Sectionalize those communities that are in danger to a high fire district, were able to sectionalize the system to keep those customers energized while other districts are turned off. Last month the company went through four rounds of power shutoffs. The last two overlapped and some people went without power for days at a time. The decision depends on the weather so we want to hear from spencer christian. Are you seeing any increased fire danger . We are. As you know its been abnormally dry the last several weeks going into what we consider the rainy season. Here is a look at the monitor. Alou were not at an elevated level of drought, were dry around the bay area. Heres whats going to happen. A cold front is going to drop down and a low pressure system will drop to the north and we will get strong dry offshore flow and that will increase fire danger as a result of those winds and the very, very fire dangers, a red flag is in affect from 4 00 am. Wednesday to 7 00 a. M. Thursday. Wind gusts will range 25 to 35 Miles Per Hour or higher. That does elevate fire danger. I will have more in a few minutes. Thank you so much. The north bay has borne the brunt of the recent paower outages and is expected to do so this week. More than a third of the customers live in issonoma coun. Reporter we spoke to several Business Owners who lost thousands of dollars. On this strip there are at least six restaurants that had to close doors during the last power shutoffs and this is one of them. This is tradition every monday these wine makers meet. Today theyre not only talking about wine, i sat with them and whats on their mind is a potential power shutoff affecting their area again. Something most people can get through, but when youre making wine and its a critical time of year, it can be a real challenge. Reporter inside this restaurant we spoke to the owners. They were closed for five days and lost close to 50,000. How would a shutoff affect your business this time around . It depends. I mean, i dont even want to think about it because it makes me want to cry because its so detrimental. Its very emotional. Reporter tears of uncertainty. More than 260,000 customers in Northern California could be impacted by another round of power shutoffs. This time were planning accordingly and were not going to order. Reporter the Company Began notification to customers in 22 counties. Dry conditions and high winds are threatening this area. We are tired of these. Its been a huge hit to our local economy here. Weve seen unfortunately about half a dozen businesses in downtown santa rosa close. Reporter Linda Hopkins says they understand the potential, but we want the company to do better. We are investig reporter six of nine areas will be impacted. Thank you. Environmental Justice Group sent a letter to the governor today calling on him to call on front line communities. They say the proposals theyve heard to make the company a Public Entity or customer cooperative dont go far enough. The group wrote we need a web of decentralized distributed Energy Systems that generate, store and distribute clean, Renewable Power locally and regionally. The groups have put forward a tenpoint platform to guide those discussions. How ready is the Company Ready to communicate the next shutoffs . Executives told lawmakers in sacramento today they are doing better and they outlined why its going to take years before the system can be upgraded. Reporter mirroring the lack of confidence and the impatience of customers, lawmakers on the energy and Utilities Committee wanted answers from executives. What did they learn and how can they be less disruptive in the future. The ceo said that theyre Getting Better at communicating with customers and that improvements are being made to make its Distribution System safer. The problem could be high tension lines. We have a tremendous amount of 60 and 70 kv transmission and a lot of large transmission that you cannot really put underground. This is limited to distribution. Reporter lawmakers have the toughest questions since their districts lie within the service area. They expressed a need to accelerate improvements to the network and vegetation management. Managers said they are improving communications, but it still could take five years before the utility will be in the companys words in a good place. Concerns were also raised how internet based communications went down leaving customers without ways to get information or to call for emergency help. The ceo acknowledge in hd that state has the power to withhold the franchise. Im open to any response that serve the needs best of the people of Northern California. Now, i do work for the shareholders at the moment so lets not kid ourselves about that. Reporter abc while the power suretyofhuto in the forefront, pg e is working to improve communication. Reporter by this time wednesday night they could be in the dark once again, but pg e is Testing Technology that could reduce the need for future shutoffs. Pg e is Testing Technology already being piloted in australia that would deenergize a power that falls and comes into contact with a tree limb or grounds. The project seeks to demonstrate the benefits of rapid earth fault limiter technology. Reporter the goal to prevent the ignition of a wildfire like the kind that have caused so much destruction in Northern California in recent years. We see this having potential benefits of significantly lowering the energy in single line to ground faults. That means a wires down event. Reporter pg e provided us with in video showing engineers testing the system at its facility in san ramon. If successful the technology could be deployed throughout pg es system, perhaps reducing the need for Public Safety power shutoffs in future high wind situations. A professor in the Electrical Engineering department at uc berkel berkeley. Im happy theyre looking into this. I think its important to recognize theres no Silver Bullet here, but its a whole spectrum of technologies that might help in that tradeoff that youre always looking for between safety and reliability. Reporter now, pg e plans to take their testing from that lab in san ramon out into the field sometime next year, installing this technology and testing it at a substation. If thats successful, then they hope to spread it to their larger system of distribution lines. Thanks. To get the latest news sent to you, download the abc 7 news app. We know you have a lot of questions and you can find answers on the website. We have a whole section on the power shutoffs. You can look up specifically which areas are going to be affected and see if the Weather Forecast has changed since these decisions are made based on thes u find tips and tricks like how to make your cell phone battery last longer. To get the latest sent to you, go to the abc 7 news app. Well send out push alerts so you know if the lights are going out where you live. You will want to know. A south bay man in trouble for the actions you tookmoleste hes not only a father, but a county prosecutor. Well have details incomenext. Abc 7 news is spending a week in the city of freemont. Youll looking at the town hall meeting thats wrapping up. Community leaders tell us projects they are handling. You c. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. A mystery in the south bay, two people were found dead this morning inside a car that had veered off highway 101. The california Highway Patrol says the car had crashed, but its not sure when it happened. One victim is a 22yearold victim. She was in the drivers seat. The other is a 26yearold man in the passenger seat. Now to a case that is generating a lot of conversation and some controversy. The prosecutor who used his own daughter as bait in order to catch a man he says molested his daughter while she was walking her dog on the trail. A psychologist talked with abc 7 News Reporter about the dangers of this kind of undercover operation. Reporter a prosecutor now under fire for using his 13yearold daughter as bait to catch an alleged child molester on this trail. The girl may not anticipate the unintended consequences of being retraumized by this experience. So id be concerned about that. Reporter Police Arrested the 76yearold suspect last week after they say he inappropriately touched the victim on multiple occasions this summer as she walked her dog on the trail. The investigation began in october after the victim told her doctor she had been sexually assaulted. According to a Police Report obtained by our media partner, the prosecutor took his daughter back to the trail and intended to get the actions on video which was turned over to the police. You might be upset. This is not the way to handle it. We rely on prosecutors to know better and hopefully he has learned from this. Reporter the case has been referred to the state Attorney Generals Office due to conflicts of interest and the prosecutor could face charges of child endangerment. The issue becomes what happens to this prosecutor. So did he break the law . Reporter in a letter sent to staff this afternoon, the District Attorney said in part the choices we make in our professional and personal lives need to be in harmony with the laws and ethics of our criminal justice system. He told investigators he suffers from alzheimers is being held in the county jail and returns to court in late january. At 4 00 mark klause joined me in the studio and he had strong opinions. Theres no nothing that goes right in a situation like this. Its an ongoing Law Enforcement investigation. Theyre well trained on how to deal with these kinds of things. He never should have done what he did. He should have completely backed off and let the police do their job. He founded the Kids Foundation in 1994, the year after his daughter was kidnapped and killed to stop crimes against children. Hundreds of people said farewell during a memorial in San Francisco. Tyson who was 60 years old died in his sleep earlier this month. Abc 7 is live outside the center with the event. Reporter it was a long and very memorable event. All employees were invited. One person who attended this event told me and i wrote it down because i really liked what she said, she said Bernard Tyson was better than his words. Carol walker, a member of the congregation he belonged to, came to the private memorial. I know its the will of god. Its shocking, but he was a great man, a great man of business and faith and were just here to celebrate his life. Reporter here is a short clip of what was played at todays memorial. I want everybody to have the best Health Possible so they can carry out their american dream. Reporter during his time as ch and ceo, tyson focused on greater access to health and Preventative Care and worked with the Obama Administration on the Affordable Care act. He met with President Trump during his attempt to revamp the act. In 2017 his name was added to the list of time magazines 100 most influential people. He wanted people in the city, in the state and in this country to thrive. Reporter tyson led the well known thrive advertising campaign. Outside the chase center theres the thrive city open space for all to use. During his tenure, his revenue increased as well as its membership. I was overseas last week and people know him everywhere. He was leading up a big industry conference in china and in health care hes a giant. Reporter the memorial featured gladysgladysgladysglads reporter what a great song, what a great voice. Now you have me. Today at this memorial it was announced that kieser will open next year a new medical school in pasadena and it was announced that it will be named after the late Bernard Tyson. Live in San Francisco, abc 7 news. I wish i could sing like that. Thank you. In lieu of flowers the family ask donations be made to the tyson foundation. Lets talk about the weather. Concerned about fire danger and more wind with. We are here with whats coming. Our next wind event is coming our way bringing a high fire danger. At the moment we have partly cloudy skies with developing offshore and to our west. We have a clear view of our skyline. Its 64 degrees in San Francisco and oakland right now. Half moon bay, 55. The view looking westward is a clear one. We have mid 60s in santa napa is cooler at 59 degrees. From our rooftop camera, these are our forecast features. Breezy tomorrow and sharply cooler than today and a dry gusty pattern developing wednesday morning through thursday morning with high fire danger and a red flag warning for that time. Overnight temperatures will drop into the upper 40s and low 50s. Low clouds near the coast swinging through by 2 00 a. M. You might see a spotty area of drizzle, but for the most part its going to be dry as the clouds increase. Te winds will be coming in behind the frontal system that will bring us that clearing tomorrow and it will bring us a sharp cooldown from whe were today. Expect partly sunny skies tomorrow, clear, cooler and breezy and the highs will range from the 60s at the coast to low 60s. Well see mid to upper 60s inland. You can see how much cooler its going to be. By 7 00 a. M. Wednesday wll see the wind pick up and by 10 00 p. M. Wednesday notice gusts ranging from 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour here at the surface and in Higher Elevations the gusts will be stronger. The wind will taper off on thursday. Here is the sevenday forecast. A cooler pattern for the next few days and of course gusty wind with high fire danger wednesday into thursday. Late thursday we can expect the wind to taper off and we have partly cloudy and milder weather into the weekend. Even though the fire danger or the red flag warning may have expired, were going into a dry pattern continuing all the way through the weekend and into next week. No rain in sight. We have to get that rain started. 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She is known for her conservative political views and is expected to discuss immigration policy. Protesters are already preparing for her visit. This week happens to be united against hate week, which berkeley is taking part in. The city says past speeches and rallies have drawn white nationalists and supremacists to berkeley. Playing on peoples fears. They are dividing us rather uniting our country. We must celebrate and respect our diversity and differences. Colton had to cancel a visit in 2015. That year a riot broke out. Abc 7 news has made a commitment to building a better bay area. What makes this city so unique . Th this is the house i grew up in. A personal perspective, a producer shares his thoughts on fremont as home. No matter where you live, we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay shouldnt mean a change in standards. Thats why thanks to you were rated number one in Customer Satisfaction by j. D. Power. Many people think of the bay area as San Francisco, oakland and san jose, but theres so much more like all this. Its where we work, live and love. All of our cities, big and small, are facing the same problems and everyone is looking for solutions. Thats why abc 7 is looking for answers and inspiration in communities throughout the region and revealing how theyre tackling the same big problems. How is fremont working to build a better bay area. For the past month abc 7 has been in the city of fremont and this week we will bring you stories about solutions to problems were facing. We want to look at fremont itself and its fascinating story. We have more. Reporter lets talk about fremo fremont. There, maybe you dont know much about it. Youre like where is it again . Fremont, east bay or south bay . East. Its south. Its always been south. Reporter you say . I say east bay. Reporter fremont is here, in the east bay nestled around silicone valley. The first thing to know about fremont is its huge. Nearly 92 square miles, nearly twice the Square Footage of San Francisco and the fourth largest city in the bay area. Its relatively new. It wasnt officially formed until 1956, more than 100 years after san jose. That said life has been there for years. Seriously fremont made head dating back 2 million years unearthed by a construction city and in the 1940s a group of boys found similar fossils. Today fremont is known