live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. now at noon, state regulators considering pg&e's plan to prevent future wild fires. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. in an unanimous vote, the

utilities commission approved pg&e's wild fire mitigation plan, that opdiesagainst cutting power unless it's an absolute emergency. >> reporter: this is just the first step in something senate bill 901 requires the cpuc to do on an annual basis. utility companies like pg&e are required to submit mitigation plans. >> it is not something that is clear and well laid out. there is no example of a perfect plan any place thate >> reporter: a couple of weeks ago, cal fire investigators determined the campfire was caused by transmission fires owned by pg&e. that's why the gas electric company will deenergize them in

some circumstances making some people with disabilities concerned. >> deenergizing should be e the absence of power cy has life threatening consequences. >> we need you, the commission, to make decisions that will protect us from these mitigation efforts. >> reporter: as part of pg&e's mitigation plan, the company will ramp up inspections by 400% compared to 2018. expanded use of conductors and investigation management. utilities is just part of making california safer. vegetation management is also ckie ward, kpix5. new at noon, the santa clara district attorney's office announced it will file hate crime charges against a

man they say intentionally drove into a crowded crosswalk in sunnyvale. 34-year-old isaiah peeples is facing two hate crime allegations. he targeted two of the people in the crowd because he thought they were muslim. he already faces eight counts of attempted murder. eight people were hurt in the april crash including a 13-year- old girl who remains on life support. if convicted he could face life in prison. he is due back in court this afternoon. we will have much more on this story coming up on the kpix5 news at 5:00. online, at kpix.com. tyinvestigating a deadly car crash. livermore police say this white sedan rear ended a dirt dump truck near this morning. the driver of this sedan died. we learned he was a 27-year-old lodi man. the truck dr wasn't hurt. no word on what caused the crash. i'm emily turner at the live news desk where the state

superintendent of public schools is weighing in on the eighth day of the new haven school district teacher strike. he says he wants to help, but mostly he wants it to end. in this quote, he said this has gone on long enough. students are losing out on quality educational minutes with their teachers. now again, the eighth day of the strike, tensions are still high. though, starting at 11:00 this morning bargaining teams for both parties were in session. now he is finally weighing in and becoming a part of this process, it will be interesting to see if there is any resolution. of course, we will continue to follow that from right here at the live news desk. i'm emily turner. back to you. presidential candidate elizabeth warren is taking on tech companies in their backyard. this billboard with the headline break up big tech just went up on fourth and townsend in san francisco cease south of market neighborhood. it is just blocks away from the headquarters for lyft. drop box, and other start-ups.

she has called for companies like google, facebook to be broken up. she believes they have become too powerful and are stifling competition. the billboard is scheduled to be up until next wednesday. new at noon, governor newsom says he supports legislation to save the lives of horses. that comes after the 26th horse death at the santa anita park. it would give the board the power to suspend races if the tracks are deemed too dangerous. today, president trump railed against robert mueller one day after the special counsel spoke about his investigation into russian interference in the presiden ection. mueller made l not exonerate the president. >> if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. >> that means you're innocent. he should have said you're

guilty. >> president trump insists there was no collusion and no obstruction. he also walked back a tweet from this morning in which he said that russia helped him get elected. >> i got reelected. russia didn't help me at all. >> president trump also challenged democrats growing calls for impeachment calling it a fifthy word. house speaker nancy pelosi says congress must complete its own investigations into the president before moving forward. new at noon, a major award for a south san francisco man world war ii veteran bern steven was recognized today for his service as a paratrooper. stevens escaped nazi germany in 1939 and returned four years jahim congressional . gold medal. >> i want to accept the reward on behalf of of those who

didn't make it. >> stevens' time behind enemy lines as a spy earned him multiple metals including the purple heart. he escaped twice from the nazis. it is game day today. the nba finals are finally here. >> finally. in less than six hours, the warriors will resume their quest for a three pete. authorities director dennis o'donnell is in toronto with all the hype. >> reporter: hello everybody from jurassic park. the warriors an raptors game one tonight. the nba finals. the big news r golden demarcus cousins is active. kevin durant will not play in game one. we will be live here at jurassic park here at 5:00. right now, that's the latest from toronto. i'm dennis o'donnell. let's go back to you guys.

>> if you couldn't make it to toronto, fans here at home will be cheering at oracle arena. this is the live look at oracle where the the team is holding a watch party at 6:00. tickets are $25. viewers have been showing off their warriors pride on social media all week long. tag us in your photos using the hash tagkpix. still ahead, he has interviewed presidents, reported from the world trade center on 9/11 and told countless stories in between. journalist scott pelley joins us in the studio to talk about his new book, truth worth telling. >> and we're tracking active weather across northern california, the sira north of laty. lk abouexpect you heathrough the the shower will make their way into our area. coming up.

60 minutes correspondent, ening lejournalist scott pelley >> hine reflehis 30 year career. scott, thanks for joining us. >> great to be with you kenny and michelle. wonderful to be on kpix5. >> the book is called the truth worth telling. it took you two years to write this. what do you want readers to take away from this? >> what a great question. i wanted to write a memoir, but not about me. i didn't think anybody would care about that. but it occurred to me i had met

the most fascinating people in the world who had discovered the meaning of their lives in some of the historic events of our times and that's what the book is about. it's about those people. and, the events that i witnessed. >> and these are people from presidents to everyday people. >> famous people. bruce springstein. presidents are in there. but a lot of people you have never heard of like a nurse, an air force nurse i met in iraq who hever own blood to save a marine who was dying in the operating room at a combat field hospital. inspiring stories about our is chronicles your career. but you don't start off with the recent events but with 9/11. tell us why. >> that was the most important event i ever covered the most wrenching event. i was at the world trade center when the buildings came down. i remember watching the firefighters and the fire

department and the city of new york just trooping into those buildings. we forget this. but, 343 firefighters were killed in 90 minutes on that day. the first chapter in the book is called gallantry. and it is all about the sacrifice i witnessed. >> after that, you have seen so much throughout your career. do you take notes after so you remember what is going on? >> i have all my notebooks from about 40 years. my wife for years has said what soof what's in the book thi ed is literally going through old notebooks, old video tapes to remind myself of what i see. what i saw, and what happened. >> and you wrote one of the chapters on a flight to hong kong? >> airplanes are great. you sit there, they bring you coffee, you can work, the phone's not ringing. and i wrote the chapter about

bruce springstein on a flight to hong kong. people said how did you do this anchoring the evening news and working lot of time on airplanes and that's a great place to write. >> you have been going to city after city talking about your wonderful new book. talk about some of your time as a correspondent on 60 minutes. you are seeing a lot. >> we are going into our 52nd season next year. it is the most successful prime time television in all of history. we have a new executive producer who is a man i have been in combat with, literally, in iraq. a great journalist and a man of the highest principles. go out there, meet the most fascinating people in the world and bring a.>> scoll joining us

this afternoon. thank you very much. >> so good to be with you kenny and michelle. >> such an honor to have you here. thank you so much. you can see scott pelley tonight at the marines memorial theater in san francisco. also, next wednesday in santa rosa, he will be at the flamingo resort and spa. 12:15 now, about 45 minutes before the closing bell as we check wall street. the dow is down just a bit. about 15 points. some south bay students are chasing a million dollars prize. they are the youngest team in a contest to map the ocean floor. and some of them can't even drive. >> i'm like, this is crazy. we'll show you their million dollars quest in our original report tonight on the new kpix5 news at 7:00. a cool morning around the bay area with drizzle in some spots. this was the strew from roof cam in downtown san francisco. a similar scene at sfo earlier

today, but conditions are changing. for that, let's go to mary. >> that's right. strong on shore flow, that havethe clouds. also, cooler temperatures. so, a big difference compared to yesterday. here's a live look with the roof camera. you can see the temperatures out there. let's show you high-def doppler. we are tracking active weather. especially to tour north. so, you can see east of cavello, lightning strikes. and across the sierra, you can see all of the lightning strikes. it is because of an upper level low bringing that instability. but, our temps, much cooler compared to yesterday at this time. anywhere from two to 11 degrees cooler than yesterday at this noontime. so, our winds are out of the generally southwest. that on shore flow.

14 miles an hour out of sfo, the west, southwest. 13 in san francisco. looking at 19 miles an hour winds in san ramon. 14 in concord d,7 miles an hour winds right now. it is all because of this upper level low moving close enough to us. some of the isolated showers could drift into the far north bay as we head through the afternoon and on futurecast. you can see that we are looking at cool weather for all of us today. tomorrow starting off the day with low clouds. sunshine, temps warming upstarting friday. and then through the next several days. the heat definitely will be on feeling more like summer. our sunset at 8:24. sunrise at 5:49. daytime highs below average this time of year, i'm sure you felt it. stepping outside. 62 in san francisco. 65 in oakland. 70 in redwood city. mountain view, 71 in fremont. and 72 for san jose. so, after we get through today,

and the cool weather, we are going to warm up time for the weekend. so friday into the weekend, the temps will be climbing. especially into next week, you can see highs with plenty of sunshine into the 90s inland by tuesday and wednesday. so, from below average temperatures, up to temps well above average the next several days. >> june gloom what? >> i know. >> it's sunny. >> i know. >> thanks so much mary. still ahead, one bay area man's mission to keep kids out of the justice system and on the right track. >> if you have a consumer problem e-mail us or call our hot line. we'll be right back.

48,000 juveniles are incarcerated every year in the united states. and now, an east bay man has founded a nonprofit aimed at reducing that number. >> kpix5's allen martin on how this man want to help prevenn young people omgo

epbuza knowcriminal justice system well. as a former trial attorney, he saw for justice reform. >> if you look at our prison system in america, the recitias 60% in some areas. >> reporter: big numbers that haunted alex and prompted him to create impact justice. >> for those people leaving the system, what can we do to set their trajectory for success as high as possible? >> reporter: since 2015, the organization has grown to more than 50 employees. and, its programs which include housing assistance have spread across the u.s. but its impact justice restored a justice program for youth that is

trying to prevent young people from ending up in the justice system in the first place. stephanie medley is working to bring the program to her community. >> helping them get school. supporting them with getting jobs. >> reporter: impact justice will create a model where young people will be required to met directly with acune. llaccountable. >> reporter: an accountability that alex hopes heals communities one young life at a time allowing crime victims the opportunity to have their voices heard. >> if you have a young person, you can keep them out of the system. and at the same time, deal with who they are and the accountability that you know they need for what they have done. you changed the trajectory of their life. >> reporter: allen martin, kpix5. >> right now, impact justice and rise will implement the restorative justice program in

west contra costa county. >> both organizations say the plan is to expand it to the w years. >> you can always nomi own local hero for a jefferson award at kpix.com/hero. we'll be right back.

coming up at 5:00, the state assembly passes a plan to prevent bay rent hikes but how

effective will it be? we look at the concessions made to get the bill to advance. we'll have that story and much more coming up at 5:00. all right, great today, but sunny skies on the way. >> yes. brighter weather is coming. >> you said may gray earlier. >> right. >> all right. this is it. >> this is it. >> and this is it for us too. >> all right, next newscast is at 5:00. have a wonderful day every. day everyone.

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