Miles per hour in the San Fernando Valley. Firefighters have been doing structure protection. They are attacking this fire from the air. So far, we know more than two dozen homes have been damaged and it is being blamed for at least one death. Lets get the latest on this fire. Reporter i am here at the recreation center. We are about 13 miles east from portar ranch and that is the area where we are seeing the height of fire activity. What i can tell you is we are waiting for a 1 pm briefing. We are hoping for an update at that point on some of the statuses on this fire. It is a fatal fire. There is one fatality associated with this fire. We were learning this morning about that. Were told it was a man in his 50s who went into cardiac arrest. As for the acreage at this point, it still stands at 4700 containment at 0 . This is a very active fire. Twentyfive homes have been damaged or destroyed. We saw several of those homes basically ignite on live tv all morning long. About 1000 firefighters are on the front line. This fire being tackled from the ground and air. Multiple helicopters battling the flames as well as fixed wing aircraft. They are assisting in the aerial fight. The fire has been burning for 15 hours. Is started around 9 00 last night in the sylmar area and it moved to the west where it has been burning homes in portar ranch and their Granada Hills area. The winds have been driving this fire. It is very dry with humidity low. There are a lot of fuels, a lot of trees, a lot of dryness that is making it a very difficult firefight for these firefighters. About 23,000 homes remain under mandatory evacuation. Some 100,000 residents impacted by those evacuations. Again, we are here at the command post. This is where those decisions are being made in terms of logistics. In terms of firefighters on the grounds and telling them how to tackle the flames from the air. Will be on standby hoping for positive news at 1 00 that they are making progress. On the bay area, the head to la on the weekend. House the fire impacting i5 . Reporter there are definitely several freeway closures especially along the interstate 5 which is the main artery between northern and Southern California. Also, there were closures impacting the 210, the 118 freeway. I would advise anyone coming down or traveling near those areas to check on the caltrans website. Check the california Highway Patrol to see what alternate routes might be available and what freeways are impacted. 101 it is. Stephanie stanton live in lakeview terrace. Thank you. Lets check in with our meteorologist to get an update on the wins gusting in the San Fernando Valley. Rosemary . The santa ana winds are gusting to 40 or 50 and i saw one observation to 60 Miles Per Hour. It is not going away today. Lets take a look at the red flag warning that stretches from Ventura County to Los Angeles County. This is going to continue as we move through the afternoon. Those winds are not expected to calm down. The area between Santa Clarita and san fernando, im picking up sustained winds at about 21 Miles Per Hour. Take a look at the relative humidity, 8 . As we get to the second part of the afternoon, some of these humidity levels could drop down to about 2 . We do have that red flag warning in place until tomorrow. Outside a red flag warning on the east area, we have three other fires burning. A lot going on there. This is going to continue. I dont see a shift in the wind coming until tomorrow afternoon. They have at least another 24 hours, perhaps 30 hours before those wind shifts and come in from the Pacific Ocean and calm down a bit. Thank you. In the bay area, pgd crews are working to restore power where it was shut off this week. More than half of the 730,000 customers in Northern California whose power was turned off have their power back on because the winds have subsided. The power is back in most of salina, contra costa and san mateo counties. And in alameda and marin counties, 86 of the power has been restored. Only 73 of napa county is on and Sonoma County the number 74 . Ntsa, me businesses remain closed for a third day. Allison rodriguez his life in the city of santa rosa with more. Reporter driving through the city is lit up again as power is about 87 restored to the area. For those still affected by the shutdown, frustration is growing as they head into a third day without power. I did tell my employees not to come to work for three days. They are out of work today. We hope the power comes on. Reporter we caught up with robert smith at a mall in santa rosa finally able to stop at a store that enclosed due to the power shut off. His home was not affected but his business, like countless other, was. Is located only two miles from that spot where signs are lit up but where power is still out, the parking lot is empty and offices locked up. Pgd crews have been working throughout the morning to try and get power restored. Officials telling us they hope to have it up to 98 percent restored by 9 00 this evening. At one point, roughly 66,000 customers were cut off and Sonoma County altogether. As residents here in santa rosa, nearly 7000 customers still did not have the power back got that number is dwindling now as we head into the afternoon. It included a small area where his business is located. While he understands the safety aspects of the shop, he thinks pg e could have and should have done a better job. I dont even think it was necessary their fault. I do believe whats going on right now couldve been handled in a manageable way. They did tell us that there could be some shutdowns but we had less than a 24 hour shutdown notice. Reporter at this point it looks like about 3500 customers here in santa rosa arstill being left without power. We should mention that all Santa Rosa City schools were back open today except for Hidden Valley elementary and also the two large colleges that are here. As wildfires season is Getting Started here, if serves as a taste of what could lie ahead as the season is Getting Started. Thank you. Power is still out in the east bay for thousands of pgd customers in Contra Costa County. The utility says it could be this evening for our services return. Reporter pg e said they cant completely restore power county why, bay area white until they get workers to inspect all of this power lines to make sure they are not damaged before they could re energize them. Out here in orinda, we have seen pg e workers trying to start that work. This is the only Commercial Area in orinda that has power this morning. The starbucks opened an hour late but they didn have milk or cream call all the refrigerated items went bad but they restocked and things got back to normal. Other parts of orinda like the theater Square Shopping Center were without power this morning. People here in orinda had nicks feelings about the situation especially people whove been out of work during the shutdown. Ive been out for two days. Do you get paid . No, that is a problem. But, for the safety of so many communities, maybe two days is worth it . The one thing pg e did do well was give prior notice. They gave us some time to get herself ready for whatever it was going to be. It was not the five days people were forecasting. That wouldve been horrendous. I think if it is to prevent the fires, im totally fine with it. Reporter we have seen some scattering here at this parking lot to get started on work today to restore power and inspect some of the power lines before they are reenergize. Part service in Contra Costa County is fully functional. Ioften impacted by the power shut off. The man accused of killing a young woman at the macarthur station in oakland was back in court. Hes facing murder charges for the stabbing death of the victim last year. This morning, the suspects public defender asked the judge to seal a future motion to dismiss the case. The judge agreed to seal the argument citing the case is being used to get National Media attention. The next meeting is december 22. California now has a new law aimed at preventing gun violence and strength in and safety. Cover gavin newsom signed a series of gun safety bills. One limits the number of handguns californians can purchase in a month to 1. It also prohibits people younger than 21 from obtaining firearms. The governor has harsh words for the Republican Leadership in the u. S. Senate. Have incredible leader. Many months ago. Speaker pelosi leadership, do you put it up for about . He refuses to do that. Because, he is fearful. He is cowardly in the face of this moment. He likes a result, character and leadership. On this issue, he lies. This is because of his complete incapacity. Reporter the california rifle and Pistol Association responded by saying the state already has too many owners regulations to make people difficult to exercise their rights. How the program aims to Block Special interest money and increase voter turnout. Fleet week is in full outside of our doors for fleet week passivity. It will be a nice one. Im tracking a cooling trend for your weekend. Well take a look at what you can expect for today and the extended forecast coming up. Get details on this state program. Call or visit and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state program call or visit here is a look at the annual fleet week parade of ships sailing right underneath the Golden Gate Bridge late this morning. The surface ago Fire Department fire about st. Francis was the first to go under the bridge following a variety of destroyers and assault transports on display as they made their way into San Francisco bay. Fleet wheat visitors have an opportunity to see enter a variety of military ships including one from down under. We take you aboard the hma brisbane. Reporter hop aboard the hma brisbane which is docked in San Francisco. It is australias newest warship. It was commissioned 12 months ago. It is our most modern with the latest technology. It is interoperable which means that the u. S. Military can use the equipment communications aboard the ship. Reporter more than 200 people work and live aboard the ship including the unit commander alexander tenney. It is built around american technology. It uses the aegis combat system. For us, it provides both defensive and Surface Warfare and submarine warfare. Reporter the hma brisbane is a missile destroyer. The bridge is the control command center. If you want to see the ship for yourself, tours will be offered starting sunday at 10 am. Visitors will start the flight deck. This is where helicopters wonsan land. Officials with the ship say they are excited to take part in fleet week for the first time. They hope you will stop by to learn more about the ship and about u. S. Australia relations. It is very exciting. Most of the people on board have never been to San Francisco. It is very exciting. Astrology a is the only country that is fought alongside the United States and every war since world war i. We think that is pretty unique. Santa clara county supervisors and santa fe councilmembers and other officials announced their endorsement of san joses Fair Elections initiative which aims to Block Special interest money and increase voter turnout. Typical of larger voter turnout, there is a larger Participation Rate along with president ial elections. Reporter the Fair Elections initiative will do this by increasing voter turnout so more people can have more say in our city is run. It will ensure their voices are not drowned out by wealthy, special Interest Groups combined with local elections. Reporter 80 of san jose voters would vote yes to change the date of mayoral elections. Health Officials Say a dead that was found in fremont and it tested positive for rabies. Fremont police say to their knowledge to other animals or people made compact with the bat. But rabies can be deadly disease and anyone exposed should call the alameda medical disease unit are control Fremont Animal Services if youre that was exposed. Police say the last rabid bat case report in fremont was in 2015. Well talk about the changing weather and the fire burning in Southern California. The weather there is what we had here yesterday. The center of the winds will be going on for another 24 hours. For as the winds are dying down and some areas are cooler than it was yesterday. It was a very nice day. San francisco right now at 68 degrees. Hello hello 70s run the bay area. Santa rosa, 70, livermore 70, san jose reporting 71. As we get into your weekend, amateurs will be cooling off. I will show you on that and lets take a look at the current conditions. We are 7 degrees cooler. Make it that five in nevada down by seven in upland, down by four in hayward. You may notice around the east bay shore in the north bay, temperatures are several degrees cooler than where we were during the lunch hour. Fairfield reporting that north east wind at about 13 Miles Per Hour. The flow coming from the north north east. It is not his robust as it has been. Here is a look at some of the cloud cover. We found some cloud cover over our areas of the south bay towards gilroy. Maiden highlevel clouds and a partly cloudy, mostly clear day is in store and that is good news for folks heading out today into the weekend. As we mentioned a moment ago, San Francisco i68 degrees that will go to 72 for the afternoon and a little bit cooler on saturday. Right now, sunday looks to be the coolest day. Afternoon highs in the mid to upper 60s. Fringe well weather out there. As far as the north bay, will go 80 degrees for santa rosa, for our inner east bay, low 80s expected in antioch. Closer to what we have said in a for oakland and at the coast 74 expected for pacific out. South bay afternoon highs 81, san jose, 83, 81 expected for santa cruz. Nice, mild to warm by the water there. We have temperatures continuing to cool. Getting into saturday, well shave off a few degrees and little bit more on sunday. It will be baby steps on a cooling trend. Temperatures bottom out on monday with a rebound in the forecast for your bay area tuesday. 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Southwest airlines is granted to blinds. Stocks are climbing as investors are optimistic that the u. S. And china can make progress in the trade war. Weve never seen numbers on the dow in a while. It added almost 500 points right now. A broad rally as the sec 500 on track to close out with a gain. The nasdaq is doing better. Just shy of gaining 2 right now. Japanese government officials are morning people in the tokyo area to prepare for a powerful typhoon. It is forecast to be the centurys biggest super typhoon. 1600 flights have been canceled. The Rugby World Cup is being postponed tomorrow. People living in high risk areas are being urged to evacuate. Meteorologist say the storms hit at recordbreaking wind and rain to the area. The Prime Minister of japan say 17,000 military police and officials are needed. The no bill peace prize was awarded to the Prime Minister of ethiopia. He is being honored for his efforts to achieve peace. 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