>> live, from the cbs studios, this is kpix5 news. >> the fire at an electrical substation takes out a street causing gridlock. i'm kenny choi.

we begin with the widespread power outage. jessica flores is live in san francisco with the latest on the fire. jessica? >> reporter: that's right kenny. we are here at larkin and eddie. we were the first news crew to pull up on scene as the fire raged on. we saw huge clouds of smoke and fire crews rushing to the scene, this fire here connected to the power outage, leaving 95,000 people without electricity at the height of it. right now, we just got word the fire inside the billing is out. it was burning insulation in the building. because it is an electrical fire, firefighters didn't use water, they used co2. they have put this fire out, but pg&e will not say this fire caused that massive outage. they do tell us that 10,000 people have had their fire restored but 80,000 people are without power. meanwhile t power outage is shutting down much of the city. it stretch to union square.

police have had several calls of people stuck in elevators. that is causing panic there. traffic is stacking up. cable cars are not running. we are told at least five schools are affected but there could be many more. we are learning nearby california pacific medical center, they are using backup generators and have surgeries on hold so many people were forced from their homes when this all happened going out into the street trying to see what was going on. we spoke to one man who saw this unfold. >> i'm worried about my freezer and my food. and of course my cats. >> they are still in your apartment? >> yes. >> reporter: no injuries to report right now. we just spoke to pg&e. and, they tell us that none of their crew, they are all okay as well. so no injuries on the ground here at this pg&e substation. but again, the pg&e stub station at eddie and larkin had

a fire. that caused this massive power outage stretching all the way to union square, 95,000 people at the height of it without power. again, no injuries here, and pg&e, they tell us the power should be restored within the next hour. reporting live, i'm jessica flores, kpix5. all right jessica. thank you. here is a closer look at some of the areas impacted during the big blackout. you can see sunset to russian hill impacted and the areas from fisherman's wharf to the western edition all dealing with the outage. once again, here is the latest on what we know. 85,000 customers are without power. that was just up dated. it was 95,000, but power was restored for 10,000 just recently. the montgomery bart station was closed but just reopened. cable cars impacted. and we are having reports of people trapped in elevators. all right, happening right now, environmentalists are holding a demonstration outside

the environmental protection agency in san francisco. they are protesting what they call the trump administration's attack on environmental protections. they want to cut the epa budget by 30% and slash thousands of jobs. ann coulter will speak at uc berkeley after all. they had canceled it over safety concerns, worried about a repeat of the issues with milo yiannopoulos. now they have agreed to allow it on a different date and location. it will take place on may 2. coulter doesn't feel all that welcome. they just imposed an arbitrary harassing on my exercise of a constitutional right. bart has announced it has a new police chief. carlos rojas is coming from the orange county city of santa ana. his tenure was not without

controversy, there were a surge of shootings. he spent 27 years with the police department there. he worked his way up from patrol officer to police chief. a position he held for nearly three years. he also created a homeland security division. he of saw more than 300 officers and at bart, he will have 227. the fresno man arrested in a deadly shooting rampage has made his first court appearance. cory ali muhammad entered yelling that natural disasters striking america will increase and "let black people go in on reparations." he is facing three counts of murder in what police are calling a hate crime. police say that all the victims were white and chosen at random. he is also charged with the murder of a security guard at a motel last week. investigators say he claimed he joined a gang when he was nine years old, and got involved with the black liberation movement at the age of 14. we are learning about an

antioch couple's attempt to murder a baby. they were arrested tuesday in sacramento. police say that they lured brooks' ex-girlfriend and the mother of his son to a san leandro mcdonalds. once inside, they said ivy fired a shot at the child at close range but missed. authorities also say the couple tried to hit the mother with their car. both are being held without bail. we are learning the man shot dead last night after a killing of an officer in paris had carried a note defending isis. they have taken responsibility for the attack. the 39-year-old gunman opened fire on a police van killing one officer and wounding three others before police shot and killed him. the newspaper reports that he had done jail time for shooting at two police officers in the past but he was released in february for lack of evidence.

the white house celebrating the release of an american aide worker jailed in egypt. craig boswell explains how the president has helped to negotiate her release. >> reporter: president trump hosted an american aid worker for a visit at the white house today. >> we are very happy to have ia back home. and it is a great honor to have her in the oval office with her brother. >> reporter: 30-year-old ia hijazi was released from egypt after spending three years in jail on charges of child abuse. charges many human rights groups dismissed as bogus. >> i look forward to working with the president. we have some interesting conversations going to start effective immediately. >> reporter: president trump met egyptian president at the white house earlier this month. and helped negotiate hijazi's release. he helped repair ties to egypt. friday, secretary of defense james matas visited another key ally. israel. >> we sense a great change in

the direction of american policy. >> reporter: he says iran continues to threaten israel and its neighbors with missiles. >> we are exited to stopping that and doing whatever it takes to pass on peace and freedom to the next generation. >> reporter: president trump says iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal to end its nuclear program. even though the state department says iran is giving up to the terms of the deal. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. tragic news out of hollywood. musician and soul singer cuba gooding sr. has been found dead. he is the father of actor cuba gooding jr. he rose to fame singing the song everybody plays the fool. he was 72 years old. well, fans of pop star prince gather at his paisley park mansion. it is the one year anniversary of his fatal drug overdose. don champion on how he is being remembered. >> reporter: a sea of fans in

purple snaked around his paisley park estate in minnesota. the iconic singer remains as influential in death. >> you would think an uncle had died. >> reporter: prince rogers nelson died a year ago today at age 57 from an overdose of the opioid fentanyl. the medical examiner ruled it an accident. they are still investigating the circumstances of his death. but today, fans from all over the world want to remember his life and music. >> i'm from holland. >> i'm from holland. >> begum. >> belgium. >> u.k. >> iceland. >> just to be around the feeling and the energy of prince. everyone has seemed really positive and happy. >> reporter: tributes are being made. last night, bridges and buildings were bathed in purple light. here at paisley park, prince fans have been adding to a tribute wall leaving behind

messages and memorabilia. fans are expected to party like it is 1999 throughout the weekend at concerts and dance parties here and at first av where scenes of prince's iconic movie purple rain were filmed. don champion, cbs news, minnesota. a campaign to keep food waste out of landfills. how chefs are getting creative with scraps. >> and, the changing face of grocery shopping. fresh grocer tony joins us live in studio. >> kpix5 studios, good afternoon everybody. the coast is clear, we have blue sky ins the city of san francisco. and we are working one of the warmest days so far this year, but, there is a change in the weekend forecast. we will talk about that as the news continues. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

so >> there is a new move to keep wasted food out of landfills. they are recycling every part of the produce. one chef pulverizing the scraps to make a roasting powder. environmentalists say 40% of food waste ends up in the landfills every year. >> food waste is 16% of the methane in the u.s. it is a very potent greenhouse gas. >> 100% of the food that goes through production here never makes it to landfills. it is consumed by humans or animals. >> the nrdc says that one in six americans don't have a sufficient amount of food to eat. reducing food waste by 15% would be enough food to feed 25 million americans every year. speaking of food, for 25 years, tony has been giving us tips in the grocery store. you may know him as the fresh grocer. kpix5's jackie ward caught up

with him and joined him for a trip to the supermarket. >> reporter: pineapples could taste kind of bitter and downright awful. >> reporter: tony tantillo has made a living telling us what to buy at the grocery store. >> i love saying the word. >> reporter: a lot different from when he started with kpix5 back in 1992. >> biggest change in the last 25 years in the industry is everything. even the old is now the new. with locally grown produce. >> reporter: he credits channels like the food network for educating consumers and making them crave locally grown organic foods that are in season. >> the biggest thing also is the convenience. the prepackaged salads and cut fruit come in. before you never saw that. the bowls. this became big in the last two years. >> reporter: he says that instant meal satisfaction supermarkets are now providing make them competitive with restaurants and fast food chains. and that is a relatively new trend. >> another big deal, organic.

if you look at how some stores are basically a whole wall of organic produce. one time, you saw organic produce and certain health food stores and a few items. now there are hundreds of items of organic produce. and priced reasonably and quality great. >> reporter: and with all that has changed in the tv industry, one thing has remained. >> i still think it is personality driven. and the viewers want to get comfortable. and inviting them into the living room. the viewers have been watching them for 25 years. pretty cool. >> yeah, what is pretty cool is your hair still looks great. a little grayer. >> a little grayer? much grayer! >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> 25 years. >> i have to tell you it is fantastic. wonderful family, kpix5. >> what has it been like? >> it has been great. but, the scary thing is how fast it has gone by. and, but how the produce has changed. and how it just keeps getting

better and better. and, there is always something to talk about after 25 years. >> people two grew up in the bay area know you so well. >> and you get that a lot. especially when you are here, i grew up watching you. it is like oh really? >> the hair is looking great. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> here in the bay area. >> beautiful cake. >> we will celebrate. >> we will. time for a check at the weather forecast with roberta gonzales. >> reporter: what a day. we are working one of the warmest days so far this year, we have changes. take a look at this behind me. this is an area of low pressure, this storm does have precipitation associated with it. rain, most of the energy is being diverted. diverting the storm track to the north. as it does so, we see some of the clouds shearing off and moving into the bay area. not so much today. we have clear cool conditions

this northering, now we are warming up rapidly. we have increasing cloudiness later on, on saturday. this is futurecast. and check out your saturday morning, already, mostly cloudy across the north bay. streaming into the central bay. this will be some thin overcast. so, we will have some sunshine but lit be a lot different than what it is today with the partly and mostly cloudy conditions. sunday, still twirling clouds around the san mateo coastline, as we advance toward moneyed, yep, another system to the north, that brings us a good shot of precipitation by tuesday night. until then, wow, what a day. what a get away day. 80 degrees sacramento. 80 ukiah. spring like conditions. the greatest lake tahoe area. back into yosemite. if you are headed to tahoe, make sure you call your resort. in resorts are shutting down sunday. then like squaw valley, they plan to ski and board all the way to the fourth of july.

pollen report, if you are suffering today, i'm there with you. it's the oak, the mulberry and the grass count on the medium to high side. low rain tomorrow due to the cooler air mass. 60s at the coast. 70s common across the bay area. low 80s away from the bay. sunset a at 7:51. it will be stellar. here is your extended forecast each and every day, we do have the sunshine until tuesday night. make it a great weekend. all right, dr. jill chase and cody, actually, let's take a look at the big board first before we tease what is next. the big board, the dow down about 14 points. all right, coming up, dr. jill chase and cody join us next for our pet segment. their

furry friends. today's topic - reverse sneezing dr. jill chase joins us graphic fo >> every friday, we check in to hear about pet issues. today's topic, reverse sneezing with dr. jill chase. to what is that? >> reverse sneezing, i'm not going to demonstrate. but it is a very dramatic sound, like they are inhaling at the same time. i'm not going to do it. >> go ahead. >> no. when owners hear it for the first time, they are alarmed. animals are usually just living their life and they will stop what they are doing and do this

inhaling, loud dramatic sound. and one of our people here was mentioning, we don't actually do it. but, it is pretty much, there is this word pathic neumonic. the only reason you hear it is because there is inflammation of the nasal tissue. it can usually be from an infection or an allergy. and so, treatment is dependent on what we think. >> and how quickly do you have to get the treatment? does it have to be taken care of right away? >> so actually, some dogs just reverse sneeze on occasion. so if it is just an occasional reverse sneeze, we do nothing, but if it is a reverse sneeze happening over and over and over again, you want to call your get and get on top of that. but it is not an emergency run to the er type of situation if they are looking bright and alert and everything else about them is fine. >> one last chance to give us an example of what it sounds like. [ laughter ] >> i don't think i can. >> if you have a question about your pet, tell us, we want to hear from you, e-mail us,

pets@web web. we pets@-- pets@kpix.com. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the p-g-and e fire.. that caused a masive power outage in san . kpix 5 reporter >> all right, let's get an update on the breaking news of the pg&e fire that caused a massive power outage in san francisco. kpix5 reporter jessica flores is live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: kenny, we have

been here for a couple of hours, we were the first news crew to get here on scene here at eddie and larkin. what we saw immediately was plumes of smoke shooting out of the pg&e substation here. that fire starting inside tied to the massive power outage affecting 95,000 people. the power outage stretched to union square. the fire is now out. and, the cause is still under investigation. meanwhile, it is causing problems across the stay at least 20 911 calls of people stuck in elevators. the montgomery bart station was closed and cable stars stopped running. several hospital and clinics are affected. the california pacific medical center is using backup generators and has surgeries on hold. but, the good new is, no injuries, the fire is out. no firefighters, or pg&e crews injured. now, back out here live, fire and pg&e grews are still investigating the cause of the fire.

and a spokesperson does tell us that they hope to have all of the power restored within the next hour. we are told 10,000 people have had their power restored. but another 80,000 people are still in the dark. reporting live here in san francisco, i'm jessica flores, kpix5. >> all right, thank you jessica. once again, 95,000 people initially affected by this power outage. we will have much more tonight on kpix5 news at 5:00 and 6:00. you can also get the latest on our website. cbssf.com. and, on our mobile app. have a great day. ,,

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