the third area of reference is the southern sierra foothills. home that weather system comes in on sunday the 27th. we will begin the shut down process promptly at midnight tonight. we expect the all clear on monday at midnight. sustained wind speeds 30-40 miles per hour with gusts 50-60 that represents roughly 86,000 customers. the next area of geography is the bay area south they east bay , begins at 2000 hours at 8:00 p.m. the all clear is monday morning 0800. sustained with values 35-45 miles an hour gusts 55-65 and that represents roughly 246,000 customers. the fifth area is along the north coast out to the humboldt area that will begin at 2100 hours are 9:00 p.m. the season. the all clear currently sunday at 4:00 p.m. or 1600 hours. sustained wind speeds 30-40 miles per hour gusts 50-60 roughly 146,000 customers. the second to last would be the kern county area. projected to be sunday at 9:00 p.m. , 2100 hours. all clear monday at about 1800 hours are 6:00 p.m. sustained 20-30 miles per hour justice of 40-50 miles per hour less than 1000 c

goodbye to them southern california though much of the los angeles metro area on up into the southern sierra nevada even down towards around san diego, still affected by very high fire danger this morning as rapidly spreading blaze is actually burning down there as we speak you can see fire danger remains extreme in the kern county mountains the southern sierra the los angeles area down through san diego, his zoom in here on the bay area our fire danger today, almost nonexistent really know. what we are going to be looking at much calmer conditions which has really helped us out a lot compared to where we had been. now the big picture is showing that the system that had brought us so strong winds gradually moved a little further southward now so we're still going to enjoy the high pressure ridge which is going to keep conditions so nice and clear and a little bit warmer today but we're going to do so without the winds. 70's for your highs for most of san francisco with a few more 80's on the map than what we had been seeing the past couple of days, a low 80 today in burlingame as well as are

side of the state, southern side of the state though and around la down to san diego up into the southern sierra all experiencing very high fire danger is winds whip up in these areas and conditions remain dry while most red flag warnings have expired for northern california. that's not the case for southern neighbors, red flag warnings continue through the day for much of los angeles and san diego areas while continuing up into the southern sierra right around the great find too. winds here in the bay they're going remain pretty calm at max maybe 12 miles per hour out there. a very calm day compared to where we once were so a good start to the weekend in that regard and temperatures are just going make it even better 70's for san francisco if you're heading to the city for fleet week 70's right along the coastline to now most of us are going to be in the 80's today. this is a little on the warm side, if you don't happen to have power, i know it's being restored. pretty rapidly now for most areas, but it will be a toasty afternoon in which case you don't san jose in morgan hill, each 82 for your

across la down to san diego up into the kern county mountains around the grapevine and up into the southern sierra nevada as well our winds here in the bay are quite calm compared to 60 mile per hour gusts in southern california. we're looking at gust topping out at maybe 12 miles per hour today. and that's just for a few short minutes, so winds are really started to calm down with high pressure still in place we're going to stay dry fog free. that's good news as we see those ships making their way through the golden gate for fleet week today. so we are going to see some good weather for getting out for fleet week very comfortable in san francisco in the 70's for your highs with 70's out along the coastline on the peninsula and then 80's for much of the rest of the bay burlingame southward on the peninsula, looking at low 80's palo alto not quite there to 79 but very close santa clara and san jose as well as down to morgan hill, each 82 for your highs east bay temperatures a range of 70's and 80's today, just as you will also see further north in the bay area with low 80's up in the north bay. the

most of this la metro area on up into the great find southern sierra nevada down to san jose, all lit up in red indicating red flag warnings continuing down there today. robin. >>thank you john a big backup at the bay bridge toll plaza spilling into the oakland maze all connectors are a solid, but it remains quiet. so we're just under 15 minutes with no hot spots crashes to add to the slow traffic. that's already there we're checking in on the san mateo bridge step out of the way for can see the traffic. goodman's quite heavy it's beyond the toll plaza and it will stay like this into foster city and connecting with one oh one so right now we're at 24 minutes earlier this morning. it was a 40 minute trip so this is much much better. golden gate looking good 30 minutes nevado to san francisco. so that's an easy drive and your drive times for one on one good to 13 minutes from brisbane to 80. if you opt for 2.80 north. it's only 15 minutes from daly city to downtown san francisco. if this is the first morning that you can wake up and flip the lights on in your house, you missed all the g

you see those yellow and red areas on the map particularly around l a stretching up into the southern sierrae are peak fire danger areas extreme fire danger in these areas do too very strong winds here and also notice that low humidity in these areas too even before the sun has come and kick come up this morning, bakersfield, looking at humidity in the single digits this morning you compare that with here in the bay area and what we've got ahead of us is a rather calm day winds are going to be a lot lighter and overall conditions just less prone for wildfire. you still do have those a red flag warnings up in lake inclusive counties but here in the bay for the most part we are free of that you're down to southern california and it's just the opposite much of the la area lit up in red on up into the kern county mountains and then the southern part of the sierra nevada clear down to san diego so fire danger still remains high there on into the start of the weekend. here in the bay we've got calm winds today, let's take a look at your wind forecast as we make our way through the morning and into

warnings in la down to san diego up into the kern county mountains and eventually up into the southern sierra. so this is where your fire danger is at its highest today. well, those of us in the bay look at calm conditions overall as we work our way into the weekend. this a good opportunity for us to get back to normal after so many power outages, still many experiencing lack of power this morning as you're getting out there today temperatures a bit warmer. so hoping power gets restored a very quickly because it will be a warm afternoon highs back up into the 80's for in london, even bayside areas, i've got the rest your forecast for the weekend. still ahead, robin. >>so quite slow heading into san francisco this morning, you're back up at the bay bridge toll plaza is holding at the bottom of the maze so from the bottom of the base through the tolls up the incline and on to the suspension you're going to be dealing with a lot of often on slowing. this is not bad we're averaging 17 minutes to make it in and i have not found any hot spots are major alerts and you have some slow spots highway fo

would consider a the heart ofthe ba though that's where your red flag warnings continue from the southern sierrahe kern county mountains then down into the coastal range is right around los angeles where we do have a new wildfire that spread rapidly overnight. intense fire danger does continue for these areas with very low humidity even at this early morning round bakersfield at 6%. so that's where fire dangers really kicked into gear here in the bay area things have calmed down and come down significantly does fire danger is rapidly diminished. that's compared to yesterday as wa hav along with the winds are expected to come down for the la area today just as they did yesterday for us here in the bay. so all across the board fire danger is going down as we work our way to this forecast certainly not something we're having to worry about so much back here in our backyard today and into the weekend your daytime highs today, those will be in the 60's and 70's for san francisco. although that's not the way they're going to be for the rest of the bay area we're talking a lot of 80's back on the map t

and then the rest of the bay area we're talking east bay south bay peninsula and then also the southern sierra foothills, so more around 7 o'clock tomorrow night. so those are exact some numbers but that's the best estimate from p j t store. >>already frustrated from the last hour out of outage from this one now we've got another one it just seems like. this is going to be some simmering anger and people are not be happy with the genie. >>yeah, the tension and anxiety in the community was palpable today, not only gas stations where the lines are long also just just driving along maybe people would have been hunting is flush ordinarily it does seem like you know, i went to safeway the water was great grab that people get nice people getting batteries and flashlights, it's a it's a big issue. obviously you don't want wildfires if that is the alternative but as governor newsome says it shouldn't have to be a choice between no power or a wildfire just as they were given the all clear from the last hour outage. >>here we go again you know told too long. all right and people in marine county getting

either for wind or fire conditions, taking us from the bay area through the sacramento valley and southern sierrathis is a very cold system. look at that system coming out of western canada. that's going to drive out the cold temps and heavy snow. for us it will be a wind producer. 50s and 60s here, that's cold air. this is a real power house system. it will sweep through with cool air tomorrow but it will be a wind producer for us. 60s, 70s and 80s today, then we see temperatures drop down to the 70s or low 80s wednesday and thursday. mainly it's windy, low humidity with high fire danger. things will calm down on friday. things look cooler going into the weekend. >>> we have talked about this a lot, helping children make friends on the playground. coming up, how a personal coach and author is teaching parents social skills to help set them up for success. >>> and where fires are happening in the east bay and who neighbors say may be lighting them. ♪ hey. hey. you must be steven's phone. now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network..

warnings up in your neighborhood and continuing right to the sacramento valley and up in the sierra nevada southern california of course dealing with those santa ana winds and fire danger will continue for them right through tomorrow morning. rather they are tomorrow is going to be just a gorgeous day no fire danger to worry about those temperatures are going to be spectacular 70's and 80's all the way to the coast. >>all right lawrence, a state lawmakers are sounding off on p g's public safety power shutoff capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains their concerns. >>we're following up a state lawmakers as pg e continues through this process of those public safety power shutoff lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say this cannot be a long-term policy for the utility, it's tragic. it's sad. it's very factional state senator jerry hill has the utility intentionally cut off power to customers he s hearing back in august in preparation for the power shut off. but says lawmakers never expected this we thought it would be sure. >>you wouldn't think that they would all of that their hill is urging s

the coast in the southern portion of the sierra foothills. we would anticipate deenergizing at 7 pm on saturday. that is the sequence of steps as we currently forecasted. one saturday. lastly we do forecast a reverse santa ana type of a weather phenomenon that we have continued to see during this month. in kern county. we anticipate that to occur on sunday at 11 am. as i stated our goal here is to continue to ensure that we are minimizing the impact to our customers. as well as minimizing the impact from a duration perspective. so the times here are subject to change. we continue to monitor the weather forecast. if things move up we potentially can move things up. if we can have the opportunity to further delay because we see multiple hours delay in the weather forecast. that may impact the area. that is exactly what we are going to do. we are asking customers to prepare for outages of 48 hours or longer. given the potential duration that is currently being forecasted for this event. at the moment we are forecasting that the weather is going

the third area being the bay area, the coast and the southern portion of the sierra pofoothil, we would anticipate initiating the deenergization at 7:00 p.m. on saturday. that's the sequence of steps as we currently forecasted on saturday. and lastly, we do fec a reverse ana type of weather phenomenon that we had earlier this month in kern county, but we anticipate that to occur on sunday at 11:00 a.m. and, as i stated our goal here is to ensure that we're minimizing the impact to our customers through sectionalization as well as minimizing the impact from a duration perspective. so the times here are subject to change. we continue to monitor the weather forecast. if things move up, we potentially can move things up. but, if we can have the opportunity to further delay the deenergization, because we see hour, two hour or multiple hour delay in the forecast, that may impact that area, that's exactly what we're going to do. we are asking our customers to prepare for outages of 48 hours or longer. given the potential duration that's currently being forecasted for this event. at the moment,

they are in the elevated potential for shut off pg&e will focus on the winds in the sierra foothills. >>> in southern california, firefighters are on high alert tonight because what we are getting up here, they are getting down there. low humidity, warm temperatures, strong winds. they are expected in parts of los angeles county and ventura county and the central coast roes conditions accelerate the growth of new fires and in the valley, neighbors know the fire danger is not only real, it is redundant. >> something that we run in to every single year. here we go again. >> sometimes you don't feel safe, even if it is burning, it somehow manages to get back here. >> extra fire patrols are working tonight. >>> a homeless encampment destroyed afrge fire today. fire crews say at least six people were living in the homeless encampment. nobody was hurt and it is not clear how it started. >>> lapd under fire after the agency failed to investigate thousands of serious charter schooled reports. data from the district attorney shows nearly 4,000 child abuse cases were not investigated from january 2018 to july

and the southern portion of the sierra foothills. we immediately began patrolling and restoring our customers at that time. the remaining areas of the north bay and the northern part of the sierra foothills remain out of service until weather conditions improve at noon which was consistent with forecasts. as of noon shortly after all counties with the exception of kern were declared all clear. we have been restoring customers ever since. i will say that kern county itself the all clear for kern is actually projected to occur at noon tomorrow. we are going to file the same cadence and monitor weather conditions. if there is an opportunity to pull that in if winds decrease earlier than forecasted we will begin that restoration sequence as well. we restored approximately 100 to 125,000 customers. since these all clears have been issued. we have roughly 56,000 customers out of service still. the numbers are dropping fast. our crews are making great progress. that is possible due to the amount of resources we have out there. we have over

. >>> 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 shifting from north to south. we have air quality concerns all throughout the san joaquin valley. this is going to be today, tomorrow, and also thursday. as far as temperatures, hanging out 70 in the central valley. 64 monterey. 74 in los angeles and 44 in tahoe. more on our fire danger coming up next. >>> thanks, mike. vallejo has lift add restriction on water use. the pg&e power shutoff cut off electricity from a water pumping station that forced water restrictions to be ordered. the water is flowing once again. pg&e stock value has plunged to another record low. the price per share closed at $3.80. that is a loss of 24% of its value from friday's close. pg&e stocks traded as high as $49 per share in the last year. and pg&e's power shutoffs are supposed to reduce the risk of wildfires. >> the abc 7 news i-team says the company admits equipment may have sparked at least three fires in the bay ar

most of them are in the north bay and sierra foothill. in southern california there are 90,000 people who have no electricity this afternoon. >>> the very latest on the kincaid and the pg&e adage had to our webpage ktvu.com and make sure to download or up day ktvu mobile app. >> san francisco has a new burglary team. district attorney announced the formation of a task force called operation tangled web. she says it will work with police, the sheriff's department and chp to go after organized rings that are responsible for the majority of the city's auto burglaries. >> this is an organized crime effort, that's why this is a task force. it is not only a san francisco issue, it is a regional issue. we are looking at and recognizing that the folk who are doing it or organize we also have to be organized. >> an average of 70 vehicles are broken into every day in san francisco. >>> and has stored decision and capitol hill today, the house voting to move forward with the impeachment inquiry. what happens next will be completely public reporter greg lee show

southern california. we have a red flag warning to the north in lake county and the sierra nevada. it's sunny, dry, it's wind y in southern california. our winds will switch to an onshore component, a critical time with lowest humidity today in thetas. mperatur in the60s there all weekend long. >> thanks. we want to give you an update on that fire that's been burning in southern california. we have just learned that a strike team with san francisco fire department firefighters ave been deployed to orange county. this is a wind-driven fire named the saddleridge fire. it ignited around 9:00 last night around the 210 freeway. >> they're reassigning them from marin county where they were on watch presumably helping the north bay in case there was an outbreak there to orange county. they want to make everyone aware in the city that san francisco fire department remains fully staffed. but they are going to need as many people as they can down there. this fire is out of control. it's so close to populated areas. >> apparently this is someone's backyard that we're looking at on the screen t

sierra. there's a fire outside yosemite. in southern california with the offshore winds and the fires flaring up. red flag place until 6:00 tomorrow. tonight and into backing off. we're not expecting extreme winds. there's the layout as you can see. the current observations we had temperatures in the 60s to lower 70s. it's 11:00 at night and the humidity from 5 to 7%. very dry and the wind, there's a breeze around 12 to 16 miles an hour. the strongest winds have moved out of southern california. we'll continue to keep an eye on this portion of the state. >>> now to the pg&e outages in the northern part of the state. 98% of homes and businesses that lost power have it restored. there's fewer than 13,000 pg&e customers in the dark. that's below thursday's when homes and businesses had their pg&e has c the during the power shut off process. >> the ceo bill johnson apologized for the communication failures but pg&e plans to continue with the weather related shut downs. there were very big lessons learned. >> in the face of public outrage, p

california lisa northern california see some uh well to the north near lake county and up in the sierra nevada, southern california on the other hand they are looking at some santa ana winds developing tonight may be some gust as high as 75 miles per there per hour there. so certainly concern about some of the fire danger in southern california, decreasing winds throughout the night tonight with those decreasing winds will find some chilly temperatures tomorrow, sunny and warm all the way to the coastline. tell you what tomorrow afternoon. it is going to be as nice as it can be around the bay area this time of year you see mid 70's out at the beaches 70's 80's around the babies in the valleys and no fire danger for tomorrow guys love here that hank you arts to the south bay now where power has been restored in some neighbhoods kron four's gayle. >>is live in san jose where she talked to people about this trying experience. gayle, how are folks doing. >>jagr and i'm here the allman in valley neighborhood where the power was shut off around midnight and turned back on around 4 o'clock this afternoon. resi

as you see on the map there is red on the map in southern california and also in the sierra.ing with, still, fire weather and you might notice that blue on the map if you look to the northup by yukia. getting down to the 30s in those areas. we are not that cold yet. we are getting there. napa, down to 38 degrees tonight. it is warmer here in oakland for the overnight low. we are in the 50s in the north bay. east bay. we are 53 in oakland. 61 right now. we recovered nicely on the relative humidity levels. the winds are nice and calm, literally calm, you can see barely anything out there. 3 miles an hour. that is is all for great news watching us get out of that situation. mostly sunny skies. 73 for san francisco. 77 in oakland. we will have 80s out there, napa, lower than that heading to fremont, san jose just coming under the mark. if you are heading out for fleet week activities, we have good weather. nice to bring you the good news after the last couple of days. san francisco, beautiful sunshine, winds not a problem. saturday, 72 looks great. getting into sunday, temperatur

southern california. 100 customers lost power last night around 10 pm in the mammoth lakes area as a safety precaution. 33,000 customers could also have the power shut off in the coming days in the eastern sierrats of southern california. the anticipated shutoffs come as edison says it's electrical system was affected during the saddle ridge fire last week in the san fernando valley. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >>> this monday is the deadline for wild fire victims to file a claim against pg&e. a judge set aside $8 billion for victims from the north bay wildfires and those in butte county. so far only one third of the people eligible have actually submitted a claim. people eligible to file include those who lost wages, suffered emotional distress or whose homes were damaged or burned down. >> if a person went and burn down your house, you would be there filing a claim. you'd be there holding them responsible in this should be no different. pg&e burned down our houses. >> a judge rejected the request to extend the deadline beyond monday. you can submit a claim by going to ktvu.com and click on web links. >>> new this morning. longtime congressman elijah cummings of maryl

>>>late-season snowstorms brought a lot of powder to sierra and parts of southern california, regardlessher plays out, ski resort are planning to open at the end of october early november, they will make their own snow, to talk about where you can hit slopes we are joined by ski and snowboarding enthusiasts, kevin koop good to have you back my friend. >> reporter: good to see you guys. will ask a foolish question and ready for snow? >> it was a good summer, short because we had such a long winter, spring going but it's really good to start getting back into the field, temperatures started to drop a little bit. mid-low 20s overnight. low 60s in the daytime you can see behind me, we needelp from mother nature right now because it is a little dry as we go into this winter. >> of an essay the first resort to open is mount rosen a couple weeks. i was up there not to long ago and not a lot of snow there. >> reporter: yes they've all been prepared in their systems getting ready to go in testing their snowmaking systems, they've been playing snow on the correct nights this is a science you're pl

sierra nevada. lots of sunshine, 70s in yosemite. windy in southern california. the fires there. we could see haze in our own backyard due to some of that smoke drifting in and around the bay area. headed to the mountains, be careful. certainly dry ther 62 today. 64 tomorrow. looking at numbers right around 60 with those breezy winds into sunday. >>> the prime minister of ethiopia is the nobel peace prize winner. prime minister abiy ahmed helped to resolve the border with eritrea. >>> the former ambassador to ukraine is expected to answer questions today but behind closed doors.yovanovitch was re after coming under attack from president trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani. her removal upset some at the state department. secretary of state mike pompeo's senior adviser, michael mckinley resigned yesterday citing plummeting morale in the department. two associates of rudy giuliani have been arrested.arrested.arr. >>> santa clara unity will ig inaugurate its new its new president, father kevin o'brien. he studied law and initially want god into politics but then found a passion

the central value of sacramento, the foothills, and the higher elevations of the sierra and also right there for southern california, los angeles, and san diego. we're going to talk more about those red flag fire warnings for other parts of northern california coming up throughout the hour. again, the good news right now we are starting to see the wind situation shift out of the bay area albeit it is at the expense of other areas that remain under the fire danger right now. >> we just heard a few minutes ago the ceo of pg&e accepting blame for this. we also heard from governor newsom. he's taking the offensive blaming pg&e for decades of mismanagement. >> this is not from my perspective a climate change story as much as a story about greed and mismanagement over the course of decades. neglect. a desire to advance not public safety but profit. >> the governor went on to say no state in the 21st century should experience what we're going through. >> the bay area's biggest city isn't putting up with it either, saying pg&e can't dictate the lives of millions of people. the mayor demanded compensation from pg

sierra foothills. some small business owners a treakin mg into their own hand hands. >>> tonight some southern andy tool that could help homeowners fight wildfires before help arrives. it's called the portable fire pump cart system. and it lets people use water from their smm wat can >> their job is to basically put the system at the poole side. put the suction hose into the pool itself, and layout the fire hose. that's all we're asking them to do. put the signage in front and they can leave. they back their rig into the driveway and have a hose that's laid out for them. >> if you want to try out those pumps, you have to rent it out from a fire defense service. and their website says they are experiencing a high demand. so you will be need some patience. >> the wind is the source of all this right now. >> and i can fire we started with. we come in for a closer examination on this. where is that fire burning? right on the sonoma and lake county lines. st about 20 miles an hour. you don't want any winds. but a 20 mile an hour wind is much better than what's right up the hill. there's our locator again. th

southern california, 70s, sunshine there. low 80s in fresno. but temperatures in the sierra nevada in the 60s. but haze, they still have some fires there in the mountains. 81 in sacramento. >>> all right. thanks. we have new developments that hunter biden plans to step down from a chinese-owned company. we'll have more on that in a second. but one body has been recovered, this video here, one person is still missing hotel under construction in new orleans. the missing person may be buried in a building that's unstable. neighboring buildings have been evacuated amid concerns that the rest of the hotel could collapse. construction cranes at the site are dangerously unstable. >> we have some pretty large cranes moving into place in an effort to stabilize that crane attached to the building. >> it's not safe right now. it's not stable. the area is unstable right now. safety is top priority. >> at least 30 others were injured. officials promise a thorough investigation into the collapse once all the victims have been recovered. >>> a driver claims he blacked out while driving the wrong way careenin

sierra. 20 to 50 miles per hour gusts possible into 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. the second location where we have had fires in southern california. 20 to 50 miles per hour gusts possible. this red flag warning until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. a wind map. the two population centers l.a. and san diego. where the wind could be 30 to maybe 50, 60 miles per hour. into tomorrow. big time danger here tomorrow and friday. >> you said it. in southern california.ng take a look. within the past hour, the 210 freeway has been closed in about 15 miles north of burbank. homes and major buildings in the flames. there are several fires down in southern california. we have the latest. >>ust in the last couple minutes fremont firefighters are heading down to southern california to help in the fire. the most destructive so far. believed to have started by a truck dumping trash near dry grass. when the fire sparked dozens of homes and one school was evacuated sfwl tonight the after math of the so called sandalwood fire. that ripped through a mobile home park. destroying 40 homes. it began just after 2:00 p.m. whipping across 500 acres. fuelled

sierra, up to 45-mile-per-hour winds. relative humidities down to 10%. that's tomorrow. but then thursday into gfriday s the big day for southern california. it will get hot there through the end of the week. david? >> ginger, thank you. >>> next this evening, to the school shooting tonight near a california high school. two high schools, in fact, and a community college immediately put on lockdown. armed police searching the campus, taking a potential suspect into custody. what authorities revealed just a short time ago. and abc's will reeve tonight from california. >> reporter: tonight, an all too familiar scene. students evacuating a school, hands on their heads. >> upgrade this to an active shooter assignment. >> reporter: heavily-armed police descending on ridgway high school in santa rosa, california, after a suspect reportedly opened fire outside the campus, hitting one teenager in the abdomen. then running into the school. choppers overhead, two high schools and a nearby junior college locked down as officers searched the school and surrounding area for the suspect. >> they searched us and told us to put our hands up. yeah, it was

sierra nevada, about 70 miles an hour. that surge of wind is currently making it into southern california.he worst of the wind tonight will be there through tomorrow morning. now, we're going to get a break later tomorrow into tuesday, but late tuesday into wednesday, high pressure builds back down again behind another cold front and another surge of wind is likely. this time it won't be quite as severe. we've seen an up tick in large fires in the west because as we warm the climate we dry the vegetation out and the size of these fires is growing. >> jeff, thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> now to texas where there's a manhunt for the gunman who opened fire at a halloween party. it happened last night. two people were killed and a dozen others injured at the off-campus event near texas a&m commerce university. mireya villareal is in greenville, texas. >> reporter: dramatic cell phone video shows a mass shooting in greenville, texas. wounded partygoers laid out on the floor as others desperately tried to help them. sierra vital was here last night and watched as people were carried to safety

that was in the sierra foothills a pocket that was and the north bay and then to individual counties, san mateo come the san mateo county on the peninsula in kern county. down in the southern end the state. essentially all of those customers are restored at this time the is in sonoma county. we have about 1000 customers as of start of this press briefing that to remain out of service. that's primarily due to the cain cain fire. that is an active fire. that cal fire is in charge of the incidents we are reporting in under their command. we do believe that time. we will be able to impacted customers to roughly 700 by the end of the evening. and so important that we work together with the cal fire. they are they on the scene they own the entire footprint of the perimeter and the adjacent areas to that perimeter. and we want to stay out of the way and support them wherever we can. they fight the fire. in addition to that we want to look for opportunities where we can restore service. from a numbers perspective. and 6,000 on the ground resources and 42 helicopters that supported that restoration effort we were able to restore. 93% and about 11 hours after we got the all clear th

sierras 7miles an hour. more people between 9:00 tonight an 9:00 a.m. tomorrow will lose power in southern california.eunesse live in california. melissa: here to react. james freeman a fox news contributor. james, i grew up in california. idiotic things like this happen all the time related to the power since i was a child. it has been the same problem. the grid needs to be updated. they can't handle how much power is being demanded by people. and this time of year, the wind pecks up. there were always fires at halloween. we had restrictions on having to clear the brush around your house. my question is, why aren't they clearing more brush? they're blaming pg&e. saying they are the ones that are not doing clearing. why is everybody shutting off the power, rather than going out there cutting back some of the stuff that will burst into flames? >> i think it is time to think a little more broadly what the solution is. you mentioned the governor out there predictably perhaps blaming pg&e for not investing enough in safety or infrastructure of the politicians out there own this problem. melissa: right. >>

sierra-nevada and north bay. the wind will translate south into southern california later tomorrow, tomorrow night, into monday morning. let's put this in perspective. because of a warmer climate, the risk for western wildfires has been going up. fire season is two to three months longer than it used to be. the area burned has doubled since the 1970s. the risk is increasing due to warmer air, drier vegetation, and more homes in prone areas for fires. now on the other side of the country, it's the complete opposite. we had a tropical depression that died overnight last night merging with a front, causing a lot of heavy rain. that means a miserable night in places like the great lakes, chicago, green bay, detroit. tomorrow, a stormy sunday for the big cities right here in the east. >> thank you. nobody can escape. >>> in other news, the justice department is considering its next move this morning after a federal judge ordered it to turn over secret grand jury testimony from robert mueller's russia investigation to the house this coming week. the ruling is being seen as a victory for democrats and potential new fuel for

southern california are coming our way. it's because this is a central and northern california event. stretching from the northern sacramento valley towards the sierra foothills. and for us of course. here's a look at where we expected over the north bay. we have in hills and valley locations. who is not included? the coastline. as i shift east away from the bayside community. who is not included, richmond, berkeley, oakland, areas along fremont and hayward. not part of the advisory. our hills and valleys are included as well. one worship frequency the santa cruz mountains also included. along the peninsula san francisco and along the coastline not part of the advisory. it looks like it will be a breezy day for everybody. especially windy in those advisory areas. back to you. struck another a number of police departments are not waiting around to hear whether or not the power is shut off in their area. they go out there and warn residents to prepare. allie rasmus reports from around the. >> reporter: people here are getting the message to be prepared to be prepared for power shut off. we talked to the manager at the true value hardware. it opened in

southern california. process winds pushing on shore later today. here a view of walnut creek. a bit of haze out there due to the air quality from the fires in the sierraies there we're beginning to see some of the effects in our east bay valleys. but as the winds switch around we are clearing out the atmosphere a bit. 46 in redwood city. 41 in red woopd as it. nice recover to the upper 40s. emeryville right now temperatures cold up north. 39 santa rosa. looking at 52 in sanna rafael. 40s petaluma by the delta livermore in the mid-40s. throughout the day a lot of sun. we talked about high pressure still in control. but as we go through late tonight, the fog begins to form. weak i will system pushing through, allowing for high clouds tomorrow. sunday morning fog at the coast. process and those higher clouds. but tfl be a sunny afternoon. we'll have the sea breeze. we'll cool off a bit into monday. more fog even perhaps some mist and drizzle again spreading along the marin county coast allowing fore cooler temperatures. fast forward to monday night. there is a system north. tuesday into wednesday. staying to the north pushes into extreme northern califor