Area above highway 13. So certainly that was on everyones mind. This is the memorial to that firestorm but this time fire crews were in the right place at the right time. Black smoke rising from the Oakland Hills at 9 40 Tuesday Morning sent an ominous wave of panic. Oakland fire says what ignited the blaze is a gasoline generator hooked up because power was cut off by pg e because of the red flag warning posted for the east bay hills. It was a huge explosion. Its like i hear a neighbor saying its the generator that explode and then we see the fire all over the place and i started to shake and everybody just get panicked and started to run all over the place. Reporter this family lives next door. It was a second explosion and the fire went across the street into the other peoples yard. And the whole house just went up in smoke and flames, and then the cars exploded right after that. At least two cars. Reporter there were a total of four explosions as the fire tore through two homes, flames running up a power pole and embers flying everywhere until the wild wind catching a fence on fire. Oakland fire made an aggressive attack fearing it could spread quickly. We were fortunate to have prepositioned strike teams from hayward and fremont fire nearby able to respond as we have our strike teams around the region right now during the red flag conditions. Reporter by 11 30 the flames were out, no injuries, no formal evacuations in this neighborhood above highway 13 but terrified residents like this woman that lived through the 91 firestorm were ready. I had my to go bag and important papers and backup for my pc and we were ready to pull out. Reporter streets lined with parked cars made it difficult for fire engines to navigate. A total of eight people displaced as of tonight. For awhile this morning, i think all of us in the newsroom and here in the east bay certainly held our collective breath hoping this didnt go out of control. Luckily, it didnt. It a scary reminder of what could happen. In oakland, im leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. Thank you. The power is still shut off in portions of the Oakland Hills this afternoon even though pg e hopeed to restore service by now. The situation prompted some to take advantage of charging stations like this one. I thought i was going to make it through the night and checked last night and it turned out the power will be off again today so my devices wouldnt make it through the day so here i am charging. Latest estimates say the power should be back on in the area but 6 00 this evening. In napa, 7700 customers without power still and delays in getting them turned back on because of persistent winds in the area. Wayne freedman spent the day in ca calastoga, a stark contrast between thes have and have notes. Downtown the traffic lights work almost normal. You wouldnt know power is out here, would you . I wouldnt know. Reporter a few blocks west beyond the reach of a micro grid and reality sets in. Its been a nightmare here really. Reporter behold the generators roaring in unisome. Having to rely on generators and you dont get your whole house and it happens when its hot and not getting ac. Reporter nick should not be at home. He should be behind the counter of his coffee shop but that is not happening. Thats nicks wife trying to make do in her hair salon. No hot water. You dont want your Property Values to go down but this side of town is continually without power. Reporter this afternoon 2200 people didnt have power, mostly western part of town. They had hopeed to have lights on tonight. Now pg e says it may be tomorrow due to the damage they found in power lines. Thats four days without electricity. We dont have it today because the fires arent working. Reporter they dont have electricity, not welcome news at the local 707 q where rob fired up a generator and a grill and stacked burgers in the dark. Its nknocking us down a bit reporter chalk that down as a nominee for understatement of the season. Wayne freedman, abc 7 news. Utility reform groups are calling for more transparency and data from pg e and the California Public utilities commission, the initiative for Energy Justice released a report detailing the lack of available data of the impacts of the shut offs on medically vulnerable communities. Pg e has a program to assist those who depend on power for medical ex independent living needs. Practitioners, Insurance Companies and government officials to auto enroll and auto renew membership in the medical baseline. They get extra notifications in advance of a Public Safety power shut off. For updates and potential fire conditions, head to abc7news. Com. Were constantly updating our site with the latest maps, forecast and information how to stay safe. And it does appear our fire conditions are diminishing. Lets check in with drew tuma. Drew . We are still under a red flag warning for the next hour in the north bay mountains and east bay hills but this will be allowed to expire at 5 00 p. M. This evening. Its still gusty. Finding areas gusting close to 40 like mt. Diablo and gusting from 15 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Different story to the valley. Near the surface, the winds are very light. You can see across the board were less than 15 Miles Per Hour for most areas in the bay but the humidity is still an issue. You can see the relative humidity levels are still in the teens if not lower 20s. We have dry air overhead however, our humidity is going to be improving overnight tonight along the decreasing winds. Well show you the 24hour forecast in a few minutes, larry . All right. Thank you, drew. Crews are battling two out of control wildfires in Southern California as seen here. Nearly 100,000 people have been evacuated from the fires, that are burning in orange county. It is really concerned because fierce winds are picking up. Southern california edison is investigating whether the silverado fire may have been sparked by their equipment. The city of pittsburgh is paying 7 million today family of a man who died after being placed in a controversial hold back in 2016. The settlement is one of the largest in state history. The still image was taken from a Police Body Cam video involvig 32yearold humberto martinez. The choke hold was applied for 50 seconds. He tried to run away from officers after a traffic marine to using the key progam to buy a hotel to house the homeless. Todayvisors voted to study. Supporters say buying the property would expand needed Housing Options for people currently experiencing or at risk of experiencing homele homelessness in light of pandemic. The state has more than 600 million in federal grant money to use on projects like this but that money needs to be allocated before the end of this year. The state is really, you know, trying to use these funds to address both the pandemic and the on going crisis of homelessness that our state has been facing, and so if they are not spent, then those dollars will be lost and no longer available. The city counsel is scheduled to take up the marin will get an update. Safe way fined after over charging during a pandemic. Travel safety, how you can make it through the airport without touching a thing you didnt pack yourself. Can you . We put it to the test. The show goes on, movie theaters 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. [whats this . ] oh, are we kicking karly out . We live with at t. It was a lapse in judgment. At t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gigspeed internet, but we cant sign up for that here. Yeah, but im just like warming up to those speeds. Youve lived here two years. The personal attacks arent helping, karly. Dont you have like a hot pilates class to get to or something . [ muffled scream ] stop living with at t. Xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes. New coronavirus cases are uv and deaths are up 15 . Here in california, were seeing a mod kest increase. Because of californias positivity rate, new york has added california back to its travel advisory list meaning anyone traveling from here to new york must quarantine for 14 days. Today san mateo, contra costa got the green light. Two counties moving in the wrong direction. Stephanie sierra is live with details, stephanie . The main take away for counties moving into the orange tier is nonessential offices and expanding capacity for restaurants and museums and bars able to open outdoors. Each individual county will give the final determination of which businesses can move forward. Getting the green light to move to orange, thats welcome news to owner of captain vineyards. It is a great news. Weve been without power for the last two and a half days, which is really, really constraining. Despite living without power for the past 48 hours, captain was still carefully planning for his reopen. It is more important we reopen safely just for the sake of reopening. Reporter his vineyard is one of many in contra costa now allowed to reopen at 25 capacity. In addition to wineries, the new changes that come with moving into the orange tier allow for outdoor stadiums, outdoor theme parks, and things like bowling alleys and rock climbing gyms to reopen indoors at 25 capacity. Plus, museums and restaurants can expand to indoor capacity to 50 and nonessential offices can reopen. Restaurant owner steve is grateful but still concerned. With the number of people being able to come in is great for like the fridays and saturdays. Im wondering how many people want to come in. It is nestled near several Office Buildings in downtown san mateo but hes worried he wont see impacts for awhile. Theyre working virtual so the impact for lunches will probably be minimal. In San Francisco, nonessential offices can reopen at 25 Capacity Starting today. Plus indoor climbing gyms, Indoor Personal Services like waxes and skin treatments and certain Outdoor College classes, but as dr. Mark galley pointed out, napa and Solano County arent moving in that direction. You can see which counties those are we are concerned about moving back in the future. Were working closely with their Public Health teams and other leaders in their counties. Reporter now, Solano Countys Public Health officer issued a statement saying one of the reasons the county may be moving back a tier is because people arent following the health order using examples of weddings and funerals that had gatherings close to 300 people. Now, cases have been jumped in the last couple weeks from around 28 per day to 40 cases per day in Solano County. Stephanie sierra. So for those counties, what are the other activities allowed now that they are in the orange tier. Others through the list are indoor cardrooms and things like indoor pools and knitne nesfitns allowed at 25 capacity. Mo v vee thou movie theaters dont change. Indoor capacity is limited at 25 . A lot going on. Stephanie, thank you. The alameda and contra costa district attorneys settled a price gouging case against safe way involving Hand Sanitizer. The chain had marked up the price of two brands to more than 50 over the whole sale cost. Officials say safe way immediately corrected the issue. Safeway will pay 81,000 in Civil Penalties and costs and 62,000 in restitution. It is show time in Alameda County. Cinemark reopened theaters today and more openings are only days away. We opened 85 of our theaters around the country and weve had no problem, no reported case ovof covid anywhere. They plan to reopen in San Francisco and santa claollar counties on friday. Concession stands will remain closed. Eating is not allowed inside the theaters. The ceo says there will be capacity limits. The company has safety protocols in place and provided training. Theaters have been closed for seven months in several areas. Big announcement today from amc poised to reopen eight theaters across the bay area on friday. The chain says it is limiting capacity to 40 or less depending on the local guidelines. Masks are required. Strict cleaning protocols will be in place at every theater and partnering with oakland based clorox to help execute the plans. A plan to take the stage for a 2021 digital season. It will open january 21st with a midsummer nights dream that closed due to the city wide shutdown. It will include world premieres of three new works keeping the holiday tradition, the nutcracker will return and feature an Interactive Digital family experience. That is something to look forward to. Along with calmer winds, right . Weve got that now. Meteorologist drew tuma has details. Yeah, kristen and larry, we have encouraging news. We are almost done with this round of offshore wind. Well have that red flag warning until 5 00 p. M. And winds will gradually taper off overnight tonight turning calm tomorrow. Good news on the way. Rooftop camera with a live look. You can see the beautiful embarcadero, clear skies. The flag atop the pier waving gently. Numbers right now we have very warm temperatures in the north bay. Clover dale right now at 90 degrees. Its 80 in santa rosa but most areas like the east bay, south bay, peninsula and city, its comfortable but not that warm. Were mainly in the 70s from San Francisco, oakland, san jose to concord. Winds, though, still an issue in the hills and thats why the red flag warning is still in effect but not nearly as strong as they have been over the past couple of days. The winds in the north bay you can see are lowering but still gusting over 20 Miles Per Hour. Mout. Diablo is the windiest gusting to 38. The red flag warning in effect for the east bay hills and the north bay mountains just for the next few minutes. It will expire at 5 00 p. M. Today. Just a few more minutes under that red flag warning. You watch the winds and they come down significantly overnight tonight by 1 00 a. M. , you can see winds less than 10 Miles Per Hour and that on shore breeze, a very light on shore breeze will kick in early tomorrow morning and winds that will still remain pretty calm for the morning hours. But the big story, the increasing humidity, well find moist air moving in thanks to the light on shore breeze. By tomorrow morning, its dry in the north bay but not nearly as dry as we have been. The relative humidity close to the coast is rather high around Half Moon Bay in San Francisco. So were going to start to get rid of the dry air as winds really subside overnight tonight. High pressure, this is going to be the forecast over the next several days. Its in control. It will bring sunshine and unfortunately, keep the storm track well to the north for at least the next seven days. Overnight tonight, it is a clear night decreasing winds. You can see temperatures mainly in the 40s across the bay area. So it is a cool start to the day on our wednesday but thankfully, wednesday, were just dealing with light calm winds and sunshine. Temperatures in the 70s for a lot of us. 71 in the city. 78 san jose. 81 santa rosa. So here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. Calm winds tomorrow. We had the setup of cool mornings but warm afternoons for the rest of the week. Fog returns to the coast on friday. Halloween is looking mild on saturday and then those numbers warm up as november begins kristen and larry above average and dry at least through next tuesday. Thankfully, were almost done with the round of offshore winds and the fire danger will be decreasing. Good news there. Thankfully. Yeah. Really pleasant looks for the rest of the week. Thank you, drew. The election one week from today. But do you really know what all those propositions are about . It seems like there is a million of them. Women with metastatic webreast cancer,. Standing in the struggle. Hustling through the hurt. 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