It means Power Outages could look like this. Take a look. Pg es Public Safety power shutoffs could kick in for the areas you see in orange in just a matter of hours. Good morning again, everybody. Its sunday, october 25th. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. We have complete coverage of Power Outages and what you need to know about them but were also tlracking the fire danger. We get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at the conditions. Good morning. Abruptly things will change this afternoon. Right now things are fine, winds are light. Theres a lot of fog out there, relative humidity is high and were looking for this abrupt change as a dry cold front moves into the bay area. So by 4 00, the valleys will be under a wind advisory. This is going to last until 11 00 on monday. Northeasterly winds 20 to 30 miles an hour. The gusts could exceed 50 miles an hour and we have weakened trees from the drought out there and also from fires, those could be coming down due to the winds, and our red flag warning gets into effect at 11 00 in the hills, 8 00 tonight for the rest of us. This is where the winds could be blowing in excess of 70 miles an hour. By this time tomorrow the atmosphere continues to dry out and relative humidity could be in the Single Digits with the Winds Continuing to blow at a fast speed. As we look at our current numbers right now, 56 in napa and San Francisco, with 55 in fremont. Looking outside from our exploratorium camera, a red flag warning later on tonight, our wind advisory 4 00, but throughout the bulk of the day, it will be quiet, it will become sunny and were going to talk about these warnings and advisories in details and also the last week of october, your forecast for that coming up. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. Pg e says of this morning hundreds of thousands of customers across Northern California could be hit by the power shutoffs today with the fire day so high. With get into the skrouz mountains and east bay, alame do county, contra costa, and into the north bay, napa, sonoma, lake and mendocino. Its a large scope. Theres no doubt about it. Pg e says its ready to cut power for 386,000 customers if necessary. Its not immediately clear how many in the bay area will be affected. Outages will begin at 10 00 a. M. This morning and continue in waves depending on the winds. The north bay would be targeted first, followed by the east bay, then the Santa Cruz Mountains. Restoration would begin tomorrow might and finish tuesday morning. Many communities in the north bay arent waiting and already prepared for a power shutoff. But as abc 7 News ReporterLauren Martinez tells us, its because theyre counting on a Warning System thats been going through upgrades since the 2017 firestorm. This is why i bought it. Thats like a back yep backup. Reporter two generators are ready to turn on between cal mart Grocery Store in calistoga. In case of a public shutoff. According to the map i seen last night, they were shutting off half of california. Thats crazy to me. Reporter Denise Schulte said they sold out of blocks of ice and had to restock bags of ice five times. She says customers are buying batteries, flashlights and candles. Like many other Sonoma County residents, shes and expecting the shutoff but hoping it doesnt happen. Personally im tired. Ive thrown a refrigerator full of food three times within the last two months. Reporter the Santa Rosa Fire Department added upwards to 20 engines from around the county gearing up for high winds. These will be equivalent if not stronger than the tubbs fire of 2017 and the kincade of 2019. Reporter two red flag warnings will go into effect on sunday for north bay valleys and mountains, one for the upper elevations at 11 00 a. M. And then a second warning will go into effect at 8 00 p. M. Go l go into effect at 8 00 p. M. For the valley floors. The last couple events we have, have stayed up high, and not transitioned down low. This one we are fully expecting the winds to transition down to the valley floors. Reporter lowenthal said the emergency system is better than three years ago. Calistoga residents tell me the barning alerts and sirens have come a long way. Our alert system is better. They have the big sirens going now. As soon as you hear the siren going off you know there is something up. Reporter for now its a wait and see game for responders and residents. We are having huge fires. Its just, i dont know, you know. Im not sure if shutting off the power is the answer. Reporter in calistoga, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. Abc 7 was at a separate battery store in San Mateo County where business was booming, people are stocking up on batteries and generators ahead of time. The store supervisor told us two generators that sell the most, 2200 which can power a onestory house and a 3,000 which can power a twostory house. Sometimes its more than just a home. When pg e turns the power off, they want to turn their wells on, a lot of farmers on the coast here. Most people want to have their television, refrigerators, definitely refrigerators, as well as the lights and stuff like that. Generators begin at around 1,000 and they can run on several different kinds of fuels. In the east bay the city of berkeley is taking the unprecedented action of telling some residents they should think about evacuating now before the winds pick up. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena shows us some neighbors who are ready to make a run for it. A Walking Stick and a flashlight. Reporter its the trail that only Panoramic Hill residents know about it. Watch your step here. Reporter its not open to the public, in fact, this is tom millers backyard, but to his neighbors, its also doctrine here is the escape route. Reporter built 47 years ago. This is a ravine on the other side of is university of california land, where there was married Student Housing until it was torn down a few years ago. So there are roads on the other side of this ravine that we can get to on foot. Reporter with the strongest wind event of the year projected to hit the bay area sunday, Berkeley Hills residents were urged to preevacuate. Many, like marching tappia, i staying put for now as he plans on exit plan on the hill. We get traffic jams there all the time. Theres no getting around it. Reporter in Panoramic Hill this is the only way in and out. I spoke to the mayor of berkeley who says they are ready to respond in case of a fire. Fire engines on standby. We were calling in mutual aid, we have police patrols. We have a crew thats ready to deal with downed trees or downed power lines to make sure that our roads are accessible. Reporter with the wind event also comes a potential pg e psps. Were facing a 20year wind event with gusts as fast as 60 to 70 miles an hour in the highest peaks of the east bay hills, and extraordinarily low humidity of zero to 5 . Reporter over 700 berkeley residents may lose power as early as 4 00 p. M. Sunday. Our house got a notice saying that we might lose power but i think were, you know, preparing for that. We have some candles. Reporter some have gone through an emergency fire drill. We offered to show the route several times and groups of people have come. Reporter sunday will be the telling day. In berkeley, luz pena, abc 7 news. And there are new closures to be aware of because of the fire potential. Several regional east bay parks are closed today and monday, they include the anthony chabot, till tildon, wildcattianon, lake chabot and claremont regional parks. Weve complete list up on our website. Some oakland schools are keeping an eye on pg es forecast. Here are the names could be impacted by the utilitys shutoffs, 11 in total for now. The district says it will know more about the possible impact later today and the district says if the power goes out at the homes of students, they can do their work offline and report it back to their teacher the first chance they get. We will be with you for an Early Edition of abc 7 mornings, our full team will be filling you in on the latest fire potential and power shutoffs, well be on the air to have you covered tomorrow starting at 4 30 a. M. And in the meantime, our website has a complete guide to make it through these Power Outages. We put together an interactive map to see if your home will be going dark and simple tips you should know to prepare ahead of time. Its up on the front page, abc7news. Com. Lisa, pretty calm right now but that could change in a few hours. Yep, liz, its going to change first in the upper elevations by about noontime. So by the afternoon, some breezy winds in the hills, a live look outside, emeryville, where temperatures are in the upper 50s to low 60s in oakland. We are warmer everywhere this morning, due to a surface south wind so the afternoon once again cool and comfortable, until those winds pick up, our wind advisory 4 00, details next. Thanks, lisa. A new special squad from sfpd to target hate crimes. Hear how the unit will be going on the attack while helping others. Plus moms are kind of deciding together that, hey, were not going to have our kids tested for covid. The unwritten agreement between some parents in utah. Hear why they argue against covid19 tests for their kids. And the 2020 campaign now in crunch time. Hear what message President Trump is pushing to win votes and how joe biden is responding. 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. Abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area, and one of the areas that we are focused on is race and social justice. The San FranciscoPolice Department has created a new unit to help the citys Diverse Communities feel safe. This is called the community leesayson unit and mayor london breed says officers will help improve reporting of crime and support victims of hate crimes. The unit is a team of five officers from the Departments Community engagement division, and they will be responsible for the tracking of prejudiced based incidents, identifying patterns and helping people navigate the criminal justice system. Now lets get to the coronavirus emergency, the u. S. Hitting a new daily case record this weekend. California saw nearly 6,000 diagnosed cases yesterday, but the state says the jump is due to a backlog in l. A. County. The states daily average over the past two weeks has been a little more than 3,500 cases. The recent spike is setting the 14day Positivity Rate up once again at 2. 9 . That number is indicative of the transmission rate of the virus. And the u. S. Set an unfortunate pandemic record yesterday. A daily high of more than 83,000 confirmed covid cases, beating the previous record set during the summer surge. Abc News Reporter alex bruchette tells us in many parts of the country, hospitals are getting inundated with patients. Reporter according to an internal memo obtained by abc news, coronavirus and deaths are rising by double digits. 39 states are reporting rising hospitalizations with 14 hitting record highs. This week missouri reported a Third Straight day of a Record Number of covid hospitalizations and highest sevenday average. Medical he officials are warning a fall surge is blanketing the united states. A total of 36433 confirm cases since the start of this pandemic. Excuse me, please. Sorry. Its okay. Ohio set record highs three days in a row. This cincinnati doctor trying to put the 25 weekly deaths in perspective. Imagine if we had a fatal bus crash every week. Would we act . Yes, we would act. Reporter the university of dayton announced one of their students died from covid19 on thursday, just 18 years old. Emergencys governor says todays covid19 case count marks its highest daily figure since may. Some doctors stating that pandemic fatigue has led to decreased mask wearing and social distancing and subsequent growth in new cases. Dr. Anthony fauci on msnbc saying President Trump is choosing to listen to science adviser scott atlas who recently tweeted masks dont work. I dont have as much as scott atlas. That has been a changing situation. Reporter in the race for a vaccine, astrazeneca and Johnson Johnson announced late stage trials resumed in u. S. In the south bay officials are urging hundreds of students to get tested. A party on october 16th involving 200 students from Christopher High School and gilroy high school. One of the people at the party later tested positive for covid. The district says its students are still all online. And its an undercover deal kept by some parents in utah. They are committed to avoid testing their children for covid19 so that they can keep their schools and afterschool sports open. This morning, abc News ReporterStephanie Ramos explains whats behind the socalled mom code. Its called the mom code, an unwritten agreement among some moms to avoid testing their kids for covid19 in an effort to keep schools open and sports teams running. I heard about mom code probably over a month ago. Reporter Heather Bremner is a parent. Violence rates are skyrocketing in utah, the state setting a record this week with more than 1,500 new cases and a 15 Positivity Rate. Still, some parents reportedly want schools to remain open, despite the risk. Moms are kind of deciding together that hey, were not going to have our kids tested for covid. Reporter she says the concept is spreading in local parent groups on facebook. Some of the online posts reading stay home, dont get tested. If your child shows covid symptoms, keep them home but do not test. So if there is a quarantine with a sports team or with any of the other classrooms, theyre encouraging each other not to have their children tested. Reporter the Utah Department of health tells abc news we are aware of discussions among parents discouraging testing for their children in an effort to suppress detection of positive cases. Its difficult to determine if this talk is actually turning into action. Testing is a critical element of our response. Identifying cases is a key strategy to limiting the spread of disease in our communities. Stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. Lisa, were not seeing the winds yet but in the next few hours. Upper elevations but throughout the bay area, the rest of us its late in the day. Much of the day will be kind of pleasant out there and then after 4 00, thats when the wind advisory gets going and well get the breezy winds into our east bay valleys, and also moving across the bay area towards about dinnertime and then things are just going to get stronger from there on out. But as we start out right now, were looking at the cloud cover and that indicates high relative humidity. The winds are out of the south and so were slightly milder this morning, and what were looking at is going to be a dry cold front thats going to push through the bay area, bringing those fast winds, and drying out the air. 55 in Castro Valley to 62 in oakland. 58 in hayward, with some clouds around, and in the north bay, low 50s, thats much warmer for you, and even on the coast in the 50s as well. So a live look, here is our roof camera, highlights the clouds this morning, sun in the afternoon, the winds kick up late in the late afternoon, sunset, theyre going to get even stronger, looking at the winds tonight, indicating the high fire danger, lasting through monday, and a red flag warning will expire for the lower elevations at about 11 00 tomorrow, continuing into tuesday, as we get a second burst of upper elevation winds throughout the monday afternoon time period. Here is the low clouds, the gray sky. Sunny by 10 00 in the north bay. The rest of the bay area getting swept of the cloud cover to the south of us and here is a look at the winds beginning in the napa hills. 10 00. Elsewhere theyre light, even into about 1 00, weve got lighter winds. They have switched to an offshore component but theyre beginning to move further to the south and spreading into our east bay from the diablo range and really start out in the sierra nevada, pushing through the cac smen toe valsacramento across the bay in the afternoon hours into San Francisco. 20 to 30mileanhour winds will be common in the lower elevations and through the overnight hours the strong winds, reds and purples indicate how strong theyre going to be and this is 6 00 monday morning, you can see even at the coast, over 30 miles an hour, and as we go into the rest of the afternoon on monday, as the winds ease up throughout the lower elevations, still gusty in the north and east bay hills. So about i this afternoon, the winds are allowing for the atmosphere to have the relative humidity about 10 or less from napa to fairfield, throughout the 7 00 hour, its higher here, but look at the east bay, from san ramon to livermore, just 15 , and then as we get into the overnight hours, san jose drops below 20 , even oakland getting close to 20 . This is early into monday, and then by monday morning, yes, temperatures are cold. The atmosphere is dry. The winds are still blowing out there. 3 00 on monday, and were still in t