if it is legal or not if i had to the black hills. -- head to the black hills. t making it in these streets in these cities, i am willing to take the risk to go find gold for my family. that is what really led to the gold rush here in the black hills. it is the turning point in the event. from there, the spaces go through a bunch of different treaty reorganizations, land allotment act's, things of that nature. had that gold not been discovered, i think it might be a different story. we can only conjecture. that is what happened. >> right now we are at a campsite for the lakota. here is also ironically where the remnants of custer's seventh calvary ended up. this was their patrol area. they would be involved in later years, you know, 1876 was little bighorn, but by 1890 was the wounded knee massacre. so that was their job, and they patrolled an area to go clear down there, it was probably 140 miles from wounded knee. the black hills have always been a big issue, you know? the u.s. court of claims was formed in the 1940's to take claims to land, and that is when th

we are right in the middle of the black hills, which all of the black hills are considered sacred to kota people, and this was the place where they came to hunt for food, this is a place where they came to pray. this is very personal land and very private things happen here for them. , just in different ways. more modern. 1939dad got the letter in 10, up and start the mountain carving, dad decided to, but got a pine ridge reservation. he realized it or not much about the native culture, so that made him, he was very conservative and very wise, and looks at things very differently, more than most people do. he thought, these are such poor conditions. this is not how we should treat these people. they should be honored. he then decided to take on the job of carving the mountain. looked at mountains all around. dad didn't want to do it near , it did not work out. when artists get together, they don't always work out. first prize in the oak ridge fair, and the newspaper talked about that. henry got all of those things together and wrote to dad, and that is how it started, to get people to

you can see the black hills from a long distance. tribes considered the black hills a sacred site. they could see it in the istance. it looked black because of the panda roso pines. >> over the years, there has been discussion from native americans and others about the location of the black hills being sacred and right here you have something that represents, to some people, the u.s. government, the policies toward native americans have not been look at the same way. what do you talk about you tell people about that issue and mount rushmore? >> there was some controversy from the start, carving in the black hills. that controversy came from tribal people and people who we would today call -- the tribes were looking for a place they would come in and honor and have ceremonies, spent some ime. at that time period, we are talking 1925, that was not looked at the same way we look at it today. today, we still have tribal people were concerned about the black hills being carved, people living in the black hills and we try to honor that, some of that to our interpretive programming. we als

black akota has the hills. if you're on the western side of the state, and, if you're at rapid city, we're about 2,000 feet higher than rapid. ome people have referred to this as the turtle on the prairie. froman see the black hills a long distance. tribes that had considered this a sacred site, considered the hills a sacred site, they were referencing, they could see distance. it looked black because of the pines. it from a long way across the state of south dakota. >> over the years, there has know, a discussion from native americans and others black he location of the hills, that's sacred to native americans, and right here you something that represents, to some people, the u.s. policy towards the not always cans has been -- haven't looked at it the same way. when you u talk about tell people about that issue at mount rushmore? controversy some right from the start. carving in the black hills. controversy, from tribal people as well as people that who we would call people were ecologists, the tribes, they wer

coolidge never came back to the black hills. there was an effort years later on one of the anniversaries of his visit to get grace coolidge to get come back here. shedid not either but it was a one shopping . eisenhower did come back to the state game lodge in the 1950s and stayed here not nearly as long but there was another presidential visit to the game lodge later area if you look at the exterior, it does look similar to what you would have seen in 1927 except back then it was just basically a large house that the coolidge is inhabited there had been hotels added onto the side of the game lodge. if you go inside the facility has been renovated so that it probably doesn't look a lot like what the coolidge is experienced. inside the door there are two portraits of calvin coolidge and grace coolidge that were painted during the summer of 1927 and are still here. it was funny during research because we live in an era now where forpresident , if he goes golfing a few times it's almost a scandal. why isn't he working and how much t

beyond that the black hills are sacred to the lakota people. the respect and preservation is of a paramount importance. and how concept of leadership fit in to a value system. for a man to distinguish himself as a leader in society, he not only had to exhibit bravery, but he also had to exemplify certain virtues, for example wisdom, fortitude, generosity. these values had to be acknowledged in him and seen in him by others for him to be respected as a leader. in our exploration into concepts of warfare, we have a blowup of unvarnished view of the battle. this ledger drawing behind me was created by a veteran of the battle with red horse. it clearly gets across the brutality of the battle. on the other side of the gallery, we have a muslim paid by another -- patent -- a muzzle in -- a muslin painted by another. it celebrates the lakota virtues and ways of living in the world. next we are going to look at that muslin painting. this man -- this painting was painted by a man name strike. he fled up into canada with sitting bull, stayed with sitting

it came out to the black hills. he was given a 10-gallon hat by people from the rodeo who is trained to recruit him. he became part of him. he was given a full cowboy outfit and a horse. he dressed up at one point. and really kind of handed up for the cameras which was really out of character for him. the agent called it a second childhood that he experienced here like he have woken up in a dimestore novel and he really seem to have a lot of fun it was a bizarre summer. with the present here for three months just becoming part of the area. my opinion was probably like a lot of people. canavan unknown silent character. unknowable in a lot of ways. i think maybe the most interesting. and lead the led the book with the story. it was august of 1927 he woke up there in the state game lodge. he was driven to rapid city. and he went to his office there. and he have the press conference. it happened to be the fourth anniversary of his decision to the presidency. they ask him to sum up his first four years in office and he di

we are right in the middle of the black hills, which is all of the black hills considered sacred people. -- the people. this is where they came to hunt for food. this is a place where they came to pray. very private things have been -- happen here for them. they still do, just in different ways, more modern ways, but when dad got that letter in 1939 inviting him to start the mountain carving, dad decided to come out and go to pine ridge reservation. when he did, he realized he didn't know much about the native culture, so he was very inquisitive and looked at things differently, more deeply than most people do. he thought these are such poor conditions and this is not how we should treat these people. they should be honored. he took on the job of carving the mountain. he and standing bear went to look at mountains all around. dad did not want to work it on mount rushmore. it didn't work out. when artists get together, they don't always work out. dad also won first prize in the new york world's fair and the newspaper talked about that. henry got all of those things together and wrote to

even the oakland hills, a recent from the past hour, 42 miles per hour . mount diablo, 75 miles per hour . the wind and a few spots is still with us with the red flag warning . the warning is in place and scattered around northern california toward the delta and toward lake county and mendocino county. very dry weather set up in place. you can see the north wind has been a factor for the past couple of days. take a look at the relative humidity levels. right now it's only 7% in santa rosa so it's very dry across the region and we are showing you now some of the windspeeds and portions of the north bay. these panels show you the gusts around 19-26 miles per hour . mount tam, little peek at 29. mount diablo a current gust of 38 and one site in the oakland hills showing 28. in the north oakland hills, 42 miles per hour . closer to the surface, fairfield, a gust of 37. these panels are not nearly as strong. this is a weather system we've been tracking. this has given us cool overnight temperatures. for us yesterday and today, we have the high fire danger. dry,

said you have to carve it in the black hills. he was invited here by the native american people to carve a mountain in the black hills. but, what is really important is they are telling a story about a race of people, and part of the story we are telling, we are telling the history of the native american people. we are telling the future of american people. doesn't take, we have lots of performers and artists that come here and share their knowledge and experiences and lives with our guests, visitors. if you have knowledge, you have everything you need. >> as crazy horse became this young warrior, this young fighting warrior, how he stood for the people, how he tried to walk with harmony with all of creation, he looked up to the little children, handicapped, elderly, they were always first with crazy horse. he looked out for the whole people. is it biggest challenge is not the money like most people think. the biggest challenges understanding the mountain and knowing where the state lines are in making sure we keep that safe. that

and what we witnessed on the hills today leading to the reagan library. tonight, the historic santa ana winds. the national weather service issuing its first ever extreme red flag warning. winds not seen here in more than a decade. and we were there as firefighters work to keep the flames from shooting up the hills in simi valley. coming within 30 yards of the reagan presidential library. this newest fire, called the easy fire, erupting early this morning north of los angeles. this fire has been moving very quickly. it broke out in the middle of the night here in simi valley. they're trying to protect about 6,500 homes now in danger. at least 1,300 acres are already burning. and of course, part of the overall effort, the effort to protect the reagan presidential library. the statue of ronald reagan on a horse right out front. a fire truck and thick smoke just behind it. this is where the former president and first lady are now buried. fires racing up the hills surrounding the library. helicopters dropping water. and inside the library, air force one. smok

theodore roosevelt his cowboy regiment and the immortal charge up san juan hill." the authorrer is mark lee gardner. mr. gardner, how did teddy roosevelt get to san juan hill in 1898? >> guest: well, it was a lot of hard trying, a lot of really putting -- well, theodore roosevelt said, i put myself in the way of things happening and they happen, and he tried his best to form a military regiment and to get his troops to cuba and it was just force of will to get him to that spot where he created that iconic moment in 1898. >> host: he was not regular army. >> guest: he was. no. a u.s. volunteer. >> host: and dead hi operate independently? >> guest: yeah. i think to the chagrin of commanding officers, yes, he certainly had an independent expert his own way of doing things, but he did have a commanding officer and he was part of the fifth corps, so they did have their marching orders as to what their role was going to be, but he took on additional roles and that charge up san juan hill, a lot of threat for that does go to colonel roosevelt. >> host: where is san juan hi

especially up in the hills. we will time it out for you the rest of the day on future cast coming up.>>> we will start this time southbound 101. as fire crews have shut down a list is 2 right lanes. this is due to a grass fire. i just checked in with chp and they said they would be in for another 30 or 45 minutes. this is self 101. traffic is moving okay on the freeways. there are intersections with traffic lights out. richie treated as a four-way stop. why is still out at the tunnel. know delays want to get on the golden gate bridge. heading into san francisco. chp has not issued any and traffic looks pretty normal at the bay bridge. started to see a backup for that dry. it is clear across the upper deck. right now the san mateo bridge looks okay. no delays on 101. a much better story here. everything is not clear and traffic is free-flowing. >>> tensions are boiling over in some communities impacted by the power shut off. customers are frustrated with the lack of entry. we went to the headquarters to get inform

not only do the northbay hills but the east bay will hills. south as the santa cruz mountains. if you missed the talk about the fire weather watch. i will do that again coming up at 6 pm. >>> a new tool to battle the opioid crisis. what uc davis is working on. >>> >>> most men never think they will get breast cancer. they are at risk. men account for less than 1% of all breast cancer cases. now the fda is issuing new recommendations to include men and breast cancer studies to better understand the disease. doctor statement with strong family history of breast cancer should get check 6 i thought it had to be in the state. >>> trying to see how it was possible 26-year-old man could have breast cancer. >>> he is now cancer free. cases of breast cancer are usually more advanced in men by the time they are diagnosed. that is because men are generally not aware they can get the disease. >>> seeing if someone is on opioids consume be easier. researchers at uc davis develop an opioid breathalyzer which gives results in 10 minutes. until now a blood te

up in the hills, black diamond, and the oakland hills, humidity at 17% and many of east bay hills in nt st. helena takes the cake so far. 77 miles per hour . now mount diablo at 75 miles per hour . that was at 3:20 am. mt. umunhum at 60 miles per hour . that's in the santa cruz mountains. the national weather service radar site is up there. a lot of communication up there as well. wind advisory till 3:00 north and east bay hills. that will be the focus for the strong discussed above 2500 feet. red flag warning for most until 5:00. not up in mendocino county. not sure -- 5:00 in lake county. most will go until 5:00. timidity is very low. look at the size of that system. there will be record lows throughout much of the intermountain region. denver, 21 the key for teens around boulder. the coldest ever and you can see the boundary between the cold and the warmth. that will set the stage for an active pattern. burns, organ, 11. 19 in alturas. 37 in seattle and portland. 40s, 50s and 60s on the temperatures. sfo, 62. a huge difference on many of these temperatures including lafayette to wa

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maybe 9:00 for the east bay hills. about five hours of critical fire conditions at just about the height of what they can be this time of year. thankfully we don't have anything about the 50 miles per hour winds in the north way or with the fires around chico and redding. we have winds that are still very dangerous for what we're dealing with in moraga. >> thank you for that. our photographer henry is headed to that area. we have him on the phone. i know you're trying to set up a live shot. can you tell me what you're seeing right now? >> reporter: yeah. i'm on camino pablo across from the evacuation center. all i see right now is a lot of cars that are getting out of here as quickly as they can, and over the church up a hill, you can see a lot of fire vehicles, a lot of cal fire vehicles going up that hill, and there's a glow that you can see. i can't see flames but i can see a glow up on the hill behind it. it's a little bit up the ways. it's not like it's hundreds of feet. it's more than that. but it's definitely a

this is not for the hills. it's for the valleys as well with the high wind gusts that will continue throughout the day and the high wind warnings to 11:00 this morning. let's switch over to the maps. from santa rosa that was cleared this morning. now it's open, but we do have a lot of people coming down from see baft poll and coming down through rohnert park. we're seeing them back up and go through petaluma. this is about a 20-mile backup that i'mg on the traffic map this morning. it's moving very slowly. if sew if y so if you're thinking about whether or not to evacuate, go out there. we're trying to get to areas in northern sonoma county but has been stuck on the roads. how is it looking out there? >> reporter: well, kari, we were traveling on the northbound said heading into healdsburg. that was our game plan. one thing we noticed was the traffic on the southbound side. i want to show you. now we're heading out of healdsburg in the southbound direction. this is the current traffic. it's bumper to bumper. i'm

listed the strong winds up in the hills. we will take you through the rest of our bill future cast coming up.>>> jump into surface streets right now. you get update on some closeness. ntridge roados roci with that area if you can. elsewhere, along one-on-one, we have reports of a small grass fire on the right shoulder. that could cause a bit of a distraction as well on their free web. for a look at traffic in the northbay. runway moving it okay speeds despite intersections. lights are still out. treated as a four-way stop. expects a busier than usual conditions. right now traffic out of the self-pay looks good.>>> as we just mentioned, the hills went up in flames overnight. at least one neighborhood had to be evacuated. let's get right to our reporter at sthat fire were assembled. you can see the parking lot is beautiful. this is where police have told all evacuees to meet this morning. is threatening 140 structures and forcing evacuations. at one point the fire was burning up to 60 acres. it is now 60 percent contained. the

it is until 4 pm wednesday for the northbay hills. picking up the strongest wind out of the north to northeast around 60 and possibly 70 miles per hour even in the lower elevations we are talking about winds around 30-35 miles per hour. the third red flag warning in a week as we come in closer we will highlight the northbay hills. that is coupled with the red flag warning and a wind advisory until 11 pm wednesday morning. as we talk about the strongest winds we will be topping 60 miles per hour in the higher terrain and probably the peak of the wind event will be later on this evening. 7 pm this evening until 2 am tomorrow morning. all the areas in red, a red flag warning in place and very low relative humidity. coming in closer over the loop over the past few hours you see the wind. an onshore breeze and the offshore breeze. the offshore breeze will eventually develop. as we come in closer that gust at mount st. helena is gusting to 46 miles per hour. right around the fire zone we can see very dry with 8-12%. winds picking up in the h

over 90 miles per hour in terms of the gusts in those hills there. and that's pushing the flames towards the historic and incredibly vibrant downtown of healdsburg. how close are those flames, is the front line right now to the area we're talking about in healdsburg, the most populated area downtown? >> so far it is not encroaching too dramatically but the winds as you mentioned are so dynamic and powerful that that cou change quickly and that is why authorities evacuated so many of these areas in an abundance of caution and everyone who has gotten out made the right decision because the fire is going so fast. many houses here where we are up in the hills a little bit away from downtown, look to be the danger but the firefighters are doing a great job keeping the flames at bay, guiding the fires tore where it will not get the structures but with the we're in the middle of a gust, kind of a medium power one and it's blowing smoke in our face and kicking up debris and, of course, if those were embers, that could start new fires spotting across roads. ev

in the hills, mount st. helena, west. 43 9% humidity. that's where the fire is feeding off the look unity and higher elevation wind gusts. not so much of the surface. you can see the offshored direction. that low cloud deck is going well into the pacific. after today things will quiet down. he's the son. breezy and windy in the hills. 60s and 70s on the temperatures. everyone is close. the mornings will be cold. i do believe we set our clocks back this weekend. if i'm not mistaken. >> is that this weekend ? >> this weekend. that means the days will be short and the nights will be long and morning lows will be cold but temperatures and the pattern is quiet. >>> still ahead. one community that's been hurt before by wildfires feeling the stress of it again this morning. >> five years in a row and it just doesn't want to stop. >> with tell you how people in lake county are preparing as the kincade fire burns closer. >>> the story of two strangers who helped each other during the evacuations and power shutoffs. >>> welcome back to mornings on

and we begin tonight with the drama playing out on the hill. the confrontation came just one day after what may have been the most damaging testimony yet against president trump. tonight, even a leading republican senator now saying the picture coming out is not a good one. and just today, the pentagon official overseeing ukraine policy, laura cooper there, arriving to testify. but was stopped before she could even start when several house republicans showed up, stormed the room and made their demands. abc's mary bruce with the images tonight. another day of drama on the hill. >> reporter: one day after the most explosive testimony yet, house republicans tried to grind the impeachment inquiry to a halt. >> we're going to go and see if we can get inside. >> reporter: the president's allies on the hill forcing their way into the secure room in the basement of the capitol where lawmakers of both parties were trying to question a top pentagon official for ukraine and russia. >> by golly, if they're going to do it, do it in public. don't hide it from

talk in union city, san leandro obviously the hills here in oakland. there's walnut creek but i'm going zoom yen in oakland and just give you sense of how widespread the outages are going to be obviously you would consider the hills an area affected. but it goes almost a fruitvale here. this is in the city of oakland highland hospital is in the zone that is going to be powerless starting sometime midnight or just after midnight tonight and as you go up through the east bay here you know the berkeley hills parts of else to and we haven't even gotten to the north bay here all of mill valley seusalito along the coast here stinson beach. but when you talk about sonoma and napa and look at the coverage area here basically the whole thing you know parts of petaluma parts of santa rosa, big cities in the north bay, the entire city of sonoma is under this area and you just have to assume you maybe a few people in youngsville not affected but the majority of homes and businesses in this area are going to be without power for how long that's the big question we d

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and parts of the los gatos mostly in the hills near lexington reservoir. those residents still without power. good news, we're getting calls the power is going back up in lafayette and the orinda area, also in san jose so that is good news. we also want to take look at the power outages but county at the peak. at the height. you can see the most in sonoma county, about 66,000 customers. contra costa county also had a high amount with 351,000. santa clara, 3,800 customers without power at the height. >>> alarming sight near sfo. we mentioned the fire in the hills above brisbane and south san francisco. ac take a look here, see fire retardant being dropped. it burned dangerousically those a lot of homes. this is driven by the wind. see the smoke going in that direction. nbc bay area's scott budman is in brisbane. fire crews are still on site. scott? >> reporter: yeah, raj, behind me a partially charred san bruno mountain where today the quick work of firefighters kept that fire to just about 11 acres but even that was enough to make some neighbors nervous. sh

once this expires fire danger still at elevated especially in the hills. right now still tracking some winds. mount saint helene augustine 28 miles an hour. mill peak 13 miles an hour. and out to the east bay that oakland north observation to the oakland hills has been gusty all day long. right now 37 miles per hour. you step outside for a couple minutes it is very dry. single digit relative humidity right around 5-8. it is still very dry this afternoon. the winds will gradually subside and it looks like into the weekend talking about a little of a cooling trend. we will have more on that forecast coming up. >> thank you. >>> dates senator scott weiner from san francisco is proposing bill to restrict power shut off. in a tweet he said it is hard to overstate the impact of the rolling blackouts. his bill was set their standards for when utilities can cut our and it would impose hourly fines on utilities during planned blackouts and prevent them from charging customers for service during power shut off. the legislature is expected to hold hearings in january.

whether it is in the vaca hills or the range here in the west. not only for napa, take a look toward the northern part of sonoma county. red flag warning in effect until 10 arm tomorrow. if we look at what the wind is going so far, we haven't noticed much, but watch the time frame. and you see that real up tick in the winds. the brighter the red, the stronger the gust. red shows you where question got 40 miles an hour gusts and it is confined to the mountains. most of us won't notice this tomorrow. but, you can see the streamline showing you it is an offshore breeze. it is the warmup that the rest of us are going to notice while we are keeping an eye on the hills in the north bay. tomorrow, temperatures will jump another seven to eight degrees above what we did today. today was kind of warm. tomorrow, you are going to notice a little more. and i'll be back with that coming up in the forecast in a few minutes. >>> the north bay remains under a red flag warning tonight. the east bay had a big scare this afternoon. a fast moving brush fire in danvil

it was a fer dentrced ofeir w this is what fofire crews were n over the hills. making their way to several homes. fire crews say the outage did not affect how they attacked the flames. it did hinder how people escape. >>> we had to run around la. ering stuff with our erbe we were turned off our phones because we were trying to conserve power. we didn't get any text updates. >>> this is how close the flames got to some of the homes. there was no significant damage. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> morgan hill police say two thves thiee fopor e mischief. police spotted chris and jason gomez walking around just after midnight. a piece of broken glass on one man's clothing burglary tools and stolen property and later fo o ind topa the county jail. >>> delmar high school placed on lockdown this afternoon. the incident stemmed from an incident yesterday. police say a female student brandished a gun and threatened a male student off campus on wednesday. this afternoon a 16-year-old student was taken into custody at the school without incident. >>> presi

as the flames move up the hill. we'll have team coverage on this fire and the pg&e power shut-offs. that continues at 5:00. >> that will to it for us on kpix 5 at noon. head to our website for more. at at&t we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. we'reated access from at&t california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits. may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow, to learn more. ♪ >> katie: so this is how they're going to monitor me and give me medicine during the surgery. >> brooke: it's pretty awesome, right? >> will: and this operation's going to fix you? 'cause i was talking to bryce, and he said his mom had surgery, but it came back. >> bill: ah, that's a completely different situation, buddy. mommy's gonna get this new kidney, and she'll be

it's really the hills along the coast. where the concern is greatest right now we're not seeing too much worry in san francisco looks like that county will once again escape any sort of public safety power shutoff the north bay though that its own story that we've got a lot of the wine country still in the target of pg e for these power shut off because of the active fire that's burning right now. and the fact that the winds appear to be the strongest in the north bay today into tomorrow and that's why some actually communities in the north they saw their power shut off even sooner. then other portions of the bay. here's a quick breakdown of the timing that pg e has for the power shut off that are expected to arrive later this afternoon, we'll put up that gphic on the screen for you. one thing all know is that we're past the 7 o'clochour which if you look at time periods. 4, 5, there on the leftide. we were expecting shut off power 7 this morning too sonoma county lake countyapa and solano county and then by later tonight

mike, nice to see you live from the hill. hello. >> reporter: republicans continue blasting democrats because they've yet to see the text of that resolution the white house is due to vote on on thursday. top republicans on the three relevant committees, jim jordan, michael mccall and devin nunes writing, quote, no matter how hard you try to legitimatize this sham impeachment inquiry, it cannot hide the democrats goal of relitigating the results of the 2016 presidential ele electi election. today the house gop leader said this vote on thursday is too late. >> i applaud the speaker for finally admitting it is an entire sham. but you can't put the genie back in the bottle. due process starts at the beginning. it doesn't affirm an sham all the way through. if you were in a legal term, it would be a mistrial. >> reporter: a key house democrat encouraged his republican colleagues to abandon president trump. >> the evidence of wrongdoing is hiding in plain sight, but we will continue to proceed in a serious and solemn fashion. the ti

in grizzly peak in the oakland hills, wind gusts at 45. and san francisco, last hour, had gusts over 37 miles per hour. we can see it even as we look at the cameras, the flag here waving in the wind. we can see this pole with the cameras on it shaking and the trees as well still blowing as we see the people coming in out of the north bay trying to get away from the kincade fire that has concharred. looking like a very large area. we said at 30,000 acres at this point moving very close to geyserville, windsor and hillsburg. and it's also very . looking at temperatures now in this area. 43 miles per hour. and the humidity down to 23%. so we're going to most likely see this fire continuing to spread. and the smoke blowing across parts of the bay area. the satellite imagery shows where the smoke is, where you see the gray. and i think this may be from the smoldering fire over by the bethel island area. but we're also seeing some smoke moving over toward the central valley and off towards the south and east. some of our live cameras this morning

to watch will be increasing north wind, heading in tonight as the red flag warning starts in the north bay hills above a thousand feet. at 8:00 tonight, gusty winds, dry conditions, something to watch, as we head into sunday. and by the way, sunday, even hotter weather for the valley. so a closer look at that in the forecast coming up in 15 minutes. >> even hotter. we will see you in 15 minutes, rob. thanks. >>> this warmup rob was just talking about has fire departments ramping um. a red flag warning starts tonight, for the north bay hills, as rob mentioned. marin county fire is bringing in extra crews with more equipment. firefighters tell us that dry fuel and these warm winds can be a devastating combination. >> we know that this weather, you know, given the right conditions, fires can get way out of our control. >> marin fire also has extra eyes up high, dispatchers used this network of cameras to spot smoke, and then send crews to those locations. pg&e tells us they're ready, too. the utility is operating the emergency operations center, and it's prepared to cut power, in the sierra foothil

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mosts gusts will be for some of the hills for the diablo range, east bay and the north bay hills. we should see some improvement in the santa cruz mountains going throughout the day as well. we'll see a shift in the wind and it's not going to come in from the north but more of a southerly wind. we start to see the storm system that's bringing in a push of cooler and drier air that moves away from us. the danger that we'll have throughout the day and so we're starting out this morning with a lot of the relative humidity percentages in the teens. we will see teens and low 20s but then it will get dry again going into the rest of the day. looking at the north bay down to 7% to 8%. it will spread more rapidly when the air is more dry and crisp. our temperatures reach into the low 80s. slightly warmer than yesterday. san francisco warming up. 82 in livermore. 84 today in concord. some changes going into the weekend as that storm system moves away it will still be windy today but tomorrow starts to calm down a bit. we will keep the warmer air going into saturday. another storm system mov

flames rolled down the hill but the air attacks helped keep the fire from spreading further. dozers worked with containment lines to put down more lines and back out there live, more smoke from the kincade fire and this is all too familiar for those who live here in middletown. their town was ravaged by the valley fire in 2016 and the hope is that firefighters get a handle on this despite the intense wind and low humidity. in middletown, sara zendehnam, ktvu fox news. >>> let's talk about the changing bay area weather. the wind is picking up and it will remain fairly steady as we get through the first part of the afternoon and then the strongest wind will move in tonight. we have a live look over the kincade fire where the wind has shifted offshore once again with northeast wind blowing that smoke over areas of the north bay, as well, toward the pacific ocean. for many of us today, the air quality will improve over the central and south bay but for folks downwind of the fire, air quality looks bad. the red flag warning is in place for the area where the fire is burning and fo

it looks like if you're in the oakland hills or the inland hills along 6.80 you could be looking at anothert off come tonight in the south as we've been talking about as san jose downtown's been pretty lucky in all of this all the passion power shut us really have an impact of the downtown area so much. but it's always been the surrounding hills on all sides where the power's been if the and more often the not has been shut off the coastal hills right along the peninsula also of susceptible to that half moon bay and everything else including some of our are more hilly communities right along to 2.80 corridor. the only county out of the 9 bay area counties that will escape the power shut off looks to be san francisco. they're going to be in the clear but the north they of course will be facing opportunity for massive power shut off against rapper in county sonoma county napa county. and even out in solano county and the times that the shots will occur will depend on where you are in fact the genie also put out some information to about the way she can get a better look at this next graphic a

unless you're up in the north hills. thursday morning, this is the strongef point in this wle thing. strongest point in this whole thing. by thursday morning, we've got gusts potentially hitting 60. the ridgeline in the north bay, and maybe even in the east bay hills. and yes, if wer gonna notice winds when we all live, this is when it'll happen. thursday morning, the first half of thursday. not strong enough for a wind advisory in town, but strong enough that the breeze picks up. watch what happens to the relative humidity here. wednesday night and thursday, watch how the offshore winds are so strong, it actually blows those low humidities all the way off the coast. in the seven-day forecast, our temperatures are pretty much going back to average. and that is where they are going to stay. as you look ahead through the next seven days, expect the numbers to cool down from what you've experienced over the last few days. that's the other side of this story. once we get past friday, no wind, average temperature, great-lookin

as well as the east bay hills, santa cruz mountains due to dry strong gusty winds, the offshorelow up to 55 miles per hour, extreme fire danger, a wind advisory will also be in effect for the north and east bay hills. downed trees are possible with the wind event, this is a two day wind event today and tomorrow, the timing of this, peak winds, will be late tonight overnight into tomorrow morning. now, we are looking at cooler temperatures, so with the offshore wind event we are looking at temperatures actually compared to yesterday near average the daytime highs if not a little below average, future cast takes you through the afternoon, we will see the winds pick up, i show you what future cast, i walk you through the next 24 hours, how strong the wind will get, the peak wind gust and the timing of it all, coming up. >>> we already have seen a close call and marin county were a two acre brush fire broke out last night. drivers and middle valley, you can see the flames from highway 101, crews stopped it from spreading further, pg&e started turning off the power and marin county t

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 within the next couple of hours he expects to sell out of lanterns and flashlights. >> we expect brisk business. i'm sure we will be sold out. we didn't foresee this until last night saying the power would be shut off. for a day and a half basically. possibly. two l.e.d. lanterns. will be can see. and a cooler so that we can save some of the food. in our refriger

the oakland hills has gone up. ly dry from vallejo, concord and over toward oakland and even on the coast. the relative humidity and half moon bay is at 9%. 9% of the coast. ben loman, 10 miles per hour . other guest this morning, 37 in half moon bay. east, northeast which is why it's 58 degrees with 9% humidity. calaveras road, mission peak in fremont at 28. los vaqueros reservoir at 26. humidity continues to be very low in the single digits or the teens. closer to the surface you can find 30% and 20% but in the hills it still very dry and that is feeding the fire. diamond mountain road, northeast at 9 with 9% humidity. middletown east, 34 degrees with 25%. , bridge, 9%. the good news is these are coming down. geyserville ranch, 28, northwest, 61%. this looks to be mainly in the higher elevations where it's critical and that will continue. spring valley road, 11%. there is konocti coming east at 26 and 10%. extremely dry conditions even though the wind speeds are not that strong. they are strong enough with low acu

the face of the hill. hat already with the last view of them. and the headline hasn't changed. red flag warnings, in effect now, stays in effect until we get to 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. bundle up tonight in the north bay. tomorrow is gonna be even colder. 29 by thursday morning. these are the daytime highs. these are not the story at all. they're exactly on the mark for average. but you're gonna feel the cold air in the overnight hours. and then in the afternoons, the temperatures stay pretty much right in line. there's a little bit of a warmup to the forecast. halloween is on thursday. we will be done with the wind events by thursday. let's hope we've all got our power back on by then. and we have not seen any new ignitions. >>> a toddler dies after a tragic fall from a cruise ship. why her grandfather was charged in her death. >>> the grandfather of a toddler who died in the fall from a cruise ship windows charged with negligent homicide. >> he held her up to what he thought was a wall of glass in the chi

fire crews are in the hills above brisbane. the fire came close to some houses about 11 acres burned near the top of the mountain. >> they were just trying to figure out how to go about it. and they just headed up there and started dumping chemicals from the helicopter. >> going onto the lagoon and filling water. and dropping water in the trees. >> it was quite a site. no word on how this started. the concern and fear has turned into anger. when caused this fire. it happened in the over night hours around 2:00 a.m. about a mile from the campus. the power was already out in the neighborhood. firefighters went door to door to evacuate all the people. thankfully nobody was hurt and no homes were damaged. >> the wind at the center of the power shut downs is moving out. and heading south. let's check in wh cef meteorologist. the wind is moving away. now what happens? >> we are looking at things continuing to calm down through the next 24 hours with the fire warning. it expired at 5:00 p.m. today. we had a wind gust to 77. 21 in san j

, the berkeley hills. well also be in the dark pretty much only the flatlands of oakland and hayward and san leandro are spared but parts of castro valley and then you get on the other side of the hills danville parts of san ramon. the outskirts of walnut creek all the hills around mount diablo and then over around dublin pleasanton this whole area the 5 8680 interchange area. that's going to be affected looks like most of livermore will be okay but outside of livermore in the hills that also affected son all that corridor along 6.80 and we had to the south bay, the east bay hills east of or the south bay hills east of san jose's to milpitas that will be shut down santa cruz mountains really getting hammered by outage. all along highway 17 los gatos will be dark all the way down in the santa cruz much of santa cruz will be in the dark. so this weekend if you had plans of traveling you better check ahead because a lot of little destinations we can get away spots are going to be blacked out past coderre all t

some fos in the oakland hills are still without it. but ost people in the bay or i shou say most people because you still have some 400 and 35,00customers that are without it, but they are working to get it back it's just a really lengthy process you see here silicon valley down into the santa cruz ar lot of pele still in the dark tonight as we approach yet another eveni of shutdowns and you go to e north bay c they are affected by this latest shut off and widesead outagestill those figure to rema in place at least through this time tomorrow because the all-clear isn't expected to come until somewhere around 8 o'clock tomorrow morning so a lot of confusi panic and hopefully that clears it up a little bit but aga we have updated this graphic now marine county is not a part of this latest shut off.hat's according to a pr person that just e-mailed us again pg e's website would contradict at but their website has been prlematic throughout and that's the best we can do for you 'll send it back to you. all right grant thank you for that updat

they had to drive down the hill as quickly as possible. some only able to grab their bags and their pets and flashlights. very concerning. we did learn that no structures were burned and firefighters and police say the homeowners association in the sanders ranch neighborhood took a lot of measures to cut brush and cut down trees and make a lot of defensible space in the area. they say that helped greatly as they were fighting this fire. elissa harrington, trend 10. >>> we continue to follow the weather. that's been a big concern. red flag warnings around much of the bay area today. steve talking about where the big concerns are. >> i'm here. i have a few things i'm doing. >> i know. the red flag until this evening ? >> 5:00 for most. let's get the wind speeds. i realize there were many last night and a lot has changed overnight. mount diablo, 75. mount st. helena, 77. oakland hills, 40. mt. umunhum, 60. mount tam and east bay hills, 35-40. the wind direction is still offshore even at the surface. you can see it east, northeast. if you have

we're looking at the distance and the large hill blowing. the fire was moving over the hill. was quite a sight and that was taken about two hours ago. i want to tell you what we experienced this morning. the winds, peered to pick up the last 20 minutes. they have been extremely strong. wind gusts knocking you over. they're strong. the howling winds. when we left, we you that a lot of traffic was coming away from the fire in the petaluma area, when we started seeing a lot of evacuees when it was still dark. a lot of them had campers and trailers. that you were trying to get out of the neighborhoods. throughout the night, different communities were getting evacuation alerts on their phones. once we crossed into sonoma county, was getting the alerts says well in english and spanish and tell which neighbors had to be evacuated. another thing that emergency responders were able to do, they gave people a lot of warning if they could and let certain communities knowthey needed to get ready for an evacuation. get your medication and pets and belongings ready to go. if you get the cal