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more than 50,000 p-g-and-e's customers are still without power as crews rush to make repairs. >> for the next round of rain. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. p-g-and-e's has made significant progress compared to the 85,000 customers who were without electricity this morning. >> yes, but still many people have gone days without power and could be waiting even longer. yeah, abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey has a look at conditions in one of the hardest hit areas in the south bay. >> even though the power was off, the power tools were on and running in san jose's willow glen neighborhood. tuesday they worst storm in 32 years by far. this was all from danny hooper's giant redwoods. but across the street, several trees snapped, bringing lines down with them. that was sunday afternoon. 48 hours later, still no electricity here. >> p-g-and-e's has told us three times that it was going to be such and such a time, and they didn't show up. they said it was going to be on at 330 yesterday. then it got moved to ten and then i heard from other
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neighbors that it wasn't going to be until 4 a.m. tomorrow. >> sitting in a cold, dark house has been tough for lacey balog and her eight month old son, wade. >> to be honest, it's been pretty brutal. we've been without heat power for three days now. he's managing good, but we're trying to do our best. we went out on a walk today and we saw this uh- the power line that was down. so we figured, are they working on it? but doesn't seem like they are yet. >> p-g-and-e's crews were working just ten miles away in east san jose. power poles snapped across several backyards on san pablo avenue. the residents of the street were among the 30,000 customers without power in the south bay tuesday morning. >> we've experienced the third most outages of any storm in p-g-and-e's history. it was pretty intense on sunday with hurricane force winds, a first ever for our california coast. >> the utility has more than 3000 workers working 24 over seven since the storm. p-g-and-e's teresa alvarado says
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the work requires multiple steps for safety reasons, and that takes time. she hopes the lights will be back on in willow glen and beyond soon enough. there's one that i know of in willow glen that had 3000 customers out yesterday. >> today it's down to 900, so we are trying to restore people, even in a step fashion as quickly as we can. >> neighbors hoping for the same in san jose. dustin dorsey, abc seven news p-g-and-e's calling sunday's storm one of the most damaging single day storms on record in terms of outages. >> this is a look at everyone who still doesn't have power right now in it's latest update, p-g-and-e's says more than 52,000 customers in the bay area are affected. that's down by about 2000 from earlier this afternoon. >> streets are closed until further notice at the intersection of third and mission in san francisco due to a p-g-and-e's volt fire. san francisco fire departmentrillionesponded to calls of heavy smoke in the area just before 2:00. when they arrived, they determined it was an underground electrifi.
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part of the equipment they have underground p-g-and-e's utility crews are currently investigating what may have caused this fire to ignite. fire. officials tell people to seek alternate routes while they work on the repairs. >> some people on the peninsula who were dealing with power outages sought relief by checking into a hotel, but that's when they were faced with an even worse situation after their cars were broken into. and as abc seven news anchor dion lim reports, car break ins are plaguing many parts of the bay area completely. >> uh- vans lies. my vehicle took my belongings. i mean, this this state of lawlessness has got to come to an end. >> frustration has reached a fever pitch for those in the parking lot of the larkspur landing hotel in south san francisco. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm like really emotional about this because, like, you would never thought this would happen to somebody. >> levi clark is one of more than 20 people whose cars were broken into or bipt monday night in his case, precious cargo was inside and they went into the middle console and they stole my
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wife's grandmother's ashes. >> that low lives. that's all they are, don, who declined to give us his last name, checked in after his power at his home was lost during the weekend storms. >> no sooner did he discover power had been restored. this happened. >> gavin newsom, this is to you. i hope you see this. i hope you listen to this. you need to do something about this across the bay on a day when governor newsom announced the deployment of 120 chp officers to deal with crime in oakland and surrounding areas, those at the hyatt house in emeryville are dealing with their own break in crisis. i've been seeing cops parked here quite a lot over the past two days, multiple guests and employees i spoke with say tipping is not uncommon and nearly 20 break ins happened early saturday morning. >> that's very concerning. >> the victims we spoke with in south san francisco have a message for the thieves and those with the power to make change. >> if you have my wife's stuff, if you have deceased ashes, how low of you i wish nothing but
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karma. do something to protect the citizens that you are elected to protect. >> this has got to come to a stop in south san francisco. >> dion lim, abc seven news a lot of frustration as you can see. >> well, this comes as governor newsom announced the deployment of 120 additional chp officers to parts of the east bay and response to violent crime and property crime, as well as abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley explains, oakland officials are welcoming this news in august, the california governor assigned six extra police officers to oakland. >> today, he announced he's sending 120 more after 2023. crime statistic show violent crime in oakland is up 21. rob worries are up 38% and car thefts are up 45. >> for the governor to assign us 120 highway patrol officers. uh- i am in complete support of that
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and i've asked for even send me the national guard if you have to the governor's statement described the effort as a targeted law enforcement surge operation to crack down on crime . >> opd is working with chp on the actual date for the rollout, and the plan. however, you know we can see it as soon as in a week. i would say, you know, but of course we are going to be able we need to actually work together to layer on the services. so that we can, you know, utilize all the services that we can get from chp, the governor's office indicated that could include the actual deployment of long promised license plate reader technology, along with k-9s and air support. >> unfortunately, the data is mixed on whether or not having more police officers is going to impact the foundation of what's causing high crime. i don't care how many police officers you bring in, you know, police can't
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be everywhere without a top cop. you don't have a vision for law enforcement in the city. >> i'm hopeful that with the new march deadline from the police commission that they will forward me stronger applicants. now during the traffic stops. if you are speeding, if you are running red lights or what have you, they'll be able to do the traffic stops. they will also be in key corridor, like our hegenberger corridor where the airport is at, and our business districts. >> the mayor says this infusion of 120 chp officers will focus not only on oakland, but on neighboring communities here in the east bay. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news, crystal for high school in gilroy was vandalized last night. >> and what appears to be a racially motivated incident, an anonymous parent says multiple windows were broken in, classrooms were burglarized, some windows and walls had slurs written on them, including the n word. multiple posters of former president barack obama were ripped down, the parent tells us there has been racial tension at the school lately. the school
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district confirms this is under investigation, and east bay company is now facing even more lawsuits over a product it sold to fertility clinics, which allegedly led to the destruction of embryos that families counted on for their pregnancy. >> abc seven news anchor karina nova is in the newsroom with the story. karina >> dan. today, the law firm representing dozens of families announced several more lawsuits against a bay area company. coopersurgical the lawsuits were filed by those who lost embryos stored at fertility clinics, blaming extreme negligence by coopersurgical. the suit alleges that the ivf solution used while eggs are fertilized was defective, and a missing and missing a key ingredient. that solution, according to the lawsuit, is critical to mimic the environment inside the womb. tracy cowan with clerks and law firm, says families across the united states and here in the bay area planned on building their families with those lost embryos. >> they have years of pain and
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trauma ahead of them, and we're hoping that we can not only get them some recovery with this, but also make it so that these companies swease have to use better safeguards to ensure the safety for everyone. um, moving forward and using ivf and other fertility services. the families are seeking financial compensation and accountability from coopersurgical. >> many had spent between 12,000 and $60,000 on fertility treatments and services. in a statement given to abc news, coopersurgical says, quote, while we cannot address ongoing litigation quality and compliance are fundamental parts of the value we provide to our customer and are our core focus in accordance with the requirements of our quality management system. a media recall was initiated to proactively address any possible issue with our products. while we continue to investigate the law firm representing the families says they expect more people to learn their embryos
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were impacted and more lawsuits to be filed live in the newsroom. karina nova abc seven news. >> all right. karina thank you. still ahead, the mayor of las vegas makes a surprising statement about the effort to relocate the oakland a's. why? she says the team should, quote, stay in oakland. >> plus, our super bowl coverage continues live from las vegas with sports director larry beil. larry >> yes, we are here. we are at radio row inside. and as we count down to super bowl 58, what is the value of experience in the big game and a possible. record that could be set by one of the 40 niners in this game? father son com for 89 years... believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients... and sizes to relieve your pain. salonpas. it's good medicine. this ad? typical.
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larry biel and chris alvarez are there. and join us live now with how the team is settling in among amid the media blitz. hey guys. ama and dan. tag team action here. >> this is so big. there are ten members of the 40 niners who played in the super bowl four years ago against the chiefs and lost among them stars like nick bosa and deebo samuel. both of them were rookies at that time. >> yeah, but a lot of guys you said ten only that's not the whole roster. a lot of these guys have not been in the super
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bowl and playing on super, super sunday. so it'll be a first for guys like how about the quarterback brock purdy. he'll be playing. he's in his second year christian mccaffrey the stanford man. he will also be there trent williams a long time left tackle. he's ready for this game as well as tashaun gibson for many of these guys. all of them actually. this is like a dream come true. >> oh man i think that is just going to be nerve wracking. you just you understand i think yesterday was kind of like my first moment of realizing like, man, you're in a super bowl. so to imagine that atmosphere on tom toms 50 on super bowl, i think it's going to be exciting. i think that everybody is excited about this opportunity, but it's surreal. it's still crazy to see like, man, i went from, you know, hosting super bowl parties and 11 years straight, man actually playing in it. >> you still feel that in the locker room. um, that we have played in that previous game. and i think i learned i think the biggest thing i learned is just how to handle the week, um, how to handle this. you know, like, that's that's the biggest thing if you've never experienced this before, um, it
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can be a lot. uh, you just lock into the details and. >> yeah, you eliminate all the distractions, all the things that's going on, and you just the only thing that's supported is, uh, practice and watching that film and getting ready for those three hours. now christian mccaffrey comes from a football family. >> his father, ed, won two super bowls, actually one with the broncos, one with the 40 niners. the christian would like to obviously win the super bowl and they would become just the second father son duo to win super bowls. and if you want to win a bar, bet the dioceses with the giants back in the 70s. uh, they did it first. yeah >> with the same team. it's a very specific stat. so make sure you get your bar facts straight. and mike shanahan, the coach who's a head coach of christian or ed's team that year with the broncos, kyle, if he wins, his dad, they would be the father son. the first ever father son combo to win a super bowl. and also mike kyle's dad, coached ed on that broncos team. do you have it all? i don't know, it's
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a test. i don't even know if we pass the test. ed mike, kyle mccaffrey, shanahan, something like that. yeah. >> you lost me at super bowl. barbette i don't know kevin bacon. >> this is vegas. and this is what happens yeah yeah oh goodness. we still have a long week. yeah. no we're only tuesday. >> we're only on tuesday. oh boy . >> all right i think we're done. >> hope that made sense of the week. >> all right. thanks guys. >> yeah well stay with abc seven all week as we bring you live team coverage from las vegas. in addition to larry and chris we'll have live reports from j.r. stone and zach fuentes all week long. and the las vegas mayor is throwing a curve ball into the a's plan to move to her city. >> she now says the team should stay in oakland. the mayor says the a's plan for a stadium at the tropicana site in sin city. quote doesn't make any sense, she suggesting the team should pitch a new plan for a ballpark on the oakland waterfront? she issued a statement saying, quote, the ownership and government there should listen to their great fans and try to make that dream come true. keep it here. we'll be
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more than 300 mudslides were reported through the region. >> as mayor bass and i have surveyed some of the worst slides yesterday, i was reminded of the pure force and magnitude with which a hillside can suddenly come down. moving right now, those white caps, those rapids. >> and keep in mind it only
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takes is usually more of a trickle. >> but right now it is a strong moving current. as you see here. one man had to be rescued by helicopter after jumping into the rushing waters to save his dog. the man was okay, taken to the hospital to be checked out. theter being rescued downstream and was taken to the vet. >> all right, here in the bay area, the sun was back out today, as you know, but more rain is on the way. >> yeah, it was a nice break though. let's get to abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya? yeah. ama and dan. most people had a chance to dry out today, which is exactly what we needed down south. take a look at live doppler seven. right now it is still raining down there. water logged southern california. some parts have picked up over a foot of rain in just the last couple of days, with a lot of damage as you just saw. now locally, as we look at live doppler seven, we are seeing just some isolated showers right now as we take you into street level radar right around livermore or patterson pass road. so don't be surprised if you do run into a shower or two tonight. look at this beautiful view from zephyr cove.
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snow capped mountains. this is really just a lovely sight. and the sierra snowpack has gone up to 75. so 2 to 15in of snow in the last 24 hours. just last week it was half of where it should be. so making some big gains there after the weekend. storm 50s right now 46 at clear lake. yeah, it's definitely chilly out there from our san jose camera, seeing a beautiful view of the sun getting ready to set tomorrow. we are looking at rain spreading thursday. isolated showers are possible and then friday through early next week. dry and milder weather coming our way. this storm is going to be nothing like what hit us sunday and even part of yesterday. we're really looking at a light level one storm tomorrow. rain will be moderate at times. rough and dangerous swells, possibility of snow on the peaks, a beach hazard statement for the coastline until 4 a.m. tomorrow. wave heights up to ten feet. even though we're seeing 11 footers here, the weather service is saying up to ten feet. risk of sneaker waves. so definitely be careful. coastal
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flood advisory due to high tides until 10 a.m. saturday. mainly impacts between 6 and 10 a.m. every day, with the minor low lying flooding expected. all right, let's go hour by hour and i'll show you what's going to happen tomorrow morning as the commute starts for some of you, at 430, there will be spotty light showers at 7 a.m, some light rain across parts of the bay area, some moderate to heavy rain around mendocino county as we go into about 9 a.m, we are going to notice some pockets of moderate rain, but it will be brief and that continues at 11 a.m. in the east bay, san francisco, down towards the south bay. i do want to point your attention to mount hamilton. could see some snow as we head towards noontime. yes, cold enough air. scattered showers continuing with the high elevation snow potential. and then this pretty much winds down late tomorrow night. but isolated shower chance continues into thursday. rainfall projections anywhere from about 1507 inch to about three quarters of an inch there in the santa cruz mountains. and speaking of mountains, a winter weather advisory for the sierra.
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4 a.m. tomorrow until 4 a.m. thursday, 4 to 8in of snow expected above 4500ft. your morning temperatures will be in the 30s, and the 40 tomorrow afternoon. you are looking at highs in the 40s and 50s with those scattered showers. accuweather seven day. it's a level one tomorrow. rain, breezy , isolated showers thursday and then we're going to go dry and milder for the weekend. dan and i will be a doctor or an engineer. those are good careers! but i chose a different path.
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porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. katie porter. taking on big banks to make housing more affordable. and drug company ceos to stop their price gouging. most politicians just fight each other. while katie porter fights for you. for senate - democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message. plans are underway. city leaders gave an update in chinatown today. public works crews are busy cleaning and painting to make sure every street and building looks its best community ambassadors have staffed up their to increase their patrols and safety is the
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top priority. >> post covid, there were so many issues with anti-asian violence, with stores doors being broken into and vandalized here in chinatown, and we have come a long way in making it clear that we will not tolerate those acts in our city. we will not tolerate those acts in this community. >> san francisco is incentivizing people to come to chinatown by offering free parking at portsmouth square all month and on february 24th, the day of the chinese new year parade, the central subway will be free. a free parking tyson, to be sure. >> all right, we still have much more news ahead. >> let's get to abc seven news anchor karina nova for a look at the stories coming up at 530. karina thanks, dan and ama coming up at 530. >> we're talking about the governor's response to crime in oakland. now that 120 chp officers are being sent to help crack down on car jackings retail theft and violence. abc seven news insider phil matier will join me to share his thoughts on this response. plus
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we're taking you back to las vegas. sports anchor casey pratt will have a live report, including what brock purdy said to the media today. join us for those stories and more. at 530 on abc seven. bay area streaming tv. >> dan and karina, thank you. >> and you can download the abc seven app or head to abc seven news.com and join karina in two minutes. >> and if you're watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel. all of us. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. >> we will see you again at >> we will see you again at 6:00. all right i'm from phoenix, arizona. i'm a flight nurse on a helicopter that specializes in trauma. i've been doing flight nursing for 24 years. as you get older, your brain slows down and i had a fear that i wouldn't be able to keep up. i heard about prevagen from a friend. i read the clinical study on it and it had good reviews. i've been taking prevagen now for five years
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