Tree Crashes Into Apartment, Nearly Crushing Sleeping Resident

TRI-VALLEY, CA — The Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department handled 87 emergency calls for service amid heavy winds Sunday, including one call of a tree that fell into an apartment complex, almost crushing a sleeping man, said Battalion Chief Kurtis Dickey. Alameda County dispatchers received more than 1,000 calls from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

There were no injuries reported during the high winds, but several cars were damaged, he said. Calls for service began to slow down around 4 p.m.

The heavy winds also caused thousands across the Bay Area to lose power. More than 100 in the Tri-Valley were still without power Monday morning, with the most outages reported in Alamo Oaks, according to the Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

The National Weather Service issued a high wind watch for higher elevations in the East Bay hills through Tuesday morning, but the lower-lying, urban Tri-Valley areas were not expected to see such high winds.

For current information on power outages, check PG&E's outage map.