at the height of this, 8500 pg&e customers were without power, calistoga and north of calistoga. the latest word we just got from pg&e is that everyone has been restored except for 17 customers in the calistoga area. now, why this might be especially worrisome for folks who live up here in the north bay is it's been almost a year since the tubbs fire and we know how disastrous that was in the hills and to the homes around here. this is actually pretty close to where the tubbs fire began. but everyone pounced on this very quickly. cal fire had hand crews and trucks on the scene and getting to those fires very quickly. once again, pg&e's helicopter hp landed safely. it was inspected and lifted back off. now pg&e and cal fire will investigate what exactly happened here and why that power line was clipped. live in calistoga, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>> barricades and construction equipment still block one of the busiest routes into san francisco's financial district. this as crews work to shore up damaged beams so the bus terminal and fremont street can reopen. melanie woodrow joins

there could be some light rain from santa rosa to calistoga north. this system drops in. i think we get some rain out of that early next week, late monday into tuesday. huge differences on the projection. just use these as an okay. other locations have cut this in half. the main bulk is in southern california and into arizona monday night and tuesday. 60s and 70s on the temperatures . after today it is a lot of 70s and cloud cover. a little rain north. sunday will be the transition day. monday we cloud up and it looks rainy on tuesday. >> thank you. coming up next flu season wrapping up. the warning from the surgeon general to get vaccinated. why he says it is a responsible thing to do. >>> the president is addressing reports of plans to remove him from office. when he plans to meet with rod rosenstein to follow up on those claims. >>> welcome back. president trump has postponed his meeting with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein until next week. the meeting was supposed to happen yesterday for the white house says he didn't want to interfere with yesterday's -- inter

that should be about the line, santa rosa calistoga north. there could be some might first rain of the season for some. south drizzle. this system can do that with the low clouds in place. hello finally moving. even some higher clouds. we are pumping in a lot of cool air now . the first real good system of the season is one behind that which will be here on tuesday. a lizak all the remains from hurricane rosa will go towards southern california and arizona. it is a whopper category four. it does not look like some of that moisture will get up here. 50s on the temperatures. a good onshore wind with low clouds in place . the low moving it means we are looking for a pretty significant cool down. 60s and 70s. maybe some upper 50s for some on the coast. sal tells us things are good. >> they are all right. >> there are a couple of things out there. right now we have some slow traffic in the east bay because of an earlier crash on highway four. bay point traffic, pittsburgh traffic is a little slower than it would be. the crash is no longer in the l

thisthis is wonderful. i guess you get to take a showeran evacuation shelter is now open at the calistogaairgrounds. the red cross is inside the butler pavilion helping families affected by the snell fire.thank you very much we really appreciate itreporting from napa county ... ar ... kron 4 news. (jrstone) the bay area air quality management district is issuing an air quality advisory for potential smoke in parts of the region for today through tuesday this week. (justine) the northern and eastern counties in the bay area may experience hazy air quality conditions due to smoke from wildfires occurring in northern california and southern oregon. kron 4 meterologist mabrisa rodriguez joins us live in the studio right now with a look at weather conditions for fire firefighters on the ground and how all that smoke from the fires are affecting us here at home... mabrisa? high pressure aloft will weaken through monday, resulting in a few degrees of cooling compared to today in the bay area. expect 60s along the coast with 70s and 80s inland. a more significant cooling trend is forecast to begi

thisthis is wonderful. i guess you get to take a showeran evacuation shelter is now open at the calistoga fairgrounds. the red cross is inside the butler pavilion helping families affected by the snell fire.thank you very much we really appreciate itreporting from napa county ... ar ... kron 4 news. ( robin ) i am here in the weather center with meteorologist john shrable. he is tracking the fire forecast and how the smoke could impact the rest of the bay area. john. plenty more sunshine to be expected today to begin the work week with daytime highs similar to yesterday's peaking in the 80's inland with 60's and 70's closer to the coast. temperatures will cool further across the bay as we push into the middle of the week before highs rebound back into the 80's inland by next weekend. ( robin ) in overnight news, firefigters put out a house overnight in antioch. the fire broke out just before midnight on the 11- thousand block of medanos street. it took about 45 minutes to get the fire under control. no one was hurt in the blaze. ( robin ) new this morning... an oakland woman is under arre

. >> when that fire got started earlier today, we had temperatures in the mid-90s north of calistoga,ight now, 66 degrees. wind speeds have come down. humidity levels have recovered slightly. the big delta fire which has closed interstate 5 seeing hotter temperatures in the day. look at the humidity, only 18%. even though some locations are seeing humidity levels come up at night, during the day tomorrow we'll see a repeat of more gusty wind at times out of the northwest, which means very low humidity levels in those hilltops. so fire danger still high for those coastal afternoon. long-term, we'll somhiftg winds which will make challenging for firefighters even as temperatures begin to cool down. i'll have the imptast coming up in about ten minutes. >> thanks so much, rob. >>> in shasta county, the delta fire continues to rage. it has doubled in size in just the past 24 hours. crews are scrambling to prevent the fire from reaching mountain communities. so far the fire has ripped through at least 63 square miles, and there is no containment. the biggest impact is the continued closure

evacuation centers have been set up at the hope valley farm center near the fire station and the calistogafairgrounds. a portion of the five will stay closed as the fire continues to spread across shasta county. it spreads 45 miles, detours are causing anywhere of 3-8 hours of lost time. the fire now covers 40,000 acres. it is 5% contained, more than 2000 firefighters are working around the clock, digging fire lines, setting backfires and working to protect homes in the area. caltrans says it is continuing to monitor the situation along interstate 5 and will reopen the roadway as soon as possible. >>> on the subject of fires, we take a live look at the top of the tower, little hazy earlier, looks like a mostly sunny day, it has been. but smoke has triggered an air quality advisory. for the bay area free tuesday and the east bay will also see the biggest impact. really advisory that affects visibility. everything looks pretty good except the north bay we've already been done at the surface and we have good air quality, mostly helped along by high-pressure driving northerly off the coast and

calistoga, 80. east bay shore, 9 richmond and berkeley. 73 towards san leandro. temperatures tomorrow morning when you wake up, mid-40s to mid-50s once again. a little bit cooler tomorrow. back in the 60s and 70s. we'll try to make a run at 80 inland. we will stay in the 70s at the coast. 60s at the coast and 70s around the bay. alexis? >>> okay. good morning, mike. so far so good for the friday we are friday light in most areas. the bay bridge toll plaza, a stack up on the left side of the toll plaza. if you are paying cash, head to the right. no metering lights. that should happen 5:25 this morning. we'll see. green out of the central valley. tracy to dublin, 31 minutes. westbound 4, 14. san rafael to san francisco, also wide open at 14 minutes. we do have a couple areas of road work to talk about. we'll do that next. >>> thanks, alexis. pre-orders begin today for apple's new iphone. >>> spotify will let you download three times more songs than before. here's this morning's "tech bite bites". >>> apple's new gadgets going on sale. the 10 s max has a larger scre

't crash...bu >>> a helicopter tasked with inspecting power lines in calistoga sparked a brushfire after it struck and clipped the lines. the chopper didn't crash but made a cautionary landing. three people were on board. nobody was injured. >>> this was on palisades road near lake county highway. the faa is now investigating the incident. >>> this evening crews are bracing a damaged section of the transbay transit center after cracks were found in two large steel beams over fremont street. workers will reduce the pressure on the steel beams that pose a risk of failing before they attempt the permanent fix. officials say the transit center and fremont street will remain closed through at least next week. >>> a fight over rent control is heating up in mountain view and will likely extend into 2020. kpix 5's devon feely on a fierce battle. >> reporter: the battle over rent control in mountain view has become so charged and so contentious it has garnered its own colorful nickname. >> we name it the sneaky repeal. >> reporter: the advocate described it as underhanded and sneaky tack a ties.

a new shelter has been in place here at the calistoga fairgrounds,it should be open until tomorrow morning.live in napa county, gayle ong kron4 news. (justine) thank you gayle... and we have team coverage of the snell fire for you tonight. an air quality advisory has been issued for parts of the bay area due to smoke.(jr stone) we are now joined by meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez. how long is the smoke going to be blowing into the bay area? high pressure high pressure aloft will weaken through monday, resulting in a few degrees of cooling compared to today in the bay area. expect 60s along the coast with 70s and 80s inland. a more significant cooling trend is forecast to begin on tuesday, with the coolest temperatures occurring on wednesday and thursday, as an upper trough deepens along the west coast. temperatures will be mainly in the 60s and 70s, with isolated spots in the lower-mid 80s. these temperatures equate to about 5 to 10 degrees below seasonal normals. slight warming is then anticipated friday and saturday. (jrs) and we have been helping you stay on top of this story th

calistoga, ukiah making it to the 80s. barely 80. upper 60s around richmond, berkeley. hercules, 75. one of the warm spots. you move to the valleys and we have 77 in san ramon. brent wood, 82. here's a look the at tonight's temperatures. mid-40s to mid-50s. low clouds spilling into the bay. a few more will spill into the east bay valleys. fog in the north bay also. temperatures a little bit cooler tomorrow. sunday, monday, tuesday, a lot like today. you can see the warming wednesday and thursday. alexis. >>> good morning, mike. talking about that fog today. we have a dense fog advisory in effect for state route 37. as we zoom in on the traffic maps, live doppler 7 visibility layer added. chp issued that 4:00 this morning. make sure you are driving for conditions. fog-free at the bay bridge toll plaza. as far as i know, no metering lights yet. that should happen in the next few minutes. it is starting to fill in. a quick check of drive times. not terrible out of central valley. tracy to dublin, 37 minutes. dublin to mission, 15. cupertino, you're in the green still at 16

what is the weather like calistoga? beautiful calistoga. sunny with a high of 87. breezy as well. east a breeze. it should be lovely. as you go up the valley, it warms up. 50s on temperatures. an auto 40. rio vista at 61. san jose, a brisket 51. 47 santa rosa 30s this morning. onshore breez southwest and martinez. there are some higher elevations . at the pattchange begins today. patchy fog mainly south of the city and officer and warming starts today. temperatures tomorrow topping off with upper 80s and low 90s. it has been a long time since we had that but i think we will see that by the weekend that is the low cloud deck from san mateo and santa cruz. it may be a slow process it warmed them up and it tomorrow looks better. the crew being kicked out for a few days at high pressure rebuilding. it has been on vacation but is coming back. i will take with with temperatures coming up. coast in bay and a bit but more likely tomorrow. >>> slow and steady improvement. if you wait long enough, you idge. traffic westbound back 880. i watch that when you're trying to get to san francisco.

the he >>> a fire scare in the north bay after a helicopter cut power lines in calistoga. the helicopter was brought in to inspect the power lines but accidentally cut through them in the process. the incident ignited a brushfire that crews mopping up right now. the chopper landed safely with no injuries to any of the three people on board but 4500 customers are still without power. >>> some intense moments caught on camera showing a stranger rescuing a family from a burning car just seconds before it was engulfed. it happened last night in sacramento. the good samaritan is speaking out. >> reporter: it happened here on i-80 in madison and sacramento. the woman in the driver's seat with two grandchildren in the back when the driver next to her says he noticed flames shooting out from underneath her car and knew he needed to do something. >> flames are coming out both sides. >> reporter: kenneth said he had no choice but to force that car off the road. >> got my car real close to her car. >> reporter: he said the driver had no idea her car was on fire. >> when we went up to

blue and going with this forecast, the area right around 7:00, 23 miles per hour with areas over calistoga 17 and sonoma valley and into the evening will become stronger and it's hard to tell because there are darker shades of orange and red that our hills. the r coast willair quality today and 80s and into the extended forecast, here is where we see the drop in temperatures. wednesday and thursday, could be breezy and then into the weekend, temperatures come up slightly. 70s and the forecast for the inland communities and upper 60s to near 70s in the bay. >>> firefighters are mopping up a fire at a home in east oakland that was reported at about 2:40 a.m. on east 12th street near 22nd avenue and 880. the fire damaged half of an encampment including tents. the oakland city council member abel guillen plans to draw attention to the homeless crisis in the city by moving into a tiny home for two days. it is one of two tiny homes located in a parking lot of up baptist church on willow street. the congressman secured $80,000 in city grants to fund these tiny homes. the two tiny homes were built

more likely about santa rosa and calistoga north. this system is moving in . the low clouds are here, higher clouds already forming to give us a mostly cloudy day. some areas will not clear at all from this a cooler inland pattern will take us into the weekend. and then it will level off with subtle changes. a lot of 70s inland. rain fall from the system tomorrow will be that much. again, there is napa and santa rosa. a lot of this might be drizzle further south nothing going towards santa clara valley. however, a secondary system will drop in on monday and tuesday. that looks to be our first rain for everybody . the key in this process will probably be the remains of hurricane rosa, which is category four. it is moving north and most everything takes it towards southern california and arizona, not here. 50s the temperatures. walnut creek 54 . the rugged 52. a lot of low clouds. a cooler pattern in place. if you're heading to arizona there will probably be some big time rain. for us it looks like we will have to wait until you are in the north until tuesday wi

the helicopter was helping pg&e inspect power lines near calistoga when it clipped some lines causing them to fall to the ground and set off a small fire . the helicopter was able to land safely and all three people on board escaped injury. the fire was contained to about half an acre. >>> bart has approved a public safety plan designed to crack down on fair evaders and increase surveillance technology . leigh martinez explains the changes riders will eventually see. >> reporter: part more than doubled its fair inspection staff at a constant $900,000 annually and also plans changes to the design of some of the station. thursday bart board of directors voted seven - 2 to hire 10 additional fair inspectors. barge currently only has six inspectors . the new inspectors will work nights and weekends. -- bart proposed $25 million in technology and equipment upgrades, erecting color berries around the paid areas of the station, installing alarms on exit doors, and raising the railing. bart board of directors defended the spending as necessary to keep riders safe after several high profile cr

evacuation centers have been set up at the pope valley farm center near the farm station and at the calistoga fairgrounds. >>> meanwhile a portion of interstate 5 will be closed until further notice as the delta fire continues to spread across shasta county. the closure stretches 45 miles from redding to shasta. detours are costing drivers three to eight hours in lost time. the fire now covers just over 40,000 acres. it is 5% contained. more than 2,000 firefighters are working around the clock digging fire lines, setting backfires and working to protect homes in the area. caltrans says it is continuing to monitor the situation along interstate 5 and will reopen the roadway as soon as possible. >>> wildfire smoke has triggered an air quality advisory for the bay area through tuesday. north and east bay are expected to see the biggest impact, but air quality advisories are fairly subjective. it's an advisory issued if you look out the window and say it's a little bit hazy. a different thing is the spare the air alerts and that will not be in effect tomorrow with mostly good air quality. the nor

red cross has opened a shelter here at the calistoga fairgrounds - that should be open until monday.here in napa county gayle ong kron4 news ( james ) i am here in the weather center with meteorologist john shrable. he is tracking the fire forecast and how the smoke could impact the rest of the bay area. john. plenty more sunshine to be expected today to begin the work week with daytime highs similar to yesterday's peaking in the 80's inland with 60's and 70's closer to the coast. temperatures will cool further we push into the middle of the highs rebound back into the 80's inland by next weekend. ( darya ) in overnight news, firefighters put out a house fire in antioch. the fire broke out just before midnight on the 11-thousand block of medanos street. it took about 45 minutes to get the fire under control. no one was hurt in the blaze. ( darya ) new this morning... an oakland woman is under arrest... accused of shooting her estranged husband. the shooting happened on the 400 block of railroad avenue in south san francisco. the man is expected to survive. monica solorio is facing charge

a helicopter is being blamed for starting this brush fire in calistoga. >>> good friday morning, andeing blamed nor starting this -- for starting this brush fire. it was brought in to inspected power lines, but it accidentally cut the power line in the process. no one was hurt. >>> a 3-year battle over rent control in mountain view will likely stretch into 2020. the campaign missed a deadline for the november ballot. >>> san francisco's mayor is calling for a speedup on the plan to create protected bike paths. >>> we have all the news of the day on your favorite platforms, including kpix.com. well well well, what have we here? a magical place... that's lookin' to get scared! (laughter) halloween time is back in disneyland and disney california adventure parks! >>> good morning. it's now 8:27, and we are tracking slowdowns over at the bay bridge toll plaza, and it continues to be a slow ride headed into san francisco. here's a live look at the fremont exit where traffic is stacked up, across the bay bridge span. for folks trying to exit at fremont or harrison, you can see it's going t

i would think santa rosa and calistoga north on saturday. 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. one more day of 90s inland and after that they come tumbling down. the system moves in and we get a dramatic drop in temperatures and back to the 60s and 70s well inland for many tomorrow and going into early next week. cloud cover coming in saturday breaking sunday and we caught up monday if we get rain. monday and tuesday. >>> there could be a partial shutdown on uc campus across the state. the strike that could happen soon and the workers who may walk off of the job. >>> big changes could be on the way from the biggest maker of e- cigarette. the what the bay area-based dual is considering that any cs about to keep the product away from children. >>> an e-cigarette company in san francisco considering a big change. the publication, tech crunch reports to will still stop selling candy flavored e- cigarette. many which appear to children. flavors such as candy corn, among great complaints. dual has roughly 75 percent of the entire e-cigarette market in the states. three months ago you