Underway. You can see the lights are on directly behind me. Then you walk across the street and you can see total darkness. Destructive fires, evacuations and now power outages. Those living in the Santa Cruz Mountains they say cant catch a break. Damages you offshore winds have forecast tonight, which prompted a red flag warning. The hunt for a missing lemur at the San Francisco zoo, why police think the animal was taken from its enclosure and what we can all do to help. Abc 7 news starts right now. Now from abc 7 live breaking news. I know it has to be done because of the fires and everything, but we dont have any wind or anything right now. I dont see what the big deal is. Our breaking news is the extreme fire conditions that have forced pg e to cut power to thousands of people across the bay area tonight. This map from pg es website shows you exactly whos affected by the Public Safety shutoffs right now. Expected to lose power in 7 bay area counties. The utility hopes to restore power by 10 00 p. M. On friday. And now a statewide flex alert has been issued between 10 00 and 4 00 p. M. Because of soaring temperatures. People are asked to conserve energy by setting air conditioner to 78 degrees, turn off lights and avoid major appliances if you can possibly avoid using them. If there is too much strain on the power grid, the California Independent system operator could order rolling blackouts. And we have Team Coverage on the heat and the rolling blackouts. Lets start with drew tuma whos tracking the Current Conditions and what we can expect in the next few hours, drew. Yeah, ama, were seeing the dangerous offshore winds strengthening as we speak in the hills. We have saint helena gusting to 50milesperhour right now, knoxville gusting to 34, dab low gusting to 41. The offshore winds are here and sticking around for some time. The red flag warning is in effect for the north bay, east bay and Santa Cruz Mountains until 11 00 a. M. Friday. So, for 36 hours we will be dealing with these gusty winds gusting over 45milesperhour in spots. So, the first peak in these offshore winds will happen over the next couple of hours. Well see a bit of a lull tomorrow afternoon and then a second burst of winds will occur early friday morning. These winds bringing hot temperatures. Heat advises also go into effect. In the north bay more than 9,000 customers in napa county have lost electricity. J. R. Stone is live in calistoga tonight where some of the town is in the dark. We know its warm. What about the wind . Reporter just a slight breeze right now, dan. That is certainly good news in calistoga. If you look over my shoulder, you can see that fire truck there. You also see some of the lights on. Those are being powered by the generators being used downtown, a different story right who are. Weve had to put our light on this street because it is so dark and you can see that. These street lamps are turned off. Total darkness on the west side of calistoga now that the Public Safety power shut off is in effect. Well, i know it has to be done, you know, because of the fires skpefr fires and everything, but we dont have any wind right now or anything. Coreless meyer is back home, now this. Shes already lost her power, now relying on the ice in her freezer to keep her food from going bad. If it goes on tomorrow, well be okay. I have a yetty cooler. Have you seen one of those . Theyre nice. In calistoga, the outage expected to last more than 48 hours until friday night. Some like mariesa hawks bought one of these. A generator and a lot of cables everywhere. The calistoga mayor says his residents are all dealing with the outages. This should not be the new norm. We understand why. Its just not its not sustainable. This is not a solution. Im in my 70s and never went through anything like this in my life. This last year has been really tough on everybody. I keep telling my grandchildren, youre really living history. And back out here live on the west side of calistoga, you can see complete darkness on this street. But then just across the bridge in downtown calistoga, the lights are on because that is where they have generator power. I can tell you where were standing tonight, somewhat of an eerie feeling because you can hear those generators being used. Reporting live in calistoga, j. R. Stone, abc 7 news. J. R. , thank you so much for that update. Our coverage continues with amanda dell castillo. Close to 7,300 pg e customered are expected to be without power tonight. Reporter yeah, ama. And at this hour, most of those scheduled power shut offs across the south bay are in effect except in boulder creek. Thats where we spent much of our day speaking with residents in the Santa Cruz Mountains. These are the same people who were pushed out because of the lightning complex fires. Many resilient and ready to take on a few hours and days without power. As the month of august brought damage and destruction like residents here have never before seen, many living in the Santa Cruz Mountains say theyre ready for a few days without power. 17 days and didnt have power for a week and a half after that. I have a generator. Worst case scenario, fire it up. Reporter george lives north of boulder creek. He says many of his neighbors have generators, but adds he worries for those who dont, people who are still struggling to navigate the aftermath of the fire. A lot of people up here dont have a lot of money and then theyve lost their house or its been barely damaged and either cant live here at all or theyre just living by the skin of their teeth. Reporter nearby, pg e set up a Community Resource center meant to provide anyone impacted with restrooms, hand washing and charging stations, wifi and more. As wednesday nights 8 00 p. M. Scheduled shut off time aroifed power remained in boulder creek. Zane was confident it wouldnt do much to shake residents. Still throughout santa cruz county, pg e estimates more than 500 customers would be affected. Im happy enough to be lucky enough to have a place right now. And you know, no power for a couple of days is not a big deal. Other Santa Cruz Mountain residents we spoke with say they just cant catch a break. Those we spoke with were told their power would be restored sometime thursday morning. But publicly, pg e says they dont expect power to be restored throughout all of these zones until 10 00 p. M. Friday night. In san jose, im amanda dell ka till yo, abc 7 news. Some residents were preparing for the lights to go out at any time and abc 7 news was in oaklands montclair district where some told us that these outages were worth the hassle. My home may be affected but im willing to live with it if its going to save homes, save lives, and hopefully it wont last that long. Great attitude about it. The areas intersections had already been converted to fourway stops before the outages. Business owners told us this is making an already difficult year even harder. If they shut off the power, then they have to shut the school down. Means there will be nobody here eating in my restaurant which is going to affect my income. That Restaurant Owner says during the last psps, these power shut offs, he had to throw out nearly 900 worth of food. If you want to see if youre on the list of possible power shutoffs, we have a helpful tool where you just plug in your address to find out. I did it tonight. It works instantly. You can find it on abc7news. Com. Thats great. Safety was the issue of the evening in san jose. City leaders and scientists joined together tonight for a wild fire safety in the time of Climate Change virtual town hall. San joses fire chief said he noticed awe change in wild fire behavior thats likely linked to hotter weather. Frugters were responding to multiple fires during the day from 9 00 in the morning until late into the night hours. So arks difficult, difficult season overall. Folliculi mat scientist who is track the wild fires say 2020 was off the charts with fires so huge they werent even expected later this century. Researchers expect both Climate Change and pour forest management. The hunt for a missing lemur, why police think it was taken and what we can do to help. Its Education Week here on abc 7 news as we work to build a bay area. Pandemic learning pods are the new normal these days. See how some south bay families are making them work. A look at whats coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live. Thanks dan and ama, im here, youre here, lets do it. Michael stepped right in front of me and took the charge and kobe standing above him and michael looked up and said everybody in the building knew you werent going to pass. New details tonight. Police are investigating a burglary at the San Francisco zoo after an endangered animal turned up missing this morning. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larson explained why police are hopeful the public can help locate a missing lemur. I just couldnt believe it. Why would anybody want a lemur . Its a question a lot of people are asking after a male ring tailed lemur disappeared from the San Francisco zoo. I was out there yesterday and everything seemed perfectly normal. Reporter former zoo member provides funding for the lipman forest where he lives with 18 other lemurs. Theyre incredibly rare animals, endangered, theyre not easy to take care of. Reporter mocki was accounted for tuesday night but wednesday morning was missing. In june, two kangaroos were found dead in the exhibit. San francisco zoo officials expected a mountain lion. They think a human broke into the enclosure . Thats right. We found evidence of forced entry meaning there was damage to the enclosure. Mocki was born at the San Francisco zoo, and at 21 years hes older and slower than the other primates, which is why zoo officials think someone was able to catch him. 20 years ago, two teenagers were charged with breaking into the zoo and stealing these two koalas. The animals were found in a San Francisco home after Police Received an anonymous tip. Were reaching out to the public again to help bring him back to the zoo. We hope that lemur is returned soon. Lemur are banned as pets in the state of california. Theyre hard to take care of. They dont make good pets. Not a good idea. Yeah, i just hope i just hope mocki is okay. Who knows what that person is doing. All this week we are focusing our efforts to build a better bay area on education. Pandemic pods may be a buzz word phrase now but a couple of months ago they were brandnew with many parents canning how do i do this . Melanie woodrow caught up with a group of san jose moms who found a way to create their pod on a budget. These 9 years old are certain to remember their fourth grade years vividly. As are their moms. These moms created a pandemic pod at the start of the school year. Were going to do things together and play together. And we get to see our friends. And if you need help, someone, you can ask your friends. Westfall has twins while the other moms have one child each to participate in the pod. We were trying to find something to support our kids in Distance Learning and also provides stability for those of us that needed to go to work. It was a financial challenge to hire a tutor or a nanny. So, the women came up with a plan. Mondays, tuesdays and thursdays, they each take turns hosting all four children at their home. Wednesdays the kids are with their own families and fridays they take turns with which family will host an extra day that week. Jack is doing great. I think i underestimated the social impact. We find that the kids really miss each other when its not a pod day. So much so jack admits after a wednesday at home alone with his mom, he cant wait for thursday to be back in the pod. 100 . There are multiple covid19 cautions in place. The host home takes the temperatures of the children arriving. The kids have their own device, are socially distanced, and place away from one another. With masks on theyre able to help each other with lessons. So, the question was how can you find the number of animals reporter and have active breaks, play time, and pe. For me that was the moment when i went this was the best decision weve ever made. Reporter there have been challenges small and large. One of the Biggest Challenges has been remembering what to bring on what day. Reporter despite those and the inevitable technical glitches, these moms say it was worth it. Realize that its doable. It was very daunting in the beginning, the idea of doing this all by ourselves. They estimate their saving tens of thousands of dollars while getting to know each other a lot better. Melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. So many people doing what they can to make it work. All right. Lets switch gears and focus on the weather, dan. Yeah, thanks ama. Drew tuma is here with the forecast that is really going to be steamy for the next couple of days, drew, exactly what we dont need. Were tracking those winds closely, but were also tracking hot temperatures the next couple of days. Lots of talk over the next 48 hours. Clear as could be no, more marine lawer from our sutro tower camera. As we approach midnight, we have a lot of cities close to if not still 70s. We have off store winds this time of year, not only do the winds race down the hill and speed up but also warm the air around them. Thats why we see warm air having another warm night on the way tomorrow night. Red flag warning is in effect now and lasting for the next 36 hours until friday morning. All areas shaded in red, the north bay, east bay hills and also Santa Cruz Mountains where we have those offshore winds already gusting over 45milesperhour at times. Again, we have really dry vegetation, really low humidity. So, were keeping our eye on the potential for any fires to start. What this takes into account is not only how fast the wind is moving but also how low the humidity is how warm the air is. And it gives it a value. You can see early tomorrow morning, especially in the north bay we see the peak of offshore winds, we have very high if not extreme fire danger thanks to the offshore winds developing. Well likely see a pretty lull in the afternoon tomorrow with the winds back off, but then tomorrow night into early friday morning, another burst of offshore winds will develop and then again you can see in the north bay we have the very high if not extreme fire danger again. So, watching our winds very closely. Overnight tonight it is a warm night. It is a windy night especially in our hills. You can see most spots gradually falling into the 60s overnight tonight. That will lead the way to a very warm day tomorrow. Look at these numbers. Record breaking in a few spots very likely. Widespread 90s. Theres little relief along the coastline. 82 for Half Moon Bay tomorrow. Near 90 in the city, 91 in oakland, 95 in san jose, concord and antioch up to 97 degrees. So, it is for that fact a heat advisory will go into affect starting at 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow. And this is for the entire bay area until 9 00 p. M. Friday evening for that hot weather well have for the next two days. Heres the accuweather 7 day forecast. Plan the next seven days. Were watching the winds closely as the fire danger is high tomorrow. Records likely again on friday. Thankfully midday, dan and ama, the winds will back off and then we will gradually cool off over the upcoming weekend. Long couple of days. 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