Tonight pg e crews are in Discovery Bay, scrambling to restore those gas lines, as temperatures are expected to dip into the low 30s overnight. The timing here really couldnt be worse as Christie Smith will tell us. Live now from Discovery Bay, christie, how are people there faring tonight . Reporter well, theyre doing the best that they can. This is one of the Warming Centers that has been set up at an elementary school. The red cross here. Weve only seen a handful of people come and check in. Pg e says that theyre working hard on this outage. But it looks like it will last all night. These Discovery Bay neighbors all gather in the garage to watch football. Tonight they watched and warmed up outside in the driveway with a fire pit. The house has no gas heat. There is no gas. We took out the fire pit. And we all had christmas leftover dinners and heated up in the microwave and ate here. Reporter inside electric heaters are plugged. In while pg e has about 200 workers out trying to rest
Theres only one apartment left untouched. Firefighters say theyve not determined the cause of the fire. Reporting live in oakland, back to you. Thank you. Thousands will spending this chilly morning without heat. Pg e shut off gas service to more than 6,000 customers in Discovery Bay. Jackie ward joins us live from outside a Warming Center. Good morning jackie. Reporter good morning. This Warming Center actually only acomdated 50 to 60 people osh 50 50 to 60 people. They closed down the Warming Center. They will reopen it at 6 30 this morning. Cruels are working hard to get people on for the 6,000 people. The spokesperson for pg e is with us. Thank you for joining us. One major thing you want to tell people, dont turn upgas back on. Crews are doing that. Thats correct. We want the pg e crews to do that. Oes the only safe way to do that. They will be coming through. We have approximately 150 Gas Service Representatives coming through the neighborhoods in the Discovery Bay area. They wil
Breaking a sweat. And if your kids play dates turn into overnight stay, we have fun ideas to keep them busy at home. And isnt it weird that after christmas and all of that stuff, and you suddenly realize that you are getting back to life, and there is like an emptiness that kind of happens after the holiday holidays. You know, im in a completely different mode now, because when your children are young, it is much more frenetic, and much more craziness, and now that im old and a widow, and you know, it just seems that everyday is the same. Everyday is the same. And happy new year. You find humor in everything. You know what is funny is that people feel awkward when you joke like that. My survival kit. It gets you through. But it is one of those things that it is like a wedding that you spend so much time preparing for something, like chris mar marks christmas, and it then it is over. And i like it, because it is all about gratitude and the expectations are less, so i am glad it is over.
Gas fireplaces should plan to be without the devices until 5 oclock tomorrow. Officials have opened Warming Centers at timber point elementary school. And the Discovery Bay community center. Freezing temperatures arent helping those affected by the outage. Kron 4s brian van aken joins us now with a look at the forecast. Brian, how cold will it get tomorrow . here is a life looklive look at Storm Tracker 4 pocekts of heavier rain east shore into the south bay and into the Santa Cruz Mountains tehre are more showers some of the heaviest rain is in downtown san jose notice to the west these showers get heavier and we have low snow levels as we head east towards downtown san and and moderate showers right on 280 the showers should last until Early Morning we will have before cast coming up mobile app. Vicki new at eleven. Two people are displaced following a condo fire in east san jose. It happened just before 730 tonight on Kimpton Court at easton drive. Officials say the fire started in
Bombing. The latest in the string of a pair of hate crimes against the Muslim Community here in the bay area, one Islamic Community is taking action. Maria with how theyre protecting themselves by opening the doors to everyone reporter after threats of violence to their mosque, they held a Public Meeting today. The way to protect themselves is by teaching the community on what islam really is were peaceful people and americans like everybody else reporter he is muslim and on a mission this is our obligation to educate people on muslim reporter he and others of the Islamic Center open their doors to the community, strangers, anyone with questions about their religion. Were against all types of terrorism reporter it comes two weeks after vandals broke out a window in what they believe is a hate crime islam is about peace. Reporter they say theyre getting calls of hatred to their center and theyre far from alone. An Islamic Group believes a bomb is also a hate crime. In houston their plac