Preparing for the possibility pg e could cut their power. Good evening and thanks for joining usmism im. Im dion lim. That red flag warning will last for two days. Now in effect and it will continue to remain in effect until 9 00 p. M. Monday evening. As you see offshore winds begin to develop. Were tracking those winds out of the north and northeast will gust anywhere from 35 to as high as 50 Miles Per Hour in our hills. And these winds this time of year we know this pattern, they drop humidity levels very low, and they drag in some very warm air, which does increase our fire danger. So its in effect in the north bay, the inland east bay and the east bay hills. Look at the winds right now in our hills. Already gusting to 40 atop mt. Diablo. We do expect these winds to strengthen in the Early Morning hours tomorrow. Future weather show you these wind gusts early tomorrow morning at 5 00 a. M. We do expect winds to strengthen especially in the north bay with frequent gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour. And we do expect these winds to continue even into monday as well. As these winds blow theyre going to drag in some hot air. Were tracking record heat. And well have those numbers in a few minutes. All right, drew, thank you. Pg e plans to begin Public Safety power shutoffs around midnight mainly in the sierra foothills and some north bay residents could lose their electricity tomorrow. The shutoffs will begin tomorrow around 4 00 in the utility will have ground crews and helicopters waiting for the all clear to be issued. Once we get that all clear we immediately begin to patrol and to restore our electric system. Pg e will open 28 Community Resource centers near the outage areas. That will allow people to Power Medical devices and recharge their electronic gadgets like cellphones. Well, ready or not the red flag fire danger is here. Heres abc 7 News ReporterCornell Bernard who found many people have been preparing. Reporter temperatures will sizzle sunday and monday. Bringing red flag fire danger, high winds, low humidity. Fire crews getting ready. Anytime you see a red flag in conditions like this it raises our awareness, raises our concerns. Reporter the red flag fire warning comes weeks after Mass Evacuations in Sonoma County as the walbridge fire forced thousands from their homes. Firefighters are urging everyone to be careful. Limit those Outdoor Activities that could potentially spark a wildfire here locally. Reporter Officials Say a landscaping crew may have accidently sparked this 12 acre grass fire in north santa rosa thursday. Cal fire stopped it in less than an hour. Good to test it out. Reporter dave isnt taking any chances. Hes got this generator ready to power his oak mont Village Market in case pg e shuts the power off. He hasnt received any alerts yet but he lost power in september during a planned power shutoff. The stress is terrible. Weve had three years of constant fire danger, power outages, and now you throw in the virus. Reporter south calestoga has been impacted a lot by safety shutoffs. But this town is ready with a plan b to keep the lights on through most of downtown. Diesel powered generators will keep lights onto 60 of the town if the power goes off. They dont look very sexy but we love them because they do exactly what we need them to do when we need them the most. Reporter heat and fire danger, bay area life in early fall. Were ready to go just in case we have to be. Reporter in Sonoma County, Cornell Bernard, abc 7 news. We have a preparation guide for how to handle a Public Safety power shutoff from making sure you have the right supplies to Little Things that can protect your home. We also have a list of cooling centers open tomorrow. You can find it all at our website, abc7news. Com. Berkeley police have spent the last several hours trying to learn about the shooting death of a man inside a home. Officers discovered the man inside a house on glenn avenue already 4 00 this afternoon. So far detectives have not shared any information or a suspect or a motive for the shooting. This is berkeleys fourth homicide of the year. Investigators are working to find out what sparked a fire that killed two people. That fire broke out inside a home on sarah place at about 1 45 this morning. Four people were inside. Two died while two others were rescued and are in the hospital with life threatening injuries. The Alameda CountySheriffs OfficeCorners Bureau has not released the names of the people who died, but the National Council on severe autism and Advocacy Group identified the victims as the Vice President and her son. President trump made it official today nominating Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late ruth bader ginsburg. The senate will Start Holding confirmation hearings starting the week october 12th. I stand before you today to fulfill one of my highest and most important duties under the United States constitution, the nomination of a Supreme Court justice. Reporter in a move hailed by republicans and shunned by democrats so close to a president ial election. She is of a woman of unparalleled achievement, toweri towering intellect, sterling credentials and unyielding loyalty to the constitution. President trump on saturday in the white house rose garden nominating 48yearold federal judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the seat of the late Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg. If confirmed i will not assume that role for the sake of those in my own circle and certainly not for my own sake. I would assume this role to serve you. Reporter judge barrett is President Trumps third pick to the nations highest court. Her nomination sets the course for bitter political battle in washington ahead of the november election. Democrats already united in opposing her candidacy. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer calling it a disgraceful process. A vote for Amy Coney Barrett is a dagger aimed at the heart of the Health Care Protections americans so desperately need and want. Reporter barrett is already wellknown in conservative circles as a devout catholic, antiabortion and prosecond amendment. She was one of President Trumps finalists for the bench in 2018, and once served as a clerk for the late Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. His judicial philosophy is mine too. Reporter senator Kamala Harris a member of the Judicial Committee and a Vice President president ial nominee urging the senate to not act on barretts nomination until after the election saying the president s pick is intended to destroy the Affordable Care act, overturn roe v. Wade and harm millions of americans. Linda graham on the other hand praising the nomination on fox news. Shes worked hard. Shes deserving of this honor. Everybody who knows her understands shes just a complete superstar when it comes to the law. Reporter and sources tell abc news republicans plan to start a threeday confirmation hearing for judge barrett on october 12th. A time line that could put barrett on the bench byelection day. Faith abubey, abc news, washington. With President Trumps official announcement of Supreme Court nominee judge barrett, reactions are coming in from bay area experts and politicos. Lauren martinez has this story. Its the nightmare scenario that everyone who believes in progress hoped wouldnt happen. Reporter saturday he said was their biggest turn out yet after President Trump announced judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court. An capitol hill politicians reacted. Senator Diane Feinstein tweeted, judge Amy Coney Barrett cleary passes the president s conservative litmus test or he wouldnt have nominated her. Well, i think that judge barrett is an outstanding choice for the Supreme Court vacancy. Reporter harvey dillan cochair for lawyers for trump says barrett is highly qualified for judge even if you dont agree with her politically. Justice kagen was nominated and confirmed. Conservatives came to her defense and said she really is a very highly qualified person even if you dont agree with her politically. So that would be the appropriate thing to do in this case is look at her credentials in this case. Reporter even though barretts track record is very conservative brad junedepth says its difficult to know how someones going to behave once they become a justice. Chief Justice Roberts has voted in a more liberal way than many people thought. Justice stevens, justice sudor voted in ways that were much more liberal than their republican appointed pres thought they would. You never know for sure until someone puts on that robe and sits in that chair how their theyre going to behave when theyre deciding theyre the final decider on these huge issues for the country. Reporter lauren martinez, abc 7 news. We sent this push alert today as we live streamed trumps announcement on the abc 7 news app this afternoon. If you want alerts like this in the future, the app is free to download in the app store. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 11 00 residents near San Franciscos twin peaks say a shelter in place road closure is doing more harm than good. How they say its leading to an increase in crime. And two sisters made history in san jose today. What about their coffee shop sets it apart from all the rest in the city . 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Reporter twin peaks resident gary russ says the closure of the look out is to blame. Shattered glass can be seen all down the hill. Brazen thieves cant drive out to the parking area anymore so now theyre casing cars parked along the hill side and jumping right in. Weve never had this much theft. Reporter an march 28th the city closed the street for cars to drive out to the lookout hoping to promote social distancing and reduce crowds. Fast forward six months later over 200 residents signed this petition asking the city to reopen the gates. If they open that gate up then everything that is happening in our neighborhood will go back to where it came from. But it doesnt necessarily get solved. Well, they can solve it up there. They shouldnt be solving it in the neighborhood. Reporter but some neighbors dont want the gates to reopen. While were in the pandemic to have a place i can walk to is really appreciated. Reporter the supervisor represents this district. For now he says theyre trying to please both sides by reopening the side from 6 00 p. M. To midnight and also stepped up police presence. The police are going by more frequently. The Police Captain is very aware of this. Reporter the president of the board of supervisors gave us a candid response. In hindsight it probably wasnt the best thing to do. Reporter their plan now is to reassess the closure of these gates in the next two weeks. But in the meantime one of the things police need to do in response to that is go there and start ticketing and maybe even towing those cars away. Reporter luz pena, abc 7 news. Heres now a quick look at the coronavirus headlines in california. There were nearly 4,200 new diagnosed cases above the daily average of the 3,400. The state reported 134 deaths. Tat number about also the daily average. The 14day has dropped to 2. 9 . Thats the first time weve seen it dip under 3 during the pandemic. Ucsf is offering free coronavirus testing in one of oaklands hardest hit communities this weekend. City Officials Say the neighborhood, testing is being done in the parking lot and will continue until 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow. One of the first San Francisco restaurants that opened to Outdoor Service is now closed with a staff member testing positive for covid19. Balboa cafe in cal hollow posted an update on instagram yesterday. Theyll be closed all next week to clean. Balboa cafe says they have always followed all cdc and Health Guidelines when operating. They hope to be reopened by next friday, octobe 2nd. Our effort to build a better bay area includes the changing economy during the pandemic. Today two africanamerican sisters made history in the south bay. Nirvana soul inside the weston is san joses first black owned coffee shop. The coowners, san jose natives, and theyre already drawing in customers. Its kind of showing solidarity, community support, two hardworking africanamerican women just really setting a great example in the community. And we want to support positivity. Its beautiful. Nirvana souls walls are decorated with works from local artists. All right, we are just bracing ourselves for the triple digit temperatures, eric. Yeah, brace is a good word. So im braced here and, drew, let me have it. A onetwo punch in the atmosphere. First we have that red flag warning in effect as gusty onshore winds are developing. And then were tracking our next heat wave. Heat advisories going into effect. Tonight, though, show you the beautiful picture. Live look and you can see the bright lights of San Francisco shining, even the lights of sutro tower blinking in the background. And do notice we are fogfree this evening, and that means were on our way to some warm afternoons the next couple of days. And also have a decline in our air quality. A spare the air day is in effect tomorrow. You can see were going to fluctuate between moderate and poor air quality to mark the worst air quality forecasted for the inland east bay and santa clara valley. A bit of smoke in our atmosphere with that moderate air quality continuing as we start the new week next week. Right now, though 70 in oakland right now, 67 in san jose, 75 in concord, San Francisco right now at 65 degrees. So overnight tonight we remain fogfree. So mainly clear skies and numbers overnight settling in the mid50s to mid60s first thing tomorrow morning. But overnight we have that red flag warning in effect. It doesnt encompass the entire north bay. It now includes the valleys as well. So novato, bodaga bay, napa, youre included in this now. The hills of the east bay and inland east bay as well. This lasting until 9 00 p. M. Monday evening for those northnortheasterly winds gusting over 35 Miles Per Hour heightening our fire danger. Future tracker wind gust. Well stop the clock. This is at 5 00 a. M. There you can see those offshore winds in the north bay especially gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour at times. We do expect the winds to kind of ebb and flow. Sunday afternoon we may see them weaken a bit, but we do expect another burst of those offshore winds, and again you see those offshore winds really focused in the north bay. The winds will finally calm down early in the afternoon on monday as that red flag warning begins to expire. However, its going to drag in some very hot temperatures, those offshore winds. A heat advisory will go into effect at 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow and pretty much encompasses the entire bay area. The only exception, the immediate coastline of san mateo and santa cruz county. Nonetheless we are expecting hot temperatures even along the coastline. Highs tomorrow, it is going to be a very warm day compared to today. Well hit 90 in oakland, about 93 in san jose. 100 the forecasted high in santa rosa, 99 concord and antioch and fairfield up to 100 degrees. It gets even warmer around here on monday. In fact, dangerously hot. Watch future tracker temperatures. Look at the forecasted highs on monday. I think San Francisco has a really good shot at flirting with triple digit heat by monday afternoon. 98 the forecastted high in oakland, over 100 in santa rosa, conc