a check of the roads with jobina. good morning. >>> i want to start everybody off with a live look now at the bay bridge toll plaza. you see the backup here. people will be dealing with another backup when they get on the other side of the bridge because there is a single car crash and i'll take you to the map now so you can see exactly where it is. we are looking at westbound 80 on the fifth street off ramp there. it already has the red line building up so a slowdown as you make your way into the city. moving back to livermore, some good news to report. we did get the all clear there but the damage has been done. 6 miles an hour westbound 580 past greenville road so this will impact that commute from tracy, but the vehicles have been moved off to the shoulder. i just hear that there is still one lane blocked but as we know everything is clearing up so hopefully we'll see some movement. reggie and kumasi? >>> thanks, jobina. >>> our commutes are getting worse but there is an app that could save you time and money. >>>

. >>> thank you, jobina. oakland begins a two-week cleaning operation at a controversial homeless camp. >> sky 7 was over the site. you can see it here near the high street home depot. this was yesterday. the city says it's just become a fire danger. people are being asked to move to the other side of the lot while city workers remove hazardous amounts of materials. they include wooden structures and they will let them come back once the lot has cleaned up. they will create and maintain a new pathway so emergency vehicles can get in and out. >>> key testimony in the impeachment showdown. the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine is going to share what he knows with house lawmakers behind closed doors. that as president trump doubles down against the accusations claiming he's done nothing wrong. >> reporter: good morning. the president says his allies should be more supportive in standing up for him and his administration, and he's calling out one republican in particular. president trump is demanding republicans fall

here is jobina to check on traffic.>> good morning and good morning to walnut creek, everybody. this is 680. we have a look at a live picture here. filling in and moving, moving a little bit slowly. to bring back the bay bridge nt toll plaza because we do have a stalled car in the bus lane just on the other side of the metering lights. prepare for that as you move through. a quick look at our drive times, tracy to dublin 1:07. san rafael to san francisco looking good at 17 minutes. >> thank you, jobina. developing this morning parts of the bay area getting ready to go dark. >> abc 7 news reporter live for us in half moon bay. amy? >> reporter: the san mateo county ad is a new one and we are finding people in half moon bay didn't know this was a possibility so we need to help spread the word. talk about it throughout your day if you live in san mateo county this could be happening. we did talk to some people who are frustrated to hear this is coming. pg&e says it has not decided yet whether it will be turning off the pow

jobina? >> we do have a commuter alert this morning i want to let people know about because of the power shutoffs. all smart trains in the marin line have been canceled today. modified routes and timetables. golden gate transit buses are on a modified schedule. you can see the orange line because of the kincade fire, just because we are talking about these outages, a four-way stop where the power is out. we saw people trying to speed through. everything is running smoothly. starting to fill in a little bit but not too bad. very smooth, kumasi and liz. >>> the 7 things you need to know as you start your day. >>> balloon hoax, the 6-year-old boy everyone thought was trapped inside is a teenager now and is talking only on "good morning america." >>> here is a question, do you know this man? a local hospital is asking for help to figure out who he is. >>> and let's take you outside as you start your day this tuesday morning. time is 5:09. the lights of the shouldn't they go to prison for as long

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jobina? >> thank you. across the bay area things are looking good. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. smooth this morning. also looking good in walnut creek this morning. this is 680, smooth around the bay area. some updates for everyone. if we go up, this is where the sigalert was in the north bay, state round 128 between geyserville avenue and woodleaf, that area is still closed. no sigalert, but can see that purple line. no one will be going anywhere any time soon on that roadway. also wanted to give you a thumbs up if you are familiar with what's happening last night, a fire broke out near highway 1 on the san mateo county coast, that reopened 10:30 last night. everything is smooth there this morning. >> beginning now this morning with the fire emergency in sonoma county. >> the fire has spread to 16,000 acres. this as whipping winds are expected this weekend. cl fire says 49 structures have been destroyed, more homes and other buildings are threatened. the fire is 5% contained. we learned that a pg&e transmission line failed around the sa

let's check out the roads with jobina. >> happy monday to you. things are looking nice on the roads. i thought let's check out mass transit. all things are running on on time. b.a.r.t. has 5 trains. ace has 1, 3, and 7 running and normal ferry service as well. live picture at the san mateo bridge. lots of brake lights on the right side of the screen, it's filling in, just slow this monday morning. over here in emeryville, the same story. this is 80 looking nice and smooth, just little slow. guys? >> thanks. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 on abc 7. >> ginger zee has a look at what's ahead. >> good morning. coming upaftermath of those vioe pictures yet. it's pretty horrible. i have will show you where the storm will move next. >>> and the nanny to the stars, nanny connie is here helping all of us parents with one of the most frustrating parts of raising kids. tantrums. she has great advice that could tame tantrums and stop them before they start. >>> and we have an amazing make your monday surprise for one deserving guidance counselor

jobina fortson joins us live with details on that. jobina? >> reporter: pg&e says prepare right now if you haven't already, if you need some place to go. that center will open tomorrow starting at 8:00 a.m. and then will close around 6:00 p.m. and that will last for the duration of the event.cuomer io crging and air conditioning. according to san jose mayor sam liccardo, 67 schools are located within the potential outage zones. the city is working with individual school districts t come up with plans, traffic lights throughout san jose are not hooked up to emergency power sources so drivers need to be careful if you're going to be out on the roadways. this looming loss of power is also worrying many small businesses especially seasonal places like dead time dreams haunted house. >> if you put it on a friday or saturday night, that's thousands of dollars that would be gone. and for a small little haunted house like us, that's the end of the game. >> reporter: if pg&e moves forward with the public safety power shutoffs this could leave more tha

jobina? >> thank you. good morning. so first off we want to start with a live picture, this is walnut creek, 680, smooth this morning. everything is looking good over there. also we have an update for you on -- oh, let's first go to san leandro. this is southbound 880 at 238, a car hit the back of a semi and they are waiting on a tow truck now. at least one lane is blocked. you can expect delays approaching there. you can already see it's down to 16 miles per hour in one spot. now i want to get to the better news, this is southbound 1 before devil's slide. we had a rollover there. everything is all clear. >> good to see that. >>> firefighters have been dealing with smaller spot fires all over the bay area. >> in santa rosa fire broke out in anadel state park yesterday. nobody needed to evacuate. firefighters were able to just hold it to three acres. >>> in marin county, this 58-acre fire burned between stinson and muir beaches yesterday. highway 101 is closed between muir road. no structures were threatened. >>> in rich

so we are looking at all green right now, kumasi and liz. >>> thanks, jobina.a bit of good news for someone in sonoma county. take a look at this. >> the california lottery says this lucky store in sonoma sold the only winning lottery ticket sunday night. the person picked all five winning numbers and got the $62,000 jackpot. fortunately for the winner that store still had power. it was not in an evacuation area and that is really good news for the area. i'm happy. >> i'm happy for them, too, and happy for that person. a little jealous, i suppose you could say. >>> the outages continues at 5:00. >> i don't think many businesses can survive being shut down for five days. >> pg&e power outages taking a toll on locecal restaurants and shops. another round today. >>> plus, going live to sonoma county as crews try to get and you realize you are the the hostess with the mostest. you know when you're at ross yes! yeah! that's yes for less. entertain in style all season long. it feels even better when you find it for less-at ross. yes for less. annoepidemic fueled by j

jobina fortson is live with all the details. jobina. >> reporter: good morning, kumasi and reggie. four companies made the cut for this rollout including lime here that was not able to operate in san francisco for the last 18 months. what you see behind mean is the strike, a company completely carbon neutral and they are going to be using about five of these around the city to drop off the scooters rather than the advance. this is new video of lime rolling out their new scooters in san francisco. this was created by san francisco supervisor aaron peskin. lime, jump, spin and scoot will deploy 2,500 and 4,000 total possible in february. the scooter company skip lost its license. thousands of scoot wrers dropped on san francisco streets and ended up all over the sidewalk and in the bay. this time they plan for things to be different and here is what some people think about that. would you ride a scooter? >> i wouldn't because i have friends who have gotten concussions by getting hit by a car. >> reporter: on a scooter? >> i think

let's check the weather with jobina. >> hello.ve more information on this crash in concord i was talking about earlier. the exact location here is southbound 242 before highway 4. we do know that the fast lane is blocked, that is all the information we have at this moment. you can see that red line turning into the orange as it moves back towards pittsburg. definitely have a slowdown there. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights came on at5:. definire for the monday morning. everyone in a rush to get to work. if we take a quick look at our drive times. walnut creek to dublin, 14 minutes. santa rosa to san francisco, 51 minutes. highway 1 to los gatos, 22 minutes. >>> a just-released study about sleep safety for babies says many new moms are not practicing safe sleep habits. two-thirds of moms are not following recommended practices. dr. jennifer ashton is talking about it on "good morning america." she says about 3,300 newborns die everybody year. >> if you take a look at this list. we call it back to sleep. infants

jobina? >> we'll get to jobina in a moment. our breaking news coverage of the kincaid fire. >> we have team coverage. amy hollyfield is live in healdsburg near those fire lines. good morning, amy. >> good morning. i'm not surprised about that evacuation order at all. everyone needs to get out of here if they're near this fire. i want to show you the skoem co it. look at the top of this hill, that's where we first saw the fire when we pulled in. watch as the camera pans slowly down that hill. down across. it's down in the valley floor now. it keeps going. this orange glow, all this smoke. it spans an enormous amount of area. we're certainly going to be more than 10,000 acres, which was the last estimate we got from firefighters. as we moved away from the fire, we felt uncomfortable so we came down alexander valley road. we saw officers knocking on doors along this street as they tried to get people out of here. i want to show you video from pine flat road. this was taken earlier this morning from that road was shut down. these a

jobina fortson at the airport. jobi jobina?free 30-minute parking at the airport was a test program, it was supposed to be an alternative to the pickups and drop yo-offs at the curb. the airport says it didn't really make that much of a difference as far as congestion is concerned. there were other policy changes that did help reduce traffic. today if you're going in the garage for more than ten minutes, you will have to pay. that means pulling into the garage and going out of the garage all within that ten-minute time period. it's $2 per 15 and $36 max 24 hours. if you spend about half an hour in there you would be looking at spending $4 total. they will be revisiting this idea, the free 30-minute parking, maybe later on in the peak travel periods around the holidays so around november. reporting live jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> bay area members of the sikh community and law enforcement will travel to houston to attend the funeral for a deputy shot and killed on duty. deputy sandeep dhaliwal was killed in a traffic stop fr

i'm jobina fortson.'ll have the details on how much it'll cost you and what the time limit is and >>> good morning on this tuesday, october 1st. what time is it? >> it is 6:00. and you are never more than seven minutes away from our accuweather forecast. lisa is here with us this morning. >> good morning to you and no fog. we have the clear sky and temperatures are flirting with 40 degrees in some spots. pretty soon we'll get down to the upper 30s by the time that sun comes up after 7:00. it'll be bright with numbers in the low to mid-60s bay side and inland. by the afternoon we made it into the mid-70s. a warmer day for most of you. 70 around hayward andill cllni tonit. you'll see how clear it is to get going this morning. good morning, sue. >> i see some brake lights on your bay bridge shot there making the turn to the island. a little extra time. we have a backup with metering lights on this morning. very slow out of the

let's check the traffic with jobina. >> happy wednesday. a ooth drive over the bay bridge. the toll plaza is filling in a bit. we expect metering lights to be on in about 20 minutes or so. moving over to the san mateo bridge, you can see we have some brake lights showing, but we're seeing the same story across the bay area. that's good news, excluding the altamont pass, that's our usual problem spot. the richmond-san rafael bridge, six minutes. san mateo bridge, 13 minutes. dumbarton bridge, 8 minutes. >>> 34,000 pg&e customers are preparing to be in the dark today and tomorrow. >> pg&e could cut the power to parts of three bay area counties because of the high fire danger. the shutoffs could happen in san mateo, sonoma and napa counties. we're told pg&e will make that decision between 11:00 and 1:00 today. lauren martinez is live in napa county with how people are preparing this morning. lauren? >> reporter: businesses and homes could be without power starting at 3:00 this afternoon. 7 stshg 7,500 drenresidents could be affected by this. that's less than two weeks ago. her

jobina fortson joins us live from sfo with how this would work and what passengers think. jobina? >> reporter: good morning. for any passenger who has ever complained about waiting at the security checkpoint at sfo because of long lines, this could potentially help g but yo would need to take b.a.r.t. to sfo and use a clipper card. that's also part of the catch here. so how would they be able to know if you are using your clipper card? there would be some sort of handheld squcanner to verify th. passengers use that to get to the airport and it would collect and store clipper card serial numbers. users could access tsa's priority security lines. nearly 13,000 passengers ride b.a.r.t. to sfo on average every weekday. the transit agency wants to boost that number with this potential change. >> i think it's a good idea it helps out traffic. it helps out people, more easier to get into the terminal. >> we're told information collected from clipper cards will not be shared unless legally required. data may be saved by b.a.r.t. for up to 4 1/2 years. in the paperwork they provided on thi

jobina? >> good morning. start off with some news that we have from cal fire coming in here. we're following an issue in lvermore because of the mines fire. mines road and del valle road are closed this morning. this is the information. very latest from them. 35 acres is burning, 40% contained. mines road will be closed for an extended amount of time. let's check in on the other closures. here is state route 128 between guisersville avenue and woodleaf. that will be closed until further notice. highway 1 between woods road and panoramic highway also closed because of a fire. and if we take a live look at san rafael and 101. we'll be back with more news, weather and traffic and the 7 things to know to know for the day when we come back. >> hate to wake up and see this. a major wildfire burning out of control in sonoma coty. evacuation orders are in effect right now. >> il confident this fire has grown beyond 10,000 acres. we're watching it explode behind us. >> it's hot. it's smoky. the winds are so unpredicta

jobina? >> thank you. we are continuing to follow that breaking news in sonoma county from the live desk. a fast-moving wildfire is raging in geyserville. here's what we know at 5:30 a.m. the kincaid fire ignited at around 10:00 last night. heavy winds are fanning the flames and the fire has already grown to 10 thaushousand acres. >> it is very steep, rugged terrain. very rural. not a whole lot of roads in and out of there. that's -- and dealing with it's nighttime. it's hard to see. we'll have better visual here in a couple hours when we get some daylight on it and we'll also get our aircraft in the air, which will be a big help so we can see what we're dealing with. >> in a statement pg&e says the fire is in the power shutoff footprint. the utility shut off power yesterday afternoon to nearly 27,000 customers in sonoma county. >> thank you. let's continue our live team coverage. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is near the fire lines. good morning, amy. >> good morning. we got some inc

abc7 news reporter jobina fortson is live at levi stadium. good morning. >> we are in the monday night levis. i found the lounge as well.po-p. people will need the positivity tonight to get through these packed trains that the vta is bracing people for. the second is because we all here have hope that a 5-year-old battling cancer in our area will find himself a bone marrow itn second. first therty.ns if you're going to thera t game special service will begin after the fourth early, vta light rail will run regular service every 15 minutes. after the fourth quarter trains will run as often ee nastod de p.m. shuttle service 20 minutes earlier than theri pednt times. there will be bus reroutes and reroutes so plan accordingly. also tonight, at the game you will meet a very special 5-year-old. his name is sabian hamilton. he has a rare cancer called peripheral t-cell lymphoma. he needs a life saving bone marrow transplant. the 49ers are teaming up with sabian and his family to share his story and hopefully find a match. you could be the match or s

jobina fortson is going to have more details on that app that you can download now. i just downloaded it a few minutes ago. that's coming up in the next half hour. the app's launch comes on the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. that 6.9 quake caused part of the bay bridge to collapse as well as a huge section of the cyprus freeway. tonight we are looking back at the earthquake and giving you a glimpse of the future. check out our abc 7 originals documentary "the earthquake effect." watch it anywhere you get abcincluding amazon fire tv and our abc 7 news app. we will bring you a special 30-minute broadcast tonight at 6:30 on abc 7. click on the clink prepare nor cal on abc7news.com to get tips on getting ready for that next earthquake. >>> developing news following that fire at the nustar facility in crockett. officials are still investigating the cause. nustar is expected to start venting storage tanks and cleaning up. the tanks that caught fire had hundreds of thousands of gallons of ethanol. a professor explains why it shouldn't have much of an impact

let's get you to jobina. >> we have a traffic alert in hayward.g down the roadway southbound 880 at a street. the back doors opened. seven mail carts spewed all over the road there. they're trying to clear that up. 11 miles per hour, 9 miles per hour, 15 miles per hour, the slowdown is not good. i understand we have sky 7 on the way. hopefully we can get some images to see what's going on. in pinole, eastbound 80 past pinole valley road, a car's tires blew. it spin out. went down the embankment 40 feet and caught fire. no word on when that cleanup will be wrapped. just really quickly, another crash in the counter commute, eastbound 580 past north flynn road, two lanes blocked now. we will be following these updates for you. >>> "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00. >> ginger zee has a live look at what's ahead. good morning. >> nice to be with you this morning. coming up on "gma." we start with that explosive testimony and impeachment inquiry. a top u.s. diplomat saying there was a quid pro quo. we're live in washington with the reaction. a

jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> those are the real ones. thank you. >>> happening today, the woman accused of running two people over in the south bay will be in court, now charged with murder. prosecutors say mireya orta randomly drove and hit two different men killing one of them in separate areas of an open space trail near cupertino. sky 7 was up as deputies began investigating tuesday. they say orta also smashed into a deputy's patrol car as she tried driving away. today we should find out how orta pleads to her charges. >>> new at 6:00, speaking to the man behind one of the more powerful moments we saw this week. the brother of botham jean asking the judge if he could embrace his brother's killer at the murder sentencing. amber guyger shot and killed jean when she walked into the wrong apartment. this morning on "good morning america," michael strahan is asking brandt what compelled him to hug her. >> i just told her i forgave her. with usual instances, the words mean something, but i felt like that wasn't enough. >> guyger was senten

jobina fortson is live with the details. >> good morning. house speaker pelosi said she heard the surprise in the president's voice ahead of that impeachment announcement and right now she believes the president is scared. in a preview of the sit down with george stephanopoulos he asks mroes i hpelosi on her stat having no choice but to go with the impeachment inquiry. some democrats were concerned that if they did and the president gets acquitted in the senate, that could actually strengthen him in the 2020 election. so would the inquiry be worth it? here's pelosi's response to that. >> let me just say this, just because the senate may not have the courage to recognize the president's violation of the constitution doesn't mean they're off scott free. we have to have a compelling case as we go forward for the american people and for the senate. so, again, outcomes in election have nothing -- i solemnly wear to uphold the constitution as long as it doesn't make a difference in the election. that's not the oath we take. >> you can see much mor

. >> jobina fortson is live in moraga with some people who had to evacuate. >> good morning. the good news is that people are able go home. i want you all to take a peek behind me inside the evacuation center here where the power is completely out. it's been out since 10:00 or 11:00 last night. the american red cross truck is here. they're loading everything back inside. they provided drinks, restrooms, snacks for people standing out in the cold and in the parking lot. it's been a long night here and morning. i want you to see the flames going to through the hills there in moraga. i talked with the fire chief who tells me anywhere between 40 and 60 acres has burned in the hills. the fire right now is at 70% for containment. everything is under control. officers and firefighters went door to door waking people up this morning and in one family' case they went ahead and left because a neighbor came by and said there was a fire. the fire chief tells me this was a very close call. >> fire encroaching immediately against the property, several fences were burned, that gives you an

. >> jobina fortson joins us live now with the details. good morning, jobina. >>> good morning, kumasi and reggie. >> reporter: if pg&e decides to move forward with thi safety power shutoff downs here in sana clara county that would impact more than 38,000 customers. you can see this will serve as a resource center for communities starting as early as tomorrow morning. the main portion of the dry and windy weather risk is early wednesday morning through midday thursday. the company will start turning off power early wednesday. if you're in a potential outage zone prepare now. mayor liccardo tells us they are within the outage zones. the city is working with individual school districts to come up with a plan. traffic lights throughout san jose are not hooked up to emergency power sources meaning drivers will need to be careful out there. >> first and foremost we would encourage businesses to be without power for potentially as long as seven days. >> reporter: pg&e is continuing to monitor the significant wind event expected for wednesday an

let's check on the roads with jobina. >> good morning. happy monday. this is a good start to your monday because look at this. completely clear on the golden gate bridge. the y ar.e sto let's ano live camera, this is the richmond-san rafael bridge, also very clear. i mean, yes, if you want to get out the door, get a head start, please do. you will not have a problem on the roads. let's take a quick look at our drive times, we are looking at walnut crek to dublin, 13 minutes. santa rosa to san francisco, 48 minutes. >>> this week will be busy in the house impeachment inquiry. several officials are scheduled to testify. meanwhile in a rare reversal president trump has decided not to hold the g7 summit at his resort in miami. >> reporter: good morning. both parties criticize the party's proposal for the president to host the g7 at his resort even though the president promised he wouldn't profit. now a change of heart and he calls out the media and democrats for the decision. president trump upset with the fallout to hold the g7 summit at his miami resort.

. >> our coverage continues with jobina fortson who has been there live this morning talking to people forced to evacuate. >> good morning. i had a woman come up to me here. her daughter took this video coming down the hill. this is from sanders drive. look at this on your screen. this is the first time we're getting to see what it looked like for evacuees coming down. your daughter took that video. do you mind replaying that for us again? that'sbeit like comi dthat hil? >> there wasames. did the police officers come to your door? describe that process. >> my husband called me. my phone was on sleep mode. i guess we got some sort of warning. i didn't hear it. then he said, you know, my brother and sister-in-law have been evacuated. i think you need to evacuate. look out the window. i looked out the window, flames were coming down the hill. woke the kids, got the dog, got out. this is what we saw when we were coming down. >> i'm really glad you all are all right. that looks very scary and close. >> you can see the fire engines, they were all dajed in front of everyone's house. i knew th

that's where jobina fortson is. she has been talking with people there all morning. you have some new information? >> good morning. yes. we got brand-new information. a police officer came into the parking lot here at the evacuation center at st. monica church. if you live on sanders drive, you can go home. so, a few people have started their cars and are pulling out of the parking lot. if you are on sande er ers rancu can't go anywhere. that's where lev lives. you told me you were awakened this morning by the smell of smoke. >> yes. yes. because i had the open window. i felt it. >> around what time did you smell the smoke? >> it was around 2:30 probably. >> 2:30 this morning? >> and after that, somebody came and knocked at the door and said this is an evacuation. we have some fire somewhere. and we left. >> did you see the fire at all or smoke? >> no. >> okay. >> just took the necessary things. our laptops. documents, and left our house with our daughter. she's a teacher. she needs to go to school >> oh, boy. explain what the evacuation process was like. i understan

here's jobina. >> thanks, mike. i want to start off with a commuter alert for people in the north bay. smart train will have free limited service. service will operate from santa rosa downtown station to downtown san rafael stopping at all stations in between. power outages and closed railroad crossings mean sonoma county airport and santa rosa north stations will remain closed. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. there is a stalled car in the slow lane of the lower deck before treasure island. the golden gate bridge looking nice and clear this morning. beautiful over there. but we do have a snag in hayward. northbound 238 connector to northbound 880, car versus tractor trailer. the car is on fire. the tractor trailer rolled on top of the car. emergency crews are waiting for a tow to get that tractor trailer moving. at this point it is blocking the connector. >> thanks. >>> san mateo has been spared from pg&e's lateste told power be turned off around 10:00 last night if weather conditions warranted it, apparently t

good morning, jobina. >> good morning. we're following the sigalert in the north bay. that's the biggest issue we have. this is because of the fire burning there. 10,000 acres, zero containment. this is where you can find the road closure. state route 128 between geysers road and geyserville road. chp saying they can see smoke and flames in that area. this is not anywhere you want to be nearby because of safety issues. all of the emergency crews are dedicated to making sure no one's homes are threatened. alternates will be to maybe take 29 around or 101 as well. really if you can, please avoid the area. >>> all right. thank you, jobina. >>> coming up at 4:30, we're following breaking news of the major wildfire raging out of control in the north bay. >> it's already at 10,000 achors, itachor acres. >>> and fire danger forces pg&e to cut electricity to 179,000 >>> really hate to wake up and see this. a major wildfire burning out of control in sonom county today. the fire has exploded to 10,000 acres since it began late last night. and there are evacuations. >> good morni

. >> jobina fortson is live at san jose city hall with this waiting game that is basically under way right now. >> good morning, kumasi and reggie. we are expecting the outage to hit here in san jose at noon. we are learning that 100 intersections could lose signa signals. that would make things dangerous for drivers. story road sees 30,000 vehicles a day. officials recommend staying off the roads if you can. 38,000 pg&e customers could be impacted. we definitely saw people getting that message yesterday. residents inside a safeway were at one point met with empty shelves. the bottled water was gone. people who did not get their hands on bottled water there, maybe if you need another cool place to stay or charge your phone, there will be three city resource centers open and available for impacted residents. >> at some level this is a power outa outage, so not a big deal. we will be able to scale up and add capacity at community centers or bring additional community centers online to meet the needs of residents. >> pg&e plans to open a community resource center at avia stadium today a

reporting live in cupertino, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> that should be interesting.> it's 4:30. if you're just waking up, good morning. >> we're here with an update on your weather and traffic. >> good morning, as you all said. >> get up. >> all right. i might need a few minutes, but we're looking at the next 24 to 48 hours, we're clear. we have breezy winds along the coast. we have a weak cold front again to the

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jobina fortson is live at san jose city hall where it's basically a waiting game right now. good morning. >> good morning. city officials will be holding a press conference here at 7:00 a.m. as we inch closer to noon today. that's when we expect the outage to hit san jose. roughly 38,000 customers will be impacted. shutoff also happen in east san jose along the foothills and south san jose. the city is still saying that residents here should be prepared for up to seven days without power. we found people grabbing bottled water, generators, flashlights yesterday, but many are still unsure if they're ready. >> i don't even know what to expect. i've never experienced anything like this before. we'll see how it goes. >> if you need somewhere to go, to charge your phone, get water, cool down, avia stadium will serve as a xhoocommunity resour center and itil bve day of the outage. also 67 wi within the out stagage zone. i'll v. much more coming up in the next half hour of the show. reporting live from city hall, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> governor newsom says we

jobina fortson is live with more. we have breaking news here, in the last minute, sanders ranch is being repopulated. people will be able to go back home. you can see people are slowly starting to trickle up from the tables here and go back. however merrill circle, if you live on that street or no someone that does, they cannot go home. that is the latest update here. i finished speaking with the fire chief of moraga orinda fire, he says roughly between 40 and 60 acres has burned in the hills of moraga. 70% of that fire has been contained. the power is still out at this evacuation center, which is complicating things a bit. the red cross has come with dozens of flashlights, lanterns and providing people with coffee, bathrooms, food, snacks so they have a place to stay warm. we're at st. monica church. look at the flames and how close they got to some of the homes up there in the hills. the fire chief does tell me this was a close call. that's how he is describing this. he said several fences burned. there were several

jobina fortson, abc 7. >> thank you.ou can also submit a question or a comment through our website, abc7news.com, or you can post your thoughts on social media with the #dearbart. we will pass them on to b.a.r.t.'s gm. >>> happening today, more than 12,000 union workers in santa clara county will be going on strike. seiu local 521 has not indicated how long the strike will last. the union represents hospital janitors, social workers, mental health providers and clerical staff, employees in parks, law enforcement and libraries. county officials tell us they've been preparing for a strike for several weeks and will fill essential positions in essential services and county hospitals and jails. >>> this morning the santa cruz county sheriff's office is looking for multiple suspects in the death of a kidnapped bay area tech executive. tushar atre disappeared early yesterday morning from his home at pleasure point in santa cruz. a body was found later. amanda has more. someone inside the home called 911 to report the in invasi

jobina fortson is live at san jose city hall with that. jobina? >> good morning. we are expecting that outage to hit here in san jose at noon today. about 38,000 pg&e customers across santa clara county could be impacted. we're talking about some far reaching effects. everything from schools, businesses closing and traffic issues as well. a press conference will begin at city hall at 7:00 a.m. to address that. pg&e forecasts indicate shutoffs will happen in east san jose along theoothil sth sajose.city s wioutn uld prepare shutoffs. 67 schools are in the outage zones. for people who couldn't get their hands on bottled water or if you need a cool place to rest or charge your phone, there will be three city resource centers available for impacted residents. >> at some level this is joust a power outage. this is not a big deal. we will be able to scale up and add capacity at community centers or bring additional community centers online to meet the needs of residents. >> avia stadium will serve as a resource center as well for residents. it will be open every day of

here is jobina northbound 101 at woodside. please be aware that speeds will be slow down to 4 miles per hour in some spots. some lanes have reopened there.. re gng delayed down there this morning. the bay bridge is looking nice. don't let the toll plaza intimidate you this morning if you're headed that direction. it is smooth once again on the bridge and also in walnut creek, things are beginning to fill in on 680, a clean ride there as well. we'll be back with our coverage of the kincade fire as shouldn't mean a change in standards. that's why - thanks to you - we're rated number one in customer satisfaction by j.d. power. >>> welcome back. new video from the chp shows how smoky conditions are in sonoma county. this is a chp helicopter flying over highway 101 yesterday. the smoke is causing low visibility and turning the skyg >>> today is another spare the air day. the bay area air quality management district says the smoke from the kincade fire is leaving enough pollution in the air to make it unhealthy. this is the third st

. >> jobina fortson is live at the park this morning with what we should know if we plan to check it out. good morning. >> good morning. in its 19th year, hardly strictly is changing. it's still free and attracting some of the biggest names in bluegrass, but it is also adapting to the world around that means what you can see behind me here. gates, security, it really has to change because of what has happened in our world lately. this year's shooting at the gilroy garlic festival showed many bay area event organizers that no event is immune to tragedy. the alleged shooter bypass security by cutting a fence. at hardly strictly three fences will be patrolled by park rangers, private security and police. sfpd say they increased deployment. visitors will have to come through one of four entrances to go through a security check. yesterday crews were filling up safety water barriers and removable hiydraulic plates wer brought in. here's what you need to know. >> please don't bring coolers. we want people to bring their goods the same way you would go to a sporting event, clear plastic back

jobina fortson is live at the statue with more. good morning. >> good morning. crews started cleaning up the controversial colonist over the weekend. you can still make out some of that red paint up there on the statue. the words destroy all monuments of ygenocide was put on the bas of the statue along with a different phrase. in san francisco, columbus day is not celebrated but italian heritage day is. supervisor aaron peskin represents north beach, home to many italian-americans, he says he appreciates history but calls the paint an act of hatred against the community that is celebrating. >> it's about columbus, the symbol of discovery, exploration, courage. that's part of what built our civilization. to face a symbol that led what we have now it means you don't understand our country. you don't deserve it either. >> i'm not particularly shocked. i think he's a controversial historical figure for a reason. i think he represents violence to a lot of people and genocide. >> coit power does have cameras and sfpd confirmed they are investigating the vandalism. col

let's check out the roads with jobina. >> happy monday.call a beautiful day for a monday commute. we have some great t's clear fo. you can see the cash lanes are beginning to stack up on the bay bridge. other than that, smooth sailing there. down in the south bay, san jose, 87 looking very clear this morning. and even our usual slow spots are doing pretty nicely. here's a look at our drive times. tracy to dublin, 32 minutes. antioch to concord, 13 minutes. san rafael to san francisco, 16 minutes. >>> it could be another trying week as pg&e warns it could shut off power again including in mar marin, sonoma and napa county. >> amy hollyfield is live in sausalito with the details. >>> good morning. pg&e is saying there's a reasonable chance that they will be shutting the power off. sausalito is one of many places ha on the list that could go dark if they decide to do this. it's expected to be dry and windy this week. that's why they're talking about this. firefighters in west marin got proactive when they saw conditions were going to be this

jobina fortson is live at the statue with more. good morning. >> good morning.er 14th, is nationally recognized as christopher columbus day. you can see the statue behind me here near coit tower. it was vandalized over the weekend and donned the words kill all colonizers on the base. red patient completely covered the face of the controversial colonist. the words destroy all monuments of genocide was also put on the statue. in san francisco, christopher columbus day is not celebrated by italian heritage day. supervisor aaron peskin represents north beach, home to many italian-americans, he says he appreciates history but calls the paint an act of hatred against the community that is celebrating right now. >> there are surveillance cameras up at coit tower. the cops will see what they can find off of those videos. if somebody can be apprehended and charged, they will be. >> the san francisco police department has confirmed they're investigating the vandalism. jobina fortson, abc7 news. >>> you probably recall the other controversy over a columbus statue that sat

jobina fortson is live for us at levy stadium. >> we have two very important things to talk about here. first i'll start with the game. they have the balloons out. the red carpet. leave whether you are a football fan or not, plan for your commute. vta says expect all trains to be crowded tonight because it is a week night game. also if you are going to the game, special service will begin after the fourth quarter. if you leave early, vta light rail will run regular service every 15 minutes. after the fourth quarter trains will run as often as needed to serve the crowds. all vta a shuttles will ope opee p.m. shuttles 20 minutes earlier than the printed times. there will be bus routes and reroutes so plan accordingly. also tonight, at the game you will meet a very special 5-year-old. his name is sabian hamilton. he has a rare cancer called peripheral t cell lymphoma. he needs a life saving bone marrow transplant. the 49ers are teaming up with sabian and his family to share his story and hopefully find a match it could be you orb someone else. all you have do is swab the inside of your mo

jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> no peace! >> protests broke out in dallas, texas overnight after a former dallas police officer was sentenced to ten years in prison. amber guyger was convicted of shooting and killing her neighbor, botham jean after walking into his apartment instead of her own. protesters say she deserved a longer prison sentence. a packed courtroom witnessed an extraordinary act of compassion yesterday during guyger's sentencing. >> i don't know if this is possible. can i give her a hug, please? please? >> yes. >> that is the brother of the victim, as you'll see, he hugs guyger. he said his brother, botham jean would have wanted the best for guyger. the judge even wiped away tears and gave guyger a bible after a jury sentenced her yesterday to those ten years in prison. >>> we're learning more about this bizarre crime in the south bay. an airbnb host unknowingly crashed a party at his own rental and got robbed. it happened at a home in palo alto. kate larsen has the details. >> palo alto has many flavors, bu

jobina joins us at the live desk. look at that map. a lot of yellow there. >> so much yellow. pg&e says it has restored 93% of customers impacted by the power shutoff. now officials are warning of another public safety shutoff that could start as soon as tomorrow. i have here the ease bay behit me. we have piedmont, orinda, lafayette, moraga, alamo,alamo,, valley, fairview. if i go here and zoom out a little bit, you can see just how much this orange area covers. the it swallows up the sport bay. this could be the biggest shutoff we've seen so far. pg&e's ceo and president bill johnson said it would likely affect the peninsula, east bay and north bay area. no word yet on how many people could be affected. winds are forecast to gust between 40 and 60 miles per hour over most elevated terrain in northern california. he says the utility is at elevated potential for a new shutdown and 8 of the 9 service zones for pg&e. some areas may see peak gusts of 70 to 80 miles per hour. officials say the possible outage could stretch into monday. >>> let's continue our coverage of those powe

jobina? >> a live look at san rafael., smooth this morning as cars move down the roadway. let's get over to the south bay here. 87 also starting to fill in this morning. i feel like this is the most i've seen as far as activity on 87 in quite some time. at least at this time of the morning. it's very good there. also smart trains, this was affected by the pg&e outages, but service is back and running normally. also completely free. that started yesterday and that will last until wednesday, november 6th. that's pretty good news. also here, mass transit, no delays across the board. 51 trains for ferries, no delays and ace trains 1 and 3 no delays. >>> look at this. new video of a bizarre sight on a spirit airlines flight from ft. lauderdale to detroit last week. all that mist you see suddenly filled the cabin. passengers could be heard asking if this is normal. it's not. the airline says there is a simple explanation. condensation got into the air conditioning system. if you didn't know, you would think that's smoke, wouldn

. >>> i'm jobina fortson in san francisco this morning with a look at the christopher columbus statue tower. the vandalism is still here as much of the country is celebrating christopher columbus day today. >>> and the desperate search continues for a man still missing in the rubble of a collapsed hotel. the danger rescuers are now facing.k aaddiction. how juuline hooked kids and ignited an public health crisis." other news outlets report- juul took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. markets e-cigarettes with kid friendly flavors and uses nicotine to addict them. 5 million kids use e-cigarettes. juul is "following big tobacco's playbook." and now, juul is pushing prop c to overturn e-cigarette protections. vote no on juul. no on big tobacco. no on prop c. >>> holiday. >> i think it's a symbolic action. >> how police plan to track down the vandals lombard street at least for now. >> i thought it was already in place. >> why the governor vetoed the middle and high school kids. why more students will be hitting snooze on the alarm clock. >>> steph curry's got a lot on his mind. apparently h

hi, lisa. >> hey, jobina. critical fire weather continues until about 8:00.e're looking at some hazy conditions, a spare the air alert. 43 in redwood city. look at tam, smoky and that smoke will drift south throughout the day today. only 37 in santa rosa. another round of offshore winds tomorrow. sue? >> all right. we have an accident, the bay bridge between the toll plaza and the metering lights, blocking lane number #. you are still stacked up in the westbound direction towards the macarthur maze. cash-paying folks and carpoolers are getting by relatively easy. and we still have 101 in healdsburg to windsor open with some exits closed between airport boulevard skand shiloh road. >> thank you, sue. time now for >> ryan: it's "live with kelly and ryan"! today from "the little mermaid live," queen latifah. plus do-it-yourself halloween decor courtesy of the crafty lumberjacks. all next on "live"! and now, here are me, ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ good morning!

jobina. >> okay. we will get to her updating us in a moment, but first, this wildfire that we spoke spoke about this is prompting hundreds of evacuations. the sheriff's office said that there is a mandatory evacuation. >> and alexander road, and highway 128 from geyser road to river road, and there is one evacuation center open at hillsburgh community center. there was one at windsor high school, but that closed a few minutes ago. >> yes, and abc7 reporter lauren martinez is there, and you have been talking to the volunteers there from the red kros and it is a lot to help people this morning. >> yes. yeah, they are helping a lot of people, and more and more people are starting to come here. i wanted to show you my perspective from in front of the hillsburgh community center, and you can see as daylight approaches just how smoky the sky look, and you could see more and more the plume behind us. it was really hard to see when we got here at 4:30, and so dark. but you could smell the smoke, and this morn