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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5AM July 13, 2024

Trees possible as we go through the next couple of days here. Futurecast walking through the next 40 hours when you see peak wind gusts. Cooler temperatures today, if you dont have power elise we are looking at temperatures a seasonal if not below average, 74 san jose, upper 60s San Francisco. Good morning, if you are waking up in the northbay and hitting the roadways be careful, there are areas where Traffic Signals are also definitely treated as a four way stop, we have a trouble spot on the 221, Traffic Signals out, trying to avoid the area, crews on scene trying to work on the problem, keeping a close eye in the northbay, so far no major incidents or accidents, highway 12 looking good, the 101 actually problems right now, the Golden Gate Bridge very quiet heading into San Francisco. Be advised pitch black through the Robin Williams tunnel, be careful as you head further, caltrans confirming it will be open between pacifica and montero. Thousands of pg e customers across the northbay waking up with no power. The utility is in the first phase of several preemptive blackouts due to extreme fire danger. Jackie ward is live in sonoma where much of the city is in the dark. Reporter really creepy here to see practically no lights. We did find something good, we smelled something really good too. The cafe blustery downtown has been here for years guess what . You see the sign . Thats what theyre hoping to do today. They are so dedicated, actually baked all through the night, everything you see here freshly baked hours old, they said they baked into the night until the power shut off, of course the power shut off around midnight, so what do we have here. Just about five hours old. The plan is to open the doors of cafe boulangerie, they had to deal with Power Outages a couple years ago. At least they can provide some type of comfort and delicious baked good. Here with the morning crew we prefer a nice almond croissant, we cannot wait to try one out here later on, of course, this is the first phase of three for the power shut off affecting most of the northbay right now as we drove up here is a patchwork of Power Outages we are experiencing, the best thing to do is sign up for text alerts with pg e and thats when you know, okay, do your thing, we are invading your space, it is okay, she says sorry. We are not sorry. Were going to get a croissant of this hopefully. We will pay of course. But we are also providing much needed light, it is very dark and other places in sonoma, if you looking for a good croissant, you have to come here if they have no electricity can accept credit card payments . Thats a good question, do not people can pay you this morning . Is a cash only . Its cash only. Reporter perfect. There you go, casually, she just reminded me everything here is made from scratch, look under your couch for some quarters if you cant go to the atm. A while fire has burned more than 100 acres off highway 101 right at the moderate county line at camp roberts, strong wind fanned the flames last night, but forward progress has been stopped, pg e crews stayed on the scene overnight in there are reports of downed power lines. In the san jose area the outages expected all over the valley as well as the east foothills, staff at the veterans housing facility scrambled to save food by renting an outdoor freezer. One of the veterans who lives at the facility says he is concerned about surviving the night during an outage, he is as a ventilator while sleeping. Trying to avoid another lawsuit. I dont this is the way to go, i was just concerned, what will we do for veterans x these are our guys. They plan to use a generator to power the wheelchair used to get around, other veterans decided to leave the facility during the outage. The gas pumps at this concorde cosco me not be working today, yesterday we saw drivers filling up and people stocking up on fuel for their generators. Transit to be your best bet, barrs and camtran provide their own power, smart Train Service also to be normal and no issues anticipating at the airports, they all have backup Power Sources, so do the bridge toll booths, no free ride and of course gianna will have updates all morning long. The first, planned power outage will affect major urban areas, officals say they will be ready, the police chief says the city canceled all time off for sworn officers asking them to work today. In the meantime the oakland mayor is calling for a possible fiveday shutdown unacceptable, officials from oakland unified say they change plans for schools today, during the shut off, all schools will stay open except for skyline high school. Teaching classes in the dark, the San Jose School districts telling kids to stay home, a whomping 19 campuses close today and tomorrow among a handful around the bay canceling class, uc berkeley also canceled classes today but is keeping the campus open, in the meantime San Jose State University is monitoring outages but does not anticipate closing, we have more School Closure information at the bottom of your screen and of Course Online at kpix. Com. I am an upper kathy live news desk we have breaking news out of the border of turkey and syria, looks like Turkish Forces are now moving into syria, this is ahead of a possible invasion of a country against kurdish fighters at the border checkpoint, the u. S. Was supporting the kurdish militants but President Trump earlier this week announced the u. S. Is backing down on that, we are taking a live look, the president would not about this less than a half hour ago calling the conflict fighting between various groups that has been going on hundreds of years. He says the usa should never have been in the middle of east turkey and must take over isis fighters, he said the stupid endless wars for us are and, as for turkey and syria and the kurdish fighters, no official word the conflict has begun. Looks at their working that way, back to you. Today the Alaska Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a Climate Change lawsuit filed on behalf of 16 young people, the suit claims the alaska state policy promotes fossil fuel therefore violating the Constitutional Rights of Young Alaskans to a safe climate, a judge ruled against in a year ago. Not to campaign 2020, Governor Newsom signed a new bill allowing california voters to register election day. The new legislation expands conditional Voter Registration in the states, voters who register conditionally election day will not have ballot count until registration is verified, the goal of the bill is to make voting more accessible. Bernie sanders scaling back on campaigning after visiting his hometown cardiologist in vermont, the 78yearold was hospitalized in nevada last week for chest discomfort which turned out to be a heart attack. We were doing five or six meetings a day, three or four rallies in town meetings, and meeting with groups of people, i certainly intend to be actively campaigning. At this point Bernie Sanders says he still plans to be on stage for the debate next tuesday. California is the largest state to ban facial Recognition Software and Police Body Cam is, Governor Newsom bands the California Police department from using facial Recognition Software and biometric scanners for the next three years, the bill takes effect early next year. The deep south city known for confederate roots just made history, Montgomery Alabama just elected the first African American mayor. Steve reid won the election by a wide margin last night, he is taking the mayoral seat in the city that served in the First Capital of the confederacy in 1961. Montgomery is also the birthplace of the civil rights movement, home of the Church Martin luther king jr. Once led. It is important because of how we made it and we made it with, now it is across the community, across racial lines. This is not his first time breaking barriers, he was also the first black probate judge in the county and one of the first to issue samesex marriage licenses in alabama. He is no stranger to politics, his father joe reed is the longtime leader of the black caucus of the alabama democratic party. The time now is 5 10, straight ahead this morning, San Francisco fleet week is in full swing, we will show you what is in store, coming up. A red flag warning for almost the entire bay area in the wind advisory as well. Im tracking the wind and will show you futurecast taking hour by hour, coming up. Because of the power outage were keeping a close eye on traffic in the north bay giving you a crash report on the 580, details coming up. A reminder the power outage Survival Guide is online right now at kpix. Com. There are all kinds of resources this fall, book two, separate qualifying stays at choicehotels. Com. And earn a free night. Because when your business is rewarding yourself, our business is you. Book direct at choicehotels. Com to take care of yourself. But natures bounty has innovative ways to help you maintain balance and help keep you active and wellrested. Because hey, tomorrows coming up fast. Natures bounty. Because youre better off healthy. Good wednesday morning, 5 14, a live look north at the Golden Gate Bridge, we are getting reports the Robin Williams tunnel is in the dark this morning due to the Power Outages, im tracking the wind, futurecast, when we will see peak wind gusts, coming up. A happening today, teachers in the Unified School District expected to rally before school board meeting, calling to settle contract negotiations they say have dragged on more than a year, teachers seeking agreement for Safe Learning conditions, and help with recruiting and maintaining quality staff. Public pressure mounting for the largest planning board. The group has been the subject of several project reports, rent control tenants facing 100 rent increases, they cannot pay the landlord mortgage, now the board of supervisors is stepping in, theyre asking you to rent more to put an end to the behavior. Uncomfortable, you need to listen you have to wonder what you messed up for everybody else. Ali rent board makes the decision hundreds are left in limbo wondering if they will continue to pay the rent hikes. You can see the project tonight right here on kpix5 at 5 00. Send your ideas as well , you can see all the previous reports on her website. Taking a look outside at the embarcadero, well, not the embarcadero, you know, fleet week is in full swing, we have a good look at the ships and ports. Towards the ships like the one you just saw will be available today and tomorrow, you can see from a distance, exploring combat ships all starting at 10 00 this morning. 5 16 right now, because of the power shut off, some tunnels were affected this morning are the roads looking . The Robin Williams tunnel as we mentioned a couple minutes ago it is completely blocked so be careful if you the roadways but good news, highway 1 will be open today with a backup power source, the mass transit options my beer best bet. Their own Power Supplies should be running with no issues today, you might consider using that if you do not want to deal with roadways today or any possible closures because of the power outage, right now everything on time looking pretty good, a good choice if you head into the city one trimester transit. The 580 westbound starting to stack up as you work your way out of the altamont pass, super commuters making the track tracy finding delays all the way to the brake lights around vasco road with a crash east of the 580, causing delays in both directions, 35 minutes as the drive time, the 20526 80, east shore freeway still in the green, no delays right now one toone as you work your way to the south bay, traffic clear, the 101 on the peninsula, no major snags to report, a close eye and traffic in the north bay because the power outage Traffic Signals at 29 at 221 two tway power let in the roadway. We hope to get that all cleared out, that will be the case as you are out and about throughout the north bay and marin right now, you come up to a traffic signal with the lights out treated as a four way stop, driving around this morning you can see areas pitch black or flashing lights, right now we are not seeing a lot of delays, it is really for the morning drive. No delays heading into San Francisco. How is the forecast . A couple things i do want to touch on, if youre waking up this orning, here are the winds . We see the winds pick up, especially in the hills, that is when and where you can see the strongest wind with the wind event, also temperatures will be cooler, we are not talking about the heat, but cooler temperatures, so if you do not have power, you dont have a clist we are looking at seasonal temperatures this time of year so mild and cooler compared to yesterday, that is good news, we are looking at a live look at the tower camera, clear skies looking east, darker out there with Power Outages not as many lights looking at these temperatures running in the 50s to the upper 40s in santa rosa mid 50s concorde oakland San Francisco, san jose and livermore as we start off with wednesday, lets check the wind, calm conditions for mountain view, fremont, 17 apartments in San Francisco one of the west northwest, nine mileperhour winds right now for fairfield, as we go through the day see the winds pick up, the timing of the peak winds late tonight late into tomorrow morning today and tomorrow. As we head into the overnight hours tomorrow morning and the strongest wind will be in the hills at the Higher Elevations at 1000 feet we have the red flag warning now in effect in the wind advisory as well so the red flag warning for most of the bay area in the immediate shoreline for the north penn east bay hills, with a strong will pressure system a cold strong low and that is why we will see cooler temperatures as we enter the day. With the wind flow around the low in the ridge of High Pressure is a dry offshore wind, drier air, cooler air as we go thru the pay, the future cast is typing it all out for you walk you through the next 2448 hrs. , you can see things pick up as we have for the afternoon at 4 00. Then watch as we have for tonight, this is 11 00 p. M. , you can see red and purple colors, that indicates wind gusts 30 minutes 50 miles per hour, it is really up in the hills in the mountains with the strongest wind as we head through the overnight hours into morning, you can see 9 00 a. M. , check out fairfield, 40 mile wind gusts, 29 napa, 29 Half Moon Bay then things start to ease as we head first into the afternoon and especially by friday, check out the highs, seasonal daytime highs for this time of year 70 four in santa clara as well as san jose, 78 morgan hill, 78 walnut creek, 78 is a high in concorde upper 60s San Francisco, looking at 74 berkeley, 76 oaklands topping out at 80 in windsor, the extended forecast, these tornadoes wind late tonight into tomorrow morning, the winds east in the afternoon and by friday, cooler temperatures as we look ahead. The time now is 5 21, coming up at healthwatch a ground bracing study on pollution in hair loss and pregnant women in vaccines. Tv just keeps getting better. 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