The allclear soon. Well just py it by ear, one hour at a time. Reporter and we are back here live. You are looking at a burned car. Weve seen several cars and at least six houses that have burned. You can hear the helicopters overhead. We just saw an air tanker pass by here, a helicopter actually. We are told that the air fight will continue as long as the winds dont get too strong so this fight is still well, well under way. Im jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. We are going to check on those winds with jeff ranieri in a moment. This is nbc bay areas sky ranger. The kincade fire, Sonoma County. We were just in this position two years ago. Flames still burning. 10,000 acres, plus or minus a bit. 2,000 people evacuated. Heres a better look, you can see it from earlier today when it was a little clearer outside. 500 firefighters are on the scene, 8 air tanker, and again were hearing perhaps as many as six homes at this point but still unconfirmed. We are waiting for another update from c
Im amanda decastillo ipsan jose. Pg e gives its workers the green light to restore power across the south bay. Power is still out in much of the area. Pg e crews are working to restore it. The ceo of pg e apologized tonight. Im kate larson in oakland where many businesses are still closed and the lights just starting to come back on. So will the utilitys customers forgive them . Abc 7 news starts right now. And that breaking news is a wildfire being driven by powerful winds in los angeles. It is burning near homes and evacuations are under way. So far flames have charred about 20 acres in somar, at the northern end of l. A. s San Fernando Valley and forcing the freeway to be closed in the area. Fires broke out just before 10 00 this morng and usd in from of l. A. In order to fight it. We face a choice here between hardship on everyone or safety, and we chose safety. Tonight Governor Newsom blasts pg e saying greed and mismanagement led to the widespread Power Outages. Were seeing the s
To do things different. Utility made the right call and turn off power to protect the public but he acknowledged shortcomings with clearly communication at the top of the list. Reporter the winds are dying down tonight. Pg e is inspecting the lines and the lights are coming on across northern california. We have Live Team Coverage where the mayor wants pg e to pay up. First though we go to Contra Costa County with the impact there. Reporter plane of the lights went back on here about 8 00. The safeway has power again as well as other stores here in the main part of the area. I just talked to someone with the county who says pg e is telling them 4600 customers still do not have power. Reporter in the dark, robert shaw had his flashlights, batteries, a newly chopped wood for a stove. A waiting game for this resident and thousands of others. I have a gas stove. I had one of my neighbors over for lunch. She brought the meat i had the heat. Reporter he is frustrated. Who do you think is goi
Im amanda decastillo ipsan jose. Pg e gives its workers the green light to restore power across the south bay. Power is still out in much of the area. Pg e crews are working to restore it. The ceo of pg e apologized tonight. Im kate larson in oakland where many businesses are still closed and the lights just starting to come back on. So will the utilitys customers forgive them . Abc 7 news starts right now. And that breaking news is a wildfire being driven by powerful winds in los angeles. It is burning near homes and evacuations are under way. So far flames have charred about 20 acres insomar, at the northern end of l. A. s San Fernando Valley and forcing the freeway to be closed in the area. Fires broke out just before 10 00 this morning and crews have rushed in from other parts of l. A. In order to fight it. We face a choice here between hardship on everyone or safety, and we chose safety. Tonight Governor Newsom blasts pg e saying greed and mismanagement led to the widespread Power
Im julie haener. 600,000 californians could have their power shut off wednesday due to a risk of wildfires. Warnings have gone out in seven of the nine bay area counties for people to be prepared. Only San Francisco and marin counties are not included in this warning, a potential power shutoff. Right now pg e has not confirmed any outages, but we are told by police and other officials that parts of napa county along with danville, orinda, lafayette, and moraga should expect to lose power just before wednesday morning. We have Live Team Coverage tonight, Azenith Smith is in the south bay with how officials are getting ready for Power Outages or potential Power Outages. And october, the peak of fire season, and it is almost exactly two years. Reporter it is hard to believe, isnt it, frank . This makes it an anxious anniversary even more so. 600,000 customers are at risk. Half in the bay area. Sonoma county have the most. 66,000 Emergency Centers are opening to cope with this unprecedente