Impact of the latest planned outage. It now says about 4,200 customers in four bay area counties are expected to have their power cut due to the high fire danger over the next couple of days, beginning at 8 00 tonight. Solano county has been removed from the list altogether. But you know, between the past shutoffs and this looming outage thats coming homeowners in napa county are really reaching the breaking point. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard has that story. Im not even a whining type, but its gotten to the point where theres nothing else to do but complain. Reporter we found bill fletcher filling up a gas can. Its fuel for a generator. To power his east napa county home. Fletcher just got this alert. His power would likely be shut off. Its not the first time hes been impacted by a psps, or as bill calls it psbs. Thats what i think of. Reporter this napa valley mini mart has lost power twice this season. Managers dont want it to happen again because no power, no freezers. Were
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 look at current temperature readings you can see we have mid 90s, mid to upper 90s in many inland areas, even a couple 90s around the bay shoreline, and its 80 degrees in San Francisco. As we move along you can see that the wind gusts right now in the Higher Elevations are getting stronger and stronger. They will likely get Even Stronger in the nighttime hours. So as a result we have a red flag warning for high fire danger in effect until midday friday. This is not only for the hills but the hills
Exposed. I hesitate to say malpractice but i dont think it is a good idea especially in a context like Contact Tracing they absolutely need to be tested. The governor is also taking issue i dont agree with the new cdc guidance period full stop. Neither do leaders in the bay area, in the south bay specifically, they are blasting the new moves, calling them bizarre. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. As abc 7 News Reporter chris wynne explains south bay leaders say the abrupt changes could within st. Claira county this afternoon Health Officials didnt hold back after learning of the new covid19 testing guidelines from the cdc. When i first heard about this change in guidelines, i actually didnt believe it. Reporter the Nations Health Protection Agency now says as long as a person doesnt show symptoms testing may not be necessary. Health officers however are questioning the guidance saying it is important to identify infections in the small window preceding the onset of symptoms whil
Counties that are on the watch list for increased coronavirus activity. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has local reaction. Reporter School Districts in the buy area had every intention of welcoming back students in the fall. Until covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning some parents came out to support inperson learning. Already children who have not schooled since march 16th and 17 whoth need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore continuing with the Distance Learning model has not been an easy decision for many School Districts. Heres the state superinten
Ic confrontation on a family hike. The woman is respending. Thanks for joining us. Bay area places are scrambling to reopen. Santa clara learned more places can reopen monday. Now the county is getting ready for another shutdown thursday. And San Francisco is pausing Indoor Dining indefinitely. Late this afternoon, the state notified napa county they are back on the watch list basically bringing round two for everyone in napa. We have more from wayne about what they can expect. Reporter they can expect more of what they have seen. Wie minute past midnight. They will ask 30 days no more Indoor Dining and no more indoor tasting rooms, no more indoor theaters. The only good news is that napa has been through this before and know what to expect. Here at least tough times for napa county never looked so sweet. But here they dont qualify as just desserts. It is deja vu. I woke up and felt the same way i felt in march. Tony survived the last closure by making dinners to go. Reporter is it eas