mike drove by and laura anthony said there is a sign saying it could close at noon. traffic could be impacted. b.a.r.t., caltrain and the capital corridor expect no delays during the power outage as well as smart, samtrans and vta. with some of those lights out, we could see delays as it impacts the mass transit did you know that people born from 1945 through 1965 have the highest rates of hepatitis c, but most don't know they're infected? people can live for decades without symptoms, but over time hepatitis c can cause serious health problems. if you were born during these years, the cdc now recommends that you get a blood test for hepatitis c. so talk to your doctor it could save your life. know more. >>> it's like the entire state will be on fire it looks like if you look at the red flag warnings. here's what's going on today and tomorrow. the santa anas kick in tomorrow. look at that, tomorrow and friday, high fire danger in l.a. and san diego, out into the desert. if you are traveling today, we'll run into temperatures near 80 through the central valley. 75 in l

laura anthony reporting live. want to share your ideas about building a better bay area, share them on facebook. >>> joe biden is in the bay area. he arrived hours ago for one of three private fundraisers. >> the pool is down to 19, in a poll released by the public policy institute or california, biden is in a neck in neck race among likely california voters. >> 23% of people plan to back elizabeth warren, 22% biden and 21% bernie sanders. >> reporter: just about an hour ago, biden left the greek restaurant in palo alto. tickets range anywhere from 1,500 to $10,000. biden is on his way to san francisco where he's going to be attending two fundraisers, hosted by senator dianne feinstein, all of this comes as the president is publicly asking china to investigate biden's son. that's something we tried to ask bi biden about today. wearing his trademark sun glass s biden skirted around reporters. on the way out, the presidential candidate ignored about the impeachment area and the president's request to china to invest

laura anthony joins us. >> she joins us live on pine flat road with the latest on the conditions. laura. >> reporter: we're high above. we're stand at 2,100 square feet where we've been watching this aerial fire fight go on throughout the day. you can also see on the ground just beyond the pinkish fire retardant, you can see a bulldozer on the ground. for the most part they're trying to fight this fire from the air. it's a battle that's being fought mostly from the air as the kinkade fire marched up the hills east of geyserville. it's in such rugged terrain, it's mostly inaccessible from ground crews. that's why a convoy of spotters and air tankers are cord nagt it. >> the fire turned out to be fueled by what we believe to be 60-mile-an-hour winds plus or minus, and the terrain up in that area is very rugged. >> reporter: cal fire says the fire broke out at 9:27 wednesday night near the geyser's geothermal plant. but at this point there's no indication of how the fire started. >> there's still a lot of trauma from sonoma county two years ago. waking up today brings up a lot of bad

. >> laura anthony is live in pleasant hill. >> reporter: this is the epicenter of that of earthquake. it was 4.5. it's the threshold of that my shake app to send out an alert. >> this is a milestone. it's an important moment. >> governor newsom used this day. the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake to launch the my shake app designed to give californians a few seconds to prepare when the next big one hits. >> 99.7% chance over the next 30 years we would experience an earthquake greater than 6.7. >> the app by the u.s. geological survey. a primitive version was used in 1989 to warn search and rescue teams trying to warn people from the cypress structure. >> the scientists set up a temporary system that radioed alerts to the workers whenever there was a significant aftershock that might shake the nimitz. >> earthquake, drop, cover, hold on. >> shaking expected. >> developed at uc berkeley my shake can provide up to 20 seconds of warning before the ground starts to shake from a nearby shake. enough time to take some kind of protective action. >> the system will send out an al

. >> laura anthony is live near the scene with the very latest. laura. cfiedith ricond poce that two peopl havbeen shot and killed here in this otherwise quiet neighborhood this afternoon. let's show you what's going on right now as we speak behind me. this is esmond avenue at 32nd street. the shooting occurred on esmond avenue around the corner from where i'm standing. let's show you video of sky 7 on the scene as it's unfolding here. this occurred just before 4:00. folks said they heard multiple gunshots ring out on the street. we have just confirmed with richmond police that there are two fatalities, two people killed here, a third victim was taken to an area hospital with gunshot wounds. we can show you what it looks like here also from the ground. we shot video just a few moments ago. you can see there is a huge police prencere. as for the suspect, at this point, police tell us they are going door to door. they are looking for a suspect or suspects in this case, in this shooting. multiple gunshots, again. let's hear what a neighbor just told us a fe

laura anthony is live in oakland with the story. laura? >> reporter: hi dan. there are a lot of happy fans. this place is rocking. i have never seen it this packed. they have their rally towels. these folks are ready for this game. they're excited about the possibility tonight. but also about what might happen next. >> reporter: the party started early at the coliseum. it was teeming with cars like six hours before the scheduled start of the big game between the hometown a's and the tampa bay rays. >> what's cooking? >> for doug and regina pryor, this day reminds them of the good old days. >> reggie jackson's double score. >> when the a's were repeatedly at the top of the heap. >> being old school and being from the days of reggie jackson and campy cap nair he is. they have the unity and the spirit. >> the swinging a's in the days of the glory days. the '70s. that's what we're hoping for. we're hoping for it this year and the next year. it will be a nostalgic kind. >> her louie vuitton bag and her blond hair. she's a diehard a's fan. >> for vicky and her famil

definitely probably biggest one i've really felt in long time. >> laura, this is abc7 news reporter laura anthony on the phone with me. i've heard that from several people, you included laura, number of people texted saying probably strongest they ever felt. on the scale 4.5 is moderate but nature of the quake and where it was located, a fairly strong jolt that got a lot of people's attention and scared a lot of people. heard from a lot of people frightened by this earthquake and we've seen similar magnitude quakes that didn't rattle nerves to this extent. so interesting that 4.5 moderate earthquake four miles down was a, so widely felt and such a strong jolt. laura we know what you'll be doing as reporter first thing in the morning. >> thanks. >> kate larsen is live in san francisco, another spot where people felt this earthquake. >> reporter: yeah, dan, that's right. on columbus at vallejo north beach. spoke to people out enjoying the night, others asleep and woke up. >> table started shaking, straight up. dead serious. >> didn't realize it was earthquake? >> didn't at all think it was. been in

. >> laura anthony is live in calistoga tonight with the impact of the shutoff there. laura. >> reporter: hi, dan. it's really a tale of two cities here in calistoga. i'm standing on lincoln avenue. this is the bridge that goes over the creek. what's happened here is thanks to pg&e generators, the power has been turned off on the west side but not on the east side. the east side went off for about an hour and a half and then it went back on just before 4:30 because just outside of town, pg&e has some generators that are keeping the lights and the businesses running here in calistoga. right on cue, the power in downtown calistoga went out at 3:00 p.m., leaving the tourist town and many of its visitors at a loss. the businesses on the east side of lincoln avenue are supposed to be powered by a bank of generators located at a pg&e substation just outside of town. but there was a delay in getting them started. pg&e says the high winds and low humidity forced the second public safety power shutdown to this community in two weeks. >> you been busy? >> yes. >> reporter: electr

. >> abc7's laura anthony has the latest live from crockett. laura? >> reporter: hi, well i'm told this investigation is still in the very early stages. the first priority is to make sure this fire does not flare up again. to that end, all day we've seen fire crews stationed here every so often. they spray foam on to thisructu two tanks actually. as for the search warrant that was served today by contra costa fire investigators, we're told that is common practice after an event like this. less than 24 hours after fire ripped through two tanks at the nustar energy storage facility in crockett, investigators with te contra costa fire department served a search warrant on the site. >> i would ask that you not infer anything negative about that. the company is being completely cooperative, and it's purely a common practice that we do in investigations especially big complex ones. >> reporter: the evidence seized could include documents and computer servers that have video before and during the fire that consumed two tanks that contained about 250,000 gall

. >>> i'm laura anthony in oakland where a new trial is set for ♪ still fresh... ♪ unstopables in-washster ♪ downy unstopables >>> he was just walking. he didn't do anything wrong. >>> neighbors are searching for answers after a 77-year-old man is run over and killed on a popular south bay trail. the suspect in the deadly rampage went before a judge for the first time today and multiple charges have been filed against maria orta of santa clara, including murder. >> the attack was random but deliberate. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story. >>> inside the santa clara county hall of justice, she was in tears as she learned her bail was denied by the judge. the long time resident is accused of a deadly rampage tuesday afternoon at the rancho san antonio open space preserve near cupertino which claimed the life of the man in sunnyvale. >> i don't get why someone would want to repeatedly hit somebody over and over for no reason. he was just walking. he didn't do anything wrong. >> michelle andrews was his neighbor for 15 years and shared her disbelief. >> respectful. nice. kept to

laura anthony is on the story in oakland. >> the remorse that we feel and that everyone feels is i'm measurable. >> reporter: derick almena's wife had hoped his bail would be reduced from $750,000 to something his family could afford, but an oakland judge disagreed. >> i'm obviously really sad about this denial of the bail. all derick wants to do is be with his kids. >> reporter: he's been in jail for more than two years and that's where he will stay until the next trial on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. for those who died when the ghost ship warehouse was gutted by fire in 2016. >> the prosecution and the defense have the same desire, and what is that desire? we want to go to trial. >> i know there are some people who say that almena is not remorseful and has not shown remorse for what happened. well, he has. every single day he thinks about it. >> reporter: in a separate hearing, two jurors dismissed from the trial were found in contempt by judge trina thompson but neither will pay a fine or serve jail time. >> the next hearing at the courthouse for derick almena is set for

abc7 news reporter laura anthony is on this story you'll see only on abc7 news. >> i lost my home after 14 years. and it was a downward spiral ever since then. >> for joanna, it's a way out of a life that was destroying her. >> the chatter and the chaos and the confusion and the violence for in my head, it wasn't very good. i didn't see any hope. >> two, one! >> now joanne is among the first to move in to turning point, a new residential program in east oakland for single women. >> there really isn't other place in oakland that concentrates on the healing for single women. >> we have to recognize that women live under a unique set of threats to their safety and to their emotional well-being. >> turning point, as it's called, has space for up to 24 women. it's meant to be a long-term solution. not just a place to sleep for days or weeks. residents stay for six to 12 months, and each must be working toward gaining employment or continuing their education. there's also counseling for domestic violence and substance abuse. >> it's one thing to put someone in another place, a place to shelte

. >> abc7's laura anthony is live in maraga with the latest on that and also a fire that broke out overnight there. laura? >> reporter: hi. let there be light. i was smeinndta location an hous go here at the hardware lhts came isnd16-h outagearea. [ siren ] it was a close call for residents of sanders ranch in maraga as a grassfire in the middle of the night came roaring toward several homes, scorching up to 60 acres and prompting evacuations to a nearby church. >> we live in a cul-de-sac. we have elderly neighbors. everyone got everyone up and made sure they at least knew. and so we packed our car with essentials things, getting ready to head out of town if we needed to. >> i don't know if the power -- >> reporter: this morning at the hardware store, a generator t doors open for his customers but also to make a little morning brew. >> i just brought it over this morning for my staff. and then there wasn't any place to get coffee in maraga, so i was making it forom inby. >> reporter: the owner of tas p beat the clock, trying to get a new generator up and running before thousands of dollars i

in san francisco, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> breaking news. an accident involving a cable car on san francisco's nob hill. five people went to the hospital following this afternoon's collision. san francisco police and mouni are investigating what happened. it damaged the front left side of the cable car. that's where riders stand on running boards. a truck was also damaged involving a cable car headed towards union square on muni's powell and hyde line. >>> new at 5:00, a bay area woman says she violated after flying home from a trip to italy. she says someone went through her and her boyfriend's bags and took a lot of personal things. abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow has a story you'll see only on 7. >> lauren del bartow says she and her boyfriend loved her ten-day italy vacation. >> amazing. >> but the feelings began to dwindle when they returned to san francisco and found out their bags missed a los angeles connecting flight. del bartow spoke with delta airlines told her a delivery service called roadie would bring the couple their bags

live in richmond, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> lives torn apart for those families. thank you, laura. >>> new at 6:00, san francisco district attorney george gascon is resigning from his office. "the san francisco chronicle" reports gascon is planning to move to los angeles to explore running for district attorney there. the paper reports his last day in office will be october 18th before his term is up. mayor breed can immediately name a replacement or wait until after the november election to appoint the district attorney-elect. in a statement tonight, she didn't specify her plans, but said in part we can't afford to have an absence of leadership in the d.a.'s office because victims of crime need to be represented, and people who commit crimes in our city need to be held accountable. >>> also at 6:00, a woman is under arrest attempting to kidnap a boy near a vacaville elementary school. police say they were called out to cooper elementary just aft8: this morning. they say the suspect came up to a 4-year-old boy, grabbed him by the hand and started leading him away f

. >> before we go to laura anthony, let's hear from liz kreutz who is life in santa rosa. liz. >> reporter: good evening. roughly 27,000 customers are without power right now in sonoma county. many of them here in santa rosa. now, i want to show you where we are. we are inside the city's emergency operations center where public safety officials are working around the clock, 24/7 to monitor outages, traffic and send nixel alerts. after the outage a few weeks ago the city and people are more prepared, but still several folks we talked to today say it isn't any less disruptive. the oakmont village market in santa rosa lost power two weeks ago and again today. >> i just picked up about 1,000 pounds of regular ice and almost 1,000 pounds of dry ice. >> reporter: for owner david arcotto it's grueling work and also expensive. >> just in dry ice i spent $2500 to save as much as i could but i still lost a lot. >> reporter: still, he says it's worth it. >> the reason it's worth it is this is a retirement community. they really rely on us. we have to try to take care of them. >> repo

. >>> i'm laura anthony in oakland, where a new home has opened up for single women. it's called turning point. >>> and still to come, new at 6:00, the i team's dan noyes with a story that goes from ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ ♪ big dreams start with small steps... ...but dedication can get you there. so just start small... start saving. easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. ♪ ♪ chase. make more of what's yours®. ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ all we need is someone to lean on ♪ >>> one of the toughest parts of building a better bay area is dealing with the housing price sis. visible from the cities to is the suburbs to the streets. but building a better bay area means focusing on the positive, and there is hope in the south bay. three years ago, voters in santa clara county passed measure a, a nearly $1 billion bond for afforda

abc's eric thomas is looking at what this could mean for gas prices, but let's begin with abc7's laura anthony with the latest on the investigation. laura? >> reporter: hi, well, we're told this investigation just in its infant stages. just a few hours into it. there are multiple agencies involved. here's a live look at what's going on here as we speak. the wreckage really of the tanks behind me. as for that search warrant, a spokesman for the contra costa fire department cautioned not to read too much into it saying it's not necessarily an indicator that there is a criminal investigation, just standard procedure in an incident this large. less than 24 hours after fire ripped through two tanks at the newstar energy storage facility in crockett, investigators with the contra costa fire department, the atf, and other agencies served a search warrant on the site. >> at 11:30 this morning, we served a search warrant on newstar, and i want to quickly say that you should not form any opinions about that because this is a common practice. >> reporter: the evidence seized could include documents and c

live in sonoma county, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> all right, laura, thanks. of course, that didn't help. the fire spread so quickly last night and they couldn't do an aerial attack. as you can see, the kincaid fire is burning 10,000 plus acres. they made some good progress because the wind has died down considerably. but as you can still see, flames are burning. >> exactly. the terrain certainly has not helped either. well, abc7 news reporter wayne freedman was also in geyserville today. he joins us outside of the river rock casino. wayne, you described it as a double whammy for people who live there. >> it's been quite a day. right here at river rock casino, we may have watched the last of the air drops today because the sun is going down on the horizon. there has been a battle all day behind us to keep this hot spot contained, to keep the fire from going down the road. meantime, if you take a look over to the right, that is the alexander valley in what would otherwise be a beautiful sunset, if not for the haze. on the other side of it, geyserville, where pe

in napa, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> all right. anticipation and anxiety, they continue to build as people in affected areas wait for pg&e to shut off their power. >> what was supposed to happened a noontime has been pushed out. >> reporter: we know time is money. it was 4 1/2 hours longer. but the revised power outage came too late for some businesses who heeded the initial warning. he made a calculated risk to stay open and ended up doing business. but the sign on the door at buck's restaurant reflected the warning that pg&e had given. so he closed before the lunch crowd arrived. >> if we close in the middle of service, it's chaos. they told us to plan for it, put everything away, preserve all of our material on ice. of course, if the power never goes out, we'll wish we stay on. >> reporter: he had no criticism but employees at home might, losing pay. >> you can't have conference calls schedule and video calls scheduled when you're not going to have power. that's very inconvenient. i wish they'd bury the lines. >> reporter: they'

. >>> abc 7's laura anthony is in geyserville. >> reporter: we're on pine flat road. let's show you where we are. to my right down the hill here, it's really about 14 miles to heeldsberg. you can see smoky areas, where the flames have every moved through. to the north it's geyserville that's 15 miles that way. so this fire fight has moved a long way from those communities. if you look at this hillside behind me, we can push in a little bit. this has been much of the focus behind me of the firefighters. you can see the fire retardant, the red line they've drawn. if you see the flames beyond me, that's what they're trying to hit. they're trying to keep this fire on that side of the line. >> the fire is near the area of the thermal plant in the community of guy sersville. >> do you know whether the plant had anything do with the start of the fire? >> we do not know. >> what does that plant do? >> it's one of the largest thermal generating plants. >> what are the challenges going forward? >> overnight it was fueled by 60-mile-an-hour winds and low humidity and high temper

laura: anthony zurcher, thanks for being with us. anthony: my pleasure. laura: justin trudeau has won a second term as prime minister of canada, but his liberal party lost its majority and the popular vote. the mixed results come after a hard fout election where mr. trudeau had to answer for a number of scandals that plagued his first term. now he must form a coalition to support his agenda. the bbc's chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports from toronto. ly: the morning after, selfies on the subway. canadians queuing for a photo with their prime minister.ub just what justin trudeau did four years ago when he first swept into power. but this time its different. rousing cheers and great relief at liberal party headquarters in the early hours of the morning, a better result than all the polls predicted. but they lost their majority. prime min. trudeau: and to those who did not vote for us, know that we will work every single day for yo we will govern for everyone. [cheers] > lyse: a sign of what is to come. >> ok, this is not how things are norm

laura: anthony zurcher, thanks much for being with us. anthony: my pleasure. ura: a little footte project is. attending the baseball world series this week -- the nationals who play in washington, d.c., and were the underdogs come are leading the best-of-seven series 2-0. in other news now from around the world, at at least three people have died after floods hit the south of france. around 2000 firefighters and rescue workers were deployed to the region where rivers burst their banks and blocked roads and caused significant damage. more than half a million homes and businesses in california are facing power cuts this week as wildfires rage in the state. the fire, which is being driven by strong winds, has engulfed more than 10,000 acres of land. hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate. police say the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex were all chinese. it arrived from belgium overnight and was collected by a lorry driver from northern ireland. he's being questioned by detectives on suspicion of murder. forensic teams have begun the

. >> laura anthony is there. she joins us with this live report. laura? >> hi, ama. this is a project that has been 25 years in the making. it's been a long time coming. some folks here in walnut creek very happy to see it finally get off the ground. others, though, are wondering if this is the right fit for this bart station. >> three, two, one. >> finally, the first ground has been broken at the walnut creek transit village, which will eventually house nearly 600 new market-rate rental units. >> and after more than 15 years of planning, design, redesign, and redesign, traffic circulation debates, questions about where will we put the buses. >> the transit village will also include about 26,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. >> the value set of the millennials is completely changing. today housing is seen more of a service. it's more transitionary in terms of a commodity in their eyes. we truly believe that this project will be one of the finest tods built in the bay area. >> in its transit oriented development, or tod plan, bart pledges to build 7,000 af

laura anthony has more on marin county and what is expected to happen there. >> very quiet right here. this is the theater area, the downtown area. lights still on. this area has been given somewhat of a reprieve. we originally thought the power might go off in the middle of the night or as of midnight last night, now pg&e is saying at noon today areas like this will see power go off. a short time ago i did talk with a lafayette city councilman. he's the former mayor. he's not pleased at all the prospect of his community having to go through this. absolutely ridiculous. pg&e could have done a better job. i share governor newsom's frustration. i'm personally outraged as a representative of my community that we have go through this. spend the costs go through this and put our public at risk because of what's happening. >> of course one of the biggest concerns for folks who live in the area is the caldecott tunnel and the uncertainty around that tunnel this morning. caltrans has been saying they're going to try to keep it open when the power goes off. now we're told the off at noon. we'v

we'll start with laura anthony who has a look at a quake warning system. >> reporter: hi. it's called the my shake. i've downloaded it on my phone. state and local officials are urging everyone to do that. i'm at pleasant hill near the epicenter of the 4.5 earthquake. that happens to be the minimum threshold for the my shake app to send out an alert. >> it is appropriate that we are here in this region on this day. >> gavin newsom used this day, the 30th anniversary of the low ma pre ate a earth yak to launch the my shake app to give californians a few seconds to prepare when the next big one hits. >> 99.7% chance of the next 30 years we would experience an earthquake greater than 6.7. >> the app is -- a primitive version was actually used in 1989 to warn search and rescue teams trying to free people from the cypress structure. >> the usgs scientists set up a system to set up radio alerts whenever there's a significant aftershock that might shake the nimitz. >> drop cover, hold on. shaking expected. >> developed at uc berkeley. my shake can provide up to 20 seconds of warn

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live from oakland where the power there is coming back at least in some places. that is the good news. not to be where you are, laura. >> reporter: well, right, dion. the power is slowly coming on here in the east bay in various communities. but not here yet in the mont claire district. this would normally be a bustling busy time for his restaurant. the owner told me for small businesses and small business owners like him, these power outages are threatening their very existence. >> i don't think many businesses can survive being shut down for five days. >> reporter: for rob lamb, the owner of the pearl lamb restaurant, the latest power shutoff may prove to be a setback he can't survive. closed since friday, lamb says the outage has costed him $40,000 and counting. >> i just have given up. literally, to me, we're shut down. we're closed. we're not doing any business. we're not going to do any business until the power turns back on. >> what do we have in there? >> these are some of the items that we could try to save. >> lamb rented a generato

live in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> yeah, that is tough. okay, laura. thank you. >>> many marrin county residents without power have been coming to san francisco for essentials like gasoline. this is the marina earlier this morning. a lot of people filling up their cars and gas cans as you see here. pg&e says it is expecting equipment in marin county, the first step in getting the power back on. some could go back off again because of more wind. as we mentioned, pge and may proactively shut off power in a few days. >> you're going to start out on the potential psps outages maps page. scroll down and you want to click here. it's available in english and several other languages. once this page loads, this portion is important. this shows october 26th and 27th. that is the most recent psps situation that we're looking at. you want to click this to view the map for olctober 29th, whic is tomorrow. i have the two pages pulled up for comparison. this is from the most recent outage. this is for the potential of the new one. you can see there's a lot less orang

. >> laura anthony is on the lines. the wind has picked up? >> that's right, dan. it comes and goes and it's around the populated at areas. the fire itself is being fought mostly on these ridge tops behind me due east of where i'm standing, due east of healdsberg. we've seen the activity up there. the fire fighting done mostly from the air. but the concerns are the high winds. the relatively clear skies revealed what the kincade fire left in its destructive wake. the valley is dotted with properties where the loss is extensive. here along the road, an equipment yard is totally gone. the winners and losers determined but which way the embers blow. >> we're in this 24-hour window. we hope the winds will ease off after midnight. but the tomorrow the humidity is dry for the region on the order of 5% to 15%. frpastever da, i'm standing on pine flat road a 2,500-foot elevation. we were in this spot the other day. at that point the fire was way off in the distance on that hillside. we were watching bombers make retardant drops here. as you can see, it's gone well through

laura anthony, back to you. >> thank you for that update. >>> b.a.r.t. riders should not have to worry about getting around. thanks to b.a.r.t.'s power distribution system. >> we get traction power f pg&ero atm 12 different big switching stations that we have. and we're able within our own system to shift power around. so if we lose pg&e power to one of those switching stations, we can simply draw power from somewhere else in our grid. >> but if any b.a.r.t. station does lose power, there are generators there. the escalators may stop working with y but lights should still be on. >>> no lights off in the south bay yet. if the power goes out so will the traffic lights. inoperative traffic signals are a concern for vta. outages could disrupt schedules for its 400 buses. >> we expect if there are power outages in certain parts of town that affect traffic lights, that's going to affect our bus service. we're hoping people will just be patient with us. they can certainly call customer service to get some other alternative routes. >> vta says it doesn't think i

abc7's laura anthony has a look at the fire. >> that's right, laura? >> reporter: yeah, hi, there was a fire here in maraga earlier. right now i'm showing the inside of the maraga hardware store. there are reports that the power's going back on in this area. not yet here. however, it was a good place to be today because they did everything they could to accommodate the customers who came in looking for last-minute supplies. [ siren ] it was a close call for residents of sanders ranch as a grassfire came recording toward several homes, scorching up to 60 acres and prompting evacuations to a nearby church. >> the first sound i heard was it sounds like a freight train. it really does. the fire is gathering so much air. >> reporter: the cause of the fire still under investigation, but it started two hours after pg&e deenergized lines in the area. >> no power. >> reporter: this morning at the hardware storks a generator allowed the owner to keep the doors open for customers but also to make a little morning brew. >> i just brought it this morning for my sta

. >>> i'm laura anthony.san francisco art gallery where an expensive salvador dail was snatched right after the easel. >>> on the peninsula, a new state record was set at the annual pumpkin weigh-off championship. >> 2175, wow! >> that behemoth pumpkin is the heaviest ever weighed in california. so who is responsible? napa grower leonardo irina who walks away with a $15,000 prize. >> the great pumpkin weigh-off kicks off a week of action at the half moon bay pumpkin art and festival. anser hassan was there for all the excitement. >> they're here to compete for the world record, world's biggest pumpkin. >> back in 2014, we won here. we were the first pumpkin to break a thousand pounds. >> john from napa says he grew five pumpkins for this world championship pumpkin weigh-off. but because of the cooler temperatures only two survived. he said getting pumpkins to grow into the gargan want gourds is about finding the right seeds and feeding these beasts. >> i watered it twice a day. and then i fed it like every tw

laura anthony is live in moraga with the latest. laura? >> well, hi, ama. yes, the power did start going back on in this area around 4:30 this afternoon. some customers still don't have their power back on, but it appears that the power will be back on by the end of the evening. for some residents, though, in the sanders ranch neighborhood of mora, the fact that their power was out was the least of their problems. [ siren ] it was a close call for residents of sanders ranch in moraga as a grass fire in the middle of the night came roaring toward several homes, scorching up to 60 acres and prompting evacuations to a nearby church. >> the first sound i heard was it sounds like a freight train. it really does. the fire is gathering so much air, i guess. >> the cause of the fire still under investigation, but it started two hours after pg&e de-energized lines in the area. >> i know we have no power. >> this morning at the moraga hardware store, a generator allowed the owner to keep the doors open for his customers, but also to make a little morning brew. >> i j

in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> thank you. the a's players are not thing about lawsuits. they have postseason baseball they have a wild calendar game tomorrow at the coliseum. a crowd of 50,000 is expected for the game and a's manager bob melvin is very excited about that. >> we're going to play in front of fans. it's going to be a football-type crowd. i hear mt. davis will be open and it can get pretty raucous here. >> sean manaea will start for the a's. the winner of the game advances to the american league divisional series against the houston astros. >>> a lot more to get to here. once again, it's the gop versus california, but this time it's a republican leader in the bay area leading the charge over possible voter violations. that story is next. >>> plus, you now only have one one to get the readiness for real i.d. is in dbt in california. >>> also te flying machines and the poilt of pride behind today's aerobatic awesomeness. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel.o warm in the seven-day forecast. the seven-day forecast. i'll have all the details comoog ["white rabbit"

laura: anthony zurcher speaking to us from ohio. for more on the candidates' approach tonight, i spoke to at democraticis strat. does this focus on hunter biden >> obviously it is a strategic decision by the biden campaignhe to putormer vice president's son out today. i think it is an opportunity to reclaim the narrative. the president has wrestled that narrative away from the biden campaign, and the thought today wasming into let's use this debate to really reset national understanding seabout this issue. the risk that they run is that the entire debe becomes about the issue and it hijacks any other messaging that the biden folks want to get out. d laura: hs elizabeth warren handle this moment? does she go r the jugular or will she face incoming fire? >> it is an interesting conundrum. if you are elizabeth warren, you are the front runner, you don't need to feed into this, although it fits neatly into the campaign she is running. she is running a campaign that is focused on i am against corporate influence, i want to drain the swam

laura anthony, thank you. >>> federal grand jury has indicted a bay area coast guard commander on charges of painkil into the country. three s counts of importing the drug tramadolrom germany and f singapore. customs and border patrol says during mail inspections at john f. kennedy airport and at sfo. santa clara prosecutors are orki finding this manngp yo hu see here. a jury convicted 55-year-old apollo johnson last thursday ofg lxu for more than a decade. but johnson didn't show up at the courthouse, and an arrest warrant was issued. the district attorney's office says he started molesting that girl when she was 6 years old. she didn't tell anyone until she was 16 when she was hospitalized for a panic attack. >>> in the south bay, a mansed u of intentionally setting a series of fires in milpitas appeared in court this afternoon. abc7 news reporter chris wynn is live with an update for us. chris? >> freddie graham was expected to enter a plea this afternoon,d t.remo teim tonight investigators are trying to determine the motive behind a series of fires t burned in the milpitas foothills a

abc's eric thomas is looking at what this could mean for gas prices, but let's begin with abc7's laura anthonyinvestigation. laura? >> reporter: hi, well, we're told this investigation just in its infant stages. just a few hours into it. there are multiple agencies involved. here's a lt whagog one kaof the spokesman for the contra costa fire department cautioned not to read too much into it saying it's not necessarily an

. >> laura anthony is live with what else we know tonight. laura? >> well, hi, ama. new details. first of all we can confirm that two people have lost their lives, two people killed out here on esmond avenue at 32nd street. you can see there is still a huge police presence out here. in fact, the bodies of the two victims are still out here, one in the street and one just on the sidewalk. i was told by richmond police just a short time ago that the shooting actually occurred when the two victims were still inside a vehicle. the vehicle still here as well. let's show you what it looked like from sky 7 just after it happened this afternoon. the gunshots rang out about quarter to 4:00 here in this otherwise quiet naked. at least that's what neighbors tell us there. were multiple shots fired. two victims killed here on the street. and then police say a third was taken by ambulance, by airlift actually to a local hospital. let's show you what it looks like on the ground. again there is a huge police presence here. dozens of richmond police officers here on the scene invest

so it is really a waiting game for a lot of people in the south bay and the east bay, and laura anthony has been out where the power outages have been shutdown or impacted the traffic really. so what is going on there right now, laura? >> well,hello, kumasi. and you are correct, this is a mayor, major thoroughfare here, and this is highway 29 at the intersection of 221, and what is goingn here as you can see, the highway patrol has been standing out near the intersection and manually direct traffic to try to keep things flowing, and try to keep things safe. the power is out here, but the backup battery system is supposed to keep the traffic signals working. that did not happen. so the traffic signals have been off all morning, and this is quite a dangerous situation earlier, i'm told when the folks were blasting through, and the freeway speeds of the intersection, and now you have to highway patrol out here, and if we can show you across the intersection over to my left there, and the camera's left, you can see some electricians are over there, and they are trying to get the battery bac

we'll start with laura anthony who has a look at a quake warning system. >> reporter: hi.t's called the my shake. i've downloaded it on my phone. state and local officials are urging everyone to that. i'm at pleasant hill near the epicenter of the 4.5 earthquake. that happens to be the minimum threshold for the my shake app to send out an alert. >> it is appropriate that we are here in this region on this day. >> gavin newsom used this day, the 30th anniversary of the low ma pre ate a earth yak to launch the my shake app to give californians a few seconds to prepare when the next big one hits. >> 99.7% chance of the next 30 years we would experience an earthquake greater than 6.7. >> the app is -- a primitive version was actuallsed i 1989 to wn

. >>> let's keep our coverage going with abc 7 news laura anthony. hanging out with the fans today. laura, tough assignment there. >> reporter: this is the biggest party i've seen for the a's outside of the coliseum in the many years i've been covering the a's. are you excited? >> yeah! >> reporter: these guys started showing up at 11:00 this morning. they are expecting more than 52,000 people to pack the coliseum tonight. let's talk to some of the fans. this is ricky, right? >> ricky from richmond. >> hello. >> ricky from richmond. you have a moniker for the series. >> we're lucky enough to be able to say that this is our quest for ten. if we get this, this will be our tenth world championship for the oakland athletics. not many teams can say that. >> no other teams in the bay ar area. >> they the -- the house will be super loud. let's go a's! >> reporter: that was ricky from richmond. let's check out these guys. where are you from? >> we're from vacaville, california. >> i'm a.j. >> you're here with a bunch of friends. >> what's this like to be here? this is a huge game. >> this is

check out the video laura anthony posted. throwing out expired meat after four days without power. the restaurant has lost up to $7,000 per day in sales. the owner has lost $40,000 and counting. >> i've just given up. to me, we're shut down. we're closed. we're not doing any business and we're not going to do any business until the power turns back on. >> people say they're coming to terms with the fact the power shutoffs are a new reality. it could be another week before the kincade fire is fully contained. >> a red flag warning, meaning the winds are expected to pick back up. the kincade fire burned more than 74,000 acres, that's 115 square miles or about the size of the city of fresno. cal fire says it expects full containment by next thursday. some evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings. >> amy hollyfield is live with the latest. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, good morning. they are letting some residents back home into areas that weren't affected by the fire. as you know healdsburg, parts of healdsburg did burn. healdsburg is closed, still evacuated. officials

laura anthony is live to sort it all out. >> reporter: hi, dan. the conversations and the negotiations around the a's buying a portion of the property here at the coliseum have been going on for two years that is why the team is surprised when the city attorney through them a curve. >> it is another complication in terms of moving forward with the project in east oakland. >> reporter: one day before the team plays the biggest game of the year, a's president cavel filed foul and the judge's decision to issue a temporary restraining order. >> you had no idea this was coming. >> totally blindsided. this is a week to focus on the amazing team we have on the field and 50,000 plus here and incredible celebratory mood for a's baseball and not stuck in court. >> reporter: the oakland city attorney asked for an injunctiof f the site to the a's. the suit sites the surplus land act which said requires the county to first offer the city a chance to buy thehipero prt yea unveiled a development plan for the site including retail and affordable housing and recre

live in napa, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> that is a mess. appreciate it. the backup not working is on brand for this whole event. hopefully there will be better days ahead. power outages in the south bay are set to begin at noon. >> we'll show you this map of santa clara county. san jose official also give us an update in about a half hour or so. 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

laura anthony our reporter shared this video of her son playing the piano by flashlight.t because the power went out doesn't mean they can't enjoy a little music. certainly people are trying to make the best of the situation. many people going like i said through their second or third outage at this point and this could go on for another few days. >> it's unfortunate, but we are familiar with the routine at this point. remember you can download the abc 7 news app for everything you need to know about the kincade fire and pg&e shutoffs. we sent out breaking news alerts and helpful information through this app. enable push alerts especially during this time. >> lisa is here. you've been tracking this storm all weekend long. >> yeah. >> are you seeing those winds really picking up right now? >> for once i wish i was wrong. unfortunately it is verifying. here in san francisco the winds are gusting to 30 miles an hour. we are looking at sustained winds at 15 miles per hour. the winds blowing. 62 degrees. with that mixing of the air it feels mild out there but it also is creati

need to know that there is training sufficient so that pilots know how to react if mcas laura: congressman anthony brown, thanks for joining us. rep. brown: thank you. laura: in other newsthousands of firighters battle more than a dozen wildfires across california as the state prepares for more stronwinds later this ek. north of san francisco, the kincade fire has been burning nearly a week,estroying 50,000 acres of california'ne country. precautionary power cuts have left millions of people without electricity. lebanon's prime mister says he is resigning. antigovernment protests have gripped the country. in a televised address, he said that lebanon had reached a deadlock and needed a shock to break the crisis. demonsators are lling for the government to be replaced by a smaller, technocraticni adration to deal with lebanon's economic problems. a mountaineermb has ced to the world highest pes in less than seven months, easily beating an earlier record of almost 8 years. bthe 86-year-old formtish marine reached the top of his 14th mountain in chinan o tuesday. his climbing career began inch 2012 wh