but as kate larsen tells us, the owner is now regretting that desis. >> i jumped on top of this with the fire extinguisher and put the flame out. >> reporter: the owner of the restaurant figured out immediately why his kitchen was on fire monday morning. >> right here. with the exhaust was just hitting that wall and just heated this wall up until inside that wall a fire started. >> reporter: after last year's pg&e power shut offs put him out $35,000 when his restaurant was left in the dark for four nights, paul decided to spend $7,000 to buy a new generator and have it professionally installed. but, with an extreme wind event hammering the north bay, pg&e cut power to paul's restaurant and 345,000 other customers sunday night. >> i was able to put on my generator, and i was the only place in town that had power. it was a success. >> reporter: until it wasn't. >> now i'm shut down minimum probably two weeks. i mean, it's a gut punch, after covid. >> reporter: lots of people have been buying generators because of the power shutoffs. what's your advice to them after this. >> make sure i

but as kate larsen tells us, the owner is now regretting that desis. >> i jumped on top of this with the fire extinguisher and put the flame out. >> reporter: the owner of the restaurant figured out immediately why his kitchen was on fire monday morning. >> right here. with the exhaust was just hitting that wall and just heated this wall up until inside that wall a fire started. >> reporter: after last year's pg&e power shut offs put him out $35,000 when his restaurant was left in the dark for four nights, paul decided to spend $7,000 to buy a new generator and have it professionally installed. but, with an extreme wind event hammering the north bay, pg&e cut power to paul's restaurant and 345,000 other customers sunday night. >> i was able to put on my generator, and i was the only place in town that had power. it was a success. >> reporter: until it wasn't. >> now i'm shut down minimum probably two weeks. i mean, it's a gut punch, after covid. >> reporter: lots of people have been buying generators because of the power shutoffs. what's your advice to them after this. >> make sure i

kate larsen. >>> struggling small businesses may be able to apply for a cash infusion. two santa clara supervisors want to launch a $100 million loan program to provide low-interest loans to small businesses impacted by covid-19. one supervisor says it's really rare to have relief funding come from the county level. >> it's become clearer and clearer that if we bawait for t state and federal governments to step up we could be waiting a very long time for small businesses. >> supervisors are expected to vote on the measure tomorrow. >>> on the peninsula, a covid-19 compliance team started its first day on the job in san mateo county. here is the full eight-member team. its primary goal is to make sure businesses are enforcing safety measures. county officials say they've received a number of complaints about business not operating safely by exceeding capacity limits or where employees are not wearing masks. >> the whole purpose of this is to make sure that we not only stay in red and not go back to purple but move forward to orange. we want more people employed in this c

let's get to kate larsen. she's live in napa county. kate. >> reporter: dan, ama, we're up in angwin, and you can see we're actually on a winery. this is shaughnessy estate winery, and fire got dangerously close to this area here today. in fact, we're going to pan back at this house where you can see a vallejo fire engine is there. they have been protecting this home here all day. joining me live right now is kevin brown with the vallejo fire department. kevin, like us, this is your fourth day. on tuesday, fire burned through this area. no real structure destruction, but with the wind today, it became a problem. >> that's correct, kate. today in our morning briefing, what we were informed was that the temperature was going to rise again. relative humidity was going to drop. the winds were going to change in a direction not in our favor. for that reason, the area that had a dirty burn earlier has now reburned again and has impinged along bell canyon road. we've spent the last several hours prepping and defending these homes. we had air s

kate larsen. >>> struggling small businesses may be able to apply for a cash infusion. two santa clara supervisors want to launch a $100 million loan program to provide low-interest loans to small businesses impacted by covid-19. one supervisor says it's really rare to have relief funding come from the county level. >> it's become clearer and clearer that if we bawait for t state and federal governments to step up we could be waiting a very long time for small businesses. >> supervisors are expected to vote on the measure tomorrow. >>> on the peninsula, a covid-19 compliance team started its first day on the job in san mateo county. here is the full eight-member team. its primary goal is to make sure businesses are enforcing safety measures. county officials say they've received a number of complaints about business not operating safely by exceeding capacity limits or where employees are not wearing masks. >> the whole purpose of this is to make sure that we not only stay in red and not go back to purple but move forward to orange. we want more people employed in this c

abc 7 news reporter kate larsen is live with the very latest on, kate, a very tragic story. >> reporter: absolutely, dan. we're still out here in front of san francisco general hospital and an hour ago you guys were showing that procession. this entire driveway and this entrance to the emergency department was filled with countless firefighters, police officers and sheriff's deputies who were all trying to pay their respects to jason cortez, who died around 11:00 this morning, as you say after there was an accident during a training drill. let's take a look. this is firefighter and paramedic jason cortez. he was 42 years old. he had this accident around 10:00 this morning. and then he died an hour later here at the hospital. cortez started with the san francisco fire department in 2007 and was recently assigned to station number 3 in the tenderloin which sffd says is the busiest station in the country. you're looking at some more video of the incredible moving procession. i stood out here for hours. the folks who were here, the firefighters and law enforcement officers must have stood h

kate larsen is live in napa county where firefighters are trying to make the most of the hours ahead of that red flag warning. kate? >> reporter: absolutely. ama, we have had very little wind up here in napa county for the past several days, but despite that, it has still been a very active fire night and firefighters could potentially have a very busy night and day ahead of them. fires visible in every direction from highway 29 in calistoga, the napa valley floor surrounded by flames and saturated in smoke on day four of the glass fire. >> it's just incredible. it's been a massive fire. and we've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: the flames are dangerously close to hugo maldonado's small family winery. d.c. 10s and helicopters worked until sunset, dropping retardant and water on the fire which has been burning relentlessly across the hillsides. >> the whole wine industry, we've had a really hard time this year and we're all just praying that the fire department and cal fire that they all get it under control. >> reporter: we're up on diamond mountain road right now. you ca

kate larsen is live in napa county where firefighters are trying to make the most of the hours ahead of that red flag warning. kate? >> reporter: absolutely. ama, we have had very little wind up here in napa county for the past several days, but despite that, it has still been a very active fire night and firefighters could potentially have a very busy night and day ahead of them. fires visible in every direction from highway 29 in calistoga, the napa valley floor surrounded by flames and saturated in smoke on day four of the glass fire. >> it's just incredible. it's been a massive fire. and we've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: the flames are dangerously close to hugo maldonado's small family winery. d.c. 10s and helicopters worked until sunset, dropping retardant and water on the fire which has been burning relentlessly across the hillsides. >> the whole wine industry, we've had a really hard time this year and we're all just praying that the fire department and cal fire that they all get it under control. >> reporter: we're up on diamond mountain road right now. you ca

abc 7's kate larsen explains why this issue goes beyond oakland. and i think you've got a stalemate here. >> reporter: abc 7 news contributor and chronicle insider phil matier is talking about the alameda county fairgrounds here in pleasanton. the city of oakland sent alameda county a letter on october 14th aasking to use the fairgrounds as a homeless shelter. yesterday alameda county responded and in a roundabout way said they'd like to help but not necessarily when it comes to using this county-owned property. >> i mean, homelessness, is it a city problem? a county problem? a state problem? a national problem? all of the above. but when it comes to actually having to deal with them in the front yard, that's when everything gets local real quick. >> reporter: nate miley is an alameda county supervisor. >> i just think it is preposterous for the city of oakland to be proposing to send unsheltered homeless individuals who have rvs and campers out to the fairgrounds. >> you would all feel like this is a not in my neighborhood issue, that the people o

kate larsen has what you need to know to use a generator safely. >> we really dodged a bullet today. >> reporter: oakland firefighter zach unger was in the first engine to arrive in the fire that destroyed two houses in the oakland hills tuesday morning. >> we had crews pre-positioned in oakland because it was a red flag event. it could have been enormous. had we been there a minute or two later, it would have started a block's worth and could have gone incredibly far. >> reporter: the oakland fire department says the preliminary cause was an overloaded generator. it was running outside between the two houses because pg&e cut power to the neighborhood during this week's dangerous fire weather. >> we're in a bit of a no-win situation. we turn the power off in order to stop wildfires, people use generators which have their own set of dangers and those tend to start wildfires. >> reporter: on monday in mill valley, a new professionally installed generator started a fire at this restaurant. the owner said it was too close to his outside wall and heat from the exhaust ignited a fire. this

i'm kate larsen here at lowell in the sunset district. coming up, the controversy the pandemic is forcing the district and families to addr when you take a it all begins to un-ravel. ann ravel's no reformer,sh'a o'vehundredsf thousands into her campaign. and she opposes ballot measures to make the economy more fair for working people. only dave cortese is endorsed by the california democratic party. he's helping us battle the pandemic with a science-based approach. and expanding health services and child care to those in need. for state senate, democrat dave cortese. the unfair money bail system. he, accused of rape. while he, accused of stealing $5. the stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. the senior citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. because the size of your wallet shouldn't determine whether or not you're in jail. vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. >>> protesters will gather to call for justice for

i'm kate larsen, back to you. >> james was the perfect person to find maki, okay? >> he knew what to do. >> he said call the zookeeper! >> hopefully he'll get to enjoy that lifetime membership to the zoo. that's cool. >> that's nice. that's nice. don't you love kids? so what did he look like? >> a lemur. >> so funny. > kudos to james. >> that was awesome. we're glad he found his home. 75 outside in sutro tower right now. look how clear the air is as we look over to the east bay hills. temperatures are in the 70s right now. record warmth, high fire danger. that will be the last time i say that for a while. warm hills tonight, but more comfort near the coast. as the heat eases, it will be most abrupt along the coast. 20 degrees cooler on sunday. inland neighborhoods cool down about 8 degrees. i call this the fog forecast. we're looking at the winds. you can see they're blowing offshore, east to west. look what happens as we head into the lunch hour. we start to see more of a northerly gradient. then heading into the evening hours, a bit of a northwesterly slight onsh

kate larsen, abc7 news. >>> in the south bay a new plan to help struggling businesses. santa clara county businesses will vote on a $100 million program. provide low-interest loans to programs. it is rare to have relief funding coming from the county level. >> it's become clearer and clearer that if we wait for the state and federal governments to step up, we could be waiting a very long time with great hardship for small businesses. >> if approved at today's board of supervisors meeting, we expect to learn a lot more about the program next month. >>> negotiations between house speaker nancy pelosi and steven mnuchin are coming down to the wire. even if an agreement is reached, the measure will face some stiff opposition in the senate. house democrats want to pass a $1.8 trillion spending proposal but members of the gop-led senate are wary of a deficit. they are backing a proposal that cost $500 billion. >>> the commission on presidential debates promising more structure after a chaotic first debate between. now the commission announced changes to ensure there are fewer

kate larsen tells us dangerous gatherings were taking place. >> reporter: back in june students tested positive for covid, a parent tells us this happened after a sleepover. now four months later, closed after more sleepovers and a large party. >> we know the police was present, and it sounds like there was up to 100 people there. >> reporter: dr. matt willis is marin county health officer. >> this party was an illustration. >> reporter: a marin county parent who wants to remain anonymous says to me about the gatherings, i think it is irresponsible parenting. teachers are putting their lives on the line to teach our children, the least we can do is protect our community by making safe choices. this is not a safe choice. you're endangering every single person in our community. >> it was time to pause. >> reporter: chris valdez is the principal of marin catholic. on monday after learning of the risky behavior outside of school, he sent this letter to families and made the decision to suspend in-person learning for two weeks. students had just returned to campus at the beginning of octobe

kate larsen,abc7 news. >> just heartbreaking. i know we'll all step up and help him. >>> let's take a look at what's going on speaking of the fire. still 77 degrees. one of of our last hot nights and start cooling off and especially as we get towards thursday and friday. look at that relative humidity. 19 pe. so, those have been the two sore, the two obstacles that the firefighters have been dealing with and hasn't necessarily been the winds and take a look at the winds. less than 15 miles per hour. let's focus in on what is going to happen with the temperature. 85 today but look at the string of 60s thursday, friday and saturday. look at the humidity levels jump to 70 to nearly 08% during that time frame. in fact, here's a look at the relative humidity this morning anywhere from 40 to 70. all right. tomorrow morning we're around 50 to 80. you can see an improvement there. thursday morning we're looking at widespread 80s and 90s and same thing as we head into friday morning even more 90s out there. you can see, we're going to get

. >> reporter: kate larsen, abc7 news. >>> back to this year, what would halloween be without trick-or-treaters? as people try to figure out how to celebrate safely during the pandemic, this man in new jersey at a flooring company has an idea to keep the candy flowing all by social distancing. so, you know those cardboard tubes that they use to keep rolls of carpet standing. marshal fox is cutting them up and giving them out to customers so they can use them as candy chutes. >> the installers would break them up in their van, put them in the dumpster. lately i've been asking the guys to bring back the tubes. >> what's your plan? >> i don't know. put it down and shoot it into their basket. >> so the foxes are giving away the tubes for free. they're also accepting donations for make a wish. >> i feel like this was one of your ideas. >> i'll never tell if it was. i like my candy launcher. that's my favorite idea. >> this one seems a little tame for reggie. it doesn't have explosives. things aren't flying through the air. >> what's in it for me? >> the joy of watching the candy safely arrive. >> no

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