anser hassan is live with more on this. >> good morning. the town of danville says the combination of dry conditions and high winds increases the threat of wildfires, so pg&e says they will cut off power starting tonight. town officials say the psps event will begin 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. this will affect residents along parts of diablo road in east danville. the power outage can't be avoided but the town wants residents to be prepared. that includes fueling up vehicles, charging mobile devices and have an emergency kit ready which includes batteries, flashlights, cash and a first-aid kit. also plan for your pets and pg&e advises to unplug all electronics. now, this power outage won't just impact danville but many cities around the bay area. in oakland people have been through this before. it's just more frustration for businesses already struggling because of covid-19. >> i don't know what to do because my flowers need cooler especially with such hot weather. in the long-term, if they are always like on and off, on and off, it kills our busine

anser hassan, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> we will be keeping a close eye on this today. right now on our website, we have an entire section dedicated to the public safety power shutoff including tips on how you can prepare for the next one. this is all on abc7news.com. >>> we're just 18 days until election day. today the president has three campaign events in florida and georgia. joe biden will campaign in the battleground state of michigan. last night undecided voters got a chance to grill both of them in competing prime time events in pen and florida. here is elizabeth schulze. >> reporter: president trump and joe biden were supposed to be on stage together, instead they had dueling town hall events. the presidential candidates offering starkly differing views on the defining issue of the election, the coronavirus pandemic. >> we're in a situation where we have 210,000 people dead. what is he doing? nothing. >> we have done an amazing job. it's rounding the corner. we have the vaccines coming. >> reporter: president trump saying in the nbc news town hall he can't remem

anser hassan is live in walnut creek with more. >> good morning. one of the neighborhoods in walnut creek where the power has been shut off since last night. if you look down the street, no street lights, homes without electricity. the light you see is from our news van. pg&e has been informing residents since monday that power would be shut off due to the threat of wildfires. in the east bay this will affect over 6,000 customers, mostly in the cities of walnut creek, danville, dublin and oakland. to help out, pg&e opened 40 community resource centers where people can go if they don't have electricity. those centers will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the next two days. pg&e says this power shutoff will affect less than 1% of their 5.4 million customers. they claim that improvements to the psps program and infrastructure over the past year means fewer residents will lose power. >> we're trying to make them shorter events and smaller events. so we're really targeting areas trying to make it pockets and targeted zones rather than larger ar

anser hassan is live in walnut creek with more. >> good morning. walnut creek had power shutoff last night. if you look down the street, no street lights, no homes with lights on. the light you see is from our news van. pg&e has been informing residents since monday that wow power would be shut off due to the threat of wildfires. in the east bay this will affect over 6,000 customers, mostly in the cities of walnut creek, danville, oakland. as you mentioned, this is happening in the middle of a pandemic. many people are working from home. students doing distanced learning. pg&e opened 40 community resource centers. people can go there if they don't have electricity. those centers will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the next two days. pg&e says this power shutoff will affect less than 1% of their 5.4 million customers. they claim that improvements to the psps program and infrastructure over the past year means fewer residents will lose power. >> we're trying to make them shorter events and smaller events. so we're really targeting areas tr

anser hassan is live in danville this morning. good morning. >> reporter: the town of danville says these dry conditions and the high winds increases the threat of wildfires. so pg&e says they will cut power to danville starting tonight. the event will begin between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. this will mostly impact residents along parts of diablo road in eastern danville. the power outage can't be avoided but the town wants residents to be prepared, that includes fueling up vehicles, charge mobile devices and have an emergency kit ready which includes batteries, flashlights, cash and a first-aid kit. they're also reminding people to plan for your pets and pg&e advises to unplug all electronics. >> i have two kids home for school, the last fire that went through here was disastrous. i would rather them safe than sorry. >> power will likely be out until 10:00 p.m. on thursday. reporting live, anser hassan, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> regional parks in the east bay hills are closed because of the red flag warning and extreme fire danger. p

anser hassan is live in sonoma with more on this. >> good morning, kumasi. again, this neighborhood in sonoma is without power. if you look up, you can see the power lines and trees are part of the reason why pg&e is so concerned about neighborhoods like this one. pg&e says power throughout the state has been cut off due to the threat of wildfires. in the north bay, close to 7,000 customers have been without power at some point. though the strongest winds of the week have passed, temperatures are expected to reach the upper 90s in sonoma county. the north bay still faces dangerous fire weather conditions. it's been hot but most residents seem to be coping the best they can. >> if it prevents fires, anything will help. we're still not in a safe zone yet at all. we have not been getting rains, it's still hot. the winds are high. it's still a risk, if they shut off the power to prevent fires, i guess -- i would wait another day or two if it gets us out of the red zone. >> pg&e says the crews will be out later today to inspect power lines across the bay area. if

. >> we have a look how this will impact businesses, anser. >> reporter: many san francisco restaurants have been open for outdoor dining for the past few weeks. many were gearing up for 50% indoor capacity next tuesday. that's not going to happen. many business hearleaders say t are not disappointed by the announcement but not surprised. this chef is heading into the weekend with a change of plans. >> it's pretty brutal having this come up again especially now. >> reporter: the chef and owner at the san francisco ferry building says they've been lucky during the pandemic. they've increased online catering and have outdoor dining but some businesses haven't been able to open due to structural or financial issues such as no space for outdoor dining. those businesses that are getting ready to open next week will have to stay closed. >> my heart goes out to everybody that needs to be open and have their doors open paying rent and for all the employees that are counting on work. >> reporter: businesses that are currently open won't face any roll backs. many san francisco restaurants are ope