>> the way that the california public utilities commission has it, is that the platform height, whichdistance of the concrete surface above the top of the track is 8". if you have that, you don't have to provide any further setback from the face of the current platform. as you start to increase the height of that platform then you have to setback that platform at a minimum of 24-25", if you are under 48" in height and more than that if you are above that height. so it starts to counteract what the ada requirement is and the ada requirement is that the vehicle has to be within 3" of edge of platform. so you have two competing requirements. >> i understood the conflict between cpuc and ada. that was very clear to me. i guess what i am not as clear about is why, if you have to change the platform height to 25" anyway, you know, how are freight -- how are diesel and freight trains going to move through those stations when the platform is 25 minus 8? >> that is something -- >> versus 50. >> i understand. >> it seems to be the same challenge. >> when we were trying to do to plan for cal mod

>> california public utilities commission is cpuc and americans with disabilities act, ada. >> a follow-up why the compatibility discussion is happening right now? >> why is the no, it happening now? >> why it's only happening now? >> the conversation as i understand it until about four or five months ago was to have the differential heights and that is what mr. dykes showed in the previous presentation as the plan put forward by the design of the new downtown transit center; which did show in the illustration that he had, that there were two dedicated platform phases. that were at a different height than what the four were for california high-speed rail. so that has been the initiation of the conversation over probably the last four or five months. there have been different discussions at other locations along the caltrain right-of-way. where the plan that high-speed rail initially had that i understand was down at diridon in san josÉ, so there would not by a platform compatibility problem. at millbrae, several plans -- one was to put at least one of the tracks for caltrain on underground

. -- >>> a scheduled meeting at the california public utilities commission had a new surprises. the president will be stepping down as expected. but what happened today was unexpected to some. ktvu's tom vacar is in the news room. tom, this turned into a love fest. >> bizarre one. the president may be gone from the c.p.u.c. but trouble will follow him. >> reporter: california public utilities commission president was given 30 straight speakers. >> you have always, always watched out for the interest of those who have no voice at the table. >> thank you for your service to california. and the planet earth. >> your name gained the same levels of folks like the pope and ali. [ laughter ] >> the first 30 speakers were there by invitation with no enforcement of the 3 minute comment rule. >> they had a relationship with him. he put them in the positions he has. >> reporter: and then the commission failed to impose the move. he gets credit for helping usher in the solar home program, reducing green gases, bringing more diversity and white access to broadband but much was done on the or

. >>> the president of the california public utilities commission presided over his final meeting today as he prepares to end his tenure. he has come under fire for e- mail exchanges between members and pg&e executives. the e-mails pointed to back room dealing. he was scrutinized and called to resign after the san bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people. today he received mostly praise from speakers that meeting. a memorandum shows the first 30 speakers were there at the invitation of the p.u.c. but there were some who voiced their criticism. >> i want you to go away from this commission you belong in jail. thank you for your service to california and planet earth. >> his 12 years that c.p.u.c. is set to end in two weeks. >>> activists are taking a california rodeo to court over its mistreatment of cattle. they said they filed a lawsuit against the rodeo. it claims organizers shooed have reported dozens of cat -- should have reported dozens of cattle injured. instead just four of 41 injuries were reported. officials have not yet commented on the lawsuit. >>> disturbing find in

. >>> governor jerry brown has appointed a new chief for the california public utilities commission as it deals with allegations of corruption. the governor named michael picker as the commissioner. current president michael peavy announced he would not seek reaappointment. that announcement came between allegations between the pcuc and pg & e. >>> you can say it was the story about loss but not loss of hope. we first told you about the story of a family who bought the seat of their mother only to get the wrong seat. >> and we were there as one fan opened a box and got something she never thought she would get. >> i'm nervous. >> no fancy bows or wrapping paper but in this plain brown box -- >> oh. it's a little faded but it's nearly exactly the same. >> reporter: the gift of memories. >> last time we saw it was last game at candle stick. >> reporter: on that game, leane and her brother wrote a message on the seat that was their mom's since the stick was built. mom, this will always be your seat. their mom died four years ago. >> my brother thought it up. he's the poet i suppose. i cou

. >>> the newly appointed head of the california public utilities commission said big changes are on the way when he takes charges. they have been criticized for lax oversight after the september 2010 pipeline explosion. speaking to the los angeles times the new president says he will make public safety the top priority. he was named to the post by governor brown this week. he tells the times he will create a feel investigative team with more power to issue no ones and penalties. >>> officials are warning the public not to eat a brand of carmel apple that could have been contaminated with listeria which has sickened twine people in ten states and may have caused the death of a santa cruz woman. happy apple company issue add recall after one of the suppliers reported a possible link to listeria. the family of the woman filed a lawsuit against safway as she died of listeria infection possibly from carmel apples. >>> many people make a point on christmas day packing the theaters like this in san jose all for showings of the "interview," were sold out. it started an international inciden

. >>> the embattled president of the california public utilities commission is ending his tenure as he presides under his final meeting. michael peavy has come under fire about e-mail exchanges. the e-mails pointed to alleged back room dealings involving regulatory and political issues. peavy was also scrutinized and called to step down after the 2010 gas line explosion in san bruno that killed eight people. peavy credit the outgoing president for advancing greenhouse initial -- initiatives in california. >>> 2,000 bolts and rods are not in danger. now a report found the bolts and rods should stay in place. caltrans spent $45 million testing and securing the cracked rods. the draft report is scheduled to be presented tomorrow to the bridge oversight committee. >>> four rain-soaked counties have declared local emergencies following the recent storms. according to the state office of emergency services, marin, sonoma, lake, and tehama counties have made local declarations. last week's rains brought flooding, mudslides and other damages to the counties. the proclamations jump start for ai

michael peavy, after 12 years as head of the powerful california public utilities commission. peavy its bowing out at height of a scandal. our investigative unit uncovered his acceptance of $165,000 in free travel, and his cozy relationship with pg & e among other questionable actions. despite accusations, dozens of people pratz edpraised him tonie a few expressed anger. >> your name now gained the same levels of folks like the pope. and ali. because really you belong in jail. >> the people of california have a rgt to a commission that's not painted with corporate relations and corporate interests! >> the center of it all san bruno pipeline explosion. his last official day on the job is december 31st. >> still ahead, a local startup tries a unique strategy to catch a suspected tech thief. how a dating app may have helped crack the case. >> probably in your medicine cabinet. could be the key to help you live longer. remarkable anti-aging research done here in the bay area. >> it is very -- because you feel like you are begging the community to help take care of the community. >

people praised him, while others vilified michael peavey, the outgoing president of california's public utilities commission. he presided over his final meeting in san francisco today. peavey has led the panel since 2003, and his current term ends at the end of the month. community leaders from san bruno accused peavey of being too cozy with pg&e leading up to the 2010 pipeline explosion. at 6:00 tonight, vic lee looks at peavey's legacy. >>> a closure of angel island state park this weekend, park staff found treated wastewater overflowing into the park this morning. they closed the park to saturday and sunday to allow the water system to recover from the excess storm water. >>> just as we're dryinging out a little bit, another storm is on the way. sandhya patel is tracking the system. >> hi there, ama. take advantage of the dry conditions right now, to get out and do your errands, run holiday shopping stuff. as you take a look at live doppler 7 hd, clouds are already starting to move into the north bay. the storm is really right off our coastline. you can see it developing. it's not going to move in immedi

prior meetings we do have activity on the pg&e green tariff application before the california public utilities commission. the administrator law judge assigned to that case reopened the record to take in some additional information to reconcile that record with a recent california puc decision on renewable portfolio standards and the integration and the -- excuse me, the costs of integration of renewables into the utilities supply port folio. we had taken the position in the green tariff case that integration costs should be among the costs included in the option price so customers participating in that program are paying their fair share and customers not participating in the program are not paying for the program, and so -- >> could you explain what that means? what does integration costs mean? >> the additional costs associated with bringing renewables online and having them work well with the other resources that are in the supply portfolio so for example a gas powered resource you could turn on and off and dial it up when demand is up and dial it back down when demand is low. the wind, renewable --

i don't think it's requested in the context of the california public utilities commission review of pg&e expenditures. i don't believe it is in that setting. it maybe in some other though. >> sure. >> [inaudible] >> i want to make sure we're talking apples to apples when we talk about jobs creation as far as city projects goes, city and county and then also on a state wide level just so that we're holding cleanpowersf accountable to the state -- or the enernex report as to pertains to cleanpowersf in the same method and reporting standards that we do for all others. >> and i think mr. fried referred that the enernex methodology and the actual model that the city controller's office uses, the controller ted eagon uses when he puts together information they're not the same model but they have similar methodologies and i don't know if mr. eagon was considered whether he considers it apples to apples or mixing up of fruit there. >> yeah, in my discussions with mr. eagon said they're slightly different models but basically the same depending on the category of the work that you're doing the

. >>> the embattled president of california's public utilities commission resided over his final meetinge e-mails pointed to back room dealings and exposed the influx wielded by pg & e. >> i want you to go away with a retirement from this commission. because really you belong in jail. >> on behalf of our children and grandchildren, thank you for your service to california. and to planet earth. >>peevee's run is set to officially end two weeks from now. >>> uber just started service in portland but today they announced they're suspending operations for three months so they can make a contract with the city. the city is dropping its lawsuit to block uber. the city had threatened to sue uber. >>> there's a new option for people to get from sacramento to san francisco. for $12 the shuttle will pick up passengers in san francisco at 2:00 a.m. saturday after b.a.r.t. and caltrain starts running. the shuttle drops off passengers at the palo alto, san antonio and caltrans stations. the last stop will be the deerdon station. and for now the shuttle will only run saturday through saturday. >>> and

. >>> governor jerry brown has appointed a new president of the california public utilities commission. michael picker will take overment he is already a cpuc board member. the state agency has been under fire recently because of allegations of corruption over the dealings with pg&e. >>> a conservative group is firing back at an antigun psa. the startling ad released december 13 shows a boy wandering into his parent's bedroom and finding a handgun that he shoves into his backpack. after bringing the weapon into his class, he slams it onto his teacher's desk. >> can you take this away? i don't feel safe with the gun in my house. >> conservative groups including the nra are calling the video a public disservice announcement. they say it encourages children to perform illegal activities by taking their parents' guns from home. the psa was produced by sleeper 13 productions. >>> a muslim man? santa clara says he was targeted by police. kit do on the story. >> we are here where a local muslim man is making serious allegations against the police department accusing them of racism and retalia

. >>> we know who is taking over the embattled california public utilities commission. governor brown has appointed michael picker. he was appointed in the agency back in january. he will now fill michael p ex-evy's shoes. his last meeting was last week and his last day will be december 31st. >>> still hed, a lifetime ban lifted, a change to a decades old policy for gay men. >> it's really significant how much has changed in a short amount of time. >> major changes in the way california oversees daycares for children. >> tonight, our investigation gets results. you can see for yourself how your child's daycare safety record really stacks up. we'll show you coming up. >>> now to a developing story. sony reversing course on releasing "the interview" despite threats from hackers and bay area movie theaters are jumping on board. it is a huge aabout face for sony. good news for movie fans and tech companies as well. we've been following the story and we have more from campbell. >> hello, north korea! >> reporter: after a major studio hacking and after being pulled from major

. >>> the newly appointed head of the california public utilities commission says big changes are onorizon when he takes charge. they have been criticized for lax overnight following the september 2010 pg&e gas pipeline explosion. speaking to the "los angeles times" the new president michael picker will make public safety the top priority. picker was named by the governor brown this week and tells the "los angeles times" he will create a p.u.c. field investigative team with more power to issue fines and penalties. >>> state health officials are wanting the public not to eat a brands of carmel apple that may have been contaminated with listeria. it has sickened 29 people in ten states and may have caused the defendant a santa cruz county woman. the missouri based happy apple company issue add recall on wednesday after one of the suppliers reported a possible link to listeria. the family of the woman filed a lawsuit against safeway as she died of the infection possibly from a carmel apple she bought at the store. >> bay area movie goers stood in line to see a movie many admitted wasn't

some people praised him while others villified michael peeve outgoing president of california public utility commission. he presided over the final p uc meeting that he was in charge of in san francisco today. peeve led the panel since 2003 and current term end at the end of the month. civic community leaders from san bruno accuse him of being too cozy with pg&e leading up to the 2010 pipeline explosion. tragedy killed 8 people as you recall. >> tonight. restaurant owner getting blamed for destroying a snaibd mural. next. why some are wondering if he did enough to try to save it. >> also here. busy travel time which days are the most crowded at the airport this hotel difficult season and when are the best times to fly to beat the crowd. >> her name got her a free ticket around the world. why she's going with a complete stranger. >> and look now at live doppler 7hd. pretty calm out there for the moment but we track more rain for your friday. we take a closer look at exactly when female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep trai

. >>> the head of california's public utilities commission has ended his controversial 12 year term. prided over the final puc meeting in san francisco yesterday. many people thanked him for his years of public service but critics also showed up for yesterday's meeting. they say peevey was far too friendly with pg&e executives in the wake of the san bruno pipeline disaster. >> i want you to go wait with the retirement for this commission because you belong in jail. >> on behalf of our children, and grandchildren thank you for your contribution to california and planet earth. >> private e-mails that became public earlier this year shows pg&e went judge shopping in a critical rate setting case. >>> that is sneaky santa. a secret santa managed to sneak $10,000 into some salvation army kettles. the donor took bundles of hundred dollar bills and then wrapped each one in a $1 bill. then he or she slipped the bundles into a dozen different salvation army kettles. the salvation army says it's a huge help since kettle donations make up 60% of their annual budget there. >> oh my gosh i started

. >>> well, right now the embattled president of the california public utilities commission is presiding over his final meeting. >> it will end five tum ul chewous years. chief investigator reportive has a look at one of california's most powerful leaders. >> we asked for an interview to discuss his legacy and no surprise our request was denied, but it's a legacy that cannot be ignored. a legacy defined by words like cozy and corrupt. and the tragedy of the san bruno explosion. >> good morning. >> reporter: for a dozen years, michael peevey has sat in one of the most powerful seats in california. >> where our number one priority is safety. >> reporter: he's the president of the puc, the agency with the power to control the state's utilities. >> michael peevey should have resigned a long time ago. >> reporter: harry snyder lectures at cal berkley. he has served as a consumer advocate and recently criticized michael peevey and governor jerry brown. >> michael peevey's legacy is a degradation of a principled man who did a lot of good in his life, who became holier than thou and thought he c

an official for the california public utilities commission offered to write a favorable opinion on a $1 billion gas rate case for pg&e if the utility did not like one written by another official. according to the "san francisco chronicle", that is from an e-mail the company was forced to disclose by a judge's order. it is the latest in a series of electronic communications that many say show a cozy relationship between the puc and the utility it is charged with regulating. this stems from a lawsuit file by san bruno over the deadly gas explosion. >> ramp workers for southwest airlines will protest at san jose international airport over working conditions and lack of pay raises for the past four years. ramp workers handle baggages for southwest customers and the young is upset over overbooked flight schedules which translates into delays. southwest says it supports employee rights to express their opinions. >> more teens are trying identity electric $electronic cigarettes over the real thing with twice as many reporting smoking e-cigarettes compared to tobacco cigarettes. the populari

. >>> the newly apinned head of the california public utilities commission says big changes are on then he takes charge. ed. they have been criticized for l oversight of the pg&e pipeline explosion. speaking to the "los angeles times" the new president michael picker will make public safety the top priority. he was named to the post by governor brown this week telling "los angeles times" he will create a sealed investigative team that will have more buttory to issue fines and penalties. >>> state officials warn the public not to eat a brand of carmel apple that can have been contaminated where listeria that has sickened 29 people in continue states and may have caused the death of a santa cruz county. would. the missouri businesses happy apple company issued recall after one of the suppliers reported a possible link to listeria. the family filed the lawsuit againstsafe way as shove deeded of infection possibly from a carmel apple she bought at the store. >> bay area moviegoers stood if line to see a movie many admitted wasn't on the list but that was not the point, the point was to see

the 415 area code has been issued for the last 66 years and the california public utilities commission says it's running out of usable combinations because people are keeping their 415 numbers after relocating. numbers that already start with 415 will be able to keep that prefix. >>> the christmas miracle. a car stolen 28 years ago is returned to the original owner this morning. our sister station in salinas was there for the reunion. >> it's absolutely amazing. after 28 years? i never thought this would come into my life. >> reporter: it was linda's first car as a 17-year-old growing up in salinas. a 1967 green ford mustang. and just a year after she saved up the $800 for the car, it was stolen from her home. >> i never thought i'd see it again. i mean, it doesn't happen. it's line winning the lottery. i mean, it happens to some people but very few and far between. for it to happen to me is an amazing feeling. >> reporter: after nearly three decades of searching, the california highway patrol tracked down the missing car through the vin number. only to find it hadn't gone far. it was

. >>> the city of san bruno wants the california public utilities commission to release 65,000 emailsbetween them and pg&e. the emails are from 2010 to 2014 about the deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. eight people died, 66 injured. earlier this year an email exchange surfaced between the commission officials and pg&e executives about the pending cases and the selection of judges for the cases. >>> bart is going to replace three old escalators that keep breaking down. two are at powell station, the other at civic center. bart is holding open meetings over the next 6 months to give riders a chance to voice their opinions. first meeting is tonight at the powell station from 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. >>> a crazy night up at the santa cruz mountains. here's liz with more. >> i know. it's a mess for drivers right now. you are really going to have to search for alternates. the ultimates are not great. there is a full closure of highway 17 both directions. downed trees and power lines. all lanes blocked southbound at the summit. northbound you're not going any further than sugarloaf.

. >> the chairman of the public utilities commission in california just resigned. and the commission were responsible for allowing this thing called ride sharing. this is hitchhiking. my parents said you shouldn't do it, it's dangerous. you are using an app. what they are doing and i encourage all the legislators, whether new jersey, illinois, california, they are starting to revisit these laws in colorado, too. they have been lobbying and spending millions of dollars to have less background checks to do it themselves when every other taxi and limo is going through a fingerprint, which is more accurate and will catch fraud that is occurring with fake names and identities. it's good that uber finally acknowledged -- >> uber has announced, even before today's case came to light, they are going to do more background checks. deeper background checks, but also kind of weird things like a lie detector test, right? >> the expense they will go through on their own to do this is crazy. the government can do it. it doesn't go far enough. the government needs to do it. they a

. >>> the head of california's public utilities commission michael peavy has ended his 12- year term.uc meeting in san francisco. many who were there thanked him for nis years of public -- his years of public service. critics were there and repeated the claim that peavy had become far too friendly with pg&e executives after the san bruno pipeline disaster. >> i want you to go away with retirement from this commission because really you belong in jail. >> on behalf of our children and grandchildren, thank you for your service to california and planet earth. >> private e-mails that became public show that pg&e went judge shopping in a critical rate setting race. and the state puc under peavy's leadership seemed to go along with it. >>> some new firefighters will soon be out there responding to emergencies in san francisco. this morning, the san francisco fire department will be graduating 52 new firefighters. san francisco mayor ed lee is due to attend the event. it begins at 10:00 at riordan high school in san francisco. >>> san francisco supervisors are calling for a public review of

california. today michael peavy, the public utilities commission president, is ending his 12-year reign. while he has received high praise he is leaving amidst scandal. chief investigative reporter tony kovaleski has exposed many questionable action by peavy. today he was in san francisco for his very last meeting. >> michael peavy finds himself in that most powerful seat of an organization that has watched its reputation crumble under his leadership. he's under investigation by the u.s. attorney and the state's attorney general. but for many in the room today, he's leaving as a hero. >> where there's a will, there's a way. michael, you had the will you led the way. >> reporter: friends and colleagues praised the work of michael peavy. >> on behalf of our children and grandchildren, thank you for your service to california and planet earth. >> reporter: some even compared his accomplishments to president franklin roosevelt, muhammad ali, and the pope. >> god bless you, president peavy. >> you have served with distinction on this commission. and you have served the people of california we

. >> it's the dawn of a new era for the public utilities commission in california. this is something that has seen a lot of controversy the past few years. scandalous even. now the president is stepping down. >> that's right. the governor is going to be picking a new leader but the question about its future, should it be regulating so many different things? everything from car share to telephone to utilities? >> senator jerry hill is going to be live in studio to break that down. he's going to have a big say in who the next president is. >> san francisco, one of the last few cities in america in the running to host the olympics. we're getting very close here but there's one thing that could be holding us back. we're going to talk about what that is. >> it's rather large, believe it or not. a lot of people sit in it and it gets a lot of attention. >>> first a look at the weather. >> we're having a drizzly morning all around the bay area. you might notice that if you head out this morning. your windshield wiper action. live look at the golden gate bridge, temperatures

. >> the city's public utilities commission, san bruno, daily city, and the california water services company today signed off on a plan that has been a decade in the works. the goal is to diversify the water supply for drought years or disasters. sell those cities bountiful reservoir water during wet years so those peninsula cities can use rain fall to build up their supplies for drought years. >> during wet years, we are asking them to use more water that we have available. >> excess water that would otherwise be released into the river. another benefit for all the cities is that a massive underground aquafir will get to fill up with rainwater. >> this is equivalent to crystal springs, so it was about 20 billion-gallons of water. >> the largest city gets about 45% of its water from ground water wells and the rest. >> we can't always rely on that. >> pat says the deal is effect, a savings account for the peninsula. >> when we are short of water in dry years or during an emergency, we have something banked. >> 16 wells will need to be drilled to tap that aqua fir, beginning in january

manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to execute master license agreements for outdoor distributed system and antenna pole and gte mobile net of california doik business as verizon wireless each for a term of 12 years to commence following board approval. >> colleagues, any discussion on item 18? seeing none, same house same call. this resolution is adopted. >> item 19 is the peninsula corridor joint powers board in related actions as defined herein. >> same house same call. without objection this resolution is adopted. item 20. >> item 20 is a resolution to authorize the office of assessor recorder to act septd a state county program grant from the california state department of finance in the approximate amount of 1.28 million. >> same house same call. without objection this resolution is adopted. item 21. >> item 21 is a resolution to authorize the public utilities commission to accept a grant from the department of water resources storage and recovery project. >> same house same call. without objection this resolution is adopted. >> item 22 is a resolution to authorize the be inrefunding bonds in amount not to exceed 430 million. >>