Is not fun. The subject to high wind because its not that big. Now they are back over this area. Look at that burn area on the zones. You have to tip your hat to the firefighters that jumped up at 1 am and did what they had to do to protect the structures right there. All mentioned i will mention, this has power shut off in phase 2, power went off after 10 pm last night, so electricity not a issue, so it is really easy to start a fire out here you christ. Eight hours later, most evacuations have been lifted, it burned more than 40 acres. Right now, firefighters are trying to find the cause of fire. It mentioned at 1 am this morning, this was after pg e had shut off power so we know it was in the power power lines that spark is. Steve, a lot of people that turn their power off, said its not that would be where i am . You have to understand something. A lot of these transmission corridor lines the Higher Elevations and a lot of these grades are linked up. So, if you 70 mileperhour wind a
Chances. Jessie wasnt about to go home with only a half tank of gas. Im calling all my daughters. Theyre all grown. Im telling them go fill up. Make sure you have gas and batteries and everything you need. Reporter if the power outage happens, fuel pumps wont be working. In San Jose School district, students are getting a twodaybreak. The district cancelled classes for wednesday and thursday because it con frmed four schools and the District Office will, in fact, lose power for at least 36 hours. Because the district is not going to have power and we provide all the support and all of the Emergency Services for the rest of the sites, we must close everybody because of safety. Reporter the concerns are widespread. San jose mayor got a head start on monday by asking residents to be careful on the streets since signal lights will also be powered off. We do not want you driving on the roads. That is because street lights and street signals will not be operational in those areas. Reporter w
Breaking news now at 11 tim. Are you ready for the power to go out . Were now less than an hour away from the largest planned shut off ever in california. Plus 100 acreburning on the Central Coast as we speak tonight. This is exactly what pg e is afraid of. Good evening im ken bastida. And im veronica de la cruz. Kpix 5 is your Survival Guide for this epic outage. In less than an hour pg e will start turning off power to almost a million customers because the fire danger is so high. 278,000 of you in 8 counties across the bay area. It will come in wave, starting in napa and santa rosa county, then santa clara, alameda, and contra costa counties. Tonight this is exactly what pg e is trying to avoid. In the past couple of hour, a wildfire has burned more than 1 hung acres off highway 101 right at the Monterey County line near camp roberts. Strong winds have been fanning the flames. Cal fire says that forward progress has now been stopped. Pg e crews are on the scene because there are rep
Were now less than an hour away from the largest planned shut off ever in california. Plus 100 acres burning on the Central Coast as we speak tonight. This is exactly what pg e is afraid of. Good evening im ken bastida. And im veronica de la cruz. Kpix 5 is your Survival Guide for this epic outage. In less than an hour pg e will start turning off power to almost a million customers because the fire danger is so high. 278,000 of you in 8 counties across the bay area. It will come in wave, starting in napa and santa rosa county, then santa clara, alameda, and contra costa counties. Tonight this is exactly what pg e is trying to avoid. In the past couple of hour, a wildfire has burned more than 1 hung acres off highway 101 right at the Monterey County line near camp roberts. Strong winds have been fanning the flames. Cal fire says that forward progress has now been stopped. Pg e crews are on the scene because there are reports after downed power lines. And a pretty close call in marin cou
Really a violation and of course, i understand her reaction to this issue and so that means we have to work harder to make sure that we have more Police Officers on streets, that we are addressing some of the causes of crime in the first place and investing in the right programs and doing everything we can to deal with these issues. Reporter we shared the mayors response with angela. What do you think . Im glad to hear shes taking seriously and addressing the root causes. I would love to see the statistics that show car breakins and crimes are down because that doesnt really match with everyday experience. And im glad to hear shes thinking about it but i think we need really specific plans. I want to know exactly what the plan is. So about plans, angelas city supervisor said the city made significant investments in place and drug treatment and pretty hopeful the changes will help turn things around in the next few years. Ls hope yeah. All right. Thanks. Crime is one issue that drives p