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
Just a few minutes ago pg e narrowed the scope as they continue to monitor wind conditions for wednesday. Tonight about 35,000 bay area customers stand to lose power in the next day or so in sonoma, napa, and san mateo counties, but theres potential the fire danger could be higher this weekend, so what does it all mean . We have Team Coverage for you tonight starting with kpix 5s andrea nakano. Reporter yes, right now pg e is calling this a potential Public Safety power shut off. As of tonight the Utility Company says it will decide i the morning whether or not communities will go dark once again. Pg e says it has narrowed the scope of the potential power outage, but its still estimated to impact almost 200,000 customers from central to northern california. For the last 2 days pg e has reached out to customers by phone, email, or text to warn them. The California Governor Gavin Newsom admits the utility has improved in that area, but not in much else. If they start shutng off power, it
Im amanda del castillo. How the 49ers making kids part of their game plan. Im lisa amin gulezian. Theyll light up half the city if the power goes. Pg e is preparing for another power shut down. What governor newsome has to say about it. Abc7 news starts right now. Announcer news to build a better area from abc7. Good evening, im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Well find out who in the bay off to avoid a wildfire. It is bringing back bad memories. I shut off all of them. People are funny. Insurance takes care of it. Insurance doesnt take care of any of that. We understand the hardship created by these shut offs. There are safety risks on both sides. Tens of thousands of people could be affected in this latest round of forced outages. Napa and San Mateo County have been put on notice. Well begin our Team Coverage on this developing story with abc7 News Reporter kate reporter pg e says this weeks potential power shut off could affect 184,000 customers. Pg e says that number dropped from more th
You have some information about when wearing it might be beneficial. And when it is best to stay indoors. With a layer of choking smoke blanketing hazy hillsides of the east bay west Contra Costa County Unified School District counsel class at noon. Sending 30,000 students home. Concerns about air quality hung over the community. The air is supposed to be normal. There is fire. It feels different. He and his brother wore the mask the parents had given them to protect them from the smoke. Officials warn most masks dont fit children securely enough to be effective. If we dont have any mask benefit children of the can seal if you have facial hair. If it is well sealed and you dont feel short of breath you might get more benefit from wearing a mask. Reporter the best advice is to stay indoors if you can. Officials with west contra costa schools close in part because many of the classrooms dont have air conditioning or Filtration Systems that would remove particles from the air students bre
Just before the kincaid fire broke out. Susie is that the live news desk with those details. Still very early stages. Figuring out what happened. To start the kincaid fire. We do know a couple minutes ago pg e came forward to say it did have a problem last night. Chopper 5 was over the area with the fire was first reported. Near the geysers geothermal plans. Pg in the notify state regulars this afternoon it did not cut power the highvoltage transmission lines in that area. Last night around 9 20 pm utility reported trouble one of those lines. Only seven minutes later the first calls went out of a major fire. As we look at more live pictures from chopper 5. Pg e said it did not cut power to those transmission lines. That is even though these voltage distribution lines are part of the Public Safety power shutdown minutes ago. We heard from pg e ceo bill johnson as to why. Transmission line was not among the lines we deenergized in Sonoma County. Transmission lines in the area remained en