oh yes is putting out this information before pacific gas and electric we think so too we reached out to pacific gas electric and they could not confirm or deny that information. they say they will have an update shortly but as of right now, it is potential the shut off in 30 counties throughout california except for napa county where the office of emergency services indicates that power shut off will definitely happen. late tuesday night or early wednesday morning and it could last up to 5 days live in the oakland hills dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan we want to check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow standing by to talk about this fire danger 30 counties and that's that's a lot of territory that's huge. but that's the kind of weather system that's developing probably the most critical fire danger of seeing in the bay area over the past couple years at least. >>and so got to be really really careful. this can emphasize that enough as we want to see extremely dry conditions and very strong gusty winds, not only over the mountain tops. i think in many of the urban a

pacific gas and electric cutting electricity to a dozen counties in the state to reduce the possible fires. here's dan simon in los angeles. >> reporter: dave and christine, folks here in northern california, once again, firing up the portable generators as pg&e, pacific gas and electric, once again shutting off for about 180,000 customers. and that's happening because of the strong winds. the winds could be as strong as 60 miles per hour, enough to topple over utility polls and cause a catastrophic wildfire. businesses are going to lose money. and it's no fun for anybody when you lose electricity. one of the biggest critics towards the pg&e for all of this, has been the governor, gavin newsom, who has been saying for decades, pg&e, has been prioritizing profits over public safety. in the meantime, southern california could be impacted, as well. 300,000 or so customers could lose power over the next day or so, because of the santa ana winds. all this, a reaction to some of the state's worst and most destructive fires, including the camp fire. and a power line is determined to be the c

years the kind of hardening of the great was not done those were decisions that were made by pacific gas and electric. bills has more now from los angeles. more than a 1000000 people in northern and southern california will be spending tonight in the dark after the power company shut off the electricity to vast swathes of the state as a preventative measure in hopes of preventing wildfires now there are heavy winds blowing it's called the santa ana winds and it's a seasonal phenomenon wind gusts of up to 112 kilometers per hour these gusts can cause faults and sparks on power lines in wooded areas and in fact the utility p.g. and e. . was found to have been at fault. because last year because its equipment shorted out cause various wildfires that burned vast areas and incinerated the entire town of paradise california killing $85.00 people so the outage may last for several days because once the wind dies down the utility will have to test the lines make sure there are no breaks or faults and so people are very unhappy with this they have been stockpiling food water ice batteries fuel all sorts of th

trump, against misinformation in social media, against mark zuckerberg and talking about how pacific gas and electric company is one of the biggest be benefactors of our current governor is a pretty good way to run in 2022. we can run more false ads. we have more politicians, including myself, ready to run more ads after the election. imagine what it looks like if we run an ad in kentucky to -- and these are real facebook criteria -- we can run an ad saying mitch mcconnell is secretly supportive of impeachment and is just waiting to impeach president trump because he wants power for himself or doesn't like trump, and we run those to the categories of high school education or less -- >> are you going to do that? >> i'm not going to tip my hand. to do that.s like you're going - >> we'll see. >> we will see. gabriel hampton, we'll be following you and what you cook up. adriel hampton, thank you. >> thank you. >>> hear why top military generals say protecting the dog in the isis operation is important to security. to one that can take on a bigger challenge. from packaging tape... to tape that can bond ma

years the kind of hardening of the great was not done those were decisions that were made by pacific gas and electric. and that least 5 people have been killed in ecuador following a week of violent protests demonstrators took several police officers captive parading them on stage in the capital quito the protesters are angry at new austerity measures introduced by president lenin merino that have led to higher fuel prices during a says he won't step down well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera world stage of them so what about. on the 10th of may 28th the wife of a libyan politician i'm told lawyers held up an historic document a letter of apology from the british prime minister the u.k. lost its way when i got mixed up in the rendition of an innocent pregnant woman and to get off a dissident but today i think it stood on the right side of history by recognizing its mistakes and by apologizing. abdulhakim bell high and his wife fatima bhutto had been fighting for 6 years to get the british government to admit it rendered them and handed them over to the re

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i'm andy visi, president and ceo of the pacific gas and electric company, which means i am the leader of our utility operations. bill johnson, the ceo of pg&e corporation, who is normally here at the podium has the evening off. we try to support each other. these are long events. 24 hours on. we're working hard and it it's important that we try to model the right behavior. so i'm spelling him this evening and will be giving comments in his stead. so, as you heard from mark, we have restored nearly all of the customers who were affected by this week's psps. with the exception of those in snow makoun at this who are impacted by the kincaid fire as it's not yet safe to do so. we are supporting first responders who are fighting to bring that fire under control, and we thank them for their courage, dedication and putting themselves in harm's way. we also recognize the pain, fear and anxiety of those who have lost property to the fire or who have evacuated their homes and businesses to get out of its path. these are terrible things to experience. our hearts go out to all those wo are having

utility companies shut off power to reduce risks of wildfire the planned power outage by pacific gas and electric less schools businesses and banks in the dark high winds and dry heat have raised the threat of power lines snapping and there are concerns that the electrical grid could start another blaze that would rival the california campfire 2018 which killed at least $86.00 people and destroyed thousands of homes. the ugandan pups are turned off edition m.p. bobby wind has again been prevented from performing at a concert he escaped on a major bite from security forces who surrounded his home and the police say he didn't have permission for the victoria gave him the reports. politician bobby wine celebrates his escape from uganda security forces by writing through the streets of the capital kampala cheered on by supporters. one was due to hold an independent state considered a beach resort but hours before he was due to perform soldiers and police officers surrounded by his home and the venue multitudes of soldiers and policemen were deployed at one. i need even my home this very place was sea

years the kind of hardening of the great was not done those were decisions that were made by pacific gas and electric the world health organization says the boehner epidemic in northeast democratic republic of congo has been confined to a small area but one that's remote and contains rebel groups the number of new bern a case has dropped from nearly 130 in april to 51 in mid september there were 14 new infections last week and the executive director of the world health organization's emergency program says there's still a long way to go before the disease is completely eradicated we have significantly contain the virus you know much smaller geographic area now we have to kill the virus the problem is it's back in areas that are deeply you secure we've got money operations in these areas. of people who live in villages and work in mines most of the time. remaining as government has collapsed at the losing a no confidence vote just weeks ahead of a presidential election a majority of m.p.'s voted in favor of the motion against the prime minister. she was appointed in january 28th becoming the 3rd prime

transmission tower occurred around the time that the fire started we're waiting to hear from pacific gas and electricls they're supposed to hold a news conference at 5.30. they have announced that large portions of the east bay will be losing power this coming weekend with another preemptive power shut off because of intense winds forecasted for this weekend so as soon as that press conference starts at pga headquarters in san francisco. we'll take you there live. >>some large animals evacuating from the fire zone are also in need of emergency shelter, the sonoma county fairgrounds is ready to receive hundreds of animals if necessary conference has made you and has the information you need to know. >>large animals evacuated from the kincaid fire will find emergency shelter here at the sonoma county fairgrounds in santa rosa and there is plenty of space up to 800 stalls to accommodate animals here says. >>the ceo of the sonoma county fairgrounds becky bartley. >>so the county asked us last night to activate a facility for. >>now pg news holding a press conference let's go to it. >>are. these well fire

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than a 1000000 people in california as the stage tries to prevent fires from breaking out pacific gas and electric announced the deliberate outage to avoid a repeat of last year when their power cables were determined as the cause of the state's deadliest ever wildfire that left 85 people dead and destroyed thousands of properties well those are the headlines on al-jazeera what this continues next thank you for watching. how was. your brother got into picking him though. i was you know a boy you took him i guess. others will look book for kids some of them to sit down with one. another who up to. be theirs on the. obvious tornado that's you i think it's you know. but if i look at we are smith magazine. only going. to get. down into giving it to me. the only. way for you to know my sexuality jamie got so. i think. it's. it's it's. well it's called. oh. by. the. river. which is the. one from them that will be one that has. begun to question even with us as to the. what is the title i would often not but. what i saw some something for the street. 2 kids and a c.c. on the. you know who would you want

thanks for joining us tonight, everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm liviakis pacific gas electric says windy weather coupled hot dry conditions means a power shut off could happen. rivers dan kerman has the story. our lines in alameda county may be among those pacific gas and electric shuts off to reduce the risk of fire. alameda county joins 30 other counties in the state, including counter lake napa san mateo santa clara santa cruz solano and sonoma county that may see the lights go out th

pacific gas and electric think its equipment may be linked to three more fires in the state.,000 customers without power in northern california, down from almost 1 million earlier this week. >>> the same hurricane-force winds are fuelling the getty fire that's torched the hills north of santa monica. the fire threatens more than 7,000 homes. finally, a silver lining to all the black smoke, a northern california couple hoping to deliver a baby at home, were forced this evacuate this week by the kincade fire. they had their baby in a hotel in napa. >>> teachers in chicago have a tentative deal to go back to work. why is the strike entering day 11? so many great stories from amazing people. makes me wanna be better. to connect with stories that i'm listening to- that's inspiration. with audible originals, there's something for almost every taste in there. everything you ever wanted to hear. our ability to empathize through these stories can be transformational. it's my own thing that i can do for me. download audible and start listening today. - in the last year, of cybercrime e

meantime, pacific gas and electric, says its equipment may be linked to three more fires in the state00,000 customers without power in northern california. that's an improvement. more than 1 million earlier this week. >>> boeing ceo, back in the hot seat on capitol hill. this hearing was far more intense than dennis muilenburg's appearance on tuesday, asking about the 737 max crashes. family members were groaning as mu muilenburg was mentioning growing up on an iowa farm. a mother whose son died on n one of the crashes confronted him. >> we're talking about your performance and you start talking about iowa. you talked about iowa one too many times. and the whole group said, go back to the farm. go back to iowa. do that. and it's because when you make mistakes like that, and you can acknowledge them, then, you know, maybe someone else should do that work. so, i don't feel like you understand. when you say, i want to dig in and confront and -- confront a situation and i want to solve the situation. it comes to the point where you're not the person anymore to solve the situation. >> i re

que preocupa a los residentes es que aunque no es oficial, algunos de los portavoces de pacÍfic gas and electricvolverÍan a cortar el suministro de electricidad. creo que si algo se puede rescatar de toda la crisis de incendio californiaes la red tan obsoleta que existe en california y muchos medios estÁn haciendo eco de que la Única soluciÓn para evitar los incendios es cortar el suministro y to borja: vamos con polÍtica porque la palabra linchamiento es trending luego de que el presidente trump calificÓ la investigaciÓn de juicio polÍtico de la cÁmara de demÓcratas con el tÉrmino asociado a las ejecuciones de afroamericanos. el presidente tuiteo: " si un demÓcrata se convierte en presidente y los republicanos ganan la mayorÍa en la cÁmara pueden destituir al presidente sin el debido proceso o la justicia o cualquier derecho legal. todos los republicanos deben recordar lo que estÁn presenciando aquÍ: un linchamiento". carolina: rÁpidamente reaccionÓ karen paz y dice que le parece fuera de tono lo que dice el presidente trump. es la segunda vez que habla de linchamiento cuando se refiere a ataqu

so it looks like a power company pacific gas and electric may be responsible for the cage fire that's burning up in sonoma county down here in san in california it looks like a tree branch may have been knocked off of the tree due to the i wins and it hit a power line and that's what started been getting fire now this is not been concerned but as of right now that's what they're looking at up north in p.g. and e. they've been responsible for several fires because their infrastructure is a 100 years old and it's just old it's antiquated and so when you get wind gusts of up to 809100 miles an hour in some spots it knocks these power lines off and they hit the vegetation and that's what sparks a grass fire then you've got a live fire and so power company has been shutting power after people and that's really getting people upset so today everybody's got power but that may change by about noon or so in northern california and definitely by early in the evening by for southern cal on chase and thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was reporter jason kemp and downey out in los

thanks for joining us tonight, everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm liviakis pacific gas electric says windy weather coupled hot dry conditions means a power shut off could happen. rivers dan kerman has the story. our lines in alameda county may be among those pacific gas and electric shuts off to reduce the risk of fire. alameda county joins 30 other counties in the state, including counter lake napa san mateo santa clara santa cruz solano and sonoma county that may see the lights go out this is a very widespread. >>whether that with strong dry winds covers you know a large swath of our service area throughout northern california. >>it shut off happens it would be prior to the windy weather which is due in early wednesday morning through thursday. if that happens this would be the first time for a power shut off in the oakland hills. i was here in the oakland area. >>grew up in for the 91 wildfire. >>the 1991 oakland fire storm remains fresh in the minds of those who live here and that's why many support a power shut off. if it will reduce the risk of fire. >>i think it's a good thing to st

and trying to get ahead. pacific gas -- pacific gas and electric cuts power to hundreds of thousands of homes.closed, i went to the seventh 11, everything is closed, iwent box is closed, i went to the seventh 11, everything is closed, i went to nj few blogs and i was like, what is going on? cutting the power of this very serious. failed power lines we re very serious. failed power lines were blamed for a wildfire that destroyed the town of paradise last year, killing over 80 people and decimating the community. a firm faces billions of dollars in claims. now the warning lights are out amid the morning for wildfires. many residents are farfrom the morning for wildfires. many residents are far from impressed. the traffic lights are not working, i think that it's bizarre, hopefully people will behave and be kind and cooperative. as shops stand entity, people in america's most populous state have to wait to see if powering down. more homes from burning down —— as shops stand empty. now the headlines. five people have been stabbed at the arndale shopping centre in manchester. counterterror police a

the state of california is now launching an investigation into what it says is pacific gas and electric's overreliance on power outages and the risks to human life that they pose. pg&e admits two fires that broke out sunday near san francisco may have been caused by its own electrical malfunctions. >> wow. laura podesta in new york. thank you. >>> on capitol hill now, a top white house ukraine expert will testify today in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. alexander vidman plans to tell house lawmakers he reported concerns about that controversial phone call between mr. trump and ukraine's president. he's the first witness who actually listened in on that phone call. meanwhile, the house plans to hold its first vote on the impeachment inquiry on thursday. the resolution will lay out procedures for public hearings and outline due process rights for the president. yesterday, former white house official charles cupperman, defied a subpoena failing to show up for a scheduled deposition. >> i think we can infer from the white house's position to dr. cupperman's testimony that they b

reporter: this is what california electric companies are trying to avoid: downed power lines are blamed for causing some of california's worst wildfires and driven pacific gas electric to file morehan customersni residents say it created more problems than it solved. >> you couldn't find anything. call a number, number wouldn't-- couldn't get through. >> reporter: at an emergency meeting of california's public utilities commission friday, regulators chastisedly the company's c.e.o. >> what we saw play out by pg&e last week can't be repeated. >> reporter: but the utility says there could be 10 more years of shutoffs while it updates equipment to prevent future fires. >> let me assure you, we do not like to turn off the power, but we actually didn't have any catastrophic fires in northern and central california. and that was the sole intent. >> reporter: southern california edison says it, too, may now shut off power to thousands as the forecast calls for winds to pick up. when last week's deadly saddleridge fire broke out, and investigators are now trying to determine if a live wire may have been the cause. when the fire blew through here last week, it destr

rather than just relying the assets and resources of pacific gas and electric, the state has supplemented the resources with the california highway patrol and fixed wing aircraft. that was allowed to go by utilization of infrared technology and move very expeditiously. accordingly we used the national guard similar technology that is attached to the number of helicopters we have provided is resource supplement to pacific gas and electric. they have gone through the first phase of the investigations on the transmission line and now they are moving to the distribution lines to begin the process of reentering over the next couple of hours. and we hope within the next 48 hours, two days were that will be substantially complete. i do not want to parse that by making the word substantially. there are no guarantees that all of that will be complete. you can talk with pg&e directly about their procedures and protocols because as you know, we are entering back into wind events later to the middle part of this week these things may actually coincide and there may be some crossover related to that.

. >> pacific gas and electric company pg& e planea nuevos apagones que afectarÍan a casi 6.000 clientesmientras tanto un ejÉrcito de bomberos que aumenta con los dÍas, estÁ en pie de guerra, maria . >> para que tengan una idea de la dimensiÓn de este desastre, les cuento que el duplicado en tamaÑo a san francisco, sus llamas ya han arrasado a mÁs de 75 mil acres, amenaza a mÁs de 90 mil estructuras, el avance del fuego ha forzado la evacuaciÓn de mÁs de 185 mil personas, el esfuerzo por frenarlo por ahora no alcanza, solo estÁ contenido en 5%, en los Ángeles el incendio ha quemado de de 600 acres, evacuados mÁs de diez mil personas, de igual manera el fuego apenas estÁ controlado en 15% y la situaciÓn puede ser peor, el servicio nacional del tiempÁ al jueves, el sur de california, puede experimentar, los vientos mÁs fuertes en una dÉcada, francisco cuevas estÁ con lo Último. >> con la evacuaciÓn obligatoria para miles de personas, este lugar es un vecindario fantasma, pero a pesar de la destrucciÓn el. >> todo latino es visible. >> dÍas dificiles y el tiempo asÍ de malo, igual nos toca.

i'm andy visi, the ceo and president of the pacific gas and electric company. what that means is i have the responsibility for all of our utility operations. let me start my remarks by recognizing that we have two ongoing fire events, the kincade fire in sonoma county and down in the south, the tick fire. i mentioned these because i want to acknowledge the first responders who are currently battling those flames and all the individual residents and citizens of california who've been either evacuated or impacted by those fires. i start there because it puts into context what we are talking about here tonight. it is our absolute objective to ensure that we do nothing to add to that list. we talk about 30,000 miles of conductor in the air that in normal circumstances provides continuous electric power to all our customers. what we find ourselves is experiencing what is called a historic or significant wind event coming. typically in this industry the way that would be handled would ri would hit these lines, they would say be localized outages, we would repair them

thursday burning hundreds of acres and in northern california lights went out utility company pacific gas and electric had to apologize over its controversial decision to preemptively cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers this week in an effort to prevent a wildfire earlier this year pga any reached a settlement for its role in the 2018 camp fire. saying it was probable the fire was sparked after a power line touched nearby trees the fire was the deadliest in california history. history california officials do not want to repeat we've been able to stave off some of the worst. as it relates to wildfires. >>but we're not out of the woods. >>i'm kelly smoot reporting. >>by any stretch as that red flag warning folawrence car here back in the dicey weather. yeah we're not going to be done with a fire season until we some significant rainfall in california right now i don't see that happening so we deal with the offshore winds and the fires right now they had gusts overnight in this area of over 50 miles per hour. they have calmed down somewhat but see there van nuys to 60 miles per hour. santa cl

. >>> harsh words from the california public utilities commission about pacific gas and electric decision to shut off power to 700,000 customers or roughly 2 million people. >>> unacceptable situation that should never be repeated. that requires scrutiny and correction.>> reporter: this meeting was called to hold the utility to task. president and ceo jo johnson tried to punch back in his opening statement. saying the shut off prevented wildfires and aboveground power lines were damaged in the wind event. >>> we have more than 100 confirmed cases to wind damage to our electric system. trees and branches and other thing coming into contact with the lines. and power lines on the ground. these instances were widespread across the system. contact of this type is known to cause ignition when lines are energized.>> reporter: he fought back against an assertion the pg&e was only covering its own liability with the ps ps. >>> i've heard and read skepticism about our actions. i hear skepticism about whether the shut off was truly necessary. and whether the scope was too large. skepticism that we d

pacific gas and electric is preparing for what could be the largest and most widespread power shutoff yet. it will start as soon as tomorrow. pg&e said they have notified 850,000 customers that it's a possibility. 400,000 of those customers in the bay area. >> here's a map showing the outage areas in orange. and it includes every county in the bay area, except san francisco. the company said that this gempt is necessary. -- outage is necessary. >> we should not have to be here. years and years of greed, years and years of mismanagement. particularly with the largest owned utility in the state of california. pg&e, that greed has precipitated in a lack of hardening the grid. the trns mission lines they simply did not do their job. it took us decades to get here and we will get out of this mess. >> boy, he did not mince words, did he? >> he is serious aut it. >> 120,000 residents in contra costa county stand to lose power this weekend. with an additional swath of outages through the berkley hills. >> we have how this outage could be different from the last. leslie? >> you bet and in a lo

. >> rather than just relying on the assets and resources of pacific gas and electric, the state has supplemented those with the california highway patrol and fixed wing aircraft that was about to go for infrared technology and get up and move x pa dish shusly. we have used those with a number of helicopters. they have gone through the first phase on the transition lines and now moving to the distribution lines to begin the process over the course of the next number of hours. we hope in the next 48 hours, two days, where that will be substantially complete. i want to pars that by making the point substantially. there is no guarantees that all that will be complete. you can caucus with pg&e directly about their procedures and protocols because you an know we're entering back into wind events later in the middle part of this week and these things maaco inside and there maybe some crossover related to that. >>> there is a fire that has generated some attention in northern part of the state in and around -- well, particularly ukiah area, and we're getting our arms around that. i think you

pacific gas and electric may be shutting off the lights again this time to power lines and portions ofcross california, including alameda contra costa lake napa

more than a 1000000 people in california as stage tries to prevent fires from breaking out pacific gas and electric announced the deliberate outage to avoid a repeat of last year when their power cables were determined as the cause of the state's deadliest ever wildfire that left 85 people dead and destroyed thousands of properties rob reynolds has more from los angeles. more than a 1000000 people in northern and southern california will be spending tonight in the dark after the power company shut off the electricity to vast swathes of the state as a preventative measure in hopes of preventing wildfires now there are heavy winds blowing it's called the santa ana winds and it's a seasonal phenomenon wind gusts of up to 112 kilometers per hour these gusts can cause faults and sparks on power lines in wooded areas and in fact the utility p.g. and e. . was found to have been at fault. because last year because its equipment shorted out cause various wildfires that burned vast areas and incinerated the entire town of paradise california killing $85.00 people so the outage may last for several days becau

thanks for joining us tonight i'm ken why and i'm pam moore, pacific gas and electric says windy weather couple with high. >>dry conditions means a power shut off could happen and not just in the familiar spots, but across the state and 30 of california's 58 counties well for us dan kerman live in the oakland hills tonight which potentially could be among the locations affected. dan. that's right alameda county is on the list of potential areas that could see power shut off. >>right now all of those 30 counties are potential except for napa county napa county office emergency services has just put out an alert within the last hour indicating that napa county will definitely see a power shut off. and they say that power shut off their could last for up to 5 days.

>>the california public utilities commission wasted no time friday slamming pacific gas and electricheir handling of this month's public safety power shutoff pg e was not fully prepared to manage such large scale

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>>pacific gas and electric has confirmed power throughout portions of sonoma county and 33 other counties and other california will be shut off sometime after midnight the winds are shifting they shifted and so we decided to go ahead and call. >>a public safety power shutoff and proactively shut off the power to reduce wildfire risk. >>the shut off announcement comes on the 2 year anniversary of the devastating north bay fire storm, the conditions are looking very similar to what we experienced october 2017. >>it something that we don't want to go through again at the same time we know there's a lot is being done to prevent from. >>fire agencies throughout the region are increasing staffing. in fact santa rosa is putting for additional engine and 16 firefighters and service. >>we have a network of fire cameras that will be closely monitoring we have the ability to activate emergency alert systems lot earlier and quicker today here locally we did not over 2017. definitely a lot that is changed to make us a better prepared for significant for a potential event like this. >>in the meantime r

those were decisions that were made by pacific gas and electric. ey chose not to modernize their grid over the course of many, many years. it led to their own demise. it led to bankruptcy. >> red flag warnings remain in place for the northern and southern part of the state. the hot and dry winds are creating dangerous wildfire conditions. jonathan vigliotti reports from the fire zone. >> reporter: even with an historic effort to prevent them, at least three fires erupted in southern california fueled by strong winds and dry heat. >> was coming down the street, and i saw a lot of smoke coming out. >> reporter: 50 miles east of l power company was turning off electricity in the area to prevent sparking of fire with faulty equipment. reports said this fire was near downed power lines. >> be safe out there. >> reporter: in the hills south of san bernardino, another fire broke out. winds there were gusting up to 30 miles per hour, hampering firefighters trying to protect buildings. in the northern part of the state, people have been living in the dark si

pacific gas and electric may be shutting off the lights again this time to power lines and portions of 30 counties across california, including alameda contra costa lake napa san mateo santa clara santa cruz and sonoma you're looking at south east bay north day. >>this is a much larger weather event very dry high winds. >>it was shut off happens it would be prior to the windy weather which is due in wednesday morning through thursday. if that happens this would be the first time for a power shut off in the oakland hills fires are terrible. i was burned out firing 91. we over acacia. >>yeah and that it's terrible. so i think if you can something like that from happening forte. >>those who've lived here for decades are no stranger to devastating wildfires. and many support the shut off to reduce the risk. >>i think it's we we we live in an area where we can't control these wildfires. we don't have the resources. so everybody all citizens have to do their part if it means of little interruption in your power supply than so be it but. >>it's it's necessary. genie is already started calling

>>turned into a public shaming of pacific gas and electric for the company's performance during the public safety power shutoff. >>you guys fail on so many levels and pretty simple stuff creating liaison setting up see our seas understanding that your website needed to scale. >>pg e corp ceo and president bill johnson maintained the shut off was the right thing to do to reduce the risk of wildfires. but he did admit the company stumbled when it came to its website and call center failures and general communication knowledge is critical errors, they're not acceptable and they cannot happen again. >>so our customers who are impacted by the shot off and to all those who did not get timely accurate information about them. i apologize for the hardship and the lack of information we'll let you know this cannot happen again. >>johnson told commissioners more shut officer likely, but steps are being taken to improve communications and eventually to narrow the scope of shut offs. but commissioners were dissatisfied with his answers and tried to pin johnson down as to when the company we'll be ready

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wednesday night the flash point is still not confirmed but the state's largest power supply a pacific gas and electric say a high voltage cable malfunctioned minutes before the fire started intense wind gusts rapidly spread the flames 3 bay dry brush to homes and this new let up most strong winds are forecast this weekend potentially going to see a historical wind event and it has it's highly concerned that the vulnerable areas of california could see some explosive fire so that's why we are reiterating this kind of vigilance that were preaching to everybody i am what i am.

utility companies shots of power to reduce the risk of wildfire the planned power outage by pacific gas and electric less schools business is am banks in the dark high winds and dry heat have raised the threat of power lines snapping there are concerns the electrical grid could solve another blaze that would rival the california camp fire of 2018 which killed at least 86 people and destroyed thousands of homes. the ugandan pop star turned opposition m.p. bobby wine is again being prevented from holding a concert he escaped on a motorbike from security forces had surrounded his home police say he didn't have permission for the show. the reports. politician bobby wine celebrate his escape from uganda security forces by riding through the streets of the capital kampala cheered on by supporters. one was due to hold an independent state considered a beach resort but hours before he was due to perform soldiers and police officers surrounded both his home and the venue multitudes of soldiers and policemen were deployed at one beach with a need even my home this very place was sealed by the police and the m

>>power has been restored to also 38,000 customers impacted by last week's pacific gas and electric power shut off. the governor wants more than just the lights turned on in this letter to pg c e o governor newsome says given pg e's extreme failures and implementing the p s p s i urge you to provide affected customers an automatic credit or rebate of $100 per residential customer and $250 per small business as some compensation for their hardships. the governor also asked the california public utilities commission to take action and they have in a letter to pg e seo the cpu see slams the utility saying failures an execution combined with the magnitude of this p s p s event created an unacceptable situation that should never be repeated. the cpu see goes on to demand corrective action including accelerating the restoration of power with the goal of less than 12 hours. enhancing efforts to minimize the size and magnitude a future p s p s events ensuring public information through call centers and pg e's website is available during high volume critical times and establishing more effective c

those were decisions that were made by pacific gas and electric. they chose not to modernize their grid over the course of many, many years. it led to their own demise, it let to bankruptcy. >> reporter: and a new round of outrage after pg&e told us they did wine and dine about 60 top gas ctomers at a sonoma winery hours before the mass outages. a company rep told us, quote, while the event was planned for about a year, we sincerely apologize for the insensitivity of the timing and location of the event given the two-ar milestone of the 2017 north bay wildfires. moving forward we'll no longer hold these types of events. live in the newsroom, roz plater, nbc bay area news. >>> new this morning, another robbery, different kind of news, robbery at an apple store in the bay area. this time on the peninsula on monday night. this is video of the store back in march after a similar smash-and-grab. this week police say four masked men stole seven laptops valued at nearly $10,000. the thieves fled in a blue car with no license plate. apple stores across the

power the state cutting that just seemed to try to prevent wildfires the utility company pacific gas and electric announce the deliberate outage to avoid a repeat of last year's blazes its power cables have been blamed for the state's deadliest ever wildfire that left 85 people dead and destroyed thousands of properties that's its decisions that were not made that have led to this moment and p.g. says st and the state of california as relates to our major investor on utility it is not conditions this is not from my perspective a climate stain story is much is a story about greed and mismanagement over the course of decades over the course of years and years and years the kind of hardening of the great was not done those were decisions that were made by pacific gas and electric. let's have a recap then of the main stories here it is there has been an explosion on an iranian oil tanker off the coast of jet or in saudi arabia according to iranian state t.v. heavy damage has been calls to the vessel and oil has been spilling into the red sea the same bazarov he has more. we've gotten information from

make for hazardous conditions the impact stretches far beyond evacuation zones california's pacific gas and electric the utility company is cutting power to nearly a 1000000 homes and businesses to minimize the risk of power lines sparking additional fires. as many as 3000000 people could be affected the company has already filed for bankruptcy in the face of lawsuits from last year's wildfire season while this year's may just be getting started christine salumi al-jazeera. at least 70 protesters have been injured in the iraqi city of kabul lies they tried to storm a government compound in the center of the city security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas in an attempt to stop the demonstrators setting fire to the provincial council group this is the iraqi high commission for human rights says $74.00 protesters have been killed and more than $3000.00 injured during 3 days of anti-government demonstrations protests have been taking place in the capital as well as several southern cities. tens of thousands of people have formed a human chain in lebanon joining hands across the length of the cou

make for hazardous conditions the impact stretches far beyond evacuation zones california's pacific gas and electric the utility company is cutting power to nearly a 1000000 homes and businesses to minimize the risk of power lines sparking additional fires. as many as 3000000 people could be affected the company has already filed for bankruptcy in the face of lawsuits from last year's wildfire season while this year's may just be getting started kristen salumi al-jazeera. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back we'll have much more on the death of license. baghdad. and libya's president agrees to on what intellectual results could get helped public anger on the state. had some rain showers across areas of iraq and iran over the last few days is a few more of the full streaming out from the west to the south and the rains any widespread across northern sections of iraq into the west of iran as to how much is a bit lower in toronto just 15 celsius maybe a scottish on the eastern end of the med that tends to clear on tuesday but some fairly widespread showers at this point working thei

pacific gas and electric is trying to prevent its wires from sparking wildfires. nathan vigliotti is in sonoma and tells us, this is sparking anger. >> more of these guys. >> reporter: the power outages began early this morning as iaese california residents loaded up on essentials for what they say is a manmade disaster. pg&e, hass largest power supplier, pg&e, has been forced to shut off electricity to customers because of a forecast of high winds and bone-dry heat expected to put pressure on its aging and faulty infrastructure. ispita e erdempat november when sparks from power lines ignited the fire that ripped through the town of paradise, killing 86. >> this is ridiculous. r reporter: ron blasingame lost his power at 2:00 this morning. t could be in the dark for days. >> they're a public utility. how do they pass their mistakes >> reporter: up to 34 california rniaties are experiencing a rolling blackout that began at midnight and will continue throughout the day and evening. by 6:00 p.m., as many as 800,000 people will be off the grid. dermot coll is keeping h