he lives in the oakland hills, and he is there right now. will awoken by the sound of these wins. >> i was. has been a long night. i've been up since about 2:00, hearing the wins. right around 4:00, there is a big boom in our neighborhood. i had of a not -- i had not been able to make it to the streets. i don't know if you can see it, but there is an oakland firefighter right from my house. on the other cited the window, there is a power line just dangling. it is next my house. now it is just dangling. down the street, you really can't see it. it is so dark, what the light is shining down there on that side of the street. all power lines are down. the mainline, the pauline. many people in my street have their lines down, their houses as well. this would be a long night. we are going door-to-door. it is in the front yard, my neighbor's front yard, their saint stay in your house. if you have to go anywhere, please don't go anywhere. so, it is going to be a massive effort tonight and we have been without power since about 2:00. it is been going

it has been particularly windy for oakland hills to mount diablo. for mount tam 37. here is the relative humidity and even down at the surface we are 26% in hayward, 27% oakland. the dry northerly wind drying out the air. we got up in height and mount tam and hawkeye near 19%. the wind will continue to drive things out. this is good it will only last the next few hours. 60 napa and santa rosa with 40's for the coolest locations in the east bay. 25 degree warmth since yesterday. as we get into sunny skies the air quality is good. the winds ease, breezy with temperatures above average. liz: thank you. back to that developing news out of monterey county where a rare winter wildfire is burning north of big sur. it started last night around 7:30. at least 150 acres have burned in colorado canyon north of the bixby bridge near highway 1. luz pena has the latest on the fire. luz: the colorado fire is fueled by high wind. it is intensifying by the hour and at 9:30 p.m. the monterey county sheriff's office ordered evacuations along the big sur coast. flames have reached the h

very gusty winds and oakland hills, you are at over 60 miles an hour. winds at 33 miles an hour.ll come down slowly. surface winds, 29 miles an hour in houtman bay. calistoga particularly gusty. it looks beautiful here, 60 in san francisco. we are mild, in san jose, half moon bay, as we look from the east bay hills camera, it is shaky out there. 65 in santa rosa. despite these warmer num this is bringing the relative humidity down to the 25-26 degree range. we do not expect to see fires that we saw south of us, fanning the flames with the offshore winds. as we look at the warmer numbers this morning, it is going to may milder afternoon -- be a milder afternoon. you see the gusts from calistoga and down through oakland as we get through 1:00, sonoma has lighter winds. pretty gusty, through the noon hour. we see the south bay and the peninsula, light winds in the north bay. here are our peak wind gusts. hillsboro hills, 86 miles an hour. 55 mile an hour wind gusts half moon bay. interns moderate as we get into the second half of the weekend. continues all week long. look what happe

the diablo range, the oakland hills, north bay hills, also going to be .ery gusty winds throughout theht and into tomorrow, probably into saturday morning, too. then those winds begin to calm down. staying dry, though, for the next 7 days. all right, lawrence, some heartbreaking news for adele fans, the superstar singer and songwriter. >> she's canceling the opening weekend of her las vegas residency of supposed to start tomorrow in an emotional video posted on our social media account today, adele apologized to fans saying that the pandemic is making those shows impossible. >> we've tried absolutely everything that we can. to put it together all in time. and for it to be good enough for you. but we've been destroyed by. delivery and covid hoffman crew. team covid they and it's been impossible to finish the show. kong if you right got it. it and i'm sorry, meant it. we've been away over hours, not trying to figure we want to have time eat. i'm so upset and armenian bar so so that everyone traveled to ken. >> yeah, very emotional del promise, though, that her shows will be rescheduled w

nbc bay area's christie smith spoke with people in the oakland hills trying to make the best of it. >> reporter: in the oakland hills, russ taylor still remained without power most of the day sunday. >> all day yesterday, and half the day today. >> reporter: okay. >> so far. >> reporter: a neighbor shared pictures of the damage when a huge tree fell in the neighborhood early saturday morning, hitting a car and knocking down power lines. today pge crews were on scene working to restore power. taylor was hoping the lights would be on until late afternoon. he said he managed last night. >> we have a gas stove so i made some pasta and we had dinner by candlelight. we managed to cope. >> reporter: and it was a night he won't soon forget. >> it was so windy, i thought the house was going to blow down. >> reporter: crews also worked to restore power after another tree fell nearby. pg&e says extra crews and resources are in place, but people in the community say they're used to power outages with the threat of wildfires there. >> we have a propane generator with a couple of barbecue tanks. th

oakland hills and the north bay, you've got a high wind warning. some of these gusts, maybe 50 60 miles an hour in parts of napa and sonoma counties. very gusty over the mountain tops specially about 1000 people down below. it's going to because the 2, in fact, overnight tonight and watch the models picking up on it. even a stronger winds expected overnight tonight, especially over the mountains. even briefly, some of those wind gust, the 60 miles per hour. those winds expected to subside by tomorrow afternoon. >> els in the gabby petito investigation. what the fbi revealed today about her murder that was in her fiance is notebook. plus, could another booster shot be around the corner? we'll hear from the bay area infectious disease expert who says >> that's up in the air. and parents, teachers and students at oakland unified speaking out today ahead of a possible teachers strike. >> we'll hear what can i du with less asthma? with dupixent, i can du more....beginners' yoga. namaste... ...surprise parties. aww, you guys. dupixent helps prevent asthm

the oakland hills gusting over 20 miles an hour at times.n our hillside into the valley today and create some very windy conditions. a wind advisory and high-wind warning does begin at 7:00 a.m. this morning. later on this afternoon those offshore winds are racing 25 to 35 miles an hour across much of the region. those winds continue overnight, likely strongest in the north bay mountains. they don't come down until tomorrow afternoon. the next 24 hours is a windy pattern. afternoon. again, secure any outdoor objects you have, and we could have isolated power outages today. that's get a check of traffic with jobina. jobina: good morning, drew. we are going to start with the richmond/san rafael bridge, which is packed right now. look at that westbound 580. it is because there was someone on the bridge with some wooden debris that ended up in all of the lanes. you are looking at residual delays there, so things will not pick up until you make your way halfway across the bridge. the bay bridge toll plaza looking nice and clear for this friday, e

these fires release since the oakland hills fire not.een others, but this is the rain that's up for tomorrow, but that since that oakland hills fire we haven't seen fires and when they get blowing like that, you're not going to stop it with a hose and the firefighters will tell you that they're just getting out of the way and just moving when the winterbourne 60 miles an hour. you're not stopping it. you're not stopping if it wins 60 miles an hour and a fire starts in oakland and the oakland hills. there's nothing to stop it. there's buildings this stuff, but i mean, if it's if it blows for six hours, so it's a new reality. it's an old reality. we have to start thinking this way and not hope that doesn't happen. know that it will happen. drought will happen. fires will happen. okay sorry. high pressure tomorrow builds back in after the front goes through, so the front goes through. late tonight. early tomorrow morning. there's the system. it's super weak, so it's going to bring 10th of an initial half inch. if we're lucky, hopefully more

we are taking a look at the oakland hills. you can see mount diablo in the distance. the hills in the foreground up above oakland experiencing wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour last night. it is much lighter now and we are down to 30 mile- per-hour wind gusts. if we look at the wind speeds across the bay hour, 30 mile-per-hour wind gusts in the mountains. diablo mountain and 60 miles per hour. sweeney ridge, 37 mile-per-hour wind gusts. much stronger in the mountains than down at the lower elevations. there it is a breeze like yesterday. it is certainly warm because those winds going to the mountains our downsloping as we get into the valley . 63, santa rosa. near 60 for the east bay communities. so those winds are not terribly strong, but they have made it feel warm where we live. it's this in effect until we get to 11:00 this evening. i will show you the winds improving throughout the day . the rest of today looks pretty good. relatively calm and sunny. back over to you. >>> vice president kamala harris was in san bernardino to announce a plan for federal funding fo

miles an hour oakland hills 63 miles an hour. fairfield 52. linked with the warm weather pattern. take a look at the highs this afternoon. lots of sixties the warmest locations in the seventies santa rosa 76 degrees . as i mentioned, wind speeds have been decreasing. we still some stronger winds own the north bay hills gusting over 40 miles an hour for tonight, but the overall trend a decrease in the wind speeds. the high wind warning has been allowed to expire, and we still have mostly clear skies. here's our live camera. both san francisco looks like we're looking out towards us before. 39 colors for tonight, so i kind of need to celebrate the big victory for tonight. we possibly have the chance of a few showers in the long range maps and we'll have more on that coming up with your forecast and a little bit. mark thank you sell sports burning in that golden brad coming up at 10 30, the rarity of a wildfire in january as cal fire confronts the reality that fire season runs all year. when i get to have er hunt. i'm gonna sing and shall loud. a

everything north of of the lake, rock lidge and pars of the oakland hills. 12 deaths and 46 shootings result in injuries and some had multiple vehicles. -- victims. downtown, west oakland. 17 people killed. at least 83 injuries. east oakland is the most dangerous part of town. 10 fohomicides. and at least 448 people shot. the deeper you go, the more shootings and killings. one more number. officers responded to 3300 shootings in oakland. think about it. 3300 shootings. what is more important than the numbers is how you feel. and many people say that they don't feel safe in oakland. why the increase in violence? officers say they see a lot more guns in the streets. some people blame the early release of inmates. they also point to bail reform, releasing violent suspects on no cash bail. it turn things around, oakland is funding more police academies to fill vacancies. the police department is budgeted for 737 positions and right now, they're down to 692 officers. the city is nesting more money in operations cease fire. an intervention program providing high-risk individuals jobs and ot

north wind from mount hood down through the oakland hills.nough to get rid of the high relative humidity and bring on more sun. five mile visibility and livermore, less than half a mile this morning. as we look at the 24 hour temperature change we have a ways to go because it is cold. we have dropped anywhere from two to 11 degrees. patchy low clouds this morning looking at more sun for the afternoon. dried tomorrow with mostly sunny skies and a few high clouds drifting in through the afternoon. there is a look at the rest of the day today where we see the absence of clouds. as we get into your sunday a similar temperature and the system is going to fall apart into monday. this was our one chance of rain. as we get into a partly cloudy monday we are looking down the road for our next chance of showers. that is the monday system. tuesday and wednesday we are dry . even an offshore flow bumping the numbers up. thursday and friday that is the next chance of rain. does not look like it will be happening either. as we take you into monday could be

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in the oakland hills, pg&e cruised -- crews were repairing transformers. the company says 26,000 customers had their power restored overnight. some people we spoke with said they are trying not let the power outages put a damper on the weekend. >> the kids are treating it like a campout. the neighbors are all helping each other out. some of the neighbors have power back up here now. >> pg&e says remaining customers who are without electricity should have power restored sometime this weekend. the east bay was the hardest hit part of the area. a wildfire in monterey county is now 25% contained. 150 acres have burned so far. highway one is closed in both directions. crews battle of fire from the air and on the ground. easing winds helped cruised -- crews gain the upper hand. >> we are talking the grasses, twigs, ground litter, that is all very dry. you put some wind behind that and it got the fire moving. >> residents between carmel and big sur remain evacuated tonight. the fire damaged at least one structure. no reports of any injuries. talks resume tomorrow

so noell. 44 ma now with the oakland hills at 41 miles per hour. fairfield downtown. 38 nevado. 36 and even downtown san francisco. 25 mile an hour gusts and it's going to ramp up overnight tonight, a high wind advisory and a wind warning in effect, as you make your way into parts of get up toward locking the this what occurs you get up. those areas are going to see some very gusty winds tonight. they continue to ramp up a bit. there shade of brown here down not much below. you get the oakland hills, the diablo range parts of the north bay and county. still some very gusty winds expected there as well. so some of these gusts, maybe 50, maybe even closer to 60 miles an hour. models are picking up on a 2 offshore winds in effect. those winds just kind of ramp up throughout the night 50, maybe some 60 mile an hour gust. the good news is most that comes tomorrow morning by the afternoon. those winds begin to subside. >> thank you, lawrence. coming up, are some parents, teachers and students at the open unified school district are talking about a teache

the oakland hills are starting to feel the winds. gusting up to 27 right now.l increase as the day goes on. a wind advisory will begin at 7:00 a.m., lasting until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. for the north bay, we will be watching winds up to 20 to 30 miles per hour. we could have gusts up to 50 miles per hour. we have a high wind warning in the mountains for gusts up to 70 miles per hour. downed trees and power outages are possible. there you go, 2 hour, even higher offshore, and it will continue through the afternoon and evening. winds will not calm until midday tomorrow. today, sunshine. it will feel warm, but it is windy. do not park under trees. you could see isolated power outages. be prepared and secure outdoor objects. so that is the weather. now traffic. jobina: good morning. happy friday, it's a happy friday commute. that's much different from yesterday. a live look outside showing off emeryville and 80, the -- we do not have advisories or blocking issues. a beautiful start to the day versus the commute we saw yesterday, which led to all of those accidents bec

it's really going to be whipping in the oakland hills. yeah, it's really be flying up there, too about that. here's the forecast overnight tonight. you see generally an offshore when trying to develop in some spots inland already, but fairly light. but then late tonight, you really begin to see those colors filling in. you start to see the orange and love the purple. look up to our scale. those winds gusting over 40 miles an hour. even i think down in the urban areas tomorrow. i think from time to time it's going to be blustery around parts of the bay area that continuing into the afternoon. look at the colors kind of filling in across the entire bay area throughout the afternoon in the evening hours. so plan on a bit of a windy one for tomorrow. overall, though, it continues to remain dry as well. that ridge of high pressure just too strong and that is sending the jet stream north. now the bay done so over the last 2 weeks, winds not much out there right now. it is fairly light. i think that changes, though. not only here, if you plan on

the coastal range is over the oakland hills. the diablo range, of course, going to be very blustery there as well. and then by tomorrow afternoon, looks like things begin to subside. you'll still fairly breezy in the north bay, but those winds coming way down by tomorrow evening. i've got another gusty night ahead. and same winds those offshore winds that relief and these temperatures and brought them up in the 60's. even the 70's 71 in santa rosa de 67 degrees in oakland. 68 in san jose and 67 degrees in concord. we did have one record at 69 degrees in canfield today. i think tomorrow afternoon should be another nice day. enjoy these temperatures while they last long range forecast starting to paint little rain coming back to the bay area. good light. vice president kamala harris visited southern california. she was in san bernardino today to talk about the federal money for wildfire prevention and mitigation. she announced the federal government will provide california 600 million dollars to help the state recover from wildfir

one of the worst spots, the oakland hills. several trees fell on power lines there. while the lights were out, people had to get creative. >> we have a gas stove, so i made some pasta and had a little headlamp and a lantern, and we had dinner by candlelight. >> we have a propane generator with a couple barbecue tanks and that's been getting us by. my neighbor's done the same thing. >> sounds like they were ready. many people in oakland hills are now more prepared for something like this after three years of public safety power shutoffs due to fire danger. >>> it is that time of year again, tax season. starting tomorrow, the irs will begin accepting individual income tax returns. as nbc bay area's marianne favro reports, the pandemic is still causing complications. >> reporter: it may be 2022, but the irs is still facing a significant backlog from last year. the reason, you guessed it. the pandemic. the irs is still trying to catch up after being forced to close offices and adjust to staffing shortages. >> there's a lot more work for the irs to do with a lot fewer sta

mount diablo. 44, it's no the oakland hills gusting to 41 40 mile an hour gusts in fairfield novato. 36 mile an hour gusts in san francisco gusting to 25. but these winds are just starting to ramp up again. expect a very gusty night across most of the mountain tops locally. guys, back to you, lawrence. thank you. another story of concern developing now in the north bay pg and e says more than 2000 customers are without power in sonoma county. >> you can see the affected area here on the pga. any outage map that is the orange area and it stretches from boise, hot springs up to the area around trinity road pg and e is investigating what caused this outage and has not said when it expects he restored. however, as lawrence mentioned, with all of the strong winds around the bay area, there may be outages related to high winds over the next few hours. a big development in the oakland unified school district. the teachers union and district officials say they have not reached an agreement on covid safety protocols. so the union is >> still threatening to go on strike if the demands are not

in the oakland hills, pg&e crews were repairing transformers. the company says 26,000 customers had their power restored overnight. some people we spoke with said they are trying not let the power outages put a damper on the weekend. >> the kids are treating it like a campout. the neighbors are all helping each other out. some of the neighbors have power back up here now. >> nice to see her smile through it all. pg&e says remaining customers who are without electricity should have power restored sometime this weekend. the east bay was the hardest hit part of the area. colorado fire in monterey county is now 25% contained. 150 acres have burned so far. highway one is closed in both directions. as crews battle the fire from the air and on the ground. easing winds helped crews gain the upper hand. calfire says a wildfire in january brings great concern. >> we are talking the grasses, twigs, ground litter, that is all very dry. you put some wind behind that and it got the fire moving. >> residents between carmel and big sur remain evacuated tonight.

firefighters are out in the oakland hills after reports of downed trees and power lines because of thea, you have been tracking this all night. lisa: peak wind gusts in oakland were 60 miles per hour, right now 32, but still over 55 miles per hour mount hood and mount diablo. under the wind advisory and a wind warning in the north bay. gusty down below at half moon bay 33 miles per hour. mild and sunny today with less wind. wind. liz: thank you and thank you for why hide your skin if dupixent has your moderate to severe eczema or atopic dermatitis under control? hide my skin? not me. by hitting eczema where it counts, dupixent helps heal your skin from within keeping you one step ahead of eczema. hide my skin? not me. and that means long-lasting clearer skin... and fast itch relief for adults. with dupixent, you can show more skin with less eczema. hide my skin? not me. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a para

oakland hills, 41 miles per hour. fairfield, 40. san jose, 26 miles per hour. not as big of a problem in the south bay as a north bay, but it will get windier as we approach midnight tonight. forecasted gusts up to 70 miles per hour at the highest peaks. downed trees and power outages are possible. strong high-pressure coupled with a deep low over the nevada- utah border means the offshore wind will continue through the night. they will pick at midnight. whether or not we will ever get rain again, we will cover that in the forecasted just a few minutes. >>> now to a live look at the state capital, where lawmakers could soon allow kids as young as 12 to get a covid shot without their parents okay. >> kpix 5's andria borba on the proposal that even some bay area parents say goes too far. >> reporter: senator weiner says this proposal would empower the nearly 1 million california teens to make their own medical decisions about the covid-19 vaccine. parents on the other hand are skeptical. >> it makes our schools less safe point >> reporter: on the steps of everett

oakland hills, 61. sonoma west of sonoma, a little bit of where we live we have not gotten terribly stronger gusts. late tonight gs cod pick up. high pressure about off shore combining with a low over the nevada/utah border is creating pressure and as a result the winds will be strong through tomorrow afternoon in the north bay but ease up for everybody. after sunrise tomorrow. it will be a windy night tonight and then the rest of the weekend is looking pretty good. the specifics on that will be covered in the forecast in just a few minutes. >> all right, thank you. >> starting tomorrow, santa clara county will give out 60,000 free home covid-19 test kits, residents need to schedule an appointment online before picking them up. the kits will be given away at four drive up locations. each household can receive four kits, the give away runs through january 30th. >>> live look at oakland where teachers are threatening to take a strike vote if they don't reach a new covid-19 safety deal with the district by

winds just ticked up in mount diablo. 53 miles an hour. 32 in oakland hills.he december storms brought us enough rain to provide enough moisture and fuel to prevent us from being so worried about moisture -- fire danger. if something does spark a it could rapidly spread. high pressure overhead. low pressure dropping down. the wind flow between the high and low is funneling through the area. that is what we have windy conditions. they will only increase for parts of the bay area. 6:00, 25, 30 mile an hour winds. this is at the higher levels, even stronger winds. middletown, 40, 43 mile an hour winds. gusting over 50 miles an hour at 2:00 a.m.. winds beginning to ease. not completely gone. 8:00 a.m., 40 mile an hour winds. letting up towards tomorrow evening. good idea to stay inside and avoid being outdoors near trees, in case they go down. beautiful enough for santa cruz. 66 in the city. 63 in mountain view. mid 60's half moon bay. a nice day at pier 39 for those who may want to visit the city. 67 in santa rosa. 63 in concord. here's a look at the forecast. ba

60's in the south bay tomorrow on those winds specially gusty over the east bay hills and the oakland hills as well. the diablo range, the north bay. you're going to see some very strong gusts throughout the night tonight and throughout the day tomorrow, probably still breezy into saturday, but staying dry right now looks like a high and dry well into next week. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> the forty-niners took off from team headquarters today making their way to green bay for tomorrow's division game playoff against the packers. jimmy garoppolo clutching not food box with his injured right hand. yeah, that's a good sign, right? he's been doing with that thumb issue. plus, a sprained shoulder. george kittle giveaway this he headed toward the bus and some more good news today. jimmy g and fred warner are no longer on the injured list. they were full participants in practice today so they should both be ready to go full throttle on saturday night. now, nick bosa situation is a little bit more. 10 us he suffered a concussion when he collided with dj jones last sunday against the cowboys. he's

it happened this afternoon on redwood road near the oakland hills tennis club. no word on what caused him to crash. >>> a solemn and emotional funeral in livermore for fallen sheriff county recruit david nguyen. >> this was part of the photomontage shown at nguyen's service. the 20-year-old was shot and killed earlier this month while driving home on i-580 near the bay bridge toll plaza. the sheriff said the community would have been lucky to have him at an officer. nguyen's girlfriend had these words to share. >> he was really one-of-a-kind. he really was. very honorable. he genuinely loved life. >> nguyen's loved ones said he compassed a lot in a short life, they described him as being charismatic yet selfless. $10,000 award is now being offered for information leading to the killer. >>> in the southbay, a scary moment as fire crews are dealing with a house fire. a firefighter fell through the roof of the home. he was taken to the hospital, but will be okay. fire crews arrived at the home just before noon. >>> there is a new plan to require california students

now, below the diablo range, the coastal hills also the oakland hills, likely going to see some gusty winds late tonight early tomorrow morning. not going to be blustery down below, but up above. you get above 1000 feet or so. you're likely to see those winds whipping around a bit. so looks like that will continue throughout the day tomorrow. it will be kind of one of those a blustery afternoon. but most that's just an offshore wind help of the likely a mix of the atmosphere little bit. and that means the air quality should improve slightly. a high pressure overhead. still, you see the storm system now to the south. just kind of spinning around what we call a cutoff low. so not in any tougher to move it. also a lot of clouds streaming across the skies. another beautiful sunset coming our way. i think for tomorrow night again, as those clouds will continue to move overhead and a chance scattered light showers and southern california. but overall, things are staying dry. that's the way it's going to be for tomorrow. temperatures in the 50's and 60's in the san francisco 50's along the c

windy across some of the mountaintop specially in the north bay and parts of the east bay, the oakland hillsnds up there as well. in fact, models are showing this overnight to offshore wind developing tonight. and then you really start to see the colors begin to pick up in parts of the north bay hills gusts over 30, maybe 40 plus miles an hour across some of the peak, same of the parts of the east bay. and even along the peninsula, the coastline, the santa cruz mountains, some gusty winds expected up above. not so much down in some of the urban areas and just see that from time to time. but blustery conditions around the bay area for friday and well, keep conditions into the weekend to temperature wise, not going to be bad. you've got a mixed numbers. lot of 60's outside. that's high of 68 degrees in concord and 59 degrees in cooler in san francisco. thank you, in national news, the republican national committee is planning to ban presidential candidates from participating in any debates, which is sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. >> this is video of a previous debate betw

snow ridge. 44 miles an hour, the oakland hills, 41 miles an hour in fairfield downtown. 38 miles an hour nevado 36 miles an hour. even in the san francisco. some 25 mile an hour blustery out there. now. it's going to stay that way overnight. tonight >> a high wind advisory has been posted for much of the bay area. high wind warning for some extremely strong winds. parts of the north bay are in napa and sonoma counties. we could see some gusts in excess of 50, 60 miles an hour. maybe even occasional 70 mile an hour wind across some of those higher peaks. there, not down in many of the urban areas, but much of the bay area now covered in that advisory is we're going to see those gusty winds continuing through tonight and through tomorrow, at least in the morning. anyway, see the model's picking up on that offshore flow, really kicking into gear. you see the colors in the reds in the purple showing up in the north. they also part of the east bay in the coastal range overnight tonight probably then to start to entertain some gusts, maybe 50, maybe 60 miles an hour. look at some of those

current winds look at oakland hills observation for the 11 o'clock hour. 52 miles an hour or so mighty in your neighborhood, but those winds definitely accelerating a few spots. and even you can see that napa gust of up to 35 miles an hour. things are really developing in the oakland area. take a look at the oakland airport earlier was calm sustained at 26 gusting to 58 miles an hour, so we do have a rapid increase in the wind speeds around portions of the bay area, half moon bay gusting to 54 miles an hours these winds expected to strengthen a bit more into early saturday morning in sticking around until mid morning on saturday, so there's a windy night across parts of the area here is this satellite if you high clouds moving overhead this afternoon. and it is still a mild evening at windy evening in a few spots. oakland 63 santa rosa 60 to san francisco 61 degrees. here's our live camera, looking out toward the golden gate bridge camera start shaking around a bit as well. so those winds have been mixing down the surface late tonight. and those winds will be around first thing tomorr

and in oakland hills they led to a lot of power outages in the east bay. the gusts were up to 40 and 50. watch how the gusts dropped off except for the higher hills of east bay. the wind has shift somewhat out of the southeast. temperatures cooled to 59 degrees. humidity now closer to 40%. the weather actually helping things out there. the larger issue is the dry pattern we have been in. now two weeks running, even with the fog in the valleys the hills have been warm and dry. you add in one of the stronger offshore wind events we have seen in months that leads to high fire conditions for some of the hillsides. the good news is that we could see a pattern change. next seven to ten days, what we need to see is rain, and more sierra snow. we will have a closer look at the pattern shift in the forecast in eight minutes. >>> let's take you back outside to the east bay now. we saw a lot of this today, trees falling onto cars, homes, and across streets. this was in oakland. some of those trees also bringing down power lines, leaving thousands of people in the dar

. >> reporter: that's how long russ taylor has been without power at his home in the oakland hills. a neighbor shared pictures of the damage caused when a huge tree fell in the neighborhood, knocking out power in the area early saturday. he says he's managed. >> we have a gas stove, so i made some pasta and had a little headlamp and a lantern, and we had dinner by candlelight. >> reporter: pg&e crews were on his block working today. he hoped to have power by late afternoon. nearby crews also worked to restore power where another tree fell. the utility says extra crews and resources are in place, but some neighbors already had backup plans in place. >> we have a propane generator with a couple barbecue tanks and that's getting us by. my neighbor's done the same thing. >> reporter: ron cornell says when he learned about power shutoffs, he made a purchase. >> we knew that the psps were coming. it keeps the refrigerators running. we don't lose food. >> reporter: in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> an ominous warning in ukraine. the state department is ordering families at

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now, we are gusting up to 41, our fastest wind and we are not even close to the peak yet. 40 in oakland hills, 4:00, and even narrower, from about 8:00 to 4:00. about an eight-hour window for the fastest wind. we are under a warning for just about -- for everywhere

oakland fremont and san jose 66 degrees, also windy and a few spots, maybe not in your neighborhood. you could see it for the higher peaks. mount diablo wind gust of 65 miles an hour. healdsburg hillskland oakland hills 37 miles an hour, so some breezy conditions for the higher elevations. here's the plan this weekend for saturday, mostly cloudy skies after some patchy fog and then partly cloudy skies for sunday and into monday, so we're not going to have completely clear conditions. few high clouds will continue to roll in from the pacific. and you can't see the source of the cloud cover because he all those clouds have heading from the fighting for the south down towards southern california and also approaching the area. so there's a slight chance of some rainfall closer to a san luis obispo county. but for us, we're just expecting a few high clouds . current numbers out there for the six o'clock our upper forties for fairfield, san francisco, 57 half moon bay 50 degrees, and here's our live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. as i mentioned, we're tracking some high cloud cover into the weekend. we'll have more on that. and your updated five day forecast coming up

oak lapd hills, 63, 58 for the oakland airport and half moon bay at 55. so it was certainly gusty yesterday and i know you're probably wondering what are the latest conditions on the fire near big sur. the good news is the winds have diminished and the latest information we got is that it's 25% contained. temperatures aren't too warm today. we'll be in the upper 50s, about 57 degrees. the winds from the northeast are at about 7 miles per hour and we could see much better recovery and humidity later on, it's about 28% near that area. long-range outlook, we could see rain. we had a good decent amount of rain and it paused and it looks like heading into the first weekend of february, last weekend of january, we could finally get activities, especially to our north. it's going to be a beautiful day. over to you. >> thank you so much. >>> it is 7:45. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." a new poll says americans are not happy with government leaders. coming up, nbc bay area political analyst joins us to break down the numbers and explain why the publ

now, we are gusting up to 41, our fastest wind and we are not even close to the peak yet. 40 in oakland hills and mount tam. the window is going to open up from about 5:00 to about, say, 4:00, and even narrower, from about 8:00 to 4:00. about an eight-hour window for the fastest wind. we are under a warning for just about -- for everywhere in yellow, which is just about everywhere, except santa claraxc county. if you are driving a high-profile vehicle, you definitely need to hold on with both hands. here a look at our wind-up i've :00. notice they are cranking up at 10:00, 30 to 40 miles per hour and then pushing 50 as we head up toward 1:00 in the morning. into tomorrow morning, they retreat. they are still very fast in the north bay mountains, and as the day unfoldsa gorgeous weekend cg minutes for that. in the east bay a man has been arrested for a deadly shooting in oakland. police say this was an unprovoked attack and that the shooter was walking down the street screaming that he was going to shoot someone, which he then did. apparently 38-year-old ronald sanders of oakland was shot and

oakland hills upwards approaching 40 miles an hour. here's a look at some of the current surface winds out there. santa rosa gus. 25 napa gusting to 40 miles an hour, so might be a calm wind in your neighborhood right now, but other areas picking up those stronger conditions of stronger gusts out toward half moon bay gusting at 36 miles an hour now temperatures happen on the warm side. lots of sixties and seventies for today and this weekend. we're expecting the same deal. now the winds stick around tonight into your saturday morning and then the winds back off later in the day saturday and sunday will be completely sunny forecast. all weekend long we continue to look for those rain clouds coming up. let you know if we have any rain clouds to talk about with your full forecast in a few minutes, mark. thank you. california is regaining more jobs lost during the pandemic. the unemployment rate dropped half a percent last month to 6.5% the state gained 50,700 nonfarm jobs. that's more than a quarter of all of the jobs added nationwide las

lonifayola saturday when strong winds took down this giant spruce tree on a silimar drive in the oakland hillsso around 4 am we heard a giant bang and saw a really bright flash of white light the tree knocked these power lines down leaving neighbors in the dark abc 7 assistant news director josh hubbard spoke live from his house on 27 mornings as the chaos unfolded here. this is an open firefighter right in front of my house. i'm on the second floor of my house on the other side of the window that i'm looking out. there's just a power line. just dangling removing the tree could take days not far away. this tuple tree was blocking colton boulevard. this is gonna take you know, good couple of days to clean this all up and get our power back on in the meantime. we'll be cold. and miss the football game on tv tonight and rock ridge strong winds down this 50 foot elm tree on 62nd street destroying norman mcleod's car, but i'm so surprised that tree fell. and it just happened to be on my card as plenty of parking and i i just like to park there slow going and piedmont where many traffic lights were

you in the hills there, it's really breezy over areas like mount diablo with 45 mph reported the oakland hillsot oakland north reporting 17 and middle peak at 22 so afternoon hikes, maybe a mountain biking. you're definitely going to find a breeze out there. outside of that very enjoyable day. the high clouds overhead for today, mostly sunny skies, mild conditions and temperatures several degrees above average in many areas. those numbers coming in just a moment, let's take a look at the future cast model when it comes to the cloud cover what you can expect a for your afternoon notice. not a whole lot. it just continues to roll through coming in from the south all the way into your friday evening, so another beautiful sunset coming our way. meanwhile for your afternoon today 65 degrees in santa rosa, seven degrees above the seasonal average for you there a little bit above average in san francisco, coming in at 60, 64 oakland low sixties livermore as well as san jose. temperatures will come down just slightly getting into your bay area weekend. i'll have a look at the afternoon highs for the r

trees fell into the equipment and oakland hills on saturday. residents tried hard not to let the outage spoil weekend plans. >> the kids are treating it like a campout. the neighbors are all helping each other, we had a neighbor give us some big ice blocks for the fridge and some neighbors have battery backup here now. kumasi: windy weather toppled trees into cars, christian cars like this one in oaklands rock rich district. reggie: part of highway one is closed as crews continue to battle the wildfire. 700 acres have burned since the fire broke out friday. using wins help crews gain the upper hand. calfire says there is a lot of concern about wildfire in january. >> the grasses, twigs, ground litter is all very dry. he put some wind behind that -- you put some wind behind that, it gets the fire moving. reggie: hundreds of residents are not evacuated. fire has damaged at least one structure. no reports of injuries. so far, it is 35% contained. a concerning site found in san francisco. the disturbing anti-semitic messages being spread on flyers

that's we're really going to see those gusty winds that continues the east bay, the oakland hills, the diablo range. also the coastal range going to see some gusty winds. that's going to continue throughout the day. it will be blustery times down below, but not much in the way of wind just a general offshore breeze. so that being said that should the improve the air quality a little bit high pressure we'll build in overhead. low pressure is going to kick to the south and the east of us and that's going to generate those winds around the bay area. so tomorrow, yeah, a little blustery in spots. so watch out for that. especially if you're traveling out there and driving a high-profile vehicle. still, we're going to see some of those high clouds that cut off low spinning through southern california tomorrow morning. 09:30am, still some of that rotating back into the bay area. see more of that coming up our way as we head in toward the evening hours. that means again, that sunset boy, it is just been filled with beautiful colors. reds, orange yellows been spectacular. going to see that agai

we have the oakland hills reporting anywhere from 10 to 16 mph and into the north bank. big breakfast reporting 11 getting into the evening hours. partly cloudy skies cooler conditions right now. temperatures are down by six degrees over yesterday at this time in palo alto is down by seven. so again a chilly evening, setting up we're still holding onto some sixties out there, though. 61 degrees right now in berkeley, 60 over san francisco in the north bay upper fifties in novato. we've got 60 degrees right now over a san jose tomorrow morning for our early starters going to be a chilly one, especially for inland cities where we are going to begin the day freezing in santa rosa. for the inner east bay 35 in livermore. so just about freezing for you there and around the bay upper thirties and fremont redwood city low forties in oakland, 46 san francisco, one of the warmer spots they're going to be 50 degrees in pacifica. the afternoon highs still above average, although some of us won't be quite as warm as today, 66 for santa rosa 66 in san jose , so several degrees above

the oakland hills there. you could see some winds 20 miles per hour or so.th, they'll be a little bit breezy over the mountain tops as well. but temperatures staying a fairly comfortable watch out for some debts to the fog early tomorrow morning. i think by about the middle of the morning that is long gone. lots of sunshine to return. those offshore windt will be kicking will be breezy in spots. still plenty of sunshine and warmer weather over the next few days. that will cool down with some partly cloudy skies over the weekend. >> thank you, lawrence. california has launched a new effort to help students graduate from college with less debt. it allows them to trade volunteer work for cash for college kron. four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >> starting this fall, thousands of college students across california could get funds for living expenses and other financial perks in return for volunteer work. in short. >> we are making it clear here in california like the g i if you're willing to serve your community and give back in a meaningful

let's check in on the hills remount diablos reporting. 44 the oakland hills reporting 35 36 or so and then we get into the north bay middle peak reporting 26 mph and again we are dry. take a look at the relative humidity in some areas. los alamos road reporting. 19% relative humidity. santa rosa right now reporting 20% so mostly clear, windy, dry out there, and as a result of these winds, temperatures are a lot warmer in most areas compared to yesterday. first on the wind advisory. take a look. it's widespread over the north bay from the costar valleys in the shade of pink. is actually a wind warning for our hills over areas of the north bay, the rest of the bay area, central and south and dealing with that wind advisory santa clara county, one of the spots that does not have the wind advisory stretches over towards saratoga, saratoga, where you are excluded as well. temperatures outside right now half moon bay 11 degrees former than yesterday at this time by 10 and sfo and by five in novato , here's the check on the temperatures 67, san francisco mid sixties and walnut creek opera si

the winds are breezy. 23 in oakland hills. 20 in knoxville. we will see some of this breeze mixing out some of the haze but it looks like another moderate day when it comes to air quality. this is the view from san jose. believe it or not, you can see a lot of fog in the south bay right now and we will trap -- check air quality later today. moderate air quality across the region. you will notice the haze in the sky. not a huge concern unless you have respiratory concerns so you want to limit your time outside. it is a nice day shaping up in terms of temperatures. by lunchtime, we are in the 50's and later this afternoon, we have a lot of sunshine. moderate hui of 60 in the city. 61 in oakland. 65 in santa rosa. 62 in conroe. we will look at the forecast in eight minutes. first, let's check in with francis. francis: good morning. fog is the biggest challenge for the morning commute and we will start with a camera outside. check out emeryville. headlights move westbound toward the bay bridge but yesterday was a big mess on the bay bridge. so far

other red, even the purple out there early in the morning, even in the east bay hills over the oakland hills, the diablo range in the coastal sections. you're going to see some gusty winds. that's one of those days where the bridges get be very careful. if you drive a truck, we're high profile vehicle, a van be very, very careful of both hands on the wheel tomorrow. these winds are going to be gusty all around the bay area even down below. i think keeping that in mind, things staying dry outside. that's the way it's going to be. looks like that ridge of high pressure just too strong for now. so we're going to keep things on the mild side, even though it's going to be windy at times. those numbers still going to be moving up well into the 60's around much of the bay area. and checking out your ten-day forecast, taking us almost until the end of the month here. here we go. we've got a windy day tomorrow, breezy on saturday, dry and sunny right to the weekend. things becoming partly cloudy as we head toward next weekend. but still dry. thank you, lawrence. >> the california department of water

we zoom in closer with wet weather in the oakland hills and vallejo.el one system through 10:00 a.m.. some showers and the biggest issue will be wet roads and reduced visibility. you can see the tops of the bay bridge getting chopped off by low cloud cover. slick roads on the bay bridge right now. we will keep the rain in the forecast at 9:00 a.m. with scattered showers. by noon, the rain moves out but the clouds linger. it is mostly cloudy and limited in terms of sunshine. mild by 4:00 p.m. with temperatures in the upper 50's. 58 for most of us inland. reggie: after a very long trial and hearing from elizabeth holmes herself a jury convicted the founder of theranos on several counts of fraud and we now know how long she will serve. amy hollyfield is live. amy: there does not seem to be a ter, thonprise in the rions surpdin vests but not patients. elizabeth holmes was allowed to leave the courthouse and was not taken into custody after the verdict. she did not comment as she left the courthouse. many thought that this case but the silicon valley cultur