Be done without any precedent in the time at least ive been on this committee which is about 25 years. And its being done i guess to show power and push someone through really abrogate the value of hearings that this committee should treasure and respect so i very much hope this does not happen if theres no need for and is going to create a lot of bad will the doesnt need to be created. Today was the final day of confirmation hearings for judge Amy Coney Barrett judge barrett was not involved in todays hearings but it was still heated at times yes our washington correspondent Alexandra Limon joins us now live with details alexandra. And vicki good evening. And despite the opposition that we heard from Democratic Senators like senator feinstein there, the interactions between those senators and judge barrett were still pretty amicable all week long but today lawmakers did lose their patients with each other. Points. In the final day of hearings Democratic Senators continued to push agai
For some today and as we mentioned the number of customers without power in Northern California. Is about 30,000 around the bay area. Alameda napa sam, a tail Santa Clara Santa Cruz and sonoma counties all have more than a 1000 customers who are in the dark. Although people in some sections have been given the allclear and that means their power could be restored soon so lets get the very latest now from kron fours Justine Waltman shes in our newsroom just a well pamela allclear signal has been issued for portions of Monterey Santa Cruz and santa clara counties, which means. That pg e crews can now begin patrolling all these d energize lines whether thats by helicopter or by foot or by car. And once theyve confirmed that the lines have not suffered any when driven damaged and that hazards like trees are removed customers spent can have the power restored sort still a ways off but theyve been given the all clear so lets take a look at where the power is out right now thats the purple tr
The bay area, richmond in downtown oakland set records while san jose it happened they match their previous high temperatures. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore, a heat advisory remains in effect until 9 oclock tomorrow night. The extreme heat along with the windy and dry conditions forcing power shut offs or thousands of people in the bay area we have Team Coverage tonight on the heat advisory Taylor Bisacky live in the east bay where people are in the dark tonight because of the power shut off but first lets head over to the Weather Center where our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is standing by lauras the fire danger still exists. Yeah weve seen these kind of come in waves pam, we see these impulses one came through this morning and then it picked up in the afternoon over parts of the east bay now going to watch those winds ramp up again tonight youre seen highpressure already in place now weve seen those offshore winds, it felt the heat out there and certainly some ve
Into a range of 30 to 45 Miles Per Hour, especially in the north bay. Were actually seeing that right now vacaville calistoga in sonoma have been seeing winds throughout the morning gusting well into that 30 mile per hour range, pretty consistently, those peak, wind gusts even more than that danville also on the breezier side right now 27 mile per hour winds. Breezy in pockets across the rest of the bay area too winds remain consistent throughout the morning were continuing to see power shutoffs for portions of the north bay due to those winds low humidity and the heat by the time we work towards 07 30am this morning calistoga sonoma vacaville still in the midst of some of those stronger winds. We briefly back or higher wind speeds early this afternoon before picking up yet again on into the evening tonight into early tomorrow. Then we officially see things coming down and staying calm for the weekend after that point so there is relief in sight. Today and tomorrow our hottest under wi
Reporter matt boon in oakland, matt . Reporter liz, its been warm and windy out here all day. Those gusts causing issues overnight behind me they toppled over part of a tree into power lines causing additional Power Outages for people here in mt. Claire. As crews clear the fallen branch, pg e says its working to restore power to the 800 or so customers that have been affected. But just down the road in mt. Claire village, the stoplights are off and signs like this dot many of the businesses. We did find julia, owner of this store in the dark. Her world upside down. The power is out but youre here working. What are you doing . Im working on my taxes. Reporter the old faxed way. The Old Fashioned way. Reporter while the shut offs may impact her business, she understands the importance thinking back to the oakland fire of 19 91. It best not having business for one or two days than not having business for almost a year. Reporter up in the hills, resident richard fills up the gas generator