the break tomorrow return of a lot of wind, especially for solano county and portions of contra, costa and napa counties. 2. >> again. that's into your thursday so today we get that one little breather because we've obviously already been seeing winds this week on monday and tuesday. your view outside this morning is showing clear skies. that's something that has not changed. sure. winds have relaxed overnight, but we're still looking at a lack of marine layer. so we're off to another crystal clear start this morning. that's a nice way to do things. we do have a couple of sprinkles up in northern napa county on up into lake and mendocino counties for the most part, these are going to stay pretty isolated and pretty much isolated to those northern areas. i talked about a potential yesterday and soldier. most of us are can tap into it. it's exactly what i bet. just a couple of spots. mostly further north in the region that are really even looking at any chance of that. you can see this cold front swinging through resulting in a few of those showers across the very northern tier of the state, alth

. >> the shut offs cover alameda, solano, sonoma, contra costa and napa. in each case the overall number being impacted is small. napa county is to have the most outages in the bay area with about 2,500. >>> let's turn to mike who has been tracking the commute for us. >> i was noticing a slow drive here on the bridge here. again there, may be a crew there or it may be guesting for folks, and probably not the cause but there's a advisory there for the bay bridge, and also the san mateo bridge. the san mateo bridge has the high-rise and tends to get gusty. even out of the altamont pass, so far no problems. a minor crash is on the shoulder. back to you. >>> the first pill to treat covid could soon be available to americans. merck is asking the fda for emergency authorization of the drug. >>> also breaking, two men recognized for achievements, specifically on the market affects of minimum wages, immigration and education. in the meantime the other half of the prize will be shared with stanford economists, guido imtphupbts. >>> you know trouble has not stopped

a solano county eastern contra, costa and napa counties.t of winds. >> as we work our way on into your thursday. so fortunately not as widespread of a wind event is what we had been seeing. but still winds nonetheless, that will up fire danger come thursday. now you're look outside at the golden gate bridge which is already always lit up in orange. i suppose, for the giants is looking nice and crystal clear this morning, even though we don't have those offshore winds. we're still in the midst of some really clear skies. couple of sprinkles up in northern portions of napa, sonoma and lake counties. aside from that is another dry morning. bit breezy in pockets. but look at where we're heading this afternoon much calmer conditions that makes today nice day to get out there and enjoy as much as you can at least before winds to pick up for some of us tomorrow. 40's 50's for your morning temperatures. certainly still do need the jackets this morning and i keep them on hand through the day on this cool fall day reyna tom, thank you for that. we al

the outages are set to impact customers in alameda, contra costa, solano and napa county. as we look at the san jose airport, the calm after the proverbial storm. yesterday thousands of passengers could not get to their destinations. more than 1,300 southwest airlines flights were delayed or completely canceled. today in the bay's, tom jensen, reports. >> a busier than normal saturday for southwest airline counters, lines backed with passengers they got the distressing news bright and early. >> when i woke up this morning i got a text saying my flight had been canceled. >> they texted me this morning. >> what did they say? >> the flight was canceled. they were rebooking for tomorrow. >> 11 flights canceled in san jose, and 17 delays. 11 more southwest cancelations at oakland international. they are among hundreds more canceled flights on southwest airlines across the nation. hundreds more delayed as well. >> at first i thought it was rebooked for this morning at 6:30, because i was kind of in a panic, and then i realized they rebooked it for tomorrow. >> it all had to do w

let's look at the pg&e website, and the shut offs cover alameda, sonoma, contra costa, solano and napa. some of the numbers are small, and about 25,000 customers may lose power, and napa county could have the most shutoffs in the bay area, about 2,500. >>> a tree came crashing down on cars, and these are photos from cal fire showing the extent of the damage, and it also took down power lines, and this is not far from maverick beach in san mateo county. right now pg&e crews are on the scene trying to make repairs. imagine walking out to that? >> yeah, and be sure and download our nbc bay area app. you can get a detailed forecast right in your neighborhood. >>> and then cal professor, and a stanford economists winning the nobel peace price. prize. >>> 6:32 right now. now to a developing story affecting airports across the nation. this is a live look at sfo. could be another rough day ahead for travel for southwest passengers at bay area airports. nearly 2,000 southwest flights were canceled over the weekend leaving a lot of people frustrated. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us live

we saw one customer now anita, 100 in contra costa and solano and napa. more in sonoma county. sonoma county, the idea being they'd be turning off this power so that the power lines don't get knocked down and start a wildfire. restoration not expected until tomorrow night at the latest. reporting live in dublin, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, bob. >>> take a look at the overnight damage from the strong winds. a tree came crashing down on a car. these are from calfire showing some of the damage. it also took down power lines. this is in el granada. pg&e crews are on the scene trying to make repairs. be sure to download our nbc bay area app. we send out the latest on the conditions straight to your phone. you can also put in your zip code. >> breaking news this midday. a live look at a big rig fire that has brought traffic to a standstill. this is on i-80. our nbc bay area sky ranger capturing this scene and the backup. this is westbound i-80 in dixon about 20 miles west of sacramento. >> mike, you've been tracking this backup for us. >> a big concern because chp repor

those are alameda contra costa napa, solano and sonoma. how will be cut off to napa and solano at 05:00am shut offs for contra. costa and alameda are set to happen at 5.30 and sonoma is going to be at 6 solano county could potentially see the most outages with more than 4500 there. well, obviously we'll be tracking all of this for you throughout the morning. keeping you up to date. we have a lot of information over on our web site, in case you don't have power. you can't turn your television. you can watch everything on your phone. our meteorologists john trouble getting us started this morning. a lot going on. and it's just a little after 04:00am absolutely. so this week is started off with those gusty offshore winds. and that's the reason here that we are looking at. >> such heightened fire danger even in the midst of a rather cool temperatures daytime highs today really only rising into the 60's and 70's at our warmest across the bay. but we're still dry. and with these offshore winds, any sort of spark, especially from one of those powe

and alameda counties at 1.6% positivity rate. sonoma county 1.9. contra costa, solano and napa have the highest at more than 2%. another bay area city warning its workers get your covid losi. oakland says all employees must be fully vaccinated by november 29th unless they have applied for an exemption. the policy applies to city volunteers and interns. to help facilitate that oakland is hosting free vaccination clinics and offering workers two hours paid time off. it can be challenge to go keep up. there is lots of rules changing all the time. we are trying to make it easier for you. head to nbcbayarea.com. we put together a guide that clearly explains when and where you need to wear your mask. that's right thrown the trending bar. >>> this is the island cove, a fishing boat that sank in its slip at the hyde street harbor in san francisco earlier around 9:30 this morning. this is just east of aquatic park. it's an area really popular with swimmers. the u.s. coast guard is investing what caused that bo boat to sink. they deployed an oil bottom around the boat to contain any fuel spill. there was a person onboard

but nothing like the winds that we had been seeing winds do pick up for solano contra costa napa andtions of sonoma county on into tomorrow and ahead of that, we do have red flag warnings that are not in effect today but for solano county in the central valley take effect tomorrow at 10:00am and last until 08:00pm tomorrow. today's daytime highs will be right back to the 60's and 70's a very similar to data data where we have been and even a little bit cooler conquered in antioch right at 70 degrees. now tomorrow's daytime highs will be a little warmer skies will be nice and clear. but winds will return, especially inland friday and saturday are warmest days back in the 80's before falling back into the 70's next week. reyna john, thank you for that. to hotspots. we need to tell you about this morning. this one out in gilroy. >> northbound one. oh, one south of 25 an overturned tractor trailer. so all lanes currently closed. 25 would be a good alternate to get around that. but as you can see, you are seeing delays along 25 as well. also out here, but no 80 westbound east of appian wa

folks in contra, costa and solano, napa and sonoma counties would be impacted. >> well, let's take a live look outside tonight looking out over downtown san francisco really clear night and the winds really just kind of blew out any clouds in the area. things definitely have completely change a little bit of a one 80 from what we saw this time last night. >> chief meweorologist lawrence karnow here tonight with the details on what you can expect on the fire danger and first thing in the morning. yeah. guys, we've got another cold front that's moving in the california great news to bring some showers. >> in far northern california. we see couple sprinkles here. but once that system moves through, then we start talking about another round of wind. so the national weather service has issued a red flag warning beginning on thursday morning starting at 10:00am in solano county that continue till 08:00pm on thursday as well. but i think we'll see that may be extended in toward napa. maybe sonoma county may be in parts of the east bay as we're going to see some strong, gusty winds coming th

sunshine today and winds will be most significant for areas like solano county and then inland portions of contra, costa napa and sonoma counties where we do have the highest risk of fire danger closer to the bay and coast. it's going to be a whole lot calmer red flag warning only for solano county today as far as temperatures go right now, it is a cold start. we're 30's 40's 50's for current numbers. novato you're at 39 napa. you were just moments ago, frost advisories for lake and mendocino counties. so bundle up and bundle up and all your giants gear. why not reyna thank you for that. all right. yeah. if you are going out to 91 avoid driving. you could take bart caltrain. >> or the ferry to get into the city as you're driving. we do have some issues this morning, though, like northbound 17, just south of hamilton avenue. and campbell in the south bay. so 87 of one. oh, one not seen as being a major delays were seen here to lane is currently blocked travel into the city this morning already pretty busy a little under 20 minutes, not because of any hazards or accidents, just more people traveling this morni

and e is warning the could be another round of the power shut off on thursday. about 29,000 customers may be affected statewide. sermon parts of contra costa, napa, solano and sonoma counties. pg&e said everyone affected last night should have their power back on by late tonight. >>> is if last night wasn't enough high drama expected in los angeles tonight as the dodgers and the giants going at it. the giant lead 2 games to. vern glenn is live in l.a. giants fans called it torture last night but in the end it all worked out. >> it certainly did. it worked so well last night why don't we go ahead and try it again and bring another california weather down into dodger stadium. in fact it didn't matter whether you are talking to the mailman this morning, the coffee shop all the los angeles city citizens were talking about the weather conditions in the wind from yesterday and night. in fact avenue and i talked yesterday at three :00. i was in short sleeves when i got to the ballpark. and i was later i needed a beanie and hoodie when i finished my five shots. the wind worked in the giants favor last night. gavin lucks thought he had the game tied with

and more of us do tap into those breezy conditions. our highest the winds do remain in areas like county, eastern contra, costa napa and sonoma counties. temperatures currently in the 40's to 50's. we have a few 30's in the rural north bay, especially once you get up into lake and mendocino counties were frost. advisories are in effect right now. later on today, daytime highs warmer than yesterday's a full 10 degrees warmer for some areas inland areas rising well into the upper 70's to low 80's staying closer to the 60's near the coast back to rain. all right, john, thanks for that. i just saw james walk and he has on his orange tie. so looks like everybody's got their orange on. >> all right. daria waiting for you as you're heading from the east bay into the city. a little under 2 minutes for your drive time. that's going to get a look at the san mateo bridge as you head across towards the peninsula. little under 13. no major issues or delays. we'll have more weather and traffic coming up. for now, let's talk about your health. the food and drug administration is asking for the manufacturers and restaurants to cut down on the amount o

contra covta but still uneasy about the mark mandates potentially being lifted. leaders in several counties across the bay including san francisco, contra costa, napa, sonoma and others are working on final plans and expect to release details later this week. >> only if the cdc and the county health departments agree that's the safest thing to do for people. i think you need to -- i think we need to follow the science. >> santa cruz county dropped its mandate because it was seeing lower coronavirus numbers. some health officials say we should wait and see what happens in santa cruz county first and then decide. they are thinking about the holidays saying mixing the vaccinated with unvaccinated maskless could spell trouble. >> i think that it's -- it's better to be safe and just kind of prolong it for a little bit instead of lifting and then -- enforcing masks. >> i would probably still wear the mask just to -- not just for myself but for other people. i want to make sure they are comfortable. >> the bay area counties plan to release details this week. we do know the bay area as a whole though has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country. in walnut creek. j

those counties alameda contra costa solano, napa and sonoma solano county would see the biggest outages with more than 4500. stay with kron four's. we continue to track those possible outages over the next few days. >> more snow is coming to the sierra on monday. but here in the bay area, we have a fire weather watch in a wind advisory that will be going into effect. i'll tell you about >> new at 6 kron 4 staying on top of a developing story from new york city tonight. we're a passenger on board an american eagle flight. now taken into custody shortly after that plane landed this afternoon. take a look at the scene from laguardia airport. dozens of folks on that plane forced to evacuate on the runway after their 2 hour flight from indianapolis investigators say that a passenger reported that another passenger was acting suspiciously on board that flight. we are continuing to monitor the situation will bring you updates throughout the evening on kron 4 dot com and the very latest live in prime time starting on kron. 4 news at 8. also new at 6 a man wanted for stockton murder. earlier thi

power company says people in contra, costa solano, napa and sonoma counties are at risk of losing theirer later this week, which could impact more than 7,000 customers here locally. the shut offs, of course, happened when the weather forecast calls for increases in winds, low humidity and you have a danger of the winds bringing trees down on pg e's power lines potentially causing wildfires says we take a live look outside. it was a cool clear windy day here in the bay. this is of course, the bay bridge toll plaza and chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here. want to seem like the winds were dying down what what's happened? they have. but they're still blowing the 20 in some cases 30 miles an hour the peace, especially over the north bay and parts of the east bay to the right. now. you got clear skies looking good all the way the coastline. but the winds. >> they have been the issue. now the winds are decreasing. but the national weather service just extending some of the advisories in this llama county parts of napa lake county. also up in mendocino as we're going to see some gusty w

costa county t still a little uneasy about ndates potentially being lifted. right now leaders of several counties across the bay, including san francisco, contra costa, napa, sonoma and others, are working on final plans and expect to release details later this week. >> only if the cdc and the county health department agree that that is the safest thing to do. i think we need to follow the science. crdrd indo mask ate be covid numbers. some health officials say we should wait and see what happens in santa cruz county first and then decide. they are thinking about the holiday spirit thing mixing the vaccinated with unvaccinated mask list, could spell trouble. i think it is better to be safe and kind of prolong it for a little bit. as opposed to lifting it and enforcing masks. >> i would probably still wear the mask, not just for myself but for other people. i want to make sure they are comfortable. >> reporter: and dr. think we should wait to see how things pan out the santa cruz county first and then decide. in walnut creek, justin andrews . >>> a live look from oakland were city employees where now be required to show covid vaccine proof. the decision by the city co

and e said this afternoon. the total number of customers likely impacted by public safety power shutoffs dropped from 44,000. to about 25,000 small number, though of customers in contra costa, napains us now live from the north bay with more on that, greg. and julia. i can tell you the wind has definitely started to pick up where i'm standing right now. i'm standing off of june valley road and right downt

areas without power right now because of that public safety power shutoff parts of contra, costa alameda napa, solano and sonoma counties are affected by this pg and e has since issued an all-clear in some neighborhoods that means that it is safe to turn the power back on. however, it could still remain out until sometime tomorrow evening for many of those customers. meanwhile, it has been a busy day for fire crews across the bay area with several communities on high alert. that's right. our grant lodes joins us now with a look at what's being done to try and keep neighborhoods safe. >> but a big problem said yes. yeah. and it's just so disturbing to hear the possibility of our sources. i mean, as we try kind of hang on. it's bad enough when you have natural occurrences and what have you. but yeah, firefighters are just all over the place, especially in the south bay earlier today until that fire in the north bay in american canyon kind of got our attention tonight. you see the scene here, cal fire chopper doing a water drop to try to stop a small brush fire in san jose. this is along cr road in the east

and we're still breezy. just not near as windy as we had been tomorrow. winds pick back up, especially for areas like solano county portions of contra, costa napa and sonoma counties as well. right now solano county is the only spot that will eventually be affected by a red flag warning that goes into effect tomorrow at 10:00am last until 08:00pm tomorrow as well as areas towards sacramento and northward from there up into the central valley. no advisories elsewhere across the bay area just yet. but still will be an uptick in winds elsewhere. and that's true as we make our way into the last game tomorrow against the dodgers. now temperatures in the city today. 50's and 60's very similar right along highway one at the coast. those 50 staying around him on tara brisbane. you'll be at 62 today. burlingame jacket where the at 66 same for you in redwood city, south bay temperatures. when yours coolest days of the year so far. 60's for sonny bill at 63 san jose at 65 east bay temperatures cooler than yesterday. but feeling a little nicer because we're not factoring in as much wind chill today. walnut creek and concord each at 70 while oakland at 65 and are very

and e said this afternoon. the total number of customers likely impacted by public safety power shutoffs dropped from 44,000. to about 25,000 small number, though of customers in contra costa, napa, sonoma and solano counties could be affected. ktvu greg liggins joins us now live from the north bay with more on that, greg. and julia. i can tell you the wind has definitely started to pick up where i'm standing right now. i'm standing off of june valley road and right down that road about two miles. you hit napa county, and that's where about 2400 p. genie customers have the potential for their power to be shut off tomorrow. all because of this extreme fire danger. the heightened fire danger may prompt pg and e to de energized power lines in targeted areas across 22 counties beginning monday morning, so equipment doesn't have the potential to spark a fire. and napa county even the cal fire sonoma lake napa unit, located in the southeastern part of the county, is not immune to a public safety power. shut off. we are definitely can be affected by the psp s's, but we try and put, uh, generators in place to try and limit the. the power outages here at the firehouse is so we can keep o

over 100 residents in alameda county, almost 600 and contra costa county, over 2000 and napa county and over 4500 and solano county, and more than 80 customers in sonoma county. john ramos has more on the dangerous weather conditions. >> reporter: most of the bay area is going to escape the brunt of these latest power shut off, but there are places like here that are so used to power outages that they have learned to adapt to them. >> reporter: it is accustomed hereto windy afternoons and cal fire spokesman said it is because of the mountains that frame it on both sides. >> as the wind hits the mountains, they can't go around her up and over and the mountain causes erratic wind and higher wind speeds in the valley. truck that is what will happen tonight. pg&e has alerted this neighborhood that the power will likely go off tonight and this afternoon neighbors were enjoying a block party but later they will be filling their tubs and sinks with water and checking the batteries in their flashlights. >> we have had so many fires in the last few years and it is scary and we have to adapt to t

they include contra, costa alameda napa, solano and sonoma counties. those outages started first thing this morning at around 5 o'clock. many folks are expected to be in the dark until some time tomorrow night. you can track those power outages right now on our website. that's kron 4 dot com fire crews in the santa cruz mountains meanwhile, are also on high alert during this latest fire threat kron four's rob fladeboe shows us the extra resources that cal fire is now bringing in to meet the challenge. >> as windy as it was here in felton monday afternoon. the potential for wind driven fires is much greater at higher elevations as cal fire chief ian larkin vast majority of counties under red flag warning. but the ridge tops are really. >> well. we're going to see the significant winds. they are predicting that they could get gusts up anywhere from 45 to 60 miles an hour at the ridge tops. >> as one crew was dispatched a scotts valley were made short work of a fire sparked by a generator extra resources were brought in from san mateo county. so we have a

about 4000 customers in napa, sonoma, contra costa, and alameda counties are expect to lose power. their equipment from sparking a fire. some residents say they hate the inconvenience and sometimes wonder if these shutoffs are necessary. >> last time the power went out, it was not windy. when it was windy, the power was not off. so, i don't know what their deal is. >> a meteorologist m meteorologm potential weather system that could bring dry, dusty, onshore winds. the scope of this event has been reduced to less than 1% of pg&e customers. >> hardware stores are now low on generators, batteries and flashlights, as people prepare for this possible outage. pg&e is watching offshore winds and they expect the all clear to come later tonight. so, the power could get shut off this morning and could be fully restored by tomorrow. live in the east bay, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. reggie: abc 7 news is helping you prepare for the potential power shut off. we have put together a list of resources to get you ready. it is on our website, at abc7news.com. that is where you will get updates on t

and parts after -- seeing some improvement. the highest category is still in effect for parts of napa, solano and contra costa and alameda counties. there were some spots that had some minorimprovement, but we are still extremely dry and the reservoirs only came up slightly. cierra johnson is live at the golden gate bridge with more. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of folks don't usually correlate climate change with fog, but there is a direct correlation. i'm in front of the iconic golden gate bridge. it is a really clear morning. we're ofrequently. there are some mornings you can't each see the color from the bridge because the fog is so thick. researchers say climate change is playing into how often we see that fog. according to researchers, an integrative biologist found about 33% of decrease since the early 20th century. carl or carla is starting and stopping earlier, all mainly due climate change. this morning we're taking a look at that water that drenched the bay area just a couple of days ago, doing a number on many parts of the bay, flooding roads. did it make much of a difference in our rain totals? overall the answer

numbers who is most impacted and that's napa county with 3,750 customers affected. 1591 custer is in solano county and 1481 customers in sonoma county down there in contra, costa county, 293 customers. pg e says they're still wildfire danger, but the dry vegetation and windy conditions. >> putting its power lines at risk. so a total of 29,000 customers in northern central california are waiting to see if their power is going to be shut up tomorrow. if the shot off happens, it will likely begin between midnight and 4 in the morning tomorrow and be restored by noon friday. that is what pg website says it they will notify you via text email phone call with those notifications and of course we have kron 4 also keeping our eyes on this to keep you updated along the way. for now reporting live in napa county. sarah stinson, back to you. >> all right. thank you very much, sara. >> it's a 33 and san jose. police are asking for your help to find a person they believe shot and killed another man back in june. 27 year-old who to sony posse is the man they're looking for. they think that he shot and killed another man at the woods apartment complex in south san jose and h

it is a breezy one today, though, and especially in select pockets, especially in our inland areas. upper elevations of solano county contra, costa napa sonoma counties all subject to some stronger wind gusts and it is enough for solano county as well as the central valley to be under another red flag warning that will start at around 10:00am until 08:00pm tonight. rest of the bay area, not quite windy enough to see that heightened fire danger like we did at the start of the week. now, temperatures today, 60's 70's for sf right around marina district on towards the bayshore. it's going to be pretty solid 70's for you. so brisbane upper 60's, south san francisco, 71 foster city at a nice 73 today with redwood city at 74 really comfortable for the south bay and as much as 10 degrees warmer compared to yesterday when we were only in the mid 60's for many of the same spots oakland a nice 72 and a few 80's to know walnut creek benicia right at 80 degrees antioch in pittsburgh. certainly getting close to the upper 70's novato in sandra fell right at 80 degrees today, tomorrow's temperatures as well. saturday is going to be our warmest of th

then starting early thursday morning, pg and e says about 7000 customers will have their electricity turned off in contra costa, solano, napa and sonoma counties because of more dry, windy weather that's expected. mark tamayo here now tracking the current conditions out there, mark and we it seems we are past the strongest winds, at least at this point. yes, that's the overall idea, alex. in fact, the peak of the winds basically yesterday into this morning, the winds gradually subsiding this afternoon. it is still breezy, but those winds continue to back off and just want to touch on that thursday wind event it will not be nearly as strong as the wind event that moved into the region. yesterday but, of course, any time we have an offshore pulse that we have to keep an eye on with those winds increasing now the north northeast as we check out the satellite for you right now, we're basically showing you clear skies over the bay area. we're showing you a bunch of arrows indicating that wind flow so that is that north and northeast flow that has been in place across the bay area, thankfully, no longer a wind advisory and the re

then, starting early thursday morning pg and e says about 7000 customers will have their electricity turned off in contra costa, solano, napa and sonoma counties, much of the same areas that were affected over the past 24 hours. 14 hours after it began a standoff in san jose finally ended this afternoon. it began last night when deputies say a man took his own father hostage. santa clara sheriff's department negotiators spoke with the man for hours. and his ktvu seth be reporter jesse gary shows us their patients paid off. it's a terrible situation, but i think the resolution was really what we hope to do in law enforcement all the time. early tuesday afternoon, 38 year old balbir singh surrendered after a 14 hour standoff of law officers. santa clara county sheriff's deputies say the drama began around 11 15 monday night with the report of a domestic dispute turning violent. thing allegedly took his father hostage threatening to kill him and initiate a firefight in hopes deputies would take his life. his mother made it out of the small one floor home in the 3300 block of east hills drive and called 911. we don't want it to

pgd put out of warning today that shut offs may be necessary and sonoma napa, solano, contra costa and alameda counties in an effort to limit the risk of wildfires, while approximately 7500 customers are impacted across the bay area. as many as 44 jois us now with tails on the fire watch, prompting the concert and it takes effect in about 24 hours. mark yes, that's right, audrey, the stronger winds setting up in historically the month of october, we have seen their experiences a major wildfires for october here, the bay area up in northern california. so we are heading towards the peak of fire season and this is not the pattern we want to see. we are going to see those winds increase out of the north sunday night into monday and tuesday. that's a drying wind that really boost the fire. danger so the winds we have a high wind watch out towards solano county. out toward the valley of the wind advisory basically covering the entire bay area. the wind advisory begins 11 p.m. sunday until eight p.m. on monday for the north bay hills, the east bay hills in the east bay valleys and then. it's

including nearly 8000 homes and businesses in alameda, contra costa, napa, solano and sonoma county and strong gusty winds have been blowing in the city of san francisco and san francisco's recreation and parks department has been watching the wind event closely. it shut down. the pine lake unveiled parking lot in stern grove worried about the possibility of down trees. there's a lot of really tall trees there, and, um, we just don't want to take any chances. the city is asking everyone in san francisco to keep a close eye out for any down trees or power lines. if you see it down, tree call 311 will get a maintenance crew out there. if you see a downed power line called 911, and we'll get the professionals out there to go ahead and take care of it. city officials were encouraging residents to security, patio furniture or other outdoor items on their decks or in their yards. you can get more information on today's weather conditions always on the free ktvu. whether app. people who were evacuated after wildfire broke out in napa county are being allowed to return home now, although fire c

and at times thus causing big fires in the bay area. power's been knocked out to more than 4,000 customers in solano county alone. you also of outages occurring in parts of alameda contra, costa napa and lake counties. pg e estimates. the power will be back for folks at some point tomorrow, but certainly it could be longer than that. and certainly we'll keep you posted as we continue to track that situation. high winds and dry vegetation have crews in the santa cruz mountains on high alert during this fire weather scare. this red flag warning kron four's rob fladeboe shows us the extra resources. cal fire has brought into try to be read it. >> as windy as it was here in felton monday afternoon. the potential for wind driven fires is much greater at higher elevations as cal fire chief ian larkin vast majority of counties under red flag warning. but the ridge tops are really. >> well. we're going to see the significant winds. they are predicting that they could get gusts up anywhere from 45 to 60 miles an hour at the ridge tops. >> as one crew was dispatched a scotts valley were made short work of a fire sparked by a generator extra resources were brought in from san mateo county. s

and red flag conditions out there. power is now being shut off in parts of napa, sonoma, contra costa and solano counties.5,000 customers could possibly be affected across northern and central california. firefighters here in the bay area are among those preparing for a possible outage. we are definitely can be affected by the psp s's, but we try and put, uh, generators in place to try and limit the. the power outages here at the firehouse is so we can keep our radios and another infrastructure up and running. pg and e says it does have community resource centres to support customers impacted by the public safety power shut off. under new law that governor newsom signed last month. utility companies now have to disclose which energy circuits may be likely to experience public safety power shutoffs. the goal is to make sure the same customers are not having their power shut off over and over again. governor newsom signed the bill as part of a $1.5 billion climate package focused on clean energy, drought and wildfire preparedness this afternoon. firefighters have a much better handle on those wildfires that

and fire danger. dozens of countries could be impacted in alameda, contra costa, napa, solana, and the greatest impact is going to be in the north bay. let's send it right over to meteorologist aaron peck for a look at the weather that's causing those fire concerns. >> there's new terminology on that as of this morning could revoke rented from a fire weather watch to a red flag warning print but the details haven't changed it's just that we are so close to this now stronger wording has to be used for sunday night through tuesday evening, the north bay mountains that the hypertrophy like 's norget that includeshe st hills, and the santa cruz mountains buthweatcoer co e complete fore because, there is also a wind advisory to go along with that for the rest of us . so it will be windy for your part of the bay area on monday morning could but, not sunday. temperatures out there range from the low 40s right now, to the locus is, and it's a beautiful forecast we will be in the low 80s for inland parts of the east bay today relatively warm and sunny i will be with you with the full forecast in a few moments.

the worst of our winds are going to be further inland areas like eastern contra, costa portions of napa and sonoma counties are where we're going to see your strongest of winds today generally around san francisco, even along other bayside areas. it will get breezy at times. >> but nothing excessively windy. so good news still bundle up, though, plan on that brisk feel, as you often do at oracle park looking outside at the golden gate bridge this morning. skies are beautiful and clear. we don't have any fog out there whatsoever, whether you're at the coast or inland and you can easily spot where we are windy us this morning. and that includes areas like solano county, vacaville down through fairfield easily into a 20 mile per hour range peak nap as well as danville livermore. also quite breezy, notably com or elsewhere current temperatures 40's 50's on the map. we do have some rural 30's up in the north bay and actually some frost advisories that are in effect for portions of lake and mendocino counties because of how cold it is gotten further northward looking at nevado right now at a cool

the power company says these 4 counties contra costa solano, napa and sonoma counties are all at risk of a shot off public safety power shut-offs happened when the weather forecast calls for whether that increases the danger of wildfires. >> and happening right now. pg working to restore power to customers in the east bay and the north bay. this is a look at the outage map. the purple areas are where pg and e. >> has shut off power as part of their fire prevention efforts. you can see parts of napa county are still without power, but the power may not be on for long pg. e is warning of more possible power shut offs that could begin wednesday night. and with more dry windy conditions possible. cal fire says they're ready. fire officials want to remind you to be extra cautious and have your evacuation plan ready because this is peak fire season. and cal fire is investigating a 150 acre wildfire in american canyon as possible. arson forward progress has been stopped and crews are still working to mop up any hot spots. kron four's will tran is in american canyon has the latest. >> fire is

and businesses across california. 32 counties on this list, including four in the bay area. these are the counties that pg&e is looking at, solano county, sonoma county, napa and contra costa.e says if the shutoffs actually happen, customers will be notified ahead of time. that's a big concern for the people up there, waking up monday, possibly, no power. >> yeah, indeed it is. it's because of these strong gusty northerly winds that we're expecting to really start making their impact as early as sunday night, into monday. here's a closer look at a couple of things we're monitoring. in addition to warmer temperatures, conditions are going to dry out because of the winds. because of that, the fire weather watch is expected to go into effect tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m. and there's going to be several windy advisories that start to go into effect on monday. depending on where you live, the advisory is expected to go into effect a little bit earlier for the higher elevation areas. we have the high fire danger for some of those interior valleys starting tomorrow night. but we're also monitoring the windy conditions. tomorrow, we're going to see the winds pick up into the evening

and contra costa is impacted. past events and this event, the crossover is napa county, the northeastern part of sonoma county, so there are some areast area. different. kristen: before you go, a more permanent solution is to move power lines underground. i know that is an effort that is underway. there are 70 miles of power lines in california that it is a long-term project, but give folks an update as tohere we are now. >> pg&e just figured -- just finied up and unproject that wae the customers kept getting impacted. were not in a tier two or tier three area, so we are looking at these non-iron threat areas and where customers are getting impacted because of the lines they are served by. so we are able to underground the lines in these area and keep the customers powered up. 11,000 customers are not going to be impacted because they are in a non-hi-fi threat area and we put the lines underground. kristen: that is good news and for the 8000 area, we are looking at at 10:00 to get every back online. we you andee that for your time and information. coming up, we will get into covid- hey, i just got a text from my

and they could come airline in the morning. north bay, napa and sonoma counties. parts of alameda and contra costa counties could lose power but they have been given the clear. it is about 5,000 customers in the bay area total. the most, 3,400 would be in napa county. we talked so much about the drought. let's get to the real numbers and the perspective. this summer was one of the driest we had. we have seen record-breaking wildfires and we did not get enough snowpack. let's bring in rob. we are talking about this. is this the boy that cries wolf or when are we at a critical stage? >> we reached it. we are seeing the second year of the most intense drought that we have seen in the last 50 years of data. as we dive down and look closer at the impacts, more intense and longer fire seasons. the top three at 38% of historical average. we drive past this one all of the time. it is only 11% full right now. right on the rain season. moving forward, record-breaking dry summer, and now just this week the water level at lake tahoe dropping below the natural rim. you are seeing the footprint of the historic

though, with more dry, windy weather in the forecast, pg and e says about 7000 customers will have their electricity turned off in contra costa. solano napa and sonoma county starting early thursday morning. a wind driven wildfire in santa barbara county continues to burn out of control right now, the alice all fire has been pushed today by 70. mile per hour wind gusts richard too strong for firefighting aircraft to fly. according to the u. s. force service. 6000 acres have burned so far, the flames jumped highway 1 to 1 to the freeway is closed between colletta and bulletin. many homes and ranches have been evacuated and hundreds of other people are being told to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. at the napa county sheriff's office has a man is in the hospital being treated for significant burns it suspected of starting a wildfire in american canyon. deputies found a stolen car burning and detained the 26 year old suspect nearby. the fire started about six o'clock last night. firefighters say half the town of american canyon wasn't dangerous. strong winds blew smoke and ash and embers into the air. everyone who had been evacuated f

the company says parts of contra, costa solano, napa and sonoma counties are at risk of shut offs. things happen. of course, when the weather forecast calls for, you know, high winds, low humidity things that increase the danger of trees coming down on power lines and fires that could spread quickly. >> and now to our 4 zone forecast. there's of course, we continue to monitor the wind conditions chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is with us now. lawrence, are we out of the woods, at least for today. think so. but i think we're going to see these change quite rapidly as we get into tomorrow night. again, we're talking about more fire danger around the bay area. of course, today without the winds. i mean, it was a gorgeous day, but it's those winds at this time of year. that makes fire danger so critical. of course, we're in the midst of a mega drought and that doesn't help, but also out toward the golden gate bridge. we've got nice clear skies out there right now. it's going to stay that way for the next few hours. then a few clouds are going to begin to drift in. here's some of th

and laid out. it applies to several bay area counties, including alameda, contra costa, marin, napa, san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, sonoma and the city of berkeley. each area must reach the moderate or yellow transmission tear defined by the cdc and stay there for at least three weeks. the covid hospitalizations in each area have to be low or stable and the health officer will determine that. also, 80% of the counties or cities total population must be fully vaccinated. there are people getting the booster shot today at this mass vaccination clinic in san mateo . the bay area is one of the most vaccinated regions in the country. there are some health experts worried, they say doing this might be a little too soonarlea >> set thg put out by the cdc, we are looking at hospitalizations. everything is based on data. but if you ask me that personal question, i will continue to wear my mask. >> reporter: he says we've seen this before, mask restrictions were lifted several months ago, but we ended up having to come back to it because of the delta variant. he says he does support this, but we was

and i'm grant lotus. today. 8 bay area counties alameda contra costa marin. >> napa san francisco, san mateo, santa clara and sonoma. >> announced a uniform list of criteria that must be met before lifting the indoor mask mandate. >> as you may remember, it was back in august when most counties, an actor that mandate requiring everyone, regardless of vaccination status to wear a mask in indoor public places. and while there is now a goal to aim for do not look for the masks to just be ripped off entirely for at least a couple of months. kron four's, dan kerman is live in san francisco with more on this significant development. good evening. dance. >> good evening. this list of criteria is pretty easy to follow community transmission hospitalizations and vaccination rates. that's what it is all dependent on. but because of one of those, it's very likely these mask mandates at least and most bay area counties will not be lifted. issue said until december or possibly january. >> together with my colleagues across the san francisco bay area region. we are adopting shared metrics for when to retire, the indoor

that would include more than 7,000 customers in contra, costa solano, napa and sonoma counties. these power shut offs typically happen when weather conditions have the potential to increase the threat of wildfires. so let's get a closer look at the weather conditions this week from our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence. you guys are going to see a second round. the winds, it doesn't look. >> as strong as what we've just experienced. but it's going to be strong enough and well with the drought. yeah. already out there and all the factor that there's so much debris built up now and some of the and we've got a chance of some more exceedingly dangerous fire conditions around the bay area right now. that gorgeous skies out there, mostly clear in the san francisco along the coastline. we are going to see some clouds rolling a little bit later tonight. they are some of the gust we had over the last 24 hours, mount diablo 41 miles per hour. big rock in the north bay 40 miles an hour, san jose. the 3533 in palo alto, redwood city gusting to 28 sfo to 36 miles an hour. so pret

and e now says 44,000 customers could start losing power tomorrow morning. according to the utility company, the outages could impact. 32 different counties including 5 here in the bay area. alameda contra costa napa and sonoma counties, not solano county could see the biggest outages with more than 4500 people in the dark, but they won't do it. no. well, we've talked about this all morning. they will do it immediately. the right view. >> sign up for it. it is big. so you'll know what's go to the pga new web site sign up for the psps alert. if you don't have them, they'll those change kind of throughout the day as well. according and sometimes they don't do it so that's us dave, when are we going to start expecting all to start. well starts pickup in some areas as early as 11 o'clock for tonight. and then tomorrow morning like around 09:00am or so everybody is involved in it. that's the red for the red flag warning. >> the tan color which indicates not everybody is in the red flag warning. but everybody is in the wind we tend to see that a lot more going winter storms. >> not something like dry with a wind event such as that. so let's get into the weeds with the winds today. we have our typical br

company says the outages could impact folks and 32 california counties including 5 of them right here in the bay area. those counties alameda contra costa napa, solano and sonoma solano county could see the biggest outages with more than 4500. so much more to come tonight here on kron. 4 news at 10 o'clock, a fire weather warning issued by the national weather service for parts of the north and east bay let you know when that warning is set to go into effect. cleanup efforts. continuing along the southern california coast after. >> and that huge oil spill will let you know what lawmakers are asking for tonight. and the white house says it will not keep documents connected to the january 6 insurrection away from congressional investigators 45th president is now responding to that decision. >> a fire weather watch has been issued by the national weather service for tomorrow for sections of the north and east bay. it will take a little later takes effect. a little later and is expected to last in till at least tomorrow night. it will take effect tomorrow night starting at 11 o'clock and will and sometime monday. the warning was initially set to

those counties are alameda contra costa napa, solano and sonoma solano counties could see potentially the most outages with more than 4500. stay with kron 4 as we continue to track the fire danger and possible power outages over the next few days. another sign that things are starting to get back to normal here in the bay area. cruise ships are set to return back to the port of san francisco tomorrow. the first cruise ship will be the majestic princess that is set to arrive tomorrow and per cdc guidelines. all crew members and passengers. >> we'll have to be fully vaccinated. port officials are expecting 21 cruise ships to pass under the golden gate bridge through the end of the year and 127 ships next year which would be a record on the final day of fleet week. someone found themselves needing a little bit of. >> help from san fire crews. take a look at this. that person lost power on their boat in the bay. but luckily san francisco fire and police were there to help them. their safety team responded and told that boat to a safe area. >> in the east bay. authorities are looking for a

i'm pam moore and i'm ken wayne, 8 bay area counties alameda contra, costa marin napa, san francisco, san mateo, santa clara and sonoma. >> have announced a uniform list of criteria that must be met before lifting the indoor mask mandate. solano is not in the list. as you may remember, it was back in august when most counties and acted that mandate requiring everyone, regardless of vaccination status to wear a mask in indoor places. and while there is now a goal to aim for don't look for the mask to come all for at least a couple of months. kron four's, dan kerman. >> live in san francisco tonight. he has more on this forest and help clear it up. >> that's right. well, the right hirio revolver on hospitalizations community transmission and the rate of vaccination and there's some pretty steep numbers here. and as a result, it's likely most of these counties want to achieve this criteria for at least a couple of months. >> we will. >> keep our requirement for indoor masking regardless of vaccination status intel. we meet these metrics that we've adopted across the bay area. >> bay area

wind speeds are going to be the most problematic, especially for areas like solano, sonoma, napa and contra. costa counties which will be seeing our highest a fire danger 40's and 50's for those current temperatures. a couple of a rural areas in the north bay are falling as low as the 30's novato. you're awfully close right now at 41 degrees berkeley on the other hand, at 51 with brentwood at 55. so pretty wide range of temperatures to get this morning started. but regardless of where you're at. you definitely want the jackets because it is quite cool to kick things off. we're warmer and windier into the afternoon. today with 60's 70's and a few low 80's back on the map. so it will be a noticeably warmer day. but as we've all been talking about the winds. they are the catch. i'm keeping you updated on all of it. still to come right now. john, thank you for that. and we're getting a look at your thursday morning traffic things are pretty light. >> there are some things going out there on your roads and highways right now. no major hot spots. still, i do see a brush fire. this is a long one. oh, one

we know at least seven bay area counties including san francisco, contra costa, napa, sonoma and others are expected to be together with this announcement. they are working on final details. that's according to the chronicle. each county could meet the matrix at different times which means some counties could li indoor maskmandates sooner than others. santa cruz dropped it's indoor mask mandate because it's seeing lower covid numbers. some say we should wait to see what happens when santa cruz county decide -- when they figure out how their numbers with this mask mandate being lifted there. >> we have been discussing this among the health officers in the region. our intention and our plan is to develop a set of metrics ha we all share that are common across the area as to when too lift indoor masking. we are getting very close and hoping to have an announcement with details by the end of this week. >> now we know that the bay area as a whole has the highest vaccination rates, at least one of them across the country. those seven bay area counties should release details about lifting mask