The fire has burned over 23,000 acres. Fire officials are bracing for the wind. New round of power shut offs. Businesses and residences tired of it. Powerful wind and power shut offs, dry gusty conditions are expect to put parts of the mountains in the dark. We have two breaking stories were following to want. Theres the kincade fire. Which is more than doubled in size in 24 hours. Firefighters are battling the weather. Which has led to pg e putting millions of residents on notice. This time tomorrow night you could be without electricity. We are preparing for whats likely going to be a widespread safety shut off. This will be the strongest event of the year. And if models are right. Stronger thanhe october 8 and 9, 2017 fire event. So were lez than 24 hours from the pg e possible power shut off. Effecting 850,000 customers across 36 counties. F the north bay. The shut off would bin tomorrow at 5 00 p. M. For the rest of the bay area 7 00. We begin with hayward. She found lots of custo
Many are getting ready and city and local officials are warning people the power outage could last for days. Power will be likely shut off for thousands in Alameda County alone including in the Oakland Hills because of red flag weather and high fire danger. It is an unprecedented move. This is a first. Thhave received notification of a planned power outage. I will say it is good to have some warning rather than no warning. It could take up to five days for pg e to get the power up which the mayor said would be devastating. Five days without electricity is acceptable for our committee. Theres a possibility they could restore power sooner. That depends on how quickly they can inspect lines and re energize those lines. Reporter the Oakland Police chief said the department is beefing up its ranks. All sworn officers with days off are canceled and starting this evening with our entire Investigative Team assigned and in uniform. And outage will close 12 schools. Grass valley, howard, parker,
Nancy pelosi, condemning the actions of President Trump as she announces a formal impeachment inquiry. President trump has tweeted in response calling the inquiry a total witchhunt. Welcome everyone to the four, all of this stems from a whistleblower complaint that the director of National Intelligence has so far refused to turn over to congress. He reportedly details efforts by President Trump to pressure the president of ukraine to investigate democratic residential candidate joe biden and his son. Lauren blanchard with the historical developments today on capitol hill. Reporter the formal impeachment inquiry moves forward here in washington, as new details emerge in the ukraine whistleblower controversy. The president must be held accountable, no one is above the law. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing a formal impeachment inquiry after meeting with fellow democrats this afternoon. The actions taken today by the president have seriously violated the constitution, especially when
Mother of two. Her family heartbroken this afternoon, and hoping for justice. Now live from the newsroom with more, henry, on how this family is trying to make sense of this tragedy. Reporter alice, and healther, this family through their grief is trying to stay strong as they ple grapwith their loss. This woman was the wife and mother of two, who immigrated to the united states. She was just less than a block from her home, when she and her 4yearold niece were hit by a car. The driver took off. I thought i would have more time to give back to her. Reporter 17yearold Michelle Nguyen is devastated by the loss of her mother, killed by a hit and run driver just steps from her home. We live not even a block, it was on the same block. Reporter the driver never stopped. The girl ellie nguyen was taken to a hospital. We could have forgiven you, if you had stopped and checked if they were okay. But you didnt. I feel, i cant find it in myself to forgive you. Reporter they came to the u. S. From
In the next hour. They said they are monitoring the conditions in case they need to issue another Public Safety power shut off. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin, how bad is it out there . It depends on where you are, the red flag area is for areas above 1000 feet in the bay area. Most people didnt notice much wind, but if you got up around mount st. Helena, which is over 4000 feet, 51 mile an hour winds, and at mount diablo, 46 mile an hour winds, those offshore winds being the problem. Those dry, low humidity and hot winds we are seeing that have promoted this red flag warning into tomorrow. Usually in the east bay hills and north bay, they will accelerate. Tonight we are expecting gusts of 35 miles an hour, the forecast is less wind than we saw last night, so a little bit less, but its still a red flag warning and a dangerous fire condition. The heat advisory is in effect for tomorrow again, and thats because we are going to see 90 degree temperatures around parts of