santa rosa city bus will operate for free with modified routes.olden gate transit are on a on modified schedule. four-way stop if the power is out at your interception. looking nice smooth this morning. we'll hop over to our friends in the south bay. nice and clear, kumasi and liz. >> thank you, jobina. our coverage continues next with the people impacted by shouldn't they go to prison for as long as the law allows? chesa boudin said he wouldn't seek maximum sentences as district attorney, even for murder. we are a progressive city, but letting violent criminals off early endangers everyone. ad paid for by san francisco police officers association. not authorized by a candidate or committee controlled by a candidate. disclosures at sfethics.org. >>> a dangerous wildfire burning in los angeles has prompted evacuations. the getty fire broke out and rapidly chewed through 600 acres. firefighters are trying to get the fire under control. former governor arnold schwarzenegger and senator kamala harris are among the celebrities who have had to evacuate

the santa rosa city school district has canceled classes at hidden valley elementary, rincon valley middle school, rio high school come in santa rosa excellent ricciardo. union valley school district is shutting down five elementary school, austin craig, sequoia, binkley, madrone and the sequoia campus of the charter schools close. the school shutdowns are difficult for families already stressed by the power outages and the threat of wild fires. some parents we spoke to said they understand whether closures are necessary but others say it's hard to figure out how to keep the kids distracted and busy when the parents don't have a lot of information. >> at first i kind of understood but it seems a little extreme where the power will be shut off and then you get the emails you get her kind of you may or may not. you will know when it happens. i know some people have been upset but for me i remember how scary it was when the fires happened and i see it as i would rather take the precaution. >> most of the officials at the districts say they can't say yet if there will be class tomorrow. we hav

lavert hill, santa rosa city schools are open today. go to our website ktvu.com for a handy guide if you live in the fire zone. the information includes evacuation centers, school closures, air quality and the areas affected by the pg&e public shut off. >>> lesser check in with the morning commute. >>> the fire closure areas highway 128 the roads near geyserville will be effected, but highway 101 mains open through the area. let's take a look at the commute traffic is here. let's go to livermore and levinson. sometimes on fridays we get a break and today hopefully we will. in the east bay it is off to a nice start. no major issues on interstate 80 and that includes the bay bridge if you are trying to drive into san francisco. it let's go back to the desk. >>> pg&e acknowledging it had an outage on a high-voltage line in the area which may be connected to shutting off the fire. the problem happened at about 9:20 wednesday night at a transmission tower near where the fire started, minutes later. pg&e said an employee spoke with calfire be

second most destructive wildfire in california history burning more than 2500 homes, me justin santa rosa. city officials say only about 10% of property owners have rebuilt homes so far. in many cases that is because it takes a long time to clear the property, replace infrastructure and get construction permits. many fire victims to say that two years have passed, and their insurance companies will stop paying temporary housing benefits. >> a couple thousand people are running out of their temporary rent benefit from their insurance and now they will have to dig into their own pockets to cover until they can move back into a replaced home. >> some insurance companies have already extended living expenses for 12 more months. tonight sonoma county and santa rosa officials are hosting a public gathering, to mark two years since the big fire. it starts at 5 pm at old courthouse square in downtown santa rosa. >>> here is a look at some of the top stories we are following for you this morning, thousands of bay area customers could lose power as early as tomorrow morning. pg nde plans to preemptively

these five, in the santa rosa city school district, will be closed on monday. these are the only ones we know of right now, for sure. but we are sure there will be many more over the weekend. pg&e says it will begin turning the power back on at 2:00 p.m. monday. but of course, that could change. depending on the weather. >>> new evacuation orders have just been issued in sonoma. and in lake county. evacuation warnings are issued. as crews continue to battle the kinkade fire there. this is in the town of lytton south of the coppola winery with the hills lit up in flames. fire crews are hoping to get more of a handle on the fire before the week's winds. because of a shift in the winds, fire officials closed down some of the roads heading into the fire zone, and neighbors say it's surreal, having to go through this again. just two years after the north bay fire. >> it's hard for the area. we're still trying to recoup from a couple of years ago. >> we are throwing as many resources as we can at it, but we also have to plan for the worst, and we have to think about

you hear you see here takes all the way into santa rosa. the city of santa rosa here. the eastern portion of it if you're east of one oh one and a little bit west up here just the mark west neighborhood and south of windsor a little bit west of one oh one but a vast portions of the eastern part of santa rosa and this power shut off situation you see here up in cloverdale middletown of course was hit by wildfire few years ago and all the way up into the clear lake area here they're feeling it as we zoom in here says one of the resources where you can see who is without power you can also punch in an address here to see if your home is affected and your neighborhood is affected victim pam now back to you all right grant thanks for that to our coverage continues to kron 4 dot com there you'll find a list of cities. >>with the power shut off an outage a map from pg e as you saw there and then watch full forecast as we monitor the fire danger, it's all on kron 4 dot com. coming up businesses across the bay area doing what they can as they get ready for the power outages we'

santa rosa are letting kids go home early before the power turns off. jackie ward spoke to the parents. >> reporter: hidden valley is one of four santa rosa city schools that have an early dismissal because they are smack in the middle of the blackout zone. >> we have to get babysitters and get to work. >> reporter: as if getting to kids on time wasn't a big enough feat, they have to worry about after school. >> i think it is bad luck that we're in the zone that they're closed. but for safety it's fine. >> reporter: but it is a hurdle a lot of parents told us was worth it if it meant keeping their kids safe. >> it is worth the inconvenience. >> i think so. if there is danger, i think we need to be dismissed early and go home and be safe. >> we need to accepted out the message that they need to pick up early but we have done that with phone calls and e-mails and hope that parents can come a little earlier. it will be safer for everyone. >> reporter: beth burke is with the school district d says e early dismissals are being done at the request of the city to prevent traffic problems when the lights go out. changes to school schedules create a huge ripple eff

done this back to we say going to what i'll call a dry run because there are no shutdowns in the city santa rosawe as the city prepared for it we activated emergency operation center so improving the communications and i'm hoping once we complete this incident, we'll will gain d brief to find out how can we do better next time. >>the the public seems to be frustrated. we couldn't get on the web site a lot of us yesterday because it was overwhelmed with people trying to find out if they're going to lose power. is it the same from a city agency a government perspective trying to get information from pg e and we keep hearing them saying well adjust the infrastructure isn't built to be able to to fine tune. the neighborhood by neighborhood you have these huge swaths of areas this seemed to be in the dark that may never have been affected by the wildfire danger. it is somewhat frustrating city center is a for example, our city hall is dark. >>right across the street or city hall annex has complete power. so it is get these mixed messages. my house just across you know coffee lane here we are inside t

and along with those five ricon valley campuses, four santa rosa city schools will be closed, all schools in geyserville, and alexander school district will be closed. as the outage and the restoration process begins, stay in touch with your school district for the latest. live in santa rosa, i'm kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> now let's go to calistoga where there's power for some but not others. >> chris reyes is there to explain. chris. >> reporter: that's it exactly. let me show you what that means. down this road where many homes are, you can see it is pitch dark. when you swung the camera this way on the main downtown street, businesses are completely shut down. let me swing the camera on this side of the street, you can see the street lights are on, the traffic lights are working, and they're open for business. that's because about 830 customers are being served by generators. those customers are chosen based on complicated factors including what grid you're on. >> there's pockets where there is power and there's no rhyme for reason for how they shut the power off. >> reporter: frank

back to our coverage of the latest pg&e power outages many santa rosa homes and businesses actually dark this morning. >> just like last time the cityhave its power shut off. right now we have santa rosa mayor on the phone. i'm sure dealing with this situation, i'm told that from downtown santa rosa you can actually see the glow from the fire happening right now. talk to us about what's going on there now in santa rosa. what are you doing? >> in santa rosa we have about 17,000 plus customers without power. it started going off and was completed by about 5:00. we've been in that same kind of pat earp witern without power a almost a repeat what have we experienced about two weeks ago. >> it's so concerning because we certainly do not want it to be a repeat of what we saw two years ago, of course, with the tubbs fire and how horrible that was for residents in your community. i understand from downtown santa rosa this morning you can actually see the geyser vilifier that's burning. >> absolutely. it is reminiscent. >> we know what happened in '17 and hope it will be under control much sooner than telephones two years ago. >> a little bi

the santa rosa police department saying mandatory evacuation orders have been issue for the city of santa all areas in city limits of santa rosa west of highway 101 and north of highway 12 north of steel lane, lewis road, to montecito boulevard to calistoga road head south. >>> obviously all of this is playing out in the darkness when fire fighting is difficult and the evacuation is difficult. most of the bay area left without power. this morning nearly 389,0 pg&e customers across the bay area have no electricity. businesses forced to work by flashlight. >> new information into the abc 7 newsroom northbound 101 at hopper avenue is closed. the highway will be closed indefinitely. i'm kate larson. >> let's get you to meteorologist lisa argen. the worst upon us now. >> that's right. over 4,000 feet, winds peak gusts 87 miles per hour. healdsburg winds gusting. winds from knoxville creek to mount tam, 30 to 50 mile an hour gusts. the east bay, oakland hills, 25 miles an hour. not to be outdone the east foothills up to 42 miles. at the surface we will see these gusty winds mix down. you can se

. >>> santa rosa city councilmember also vote on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour in line with many other cities around the bay. north bay city could join a statewide push to increase pay for low income workers. if passed the change would take effect in 2023. several other bay area cities already passed measures raising wages, that includes sflan, oakland, sonoma, petaluma and san jose. >>>4:34. certainly a sign of the times in the bay area, a san jose man is suddenly seeing a carport with a car and futon as a living quarters. an ad on craigslist boasts the low rent, $400 a month and a carport with a station wagon to sleep in, that's a quote. there are some rules, no smoking or pets, no bathroom either, and don't even think about inviting visitors. we spoke with san jose's code enforcement division manager. he says it is a serious violation and potentially expensive for the property owner. >> there's no weatherproofing, there's no heat, no sanitary facilities, no running water, so these are all inherently dangerous situations. >> the man who posted the craigslist ad tells nbc b

live in santa rosa, liz kreutz, abc 7 news. >>> the power outages affecting schools in sonoma county, four schools in the santa rosa city school district released students early today and will be closed tomorrow. those schools are hidden valley elementary, santa rosa accelerated charter, rincon valley middle and area carillo district. five elementary schools are not open tomorrow. whited, bingle why, madrone, sequoia and austin creek. and the geyserville unified school district will close all of its campus. friday is still up in the air depending on how quickly pg&e inspects electrical lines and begins to turn on the electricity once again. >>> let's continue our live team coverage from the north bay with abc 7 news reporter laura anthony live with the tale of two cities really that is happening in one place, calistoga. laura. >> reporter: well, that's right, dan. here in calistoga it all depends on where you are. here we are on the west side of town. these folks have been in the dark for the last three hours or so. the only reason that the folks in the business next to me have power is that he brought in his own genera

authorities are evacuating a huge area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city, where about 175,000irefighters there have contained about 10% of the kincade fire but it's already burned through 40,000 acres of a region famous for its vineyards. hot, dry winds of up to 90mph are intensifying the kincade, and the separate tick fire, near los angeles, forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. while the state's biggest power firm is cutting electricity, worried that damaged cables will trigger new fires — that will affect around 2 million people, leaving californians fearful and unsure of what comes next. rhodri davies, bbc news. also making news today: anti—government protesters in hong kong have set fire to shops and hurled petrol bombs, in the 21st consecutive weekend of protests. riot police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands in the tsim sha tsui district. many protesters wore all—black clothing and face masks, in defiance of a government ban. ambassadors from 27 european union nations will meet in a few hours from now, to discuss britain's requ

authorities are evacuating a huge area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city, where about 175,000roads, as people fled to safety. but officials were cautioning that the scramble does not affect the firefight itself. this is a major incident and we are still bringing in additional resources notjust locally but regionally, and we need these roadways clear, to move these. that is to help the thousands of firefighters that are battling the kincade fire. they have contained about 10% of that blaze, but it has already burned through 40,000 acres of a region famous for its vineyards. the kincade and the tick fire, near los angeles are threatening tens of thousands of homes, and hot dry winds of up to 90mph are intensifying them. forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. and amid the bright blazes, the state's biggest power firm pacific gas & electric, has started blackouts. it is worried that damaged cables will trigger new fires. the start of the kincade fire has been linked to a possible damaged power line so the biggest blackout in the state's history will see electr

santa rosa city bus and transit will operate for free with modified routes and timetables. you can also see it on your screen here that golden gate transit buses are on a modified schedule because of the kincade fire and related mandatory evacuations. and since we're talking about the outages here i just want to make sure everyone is aware if there's a signal light that's out, treat it all as a four-way stop. take your time this morning because we were seeing some incidents pop up and just a live picture now, san jose 280 looking nice and smooth. we will be back with more news, weather and traffic after the break. >>> there are a lot of professionals here trying to help out this community and try to save this neighborhood. >> they're prepping the structures. they're triaging the structures, making them defendable. >> we are not going to give up. we are going to take a stand. >>> you just about cannot escape the fire conditions until you head up into the sierra and across southern california not only today and tomorrow like us but throw in thursday as the winds will be shift

. >>> the santa rosa city council approved a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour in 2020. hedule.more than a year a mime it only affects businesses with more than 25 employees. for smaller businesses, it will be $14 an hour by july 1st of 2020, then increase to $15 in 2021. >>> coming up next, the 7 things to know before you go. >>> and which forever 21 stores may be closed by the it's been reported that there's a cyberattack on business every 39 seconds. ouch. i don't even want to think about it. comcast business has a solution. we go beyond fast with a cloud-based security system that automatically updates, so you always have the latest protection. phishing. malware. risky sites. it can help block all of that. get fast internet and add comcast business securityedge for just $29.95 a month. it's one less thing for us to worry about. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> it is 5:13. here's the 7 things to know this morning. number one a man was shot and killed in san jose late last night. neighbors living near keltner avenue and williams road called 911 and reported hearing f

authorities are evacuating a huge area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city, where about 175,000e fled to safety. but officials were cautioning that the scramble doesn't affect the firefight itself. this is a major incident and we're still bringing in additional resources not just locally but regionally and we need these roadways clear to move these. kincade and the tick fire near los angeles are threatening tens of thousands of homes and hot, dry winds of up to 90mph are intensifying them. forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. and amid the bright blazes, the state's biggest power firm, pacific gas and electric, has started blackouts. it's worried that damaged cables will trigger new fires. the start of the kincade fire has been linked to a possible damaged power line so the biggest blackout in the state's history will see electricity to around 2 million people cut, leaving californians fearful and unsure of what comes next. rhodri davies, bbc news. preliminary election results from the german state of thuringia show a surge in support for the far—right alte

santa rosa city bus and paratransit will operate for free with modified routes and timetables. >>> tomorrow morning the winds will pick back up with red flag warnings going into effect. here's a live look from our golden gate bridge camera. >> let's get over to spencer christian with what we can expect. >> dion, here's a look at that red flag warning. it goes into effect early tomorrow morning for most of the bay area and will remain in effect until 4:00 wednesday. during this time, we expect powerful offshore winds, gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour, generally up to 65 miles per hour in the higher elevations and with very low relative humidity. here's our wind gust forecast starting at 8:00 tomorrow morning. the winds will be relatively light, but by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, we'll see gusts over 20 miles per hour, up to about 30 miles per hour. by 9:00 tomorrow night, gusts to 40 miles per hour and even higher during the overnight hours tomorrow night into wednesday. we don't expect the winds to taper off, the gusts, until late wednesday afternoon. i'll have more details coming up a little l

authorities are evacuating a huge area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city, where about 175,000oads as people fled to safety. but officials were cautioning that the scramble does not affect the firefighters. this is a major incident and we are still bringing in additional resources not just locally but regionally and we need these railways cleared to move these. the finer los angeles are threatening tens of thousands of homes, and hot dry winds of up to 90 mph are intensifying them. forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. and amid the bright blazes, the state's biggest power firm has started blackouts. it's worried that damaged cables will trigger new fires. the start of the fire has been linked to a possible damaged power line so the biggest blackout in the state's history will see electricity to around 2 million people cut. that leaves californians for full and unsure of what comes next. jeremy siegel is a reporter with the north california national public radio statation kqed news. earlier today, there was a state of emergency declared in california. what

authorities are evacuating a huge area, including sa nta evacuating a huge area, including santa rosa cityple live. there, can't have packed roads as people fled to safety. but officials were cautioning that the scramble does not affect the firefighters. this is a major incident and we are still bringing in additional resources not just locally but regionally and we need these railways cleared to move these. that is to help the thousands of firefighters are battling the fire. they have contained about 10% of that place but it has already burned through 40,000 acres of a region famous for its vineyards. the finer los angeles are threatening tens of thousands of homes, and hot dry winds of up to 90 mph are intensifying them. forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. and amid the bright places, the state's biggest power firm has started blackouts. it is worried that damaged cables will trigger new fires. the start of the fire has been linked to a possible damaged power line so the biggest blackout in the state's history will see electricity to around 2 million people cut. th

. >>> allison rodriguez his life in the city of santa rosa with more. >> reporter: driving through the city is lit up again as power is about 87% restored to the area. for those still affected by the shutdown, frustration is growing as they head into a third day without power. >> i did tell my employees not to come to work for three days. they are out of work today. we hope the power comes on. >> reporter: we caught up with robert smith at a mall in santa rosa finally able to stop at a store that enclosed due to the power shut off. his home was not affected but his business, like countless other, was. is located only two miles from that spot where signs are lit up but where power is still out, the parking lot is empty and offices locked up. pgd crews have been working throughout the morning to try and get power restored. officials telling us they hope to have it up to 98 percent restored by 9:00 this evening. at one point, roughly 66,000 customers were cut off and sonoma county altogether. as residents here in santa rosa, nearly 7000 customers still did not have the power back got that

santa rosa are pretty packed as people try to navigate through intersections when the traffic lights aren't working. this intersection here at montgomery and summerfield is one of about two dozen in the city of santa rosa where the traffic lights aren't operating tonight. you can hear people honking. a lot of frustration out on the roads. a lot of frustration in the city as they deal with yet another power shutoff. reporting live in santa rosa, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> it is a mess. thank you, jodi. >>> now, the heat and wind will dictate the outages. this is a live look at walnut creek. let's bring in jeff ranieri with the major factors leading to our high too fire danger. >> the wind is picking up. we expect it to stay with us primarily to tomorrow morning. you'll see the fire warning has not changed at all. the north bay, east bay, south bay. higher elevations over the santa cruz mountains. my forecast for the mountains. this has remained steady. we have not shifted this at all. you'll be gusts up to 55 miles per hour. only 20 miles per hour. the contrast we're talking about is still in the forecast through this window. highest danger, number one sweat for the mountain

these five in the santa rosa city school district will be closed on monday. these are the only ones that we know of tonight. but we're going to make sure to keep an eye on that. and there probably will be more over the weekend. pg&e says it will begin turning the power back on, 2:00 in the afternoon on monday. but of course that could change depending on the weather. >> let's talk about the kincade fire again and the impacts of it. the wildfires burning in sonoma county but we are seeing smoky, hazy skies across the bay area. let's bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. jeff, how much more will we see of that over the next couple of days? >> i think it's -- especially through tomorrow going to continue to filter down here. once we get the wind on sunday, that definitely could blow a lot of it out of here out towards the pacific ocean. but i think the larger thing at hand right now is the air is unhealthy across the bay area. so you've got that. may need to limit your outdoor exposure. we have the fire, the kincade mil, which is at least 21,000 per hour. b

authorities are evacuating a huge area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city, where about 175,000t affect the firefight itself. this is a major incident and we're still bringing in additional resources not just locally but regionally and we need these 00:25:26,996 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 roadways clear to move these. the kincade and the tick fire near los angeles are threatening tens of thousands of homes and hot, dry winds of up to 90mph are intensifying them. forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. and amid the bright places, the state's biggest power firm, pacific gas and electric, has started blackouts. it's worried that damaged cables will trigger new fires. the start of the kincade fire has been linked to a possible damaged power line so the biggest blackout in the state's history will see electricity to around two million people cut, leaving californians fearful and unsure of what comes next. rhodri davies, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. it was a very wet start to their weekend conversation if england and wales, but conditi

he said 60,000 of santa rosa are from part of the city of santa rosa. we know the area is huge.n addition to that, we have fires in oakley where they have evacuations ordered there. and started a vegetation fire. in the heart of this, we're seeing a lot of fire activity. >> absolutely. and those evacuations can come down further south through santa rosa. a good portion, what did he say, about 50% of santa rosa in the northwest portion. >> the northwest corner evacuated in the nowhere end and east side of the city are evacuated. >> and that is on the very tip there of 101. where coffee park and the fountain grove neighborhoods are. this is key. we need to get the wins down to get aircraft in there. after the winds up there, up to 90 miles an hour overnight. >> cal fire tweeted out, too. they're recording wind gusts of 93 miles per hour. when you have wins that strong at 93 miles per hour, they said the winds can carry embers over a mile. you have that fire you're looking at and you can take an ember from that a mile down the road. a 90% chance of starting the spot fire. if you're

the santa rosa police department tweeted new mandatory evacuation orders for the city of santa rosa. lamation point. that is important. i'm just going to read this to you. mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for the city of santa rosa. all areas in the city limits of santa rosa west of highway 101 and north of highway 12 north of steel lane, lewis road, shinati to calistoga road they're asking you to head south away from the fire and this is a few evacuation order that just came down. there have been some back and forth between santa rosa and sonoma county and in confusion over whether certain areas were underandato evacuation orders or not. mandatory at this time if you're very close to that area, you want to consider getting out or be prepared to go at moment's notice. this new mandatory evacuation order coming down from santa rosa police. >>> and a lot of you have been sharing your experience with us while you're on the kincade fire and also dealing with the pg&e power outages. you've been posting on social media. this photo is from photo journalist eric castro. you can se

highs were warm. 77 in san francisco. 80s in santa rosa, napa, mountain view and redwood city were 80ncisco where it's 62. santa rosa 59. and san jose about 62 degrees, our wind is calm. we're starting to see the onshore flow. it will be chilly in the north bay. san francisco 51 for you, and then we see things cool down tomorrow as that onshore flow gets the act going. it doesn't look like it's bringing in too much fog. we'll see cooler temperatures tomorrow. pitch a catholic parish is mourning the loss of a pastor killed this week. the father was in a prius that collided with a tractor-trailer. also killed was an archbishop. a priest was injured in the collision. itch another shake up at the white house. the acting head of homeland security steps down. >> protests that broke out at sfo that caused a ticketing counter to shut down. . >>> gordon sondland will testify next week. the news conference comes days after the state department blocked him from testifying when he volunteered to appear. he's a trump appoint tee. his appearance on capitol hill is set for october 17th. >>> presiden

>>very uncertain indeed for santa rosa city schools closed early this afternoon because of the power alking. maria creel high school rincon valley, middle santa rosa accelerated charter school and hidden valley elementary school now kron four's michelle kingston was there. >>yes, she spoke to the superintendent there about the shut off and now they will move forward with no electricity tomorrow. >>empty parking lots outside some schools in santa rosa with no power we're in the area surrounding maria high school rincon valley middle school santa rosa accelerated charter school and hidden valley elementary school superintendent diane cucumbers a close these 4 schools around 2 on wednesday afternoon. and they will remain closed through thursday, it's pretty frustrated and just make it happen. >>of these to about 3,000 of the school district's 16,000 students will not be in class on thursday schools are closed meaning no class nasa noaa after school or before school activities the superintendent says she's working now to see how they will move forward but more possible power shut-offs hap

the santa rosa city school district has canceled classes at hidden valley elementary, rincon valley middle school, maria carrillo high school and the santa rosa accelerated charter school. the rincon valley union school district is shutting down five elementary schools. they are austin creek, sequoia, binkley, madrone and the sequoia campus of rincon valley charter schools. >>> pg&e officials will closely watch the weather today as they decide if they can start restoring power. but now there are new concerns about another and possibly even bigger round of power outages as soon as this weekend. pg&e is forecast shows more fire danger with high wind sunday and monday. steve paulson is talking about that too. the forecast shows the higher risk for power shutoffs in almost all service areas. >> some of the models we look at such as the european model suggests that this could be the strongest wind event of the season. >> pg&e says the strong wind is expected to dry out grass and brush even more. that would increase the already high fire danger. however, pg&e says no decisions have been made yet

santa clara and campbell are 53. montero is 63. wrigley is 73. the city is 65. warm degrees. vacaville, fairfield, santa rosaeport, and windsor, rohnert park petaluma, pine grove and nevada and pope valley though to upper 40s. 20 and 250 drop from yesterday. the wind has turned westerly for some, or northwesterly but the humidity in the high elevation is still in the teens. if you get to the valley floor, it is in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. it helps firefighters with cooler temperatures and decreasing windspeed. even though it is northerly for some. the committee is 66%. yesterday was in the teens. it helps along with the decreasing windspeed. that last 36 hours. it is still a northeast when marin county over san pablo bay out towards the car can a straight. above oakwood hills northeast at 22 miles per hour. you can see the airflow continuing to be offshore, which is why it is for some especially around berkeley in the open berkeley hills. 80s and 90s today. the temperature since last friday in san francisco, when it was 64 has gone up. last saturday was 65. sunday through wednesday and yesterday topping out at

temperatures right now about 64 degrees in san francisco. 58 up in santa rosa. redwood city about 64, 70 in hayward and warmer there. right now it's very mild out there. temperatures overnight, they will also be mild. we've gotten used to the overnight temperatures in the north bay to find some 40s. 47 for you in santa rosa and san jose about 63 overnight tonight. should be a nice night. as we get into tomorrow. we are going to see that on- shore flow start to have an influence. notice we're getting good cooling here at the coast and also the places that saw 90s like livermore. you should see 80s tomorrow, feeling cooler. that is our tuesday. then we get into wednesday and things will start to change and they are going to see them ramp up and take a look at the timing of this on tuesday morning and notice that you're going to see the winds rushing in from the north and a northerly flow. you'll start to see it pick up. but the worsof it will come on wednesday night, 7:00 p.m. and goes overnight on wednesday into thursday morning. and here is overnight about 3:00 a.m. and then

they are calendar valley school district guys are unified district, keep in mind cloverdale, and santa rosa city schools are in fact open today. >>> pg&e knowledge and did have an outage on a high-voltage transmission line in the geysers the kincaid fire started. pg&e did not say it is connected to the fire sell. pg&e's is his problem happened around 9:20 when standing on the transmission line. employee spoke with cal fire and pointed out a broken piece of equipment on the tower. the genie says the transmission lines had not been deenergized, is the protocol and procedures per their public safety shut up. distribution lines had been turned up. if that equipment sparked the kincaid fire. meanwhile pg&e expect to have power restored to all customers who are affected by the recent plant outages sometime tonight. 1.179 thousand pg&e cu utilities all customers should have the power restored again by tonight pending any damage found during inspections other transmission and distribution lines. >>> fire danger only expected to get worse over the weekend. property pg&e to announce another round up our s

city. 54 in pacifica. in san francisco, numbers are in the 30s from santa rosa, 46 in livermore.ur accuweather seven-day forecast and see if we can get rain coming in here in a couple of minutes. >> all right. thanks. >>> our other breaking news story this morning is the pg&e power shutoffs. the company is warning there could be a third round of outages possibly starting tomorrow evening. >> the current shutoffs are expected to have a major impact on the commute in both sonoma and marin counties. lauren martinez joins us live from larkspur with more on that. good morning, lauren. >> good morning. we are at the larkspur ferry terminal. the lights are on. service is uninterrupted for ferry commuters. that's not the case for some drivers in the country. the sheriff's office is asking if you can to stay off the roads to reduce the risk of traffic accidents. yesterday pg&e confirmed we will experience another round of power shutoffs. those could begin tomorrow and impact residents already without power. >> there is a potential that there may be people that are currently interrupted as

within 33,000 customers including people in santa rosa, the city of sonoma and hillsburg could lose power. 9600 customers and napa county including the city of napa, st. helena, calistoga and yorkville could also lose power. and san mateo county 6400 customers in redwood city, woodside and half moon bay could be affected. and almost 1900 customers and lake county including the communities of cobb and middletown may lose their power. pg&e has created a special power shut off website that will work even if the power goes down. after the old website crashed, it was really slow during the last planned power shutoffs. pg&e says the new site is expected to be able to handle the huge number of people expected to turn to pg&e alerts.com. >>> our coverage also continues at ktvu.com steve paulson will be here throughout the morning and will have the latest on the power weather watch that is now in effect. >>> homeowners are crediting the work of firefighters for saving their homes in the southern california community of pacific palisades. he wildfire started yesterday and flames came close to hills

city. 77 in san jose. a high of 74 in oakland. 75 in napa. 77 in santa rosa and napa. we are continuing to monitor the richmond-san rafael bridge. here is pran social securitfran. >> we had two traffic alers for the richmond-san rafael bridge this morning. sky 7 is live over the scene of this four-car crash, it's blocking the two left lanes. they put some absorbent on the road. that silver car that was smashed up, they were able to pull the driver out of th vehicle. traffic is jammed out of san rafael on eastbound 580, at least 20-minute delays. westbound there was an earlier crash that ha bes been ♪ sup. wh- whacha doing? i'm watching food. try my $3 cheddar bacon loaded curly fries. get 'em delivered with doordash. try my $3 cheddar bacon load["white rabbit" by ♪ one pill makes you larger ♪ and one pill makes you smaller ♪ ♪ and the ones that mother gives you ♪ ♪ don't do anything at all ♪ remember what the dormouse said ♪ welcome aboard. ♪ feed your head ♪ ♪ try my $3 steak and parm loaded curly fries. get 'em delivered with doordash. . >>> welcome back. we are less

santa rosa. thankfully the city of santa rosa hosting us in one of their buildings. right now, we're -- the most important thing we've got our residents out. it's just things now. which, you know, can always be replaced. we're happy we have our residents out. on the fire front our last update we're still okay. the fire is up to the east of the town, and we're still monitoring. >> what are your biggest worries at the moment then? >> what's going to happen with the wind. i went into town last night and -- with our town manager and a couple of my council members and it was the most fierce wind i've ever seen in the 30 plus years i've lived in our town. so the concern obviously that wind would bring the fire towards the city. >> do you know if firefighters are staged in the city trying to do structure protection so that any flying embers don't start fires in buildings? >> they're everywhere. that's the other big bright spot. we've got -- i was here in our emergency operations center two years ago during the last fire and we're so -- so much better prepared. such an amazi

reporter: so no one was hurt in the two accidents that we saw out here at this intersection in santa rosa. but the city of santa rosa says police and fire departments responded to multiple accidents throughout the day at intersections that lost power and in five of those accidents, people were hurt. meantime as far as when the power is going to be back on, pg&e would only tell usha'r goi reassess and try to figure out if they can turn it on by tomorrow at the earliest. reporting live in santa rosa, ali wolf, nbc bay area news. >> let's stay in the north bay. thanks so much, ali. sky ranger is there at soskel avenue and imola. this is in south napa near napa valley college. traffic lights have been out all day, including ats intersection. a big backup at where the lights aren'turay sto. take your turn. be patient. make sure t is no traffic crash. >>> now, not only the city of napa, but parts of napa county are also in the dark. that includes the wineries which caught a lot of tourists by surprise. they're in the dark. we're going to show you how everyone there is handling it. plus the bold steps some ot

. >>> the santa rosa city school district is closing all 24 schools on monday. santa rosa junior college is following suit causing all campuses and online classes. the college of marin's two campuses will also be closed monday and so will the cal state maritime academy in vallejo. we have posted a full list on our website, cbssf.com. >>> as fire danger intensifies, thousands of pg&e customers are in the dark. another round of public safety power outages is affecting nearly 1 million pg&e customers across 36 counties. and we are going to go now to a special report from president trump. of hisfficials with him. in many waips, the security team he has around him, the national security the secretary of >>> the national security officials from the secretariat of defense and national security advisor are new to the job. what do we know about what the president has actually authorized? when did all of this again? do we have any indication? >> we know very little about that at this point. as you mentioned, this is a white house in transition, a white house almost constan

the second enclosure in just the past two weeks for santa rosa city schools. the cost of these outages really starting to add up.>> reporter: it is really starting to add up alex. i want to show you this gas station here behind me. it should be open 24 hours. it is in the dark. meanwhile just across the street here we've got the streetlight working. the streetlights are woing. that walgreens on the corner lit up and open for customers. it is tough times for businesses like this gas station. but also for schools were not sure where the money is going to come from to pay for the shutoffs. >>> school districts really are at the mercy of pg&e.>> reporter: with the latest round of pg&e power shutoffs dozens of schools and sonoma county will suffer. we stopped in santa rosa were 4 of the district schools were let out early wednesday and will be closed thursday. the santa rosa school district that the rest of the week is uncertain. they won't have much warning. >>> we need the electricity to be on by friday morning to have school on friday.>> reporter: the closures i

santa rosa conference hate row is there live with an update. >>christina. >>yeah so things are pretty spotty up here in the city of santa rosa depends on block. you are depends on if they're basically depends on what block here at and then you know where you are in regard to foliage to know if you power is back on to if you're kind of in a little bit more of a rural area or you've got a lot of greenery around you. it's probably going it's going to little bit longer for your party get back on it now if you're a little bit more of a commercials own your power may be back on. actually standing here off a sonoma highway and mission boulevard kind of a major thoroughfare here in santa rosa, i'm actually in the walgreens parking lot and i wanted to show you how lit up it is right here, it's actually generator running they were able to bring back our yesterday to get it go ahead and has her residents who needed to buy things now actually though if you look behind me right here, this is a mcdonald's and there's an entire shopping center back there. but this entire shopping center is completely dark. they have been dark all morning and there's no powe

moon bay 95 degrees for the high temperature today shattering records for much of the bay area santa rosa, city of the king cake fire napa all these areas well up into the 90's for your daytime highs, many have the same areas usually only in the 60's and 70's on normal for this time of year. now tomorrow, we're still hot. but a lot calmer saturday we start com. temperatures a little cooler saturday night winds kick back up and yet another wind event that can result and spike in fire danger come sunday. good thing about sunday those temperatures will be significantly cooler highs in the 70's for next week that's a lot closer to average and where we're supposed to be for this time of year. robin checking a your commute. >>through geyser ville do not try and use highway one 28. it's been closed all morning a special alert remains in place was issued shortly before 2 o'clock they went ahead and shut it down just east of highway one oh one one 28 closed in both directions between geysers road and downtown geyser ville and that is pretty much until further notice and it's safe to say for the remainde

classes will be open today in cloverdale, hills work in the santa rosa city schools. go to our website, ktvu.com with a handy guide for people living in the fire zone including information on evacuation centers. school closures, air-quality in the areas affected by the pg&e public safety power set off. >>> right now we want to check in with alfred look at the commute. >>> we are still looking at the bay area commute. i want to mention that highway 101 through the windsor area is open. it continues to be open to the whole area and the closures have not reached on 01. this is a look at 101 a father south gilroy to san jose a nice- looking drive. all of the freeways are off. 156 is all looking good driving into the main the valley through morgan hill and getting into san jose. also looking at downtown san jose were traffic is light, be in the east bay. we are looking for a friday commute that is later than normal. let's go back to the desk. >>> pg&e acknowledges a power outage on the high-voltage line in the area that may be connected to setting off the fire. 9:20 p.m. w

the second most destructive fire in california history burning more than 2500 homes, just in santa rosa. city officials say only about 10% of property owners have rebuilt homes so far. in many cases that is because it takes a long time to clear property, replace infrastructure and get building permits. many fire victims say now that two years have passed of their insurance companies will stop paying temporary housing benefits. >> a couple thousand people are running out of their temporary rent benefit from their insurance and now are going to have to dig into their own pockets to cover until they can move back into a replaced home. >> some insurance companies have already expended living expenses for 12 more months. tonight at 5 pm officials in sonoma county in santa rosa are hosting a public gathering tomorrow to -- to mark two years since the tubbs fire. >>> pg india's morning that as many as 600,000 customers across california may not have electricity as early as tomorrow. ktvu's -- is in santa clara county right now, one of several bay area counties that could be affected. good morning sa

>>and 4 of the santa rosa city schools closed this afternoon because of the power safety shut off the schools are maria high school when khan valley middle school said rosa accelerated charter school and hidden lley elementary kron four's michelle kingston talk to the superintendent there about the shot off and how the schools will. >>move forward with no power tomorrow. i would rather not close school. but in these cases we think you know we have to look at all the factors empty parking lots outside some schools in santa rosa with no power in the area surrounding maria carrillo high school rincon valley middleschool santa rosa accelerated charter school. >>and hidden valley elementary school superintendent diane cucumbers a close these 4 schools around 2 on wednesday afternoon. and they will remain closed through thursday, it's pretty frustrating, i'm a single dad, so i have to. >>basically leave try to work from home in. some of these to about 3,000 of the school district's 16,000 students will not be in class on thursday schools are closed meaning no class. >>nasa noaa after school

the santa rosa city school district has canceled classes at hidden valley elementary, rincon valley middle school, maria carrillo high school in santa rosa accelerated charter school. the rincon valley union school district is shutting down five elementary schools. they are austin craig, sequoia, binkley, madrone and the sequoia campus of rincon valley charter school. you can go to ktvu.com anytime where we will continue to have the latest information on the power outages as well as the fire and the evacuations as we have crews monitoring that situation as well. >>>. in minutes we will bring in the latest on the kincade fire burning in the north bay. also, those power shutoffs have more cities trying to figure out how they can break away from pg&e. we tell you a body plan by san jose to try to become energy independent. >>> we have a lot of serious news today but we also have some fun. it is opening night for the golden state warriors at chase center. we will take you inside the warriors' new arena for a look at what is in store for fans today. they give us excellent customer otservice, ev