bornstein points to the massive upgrades the state has done to its power grid in recent years to helpuce the chance of flood alerts, which asked californians to reduce their energy use and the biggest change we've seen over the last few years is a massive installation of batteries. >> if you go back four years, california had essentially no batteries to store power, bornstein says. >> given the updates, he doesn't expect mass power outages like we've seen in the past. this time around, he believes, given the upcoming holiday and weekend, wednesday will likely be the day the grid is most stressed. >> we still have people going to work, and it's going to be the second day of the heat wave, so buildings are going to be hotter and not have had a chance to cool down overnight. >> now, as of tonight, the largest power outage is being reported here in the bay area are in the east bay. in addition to concord cities such as dublin, san ramon and danville also have no electricity due to the weather. i'm live in the studio tonight. tim johns, abc seven news. all right, tim, thank you. >> we are

bornstein points to the massive upgrades the state has done to its power grid in recent years to helpflood alerts, which asked californians to reduce their energy use and the biggest change we've seen over the last few years is a massive installation of batteries. >> if you go back four years, california had essentially no batteries to store power, bornstein says. >> given the updates, he doesn't expect mass power outages like we've seen in the past. this time around, he believes, given the upcoming holiday and weekend, wednesday will likely be the day the grid is most stressed. >> we still have people going to work, and it's going to be the second day of the heat wave, so buildings are going to be hotter and not have had a chance to cool down overnight. >> now, as of tonight, the largest power outage is being reported here in the bay area are in the east bay. in addition to concord cities such as dublin, san ramon and danville also have no electricity due to the weather. i'm live in the studio tonight. tim johns, abc seven news. all right, tim, thank you. >> we are staying on top of

abigail bornstein, who's lived in oakland for years, doesn't have ac, so it's quite uncomfortable. >> i was actually coming out to see if i can find maybe a tree with some shade, with a little wind going by, and she's not the only one looking for relief at lake merritt. >> so i'm staying cool by just like, drinking like cold water and putting ice cubes in it. >> both women agree the worst part about the heat trying to sleep. >> it's horrible. it's like really bad at night. just like when i'm, like, tossing and turning. >> it's just like lying on top of the bed and. yeah. and i'll wake up sometimes because i'm. i'm sweating. i'm just really hot. >> all the folks that we spoke to say they are, of course, looking forward to this heat wave coming to an end. in the meantime, they say they're going to focus on hydration and also buying fans. that is, if they can find them at stores nearby in walnut creek. i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> while the heat did not stop large crowds from enjoying themselves today out at the marin county fair, the temperature hit 100 degrees once agai

abigail bornstein, who's lived in oakland for years, doesn't have ac. so it's quite uncomfortable. >> i was actually coming out to see if i can find maybe a tree with some shade, with a little wind going by, and she's not the only one looking for relief at lake merritt, so i'm staying cool by just like, drinking like cold water and putting ice cubes in it. >> both women agreed the worst part about the heat trying to sleep. >> it's horrible. it's like really bad at night. just like when i'm, like, tossing and turning. >> it's just like lying on top of the bed and. yeah. and i'll wake up sometimes because i'm. i'm sweating. i'm just really hot. >> so no surprise here. all the folks we spoke to say they're looking forward to this heat wave coming to an end. they say in the meantime, they're going to focus on hydration and buying fans. that is, if they can find them at stores nearby. mike, back to you. >> fans, very critical this time of the year, this time of the heat wave. bailey thank you for that. some positive news coming out of pg and e tonight. the u