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in the bay area, a lot to go over this morning. we're back with more coming up in a little bit, now back to you sam and laura. >> thanks so much. >> happy someone is brave enough to do that. >> breaking down the numbers. the south napa quake has many buildings, many looking at old buildings that were not retrofitted. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live in downtown napa where several buildings are red tagged this morning, good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura and sam. 33 buildings red tagged in napa. some of them right here in the immediate downtown area. several blocks where you see the most damage. and this area is effectively shut down. i don't know if you see chain link fencing they put around the old court house, and you can see why if you look at the upper corner. that's a building that suffered a lot of damage. and the reason why they have security down here and deputies from the napa county sheriff's department is because there's a fear of aftershocks. fortunately there hasn't been anything, note overnight, but the fear of become that the these buildings are still unfear
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and that they could still collapse. many of them to are historical structures. they're made of brick and stone. now the city did have a 2009 deadline for the historical buildings downtown to be ret retrofitted. 18 that had to meet that deadline. six however were not rez tro fitted. -- retrofitted, three of those, they suffered severe damage during yesterday's quake. now we did catch up with an optometrist whose business is located in an old house downtown. now the inside did get ransacked during that tumbled yesterday morning, but structurally, she came out okay. thanks to some smart advice she followed. >> inspector said that it was critical to get the building anchored down. there was no bolting of the stole plate, and he said that was extremely dangerous. which now, we know it was definitely important to get it fixed.
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>> reporter: we have the latest update from pacific gas and electric. the utility is restored 99% of the power outages, only 150 customers are still waiting for lights to be turned back on. later today, the utility will be heading out to neighborhoods to do court siz gas safety -- courtesy gas safety checks. if you lost water, the city wants to remind you to use bottled water for cooking or drinking or boil tap water for one minute. also two portable water stations. one on pearl street. this is one block west of main. and there's another one, that's on linda vista avenue. the water has and still does remain safe for bathing and washing, that sort of thing. when you come here to the downtown, you've been to other areas where people have started cleaning up. this is not something you've seen here in the downtown. it's still basically preserved as what it was like just over 246 hours ago. with just over 24 hours since that 6.0 shook this area. and it's not clear when that clean up will begin.
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again, this is strictly a safety rk. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, bob. and good news from bob, most folks are getting their power back this morning. without adding up all of the broken bottles and barrels, wineries are losing money. this picture here shows you just how hard the quake hit the wine industry. huge oak wine barrels tumbled to the ground, wine bottles shattering. this is the time of year when thousands it arrive for the harvest, but now some wienl ri operate -- wineries operators say the quake could be scaring away visitors. walt is visiting from missouri, she was jolted out of her hotel bed. >> glasses breaking. tv broke in our hotel room at the hilton garden hotel. i thought i was going to die.
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e. >> they plan or it fight back and save their businesses. now time to repair, taeld numerous claims adjusters will be on the complex on brown's valley road in napa to look at about 20 cars that were damaged in the quake. they're all under that carport. it collapsed during the shaking. hard to tell now how badly the cars were damaged. theirs is covered. brown east valley is one of the hardest hit areas in napa. some of the most dramatic video came from this mobile home park. this happened on orchard avenue on highway 29. flames destroyed four homes. having enough water was a major issue yesterday. fortunately, no injuries due to that fire. but there were hundreds who showed up to the hospital. >> we are live outside of the medical center in napa with an update on the conditions of some of the victims there.
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good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. total of 208 people were treated here in this emergency room, but this morning, only 17 remain hospitalized. one of them in critical condition. also a 13-year-old boy was air lifted to uc davis medical center with critical injuries after a chimney collapsed and pieces of a fireplace fell on him. he is now in serious condition. most people suffered cuts and bruises from falling objects. >> i fell off my bed, and i just hit my head on the shelf, that's where i cut my forehead open and my eye. and i bumped me knee on i don't know what it feels. few bruises. >> when i fell, something went bam, hit me right in the head right there. it was scary. it was about the scariest thing i've ever been through. >> reporter: the most common injury was cuts to the feet from
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stepping on fallen glass. one person who is still in the hospital this morning in critical condition, we don't know if it's a man or woman, we know that that patient suffered a heart problem. reporting live, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 4:36 right now. let's check in with kris sanchez who's live from vallejo. lots of dmaj other parts of the bay area as well, all of course because of that south napa earthquake. >> reporter: that's right, inspections will be key today because case in point, the building there behind me with the yellow facade. that is red tagged because bricks fell through three stories down to the bottom, and though it looks fine from the outside, there's fear that one aftershock could send the whole thing toppling down, this whole stretch is roped off because some people believed there is a very serious risk that it could all come down. the building is red tagged, and the folks who live in the eight apartments were evacuated from
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their homes. the store front on the ground level is shut down. you can see debris from the window. here's video inside a grocery store as well which was just a disaster in the hours after the earthquake. in all, more than 40 buildings sustained damage here in the downtown area and on mare island totaling $5 million. a tally that could still go. even when the red tags cleared, the psychological affects will remain. >> the noise was different from earthquakes i've experienced before. i thought a jet or something had hit the hillside. i mean, it was total terror. >> reporter: and certainly terrifying for the clerk who was working at a convenience store in an american canyon. we saw video of the moment that the earthquake struck there. you can see store shelves in the convenience store rocking and rolling, smashing bottles on to the ground. and the mayor of american can your says overall, the damage is
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not severe, ghau his city's infrastructure is good, water, sewer line there are in tact. people waiting for the other shoe to drop. now nngss will be key today, of course because some of the damages is not visible to the naked eye. and this area of vallejo will remain courtened off while inspectors do their work. their services are in high demand. coming up, we will take you back to american canyon and we'll look more at the that surveillance video. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> yeah, amazing surveillance out there, we'll look forward to that. >> anxious moments for folks today. this morning, workers will spend time cleaning up the foods at bell air plaza in napa. look at this the damage. parts of the floor are completely covered with items that were shaken off of their shelves. in line with so much we've seen throughout the area, the wine section almost completely toppled. no word yet on how much all of this damage will cost the store. now we do have a ton more video and pictures on our website,
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nbcbayarea.com, just click on the upper left box to bring up a slide show. again, find this all on nbcbayarea.com. we need good news right now, unusually, little bit of -- usually sunshine brings that to us. >> we have a map. >> both. >> oh, zing. good morning to you, yeah hey, it's early. 4:39, and we worked on a sunday as well. laura, sam, mike, the whole crew was here yesterday. we got another gorgeous day kurt si of a strong onshore flow. all those low clouds hugging the coastline. bringing in that comfortable weather all day long for us. it means we're going start out comfortably and hold on to a pleasant afternoon. 61 degrees for the south bay. 62 on the peninsula and 63 degrees in beautiful, san francisco, where you're going to jump tow about 69 later on. close to the 70s, beautiful day in the city, low 80s coming your way in the north bay for anybody who's still without power, the good news is, natural ac will be on strong for today.
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77 degrees on the peninsula, and here for us in the south bay, 84 degrees. now we have changes to tell you about, a chance for showers in your forecast. we'll talk about that, everybody wants to know when as we are in a drought. so stick around, that's in my next report, if you have to get out that front door right now, here's mike to help you out. the great news, i don't know if it was a concern for any folks, we have the bridges that held up just fine after yesterday's quake. no problems reported, we'll look at the roadways in the north bay and just reaffirm for folks as we look your maps, vallejo, american canyon, all issues regarding the roadway cracking and they have opened up all the freeways for right now. chp says any roadway under their jurisdictions are all moving smoothly without structural issues. we're watching for repair work that'll have to continue. download napa is the one you avoid. repair work, in fact they've courtened off.
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stay out of the area if you don't have to go in. looking at live looks outside. rest of your commute and smooth drive across the golden gate bridge. those flashing lights don't be the alarmed, just the crew moving the cones for the morning commute. another look outside, shows you the san mateo bridge, across the peninsula, reminding us about the 280 close sure starting thursday -- closure start rg thursday at 2:00 p.m. san jose in the south bay, easy drive right now. we'll talk about this and why even the south bay was affected by the quake up in napa. coming up in the next report, back to you. >> thanks sop. 4:41, still ahead on "today in the bay." what we learned from the loma quake 25-year-old, and what we are still learning from this latest quake. plus the imagine accused of burning down our old kntv studio. he gets ready to face a judge.
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know, the flames were going way up. >> and unwelcome wake up call in wine country. powerful earthquake caught many people off guard. mirrors, pictures, crashing down. many were injured. a dozen had to spend the night letting their bones and bruises heal. sparking several fires and destroying numerous homes. 6.0 magnitude quake. the biggests to hit the bay area in 25 years. >> and laura, as you mentioned, it was a quarter century ago when the quake struck the bay area. centered in the santa cruz mountains. it caused major damage throughout the bay area. >> joining us live from our studio and scott, each quake becomes a learning opportunity for all of us. >> it does, good reminder to an emergency kit, each time we learn more. let's go back to the loma quake, 9.6, or 6.9 lather, killed -- rather, killed 63 people.
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it changed the mindset of people in the bay area partly because of the collapse of the double decker freeway in oakland. and it's because of the loma we no longer have double decker freeways. this latest quake is also teaching us something, this is a usgs map of the fault lines in the bay area. you can see the falls running near where the most recent quake hit. this is actually the largely invisible west napa fault that was at fault. one of the smallest faults in the bay, in the east bay, big enough to cause major damage. and we had it slimmed, it gave up secrets about itself. scientists said data -- say the data they've collected will help them learn more in the area. possibly help them better predict future quakes, and they'll be combing through the data in the weeks and days to come. laura. >> very interesting, thanks so much, scott. >> thank you, scott. man accused of burning down the old kntv studios is expected
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back in court today. stillman pferffer tried to hide from the cameras. those were charges filed back in april. today back in court for a preliminary hearing. the homeless man deliberately started a fire in the building, burning it to the ground. as many as 30 homeless people often stayed there, but investigators do not believe anybody was inside when the fire started. 12:47 right now. >> the woman accused of attacking a four-year-old girl with a tire iron at a san jose walmart, you heard that correctly, is said to enter a plea in court today. police say that maria garante entered the walmart back in may and hit the little girl's in the head. the girl's father blocked the second blow. that's when she started singing show tunes and posing for the cameras. the 20-year-old now faces charges including assault with a deadly weapon, and also includes a hate crime enhancement. little girl is asian and she allegedly said she picked her
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out because of her race. the young girl is expected to fully recover thankfully. >> that's good. i hope she's okay. tonight's emmy's will include a tribute to williams. billy crystal will pay tribute to him. >> the two men did comedy together. after the news of his death broke. crystal tweeted simply no word. the producer of the show says the tribute will be heartfelt and fun to reflect all the fun he gave us. you can't help but smile when you see his face. you can catch the emmy awards right here on the nbc bay area, coverage starts on the red carpet at 4:00 in the afternoon, but join us earlier at 3:00, we will have a special edition of nbc bay area news. >> nice to see a tribute to the late robin williams and also get a break frr from what's happen hearing. on that note, 4:48, let's find out what's going on with
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your morning forecast, we're bringing in christina loren for that. >> hey good morning, 4:48 now, temperatures out thereto mostly in the -- out there mostly in the 60s. gorgeous day headed your way. jumping out of the 50s and 60s to where we are now into the 70s and the 80s. that overcast start making way to a very pleasant day. low clouds, yeah, there'll be plentiful this morning, but burning off by about lunchtime in san francisco. and that's going to make way to just a gorgeous finish. we're looking at 80 degrees, becoming sunny by 10:00 a.m. 77 for the peninsula. 75 degrees in san francisco, you're going get that 75 degree reading on the bay side. it's going to be closer to about 67 degrees on the ocean side of san francisco where we are expecting that fog to settle in for most of the day. 69 on the east shore. beautiful day coming your way in the north bay as well. and we're looking towards the low 80s out in the tri-valley. as we head towards the end of the week, we are going to warm you up. up to about 87 degrees here in the south baby wednesday into thursday. those will be the two warmest
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days of the week and changes to tell you about friday into the weekend. we are going to bring in some shower activity. we're going to show you that weather maker coming up, but yeah, counting on a little bit of shower activity. everybody has a 10 to 20% chance for that. if things hold up. we'll talk about that coming up. right now though, i want to check your drive, here's mike inouye. yes, to him in label the. >> i'll play the role of mike inn dwlie morning. experts say the losses alone from the south napa quake could be significant. >> according to the new york times, businesses who have to remain closed for clean up. people have to stay home from work and other financial losses will wrap up losses. that figure does not include how much it'll cost families and businesses to rebuild. now many restaurants remain closed this morning. work lers show up to find just broken windows, pieces of ceiling on the floor. while some restaurants will be completely boarded up. one restaurant owner feels lucky the damage wasn't worse. >> we dethat earthquake retro --
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we did that earthquake retrofit in 2010. and we're so proud of our engineers. and already ban long day. >> understandably emotional for so many people. many restaurants, they're not even exactly sure when they'll be able to reopen. many owners are keeping their fingers crossed. >> you can just sense the emotional obviously from so many people worry that the core of their community has been shaken up a little bit. >> you look around and see the damage. and that happened several times yesterday. people just kind of breaking down. >> and it's understandable, obviously. 4:51 right now on your monday morning. the napa quake is becoming a wake up reminder for colleges all across the bay area. >> many are now taking a closer look at how they can prepare for the next big one. derek shore joins us live at san jose state university. how are schools making their if they're ready? san jose heads back to class today? >> reporter: students will have a lot on their minds, no doubt they will be talking about that
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quake that affected the napa area. had many wondering exactly what the schools are doing and how they can get in touch with students and staff in the event of an emergency. now this isn't just the first day. it's also the first day over at the west valley mission community college district. like most schools in the bay area, they are relying on technology to get in touch with students and staff. let them know about emergencies like earthquakes. something called alert sjsu which is designed to send alerts to cell phones and e-mails. let them know about an emergency on campus. they also have a tip sheet on their website terming students what to do in an earthquake including did you recollecting for -- ducking for cover. those alerts would likely come after a devastation. or at least an earthquake. that's because the state's early alert system is not really fully implemented. researchers at uc berkeley say the system worked yesterday. giving about a ten second alert before the napa quake, but to roll out the alert system
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nationwide or rather statewide. it would actually need about $80 million of federal or state funding. lieutenant governor gavin newsom said he thinks that should happen. >> if we had a ten second warning here, we can get up to 60 seconds most believe. berkeley perfected this technology. twooi wan, china, japan, why we're not funding it is beyond me. we patsdsed a bill. i'm not calling on a governor here, but i'd like to see the governor's office take that very, very seriously. we have the technology, we could provide at least a little bit of warning. $80 plus million was the last estimate. i think it's high time to consider that. >> reporter: back out here live, students are setting up for rush week. of course the first week of campus life so to speak. classes. reminder from all of the south bay schools and all of the bay area schools is to make sure your contact information stoup
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date with your school's alert system as well as your e-mail address. make sure they have your current cell phone number, your current e-mail address, and that way they can get in touch with you in case of an emergency. live tonight or this morning on the san jose state university a campus. i'm derek shore, "today in the bay." >> that's okay, you're used to working nights sometimes. >> reporter: i know, and it's still night out here. >> you're right, we'll go with that. thanks a lot. it is 4:54, major event that could affect your morning commute. and a look at your morning commute of course. this is a palo alto, 101 moving smoothly. again we'll talk about how that quake affected a lot of stuff going on in the south bay.
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you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back folks. with san jose state back in session as well. about 17 other schools and colleges watching for more surface street traffic. right now we're all right through the south bay. even the south bay went so quick, they were all taken out of delays. capitol corridor is back in service this morning. that's the good news. bay bridge didn't experience any problems. and this morning, off to the left. that'll clear you were. so will dublin, and it'll continue build. we'll track this after this break. gunshots cripple a bay area power station, but after the attack, did the public get the truth? >> did you mislead the
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hurtd in the biggest earthquake to hit the bay area in 25 years. 208 people were treated for injuries, 17 of whom were hurt so badly they had to stay in the hospital. this morning, more than 100 people were banned from returning home because their homes are just too unstable. and many more have a lot of work ahead of them in the days to come. very good morning to you, 5:00 right now, i'm lawrie la garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. >> downtown napa saw the worst of it. it was not the epicenter of the 6.0 quake, but na a did experience the most damages. 33 business condemned, some with gaping holes in the walls. the quake was centered between napa and american canyon just west of both cities. we begin our live team coverage this morning with bob redell in downtown napa. bob the good news this morning, if we're going to taking something good out of this, is that most people have power back. >> reporter: think about it, 24 hours ago, sam, there were 70,000 pg&e customers
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