Public safety power shutoffs right now. More than 50,000 Northern California customers are impacted here in the bay area about 22,000 pg e customers are expected to lose power in seven counties. The utility hopes to restore service by 10 00 p. M. Friday. Pg e is stressing this power shutoff is shorter than last years when some customers were in the dark for about a week. That was a tough time for people. Yes. Thank you. The outages are having a big impact on people all across the bay area. Abc7 News Reporter anser hassan is live in walnut creek with more. Good morning. Walnut creek had power shutoff last night. No street lights, no homes with lights on. The light you see is from our news van. Pg e has been informing residents since monday that power may be shut off due to the threat of wildfires. Here in the east bay, the psps event will affect over 6,000 customers, mostly in walnut creek, danville, oakland. Pg e opened 40 Community Resource centers. These are places people can go to if they dont have electricity. The centers will be open from 8 00 a. M. To 10 00 p. M. Over the next two days. As for schools, some schools are giving students a pass for the next two days, but many families say its still tough to be without power with so many sheltering in place due to covid19. The schools told me basically that if we lose power that theyll just, you know, give them a twoday pass for not having to do any school work. That doesnt help us out any. They dont have a plan to make up for that somehow. Customers have been told that power could be off until friday at 10 00 p. M. Pg e said crews will be out friday morning to inspect power lines. If all goes well, they will turn the power on as quickly as possible. For those of you who still have your power, pg e is asking you to conserve power over the next two days. Anser hassan, abc7 news. Thank you. In the north bay more than 9,000 customers in napa county lost electricity including the west side of calistoga. The outage is expected to last until tomorrow night. Its especially tough on people who recently got back home after evacuating because of the glass fire. Theyre hoping things can get back to normal soon. If your power is out, there are four things you can do to make your phone battery last longer. You can find those tips in this article we posted on our home page, right now its at abc7news. Com. Happening now, the next step in the Supreme Court nomination process. The Senate Judiciary committee is dmeeting to discuss judge am coney barrett. Judge barrett will not be appearing today. Right now the senators are giving their thoughts on the Supreme Court nominee. Over the past two days senators on the Committee Questioned the Supreme Court nominee. Several times she was asked about her thoughts on climate change. I will not express a view on a matter of Public Policy especially one that is political controversial because thats inconsistent with the judicial rule. Later today a panel of law experts and advocates will testify for and against barretts confirmation. The Senate Judiciary committee is not expected to vote on the confirmation until next week. Developing news, coronavirus cases are surging in 35 states, and there are now fears of a second kaewave. California is one of a few states where cases and hospital la hospitalizations are not increasing. Scientists who studied 21 developed country at the start of the pandemic found two key factors in avoiding a surge in deaths. Those are early lockdowns and National Health systems fared much better. The study in the journal nature medicine looked at the number of weekly deaths in 19 European Countries as well as new zealand and australia. An estimated 6,000 covid deaths happened from february to may. The u. S. Was not included in the study. Still ahead, a plan on the table would require bay area cities to allow more people to work from home even after the pandemic. Why the mayors of San Francisco and san jose think its a bad idea. Now is the time to get prepared. A statewide earthquake drill happening today. How several agencies like b. A. R. T. Are getting involved. Check out some of these neighborhoods. Temperatures in the east bay, 66 in pleasant hill. Thats the cool spot. Livermore at 75. Record low warm temperatures in places like oakland, San Francisco and also san jose. But i cant say i expected this. Because it was easy. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. Welcome back. 6 08. Soaring temperatures have prompted a statewide flex alert today from 3 00 in the afternoon until 10 00 at night. Youre asked to conserve energy by setting air conditioners to 78 degrees, turning off lights and avoid using major appliances. If theres too much strain on the power grid rolling blackouts could be ordered. We want to check in with mike nicco who has more on this. We dont want to see this with the high temperatures. No, we have 80s up in the mountains and along the coast, so everybody is hot. Its been a quiet night. The fastest winds in the lower elevations, 29 in vacaville. You go up and look at saint helena, 48 . Fire danger is critical in the Higher Elevations with relative humidity in the teens. Heres the fire danger index, we are pegged in all the areas, north bay mountains, valleys, east bay hills, valleys. Extreme conditions right now. This will taper a little bit and push mainly up into the north bay and drop down to very high as we head into the latter parts of the afternoon hours. Heading into the evening, extreme comes back in the north bay and it starts to spread in a smaller area to the other beforembefor beforementioned areas. Thats why the red flag warning is until 11 00 tomorrow morning. Lets get over to jobina and talk about the morning commute. Hi, jobina. Hi, mike. Thank you. Good morning. So the metering lights are officially on at the bay bridge toll plaza. According to the chp, they turned them on around 5 57 this morning. Its packed there. It will be slow until you get to the incline. Looking at the san mateo bridge, getting busier there. Especially making your way westbound. You can see the brake lights in the distance. Bringing in this graphic, in the south bay, specifically san jose north bubound 101 before mckee, minor slowing of traffic. Kumasi . Bay area mayors are speaking out against a controversial plan that would force Large Companies to keep employees working from home in response to climate change. The metropolitan Transportation Commission approved a mandate in september that would have employers keep 60 of their workers home by 2050. They say this would reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by 19 . San Francisco Mayor london breed and san jose mayor sam liccardo put out a joint statement saying they could not support the mandate because it would hurt lowwage workers. They look forward to refining the strategy and considering alternatives that allow us to meet our ghg target and support the vitality of downtowns. More people have been snacking during the pandemic, but are we choosing healthy impact . The impact staying at home has had on our diets. Stress snacking and Healthy Eating dont always go hand in hand. And a chance to avoid the 14day quarantine when traveling to hawaii. The covid Testing Programs available starting today at two bay area airports. Lets take a live look outside and see what it looks like this morning. Its 64 degrees, looking at San Francisco, the taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. Doordash prop 22. In business you have to be then do it all over again. Comcast business gives you fast, reliable internet on the nations largest gigspeed network. And now for a limited time, you can also get fast shipping with amazon business prime essentials. So no matter what comes next, youll always be ready to bounce forward. 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It will be set up at the Ground Transportation plaza between terminals 1 and 2. The site will be open from 9 00 to 5 00 daily. You have to register in advance though. Hawaii is only accepting test results from approved partners which includes both of those airports. Travelers who dont test before flying will still have to quarantine for 14 days once they get to hawaii. Thank you. Happening today, b. A. R. T. Will participate in the great california shakeout by triggering its Early Warning earthquake system. At 10 17 this morning b. A. R. T. Will test the system and make sure its working correctly. Trains will slow to 27 Miles Per Hour and then come to a brief stop. B. A. R. T. Will also make a systemwide public announcement encouraging riders to be prepared for an earthquake. You can participate in the great california shakeout today. Download the my shake app to join a drill with the california emergency services. Theyll trigger an Emergency Alert at 10 15 this morning. It will give audio and visual coming up, a new study looking into how risky it is to fly. And have you found yourself snacking more during the pandemic. Twothirds of adults are snacking at home more. Its not all bad news. Over half of the people surveyed are choosing healthier snacks and meals more often than they did at the start of 2020. Thats what theyre reporting at least. I dont think im in that bunch. Ive been wanting ice cream. Oh. I just need to feel comfortable and happy. It sounds good on a hot day like today. Yes. Today and tomorrow. Get your ice cream. Absolutely. Ive talk eed to some friends about the covid19, the 19 pounds they have gained and havent eaten vegetables in 7 months. 7 months . Whats going on . I know. I feel for them. The air conditioner is running at my house. That gives you an idea of how warm it is out where i live. Looking at the Ferry Building, nothing is happening with those flags. Its still there. But we know its breezy and a record setting day whether its warm low temperatures or warm high temperatures. Well do the same tonight with another blast of winds that will keep the red flag warning going. Fire conditions ease this weekend as the marine layer returns and takes away the heat. Also High Pressure starting to build to our north and to our northeast over the great basin. Today and tomorrow will be our hottest days with the downsloping and dry, hot winds. 93 in milpitas. 95 in san jose. 99 in gilroy. 91 in millbrae. 95 in redwood city. 82 to 84 along the peninsula coast. Mid 80s for Stinson Beach to sausalito. 94 to 99 through the north bay valleys. Along the east bay shore, 91 to 93 degrees. In the valleys, 97 to 100 degrees. Tonight, look at all these 60s. Another uncomfortable night of sleeping if you dont have air conditioning. Tomorrow, even warmer than today by a couple of degrees. Well lose about 8 to 10 degrees saturday, still warmest inland with 90s. 60s, 70s, 80s sunday as the marine layer becomes more dominant. Next week it will be warmer than average but still comfortable. Thank you. Coming up, the new labels on paneras menu to show efforts to go green. And starbucks is vowing to create diversity at the company. And this thursday, so much going on today. A live look outside right now. 64 degrees as you wake up. Well have your News Headlines after the short break. garage door opening it is my fathers love. It is his passion it is his fault he didnt lock the garage. Dont even think about it been there, done that. With liftmaster® powered by myq®, know whats happening in your garage from anywhere. Proposition 16 takes some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. 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The offshore breezes may relax a bit tomorrow but the heat builds with 80s along the coast, 90s around the bay. 90s and 100s inland. You can see the marine layer bring some 70s to the coast. 80s around the bay. 90s inland. We get rid of almost all the 90s by sunday as that stout southerly surge rolls in with 60s and cloud cover along the coast. Mainly 80s inland. Thank you. Ten parks in the east bay are closed because of the red flag warning and dangerous fire conditions weve been telling you about. The east Bay Regional Parks district put up signs and closed gates. This is Kennedy Grove in the orinda area. The parks are scheduled to reopen tomorrow morning at 11 00. Starbucks says it plans to inveersite diversity within its ranks. They will be tying executive pay to inclusion initiatives. The coffee chain says it is aiming to increase diversity by 30 at the corporate level and 40 at stores by the year 2025. Starbucks didnt say how executive pay might be affected. The companys also starting a Mentorship Program and mandating antibias training for executives. Panera will put a new symbol on items that have low impact on the climate. Panera says in general plantbased foods have a lower impact on the environment than meals with meat and dairy. Even if we cant go out and celebrate with others, you can still have halloween fun at home with your pet. Millions of people are planning to dress up their dogs and cats. This is one of the more popular costumes. 10 of pet owners will dress their Furry Friends up as pumpkins. Other top choices for dogs include super heroes and this hot dog. These pore pet s poor pets. Im not over that pose. You can tell there was a treat being dangled just above him. Whatever it takes. To get that picture for the gram. It will only last five minutes. Enjoy it. Coming up at 6 30, case not closed. The issue the state Supreme Court is taking up over how much we will pay for bridge tolls. And just 19 days out until election day. 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