cal iso also says that it will likely order utility companies to turn off the power tonight. they expect the state. it is a short about 4400 megawatts and those impacted could lose power for about 2 hours. right now we don't know exactly where the outages may occur. here is a look at the current outages across the bay area from pg and e's website. this afternoon more than 47,000 customers were in the dark many of those outages locally or in the silicon valley, san jose has the most outages right now in the bay area with more than 7,000. this is also a look at cal iso is current demand just within the last hour you can see the capacity as around 50,000 megawatts and today's peak demand was around 45,000 megawatts the outages and shut off snow has governor gavin newsome demanding answers. he's calling for an investigation into the energy shortages that have impacted millions across the state. kron 4 capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala lot tonight in sacramento with the very latest ashley. >>and jonathan we'll cal iso the electrical grid operator ordered those latest rounds of

if cal iso ordered them now cal iso said earlier they were not expecting any of those outages but about 2 hours after we spoke with them they did declare a stage 3 emergency in some areas now here's a look at the current power outages, according to pg and e's website as you can see there's definitely some outages in the bay area but we're told none of these are a part of the state ordered rotations however as you make your way down the some have already rolled back on but there is at least one. they hear santa cruz, monterey and san joaquin counties, those are the areas where power had been deliberately shot off. earlier this evening, a pg e said in a statement quote we must conserve energy over the next few days during this heat wave cal iso says they're also monitoring the temperatures for monday and tuesday and are going to send out an update as conditions arise for now live in the newsroom. noelle bellow kron 4 news know i'll thank you thousands of customers are in the dark for hours last night in parts of the bay area due to those. >>cal iso in pg and e outages kron four's dan thor

>>sitting on top of breaking news for you this monday at 5 we want to take another look at the cal iso web side for current power demand. you can see that capacity around 50,000 megawatts today's peak demand around 45,000 megawatts just a few moments ago cal iso tweeting that conservation is helping the power grid. according to cal, iso seeing lower demand in earlier forecasted because of lower temperatures and conservation. so there is some good news for that cal iso though still says that they could see power outages starting at 6 o'clock tonight which is just about 15 minutes away, so we'll see if that is indeed pushed back, but is some encouraging news from cal iso that the energy conservation is from folks now starting to help out a little bit. let's check back in again meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez with the very latest on the forecast and is that really helping out we're obviously we saw some cooler temperatures in some parts the bay area today so hopefully that that will help. >>but we're still under an excessive heat warning though with triple digit heat as you made your way

cal iso says that alerting customers is not their responsibility that that's up to the je ne in terms of the bay area. so what should customers do because what if there are emergencies what about people who need oxygen and and have circumstances where they have to have power if there is no warning that this is going to happen. >>now we understand that these types of outages are tremendous inconvenience and and sometimes even more than an inconvenience to to our customers and we understand that because of the emergency nature and the last minute notice that we received from the california iso about the need to turn off power to these customers it just was not possible to give advance notification because the. the directive to turn off power from the california camera right at the moment on the beach and assertive turn the power off and so on the just because of the emergency nature of an and the time that we received that directive to turn off power just was not possible to provide those types of medications, yeah, just so how does the power turned off and you get the notice from cal i

((az)) cal iso has yet to confirm pg&e's claim, but leaders of the agency say the blackouts could'veto their constant warnings of an energy shortfall. meanwhile.. the public utilities commission says the recent demand for electricity isn't out of the ordinary but will work with other agencies to figure out what happened."we are committed in the long haul to decarbonize our economy and low carbon green growth, we're not going to back away from that but we cannot do that without focusing on reliability and the partnerships between cal iso, the puc the partnerships are foundational."some lawmakers say regardless of how regulators respond to the investigation... the responsbility ultimately falls on the governor and previous administrations. assemblyman jim patterson is the vice chair of the assembly utilities and energy committee ((assm. jim patterson r- fresno)) "we're the fifth largest economy on the planet and our grid is on the verge of failure. it's not on the verge because of hot days, it's because we've had a political party and two governors who have said large scale hydro, natu

but once again cal iso now tweeting no rolling blackouts no power outages expected tonight they haveeen able to meet the demand on the state's electrical grid. meanwhile, our other top story that we're following this tuesday night raging wildfires across the bay area. take a look at this map that shows the 3 major complex fires that's the seeds eu lightning complex fire which is burning along the peninsula in san mateo county. the l lightning complex fire in the north bay, including napa county and the scu lightning complex fires burning across several counties in the east bay evacuations are in place in 6 counties they are santa cruz sonoma san mateo napa alameda and contra costa counties we have a full list of the evacuation zones and the emergency centers is all on our website kron 4 dot com. >>and the s e u or santa clara unit lightning complex fire that is burning in the east bay is one of the largest we are dealing with tonight. scorching a combined 25,000 acres so far kron four's dan kerman is at the cal fire command post in pleasanton with a look. >>on the calaveras zone fire

cal iso asks people to voluntarily conserve energy. that will take pressure off the energy grid and avoid potential rolling blackouts. pge sent an alert asking customers to conserve energy until thursday singing the blackouts could happen until then. pge outage map shows several customers across the bay area without power right now. it is important to note those are unrelated to the rolling power ou >>>big wildfires caused by lightning. the hennessey fire east of st. helena is threatening to hundred homes. there are mandatory evacuations. you are looking at new video. cal fire said the hennessey fire started yesterday morning. it has burned more than 3 1/2 square miles. it is 0% contained. last night, a mandatory evacuation order was issued for 20 homes in the hills above rutherford. >> we are preparing so when the fire comes down the hill, if it does, that we are ready to protect these houses and the fire jumping across this side of the road. >> 200 other homeowners in the same area are warned be ready to evacuate at any moment as the

>>no one on cal iso in pg and e's says that no power shut-offs will happen tonight and good evening, i'm jonathan mccall in tonight for grant lotus an advocate of the aca's thanks for joining us at 9 in a cal iso says this is all thanks to. >>the temperatures dropping and our conservation efforts. but the agency does say the flex alert will go back into effect tomorrow from 03:00pm to 10:00pm pga also making an announcement tonight on twitter saying that no rotating power outages are needed. >>in pg and e's service areas but customers are still strongly urged to continue conserving. energy through thursday night and even though there won't be any blackouts tonight. the company is still warning folks that they are still possible until thursday. and let me just make this crystal clear. we failed to predict and plan the shortages and that's simply unacceptable. you're frustrated and irate governor newsome demands an investigation. >>into weekend power shut off his millions of californians had to deal with sweltering heat. governor said that the agency failed to properly. brace for the c

>> encouraging all customers to prepare for the possibility of rolling blackouts. >> reporter: cal iso oversees the state's power grid. in emergency situations like this, it tells utilities like pg&e how much power needs to be reduced. pg&e says it's given little notice, making it difficult to warn customers ahead of time. as for what neighborhoods are impacted, it's a simple numbers game spread out over pg&e's territory. once you know the megawatts, you can look at the different blocks and recognize, okay, these are the different blocks we are going to need to take out in order to meet the expectation or the directive of the cal iso. >> reporter: today governor newsom issued an emergency proclamation in an attempt to reduce the need for blackouts. large energy users are now shifting to their backup sources during peak hours, and newsom says it's unacceptable that the state failed to predict and plan for this crisis. >> we'll get to the bottom of it, and we will lay out in detailed terms what we're going to do to make sure this simply doesn't happen again. >> reporter: as for the peopl

pg&e said it was directed by the california iso to institute rolling outages throughout the state. to clarify this is not a public safety power shutoff like what we see during the fire season when power is shut off for hours or days as a preemptive safety measure. instead this is state and pg&e's way to conreceive energy in this heat wave. 220,000 customers across the state were impacted last night. this video from the peninsula where people lost power as early as yesterday afternoon. >> the heat is pretty brutal. without ac open the windows and doors and just kind of enjoy the outside in the backyard. >> we were directed by the california grid operator, the california iso to turn off power to any where between 200,000 to 250,000 customers this evening because of the challenges that the supply and demand challenges as a result of the extremely hot weather. >> state officials anticipate another the strain on the grid between 5:00 and 9:00 tonight when there could be another round of rolling shutoffs. to the north bay which was the hardest hit by the power outages, not just residents

and within the last 20 minutes, cal iso declared a statewide stage 2 power emergency. that means they have taken all options necessary, but cannot meet the state energy demands. they expect rotating outages across the state from now until 6:00 p.m., about 27 minutes away. they do say that they expected -- that the expected diamond, rather, is dropping, because temperatures didn't drop quite as hot today. they are also asking everyone to do their part and try to conserve whatever power you can from 3:00 until 10:00 p.m. through this wednesday. >>> today was the first day back to school for tens of thousands of students all around the bay area. christien kafton joins us now live in san francisco. when we say back to school, what we're really talking about here is that back to distance learning. >> yeah, julie. you know, we all look forward to back to school, and this year that back to school means sitting in front roof a monitor, not sitting in the classroom. but the districts say its important to mark the occasion and also returning a sense of normalcy to our children.

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cal iso says californians conservative enough energy to keep demand from exceeding supply, yet a lot of bay area residents first still dealing with blackouts that are heat related. we have been talking with a lot of frustrated residents tonight. >> reporter: yes, they are left in the dark and with no concrete answers. late this afternoon cal iso declared a state two emergency, warning people rotating blackouts were eminent. but that's as far as it went after consumers conserved and demand decline. still, not everyone had their power on. >> reporter: at the height of tuesday's triple digit heat in livermore, sean javon was charging his phone in his car, keeping his elderly dog cool after the power went out for the third day in a row. >> there are front some frustrated people here that aren't getting work done or schoolwork. >> reporter: since early sunday he and his neighbors on the city's northwest side have been dealing with intermittent outages lasting for several hours. he says it is forcing them to leave their homes to seek relief. >> you are jumping into anything with air condit

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ahead in case of any outages reporting live in san anselmo dan thorn kron 4 news dan thank you cal iso and pg and e are deciding where those rolling blackouts will take place throughout the night tonight and tonight's decision may not be the end of it because this heat wave is expected to last for several days but pg and cal iso both say they're confident there's enough electricity in the grid to keep up with the demand. >>kron four's jonathan mccall talked with a kauai so representative earlier today know what to expect come monday and tuesday. >>i think the temperatures are going to increase again though we're monitoring closely and you can understand. we have many different variables the metrics that we're looking at. also in the middle of wildfire season. and we are having to watch closely. all of the different wildfires to be sure that. it's not that the fire is not threatening one of the line you know up to prepare. do the inner joy station of any of those lines to protect firefighters or residents. >>for the current power outages, according to pg and e's website as you can see t

that's when everybody is encouraged to save electricity use is to prevent those power surges cal iso did warn rolling blackouts are possible tomorrow. >>fire crews be while also trying to contain the river fire which is burning in monterey county. the fire insulin is already charring some 4,000 acres and is only 10% contained. the fire started sunday by a lightning strike for firefighters had to be treated for heat related injuries. at least 6 structures have been destroyed 1500 others remain threatened. just in to the kron 4 news room tonight, more evacuation orders in the north bay kron four's ella sogomonian line tonight in the newsroom with the latest update l a. >>jonathan just to give you guys a more clear picture of where exactly we're seeing those mandatory ings in terms of evacuations. i want to show you this map that habesonoma county with the latest information here so all the red, the you see in the north bay is part of a mandatory evacuation and the an evacuation warning so that areas one see 2. they got a packed their bags basically and head out once it becomes to this

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as i mentioned, cal iso announcing more rotating power outages could happen any time between now and 10:00 p.m. >>> and santa clara county has just opened up its largest covid-19 testing site yet. where officials hope to test thousands of residents everyday. the site is locating at the county by appointment only. >>> more relief for those facing evictions just cleared another hurdle. ab 1436 would prevent the eviction and forclosure of those who missed rent payments tugger the pandemic. giving renters another twelve months to pay back the money they owe. the bill passed a senate judiciary committee today. it will move on for a hearing mmtyhe senate appropriations ou ilit teco>>e.members are expected to vote on new police reform measures. and they would include a ban on chokeholds. and changes to police misconduct investigations. an independent agency would take over those investigations instead of being investigated internally. now other proposed reforms include banning rubber bullets in crowded areas, removing obstacles that would make it easier for police chiefs to re bad officers.

if cal iso ordered them but here's the had to say to us earlier. >>we are confident that we're going to be that we have enough energy to avoid emergency-level including shedding load or rotating power outages. from our perspective we are seeing that we have enough energy to cover. the demands at this point. >>now about 2 hours after that interview kauai a so did end up declaring a stage 3 emergency in santa cruz monterey and san joaquin counties we were seeing some major blackouts a little bit earlier those look to the being restored now we do have several outages across the bay area but we're told those are not part of the state ordered rotations now cow cal iso says they are monitoring the temperatures for monday and tuesday. they're going to be sending out an update as those conditions arise that ken and pam after today, it's kind of safe to say those updates that will be getting are subject to fluctuate. >>things changing thanks very well, thousands of customers were in the dark for hours last night in parts of the bay area due to those outages

cal iso estimated 3 million customers across california could lose power. it didn't end up happening, but people were on edge, anticipating the loss. pge sent out warnings to be prepared and the contra costa expected blackouts to start as early as 4:00 p.m. yesterday. >> i don't know if they are taking into consideration how many people are working online, how many kids are on school online. i do think this would have been as big of an issue if we wouldn't have been quarantined. >> reporter: governor newsom spoke against the service interruption that happened friday and saturday. he said an emergency proclamation to free up energy capacity and lower the chance of rolling power outages. it lets users and utilities use backup energy sources to relieve pressure on the grid. a flex alert is in affected a from 3:00 until 10:00 p.m. cal iso asks people to voluntarily conserve energy to take pressure off the energy grid and avoid potential power outages. pge outage map shows several customers across the bay area without power right now, but those are unrelated to

iso puts our criteria for what is necessary in order to make the forecast. and the puc fundamentally focuses on procurement. it is a shared responsibility between those three agencies. none of us in the state of california are immune nor nacve about hot getting hotter and dry getting drier. what getting wetter. we have long recognized the consequences of climate change. we have long recognized that by reconciling our responsibility as the largest states in the united states of america to do more and better in terms of our low carbon green growth future. we are committed to changing the way we produce and consume energy. we have more jobs in this green sector that we do in the fossil fuel space. we see it as an economic imperative. we see it as a moral and we will lead the state and the nation. we are not backing off on that commitment. quite the contrary. in the process of the transition, in the process of shutting down the desire and need to shut down polluting gas plans, and the desire to go from old to new, and that transition and the need to shut those d

and we were caught off guard. >> cal-iso has issued a flex 3:. cal-iso decides if the power will be turned off. we can see it on pg&e's map. the biggest affects st. helena and another close to napa. thoundreofs c witushotout powe. that's blamed on a transformer overload. >>> now turning to our efforts to build a better bay area, take care of our health by reducing the spread and speed of the coronavirus pandemic. according to the latest state data, the number of new cases, new hospitalized patients are all below average. the santa clara county's public health officer made plea about the importance of getting tested for covid-19. this came with a new high capacity testing site for people to know their status. >> at the santa clara county fair grounds, a new covid-19 testing site offers new hope in the battle against this deadly disease. the county making testing available at scale with the ability to initially test 1,000 people a day just at this location alone. eventually, the site will be able to accommodate up to five times that amount. >> that

kalle iso issued a flex alert for tomorrow. all californians are being asked to reduce power usage from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. we have the recommendations for how to cut back. >> reporter: we have had flex alerts before, but officials said they understand it could be very different and more challenging with the pandemic and more people staying at home. at la tapetia in martinas they like heat and the food, but not in the kitchen. >> it's difficult. the guys in the kitchen should be awarded special hazard pay, definitely. it does get very warm in the kitchen. >> reporter: on thursday ernesto guerrero, the owner, had a small air-conditioning unit installed in the office with a record-breaking heat wave expected friday and through next week. kalle iso operators of the state power grid issued a flex alert calling for californians to reduce power usage from 3:00 to 10:00 p.m. friday, hard for restaurants during dinner hour. >> we ventilate the place prior to opening up, we turn on the air conditioners last because not only do we wa

the public utilities commission and the california independent system operator cal, iso. with concerns that the shortages and shut offs over the weekend happened without prior warning or enough time for people to prepare. leaders of cal iso say they constantly warned the public utilities commission that this could happen saying the situation could have been avoided. we'll lay out in detail, the terms. >>what we're going to do to make sure this simply doesn't happen again see how the grid operators. >>and we tell me the regulatory authorities how the grid operators. people to do a lot of different things i guess what i have to do a better job of making our voices heard through all of that. >>well the governor also signed a proclamation allowing utilities and other energy users to use. backup sources and made this record heat wave. this scorching the state. >>let's turn our focus now to the national headlines, the 2020 democratic national convention underway right now and it's unlikely. >>it's unlike anything we've seen before obviously the coronavirus forcing the party to

and cal iso decided against it saying that lower temperatures and the people conserving between hours 3:00 and 10:00 has helped to keep the electricity on, and want us to do the same today. the governor newsom's proclamation to leave the electricity on, and he said that they will get to the bottom of it. >> we will get to the bottom of this and make sure that it does not happen again. >> reporter: in a tweet last night, mayor sam liccardo blamed the blackouts on pg&e's poor infrastructure caused by years of negligent and poor investment. he said that the shutoffs were due to cal is o's insufficient power due to insufficient needs and not to efighters are very busy right now battling two out of control fires in napa county. the hennessey fire has scorched more than 2400 acres with no containment near st. helena, and lightning is suspected to be the cause of this one, and the fire is now threatening 200 buildings and prompting mandatory evacuations and of course in the pandemic, how close is that for folks. this morning the gamble fire is burning near lake berryessa. >> and now, the nat

cal iso noting high wind energy production and consumer conservation kept the electricity flowing. >> the last time this type of power outage happened was almost two decades ago. >> reporter: energy analysts say really outages are rare. at too early to tell us this week issues were caused by or planning of grid operators. >> we understand it is extremely frustrating when customers lose power. we want to make sure that we keep our customers energized >> reporter: pg&e has set up the tool on its website where customers can type in their address and see if there area is scheduled for a rotating outage, should it be necessary. and another part of livermore this resident without power for four days, relying on a generator and demanding answers. >> is it poor design, poor maintenance or a lack of a rates? 100+ degrees are normal for a city of livermore. >> and cal iso has a warrant of roaring packets could occur tomorrow with another hot day. hopefully residents will conserve and the demand will flatten, like today. >>> 11:00, pg&e has settled its civil lawsuit involving the deadly ghost sh

cal iso says efforts to conserve power played a huge part. iso also says they got help from extra power imports from out-of-state and more wind powered generation coming online today. but they say that conservation efforts were the key to keeping the lights on this week, including from bay area companies like tesla and chevron. >> some of them have backup generation and cogeneration and they ran that to take the load off the system, or give up additional power. in some cases they did a combination of that where they ran the backup generators with the feedback into the grid. at the same time they curtailed their own operations so they would take that load off the system. >> cal iso said the city and county of san francisco also provided power generation from the hetch hetchy reservoir. you can download our ktvu news app for more fires burning around the area. you will also find the latest evacuation orders. it is free to download in your app store. >>> now to the very latest on the coronavirus. california reported 6000 new covid cases today as

in fact, this afternoon, cal iso declared a stage two emergency because of the strain on the power grid, with another round of rolling blackouts, hundreds of thousands of californians have been without power at some point over the past few days. maureen naylor tells us that while some in the bay area with their outages were deliberate, others are being blamed on aging equipment. >> reporter: after living with coolers and lanterns, the zapata family in south san jose started jumping up and down on monday when the lights and fans finally came back on after 65 hours without electricity in a heat wave. this mother of two received it was so bad they settlement with ice packs. >> it had been so hot, it had been so difficult to get asleep at nighttime. >> reporter: she lives in the silver leaf naked of south san jose near highways 101 and 85. >> we tried to sleep in the backyard. of course we had our little thunderstorm on saturday night, which didn't help anything at all. so it was just sweat and grin and bear it. >> reporter: with a generator, greg schmitt is one of the lucky ones, but shed

the iso point is 5000 years ago. the concept of racial purity is a total absolute myth because they have latched onto this idea they are separatist with lineages and they have latched onto ancestry testing which some of you have done to demonstrate the racial purity. it is a classic example of misunderstanding in order to justify the political ideology. and then to monitor these the genetics and the frequency is enormous it comes up in almost every discussion thread i do it so you don't have to. and in those parts of despair occasionally results come back to contain recent ancestry from people they despise and are obliged to hate. i've been tracking this since 2012 actually there was an academic study of this exact phenomenon of the white supremacist discover they have recent northern european ancestry in them and accounted for all types of responses that follow these revelations. first and then to continue to justify so here is the top five. try another company for a different result. and it is not that absurd. and

>>and the partnerships between cal iso. partnerships in the california pc, the california energy commission are foundational some lawmakers say regardless of how regulators respond to the investigation the responsibility ultimately falls on the governor and previous administrations, assemblyman jim patterson is the vice chair of the assembly utilities and energy committee. >>the 5th largest economy on the planet or grant is off the firm's of failure and it's not the rich and found him not because we have hot days because we have a political. and 2 governors who have said that a large scale high drama on natural gas and nuclear. i'm going to be off the table. >>the governor says preliminary results from the investigation will be on his desk by wednesday at the latest in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>well 5 fire crews are also working to contain the river fire that's burning out in monterey county that in salinas has burned more than 4500 acres only about 7% contained right now, but it too was sparked sunday during

cal iso issued a power emergency yesterday afternoon. the independent system operator manages the group so i told utilities like pg&e to shed power loads because of unusually high demand. pgn began rotating power outages at the direction of the state grid operator. temperatures soared in triple digits and much of the bear so people were blasting air- conditioners and fans and doing what they could to sickle. customers are now being asked to preserve energy. >> we encourage customers if they are able to delay into later in the evening household chores such like running their washing machine or the dishwasher or even backing me. by voting those types of things, it will help us have the necessary supplies to meet the demand. >>> according to cal iso, 250,000 customers were affected for one hour each but there are people out there who said they were without power for hours yesterday. again, pg&e still working to restore power even though it's unclear if that has to do with rolling outages or something else. some hard-hit areas of work liverm

the california independent system operator cal, iso is calling for statewide conservation. the alert. it started today each day that alert will last from 03:00pm until 10:00pm at night and here's a look at the current here in the bay area according to pg e's website. the yellow and orange primarily as you can see there in the south bay that indicates yellow 5 to 550 to 500 oranges 500 to 5,000 customers affected the green means up 50 or fewer, those people are that those are much as you look up north certainly the south bay again of the hardest hit i was actually staying in the south bay last night i can attest to that. >>no power at all plus year because of the winds. power lines came down. so people in the dark tonight in those areas unable to run their a season. running their tv sets. so i'm not sure they're watching us, let's hope they do anyway. this afternoon. close to 53,000 customers were without power including nearly 1400 customers in the silicon valley, this comes after 2 days of rolling blackouts due to the heat. if cal iso does issue a stage emergency approxima

>>and the partnerships between cal iso partnerships in the california pc, the california energy commission are foundational some lawmakers say regardless of how regulators respond to the investigation the responsibility ultimately falls on the governor and previous administrations, assemblyman jim patterson is the vice chair of the assembly utilities and energy committee. >>the 5th largest economy on the planet or grant is off the firm's of failure and it's not the rich and found him not because we have hot days because we have a political. and 2 governors who have said that a large scale high drama on natural gas and nuclear. i'm going to off the table. >>the governor says preliminary results from the investigation will be on his desk by wednesday at the latest in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news if you haven't done so already now is the perfect time for you to download the kron 4 mobile app there you can stay connected on the latest fire dangers across the area and get updates on weather forecast right from your fingertips along with the latest power outages. kron 4 following a deve

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final call comes from cal iso, the agency that watches the power grid. >>> threat of lightning continues. many people were woken up by the extremely rare conditions. this lightning strike in hayward from early this morning. >> that's unbelievable. likely caused dozens of fires across the bay area. two of the biggest, milpitas and brentwood. meteorologist rob to explain the ton that's going on right now. >> unusually high temperatures and moisture values off a weakening tropical storm to the south. at least more than 1,000 lightning strikes inland, nearly equal offshore. widespread lightning. surge from weakening tropical storm, warm high, high instability, triggering a number of thunderstorms and at least length-sparked wildfires around the bay area. pattern tonight, connection with the tropical storm to the south is still there, supplying more moisture and we're beginning to see isolated storms reforming off the coast of santa cruz and big sur. if it holds before 9:00 we'll see some cells including isolated thunder moving inland. tomorrow morning, activity on the increase, like we saw t

this is unrelated to cal-iso's direction. extreme heat effected the equipment >> there will be power outages just like during a winter storm. heat storms can cause the occasional equipment failure that needs to be replaced. >> reporter: ktvu, foxnews. >>> workers with the united states postal service said the recent financial cuts are making it difficult for them to do their jobs. democrats want the cuts could have a major impact on the upcoming election. the postmaster said that he was suspended postal service changes that have sparked concern until after the election. he said the post office is ready to handle whatever volume of election mail it receives this fall. ours will not change. real processing equipment and boxes will remain. he has the latest. >> reporter: the u.s. postal service turns political as democrats face off with trump over funding. nancy pelosi bringing house members back from august recess to vote on an emergency bill that will rollback recent cuts to the postal service made by the postmaster general. h

cal iso, the state agency that manages much of california's power grid, on industry and saturday order instead utilities in its vast area to cut off power to a quarter of their customers on a rolls base. they said that high temperatures counseled by high demand for air-conditioning caused the issue. but they also said that they have fewer resources available to them than even a decade ago. they have lost the power from solar farms that essential die in the dark. >> eventually we'll be asked the utilities to cut off power to millions today to balance power and demand. today, tomorrow, and perhaps beyond. >> reporter: even as california was promised a morrow bust and better grid after the energy crisis of 20 years ago, customers are really more at risk for selectively losing power across the grid. a consumer advocacy group the utility reform network said this. >> the calinvestigate the cal iso, because it's their job to run the electrical grid. >> reporter: and he is not ruling out activities that plagued california during the energy crisis. >> there needs to be an investigation into mar

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>>no one on cal iso in pg and e's says that no power shut-offs will happen tonight and good evening, i'm jonathan mccall in tonight for grant lotus an advocate of the aca's thanks for joining us at 9 in a cal iso says this is all thanks to. >>the temperatures dropping and our conservation efforts. but the agency does say the flex alert will go back into effect tomorrow from 03:00pm to 10:00pm pga also making an announcement tonight on twitter saying that no rotating power outages are needed. >>in pg and e's service areas but customers are still strongly urged to continue conserving. energy through thursday night and even though there won't be any blackouts tonight. the company is still warning folks that they are still possible until thursday.

cal iso, which controls the state power grid, said there would not be a repeat the friday night, the bay area's first rolling blackouts since 2001. but a short time later pg&e was told to begin blackouts. who was impacted? monday he ray, santa cruz, and san joaquin counties saw lights go out, power has since been restored. the possibility of rolling blackouts in the bay area is still possible over the next few days with other western states now suffering through a heat wave. the west coast grid is being taxed. >> we rely on imports from other states to help us meet our energy demand, especially in the evening use tends to rise during the summertime because everyone is coming home from work, that's the hottest part of the day. >> the cooling centers are actually being opened across the bay area, even though there is the concern about covid spread. marin county exposition center in san rafael is opening. it's the first time it's used this building as a cooling center. it can comfortably accommodate 150 people, if necessary up to 300. but of course space is limited because of covid-19 p

cal iso issued a flex alert asking for people to conserve. they are calling for people to set thermostats to 78, shut off fool pumps and avoid using major appliance between the hours of 3:00 and 10:00 p.m. they said that meeting to the demands for energy is also being impacted by clouds. >> the cloud cover obviously reduces the solar output, and so that further tightens our electricity supply. >> cal iso received more people working from home presents a challenge with more home a.c. units in separation electrical twice using pure. pg&e said if you're power goes out today, it's likely because the grid overwhelmed. >>> all right. now to the latest on the coronavirus. there are now more than 600,000 cases of covid-19 in california, and this includes nearly 3,500 new cases in the last 24 hours. and 4400 backlogged cases from a computer deliver that held up reports positive case was told you about. nearly 11,000 people have died in our state from the virus, and that includes 188 new deaths yesterday. >>> california is the first state to surpass 60

graph from cal iso. more people using energy throughout the day, peak usage around 5:00. statewide flex alert in place until 10:00 tonight, ceiling fans instead of ac, drawing window coverings and turn off unnecessary lights. then there are cooling centers. contra costa county has three district offices. face covering and social distancing are required. open again monday and tuesday 1:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. other cooling centers will be open in the heat wave. we have list of their locations on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> firefighters are working in extreme heat to get handle on the lake fire in southern california. scorched more than 11,000 acres, five structures have been destroyed. 12% contained now, strong winds and excessive heat making it hard for firefighters to get a handle on it. look at this, time lapsed view of the fire. you can see the big plumes of smoke coming out of that canyon. >>> today california governor gavin newsom undaunted by lawsuits and criticism says ready for distance learning. state has provided the support for the safety first approa

cal iso, which runs the state power grid issued a flex alert because we expect more extremely hot weather for a big chunk of the state. everyone, including businesses, should cut back on power. doing that yesterday helped to prevent blackouts. several places are in the dark and without power, including neighborhoods in livermore who have had several outages lasting for hours at a time since the weekend. >> some people are frustrated. they aren't getting work done. they aren't getting schoolwork done. >> is it some kind of lack of upgrades? this is not normal for the city of livermore. >> a spokesman says they understand how hard it is when customers lose power. that is especially true during a heat wave. >>> door book -- joe biden is going to deliver pretaped remarks to the hispanic caucus and black caucus meetings. he will join a virtual meeting with the delegation from wisconsin. tonight, democrats are gearing up to hear from kamala harris who will formally accept the nomination for vice president. and, barack obama will be one of the headliners. stay with ktvu tonight and tomorrow for

. >> pg&e says the decision is squarely on cal iso and in some instances, they're giving just a few minutes to cut the power. here's a look at the current power outages in the bay area. a spokesperson tells us there were several heat-related outages due to lightning. those labeled in yellow affect areas with 50,000 people with the largest outages are labeled in red. >>> this morning a huge bolt of line was caught near the district train tower in concord. by the training coach, chris block. confire said they responded to several fires. they increased staffing during the storm. now, thunder, line and rain, you always check the forecast for where you live on our free abc7 news app. we'll send notifications on any power outages or breaking news. >>> developing from american canyon where homicide investigators are looking for whoever shot and killed an 18-year-old safeway employee. gunfire erupted in the parking lot of the supermarket on west american canyon road shortly after noon. the victim is identified as nathan gabriel garza. he lives in fairfield. the suspect escaped in a car. both the na

cal iso did issue of flex alert to 9 pm. people and businesses to cut back their power usage to avoid these blackouts. there were several places in the dark including some livermore neighborhoods. they've had several power outages lasting for hours of time since the weekend. >> we have some frustrated people here. >> is a poor design or maintenance or upgrades? 100+ degrees are normal for a city of livermore. >> pg&e says the heat wave has cost equipment failure. the utility understands how difficult it is anytime customers lose power especially during a heat wave. pg&e did set up a website to see if you're going to lose power. go to ktvu.com and look under weblink's . >>> i just got an alert on my phone. more an evacuation orders for people in alameda county specifically livermore. the alert comes from alameda county. and an evacuation order for all residents on mines road south of del valle road in livermore because of approaching fire danger. if you live in that area, this is the southeast corner of livermore, it is remot

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but leaders of cal iso say that they did consistently warned the public utilities commission that this could happen saying the situation could have been avoided. >>we will lay out in detail, the terms. what we're going to do to make sure this simply doesn't happen again see now the grid operators. >>and we tell me the regulatory authorities how the grid operates. people to do a lot of different things i guess what i have to do a better job of making our voices heard through all of that. >>newsome also signed a proclamation allowing utilities and other energy users to use backup sources. amid this record heat wave that's really just scalding the state right now. still ahead. several states are considering a lawsuit against the postal service will tell you why some attorneys general claimed recent changes for secretly designed to slow down services ahead of election day. >>and a little refresher on just how hot it's going to be today triple digits do return for a whole lot of the bay area. >>like our inland east, various parts of the south >>6.45 right now taking a look at the weather an

this is a tweet from cal, iso just about 20 minutes ago says they're now projecting a shortage of 500megawatts in the current hour. from 06:00pm to 07:00pm they're projecting. 1451 megawatts there. saying folks that are urging folks to keep conserving. energy as well so once again they are. we're continuing to monitor the potential of another night of rolling blackouts across the bay area we'll let you know if those blackouts do start within the next hour. meanwhile, a southern california man accused of starting a brush fire that has burned almost 4,000 acres. prosecutors say spin polinsky a started the range to fire last week that's still burning in los angeles county, he's been charged with one felony count. each of our son during a state of emergency and arson of a structure or for us. the fire prompted mandatory evacuations. the fire only 19% contained tonight and the students will be back online for at least part of the fall semester. that's because the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is now forcing some schools to shut their doors, sometimes just days after opening. it's the scene

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. >> pg&e says the decision is squarely on cal iso and in some instances, the utility is given just a few minutes to cut the power. >>> here's a look at the current power outages here in the bay area. a pg&e spokesperson tells us there were several heat-related outages due to lightning. the outages labeled with yellow affected more than 50 people. areas with the largest number of outages are labeled in red. >>> this morning a huge bolt of lightning was captured near if contra costa county fire protection district training tower in concord. they responded to several fires ignited by lightning and activated their emergency operations and increased staffing during the storm. >>> the lick observatory at mount hamilton proved to be the spot to catch the overnight light show over the south bay. check it out. its web camera captured nonstop flashes that lasted for hours. at 4,200 feet above the lights of the bay area, this was one of the clearest views of the lightning. now, thunder, lightning and rain, you can check the forecast from where you live on your free abc7 app. we'll also send not