Thank you for joining us. What can you tell us about the weather conditions. We do know that fire pretty much doubled in size over night. Good morning. Yes. As of 355 this morning it grew to 10,000 acres. It still pretty windy. Earlier the wind speed was approximately 50 Miles Per Hour. The fire is moving in a northern direction toward cloverdale. So, they are keeping an eye on the fire and the weather conditions. Im assuming more evacuations will be needed later on this morning. How close is it to homes and schools and businesses in the area . Its out in the county. There are a lot of vineyards and ranches out there. So, north of River Rock Casino you will have Geyserville High School and then after that its a lot of vineyards and agriculture land. Sergeant, talk briefly about the evacuations. Were the easy or difficult . Are people leaving like they should . Yes. What we did with the Sheriffs Office, we send out a notice of mandatory evacuation notice. We work closely with our department of emergency services. They sent out an alert which is a wireless Emergency Alert which sounds like an amber alert you get on your phone and then they sent out a phone call and text message alert. Indicating they live in an area that needs to be evacuated. We had deputies responding and going house to house knocking and advising people that they had to evacuate. Some people did not evacuate. They state on the property and we did document that. Go ahead. But it went pretty smooth. Okay. This area. Geyserville, isnt anywhere near some of the areas that burned two years ago . Another was concern about the safari west and some of the more touristy spots up there as well like the River Rock Casino. Yes. Safari west will be south of that location. Quite a few miles away. I do recall that some of the areas did burn when we had the tubbs fire in 2017. Im not 100 sure but i think it is some of the same areas. Sergeant, what would you say to someone who is waking up right now. They hear 10,000 acres of burning. Its 0 contained. How scared or how nervous should they be . The thing is, its fire season and weve been trying to do our best to notify and educate people. I would tell them to check our twitter accounts, facebook and obviously watch the news. As we all know, weather changes. The fire to change in direction. We try to keep everybody informed but just to be ready in case they do have to evacuate. Okay. I do want to reiterate. You mentioned nick so, is such a great resource. You can sign up for these alerts. If you have family concerns and other areas you can get those alerts. Sergeant juan valencia. Thank you for joining us with an update. Lets go over to Steve Paulson and talk more about this. Icing gusts at 60 as well. Thats at mount st. Helena. There are some pretty big peaks over there. Theres a lot of easterly breeze around geyserville and cloverdale. Cobb ridge is north of 31. Ridge ranches at 1300 feet. That is a pg e site. That is 75 degrees, north east a 27 with 9 humidity. There is a geyserville ranch. That was northeast but now its west, southwest. And mount st. Helena, west with 16 humidity. 58 Miles Per Hour gust ther i think some information is probably missing for obvious reasons but still good gusts. We will continue at 2555. Everything is directed toward offshore and the temperatures are really warm and humidity is very low. Santa rosa, 11 humidity. 75 degrees with a north wind at 10. Fairfield, 13 . Windsor, 79 degrees. Healdsburg, 71. 73 in bodega bay. That is a northeaster easterly wind direction so the red flag, this is the most critical flight, this morning. Ildecrease the breeze throughout the day but not this morning. Temperatures very warm in the 80s and 90s. 95 in santa rosa. 90 an oakland. 90 in san jose. 4 36 am. Going to start and Solano County where the traffic is beginning to wake up for the morning commuton interstate 80. It is not very slow. There are people out there for sure but its not very slow on 37. And we have a good look at interstate 680 through the misha area. That looks good. If you want a Good Opportunity to drive, now is the time. Our map shows marin county which is looking good from nevada to san rafael and we are also looking at highway 4. This is a Good Opportunity to get out there ahead of the crowd coming out to the bay bridge. You can see traffic is mostly good getting onto the span. 4 36 am. More than 33,000 pg e customers in the bay area have no power right now after pg e shut off power in San Mateo County early this morning. Right now 195 customers near woodside and the honda have no power. But if the strong wind continues, that number could go up later this morning. And napa county more than 6000 homes and businesses have no power. And in Sonoma County, they have the most without power. The power has been cut to more than 27,000 customers. Pg e says it has taken action to limit the number of customers affected by the power shutoffs and one way of doing that is called segmenting parts of the service system. Pg e is using generators to keep other customers on line. We were also able to secure backup generation for a few communities, specifically anglin , plasserville, calistoga and grass valley. Altogether slightly above 5000 customers are able to be restored vibackup generation. Pg e says as soon as its meteorologist say it is safe, ground crews will be sent back out to check power lines for any signs of damage. The pg e ceo was asked if the threat of wildfires could be blamed on pg es gilyard to maintain and upgrade its equipment. The fire risk has grown exponentially, particularly in this region in the last couple of years. 2012, 15 of our service area was designated high fire threat. This year, 52 . More than a threefold increase in the geography of risk in that period of time. Pg e expects to get the all clear for the Current Power shutoffs by noontime today. After crews have inspected each powerline segment, that part of the statement segment can be reenergized. Pg e said it could take up to 48 hours for everyone to get back online. San jose is moving forward with possibly cutting ties with pg e. Mayor sam liccardo is considering a proposal to create the citys on power grid by buying assets from pg e. San joses rules committee discussed a plan to create a local customer owned utility that would ultimately go to the full city council. The city was start by building microgrids throughout san jose and eventually take control of pg e transmission lines but its a plan to utility already rejected in San Francisco. Although pg e has stated the Company Assets are not for sale, in fact, they are in bankruptcy court. They are for sale and whether they like it or not they are at the mercy of the bankruptcy judge and ultimately the cpuc. So this is the time to talk about how pg e gets reorganized in a way that will fulfill the Public Interest and hopefully do a better job in providing reliable power. The full council will discusthe pros and cons of the proposal next month. The city also plans to get feedback from customers to see where they stand on the matter. Chaos on capitol hill. House republicans stormed a closeddoor session connected to the impeachment inquiry. Doug luzader has details on the fall out this morning after a dramatic day in washington. Reporter this seems to be an emerging strategy for the gop. Questioning the process behind the impeachment quiry. It added drama to the impeachment inquiry. That up House Republicans entered what was supposed to be a restricted, closeddoor secure hearing room yesterday in an act of defiance. Because if behind those doors they intend to overturn the results of an american president ial election, we want to know whats going on. Eporter democrats wanted to hear from pentagon official laura cooper, expected to talk about delays in u. S. Aid to ukraine and whether there were political motivations behind them. She would eventually testify five hours late. Are doing this because this is what the guilty do. Innocent people cooperate with investigations. Innocent people follow the rules of the house. Reporter but republicans are focused on how the impeachment inquiry is being led by congressman adam schiff saying he is hiding the proceedings from the public. Still, a new National Poll shows public support for the inquiry is now at 55 . While all of this is setting the table for a trial in the Senate Perhaps early next year, that raises a serious issue for six democratic president ial candidates who may have to leave the campaign trail for an extended period just as caucuses and primaries kickoff. And how fast or slow a trail moves along really depends on republicans who control the senate. In washington, doug luzader, fox news. Were getting updates from Sonoma County on that fast moving wildfire burning near geyserville. After the break, we hear from firefighters about plans to get the fire under control while evacuating nearby homes and businesses. It feels amazing to be part of such a generous community. A new beginning for a bay area family. How the community is helping a family months after the mother was hurt in the gilroy garlic festival shooting. Good morning. We do have a nicelooking drive if you are driving on interstate 880. So far it looks good driving into downtown oakland. Ever weather does not look good. Its all offshore and its also very warm. We will take a look at that coming up. Welcome back to mornings on 2. A wildfire burning with the sonomalake county line doubled in size over the night. Its the can can feder kincade fire and its 15. 5 square miles and 0 contained. Their mandatory evacuations including for the River Rock Casino. The cal fire battle the flames from the air last night even though pilots had problems with severe turbulence, they will go back to the air as the sun comes up. This fire has been whipped up by 60 Miles Per Hour wind. The strike teams from the area of preposition resources that are in the counties of the red flag warnings and there are evacuations being conducted by the Sheriffs Department. This is a winddriven fire moving at will we consider a critical rate of spread. So far no injuries have been reported but a spokesman for the Sonoma CountySheriffs Office just told us on the air at 4 30 am he expects more evacuations. Authorities up and sending out phone alerts and going doorto door to evacuate people in that fire zone. Cristina rendon is out there this morning. She will bring us a live report in the next hour. A big turnout is expected at a funeral mass this morning for cardena william webb vaitai. He served as the archbishop of San Francisco from 1995 until 2005. He was promoted to a higher position at the vatican before becoming a cardinal. While archbishop he was most visible as the voice of the church during the samesex marriage debate in the sex abuse scandal. The funeral is scheduled for 10 00 this morning and st. Marys cathedral in San Francisco. He died last month in rome. The cardinal was 83. The El Dorado CountySheriffs Office mourning the death of a deputy killed in the line of duty. A very somber procession last night was held. Law enforcement officers on motorcycles and in patrol cars escorted the body of Deputy Brian Ishmael to the Sacramento County corners office. The deputy was shot early yesterday morning, responding to a call about a theft at a residential marijuana garden. This happened in the town of somerset, about 10 miles southeast of plasserville. An offduty deputy from the San Joaquin CountySheriffs Office was with Deputy Ishmael and was also wounded. He was treated and released from the hospital. Upon arrival brian immediately came under fire and was shot and killed. And his patrol vehicle at that time, he had a right along with him who was an offduty San Joaquin County deputy. That deputy returned fire and did his best to save brian. Two men were taken into custody. One was wounded by the offduty deputy. Deputy ishmael was 37, a four year veteran of the Sheriffs Department and leaves behind a wife and three children. Its been almost 3 months since the gunman opened fire during the gilroy garlic festival. A family affected by the shooting is now getting a helping hand as they recover. South bay recorder jesse gary has their story. Treatise, 2, 1 reporter the surprise under the black blanket wasnt really hard to guess but it means the world and so much more for wendy and her husband, francisco aguilera. It feels amazing to be part of such a generous community. Its been really heartbreaking come of this whole situation and its been humbling, humbling to say the least. So, thank you. Thank you everybody. Reporter in fremont, representatives from a collision repair shop, an Insurance Company and the guillory Foundation Join together to present the couple with this refurbished dodge journey. All of this is community being put into the car to restore it. Reporter wendy and francisco were among the first injured during the gilroy garlic festival shooting in late july. The alleged gunman opened fire killing three and wounding 17. Wendys injury prevents her from driving a manual transmission car. Permanent damage in my lower leg. I have limited feeling in my foot and leg so its not possible to drive a stick shift. Reporter the Cure Foundation come on nonprofit formed after the crime, donated the funds to purchase another vehicle. Allstate insurance donated a recycled suv. Stolen two years ago but restored to working order. We have donated hundreds of vehicles to veterans and families in need. This was a challenge that we met and we face that challenge, accepted it and we are proud of the work that weve done. Reporter a team of Caliber Collision technicians turned the dusty donated suv into a shining gem ready for the road. As this family moves a little further along their journey to recovery. In fremont, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. Tonight on ktvu fox 2 come a special program. Mike mibach sat down with the discussion on the record Bay Area Police chiefs. During the first part of the report you we hear from the cure police chief for the first time, the chief opened up about the shooting at the gilroy garlic festival. Even though it was late on the last day of the garlic fest thousands and thousands of people there. And so when the shots ng out, those thousands of people started running and they did not stop running. As i was coming in the streets were filled with people running away from the menu. The emotional part for me was the emotion of the family, of the people that witnessed it, of the officers that try to save theiand you could feel that emotion. The Police Chiefs of hayward in the san jose join the conversation. One part of the discussion focuses on Mass Shootings and the chiefs talk about whether assault weapons should be banned. Banning guns. Is that an answer . I will tell you, and especially on the record i will tell you that i dont believe an Assault Rifle on a to be in the hands of anybody but military or law enforcement. The whole purpose of the invention of that weaponry to begin with. On the record Bay Area Police chiefs airs tonight after thursday night football and the sportswrap and then join us for our 10 00 news. Sal is back, watching the commute to get you to where you need to go. Good morning. We are looking at the tracy commute. We will look at some of these commutes that are far away with people coming in from tracy, there is a little bit of slow traffic on 205 and 580 with this freeways transition trying to get to the altamont pass. Fortunately itsa routine commute. The slowdown is there but you will get through it with no major issues as you drive into livermore. Also looking at interstate 880. E commute looks good with no problems are there and at the bay bridge we are looking light. The morning commute is off to a good start for a thursday. 4 52 am. Some observations in parts of lake county and also Sonoma County and other napa county. One observation in healdsburg, some of these are around 1000 feet or 1500 up to 4300 feet. Theyve had gusts of 58. Its backed up a little bit. 45. 36 out of the northeast at cobb. 31 Miles Per Hour with 10 humidity. Another guy civil rancher showing west, southwest. That may be corrupted data or something. Northeast at 21 in healdsburg. 71 degrees. Pine flat road was showing 35 Miles Per Hour. One in windsor at 15 from the northeast and a lot of north at 25. From Sonoma Mountain road out to mount feeder. North, northwester 24. Everything is set up. Much stronger High Pressure to the north including nevada and the direction is north, northeast. You can see how its being funneled between cloverdale and santa rosa around healdsburg and geyserville. The humidity is not our friend as you might imagine. 11 and santa rosa and novato. Little better for some but still anywhere from 2060 . The temperatures are amazingly warm. Wind, napa at 75. Healdsburg, 70. Bodega bay and dillon beach at 72 1 degrees. It looks to be another wind event. I know we did an intervi