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Minutes to get to this point where we could get kind of close to the glow. You can see we are quite a distance away from it as it makes its way up and over this hill. Thats a good thing. Thats good news for the people who live in the surrounding towns. Right now theres a lot of so called mop up work happening throughout the burn area around the kincade fire. And they are using watter to cool anything smoldering. Hand crews are out here too cutting new fire line and clearing brush. All of that to...

Firefighters arrived. Power lines leading to the garage started another fire next to the garage. The power lines played no factor. The structure fire occurred first. Reporter the streets are steep and narrow allowing only one truck at a time. Something firefighters have been concerned about for decades. The response was swift and massive. Had this gone into the vegetation, it backs up to the watershed and had this gotten away from us we had a strike team and a staging area. Reporter inside the g...

Bam, everything went off and that was the end of the day. Reporter the city of santa rosa has its Emergency Operations center fully staffed. They estimate 50,000 to 60,000 people will be impacted within the city limits. Traffic lights at 24 intersections are expected to go dark. Our goal is to make sure that during the shutoff, that we do the most we can to protect our community. Reporter the owner of bettys fish andhips cooked up lunch for customers before the shutoff. They lost power for three...

Pg e is the phrase that the high winds could cause power lines to fall and spark a fire. This isnt just a Public Safety issue, its a business issue. Within minutes of the blackout, Stores Closed and intersections got dicey. Nbc bay areas Jodi Hernandez is in santa rosa with the latest details. Jodi. Reporter when we got here at about 2 45 this afternoon, all of these businesses were open. But just a few minutes after we got here, the lights went out forcing the businesses to close. Without power...

Now. And this is the concern. The wind and heat a dangerous mix. Well show you this wildfire in just a moment. Its happening in the north bay. Its in geyserville, not star from the lake county line. Here it is. Sonoma county sheriffs just issued evacuations for northern haeldsburg and geyserville. Theyre telling people to leave immediately. You can see that glow on the hillside there. Were also getting new video from the santa rosa fire department. Crews clearing fallen trees. These trees along ...

Shots were fired at that rental house. Now new rules are in place at airbnb. We have Team Coverage for you. Lets begin with nbc bay areas sergio quintana. Sergio. Reporter there is a memorial here in downtown orinda that has been growing throughout the day. There are a lot of people in this town that are shocked about what happened halloween night. Family and friends of the victims, well, theyre still trying to come to terms with the loss of their loved ones. One of the first victims to be ident...

Good evening, im juliette goodrich. Im brian hackney. We begin with breaking news. Police in the east bay arrested a man for setting a series of wild fires. Crews have responded to eight small fires today near the dry creek pioneer Regional Park just east of union city. Officers say this man, Roman Montalvo started those fires and they have been contained. Ten acres of parkland went up in flames. Search is on for a suspect who stole a van carrying dozens of San Jose Police uniforms. Kpix5s maria...

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 s...

Setting series of wildfires yesterday. Crews responded to eight small fires near the dry creek pioneer regional park. That is just east of union city. Officers say this man roman monta vo started those fires and all have been contained. About ten acres of parkland went up in flames. No buildings were damaged. A search for a suspect who stole a stran with dozens of San Jose Police uniforms. More about the carjack case. Reporter a Police Source says a driver for a dry clear rest cleaning service t...

Of murder. Than usual method used by Defense Attorneys to raise a reasonable doubt. Theres no smoking gun in this case. Kpix 5 news 7pm starts now with 35,000 customers in the bay area in the dark because of those fire safety blackouts. Plus another 140,000 in the sierra foothills. More shot offs are on the way. Die in ken bastida. I am veronica de la cruz. Streets are like out. Chopper 5 was over to intersections where traffic was backing up. We saw crashes during the last emergency outage and ...