we're very fortunate to have avaya select us for a partner. they're leading on premise provider we're leading cloud provider now you have the two leaders linking arms and improving experience for a very large customer base. >> now, before even this deal, you've been growing consistently you've been in a lot of business, 33, 34% growth is it possible that that can accelerate when this deal closes >> we certainly hope so. it's hard to make exact predictions, but we do know that avaya's customers and frankly other customers on premise folks, really do want to go to the cloud. cloud has multiple advantages. you end up getting a lot more for less huge improvements in productivity, mobility, which on premise providers largely lack as a mo as other mode of communication such as video and messaging, for example, so there is quite a bit of demand, and with this new announcement, we now have one of the world's largest install bases of on prem, 100 million users and very well-established international partner network, over 4,700 partners that avaya has,

. >> pg&e has opened a resource center at avaya stadium. we want to make sure that the entire city has access to resources so if a resident in one of the affected areas cannot get to a, avaya stadium, they were center near them where they can also access resources. >> reporter: san jose unified school district officials tell me all schools are open despite the fact the four in an area where power could be cut. until those schools have large windows, plenty of daily existed and should be fine. is as usual. the vta, they tell me light rail will not be affected but buses using the east ridge transit center will be affected if power goes out to the traffic signals like the one i watchingbehind me. if the traffic signals are down on the eastern part of the city, that will impact buses and how they maneuver through traffic. it could mean delays in those routes and santa clara county officials declaring a state of emergency. they will have an updated at 1:30 pm. we will be there and will provide that information as the information moves along. bac

center southside community center in the camden community center pg also as a resource center set up at avaya stadium near the airport where people cacome get charges for their ices maybe get some bottled water you some facilities there if need be again this all expected to kick in about 8 o'clock tonight. chief garcia as you heard their city is not going to tip his hand not saying if he'soing to have officers stationed at every intersection we're the power's out he said just remember that if the light is not working it's a four-way stop. meanwhile, calm winds here in san jose right now live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news robin other powers expected to go out. >>earlier today and you've been with officials for a large part of the day but have thstreets are business ple on owners about how they feel about this whole ordeal. yeah i spoke with us and folks over there at to. >>33th mckee's saw the video there were people are gassing up at the gas to stop there. and other than the the inconvenience of perhaps not being able to get gas. i think most of the people i spoke with were fairly unde

and because of it, pg&e is g ce here out of avaya stadium where the earthquakes play so folks can stop by and get some water, some air conditioning and power if they need to charge their phones. >>> take a close look. more than 38,000 homes and businesses in the densely populated south bay could be in the dark starting early wednesday. that includes entire blocks of shops, more than 60 schools in san jose alone, and this veterans housing facility. >> that would be a catastrophe for an institution like ourselves. >> reporter: they've neverad backup generator to service the hundreds of veterans who live here. a black out would put a halt to their operation. >> if the internet goes down, if we lose power and internet, that's night and day. we would lose the ability to keep and store food which is the majority of which is donated. >> reporter: some of the residents here rely on batdery-powered scooters to leave the site. at least four of them need oxygen full time. tonight pg&e says anyone like that needs to make sure they have a plan for what could be days without power. >> if that goes d

avaya stadium in san jose. it's going to open tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m.d stay open till the sun goes down. each county will open at least one community center in vacaville, the mission church. in calistoga, the county fairgrounds. the santa rosa veterans memorial building. merit community college in oakland and the bishop ranch parking lot in san ramon. these are just some of the locations for a full list of resource centers visit our website nbcbayarea.com. >>> thousands of parents are scrambling tonight. you may be one of them trying to figure out what last minute arrangements you can make for your children if your classes have been canceled tomorrow due to that pg&e power shutdown. some districts are still taking a watch and wait approach, but others say they are closing down for two full days. nbc bay area's ian cull is live in san jose. >> reporter: they say it is a safety issue. they are not the only ones. every school district in those power-down zones are monitoring not only their phones, their websites but also the power overnight. a wide number

they're at a center, southside community center, mayfair community center and avaya stadium. they've beefed up staffing. the same goes for the fire didn't. we're live in san jose. i'm chris nguyen, abc7 news. >>> there are multiple school closings because of the outages. if you look at the bottom of your screen, there are schools closed as well as resource centers to deal with people who doan have power at home. >>> it prompted the oakland zoo to keep their gates closed today. it tweeted out a message and made it known that staffers will be taking care of the animals. generators are keeping necessary power on. no word yet about tomorrow though. >>> the front page of our website, abc7news.com, it's filledith information yo you need to know. see maps of the power outage zones and school resources. if you lose power, all at abc7news.com. great resource. >> absolutely. >>> just ahead here, the history of some of pg&e's power issues.. >>> sky 7 is overhead in santa rosa. just 20 minutes ago police have put out a reminder that officers have responded to multiple crash collisions du

the partnership will accelerate avaya's transformation into the cloud. those are both up more than 25%. ringcentral up more than 27% >>> and amusement park company cedar fair has reportedly rejected a buyout offer from six flags. six flags had offered cedar fair a $4 billion cash and stock offering cedar fair down 3% and six flag shares are up 1% at this point >> well, salesforce ceo mark benoff speaking at the tech crunch conference yesterday addressing the changing landscape for capitalism >> i really, strongly believe that capitalism, as we know it, is dead. that we're going to see a new kind of capitalism and that new kind of capitalism that's going toe merge is not the milton friedman capitalism that it's just about making money. and if your orientation is just about making money, i don't think you're going to hang out very long as a ceo or a founder of a company you have to be more than that in today today's world and certainly have to be more than that in san francisco and certainly have to be more than that in our tech industry, as well >> let's

the pg&e resource center at avaya stadium will be open until 6:00. if you get to an intersection where the traffic signals are out, treat it as a four-way stop. the first person there goes and then so on and so on. in the east san jose foothills, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. back to you in oakland . >>> many people in the east bay are experiencing the first afternoon without power. >> frank mallicoat is live at this afternoon from the oakland hills with how people there are trying to go without electricity. good afternoon. >> reporter: good morning or good afternoon, i guess i should say. yes. the wind is blowing up here. we've had some severe costs and you know it's a windy day when there's a late chop on lake temescal behind me. that's why we're doing this story all because of the fire danger and hopefully we can curb that. that's why pg&e has cut power to 600,000 homes and businesses across our state. is it an inconvenience? you better believe it but most of the people we talked to in the east bay are taking it in stride. the montclair business di

one in san jose is at avaya stadium. you can get information, water, air-conditioning or access to charging stations and we want to mention the districts. alum rock union district said the classes are canceled today and tomorrow. san jose unified will stay open even though some of their schools may lose power and also you have to think about the traffic here. once the power does go out, a lot of intersections will not have working traffic lights. cities across the bay area are telling people if you're going to drive, treat major intersections that do not have power like four-way stops just to be safe. and we are live out here outside of san jose city hall we expect city officials to update us at 7:00 with her safety plans and resources for residents and the south bay. we will carry that press comments to live when it happens.cristina rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> at noon today pg&e plans to start shutting off power in parts of alameda and contra costa county. east bay m.u.d. said that will have an impact on its 29 pumping

resource center at avaya stadium which is open from 08:00am to 06:00pm tonight with that the city team is available for any questions you may have. we actually did we did proclaim an emergency so we go through the proper. avenues with the county and the state. yeah and i would refer i believe that is posted on social media and on the city's website. i said that's close to the number we've really been able to narrow and overnight just in a sense. the outages of happen on the accounts and it's about 20,000 account throughout the city that have been affected. it'd the different agencies use an algorithm. at this point we're going to that analysis we feel comfortable with the 20,000 account number though. health of state were shared. yeah, i it could in i think what we're talking about yesterday was projections. we can say verifiably now. we are close to 20,000 accounts what that means whether apartments or houses for for the amount of people we don't know yet will have that information later today, hopefully. so we have heard from pg any that the outages that have happened thus far will b

mean resources or open an avaya stadium and that will be open today from 08:00am the 06:00pm. the duration of the event. access to information. water charging stations and you're conditioning. they can also access. several city resource centers. what it may fare. when a camp in and what it south side community centers. they will provide drinking water. and charging stations for electronic devices. these centers will be open from 08:00am today to 08:00pm. the city will continue provide police and fire services. please call 911 polling. if you have an emergency. not to get information. police will continue to march of this situation ensure that we have and maintain a public safety. and have additional personnel to deploy into the face to wild fires caused by high winds. according with our partners at cal fire. wastewater treatment participate to be affected at this time. rich recycling collection affected areas expected to continue as usual. with some delays due to traffic signal out. city facilities in unaffected areas. we'll continue to operate as normal. city of ever pga me.

three community resource centers, mayfair, camden and southside, will be open all day today along with avaya stadium. people can get information there, water, air conditioning and access to charging stations. the city is warning people that traffic could be a nightmare with the signals not working. >> the traffic will be bad and i think the largest thing to do is try to make sure that travel is only vital travel. the four way stop at those large intersections will be very difficult and will slow things down. >> city officials warn after the wind dies down that does not mean the power will go back on immediately. pg&e will need to expect inspect equipment and the power to be out for several days . >>> some schools in the south bay have canceled classes because of the power shut off expected. all classes in the alum rock union district will be canceled today and tomorrow. some schools in san jose unified school district could lose power but they plan to stay open and all classes and activities at west valley college in saratoga are canceled today. you can find a full list of school closures he

kron 4 dot com also just want to let everyone know pg e has also said at the station and avaya stadium. the soccer stadium here in san jose near the airport that is open 08:00am until 06:00pm and that is these researchers are going on as long as has the power is turned off. reporting live here in san jose christina tetreault kron 4 news. thank you christina. >>let's get a check of the weather and the traffic on the weather front. it's the winds. it's all about the winds with this high fire danger because you said john that's the only thing that's really going to be changing going forward quick aside from the temperatures. yeah winds is definitely the biggest factor guys and that is going to be the biggest change that as we work our way into the weekend. >>will allow us to ease off such a high alert as far as fire danger is last night was the windiest to that we're going to see it amount blow as one of our spots that some the highest wind gusts along with mount saint helene a we saw wind gusts peaking at 70 miles per hour and above on top of these mountains, the highest mountains in the

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