trip over my microphone cord and let's go inside and show you what we have. water, free water available. pg&e representatives here where you can ask them some questions and here, the almighty power cords that people are going to want to get their hands on. this is where you will be able to charge up your phone. if you don't have any other places to do that. we heard from city officials earlier there are -- earlier this morning. they say that they'll take this as it goose. but city service will not be affected when it comes to garr badge and water but they did express some disappointment in this whole situation with pg&e. >> we see pg&e make the investment in the infrastructure that they have to so this is not something that they have to do in a wind

event. we empathize and sympathize for the disruption for many residents. >> we visit add nonprofit veterans home here in the neighborhood of san jose where they are making contingency plans to store about a dozen on freezers and fridges worth of food in a rented trailer. they also have generators to continue basic services. >> we'll make do for the duration and, you know, we are kind of used to it because we have been in the military and we have to go out and bivouak out in the wild jungles so we are prepared to do that. >> reporter: you didn't think o. t you would >> reporter: they rented a huge refridge traitor truck. the food and basically they hope that it's all going to hold. that's about months world of food, they say.

this resource center will be open until 6:00 p.m. the city's resource center will be open until 8:00 p.m. and they'll keep them open as long as these outages continue. the power shutoffs also impacting schools today. san jose's am rock school district will close. san jose state university is monitoring these outages but does not anticipate closing. we have more school closures and resource center information at the bottom screen and on the website, be kpix.com. all of these outages are in place to prevent this, a two- acre brush fire. pg&e wasted no time turning off the power. >> reporter: 67,000 customers

in dowsonoma, e y oke ngt, mugo . t the dark s fast lingerie was a beacon of light, baking crust and caffeine. >> i wanted my coffee ma sure people could enjoy a fresh pastry. >> the same thing. we were open. all the locals are really supportive. >> reporter: this couple is from charleston, south carolina and say they are here trying to escape power outages due to hurricane season. >> if i were to live here, i would certainly have a generator. and probably an escape plan if a fire did start. just like we prepare for the hurricanes in charleston. >> for those who have lived here for 50 years, the outage is an excuse to reconnect. >> it is just another occasion to celebrate all of our friends

and the community. we are a tight community. so we take care of each other. >> but downtown certainly looks different today. no school, working traffic lights and limited places to get groceries that don't require refrigeration. even the city buildings downtown are working without power. some day it's frustrating. >> here we are, getting involved in corporate activity with pg&e and everybody else. so it makes life very difficult. >> reporter: while we don't know when they'll turn the power back on, the sonoma school direct is taking no chances. school is closed. taking a look at backups on highway 12. power outages are hitting traffic significant gnaws, too

forcing drivers to work carefully through intersections. and caltrans worked frantically to install backup generators in the caldecott tunnel. the project costs about six million dollars. more personal generators should be installed by spring of 2020. >> this is a new normal. i think for california moving forward. so, now, having are third redundant system which will be that generator will help to us ensure this caldecott tunnel remains open at all times. >> and the power outages can affect your drive times. here is giana franko with power tips. >> the is your streets will be impacted due cte traffic signals. what you do when you roll up to an intersection with the lights

out? >> well, remember, no washing signals, treat the light as four-way stop sign. new social media video to a napa wal-mart was picked clean of supplies, more empty palets to generators. we are your source for the latest information on the pg&e shouldoff. you company find the complete survival guide on our website. and we'll have you covered on air tomorrow morning. catch us for an early start to our morning news at 4:00 a.m. californiaian have less than two weeks to commit claims against pg&e for losses related to the wild loss fires for 2017 and 2018. the non-private fire victims group says that people should file even if they orw thext

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this afternoon, the california office of emergency services activated dozens of state, local and federal agencies to monitor these power outages the cal fire has also

is a additional fire engines ready to go at a moment's notice. >> joining us now is former fema coordinating officer mark navo with the potential danger that comes with the shutoff. thank you for being here. >> welcome. >> talk about the consequences. what are some of the top ones with no power? >> when we start g out power out huge. johns hopkins did a study. our results from study indicate that power out annuals can immediately aseverely harm human alth, johnhopkins says. the key is that we are making a decision that potential of wildfire is so great that we'll shut power down to half the state, you know. the state of california is the fifth largest economy in the world. so when we start to shut power down, that affects freight that's flowing through. it is not just traffic lights. the irony to this, too, is that paradise fire, most of the

people killed in that fire, were actually functional needs and elderly. that same population base are the same ones affected by power outages because they don't have resources to move or to go to a hotel. most of them are on some so of medical equipment, oxygen, so when we should power down, those are consequences that are huge. you know, in long island, during hurricane sandy, because of the power out annual, the president, president obama, actually released fuel supplies out of reserves to have that fuel transferred to gas stations and busy areas that had power. the idea was not only to get fuel to those folks but to quell the civil unrest. it required us to deploy 200 police officers on long island to control looting and some of the other things. so the impact of the power shutoff is huge. >> yeah. this power shutoff could affect more than a million people in california. mark, what else can be done when you shut off the power?

what else can be done when you have a situation like this. >> we want to make sure that pg&e is doing everything that we can in a minute fans. in the par advertise wildfire, wires came together, sparked growth underneath. we know that it a thing called self help which wn power when a power line is impacted by a falling limp. instantaneously. so, rather than go through this entire outage, why not use technology to solve some of these problems? >> mark, thank you so much for coming into the studio and giving us some insight. >> you're welcome. just a reminder, we are your source for the latest information on the pg&e power shutoff. find the complete survival guide on our website. let's go to mary who is monitoring our forecast. >> that's right, michele. the winds are starting to pick up this afternoon. here is a live look at the

sales force tower camera. mount diablo here. temperatures are cooler compared to yesterday. we are in the 60s and low 70s. so, low 70s from concord as well as for livermore. low 60s oakland, san francisco, upper 60s, san jose as well as for santa rosa. let's check the winds and you can see just light conditions right now. so, north-northwesterly winds. starting to see the winds pick up in antioch at 17 and 15 right now for fair field. 24-hour temperature change and we are cooler. anywhere from about 5 to 11 degrees cooler from yesterday at this time. so that's at least a good thing here that our temperatures are cooler if you are without power and you don't ha systemin the great

basin. this is a strong but cold low. and that's why our temperatures are cooler with that dry off shore flow. our winds are kicking up. so let's time it all out for th are starting to see the winds increase but it is really late tonight, overnight into tomorrow when we will see these strongest winds. this is at 10:00 p.m. and you can see 30 mile-per- hour winds in napa. 31 in fair field. when you start to see the red and purple colors indicating wind gusts 30 to 50 miles an hour. overnight, we're going to see strong winds, even into tomorrow morning. so this is stopping the clock at 4:00 a.m. tom. 30 mile-per-hour winds in napa, 26 in santa rosa and 27 for san francisco and half moon bay. after that, by tomorrow afternoon and in the evening, the winds relax. winds start to come down as we

head later through the day on thursday. sunset at 6:40 sunrise at 7:13. daytime highs for today, seasonal. mid-70s in looked. there you go with that extended forecast again. strongest winds will be late tonight overnight into tomorrow morning. and the higher elevations above 1000 feet on that's where we'll see the gustiest conditions. as we head through thursday afternoon, evening again, the winds relax and quiet down for sure. calm into friday over the weekend and into next week. we will watch overnight for the strong winds. public pressure is rges lord ses. there ispressure for desion, hu

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perfect scene to tie the knot. they have lots of cheers. the couple from texas says that their love for the festival started two weeks into dating. getting married there seemed perfect. the newlyweds took off on a balloon after that. >> makes sense. nice honeymoon. >> we'll be right back.

coming up at 5:00, we'll have complete coverage as

people around the bay area are coping with the massive power shutoff. the concerns as winds pick up this evening. and that will do it for us here on kpix at noon. we will be on early tomorrow starting at 4:00.

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