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Im Peter Alexander here in for Andrea Mitchell. We are following that Breaking News from georgia where we are monitoring an incident. Its 40 miles outside of atlanta. As you just heard, the Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is directing all available resources to that Schools Campus right now. You can see the pictures we are getting. The Chopper View from above. A lot of Police Presence and other Emergency Vehicles on scene right now. We want to get to nbc News Correspondent Anne Thompson joining us a...

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Hills, northeast gusts could be anywhere from 20 to 40 miles an hour. Relative humidity is dry, current check of the winds up to 37 miles an hour. Mount st. Helena, and mount diablo, 38 mile an hour gusts, theyre strong. Air quality is moderate. Not a spare the air alert today, but theres an advisory and we go in the right direction tomorrow. Winds will shift offshore to onshore later on today but just at the surface. Temperatures right now, 68 in mt. Diablo, 68 in walnut creek. Down the road, H...

And mt. Diablo, 29 mile an hour wind gusts above a thousand feet, mt. Tam, 22 miles an hour. So the low relative humidity and the dry conditions out there, good thing, though, the air quality isnt bad. We are looking at those warm numbers, in the upper elevations, 60s and 70s. But Half Moon Bay has cooled to 54. It is 50 in nevada. Look at that santa rosa, down to 49 degrees. Anywhere from two to 27 degrees cooler this morning. So without those east winds blowing as strong, yes, the temperatures...

66, 55, though, in gilroy. And a look from east bay hills camera, the camera is shaking, upper elevation winds are above 25 miles an hour. 55 in a napa. 48 in santa rosa. We are colder, look at this, 23 degrees cooler along the coast, due to the lightning of the offshore flow. Once the offshore flow backs off temperatures can cool, the nights are longer. But in the upper elevations, yes, it is still breezy. We will get a sea breeze later on today. From our exploratorium camera, looks nice out th...

Many understand its not in the same of safety but just weeks after a major fire, the timing wouldnt be worse. Im stocked up on batteries, flashlights, lanterns. Reporter she has what she needs. Im here to service the community. Reporter shes assistant manager at Outdoor Supply hardware with a possible safety power shutoff hours away, most of the portable generators have sold out. This could easily do a refrigerator, couple lights, tv. Reporter john was buying extra flashlight batteries and hes n...

See more on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. Joining us this week on the communicators is alan pratt, he is the executive director of the National Rural Education Association and he joins us from chattanooga, tennessee. What is that association and what do you do . Our association is the voice of rural schools and Rural Communities across the country. Thank you for the invite to be on the show and really highlight what we do as...

Any that might be there. Well bring updates when we learn more. Back to the other fire, you can see how close it came to homes as firefighters worked hard to get the fire under control and take a look at this video just how intense the flames were at times. That fire was reported just before noon at the South San Francisco hillside sign. Cornell bernard joins us live with the very latest. Cornell . Reporter dion, so many neighbors breathing a huge sigh of relief that fire got way too close to ho...

Thank you for joining us. This map highlights where people are likely to be affected by the Public Safety power shut off. In total 22,000 local pg e customers could lose power. The shut offs are starting now in the north bay and three counties, napa, sonoma. It a fresh round for residents who lived through fires, smoke and other Power Outages. Lets go to abc 7 news Cornell Bernard live in st. Helena. Reporter dan and ama, if folks havent been through enough, thousands could lose power again. Its...

Thats because heavy winds and hot dry air are creating ideal fire conditions. Just what we do not need. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Thank you for joining us. Once again our coverage begins with abc 7 news weather anchor Spencer Christian for whats happening right now and in the days ahead. Spencer . Okay, dan. Ama was right. We have ideal fire conditions. We have rising temperatures. Very low relative humidity and gusty winds that are only getting stronger. Right now as you lo...