Thats about 274,000 customers in the bay area in all 34 counties are parts of those Central California will be affected. The begin at midnight in many of these locations and will be completed in waves. Joining us on the phone now is Contra Costa CountyFire Protection district spokesperson, steve hill and steve understand you have some on good news for people in Contra Costa County were talking about the starting at midnight, but that may not be the case there. Thats right and we just learned in the last hour and to our shut off have been delayed and some about noon tomorrow. And may have the effect about of course is that they occur in Daylight Hours as that the middle the night which is good of course this unprecedented as all of the bay area counties are trying to get prepared. How do you prepare for Something Like this when youre talking about not only. Staf in your county but also for the people who will be meeting who may need assistance. And weve been back good fortune of being able to prepare this for this for several months now one the first thing we did was look at our infrastructure to make sure that we had the hour, the backpack Power Generation capability vitamin c services as people. Weve also been walking to a provide them with the information we thanks amy to a plan for a variety of things first foremost. A wildfire threat. An thats whats driving it. Hours also worse and so we provided them with a resident sky. But the notation to prepare for that and for evacuations. But also to prepare for the power shut off themselves. Well right now and we have a little more extra time in Contra Costa County with the delay of the power shut off to noon tomorrow, so how should people take advantage of that if they should based going to stock up on batteries to make sure they have Water Equipment and supplies to get through 4872 hours of no power. First i would say they they havent done so they ought to look at that residence god, im a on the con and it had a lot of information could help them have plan to get even if they havent at late date. Theres theres suggestions on the power shut off themselves. The battery backups for their phones in particular is a good idea. Why and how theyre going check that or other themselves really only 3 to day. Be a problem well about to that doesnt require. Morton they havent done do to a different location but rd re getting some w interference on your phone. Maybe if you can move around a little bit we might be able to get you and if we cant well have to try to lessen better that im sorry to interrupt please not okay so that the one thing they really ought to do tonight if they havent done it. If they should sign up here in Contra Costa County or county Warning System works and also and applied across the region. If sign up for their for pg any on pg dot com as well that will keep them informed to whats actually going on. Look in their neighborhood. And to what could have ap and what is the biggest worry that officials have. Well when you talk to firefighters of course our concern is this is probably the most dangerous. A fire weather we have had this entire season which started in early may. The National Weather service says these will be the highest winds weve experienced throughout the entire season. We have lot of dry and unburned fuel on the ground in Contra Costa County and that applies across northern california. So its very important that people be hope for a safe and everything they do outdoors. Because a little fire in other conditions were expecting starting tomorrow morning about quickly become a big fire and not the last thing we like. Steve hill from Contra Costa County fire. Thanks for checking in with us thanks for the update. The good news that our son often Contra Costa County has been delayed and will now happen at noon tomorrow at the earliest which is very good news family wanted to point in one of the Emergency Alert and i saw posted on nicks all. Authorities are asking that if you have if you have questions about whats going on please dont call 911 save that for emergency calls are really trying to keep those lines open for real emergencies, so if theres an emergency go ahead and call 911, but if you need information try to call 3, 1, 1, or go online or or some other way but a lot of the of resources, offices of Emergency Services for the various counties is a lot of information as well as our im trying to you have some room for the 911 operators because theyll be busy enough as it is right, lets check in with said the weather around the bay area. Chief meteorologist Lawrence Faye what youve been saying that theyre this wind event is whats their biggest concern about how quickly a fire if it starts could move. Thats the dangers a you get winds that are started lower 40 Miles Per Hour that is going to move that fire rapidly so this is a time for prayer we dont have a fire yet but we need to prepare we need to think about a plan on the escape route possibly a talk it over with you and your family as to where you would go if a fire would start in your neighborhood. Weve got a classic scenario setting up right now with the offshore winds a low pressure to our north right here just over oregon and washington that is going to begin to slide to the south of the same time High Pressure is going to build in behind that and so were going to see some very strong winds there is a just a great difference between this ridge High Pressure in that of low pressure that is going to cause the very gusty winds developing around the bay area over the next 24 hours and its going to start to pick up even overnight tonight go to starr see some of those callers moving in you see more of a northerly component the winds begin to develop see all the yellow out there as we head toward 11 15 a tonight, winds 17 maybe 20 Miles Per Hour parts of the north bay even start to blow in the San Francisco 15 and then we get in toward a tomorrow morning and thats when the winds really begin to pick up you see a first mainly in the north they almost 30 mile an hour winds in the calistoga but over the mountain tops we start to pick up some purple, those already winds gusting over 40 Miles Per Hour. So that is we play through the day, those winds becoming more widespread around the bay area and looks like tomorrow night this is really the critical period. This is where were going to see the extreme winds developing starting tomorrow night. Almost 30 mile an hour winds in calistoga into snowmen this is the part that worries me most r te starting to see some of these wind gusts developing not just over the mountain tops but in the urban area. So if we get a sweep that through an entire community so weve got to watch out be very very careful. These next 48 hours the winds will continue to intensify overnight on thursday at 36 Miles Per Hour in sonoma 32. In calistoga 21 mile an hour winds in the napa area. So were looking at Even Stronger gusts over the mountain tops almost 40 as we head into early on thursday moening that will be the case and then things begin to ease up, but still saying strong throughout the morning and then by the afternoon things begin to settle down a little bit as far as the winds are quite a concern but nor along with that were seeing some extremely dry conditions. Some of the humidity levels dropping down to less than 10 so it is going to be bone dry out there were going to see some strong gusty winds. That is a recipe for major damage if a fire were to get started. Those are conditions lasting through thursday about the middle of the day and then a sea breeze finally makes return the fire danger comes to an end as we look at friday. Thank you lawrence. In light of the potential power is shut down oaklands city leaders and First Responders met today kron forcefully to reports the city says it is prepared for all scenarios. From now through at least thursday the oakland fire and Police Departments will be fully staffed should crews need to respond to emergencies if pg determines an outage is required to prevent a disaster following the National Weather service issuing a red flag morning and wind advisory the whole city could potentially be impacted. But its more likely pga me focuses on the Oakland Hills your safety is indeed number one to us implementing roving patrols effective tomorrow morning through the end of the event that will be in addition to the normal patrols that would normally perform with our existing staff 12 of 83 Oakland Unified School district schools would close wednesday if electricity is cut off were hoping to jiji news able to let us know earlier rather than later. Were hoping at least by 08 00pm tonight from the Emergency Operations center in oakland mayor libby schaaf says Joaquin Miller park is the only park expected to close during the red flag warning we all know the devastation that fires can cost and so this is a time to be extremely vigilant. Do not use equipment that may cause sparks the extremely cautious. If you are a smoker might be a good week to quit and unless its an emergency call 2, 1, 1, or 3, 1, one rather than 911 for information or to inquire about services in oakland felecia goal kron 4 news. You know we hear from Alameda County officials on how the city plans to deal with the coming Power Outages said to affect thousands of customers. He said to update customers tonight at 7 oclock we will be streaming that live on kron on you can download the ap latest updates. Of the survivors of the north bay fire storm moved away after their homes were destroyed others decided to stay and rebuild. One homeowner in the fouai grove neighborhood in santa rosa rebuild his home from the ground up and he acknowledges the cost to rebuild was quite expensive as the price of materials has risen. In the great to see some to building on back on. A neighbor years. And nothing else. So the can go who did good said there was that night. The homeowner says he rebuilt his home with Defensible Space in mind choosing to put more rocks and less vegetation around his home. This is look at weather conditions across the bay area as were tracking extreme fire there are those who will say that youre too fat. Too skinny. Too hard. Too soft. Too old. Too much. Too unexpected. Too limited. And to them we say too bad. Because at kaiser permanente, we believe that everyone deserves the right to thrive. News coverage tonight pg e has announced it will be shutting off power to almost 800,000 customers in northern and such Central California to try to reduce wildfire set off could start as early as midnight tonight, and this just into our newsroom Contra Costa County says that agency is in phase 2 of shutting down power. We just learned from a live interview up with a county official there that Contra Costa County is expecting power to be shut off in the affected area started at noontime tomorrow again that is only for Contra Costa County at this point. The city of lafayette says it is also in phase. 2 officials there say prepare to lose power tomorrow at noon and the without power until at least thursday at noon and in petaluma shut offs will start at midnight tonight in all 34 counties in northern and Central California will be affected by the shot off. Pg says about 800,000 customers will be affected across the state. All bay area counties except San Francisco will see shut off. And thats about 274,000 customers we have a list of the affected now our website at kron 4 dot com. And we should point out and we list all the cities in these locations sometimes thatt means only parts of those cities will be affected in other cases it will be the entire town so go to kron 4 dot com to get the very latest details on that this afternoon on kron on teresa stasio talks with in Alameda County spokesman ray kelly from the Sheriffs Department talk about what steps the county plans to take during the coming power outage take a listen. Emergency Operation Center here the office of Emergency Services for the for the power shut down. Right now where were look just got off the phone call with pg were going to operate a starting tomorrow morning at 08 00am and will go about 03 00am on thursday. During that time where were going to monitor the situation in our county coordinating with all of our local cities and jurisdictions and so as of right now we expect the potential high probability 35,000 residents affected for us in our county thats mostly along the senator. A portion of the county from berkeley all the way down fremont. Also residents and what as far as like. Street lights going out how to act as well handling any kind of find closure is there are you can have deputies go out and do traffic. Well so every city is going to be impacted were obviously worried about street lights and just the things that you dont necessbrily think about. Traffic signals. A street light of sea a schools being closed is concerning. You know our county has just in our county alone employs thousands of people and so schools being closed impacts peoples ability to get to work because in the day care child care issues trying work through all those things work through all the different traffic and logistical issues better come along with this problem. Were looking at a map right now that and that yellow as portions of Alameda County basically those of the portions affected by. On this power shut off cracked. Yes, they are and thats just kind of a go students entire county to prepare for. The power outage in the event that those markings that you see there on the map actually expand it out so were asking people so look for alternative Power Sources and ways to live within their home ways stay warm waste it, stay hydrated and eat food and then were asking people to make sure the lookout for our access needs people people that need special care an extra attention that neighbors are being neighborly in reaching out family members. Consolidating you know with each other and may be members into one home during the outage and so it its its about being smart about being about taking care of each other. Its also about preparedness this great time prepare. And get your tool kit together. And you can continue to follow the power outage coverage on our kron on. Which is our 24 hour digital streaming news and. That tv to start watching now. Welcome back to our continuing coverage of breaking news our power shut off coverage will continue on kron on at 7 oclock and joining us now from the newsroom. I grant lotus and novella what are you both working on for 00 07pm tonight. Oclock p g and e e is going to be giving live updates on these power. So our Public Safety power shutoff says theres been a lot of information coming from a lot of different places so this is the place kron on is the place for you to get that live update from pg any which i think is really important for utility is a lot of questions and syria there are websites struggle for a large part of today people are trying to punch in their address obviously to see if their home or business is going to. Have power starting it around midnight tonight and for the next, i dont know 2, 3, 4, 5 days it so many questions so certainly utility officials are going to aim to answer them as best they can we hope by the way kron on is free right now normally theres a small monthly fee but make that free so this public that everybody just go to the App Store Download the kron on app and you can watch 24 7 coverage is we basically hunker down through these next few days exactly will be live through the 7 oclock hour and bring you straight until the 8 oclock regular coverage will continue well have updates on Transportation School closures and just about anything that you all have questions about so definitely download the kron on app again you can do that in the app store now for no charge because we want you to have the latest and most Accurate Information possible. During this unprecedented event that were dealing with now pam ken. Alright, noel and grant thanks to both and lets get a check one more time this hour with our chief meteorologist. We want be alarmist about this is outside during this whole past hours just saw scary just trying to make people aware whats going on what they can do to stay safe and hopefully nothing yeah we got to be smart for smart and if this is just a wind event we see the sunshine. It comes in it goes and thats it. But weve got to be smart about this said the entire bay area got to get together on this one and really make sure that your extra extra careful you dont want mow your lawns outside or doing something where he cause a spark of any kind cant beat or cigarettes out the window things are just too dry stream lead right you can see mount the ali just big brown area out there that blow out there and thats the mountains all around the bay area so the fuels are ready to burn. And now were got some extreme conditions developing around the bay area with those offshore winds, 4555 mile an hour gusts. And also some very dry conditions outside right now very nice evening out there 72 in the bottom 77 degrees. Redwood city 76, in mount view 69 degrees in san jose tomorrow morning. Were waking up it will be sunny and cool it will start to be breezy in some spots by the middle the day. Those winds will be picking up around the bay area, especially in the north bay and then in the afternoon the winds spreading across the entire bay area and then tomorrow night and into thursday morning that will be the peak of the wind gusts, some of those winds gusting, maybe as high as 60 plus Miles Per Hour across a mountain tops. So certainly want to take extra care and stay right here on kron 4 now time i thank you thank you for being with us. Coverage continues on kron on a see you at 8 oclock. The woman who says she was hassled on a plane by a rowdy sports team. Wow. 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