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We expect that the power shutoff process will begin at approximately 2:00 p.m. and last until about 1:00 a.m. on thursday morning. >> here we go again, it has begun. thousands of bay area residents are without electricity in their homes and workplaces. a red flag forces another round of emergency power shutoffs by pg&e. good evening, thanks for joining us, im larry beil. >> and im ama daetz. pg&e is explaining again why they cut your power even if you dont live or work within dangerous wildfire ...

Off electricity to millions, a new practice that could become a regular occurrence for the next ten years. lester, todays close call a scorching reminder how important it is to always be prepared. it doesnt matter if you live above a canyon like this or miles away, authorities are saying with the types of winds we see a little bit later this week, firestorms are a possibility so they are encouraging millions of people to pack emergency go bags with medication and important documents, anything yo...

That was my first stop thought when i heard the weather was going to change. new round of power shut off by pg&e could be around the corner. what the agency just said about the upcoming danger. we began proactively contacting potentially impacted customers this afternoon. it has been called racist but the politician responsible for the ad isnt backing down. she is doubling down. we are not talking about racism here. the billboard speaks for itself. the large homeless encampment that ...

This area lost power for about two days last week, creating a large economic dent felt by residents as well. the resounding sentiment around sonoma plaza today, here we go again. >> exhaustion. >> as word spread of another possible pg&e public safety power shutoff. sonoma county first district supervisor susan goring. >> they should have been on this from decades ago, undergrounding lines, segments the transmission grid, as they have been doing in southern california. where have they been? >> in...

Bay area from abc7. >> if we do call a public safety power shutoff, it could impact up to 17 counties throughout northern and central california. >> turning the lights off again? pg&e customers warned that there is windyeathert c me per s. this as the utility says there is good reason behind the outages. pg&e says there were dozens of hazards that could have caused fires during the last outage. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. im ama daetz. >> and im dion lim. pg&e says three bay are...

Seat. the commission grilling them about the public safety power shut off that affected hundreds of thousands of customers in california. >> that meeting is still under way at the headquarters. in san francisco. the goal is to talk about lessons learned from the ent and what steps will be taken to ensure mistakes are not repeated. chief information officer explained why the web site crashed many times. it had 1.7 million question per hour when it usually has 7,000. >> that would have allowed cus...

Before we leave you, we want to share a final note on congressman elijah cummings who died today in baltimore. some words of wisdom from his very first speech on the house floor.

The wind fueling the flames on new yorks fire island, destroying several homes there and leaving a trail of downed trees and power lines across the region. in fact, a half million without power tonight and its not done. and now, another system elsewhere were watching, as well. abcs whit johnson fromnn >> reporter: tonight, that powerful storm lashing new england. aid mid ferocious atairport, gusts reaching 70 miles an hour. ripping the roof right off this delta hangar. on cape cod, trees crashin...

Im kristen sze. >> well begin with that developing news. state regulators say they have identified at least seven serious problems from last weeks outages, and theyre demanding that pg&e address them. >> they set a thursday deadline. the california public utilities commission said they must improve communication including fixing its website, which kept crashing when people checked whether they would be part of the planned blackout. >> regulators are demandi ininge come up with a better way to di...

Powerful winds blowing burning embers into houses. firefighters doing all they could to keep those flames from spreading. but there were dozens of homes they could not save, including monica and drew silvers. >> i wish they would have been here earlier to save mine. its not their fault. they are fighting the fires where they are fighting them. but it was pretty crazy how fast it came. >> reporter: those fast-moving flames here in los angeles county, destroying nearly 8,000 acres and nearly every...