dan kerman kron 4 news dan thank you today, pga, the teeny ceo bill johnson face frustrated state lawmakers at today's senate oversight hearing. >>into october's power shut-offs johnson maintain the company's decision to cut down power to millions of people for up to 5 days last month, severalimesthroughout the hearing senators reminded utility leaders. the power o the state government has to take control. >>joining us now from the state capital com force ashley zavala ashley. what were the main expressions of fruration from those lawmakers today. >>so this wasn't really a grilling as we would normally see in me of these oversight hearings and it appears because a ceo bill johnson available to the lawmakers with a lot of concerns like senator mike mcguire who reesents a big part of the kincade fire affeed area. and senator bill died from napa again both of these men commented that i guess the p's ceo and as well the man who oversees a lot of this public safety power shutof regulations so meet seeing they've met. privately i gues to discuss their concerns s it really wasn't as huge grilling

customers could be without power potentially for days. >>> in sacramento today, pg&e ceo bill johnson defended the plant to have outages. johnson also pushed back at accusations that power grid is in bad shape, saying the utility has spent billions dollars inspecting and repairing lines. >>> the contra costa's charges at least at this time against anyone involved in the deadly shooting at a party in orinda on halloween night. five people were arrested in the case last week. tonight, the das office says the investigation is ongoing. >>> you are watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30. i santa clara county prosecutor has been put on leave amid accusations that he used a 13- year-old girl, his daughter, to bait and catch a suspected child molester. police say the suspect was arrested after the prosecutor filmed the two interacting and turn that footage over to police. >> rob roth tells us the case has prompted an investigation by the das office. >> reporter: authorities say the account is happened along the trail in hamilton valley. they say 76-year-old ali mohammad lajmiri is now in santa clar

sledgehammer pg any ceo facing frustrated lawmakers and monday senate october's power shut-offs ceo bill johnson maintaining the company's decision to cut down power millions of people for up to 5 days extme weather that prompted east to shut off was a one in 30 year events several tes throughout the hearing senators reminded utility leaders the power, the government has to take control. >>of and any response that seves the needs st of the people of northern california. now i do work for the shareholrs at the moment. so et's not get ourselves about that. >>and i actually think can keeping pg e is an integrated fferentompany is the best way to serve. >>lamakers also analyzed how the state's otheinvestor owned utilities more successfully handled smaller scale shut off by using section allies systems for microgrids pg leaders say they are workg towards sexualizing part of its gri to limit the sizof is shut offs. but still noting it will take time, lawmakers still left with questions. >>it lees everybody wondering. what are we going to have next. >>that was ashley zavala reporting for us tonight for

. >>> pg & e ceo bill johnson and other officials met with governor newsom as part of the utilities ongoingnkruptcy case. in the meantime, they sent a letter to state regulators saying they're concerned about the bankruptcy proceedings. they want the commission to explore the option of public ownership. >> with pg & e that needs to arrive at junk bonds for the future. and we need to move forward with a different approach. >> reporter: the letter was signed by mayors representing more than 20 california cities including san jose, san francisco and oakland. >>> a spokesperson for the utility says in part, quote pg e's's facilities are not for sale. we remain firmly convinced that a government or customer take i solution. >>> well the hieldsburg and mark west school districts will reopen tomorrow. with containment of the kinkade fire tomorrow at 85%. full containment is expected by thursday. as for all of that haze around the bay area today, well it has nothing to do with the kinkade fire. it's coming from the ranch fire that's burning near red bluff. an air quality advisory has been extended

c-e-o bill johnson defended the coany's decision to cut power to homes and businesss.event catastrophic tempt wildfires during dry and windy conditions. state senators reminded utility leaders that the govement can take ntrol of pg&e the utility does not believe that is best for customers. <'m open to any response that serves the needs best of the people of northern california, now i do work for the shareholders at the moment let's not kid ourselves about thatbut i think pg&e as an integrated diffent company is the best way to serve.">( james ) want to sectionalize parts of its grido limit the size of its shutoffsut they say that will take time. ( james )(áááscandoááá) make sure to visit our website kron4.com. you can find the latest on the pg&e power shutoffs and a map of the areas that could be impacted. that all on kron4.com. ( james ) still ahead. a cold case arrest in the east bay. how investigators cracked the case after more than two cades. ( james) and new detas on the deadly shooting in fresno that killed 4 people. police say the gunman targeted the home. ( ja

. >> reporter: an idea not mentioned by pg&e ceo bill johnson in front of lawmakers in sacramento. johnson says the risk of f has increased dramatically. >> today that risk less than 15% in 2012. now it envelopes nor 50% of pg&e system. that system covers 70,000 square miles. >> reporter: mill valley market last month, a generator kept the fish fresh and dips delicious and lights on. >> haven't heard much but we are not messing around and hook up the generators tonight and like the last time once the power goes off we switch it on and business like normal. >> pat emrick expects a smoother transition into darkness this time around. >> double-check all of the batteries that i have 'cha had expired in 2010! that's what i learned! >> for some real anger that the powerful are turning off their power again. >> i think it sucks. in one of the richest places in america and one of the richest countries in the world that we will lose electricity because a bunch of millionaires want to make more money. >> reporter: in mill valley,to m mcsweeney. >>> they will debate a 70,000 plan to power its

bill johnson said his workers inspected l 25,000 miles of power l the high fire hat of she included briane. >> we fixed on a priority basis needing fix. we have aggressive vegetation management well beyond the regulatory requirements. >> what message would you have for bill johnson. >> i'd like to see him come up here and look at the site and tell me this is not a high priority. you know wherefore all the years we've been paying through the pg&e bills for the added tree trimming, that obviously was not done. >> pg&e sent an updated statement claiming that the trees near the house are in compliance with fire safety standards that require four feet of clearance dpr the pow lines. i saw with my own eyes that the branches and vegetation were closer than that. now pg&e also says the marked trees do not pose immediate safety threat and scheduled to be removed next year. for the i-team, dan noyes, abc 7 news. >>> okay, happening today something us here at abc 7 news are excited about. we are in spart sponsorering the fourpgt annual girls festival in san francisco. and the team will be out in ful

bill johnson said his works inspected all 250,000 miles of power lines.t should have included those. >> we fixed everything needing fixesing. well a aggressive vegetation management onthe requirements. >> what message do you have for bill johnson. >> i'd like to see him come up here and look at the site and tell me that this is not a high priority. you know for all the years that we've been paying through our process pg&e bills for added tree trimming that obviously was not done. >> pg&e sent an updated statement claiming the trees are in compliance with fire safety standards that require four feet of clearance from the power lines. i saw with my eyes know the branches and vegetation were crosser. pg&e also says the marked trees does do not pose an immediate safety threat and scheduled to be removed next year for the i-team, dan noyes abc 7 news. >> okay happening today something us here at abc 7 news are excited about. we are in part sponsoring the fourth annual girls festival in full of activities to connect young women with ideas challenges and worksho

within the last moment bill johnson is supposed to testify in front of the senate committee. if we have that live screen up but we are expecting that live stream to start in sacramento. electric and south california edison are expected to s. busin and how thete the oversight. they are saying the outages are too broad and poorly executed and the ceo said it is the opposite, they have been well-planned and executed and saved lives by preventing wildfires. governor newsom has criticized pg&e that the equipment is sout dated due to mismanagement. bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> it looks like that live stream haven't started yet but we'll follow that for you. >>> as we get closer to the potential power shutoff we want you to know that we'll have all of the important information you need to know on our website as well asur you could check to see if you are in that shutoff zone, head over to nbcbayarea.com. >>> let's talk about the forecast. a live look outside this morning overlooking san jose. >> awaiting strong winds heading our meteorologist kari hall. and bob said 50 miles pe

at the hearing, the pg&eceo bill johnson said the shutof are not sustainable solution to e threat ofwildfire. joining me now is kqed reporter and editor dan ekke. let's start with this week's shutoffs. we heard from &e at th beginning of the week that more than 300,000 customers could lose power. then a few days lapar, they that down to 150,000 customers. what was going on? >> the weather conditions were changing. that 300,000 was when they thought the wind would cover a wide area. they were also expecting humidity to drop to a rtn level and to exacerbate the fire danger. as weather change, they narrowed the foot and. when they d the shutoffs, the only shutoffs i say 50,000 customers. that cld be about 125,000 people. >> what areas ended up losing power? >> the wherefro sonoma county, northern and eastern, across to the northern sierra nevada. it was confined to a smaller area than we have seen in all of these earlier shoffs. >> theall clear was called yesterday. either still folks without power? >> just about everybody is back online. pg&e is saying they think we are probably throug

. >>> and the pg&e ceo bill johnson was in the hot seat at the state capital today answering to lawmakers about the repeated power outages. >> repeatedly turning off power for millions of people in one of the most advanced economies in the world, even in the interest of safety is not a sustainable solution to the wildfire threats that we face. >> state lawmakers called the hearing to examine the economic impacts of the shut offs. >>> tonight fresno police looking for at least 2 gunmen who opened fire on a football watch party kill 4 and wounding 6 others. they believe it involved asian gangs. >>> 8 more people scheduled to testify this week in the impeachment hearings. democrats have offered to let president trump come give his side of the story. norah o'donnell will anchor special reports from washington tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday morning. >>> finally those little plastic army men are officially getting some female reinforcements. bmc toys is designing plastic army women. yeah, that's after a little girl wrote into the company asking for them. but the army women will not be availa

. >> bill johnson defended the decision to shut power off multiple times to millions of people saying it mitigated fire risk. he said the company's now spending billions to improve infrastructure to limit the use of psps. >> we do not expect an annual repeat of what we went through this october and what we put our customers and others through. that just cannot happen again. >> senators were critical of pg&e's communication, their resource centers and hope for the most beautiful people. lawmakers want to see clear steps toward improving what they call a dekrepd system and soon. >> you say it's going to take 10 years. is that satisfactory to you. >> no it's not acceptable to me to have another year like this one let alone 10 of these. >> our constituents have no more confidence in don't have a company. >> greg lee ktvu fox 2 news. >>> we also have an update on a loud noise that kept people up last night at 11:00 last night steam was released from a plant that powers the cnh sugar plant in crocket. that noise could be heard throughout western contra costa county. it lasted for about 20 m

>>the genie ceo bill johnson will make his second appearance to the state kept reese the utilities and power shut-offs johnson is set to testify monday in front of the senate energy utilities and communications committee along with the ceos of the state's 2 other investor owned utility companies according to the hearing agenda released friday, the committee will dig into the impact the blackout had on the economy school's emergency management and businesses across the state senators will also examine the state's oversight with testimony from top officials including callow yes director mark ghilarducci and president of the california public utilities commission marybel batjer. senator scott wiener is on the committee. lawmakers say this hearing is the first step to deciding what policies need to be proposed to prevent issue seen in the massive power shut-offs the hearing is scheduled to start monday morning at 11:00am in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. let's get a chance of the weather around the bay area that's right the 4 zone forecast from our chief meteorologist lawrence karn

he says he still working out details of the bill pg e seo bill johnson has said he thinks the st thing ctomers would be to keep the utility intact. winner says hunderstands thapoint of view. this is one of several proposals lawmakers have prented since millions of customers power to last month while juggling a bankruptcy or the last lives and roperty in fires that caused wiener says he's not tryingto step on a other ideas but hopes to start an important now senator winners, one of a committee of senator summoning pga new leaders and state regulators to the state capital next week for an investigativeearing. >>reporting live here at the state capitol tonight, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>thank you ashley and our coverage continues at kron 4 dot cothere you can read the governor's demand that the company compensate customers tracked the bankruptcy case and find out more about the december deadline to file claims against the mpany. it's all at kron 4 dot com. manager why that decision 70 comes >>controversy and a new program fight illegal dumping out to east bay counties are looking to so

president johnson has all along been a strong supporter of john f kennedy's policies. already he's made known he tends to -- the late president's civil rights billident johnson traveled widely in asia, europe, africa, the americans, and knows the aspirations of their peoples. hoe has assure -- he as assured the world that while defending the interest of three nations, he'll continue the quest for peace. i think he ought to know that opinion because you're going to be disappointed in me down the road if i didn't tell you about it. i'm just telling you, frankly, that i think your industry is wrecking all of us >>well, that's pretty heavy handed. you can imagine what it was like for the journalist the next day. the tension between american presidents and the press. watch c-span's q and a. here is a brief look at one of our trips. >> we ordained the land of virginia shall be perpetually kept as holy as a day of thanksgiving. the president of the college of william and mary came across some papers. they chronicled the journey across the atlantic and once they landed. he was excited to plan this since he lived on the river. i think? the first time peo

>>the genie ceo bill johnson will make his second appearance to the state capitol this month as a senate committee investigates the utilities recent power shut-offs johnson is set to testify monday in front of the senate energy utilities and communications committee along with the ceos of the state's 2 other investor owned utility companies according to the hearing agenda released friday, the committee will dig into the impact the blackout had on the economy school's emergency management and businesses across the state senators will also examine the state's oversight with testimony from top officials including callow yes director mark ghilarducci and president of the california public utilities commission marybel batjer. senator scott wiener is on the committee. lawmakers say this hearing is the first step to deciding what policies need to be proposed to prevent issue seen in the massive power shut-offs the hearing is scheduled to start monday morning at 11:00am in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>4 zone forecast, let's take a live look outside our sutro camera looking downtown s

. >>> now the potential shut off this week comes as pg&e coe bill johnson will testify in oop oversight hearing at statecapitol look into the last round of shutoffs he said they helped prevent wild fires. but he has also acknowledged that there were elements of the process that did not work well. others scheduled to testify at the hearing include public school superintendent, local government leaders and business owners. >>> a deadly shooting rampage infresno where four people were killed 6 others hurt is being investigated it. happened in southeastern fresno in a neighborhood next to fresno international airport and about 4 miles from fresno state university. the victims were watching a football game in someone's backyard. police say several gun men burst into the yard about # p.m. and started to shoot. so far, no arrests have been made and there's no wort of a motive and neighbors are being asked for surveillance video that could help investigators. . >>> it looks like there was a target. we don't know what the reason for the targeting was. >> there are all asian males between 25 and

bill johnson. before you tonight as a grateful person. be at the tail end of a string of dangerous october wind events. >>and the tail end of the power shut off sweden for safety during those events. most are grateful for some other things first responders who out there battling wildfires across the strait. the states have a great respect for those folks. for our customers and communities for their patience and understanding as we. had these long shut offs for our state county and local tribal agency partners who worked alongside us for much of the month. and for all of our employees contractors, mutual aid partners and others who work so hard and so safely to get power restored quickly. so thanks to all of them. as you know shut of this magnitude are. unusual in california frankly anywhere in the world. other california utilities are using is shut off, but nobody has as much territory is us for as much territory and fire threat distress. events have not been entirely popular. no one likes him including the 20 plus 1000 people that work a

>>the ge ceo bill johnson along with other executives and lawyers representing fire victims all met here at the governor's office this morning. the leader of the company responding to threats of a government takeover of the utility. pg e executives tuesday walked into governor gavin newsom's office just days after the governor urged all parties in the company's bankruptcy to speed up the process. >>the governor hoping to broker a deal between the groups major changes can't happen for fiji any until it's out of bankruptcy. the company under constant criticism and now in this proceeding for its role in wildfires, it's also under scrutiny for intentionally shooting off power to millions of people multiple times in october, the spokesman for the governor said in tuesday's meeting newsome reiterated what happened last month can never happen again like him to go. fijian the bankruptcy attorneys and the governor met for about 45 minutes at the capitol the group then moved across the street to a different building to meet with the for another 30 minutes with local and state government threats to

ceo bill johnson, he defended the company's decision to cut power toomes and businesses pg e says it was anattempt to prevent dry and ic wildfires due in windy contion state senators reminding italy leaders at the government can take contl of e the utility does not believe that it that that's best for customers. >>of and any respse that serves the needs best of the people of northern california. now i work for the shareholders at the moment. so let's not get ourselves about that. >>and i actually think can keeping pg e is an integrated different company is the best way to serve. >>we're paging the leaders say that they want to sectiona and some parts of it to grant so that they can limit the size of it shut off but they say that that will take time. to thsouth bay. now campbell police arrested a man for scamming people 7 people. rentals on craigslt so a 23 year-old robert milo. there's th photo right there he's accused of stealing more than $18,000 from his victims. so my will scan people by posti an ad for his own apartment and taking deposits he would then call his victims say that

>>yeah the king grand i did pg e seo bill johnson along with other company executives and attorneys representing several wildfire victims all came together this morning at the state capitol inside the governor's office, the leader of the embattled utility responding to a government takeover. pg e executives tuesday walked into governor gavin newsom's office just days after the governor urged all parties in the company's bankruptcy to speed up the process. >>governor hoping to broker a deal between the groups major changes can't happen for fiji any until it's out of bankruptcy. the company under constant criticism and now in this proceeding for its role in wildfires, it's also under scrutiny for intentionally shooting off power to millions of people multiple times in october, the spokesman for the governor said in tuesday's meeting newsome reiterated what happened last month can never happen again like in the gala for. the g in the bankruptcy attorneys and the governor met for about 45 minutes at the capitol the group then moved across the street to a different building to meet with the for anoth

we asked to and president bill johnson about those incidents. >>how would you respond to these customers frustrated that we're still seeing these fires despite shut offs. >>we've shown here damage of over 300 instances of things that could have caused fires and major fires and you saw the pictures behind marcus he was talking. so in a wind event like we had that may have caused some of those fires you referenced i haven't seen the report said. really allocated that you could have a fire in any instance. so i think what we've done is we have mitigated and avoided. numerous the things that could have been catastrophic fire. >>on wednesday. contra costa fire officials said pg e power lines started the bethel island fire on sunday, here you see surveillance video of sparks shooting from its lines moments before the bethel island fire broke out that same day the fire department says pg e's equipment again malfunctioned sending sparks 200 yards into vegetation starting another fire in oakley despite this information from fire officials pg any avoided

meanwhile on tuesday governor newsom met with bill johnson in last friday the governor announced theppointments of the new energy czar saying the state could ke over if it doesn't emerge from bankruptcy by the start of next year's wildfire season. joining us urnow isolitics correspondent. the former president of the public utilities commission, now welcome to both of you. let's begin with this letter. wh is the cathat the mayor and all the other people that are turning this into a customer-owned utility? >> their case will track what people would like to see them take it over yband y that would like to see sort of the current structure resolved. currently this is a publicly traded company, they e being paid dividends. you have bondholders who are making mon off the bonds that theyould issue and they think that, you know, they have lost that public confidence d if it couldecome sort of something that is customer owneand not traded on wall street that you would have more money to reinvest in the system and you might be ab to rebuild that confidence. >> and to spend money on maintenance

when congress try to put her a civil rights bill, johnson vetoed it and when it proposed a 14th amendment, johnson could not be to it that he did his best to keep it from being passed. it could be said that as a result of this, congress decided that it could make new deal with the president. in 1867, over johnson's veto, it went through a series of acts to force the creation of elections by black and white men alike to create constitutions based on the equal protection of the law. if those constitutions were passed by a majority of all the registered voters and if the two governments then adopted the 14th amendment, they would be in the union as good as they had ever been, represented in congress as much as they had ever been. that was the reality, that was the simple fact. it should be obvious that if this was going to happen, it was vital that the army be able to protect the rights of black people directly to register and to vote against intimidations, threats and terrorism. that means that whoever controlled the army controlled reconstruction. it was very clear andrew johnson would do

ceo bill johnson and two senior vice presidents made their case that they're doing better and that more weather stations are being installed. democratic state senator criticized pg&e for being reactive when the state's other two major utilities in southern california have been more aggressive about fire safety and minimizing power outages. >> yes, absolutely we're willing to look at other things, accelerate. we have done a number of things. we have either researched or stolen shamelessly from our colleagues in the south about what they're doing. and in fact we're already talking about do we have the right things in the right order. >> lawmakers said the scope of psps events and wild land fire risks demands faster action by pg&e. johnson said pg&e expects to see some progress in the next two to three years, but it might take five years to get to, in his words, a good place. he said that undergrounding of lines and hardening of other lines will continue. but unlike other parts of the state, pg&e's transmission system includes considerable amounts of high voltage lines that cannot be put u

pg e seo bill johnson along with other executives and lawyers representing fire victims all met here at the governor's office this morning. >>the leader of the company responding to threats of a government takeover of the utility. pg e executives tuesday walked into governor gavin newsom's office just days after the governor urged all parties in the company's bankruptcy to speed up the process. >>the governor hoping to broker a deal between the groups major changes can't happen for fiji any until it's out of bankruptcy. the company under constant criticism and now in this proceeding for its role in wildfires, it's also under scrutiny for intentionally shooting off power to millions of people multiple times in october, a spokesman for the governor said in tuesday's meeting newsome reiterated what happened last month can never happen a ain i came to california. >>think we achieved that this year understand the part about college eyes for. >>fijian the bankruptcy attorneys and the governor met for about 45 minutes at the capitol the group then moved across the street to a different buil

happening tomorrow - p-g&e's c-e-o will be at the ste capitol for a hearing - this will be c-e-o bill johnson's second appearancet the state capitol this month as a senate committee investigates the utilitierecent power shutoffs - the committee will dig into the affect the blackouthad on idaat ( james )(áááscdoááá) r big story this morning. thousands of people in 8 bay area counties could see the lights turned off starting tomorrow. pg&e is planning another round of power shutoffs as strong winds and risk of wildfires. here is a look at a map that shows some of the areas that could be impacted. in the east bay ... more than 35-thousand pg&e customers in aleda and contraosta unties could see the lights go out. in parts of san mateo county and santa clara county and san mateo county and santa clara county ... re than 3-ousand customers coulgo without wer. and in t north bay ... more than 76-thousand customers could be in th dark in mari napa, solano, and sonoma counties. a lot of those areas are still recovering from the last round of shutoffs. pg&e says the shutoffs will begin in phases, dependi

he asked ceo bill johnson to address families who have had to throw out food because of the flouts. >n says at least pg&e has given them a chance to have a home instead of it burning down was his response. >> wildfires and power outages are threatening southern flames there. two new fires ignited overnight following days of destructive fires fueled by historically strong reporter marci gonzalez is in one of the impacted communities in san bernardino. >> a terrifying wake-up call for hundreds of people in wildfire weary southern california. new infernos erupting early this morning. there was flames tearing towards homes. >> he was beaten on our walls, you know. i mean, on our door, get out, get out, there is a fire. there is a fire. >> when i came into the family room, i looked out and there were flames like 40, 50 feet high. >> several houses here in san bernardino engulfed within minutes. neighbors rushing outside with hoses, trying desperately to slow the destruction. >> came out and started wetting things down. and things went down hymn from there. >> and in riverside county, a fie

in the next half-hour, bill johnson is in the hot seat during a hearing today. i'll explain more about that later on. live in san francisco jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> thank you. well, the potential power shutoffs are bad news for small businesses who haven't recovered from the last one. people in placerville helped this weekend and headed out to get a start on their hol di shopping and then tried to help shop owners getting back on their feet. they offered discounts in hopes of earning back on the of the profits they lost. >> we haven't recouped but it is picking up. nomband decemberthur quarter of year which many mer chants deal with. >> >> this friday after thanksgiving. annual festival of lights and chris mass tree-lighting ceremony. >>> developing news. investigators are searching san francisco for a vandal who repeatdly caused damage to an ice-cream shop in town. there are deep grooves carved into the glass and graffiti with some sort of the chemical. there is a man in a gray hoodie with his face covered doing damage. some of the graffiti is too traffic to sh

. >>> pg&e bill johnson answered questions. johnson suspended the power outages saying they help prevent wild fires. he also told state senators that pg&e's wild fires grown to now more than 50% of its system today. johnson pushed back at accusations that the grid is in bad shape. he testified the utility has spent billions of dollars inspecting and repairing lines. >> we had equipment need immediate repair. we have assured that every piece of electrical equipment within or next to the high fire threat area is suitable for our customers in the system. >> he also told lawmakers that pg&e will improve its communication with the public. many customers couldn't access information on their website during the outages that started on october 9th. >>> we're getting the latest on this week's planned power shut off. it's also on our ktvu news appment. >>> day 3 of the impeachment hearings continue. jennifer williams a top advisor to vice president mike pence testified for hours this morning. both say they listened in on the july 25th pho

. >> reporter: happening today, pg&e's ceo bill johnson will have to face angry lawmakers as part ofsight hearing. they will develop a plan of action. the utility has faced harsh chris sim for the shut off especially from small businesses and people with certain medical needs. r they said this is all still up in the air and the weather could change. they will have to keep an eye on it as the weak goes on. live in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> and i'm anne makovec live at the news desk and we're going live to hong kong. protesters and police have become increasely dramatic. you can see that might have been tear gas thrown in by the police. protesters are throwing firebombs. both sides right now on the a took. this is near pullly technician university where a lot of the protesters have taken a stand between 100 and 1,000 occupying that university right now. some of them sending requests to the outside world to rescue them, because they are afraid to come out and give themselves up, because they could be arrested or injured. it is a very violent scene there right now. these cl

the company's ceo bill johnson defended previous shutoffs saying they are a matter of safety. he did admit that there were problems with the way they handled that situation. >>> new details key cleanup milestone is now reached a following the deadliest wildfire in the state's history. crews have finished removing millions of tons of debris left by the camp fire. the work took nine months and the fire killed 85 people and nearly destroyed an entire town that is paradise. officials say the debris removed is twice the amount removed from the world trade center site following the 9/11 attacks. >>> a look at capitol hill where more key witnesses are expected to testify before lawmakers in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. house investigators will question gordon sondland today. how he answers brings stakes to the highest point yet. craig boswell is live in washington with more for us. craig? >> good morning, everyone. day four of public hearings and today it's all about the lead witnesses in what is expected to be a dramatic hearing. >> ultimately, you don't know. >> re

this will be ceo g bill johnson's second appearance at the state capil thimonth as a senate committee investigates the utilities recent power shut-offs the committee will blackout had on the school's emergency management and businees across the state. state senators will also examine e state's overght. the testimony is also expected from leaders from the state office of emergency services and the president of the california public utilities commission. >>lawmakers say this hearing is the first step and deciding what polies need to be postponed to prevent problems seen in the massivpower shut-offs the hearing is scheduled totart monday morning. at 11:00am. ford's own forecast witour meteorologist membrey sir roderick s. >>widespread tonight it has been in previous nihts in fact we did wake up today with a dense fog advisory along the coastal areas of the bay area. >>a issue one tomorrow, but it doesn't look to be as thic are awidespread as around this time last night but daytime highs today warmed up after that fog lifted in cleared out to 10 degrees above average with even warmer tper

. >> ceo bill johnson spent time at the state capital answering questions about lawmakers.d the power outages saying they did help prevent wild fires. he also told state senators that pg&e's fire risk footprint has grown from than 15% of pg&e's service area in 2012 to more than 50% of its system  today. and he pushed back at accusations the grid is in bad shape. johnson testified pg&e has spent billions of dollars inspecting and >> whenever we found equipment that needed immediate repair we fixed or replaced it. we have assured that every piece of electrical equipment is suitable to serve our customers. >> johnson said pg&e is working to make sure that future power safety shutoffs are less disruptive than the recent one last month. and he told lawmakers pg&e will improve its communications with the public. many customers couldn't get access to information on pg&e's websites during the shutdowns that began october 9th. >>> there was a loud noise that kept people up last night and we now know what that was. steam was release friday a plant that power the cnh sugar plant. th

.>>> pg&e ceo bill johnson testified at an oversight hearing of the state capital looking into the last round of shutoffs. he defended the outages saying the singular purpose is to prevent wildfires. they say the fire risk footprint has grown from less than 15% of pg&e service area in 2012 to johnson pushed back at accusations that the grid is in bad shape. the utility has spent aliens of dollars inspecting and repairing minds.>> whenever we find increment that needs immediate repair we fixed or replaced it. we have assured that every piece of electrical equipment within the next or near the fire danger area is suitable to customers.>> reporter: they said it will be there in communicating with the public. he said pg&e is working to ensure that future setoffs are left disruptive. >>> vandals have struck a san francisco ice cream parlor and the folks who run the business are striking back. we are live from the mission district where the shops owners are making sure the public gets a real good look at these taggers.>> reporter: we are talking about a lot of damage, look at this window and

sledgehammer pg any ceo facing frustrated lawmakers and monday sete october'power shut-offs ceo bill johnsong the company's decision o cut down power to millions of people for upo 5 days extreme weather that prpted east to shut off was a one in 30 year events several times throughout the hearing senators reminded utility leaders e power, the government has to take control. >>of and any response that serves the needs best of the table northern california. now i do work for the shareholders at the moment, so let's not t ourselves about that. >>and i actually ink can keeping pg e is an integrated different company. >>ishe best way to serve lawmaks also analyzed how the state's other investor owned utilities more suessfully handled smaller scale shut off by using section allies systems or microgrids pg leaders say they are working toward sexualizing part of its grid to limit the size of its shut offs. but still noting it will take time lawmakers are still left with questions. >>it leaves everybod wondering. what are we going to have next. th's a big question. let's get a check of the fire condit

gail pg e seo is being called to the state capitol for a hearing on monday and this will be ceo bill johnson'scond appearancet the state capitol this month. >>asa senate commitee investigates the utilities rect power shut-offs the committee ll dig into the effect the blackouts he on the economy school's emergcy management and businesses across the state. state senators will also emine the state oversight. testimony i also expected from leaders from the sea statoffice of emergency services and the president of the lifornia public utilities commission. >>lawmakers say this hearing is the first step and deciding what policies need to re postponed in order to prevent problems that were seen in e massive power shut-offs the hearing is scheduled to start tomorrow that's monday morning at 11:00am will stay on top of this for you right here on kron four so make sureou download the kron on apps you can stay up to date with this dorian all the very latest on the possible pg e blackouts fo this week and all other bay area news 24 hours a day. so now let's talk abouthe how high wind forecasts at p g is wa

genie executives are now responding to the threat of a government takeover of the utility's ceo bill johnson along with some executives and lawyers representing fire victims in the company's bankruptcy case. that was governor gavin newsome today newsome set up the meeting at the capitol in an attempt to give company out of bankruptcy sooner. it also comes as some state and local officials say they want a government takeover of the company's equipment. pga pg e c e o says he doesn't think those are good ideas. the genie is under constant criticism and now in this proceeding for its role in the wildfires, it's also under scrutiny for intentionally shutting off power to millions of customers several times last month. the governor says he hopes to broker a deal between the groups major changes can happen until genie is out of bankruptcy. >>and several mayors from the bay area and beyond have now signed a letter calling on the california public utilities commission and governor newsome to seriously consider turning pg into a giant customer own co-operative san jose mayor sam liccardo leads this c

this will be bill johnson's second appearance to the capital this month as a senate committee investigates utilities recent power shut-offs the committee will dig into the facts a blackout had on the economy on schools. emergency management and businesses across the state. senators will also examine the state's oversight was testimony from top officials from cal. oh yes, and the president of the california public utilities commission. lawmakers say this hearing is the first step to decide what policies need to be proposed to try to prevent issue seen in the massive power shut-offs the hearing is set to start on monday morning at 11. >>and now to the sports video that everybody is talking about that brawl on thursday night football between the browns and the steelers where cleveland defensive end myles garrett is seen hitting quarterback. mason rudolph in the head with a helmet today, the nfl suspended garrett indefinitely starting with the final 6 games of the season. kron four's justine waltman reports. in the final minutes of the steelers first browns game browns defensive end myles garr

often, here's what ceo and president bill johnson had to say.ow would you respond to these customers frustrated that we're still seeing these fires despite shut offs. >>we've shown here damage of over 300 instances of things that could have caused fires and major fires and you saw the pictures behind marcus he was talking. lines down debris in lines all of which. can cause catastrophic wildfire. so in a wind event like we had that may have caused some of those fires you referenced i haven't seen the report said. really allocated that you could have a fire in any instance, the so i think what we've done is mitigated and avoided. numerous the things that could have been catastrophic fire. >>johnson also said tonight that he believes the majority of the fires are because of climate. well we'll have more on his responses coming up at 9 reporting live in san francisco tailored to sackey kron 4 news killers. thank you now to our 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look outside at the barca daryl in the city and beautiful halloween night and joining

ceo bill johnson defended last month's blackouts as prevents more catastrophic fires. >> ten years we'llill be fewer every year, and eventually we'll get out of it. i think there will be fewer next year, we're going to do things to sectionalize the system, i'm hoping we get there much quicker than that. >> the governor's office said newsom spelled out in vivid detail what the blackouts and the utility's long-term neglect of safety investments cost californians and threatened the state will intervene if a swift resolution isn't reached before next fire season. >>> a coalition of mayors and supervisors has written a letter to the state public utilities commission to consider making pg&e a customer owned utility. abc 7 news reporter david louie talked to san jose's mayor who's the leading advocate for the proposal. hi david. >> reporter: hi, no question about it, the future of pg&e is very complicated with the bankruptcy court involved, the governor's intervention. hedge funds interested in buying the utility and now this, should customers own pg&e. >> if we're going to be paying for it in

. >>> potential shut off comes as bill johnson is set to testify at an oversight hearing about the last round of shutoffs. he defended the shut offs saying they prevented wild fires but acknowledged there were elements of the process that did not work well. he had testify at hearing including public school superintendents, local government leaders and business owners. >>> a developing story fresno police say a shooting that killed four people at family gathering was not a random attack. police now say that they know there were two gunmen who walked into the backyard of a home and opened fire. ktvu allie rasmus is live with the latest on the investigation. allie. >> reporter: mike, two gunmen who targeted this specific gathering for some particular reason and police are looking into a number of reasons why that home may have been targeted. they say right now, they are following a number of leads. still, no one has been arrested for the shooting that ended up with four people dead and six others injured it. happened around 7:45 last night insoutheast fresno near fresno state university. 3

. >>> the potential shut off comes as pg&e, ceo bill johnson will testify at a oversight hearing at state capitol. ionson defended the power shut off saying they helped prevent wild fires. but he also acknowledged that there were of the process that didn't work well. others scheduled to testify today's hearing includes local government leaders and business owners. >>> time 6:04. a shooting rampage in fresno where four people were killed and 6 others were hurt is being investigated this morning. it happened in southeastern fresno close to fresno international airport. and just four mimes from fresno state university. the victims were watching a football game andn a backyard when several gunmen burst into the yard around 8 p.m. and started to shoot. so far no arrest have been made. and we they have surveillance video that could lead to the shooters. >> it looks like there was a target. we don't know what the reason for the targeting was. >> they are all asian males between 25 and 30 and cpr was started immediately. thank god that no kids were hurt because there are several kids and females

>>pg e executives are responding to the threat of being taken over by the state ceo bill johnson.d some executives and lawyers representing fire victims in the bankruptcy case met with governor newsome the governor wants to give the company out of bankruptcy as quickly as possible and now some state and local officials want a government takeover of the company's equipment but pg e c e o says he doesn't think that's a good idea. pg e's under constant criticism for its role in the recent wildfires in the power shut off. the governor hopes to broker a deal that will have some major changes but that can't happen until after p genie's out of bankruptcy. operation is underway in the east bay to clear out this homeless encampment we'll tell you what they want to do. more weather and traffic for you on this wednesday morning is really back up on the san mateo bridge. at at&t we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. we've created access from at&t

>>the genie ceo bill johnson will make his second appearance to the state capitol this month as a senate committee investigates the utilities recent power shut-offs johnson is set to testify monday in front of the senate energy utilities and communications committee along with the ceos of the state's 2 other investor owned utility companies according to the hearing agenda released friday, the committee will dig into the impact the blackout had on the economy school's emergency management and businesses across the state senators will also examine the state's oversight with testimony from top officials including callow yes director mark ghilarducci and president of the california public utilities commission marybel batjer. >>senator scott wiener is on the committee. lawmakers say this hearing is the first step to deciding what policies need to be proposed to prevent issue seen in the massive power shut-offs the hearing is scheduled to start monday morning at 11:00am in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>and earlier this afternoon in san antonio, you're not g3ing to believe this a pri

we asked to and president bill johnson about those incidents. >>how would you respond to these customers frustrated that we're still seeing these fires despite shut offs. >>we've shown here damage of over 300 instances of things that could have caused fires and major fires and you saw the pictures behind marcus he was talking. so in a wind event like we had that may have caused some of those fires you referenced i haven't i think what we've done is mitigated and avoided. numerous the things that could have been catastrophic fire. >>on wednesday. contra costa fire officials said pg e power lines started the bethel island fire on sunday. here you see surveillance video of sparks shooting from its lines moments before the bethel island fire broke out that same day the fire department says pg e's equipment again malfunctioned sending sparks 200 yards into vegetation starting another fire in oakley despite this information from fire officials pg any avoided taking any sort of responsibility on thursday for us you know the main thing is. >>we did beca

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