our significant wildfires and of the threat of wildfires has california residents. i've never been there by my whole life. >>and officials on high alert throughout state we are taki thursday night just north of los angeles and continues to grow we've calculated that the fire is moving at a rate of 800 acres. >>1000 people in the surrounding neighborhoods are under mandatory evacuation orders. >>the fire has already destroyed dozens of homes in the area about 70 miles east of la the sandalwood fire also broke out thursday burning hundreds of acres and in northern california lights went out utility company pacific gas and electric had to apologize over its controversial decision to preemptively cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers this week in an effort to prevent a wildfire earlier this year pga any reached a settlement for its role in the 2018 camp fire. saying it was probable the fire was sparked after a power line touched nearby trees the fire was the deadliest in california history. history california officials do not want to repeat we've been able to

you have to keep set aside $8.5 for california wildfire victims . the losses are homes, business is, injuries or emotional distress. he met my wife and i escaped with nothing but our dogs, our son and a duffel bag full of clothing. >> reporter:is rebuilding his home in coffey park and filed a claimis pain and suffer my nightmares and still to this day we don't know the long-term effects that may have. >> reporter: in a statement pgpgd remains focused on doing right by the customers and communities we serve. pg&e believes that chapter 11 process will support the orderly, fair and expeditious resolution of claims including wildfire claims. the claim form is three pages long and does not mandate victims come up with a monetary damage amount. thi feel that pg&e is responsib. >> reporter: pg&e said they hope to have the claims resolved over the next few months and that fire victims could start receiving checks by june checks by june 2020.in santa rosa, rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> today the rohnert park city council will finalize high traffic intersect

we're still in the midst of wildfire season.nes flight from san francisco to southern california had to return to the airport after a problem during takeoff. the captain reported hitting at least one bird on takeoff and requested a return to sfo. this happened about 9:00 p.m. the plane landed without for the incident. united is not saying it was able to put passengers on other flights. last night or if they will be flying out this morning . >>> we have a lot to talk about. the time is for a tinea. not only that wildfire in moraga, sal, we're watching hour commute. >>> we are watching the commute. you never know when power outages hit areas and what it will do to the freeways and the traffic but so far we are off to a nice start. as we go to the gilbert community you can see traffic is moving along relatively well. northbound on 101 coming up to the gilroy area. there have been no major problems in getting up to morgan hill and san jose. it's a nice drive if you want to get on the road early. it should be a decent drive. there ha

>>all right as we continue our wildfire threat. storyline here park officials at mount diablo a state park there they're going to be reevaluating fire conditions this morning a shutdown the park for the entire day yesterday. the closed because of the wildfire concerns with the high winds. the park service several 100 people on any given weekday and one class trip had to be canceled yesterday as a result, but again they'll re evaluate see if they can reopen that today. 2 men are under arrest after breaking into cars during a curfew and morgan help the man identified as 26 year-old chris gomez from tracy in 21 year-old jason gomez from san joiti mgan hill initiated that curfew for the community in the areas affected by the power shut off didn't want people breaking into homes and cars. well police found the 2 men walking around the neighborhood past the curfew time. the officers noticed broken glass on their clothes and that led to their arrest the 2 cars that were broken into were right nearby the stolen property was returned to the

. >> a fast moving wildfire led to some frightening moments in the north bay. people were getting ready to evacuate as the flames headed their way. >> the 11:00 news on ktvu fox 2 starts now. >>> the fire broke out in american canyon this afternoon and went from a few dozen acres to a few hundred acres. hello again, everyone. i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. that fire is 30% contained. it started along a road in american canyon near highway 80. people who live nearby were asked to evacuate as a precaution, but that advisory has been lifted now. ktvu's andre senior joins us now live in american canyon with the latest on >> reporter: we're here at american canyon high school in flamt see any flames on the horizon. normally when you cover these wildfires and at night, you can see that. we smell a lot of smoke in the area. it's very potent. the wind that caused this fire to explode to hundreds of acres earlier today has since died down. on any other sunday evening this would be considered a picture perfect sunset in american canyon, but there was no time

i know as we look at look back at some of our wildfires from the north bay. there was so much pain panic and confusion folks to nowhere. the evacuation routes were they didn't have a police escort, so far doesn't look like then evacuation process has been somewhat orderly. >>it does not appear that anybody is a acting chaotic or excitable at this particular time this is murder obviously they know this neighborhood they know how to move around. and there are plenty of cones and police officers to guide that people where to go where not to go and you can see obviously 4 o'clock in the morning, this being a very room area that we probably would not see this traffic on any other day but because there is a wildfire you can see people moving about polling over talking to each other trying to find out exactly what is going on they see we don't know yet just in case you're wondering we don't know the cause of the fire yet whether was pg e cable lines or if it was an accident obviously one way tour early to tell the firefighters have their hands full, but you can see

the deadline is past four wildfire victims to submit claims against pg&e. next, the reason people we spoke with say they waited until the last minute to file. >>> what led to a former city councilman arrested and thrown to the ground by oakland police at city most part on bay area bridges heading out to the peninsula on the san mateo bridge it looks good. >>> sunny side up. eratures ab we will take a look at that. announcer: time magazine reports: "the new american addiction. how juul hooked kids and ignited a public health crisis." other news outlets report- juul took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. markets e-cigarettes with kid friendly flavors and uses nicotine to addict them. 5 million kids use e-cigarettes. juul is "following big tobacco's playbook." and now, juul is pushing prop c to overturn e-cigarette protections. vote no on juul. no on big tobacco. no on prop c. 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

the cameras that are out western u.s., the alert wildfire cameras for wildfire verification or tool thatare very helpful, if theyare no available then we revert tott g aircraft in the air to see if there is something going on to see if there is something iting on. s all about redundancy, this is the largest scale that we have seen for a power outage across the state. and it just means that we have had to revert to the plans that we have been acputting in since the beginning of the year. >> let me go to jeremy, jeremy has been talking topeople in oakland, there's a lot of anger and frustration about thes outages, what have you been hearing? >> a lot of anger and frustration. what jonathan was saying that cal fire has backups in ace, a lot of these residents do not have backups in place. some of that frustration was coming from the fact that the communication from pg&e regarding these blackouts was confusing for residents who th felt lik got short notice ou the blackouts, and then once they were for sure tgoing to be happening in parts of the bay areapg&e directedople to their website, whe

. >> we question how it could be considered a solution to the wildfire risk when in fact a wildfire broke out during psps. >> reporter: for now residents are looking forward to the next few days hopefully with electricity and no fear of fires. in lake county, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> people in santa rosa who lost power or who were forced to leave their homes can get some free food. the redwood empire food bank is partnering with community groups for that event. you can donate nonperishable food from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 this morning. starting at noon that donated food will be handed out and that handout process goes until 5:00 p.m. >>> the time is 4:32. we'll get a quick update on weather. here's mike. >> let's look at what's going on. now, we don't have critical fire conditions, we still have a heightened fire level because we have gusts up around 22, 23, 24 miles per hour. lower gusts are down where we live. less than 10 miles per hour. look at the humidity level up in the mountains. it's still very low. anywhere from knoxville creek to about 30 in spring valley. where we live, it

so once again if you want to stay updated on the wildfires. the evacuations the power shut off make sure you download the kron on app right now now go to your app store and you can get our live streaming service that provides 24 hours. >>commercial free news stay with us we'll have more updates coming up for you after the break. welcome back to the kron 4 morning news and thanks for staying with us we like to keep the numbers updated for you on the contained fire as more information comes into our newsroom as of this morning, it has burned 54,000 acres, so it's still growing and that limits the containment containment is down 5% contained so far they're about 94 structures have been destroyed and still more than 79,000 are still threatened as of this morning. crews are out there the working hard we have resources pulled in from all across the bay area to try and get a handle on this fire. now we want to bring in meteorologist on travel and talk about the weather because the winds you know that's a big factor in the fire right you said earlier

since 2013 they have taken up a truck to more than 30 wildfires.>> that is the most wildfires sampled on planet earth. for sure. we are the only team that does it. >> reporter: is the winds of the weekend dominated the kincaid fire. creating an impressive flame show he has never seen before. >>> some of the most extremes i've ever seen.>> reporter: part of the research of the weekend was collecting data on flying debris in the kincaid fire. that he said could one day eventually worn communities before it is too late. >>> that is one of our ultimate goals. we can basically in real time track where the embers are going before they fall on the ground. a couple years.>> reporter: with another significant wind event expected tomorrow he and his mobile fire research lab will likely be near the fire zone collecting data once again. >>> three people stabbed in san mateo. what appears to be a random attack. first they has a suspect stab somebody at the bridge point shopping center this happened about 6:30 pm. he made his way to a walking path nearby. and stabbed two more people. the victims ar

i'm responsible for our wildfire safety program. i want to talk a little bit about the upcoming event to pick up where scott left off in regards to the meteorological forecast. so given the forecast that scott shared and the historical nature of what can be anticipated, we are preparing for what is likely go being going to be a widespread safety shutoff across our service territory to combat the risk of a catastrophic wildfire. we have not made the final determination yet to move forward. we expect to make that decision at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, which is saturday. and if we do call a public safety power shutoff, that decision will be made in consultation with our state agency partners that are here with us in our operation center, and they include the state emergency operation center. the california public utility commission and the cal fire. so if we do anticipate the forecast as scott shared, as well as what the national weather services has published, we anticipate that this shutoff could impact approximately 850,000 of our 5 millio

more now on the wildfires in california.t troy pade, who was forced to evacuate his family from the fire exclusion zone near mandeville canyon and is now taking refuge in malibu by the coast. thanks very much for speaking to us. firstly, i'm pleased you're out and you are safe, of course, but you left your house in the middle of the night. it must have been pretty scary? probably the most frightening experience of my life. i was awoken to the sound of helicopters running very low, startled out of bed and i immediately looked on social media to see if anything was going on and a resident, neighbour, posted they smelt smoke coming through the bedroom window so i immediately looked out the living room window and saw smoke on the horizon. i drove down the road to how close it was and i was barely ten houses down the street when i saw the glowing smoke coming over the ridge, and i immediately turned around and started alerting my neighbours and my husband that fire was imminent. we actually had a head start on our evacuation beca

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. >>> it is in sonoma county where a major wildfire is raging out of control. it's exploded to 10,000 acres overnight. that new update coming in the last five minutes. acuamaatons are underway and there are some road closures. >>> the pg aupd e power shutoff is affecting 179,000 people. the power affecting more people overnight. good morning on this thursday, october 24th. we are on early at 4 a.m. because of the kinkaide fire and the pg&e power shutoff. >> we want to show you this video. this is a dramatic look at what we're dealing with this morning, what firefighters and people in this area are dealing with because they have to evacuate. this is video that came into our newsroom of the kinkaide fire. you can see flames burning on both sides of the road. the smoke is so dense you can't see too far ahead of you. all of this is happening near guyserville. evacuations are underway this morning. >> we have multiple crews in sonoma county this morning to bring you the latest on where this is burning. we're going to start with lisa argen. she is watching the winds.

risk that our state and our service territory is facing related to wildfire wildfires. with that, i'm gonna ask steve to join me back up here to move into the q&a portion. >> thank you, ever if you have a question, we'll get a mic-runner to you. can michelle come over here? we'll go from there. >> fires are gonna be impacted, is the website up and running and available to people? and also information in what the shutoff will begin. >> so you want to do the second part first? >> yeah, let me dot second one. we anticipate that the shutoffs would begin starting at midnight. up until about 4:00 am. and that's gonna be a portion of the 800,000 customers. that's about 500,000 customers. then there's another deactivation sequence that we would initiate at noon tomorrow to last until about 1 sfochlz or 5:00 pm. so it's basica 1,700 or 5:00 pm. so given the complexity of the reenergize sequence, we are carefully monitoring and implementing every single step to ensure the continued integrity of the grid as we are doing this. that's really what we anticipate for the events from ea

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>>big stories tonight ed wildfire burning in southern california, one is deadly.here are several though burning and this is video from last night when it was really raging. one person has died and another has been injured in the worst fire which has burned more than 2 dozen homes. the rapidly spreading so-called saddle ridge fire has forced some 100,000 people from their homes today. it's burned 11 square mile i was in less than 24 hours as we go to live aerials this is the scene right now. it is been burning on both sides of interstate 5 neighbors described the flames as a a wall of fire. they're saying it burned on all sides of them in the governor has now declared a state of emergency and both and riverside counties because of several wildfires burning >>the first heard bring right around 9 30 last night this is the northern edge of los angeles in the san fernando valley is where that one is one man as grant played out has died. firefighters say the man went into cardiac arrest and and then died at the hospital travel through that area as you can imagine, is ve

we suggest the same thing for the wildfire. we have a plan we're executing now to turn off the power. we want our customers and communities to be prepared to do the same thing. they should have a plan. we're going to go back here. >> jean elle with nbc bay area news. following up on this line of questioning, the new normal is climate change and wildfires. your utility in northern california. are you fortifying your utility system to be able to survive those wildfires? or is this the new normal? >> we are absolutely doing that, and that's really what i was speaking to in terms of the effort that we have. we have more than 8,000 qualified personnel working on clearing vegetation, doing enhanced inspections, doing undergrounding, overhead resiliency of the system, to really have that electric infrastructure that now naturally creates the factor of safety that the environment has taken away from the co-existence. >> a question so people on the phone can hear so we can understand the question. >> you've been listening in live to thi

>>shot officer to prevent wildfires caused by downed or damaged power lines. and dry hot temperatures with high winds out black out 2 weeks ago affected about 2 million people in northern and central california about half an hour ago pg was holding a news conference with the latest on the outages. >>and what the company's plan is over the next 48 hours take with our state agencies including hello, yes, the cpu see in cal fire. many of whom are with us here personally in our emergency operations center to them. i say thank you. >>we have also involve all of the county local and tribal governments in the impacted areas porting briefing calls with those folks 3 times a day. our main web page. pg e dot com which has all of the customer resources and tools such as address look out look up outage maps and downloadable map files this fully operational in working normally. our customer notifications via e-mail text and phone one out it 48, 24 4 hours in advance for the vast majority of customers impact. we didn't made that exact time frame it was because of changes to

>>nexus 6 or dare wildfire coverage continues. we have a live update from healdsburg where there are of activation warnings in effect more on that after the break. >>and today we hadra record breaking heat for parts of the bay area but tomorrow, the big concern will be smoke impacts from the kincaid fire blanketing the bay a so that early retirement we planned. it's going ok? great. now i'm spending more time with the kids. i'm introducing them to crab. crab!? they love it. so, you mentioned that that money we set aside. yeah. the kids and i want to build our own crab shack. ♪ ♪ ahhh, you're finally building that outdoor kitchen. yup - with room for the whole gang. ♪ ♪ see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. >>our breaking news tonight to kinkaid fire causing big problems in sonoma county the summit county sheriff's department calls is a fast-moving fire and this is video from earlier this morning when the fire started to gain more traction here's what we know at this hour.

wildfire is ripping through the hills and homes north of d ening. os angeles.ense arduous effo e flam a wildfire raginin northern lo angeles. the grnd and air. riche officials devoted 100,000 people to evacuate the area. >>> cruise from alameda county are just arriving to help in the southern california fire zone. which is in the hills between santa clarita and the san fernando valley. >>> on the front lines of the fire for us all day.>> reporter: fire crews are attacking this wildfire that is tearing to the foothills northwest of downtown los angeles. hoping to get the flames away from homes. >>> the fire is moving at a rate of 800 acres per hour. coupled more than 100,000 people were told to leave the area. many flits horrible feeling. i did not want to leave last night but i was forced to noes downreporter: the teur t gele crews worked frantically to keep the flames from spreading. but strong santa ana windsent embers flying across the area igniting more fires. >>> was terrible. the embers were blowing. you just wanted to duck and run. >> reporter: rubble an

morning news, thousands around their homes as a wildfire continues to burn in sonoma county. >>we'll have the latest updates on that fire coming up after the break and then another round of power shut officer people in northern california. how long were expecting to stay in the dark. but in my mind i'm still 25. that's why i take osteo bi-flex, to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long term. osteo bi-flex - now in triple strength plus magnesium. and the breadwinner arrives home from a long day at work. now the family can sit down at the table, where everyone knows to be mindful of their manners. dinnertime has changed. our quality hasn't. reynolds wrap: foil made in the usa since 1947. welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, the time now for 14 thanks for waking up with us on a friday morning. we love the company. we want to check in on the forecast now because it's very important today and as we head into the weekend john yeah, i'm definitely still looking at high fire danger at. >>times this weekend robin. even the winds h

>>> tonight kqed newsroom as the risk of wildfires mounts, pg&e shuts off powers to hundreds of thousands of cuomers across the state. also, we will hear from two of the candidates in the race to elect and discuss top prosecutor. plus, a new book by journalist sod author aaron ca explores the inspiring and iconic career of actress meryl streep. >>> welcome to kqed newsroom i michael krasner. we begin tonight with the unprecedend mass power outages across the state. on wednesday, pg&e began 800,000 customers in northern and central california. úaffected areas includepa and sonoma counties where the tufts fire in 2017 decimated neighbors like coffee park in santa rosa. the utility giant shut off power to parts of 35 counties -- 34 counties to reduce the risk of wildfires in windy conditions. according to cal fire, the majority of the states destructive while wildfires haveappened in october. joining me now are anthony sehgal and jonathan cox welcome to both of you, jonathan i want to begin with you give us a sense of how this wildfire season is a shaping up compared to last year with the ca

pg&e's wildfire operations center is a 24 seven effort to determine if coming whether will come bearing danger. in this case, based on weather station information on the ground and open orbit, the senators best guesstimate is the 209,000 customers, some 600,000 people, will lose power, but exactly when, no one knows. >> coming into our service territory around wednesday and thursday, mainly in the sierra foothills and northbay. >> operation center is not just a bunch of computers. actually have a lot of people in the field. 26 crews that practice the 3s's. safety, including suppression of fires, switching, between sparks can happen and they are on standby to put those out if they happen, and finally, seeing, reporting back the actual conditions on the grounds of these folks here, who then alerts the emergency operations center. >> reporter: it is here that the decisions are made where and when to have shutdowns. check this out, cal fire's history of fires in the last quarter of the year, seven of california's worst fires occurred in the last quarter. 14 of the 20 deadliest fires also ca

they've got a massive wildfire. there hard from above and with ground crews we saw bulldozers they're trying to cut some lines but this because of the winds has also been fueled into neighborhoods and we know that already 45 holmes at least have been damaged or destroyed in this fire and here it looks like oh it's up into the hills but what's been had happening is the embers have been blowing in 2 populated tract with large homes there, you know really side by side. and so that's a problem as well so then that fire spreading to yeah in fact that's what prompted 13,000 homes now. >>to be thrown into mock mandatory evacuation orders all those residents have find someplace else to be. while firefighters are working to battle the blaze we're going to be back with more on this coming up at the top of the next hour so stay tuned, we'll >>good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher this was the scene we saw when we first came on air for this morning with flames absolutely chewing through th

>>> an explosive wildfire rips through a los angeles suburb, forcing thousands to flee their homes, and the threat is not over yet. >> pg&e's epic blout finally over. blackout finally over. >> reporter: the blue angels are back. the sights and sounds of fleet week. >> thank you for joining us. >>> a fast-moving wildfire in southern california. crews are gaining the upper hand. since the blaze erupted if has torn through more than 500 acres in the san fernando valley. 31 structures have been damaged or destroyed. containment is at 19%. >> reporter: plumes of smoke rising from the san fernando valley. the fire consumed more than 7,500 acres sings it broke out last week. flames sent embers flying, falling on the snow. >> flying toward my house. i start crying. >> reporter: thousands were forced to flee their homes, too familiar with the danger spreading around them. >> not my first rodeo. unfortunately 2008, i lost my home there. lost everything i owned there. but i was again very fortunate to have enough time to get all my animals out. >> reporter: miles an hour 400 lapd officers man evac

we're going to begin with wildfires raraging across california.he fires are destroying homes, and mandatory evacuations have been ordered for some areas outside of los angeles. the saddle ridge fire is burning in sylmar, that's about 20 miles north of l.a. the fire has prompted the shutdown of at least two major freeways. so far it has burned about 1,600 acres. containment is 0%. at least a half dozen wildfires are burning across california this morning. earlier this week, electricity was shut off to hundreds of thousands of customers in northern california to prevent wildfires. overnight, the state's largest utility company, pg&e, says more than half of those customers' power has been restored. yesterday california governor gavin newsom criticized pg&e for neglecting its power supplying equipment. >> over the course of years and years and years, the kind of hardening of the grid was not done. those were decisions that were made by pacific gas and electric. they chose not to modernize their grid over the course of many, many years. it led to their

. >>> breaking overnight, a fast-moving wildfire forces evacuations in northern california. power companies were already pulling the plug once again. >>> and it's a problem that takes 10,000 years to solve. google solved it in three minutes. >> i was trying to understand that story. >> i'll explnt for you. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. >> it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. we're looking at house democrats looking to pick up the pace on impeachment. they want more done after the republican colleagues pulled a political stunt over proceedings held in private. >> we're going in. >> gop lawmakers stormed the secure hearing room, stalling the proceedings for five full hours. a quarter of them sit on these committees. they were entitled to be there without busting in, a quarter of them. there are republicans who are hearing this testimony. now, "the washington post" reports, house democrats are feeling the pressure to wrap up the private testimony and move on to public hearings in novembe

news live from berlin firefighters in california struggle to contain 2 separate wildfires the blaze ravaging northern california's wine country doubles in size turning homes and thanked wineries into ashes and a separate fire in the los angeles area forces thousands to evacuate also coming up . in tennis president elect alberto finance his mates incumbent played him her to have monthly too big to begin transition talks he pledges to tackle the country's economic crisis and turn the page on austerity. and fighting a ball and we follow a world health organization team that work in the democratic republic of congo where more than 2000 lives have been lost in the latest outbreak of the disease. matheny howard thanks for joining us we begin in the u.s. state of california where firefighters are battling huge wildfires strong winds have been fanning the flames and a statewide emergency has been declared official say the fire ripping through the northern california wine country has now doubled in size with nearly 200000 people on the evacuation orders and further south another wildfire is threateni

order because of the wildfire driven by those strong winds.est now on those strong winds and also the weather for this weekend from dave spahr you know i just i keep look i know we're talking but the power outage coming our way but you take a look at the far 10% containment with the forecast like this is not exactly what they need to hear about a little drizzle be nice know winds but i not not in the cards unfortunately, yeah we had a rough ride as far as that's concerned coming up. >>that again will be kicking in tonight. tomorrow to give you an idea about the coverage of everything here here the advisories and such the wind advisory has silenced color and there see the darker colors that's a high wind warning solano county some of these higher elevations in moran up the sonoma county as well. high wind warning conditions will be felt somewhat between 00:08pm tonight also the dead of night it kicks in and some other areas until about 11:00am on monday just to give you an idea of the scope and coverage. it's pretty total of all of this in term

. >>> pg&e said equipment may have sparked nine wildfires in california so far this year, according to a report from politico. that would be in addition to the hundreds of wildfires apparently caused by pg&e power lines over the past several years including the deadly camp fire in butte county and this revelation comes from court filings submitted by pg&e and they didn't say which fires were sparked by the equipment but they were told by a judge it had a week to provide that information. >>> tuesday is the second anniversary of the deadly fires in the north bay in santa rosa is rolling out a new plan. say a new siren will let residents know of imminent danger and it will be paired

. >> a 10,000 acre wildfire exploded overnight in sonoma county. have the latest on evacuations as firefighters try to make progress as the sun comes up and the new day begins. >> that's the reason we do this. to protect human life. >> i like to ask the question. how many more of these will we have? >>> thousands are without power this morning. many frustrated with pg&e as the utility sa it working to prevent wildfires. >>> good morning and thank you for joining us on mornings on 2. thursday, october 24. i'm pam cook. >> i'm dave clark. we are starting with breaking news. a fast-moving wildfire pushed by powerful wind fcing mandatory evacuations east of geyserville in northeast in sonoma county. >> crews say the fire is burning at a dangerous rate. we will check in in just a moment. cristina rendon is in that area. we will check on the weather. and it could actually get windier when the sun comes up. >> is going to start decreasing. we talked to a sergeant up there. . he said he saw 60 and i've seen that. it will be 30-40 around 1500 feet up to 300

this video this new video into our newsroom of a wildfire that's burning in. rogge and this is in the east bay you can see just how large that fire is you can hear the winds if you listen closely, and you can just see how large flames were spreading along the hillside. the fire broke out at around one of walk this morning. that's not too far from saint mary's hall and if you're not familiar with the area. tory evacuations are in place you can see some of the residents in this video leaving right now from what we have. thank shuns were orderly folks knew exactly what to do where to go they had a police escort that let them over to saint monica's catholic church that's where the evacuees are being sent that someone 1001 communal pablo so we want to check in with kron 4 sarah stom that standpoint sarah. >>still coming into saint monica's catholic church but in the meantime. across here getting supplies and brin for people. they just got the church open so that people can go inside get warm use the bathroom, do anything they may need to do a people seem to be feel

california has declared a state—wide emergency as wildfires sweep through the area. the situation as "unprecedented". in the north of the state, authorities have ordered nearly two—hundred thousand people to leave their homes. the race is on in northern california to keep wildfires hemmed in and to get residents out. about 180,000 of them have already evacuated and more may follow. although i have heard some people express concerns that we are evacuating too many people, i think those concerns are not valid at this point. as we see from this report we just received, our evacuation yesterday was well warranted, there is significant danger there is significant danger to anybody who's still in healdsburg—windsor area. authorities are evacuating a huge area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city, where about 175,000 people 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 region

the newest wildfire happening right now. up next on "today in the bay" the latest on the manned attorney evacuations going on right now whether firefighters are making any headway on containment. >>> did workers follow protocol? during the massive fuel tank explosion what one city leader or county leader is saying now about how effective the alert for thousands of people. it's been reported that there's a cyberattack on business every 39 seconds. ouch. i don't even want to think aut 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. >>> an update on the breaking news we're following from the north bay. a very fast moving, out-of-control wildfire burning in sonoma county. >> the kinkade fire has grown 10,

trying to wildfire burning in sonoma county still out of control.w 16,000 acres plus we'll have all the air angles you need to know plus. we're bracing for another round apg in forced to blackouts as strong winds are expected to threaten the power lines this weekend. >>good morning everybody thank you for joining us and our breaking news coverage i'm james fletcher and i'm darya folsom and it seems things are getting worse that wildfire burning near geyser ville has burned now 16,000 acres and it's only 5% contained this morning. as we know it was sparked on wednesday night. >>we are starting to learn more as they are already investigating the cause. but we also know the damage is worse to homes and other outbuildings 49 structures in total have been burned down. or damage so far. luckily, everybody k

tracking the conditions for these wildfires right now. the kincaid fire that is burning 10,000 acres. >> we are looking at the strong winds in that area. firefighters up against gusty offshore winds and low relative humidity values. extreme fire danger in this area. temperatures in the mid 60s. northeasterly winds at 35 miles per hour. low values down to 13 percent. last night, maximum wind gust. 76 mile-per-hour gust. single-digit relative humidity values. looking at a red flag warning before this area. for the entire northbay. for the east bay mountains and valleys. due to critical fire weather conditions. not just the extreme fire danger. also dealing with near record high temperatures as we head through the afternoon. let's check in with jackie on the latest on the fire. >> we are at evacuation center that has beenset up. thsmell of smoke is very prominent. we have spoken to the mayor. he says there is about 10 people who have stopped by here. 276 people have been evacuated from the home. 1700 have been given a warning that they may h

is this really the reason was a wildfire dangers of the wind. people are al here in lafayette and they see no wind of course you know john troubles mundaring that wind up on the hills, the east bay hills, there's wind there. but people are just not convinced of this wind factor if they could just answer that. why they're doing this that would be great and then again people want to know realistically when will their power be back on. sometimes p not able to answer that. but if they can just give people some kind answer he would just kind of put people up he's okay okay bulldog because and i that because those are first 2 questions right now. >>thank you sarah with pga. we've got representative on the phone. and let's ask most to pg e spokesperson melissa, me bolton. joining us right now so melissa, i assume you were hearing the report this area just had. >>of the 2 big questions when will the power be back on and. >>was this worth was really necessary necessary some of them are doubting the whole wind safety sake. >>our wildfire safety operations

there is a history of wildfires and roadwork hopes to prevent disaster.highway 17 is next crucial escape route in the event of wildfire so cal fire has been working on the sheeted you will break reducing brush along the highway to protect the evacuation route during a wildfire. the work began two months ago. >> it was something that was on our minds. everyone north and south of us is suffering right now. and we think about it. >> when the conditions temporarily stopped work but the project should be finished in the coming weeks. >>> twitter bombshell that could shake up the presidential race jack dorsey of twitter announcing the social media platform will no longer run political ads and this is how facebook ceo mark zuckerberg said is we believe deeply that political speech is important and should be able to be heard and that is what's driving us. the social network has been under fire for refusing to fact check political ads. >>> a new report says cash is running low so she's laying off staffers and refocusing her team in iowa. kamala harris trails behin

many frustrated with pg&e as the utility sa it working to prevent wildfires.

the lights are back on for nearly 2 electricity when pg&e wildfires. >> now we have the first death that appea authorities say an autopsy indicates an eldorado man who relied on medical equipment for his survivalid d his power had been shut off. 67-year-old robert martes lived in pollack pines an hour from sacramento. he died about 12 minutes after pg&e cut his power on wednesday. he had a severe case of copd and had oxygen equipment that much of power. in the bay area. pg&e says that as of noon today, 78% to 96% of its customers here have their power back on. but that compares to 0% and 2% for alpine, kern and counties. concern growing for some without power for the third straight day. >> cornell barnard is live whe the power could be rerestored today. >> yes, good news here. power slowly coming back on to the santa rosa section of the oakmont section of santa rosa. come on inside. this is a small s gtrroceglryed during the power outage, and they did successfully. one county supervisor has a lot ofarsh words for pg&e saying if this happens again, the county needs help. >> it was disgrac

wildfire nightmare. we're tracking the dangerous weather conditions that are expected to help fuel already massive flames across california. >>> scathing speech. president trump makes his first official visit to chicago, and visit. [ chants ] >>> afghanistan is a safe place by comparison. >> plus, we'll take you inside the baghdadi raid as details emerge about the operation that emerge about the operation that killed the leader of isis. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. severe weather conditions are threatening california this morning as firefighters continue to battle massive wildfires burning across the state. yesterday flames came dangerously close to the landmark getty center museum in los angeles. red flag warnings are posted across much of northern and southern california. forecasters say the dry conditions and strong winds could help fuel already out-of-control wildfires. laura pode

this is news live from perth in firefighters in california struggle to contain 2 separate wildfires. blaze ravaging northern california's wine country double same size turning hundreds of famed wineries into ashes and a separate fire in the los angeles area forces thousands to evacuees also coming up . british prime minister bars johnson gets the breaks at the light he says he doesn't want and after parliament rejects his plan for an early election on december 12th he said to try again. and fighting of all we follow world health organization same with work in the democratic republic of congo where more than 2000 lives have been lost in the latest outbreak of the deceit. a math and howard thanks for joining us we begin in the u.s. state of california where firefighters are battling huge wildfires strong winds of have been fanning the flames in the statewide emergency has been declared official say the fire ripping through northern california wine country has now doubled in size with nearly 200000 people under evacuation orders and further south another wildfire is threatening homes in

the wildfire, one person has died. the saddleridge fire ballooned to nearly 5,000 acres in the san fernando valley. it is completely out of control. no containment. firefighters say the death was from a heart attack. nearly 100 structures have been destroyed. we're hearing more than 20,000 homes are under evacuation orders. >> and they are watching the weather very carefully because of that fire. we're finally getting a small break from the wind event that was so scary. >> that was and so we'll have calm weather throughout the day. temperatures warm up into the low 80s for our inland areas and then for the next couple of days we'll have more breezy winds but no wind like what we just experienced. it is mostly in the higher elevations for the bay area. >> and a good day for fleet week and blue angels. >> it looks so nice out there. >> it was behind us. watching them come in. >> we do have it on our website so you could live stream it there right after this newscast. thanks for joining us on this friday afternoon. >> and

>>for the 91 wildfire.1991 oakland fire storm remains fresh in the minds of those who live here and that's why many support a power shut off. if it will reduce the risk of fire. >>i think it's a good thing to stop the spread of wildfires so rampant. we've had in this area, it's not about idea think it's need it i think that's better than having ned about the potential impacts. >>i think personally i would ok, but my parents would not be. so my mother depends on the air conditioning. >>genie is already started calling customers warning of a potential shut off. and also warning people that once the powers to be turned back on it could take some time because each line must be inspected first. >>we asked for people her prepare for 4872 hours. our goal is get done quickly than not but again, are pleased to have to out spec those lines make sure it's safe turn s is a come tial in thhrere for up to 5 days. in the oakland hills dan kerman kron 4 ws >>and today marks 2 years since the devastating north bay wildfires

pga power outages to help prevent wildfires.not been a great experience for people who live in the marine county city. she'll up our lives and works in sausalito she says she's glad the power's been coming back on especially in some traffic light. within 3,000 customers have been without power in sausalito and nearby marine city. the outage coming at a big cost to some small businesses we have to throw we only lost inventory. >>it's it's it's a my reaction. >>tucson far hand is the owner and manager'of doritos restaurant and bridgeway far hand says the power went out there at around 4 o'clock wednesday morning and came back on around 3 30 thursday afternoon. the outage at the pizza place spoiled more than $5,000 in meats cheeses doe and other ingredients far hand believes her business should be reimbursed by pg any company of the half. >>get on this and with that. >>other businesses closer to downtown seem to have made out much better. people were seen walking the shops and dining along the waterfront, the owner of munchies cand