watch biles at the summer olympics here on nbc bay area in july. i could watch that over and over. >> she is extraordinary. once in a lifetime. >>> coming up on "today in the bay" the latest on the breaking news out of southern california this morning. let me show you live pictures, this is from the helicopter and another helicopter alongside if they'll pan down, perhaps they won't. there is a firestorm down there that is not to be believed. this is in san fernando valley. this is in the middle of homes, this is exactly what we were fearing in northern california. we will bring more live pictures and have the very latest. >>> and the high elevation wind event we had yesterday now has since moved in to southern california. we are going to have some calming winds today, getting out the door in palo alto, notice it's a little bit cooler than we've seen throughout many mornings this week. we'll have a warmup today, more on that and what's ahead for the weekend, coming up next. >>> and a very well-lit view of the richmond-san rafael bridge. i just say aw

as the bay area population centers most of its major infrastructure is located close tore the inner bay. you can see how as these earthquake waves travel through the looser sentiment, water water-loaded sand and mud, those energy waves actually get amplified making that damage worse. all this week we'll take a closer look at how our understanding of earthquakes and damage courtesy of the quake highlighted liquefaction risks around the bay area and who now is most likely at risk with a similar-sized event on the hayward faults. again, coverage on loma prieta all this week. >> very interesting information, rob, thank you. >>> the bay area will never forget how many lives were lost and how much damage was done during the loma prieta earthquake. since then the technology industry has taken on the challenge of making our workplaces, hospitals, and homes more earthquake safe. tonight, our business and tech reporter scott budman takes us beneath the surface literally to find the new tech that's protecting us. >> reporter: loma prieta shook the bay area then bay area engineers went to work. >>

elevated through the night tonight and even tomorrow we're going see some dry air settling over the bay area. thank you see kind of haze out there that some of leftover smoke from some of those fires around the bay settling in there will be there tonight. hey let's check out the long-range forecast i want to give you idea if we can get some rain in here. a significant rain or bring an end to the fire season here we go as we take you through time looks like we're going to see a change in for the weekend cold front dives in toward the bay area, not going to bring us any rain it's going to fall apart, but it will ramp up the marine layer that sea breeze and that's some good news that will bring up the humidity and decrease the possibility of some fires and then as we get in the middle of this next week we've got another cold front on the way bringing a few more clouds but staying dry on tuesday that could all change though as we get toward lot of part of the week you've got this system that's going to drop in maybe bring in a slight chance of showers the bay area. right now it doesn't look impr

two are from the bay area. now just last week jury business owner margry clapper was sentenced to three weeks in prison. augustin houston was sentenced to five months and peter santorio of menlo park is the only to avoid jail time and pled guilty early on. other parents like lori loughlin and her husband designer mossimo pled not guilty and will head to trial. the next court date is in january. according to the "boston globe," just this morning -- menendez changed their plea to guilty accused of paying bribes to get their daughter into georgetown university and paying for another child to cheat on college entrance exams. >>> the niners are still undefeated after outlasting washington yesterday. they pulled off a 9-0 win in a wet, muddy water-logged football game. some say it wasn't very pretty. niners did it with three field goals and kept wash off the board. the game ended with a nick bosa sack and one last big slide in the mud. jimmy g. said the weather brought back some good memories for the team. >> we woul

all bay area counties except san francisco will see shut off. includes about it 274,000 people that's a 200,000 customers because p g customer could be a building that could have one person or. >>dozens of people so it could be a lot more their quarter million people, here's how it looks out there right now that red area lawrence sense the fire danger yet also red flag warnings that are going to be going up across the bay are all the way from the santa cruz mountains the east bay, the delta the north bay, a good part of the bay area under those red flag warnings tomorrow into thursday and that will really be the peak of those gusty winds, but i want to show you too it's not just the winds is the fact that it is going to be bone dry outside some of the driest conditions we've seen all year long. here's a look at the forecast on the amount of moisture humidity in the air right now we've had a bit of a sea breeze sort, 96% very moist. 100% we're talking about some rain drops right. that's right along the coastline here in half moon bay. but watch w

high winds has forced p-g&e to warn everyone of possible power shutoffs in cities all across the bay area is a map from the national weather service showing the areas at risk of losing power. from the north bay ... to a large section of the east bay and also the south bay. if a shutoff does occur ... ( darya ) we have team rrow coverage on the possible pg&e could see the power shutoff at midnight. sara? 40-thousand pg and e customers here in contra costa county will experience this power outage if the power company does in fact decide to shut off power.take a look at the map of the east bay and where pg and e is monitoring current weather conditions that could cause a public safety power shutoff event. others parts of the east bay impacted include alameda county.pg and e anticipates the shutoff would begin four wednesday morning and last through thursday mid day.the possible shutoff is due to severe dry wind event seen in the east bay creating high fire danger. pg&e has already started calling customers warning people that once the power is to be turned back on ... it could take

they include counties here in the bay area and north bay and santa cruz mountains. now pg&e suggesting that people who have this break and get their power back make sure they have everything charged back up and all of your devices including your medical devices if you have them and also be aware of where pg&e opening up consumer resource centers to get water and get some power charging and also get information about what is next for you. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> well firefighters have been working overtime with the kincade fire but it turns out that one fire that they put out recently was set intentionally. now this all started a little bfr midnight with a fire at a home on napa road in east fifth street near downtown sonoma and no one was injured but the frames jumped to a neighboring home because resources are stretched thin and firefighters had to be called from the kincade staging area to put out the flames. both homes are called a total loss. >>> an update on the fire burning in the east bay. firefighters have gained the

a significant wind event not only in north bay but parts of the east bay and around the rest the bay area, the heaviest winds will be in the north bay, but certainly fire does get started anywhere around the bay area to these kind of conditions it is going to burn rapidly everything is extremely dry. and we haven't seen the real start of our wet season yet now the good news is after that things begin to calm down by wednesday afternoon, red flag warnings are up in the santa cruz mountains the east bay hill, the diablo range in the entire north bay. a good news is after that things are going to calm down right looks like over at least the next 10 days after this right now i don't see another significant offshore wind event so hopefully we can start talking about some rain and then now for the troubled fully so we'll be back tonight at 8 will to see them. ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ ♪ big dreams start with small steps... ...but dedication can get you there. so just start small... start saving. easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. ♪ ♪ chase. make more of what's yours

this is showing where we expect the worst fire conditions to be in the bay area as we take you through time here as we head through the night tonight, the focus is really in the north bay, certainly if fire gets started anywhere else in the bay area can spread rapidly but these are the worst conditions are going to see that as we head early into tomorrow morning, 00:45am in the morning and see that big bull's eye right there in red very extreme fire conditions there also near napa you phil saint helene a kind of between, but then as we take you through the night you see it really doesn't change a whole lot into early tomorrow morning so really after midnight we're going to see much of the north bay in extreme fire conditions that will finally begin to ease up as we get into tomorrow afternoon. but it's going to take some time. tonight is one of those nights you got to take extra care don't do anything or you could possibly cause any type of fire outdoors any spark at all could turn into a major wildfire right here in the bay area. we have a brush fire lawyers that work hoping is not go

right now at 5:00, an earthquake rattles the bay area. we are live in pacifica in the city that melt the shaking. >> we're issuing a microclimate weather alert. the potential power outages pg&e are considering. the warriors opening the pre-season playing for the first time inside chase center. >>> this the news starts right now. good afternoon. thanks so much for joining us. i'm anousheh rafta. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. >> did you feel it? an earthquake rattled the bay area at it hit the san mateo county coast, something that took them by surprise. christie smith, it wasn't a big quake, but was it enough to rattle some nerves? >> we spoke with people here in pacifica and some of them said it sounded like a car hitting the building and some of them went out and figured out it was what they thought, an earthquake. >> i thought first of all, you know, someone hit my store. >> at this liquor store in pacifica, the store made a quick exit after the shaking. >> i was just scared and i see other people went out, you know, and they're asking ea

at the last 100 years of quakes right here in the bay area. before we go a little peek outside checking in on the embarcadero camera in san francisco, a nice shot and here the bay bridge city streets there. and the background you're waking up to temperatures in the 40's and 50's and your afternoon looks a little looks good. it's going to be mild maybe a little bit cooler yesterday but some nice weather on tap. we'll have details after the break stay with us. >>welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, the time for 40 for it. shaking we're following breaking news. we're talking about this major earthquake that we had last night major to some of us some of you did not even feel it was a 4.5. but a lot of folks felt the quake as far as santa cruz, some folks throughout the north bay, we have a little map for you check out. this map. the quake was centered in pleasant hill that's a little star that you see right there in the center. it happened around 10 30 last night and then you can also see on the map. the 2 dozen small quakes that hit in the are

we see a lot more snow again for areas, especially over the north bay. right now, the latest readings report areas of the north valley floor, as well as the coastline, unhealthy reported there. the central coast as well as areas along the south coast, we are looking at moderate air quality from the coastline to the east bay, and down through the south bay. at this hour, areas over the north bay, areas like santa rosa, stretching toward the coast, all reporting unhealthy air. if you see it and smell it, as you know, avoid it. close your windows. we are asking some consider masks if you will be out and about. the winds are generally light out there. they are blowing from the north and northwest. that is allowing some smoke to drift in and around areas like windsor and santa rosa, i'll do one more shift here, you can see how those winds are pushing the smoke out along the coastline. perhaps even toward petaluma and nevada. this is what we will see as we get into the next 24 hours or so. things will shift once again. we have another wind event coming our way

operation, but you do what you can, roll with it, it's the restaurant business. >> reporter: the bay area is rolling with this planned power outage. traffic cones are out in lafayette. and police in the oakland hills are on high alert waiting for the area to go dark. >> we will lose power, but at that point, the generator will automatically signal to be turned on. >> reporter: the marriott hotel in walnut creek will be booked this weekend. managers are ready for an outage. >> guest rooms won't have lighting in the hotel, so that's where we're going to have flashlights, glow sticks and asking guests who are paying attention to what's happening in the bay area to come as prepared as best they can. >> reporter: attending a gaming convention and coming from all over the world. >> i expect it, came to the bay area in october for the past four years now. there's always something going on. fires. i'd rather have this than fires. >> once we have flashlights and something to drink, i'm sure we'll do just fine. >> reporter: as i said, some people seem to be annoyed by all of this, but everyone seem

and we're seeing above the 100 mark throughout the entire bay area. arning will be kicking in at 8:00 p.m. and several wind advisories for several areas throughout the bay area and the winds are expected to kick up between 15 miles an hour, probably up to 60 mile-an-hour gusts so look the at time line of that, it is very important coming up in 15 minutes. >> we will see you in 15 for that. vianey, thanks. >>> the kincade fire, continues to rage in sonoma county. new evacuation orders are under way. this, as pg&e plans for more blackouts, and this is expected to be the largest set of blackouts yet. two million people in northern california could have their power cut off, as early as 4:00 this afternoon. it will be the third shutdown this month alone. and this is pg&e's map, broken down county by county, and the most impacts will be felt in sonoma and marin counties, and then all the way down to the peninsula, as well as in the south bay, and the east bay. folks there are likely to be in the dark as well. up until tuesday, it's possible. let's get right

the shining lights of the bay area. sun up, 7:24. expect a lot of sunshine today. a warmer afternoon. look at that. upper 70s around the bay shoreline. md 80s in the warmest spots inland. let's check out the roads with jobina. >> good morning. happy monday morning. we have some good news to report out of concord. that crash at southbound 242 before highway 4, all clear now. just prepare for the slowdown as you move your way through there. also taking a live look now at the richmond-san rafael bridge nice and smooth as we move through the morning. a quick peak at the drive times. tracy so dublin, 53 minutes. antioch to concord, 29 minutes. >>> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area and part of that means focusing on how public transportation impacts our lives. >> and b.a.r.t. is reportedly once again considering extending service. laura martinez is in the richmond district and has details. good morning, lauren. >> this would be big news for the bay area here. the san francisco examiner is reporting that b.a.r.t. is considering extending service down ge

that wlw the smoke from the north bay into the south bay across the bay area. that's why we have a spare the air alert today. here's the winds. above 1,000 feet, look how strong they are. that brings the poor air quality throughout the bay. we are looking at temperatures once again warm but not as warm as we were yesterday. >> thank you. good morning. so i want to start out with good news in san lorenzo, the issue there's involving three vehicles

serious damage to any of these will likely affect the whole bay area region. big earthquake hit the hayward fault was in 1868. back then, there were about 25,000 people in the area. now there are about 2 most probably have no idea what's happening right below them. >> hayward flt iretty iquen that it crps. so it actually is moving very, very slowly all the time. >> over the past million years, that nonstop east bay hills, an it has not stopped. >> we are in fremont's original city hall. this building is right on top of the hayward fault. >> this crack first appeared in 1972 and was never repaired. so now it's an ongoing record of how the fault keeps moving. >> one side has moved forward. one side has moved backwards. you can also see there has been some separation between the two sides. and one side of the floor is actually higher than the other side of the floor. so we have all three of those things happening at the same time. >> this muddy pond nearby is the epicenter for research on the hayward fault. >> what we've been able to show here is that during the

live in oakland, terri mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, terri. new at 11:00 tonight, it is shaking in the east bay. geologists reporting a small swarm of small earthquakes in dublin. they happened neera costa boulevard near bowlinger canyon road not too far from the walmart if you know the area. the usgs reports five temblors in all. two last night, three today. the quakes registering between 2.7 and 2.9. >>> a terrifying scene in the south bay. a man attacked a woman with a hatchet. according to the mercury news at nighting gayle avenue in sunnyvale near apple park. officers say the woman had significant injuries. investigators say this is an attempted homicide investigation now. >>> desperate times call for desperate measures. it may be the best way to describe the latest south bay rental advertisement. get this. a san jose man is subleasing a carport with a car and a food tong for someone to live in. nbc bay area's tom jensen is live in san jose where the man admits to renting the carport. thom, he's not the owner. he's also renting the duplex.

we do have a little bit of drizzle across the bay area starting out with low clouds. ve look at san jose and upper 50s. this all clears out, all that fog gets out of here. our south bay high temperatures head into the lower 70s. it will feel nice, too. mike, you're seeing the mist on the camera lens. >> the san mateo bridge we can see on the lens as well as a sheen on the roadways so there may be enough to make some on and off ramps slick. that could be a factor in some of the spots. no major problems as we look at the freeways. an animal was hit and that is part of the story for the rainy week this month. a smooth drive to the bay bridge. >>> thank you very much, mike. 4:31. breaking news out of europe where there appears to be a brexit deal between the uk and european union. approval votes by both the eu and uk parliament and there's already talk about uk leaders rejecting it. shortly after the deal was announced boris johnson said in a tweet, urging parliament to approve the deal when it meets on saturday. there are 14 days left until britain is supposed to leave th

>>the best things about living or visiting the bay area is actually walking along the bay. but if a tsunami were to hit. a danger zone and if you see one of these blue signs along the water that means you are and you need to evacuate and head to higher ground. >>the first wave that comes and could not may not be the largest and we don't know how long the event will last it's very important that folks get out of his as quickly as possible. >>hassoun ami's to hit the bay area have been caused by earthquakes from all over the world. >>corals can truck sat down with stephen you n. see santa cruz researching geophysicists who says the type of earthquake that causes a tsunami as one that makes a lot of up and down motion such as the trust earthquake, and it has to have high magnitude. take a look at the wreckage from the tsunami that was calm a 5 earthquake in japan back in 2011, it destroyed parts of the harbor in santa cruz you can see dozens of boats sinking in slamming into one another coastal cities are more at risk than those within the bay, open to the ocean. >>and get exp

nbc bay area responds next. >>> this is a crazy one. nbc bay area responds.rancisco man whose beloved pickup end-up at the bottom of a makeclt right. chris. >> let's take a look at dennis share don's 1997 dodge da tokaea pickup. this is a close-up of the hood. that is the radiator right there. look how it is bent. that is not normal wear and tear. dennis says a caltrans tow truck driver accidentally dropped that truck down an embankment near the bay bridge on the oakland side. this is what happened and this is the estimate he got for repair. more than $6,000. but when he filed a claim with caltrans, dennis says he got no response. that's when dennis turned to us. we asked caltrans what happened. a spokesperson didn't give us an answer. he later got a check for $2,264.31. that is a lot less than $6,000 that we saw on the repair estimate. but dennis accepted it and says he is ready to move on. why the low amount? depreciation. insurance payouts are typically based on your car's current value. even though dennis took great care of his truck, it was still 22 year

the smoke has now filtered throughout all of the bay area. do expect that smoke through tomorrow with the worst of it right up here into the north bay. so how do we know it's going to be windy on sunday? i wanted to give you a look at what we look at behind the scenes. and it's all about the way the weather pattern is setting up. we have high pressure. you're used to seeing that. that can usually bring us some clear skies and warm temperatures. but the thing that's developing is this low pressure system over the west. and because these two weather systems are so close, air in weather flows from high pressure to low pressure. so we're going to see this wind race right across california as we hit sunday. every single forecast model is showing that area of low pressure develop right there. and that's going to be key to the forecast. so let's take you through saturday. i don't really see a whole lot of wind through the day on saturday. so as you continue to get ready for these power shutoffs and think about what you've got to think about here, it

he is a longtime community activist who came to the bay area from chile in the 60s. he said he started noticing changes in the 1990s as artists, restaurants in small businesses left the area due to rapidly rising rent. >> change is inevitable that the kind of change we are experiencing is more pushed by economic changes that have pushed a lot of people out of the mission. >> reporter: over the years historic theaters, small food markets, restaurants another small businesses have closed and given way to rooftop bars and trendy eateries. >> now we are in the process today of paying for may be ideas that are good for the economy but separated from culture when they should be a marriage. they should be a collaboration. >> reporter: baron is a theater professor at san francisco state university and a playwright and local theater. he says it will take a multipronged approach to keep the culture here from vanishing. >> i think the main solution has to be, somebody was telling, and inside-out approach as well. we in the mission, we and chinatown, we and south market to do art

nbc bay area's going live to oakland right now. you spoke with survivors about being prepared especially in light of the recent pg&e power shut offs. >> that's right. you know, we talked with people who gathered here today and of course they talked about the fire. they remember the details and the loss. they also talked about the community preparedness that came in the aftermath and some said with the recent power shut offs they now have more to consider. in oakland, people came together to remember the catastrophic and deadly fire of 1991. carolyn burgess recalls trying to get home from out of town. >> the operator said i think all of oakland is on fire. >> reporter: her home in the hills burned. she rebuilt. 28 years later many neighbors are new. >> some of whom don't even know about trimming trees or keeping the brush back from the house. you know, all of that basic stuff that i was not aware of 28 years ago. >> she is now well prepared for disasters but her planning was tested this month when pg&e proactively shut off power to

pg&e could shut off power to thousands of people across the bay area ahead high fire danger weather. áá) the threat of fires comes comes two years since the north bay fire storm. we have team coverage this morning with will tran in santa rosa and sara stinson in lafayette with more on the power outages but first lets get to weather and traffic... weather.weather.weather. ( james )(áááchroma keyááá) a big story we're following this morning-- hundreds of thousands of people in the bay area could lose power this week as fire danger grows. the potential for high winds has forced p-g&e to warn everyone of possible power shutoffs in cities all across the bay area. this is a map from the national weather service showing the areas at risk of losing power. from the north bay ... to a large section of the east bay and also the south bay. if a shutoff does occur ... it could happen early tomorrow morning through thursday. ( darya ) we have team coverage on the possible pg&e power outages. kron4's sara stinson is live in lafayette where the fire danger is extreme and people could see the power sh

so have faced makes a big donation to bay area teachers who are in need of housing will explain after the break clouds pass. >>after a shooting near a sacramento area high school proms a lockdown we hear from students who heard those gunshots and ran. i'm more than ready and washington congressman elijah cummings has passed away at the age of 68. but the details ahead. >>much of the nation as well as congress mourning the death of one of its own elijah cummings died today at the age of 68 the powerful maryland democrat became a key figure in the impeachment investigation of president trump and fought tirelessly for his hometown of baltimore fours washington dc correspondent mark enright has reaction. >>a maryland has lost a beloved son of the death of maryland congressman elijah cummings has struck the hearts of many in washington maryland, senator chris van hollen says he's mourning the loss of his friend he was a roc was a rock of integrity and princin republicans and democrats pay their respects to the late congressman and reflected on the legacy

we can take a look across the rest of the bay area. that will be no one of the strongest numbers but no doubt probably still windy in your corner of the bay area where ever you are. even if it is better where it was, it is still windy and we are right at the verge were things will calm down. watch the break colors, the strong wind, i will take us from now and players into the rest of the evening and things start to quiet down for us over the next few hours. is going to get better. it is just still windy out there right now. daytime highs today, ranged from the mid 60s in san francisco at 63 to 74 in concord and now we are going to go through the next few hours with not a lot of change. it will be cold in the morning, average anywhere from 4 to 7 degrees colder tomorrow morning then this morning was. that means santa rosa, you're going down to the upper 30s and meanwhile only 52 in oakland but a chilly start to the day. we'll warm back up right back to where we were for daytime highs meaning mid 60s to mid 70s thursday and friday but wi

the bay area. emoriville seeing temperatures close to 80 at this hour and we could see 90s by tomorrow and we're watching that and fire danger in the north bay prompting a microclimate weather alert and a closer look when we come right back. maci-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >> when it comes to veterans and swes id suicide the numbers are staggering and veterans take their lives twice as high as the rest of the population. in 2015, close to 500 veterans died by suicide in california alone. they're trying to bring those numbers down. garvin thomas is here with his story in tonight's bay area proud. >> reporter: john preston is loading his pack for a training hike. the iraq war veteran doesn't care what's in it, just what it needs to weigh, 48.5 pounds or 22 kilograms. 22 being a number that has driven this marine's life for much of the past decade. >> the daily veteran suicide rate. yeah. it's how

around the central bay area, not a lot of wind at this hour. by 3:00 a.m. ., we begin to see the winds pickingu mountains and the diablo range. generally breezy in the south bay, like we're seeing at those wind speeds in the north bay. so as this pattern starts to rampxt tuesday and wednesday cl another offshore wind event. the last thing that you want to see in the seven-day forecast. but unfortunately, that's where we got that next chance of dry wind tuesday into wednesday. right now the wind speeds don't look quite as strong as the gusts we could see in the north bay mountains. again, we're talking elevations closer to 4,000 feet. could get gusts to 75 miles per hour before sun advise rise tomorrow morning. tough looking seven-day forecast. >> we're hoping round two disappears. >> well, things will look good for halloween. >> all right, thanks, rob. >> in the midst of all we've been talking about, all the news again.there was a world series ey the astros slam the nationals? stick around and find out. sports is next. you know when you're at ross and you fi

this is an extended period of potentially damaging winds in the bay area. ut for portions of the north bay and east bay. the north bay peaks like mount st. helena, we could have a gust of 70 miles an hour, especially as the wind goes down the hills, that dries out and warms up. here is the information, the north bay and east bay, already out, 11:00 monday morning, it begins in a few areas in the coastal areas in the santa cruz mountains, that begins at 3 am monday until 11 am monday. the gusts going above 45 miles an hour, the hills jump upwards and topping 60 miles an hour. as far as the wind right now, portions of the north bay not too strong yet. mount st. helena, usually the indicator of wind right now, showing a gust of 13 miles an hour. portions of mount diablo, 10 miles an hour. the middle pick from mount tam, these wind values will jump up quite a bit over the next few hours, between now or 2 am to 3 am tomorrow morning because of this, this big defined u, this trust will set up and move east of the bay area, that is the key trigger for those winds.

reporting live in santa rosa, ali wolf, nbc bay area news. >> let's stay in the north bay. thanks so much, ali. sky ranger is there at soskel avenue and imola. this is in south napa near napa valley college. traffic lights have been out all day, including ats intersection. a big backup at where the lights aren'turay sto. take your turn. be patient. make sure t is no traffic crash. >>> now, not only the city of napa, but parts of napa county are also in the dark. that includes the wineries which caught a lot of tourists by surprise. they're in the dark. we're going to show you how everyone there is handling it. plus the bold steps some other businesses are taking to stop potential looters. that's coming up in our newscast in about ten minutes. >>> let's take a look at our live cams across the bay area. not much wind. you can see the flag pickup there in fremont, the ride side of your screen. pg&e actually pushed back the timing for the second round of outages. let bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. has the forecast changed a lot here? what prompted pg&e to delay

we are going to have to wait until tomorrow night for things to ramp up here stronger across the bay areat's for the north bay, east bay, and higher elevations of the south bay. we are looking at on and off mountain gusts 25 miles per hour and sustained wind 10 to 20. so the number one threat would be in the north bay from saint helena down to american canyon. and the third threat the higher elevations of east san jose also los altos hills, that's where the wind all could be gusting up as we head into wednesday and into thursday. but what about the timeline on this? once again, two-day event with the maximum winds with the event wednesday night into thursday morning. that's when a lot of you will really feel that wind kicking up, especially in the hills a thousand feet and above. we'll take you through an hour-by-hour forecast just like we would if a storm were to move through. i'll let you know when the worst gets here and when it all moves out coming up in about ten minutes. >>> this was supposed to be a day to remember and honor the victims of the tubbs fires in santa rosa. that deadly

>>and tonight we take a look back at the last a 100 years of earthquakes here in the bay area. >>area was a beehive of the mic activity throughout 19th century from 1838 to 1898. the region was rocked by a half-dozen major earthquakes, the smallest of them was a 6.3 shock in santa cruz. >>then early in the morning of april 18th 19 oh 6 san francisco was rocked by the biggest earthquake ever recorded in california, a magnitude 7.9 temblor. >>triggered fires that devastated 80% of the city. >>as many as 3,000 people died to 3rd of its population was left homeless. it would be 50 years before the earth moved again. a 1957 brought san francisco's forgotten quake. city rocked for 30 seconds one person was killed 40 injured. but the damage was minimal largely confined to westwood village in the western part of the >>in 1984 the calaveras fault came to life the epicenter of the 6.2 magnitude temblor was 10 miles north of san jose. >>but the town of morgan hill suffered the greatest damage. 5 years later the loma prieta quake revealed the scope of the bay area's vulnerability. >>the bay

live in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, scott. >>> well the days may be numbered for homeless men and women living along south bay creeks and rivers. the santa clara water district is focusing on what to do about the growing number of camp as long local waterways. tomorrow the water board will vote on increasing the funding for safe and clean water programs and establish an encampment clean-up project. a san jose councilman wants to eventually see encampments removed. >> we cannot have people living on -- in our waterways. it is just unsanitary and it is not just bad for the environment, it is bad for them too. >> some worry that removing the homeless along the river will push them into more populated neighborhoods. >>> take a seat. safeway clerks could sit down on the job. they will pay $12 million to provide seats for up to 30,000 california checkout clerks. that is the core part of a legal see. reached in the south bay. a santa clara safeway cashier filed the lawsuit in 2011. she claimed not allowing clerks to sit violated state regulations. >>> can yo

no power, no internet or foreign service, that will be the case for some schools in every bay area county. again, the list is at nbcbayarea.com and at the bottom of the screen. north bay schools are the most impacted. a lot of schools there along with schools in the east bay. and it is not just public schools. junior college, sonoma state, all have closures as well. but of course those students are better able to fend for themselves. pg&e did warn that as many as 800,000 customers could be without power, so coming up, we'll talk about what you should do ahead of a power outage at home and once you're deep in it. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >>> and coverage continues, kari hall is tracking the forecast. >>> and it is not just warm temperatures that will cause a high fire danger, it actually will cool off but we'll have high winds and low humidity as you get ready to head out the door in walnut creek, we start out at about 55 and then it will start to warm up, but cooler than yesterday. so i'll talk about this and when the wds increase, that is coming up next. >>> and as we look a pal

we'll update our nbc bay area app. check for the school closure list. >>> contra costa county isn't part frt shutoff plan but people are warned to be on alert for fires at the peak of mt. diablo, the high winds already whipping. let's bring in jeff ranieri tracking these dangerous fire conditions, jeff. >> we saw that video up at mt. st. helena. they have been the talk so far this afternoon. 40 to 45 miles per hour. everything you need to know in the update about the wind. i think over the next 18 hours, that's when we're really in the bulk of this event. next 18 hours, fire danger will be it highest in the mountains. also the hills. the best chance of the top wind gusts. 9:00 p.m. tonight, it will ramp up a little bit more. 25 to 50 miles per hour winds out of northeast. by tomorrow morning, 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., we could see it go up to 55 miles per hour. keep in mind, a lot of our lower elevations will only see wind of 10 to 20. i want to put it on pause for a second and also fast forward to this weekend. wind pot

a magical bay area moment quickly turned tragic. nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney was actually at candlestick park that night and joins us now. it's been a longe it just happened yesterday, terry. >> it seems very much like yesterday. you can never forget something like that. we are safer. and you don't have to be an engineer to appreciate that. all you have to do is look around san francisco and the newer, safer structures. they're everywhere. maybe the most prominent change as a result of the loma prieta earthquake is the new eastern span of the bay bridge. it owes much of its existence to the bridge it replaced that partially collapsed 30 years ago tomorrow. san francisco's embarcadero, a wide bike-friendly ble freeway which was torn down after being damaged. its deswhere most of the fatalities occurred. three killed in santa cruz 20 buildings destroyed but quake could not destroy the book store. city officials gave owner neil cunity to grab his books from the condemned building. he put out a call to the community. 400 people respo

all bay area counties except san francisco will see shut off. and that's about 274,000 customers we have a list of the affected now our website at kron 4 dot com. >>and we should point out and we list all the cities in these locations sometimes thatt means only parts of those cities will be affected in other cases it will be the entire town so go to kron 4 dot com to get the very latest details on that this afternoon on kron on teresa stasio talks with in alameda county spokesman ray kelly from the sheriff's department talk about what steps the county plans to take during the coming power outage take a listen. >>emergency operation center here the office of emergency services for the for the power shut down. right now where we're look just got off the phone call with pg we're going to operate a starting tomorrow morning at 08:00am and will go about 03:00am on thursday. during that time where we're going to monitor the situation in our county coordinating with all of our local cities and jurisdictions and so as of right now we expect the potentia

it was felt all across the bay area, some spots outside of the bay area as well.ar shows where the quake was centered but check out all the highlights around it. people as far as santa cruz reported feeling in and as far north as santa rosa we've been getting video into our newsroom from shaking once again all across the bay area lot of us sleeping and it definitely woke us up i know i woke up i felt the best shaking and it felt like it lasted so long like when is this going to stop take a look at the damage was caused inside of target in pleasant hill. so for those of you it wasn't that big there is no damage there was these items were thrown all across the floor there in target a lot of folks at some some broken picture frames and things that fell off their shelves. so yeah we were all a little nervous last night by the quake. i can't thank you for waking up with us here on the kron 4 morning news hopefully raul calm now we're a little nervous and during last night because first thing think ok going to aftershock is this like you know this is a big one coming. w

leanings that certainly hasn't changed but the presidency of donald trump might be amplifying this a bay area been seen as enemy territory for president trump and his supporters say it's difficult to openly express and show that they are behind him. >>for an area that has long been viewed as being pretty accepting to most is that true for trump supporters and if not why not well kron four's dan thorn gives us a look. >>the bay area is well known for its acceptance of all different kinds of people it's the birthplace of the counterculture. est chinatown a capital of the world. but despite the bay area's all kinds are welcome nt how accepting are we really to supporters of president donald trump. a scale one to 10 one. very little. >>when he's not playing his violin, peter quo is a venture capitalist in the silicon valley. well just a few months into his new job as vice party chair of the california republican party. he's also an ardent supporter of president trump. >>culture in specially america is so tolerance and and on the standing of office ideas and yet when they see this rain had everyth

and then don't give any money until it's that time. >> cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> it is 7:12, we have much more ahead on today in the bay, coming up a new tool to fight where, we will tell you about this special gel created at stanford, firefighters may soon be using it. >> we're watching a clear cool start to the morning right now, with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. but later on, we'll be watching rising temperatures and increasing fire danger, we will show you where we will see the hottest temperatures and the worst fire danger when we come right back. tv just keeps getting better. how you watch it does too. this is xfinity x1. featuring the emmy award-winning voice remote. streaming services without changing passwords and input. live sports - with real-time stats and scores. access to the most 4k content. and your movies and shows to go. the best tv experience is the best tv value. xfinity x1. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> welcome back. 7:15. on your saturday morning. a live look outside in walnut creek. clear skies. golden skies. as we star

>>in some spots other per spot around the bay area. so it's kind of within a bit this afternoon we had 2030 mile hour winds outside so certainly a concern if you get some fires going and we're looking at that right now you see a in lake right there you can see the winds whipping around that fire hidden valley lake to 20 miles per hour. so that's a pretty good win. that can blow that fire along there, so certainly got to keep an eye on that for tonight as things are still very very dry with just have not seen a significant amount of rain so far this season really to bring an end to the fire season around the rest the bay area we've got windy conditions to 22 miles per hour mill valley, 22 at stinson beach, 14 in san francisco, 18 right now in the pacifica and 13 in the sfo but not only there but you have to southern california they've had strong offshore winds right there in around santa barbara we're talking winds gusting over 26 miles per hour. some of those dry downslope those offshore winds that cold front move through both rather d

nbc bay area cheryl hurd is in vallejo and we'll have more coming up at 9:30. >>> firefighters in there busy battling fires. in lafayette was it a dramatic scene as a downed power line destroyed a tennis club. melissa colorado was the first reporter live for us on the scene today. she joins us now live with the latest. melissa. >> reporter: you remember this, but the lafayette tennis club building is gone. last i saw, i saw a deck, a wall, a door and not much else. the tennis club was actually hosting a tennis tournament when this fire broke out. i want to show you, there's still somewhat of a scene out here. fire crews are monitoring a situation here, making sure there's no additional flareups. winds sparked a transformer to fail. it didn't take long for flames to torch the entire lafayette tennis club building. >> we heard like an electrical and then a big explosion. >> reporter: the lafayette tennis club was in the middle of hosting a tennis tournament sunday afternoon when suddenly cheers turned into screams. >> the transformer blew. >> the second that exploded, all of our power w

horrible. >> the chp says this is the 25th wrongway crash in the bay area. this driver spotted at multiple locations. >> other locations was northbound 101 at the 280 split. it's possible they could have been traveling for some time. >> nice guy, friend. >> reporter: now the chp continues to investigate they say including working with caltrans to identify potential on or off ramps where someone might enter going the wrong way. but at this point they have not said exactly where this driver entered the freeway. reporting live in san francisco, kristy smith, nbc bay area news. >> that'sious mind blowing. okay, thank you christie. tense moments at a school in vacaville. a woman tried to kidnap a boy. this is the accused woman pl aileen he grabbed the hand of a 4-year-old appear asked if he was ready to go to school. she called the boy brine pretended to be his teacher and started walking away. the father tomd police his son's name isn't brine and doesn't go to the skoom. he quickly took the boy from the woman and called police. police rushed to the school and ar

in san jose, ian cull, nbc bay area news. >> we certainly hope so. okay, a viewer sent us these pictures of a tree that slammed into a tesla. look at it right there. see how strong the winds have been? it happened in boulder creek. a tree branch came down as you can see. went right through the windshield. luckily that car was parked and nobody was inside. so who will have power and who won't? we've made it easy for you to check. we've posted an interactive map on our website. all the impacted areas in this next outage are in orange. you can write -- zoom into the street level. head to nbcbayarea.com. >> we are following some breaking news on the peninsula, a bizarre and violent outburst. a man went on a stabbing spree in san mateo. officers say it began around 7:00 p.m. in the parking lot of this bj's restaurant. right there on bridge point parkway right near 101 and 92. this is a live look at the crime scene. you see the bj's in the background there. the suspect got into a car with his cousin and her boyfriend when he suddenly pulled out a knife, ac

this week marks 30 years since the largest and most destructive earthquake ever to hit the bay area in modern history. >> it's reach was far more devastating. the quake caused the bay bridge to collapse. it killed dozens of people and injured more than 3,700 others. all this week in all of our newscasts and online, nbc bay area examines what happened back in 1989. >> meteorologist kari hall is here to take a look. >> so this week leading up to the 30-year anniversary we will look at our history and that will help us prepare for the future. on october 17, 1989 a:00, 1989 p.m., we had a section of the fault that ruptured rattling the bay area for 20 seconds. thousands of after shocks would follow. the first question that many may ask is how did this happen? we go down 11 miles below the surface to demonstrate the actions that led to the deaths of 63 people and cost billions of dollars in damage. the san andreas fault runs roughly 750 miles through california and is where the pacific plate and north american plate meet. these plates are always moving while converging and pressing together

right here on nbc bay area. we're back in a moment. >>> new hampshire's first meeting with the president since launching the impeachment inquiry ended badly today. not because of an impeachment question, but because of syria. violence in northern syria escalating. today president trump defended his decision to pull out u.s. troops, calling the former u.s. allies the kurds, quote, no angels. now before that meeting, the house passed a resolution condemning the president's action in syria. more than 100 republicans joining democrats, a move that house speaker pelosi says angered the president, who she says lashed out at her, calling her a third rate politician. >> go ahead. >> the president was a meltdown. sad to say. >> it was insulting. particularly to the speaker. she kept her cool completely. >> when there is a time of crisis, leaders should stay whether they like what is head sedona or not and actually work to solve a problem. >> the president countered, tweeting a photo in which he and pelosi are clearly exc

in dublin, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> thanks. >>> live to that news conference that is going on, hoping to learn more about the investigation into that big storage facility fire in the east bay. let's listen in. >> that system has been compromised because of the fire and so they're venting those individual tanks to relieve pressure and eliminate any risk whatsoever of any fire associated with those tanks. another thing we talked about is the secondary containment ponds formed by the berms around the two tanks that burned and those are filled with material now. it is our belief that that material is mostly water at this point. those are the ones we've been talking about and you saw from up the hill with the foam blankets on them. we believe that is mostly water now. the team is in there mak a determination of what the makeup of that material is. we believe there is no any risk but out of an abundance of caution we're keeping the foam blankets on both containment ponds to mitigate any risk of any further ignition in those. at this point we think that work that i just outlined w

many of the customers were just in the bay area. now the process is not as quick as customers hoped for because crews are first required to respect the power lines before bringing in neighborhoods back online. using helicopterance and ground crews to make it happen as quick as possible. we expect an update from pg&e and the ceo bill johnson in about an hour. nbc bay area thom jensen joins news orinda and we hear everybody has the power back on there tonight. >> that's right, janelle. after checking through all the power lines that weave through the trees on the populated hillsides in contra costa county. -- in fact i got off the phone with pg&e a couple seconds ago as we were going on air. the spokesperson told me that about 95% now of all of the customers mere in contra costa county have power back on. about 85% of the customers in alameda county. a lot of people counting blessings they made it through the outages with just financial losses. the high voltage lines in the contra costa dooft county hills humming against as a business

things look good all over the bay area. this is from our emeryville camera. 80 is smooth. same story for the south bay, san jose, 87 looking good. this is what you want to see on your way to work. here is mass transit. so much better. we were talking about that nightmare with b.a.r.t. last night. not this morning. 17 trains running. no delays. same story for ace, 1 and 3. no delays. no delays on the ferries. >>> coming up next, the 7 things to know as you start your day. >>> and health alert at disneyland. >>> and dangerous driving that goes beyond sending a text. what 1 in 6 young people admit to doing >>> if you're just joining us, here's the 7 things to know today. later today we should find out if some parts of the bay area will have power shutoff as pg&e looks to avoid a wildfire because of a red flag warning. customers in napa, sonoma and san mateo yo councounties have t on notice. >>> all of st. helleena and calistoga could be without power starting at 3:00 this afternoon. >> we have a red flag warning first for the north bay at noon, the east bay at 3:00 p.m., then