but waller county wasn't done. in 2003, the county d.a. published a letter in the county newspaper declaring that no matter what the law said, no matter what the court said, he still considered it to be illegal for students at prairie view to vote. he personally pledged in the local paper that he would indict any students who voted for criminal voter fraud. that was 2003. 2006 in the elections that year, hundreds of prairie view students had their votes challenged, again, on the base cities of fact that the students had committed the grievous voting crime of trying to vote while being students at a historically black college in a mostly white county. in 2008, the county decided that despite the thousands of students at the college, despite the thousands of registered voters among the students at the college, the county decided in its wisdom that they would set up a super convenient polling place for those students that was just about 30 miles from campus. this county in texas, waller county in texas, supreme court or no, they have just abs

look at this county-by-county breakdown. yes, in both of these elections, obama loses overall in the state. but there are places in the state that go for obama. and in fact, there are a couple of places that go for obama with 70 plus percent of the vote both times. look, in 2008 and 2012, there are pockets of north dakota that are the deepest blue, that voted more than 70% for obama, even in that deep red state. the two counties that voted for obama by more than 70% in 2008 and 2012, those two counties are the two counties in north dakota that are majority native american. this county here, sioux county is about 85% native in terms of its population. this county up here at the top, the other deep blue one, roulette county, it's over 70% native american. the two counts in the state that are majority native american. so like i said, north dakota not a red state. but not everywhere. and really, really, really not among north dakota native americans. in 2012 when president obama was doing great with native americans in north dak

but the volusia county didn't get a lot of attention. what happened in volusia county was around 10:00 p.m. on election night. prior to that, al gore in volusia county was ahead of george bush. around 10:00 p.m., suddenly al gore's numbers started reversing. it reversed more than 16,000 votes. in fact, it was all happening in one precinct. there were 16,000 -- weren't 16,000 voters in that precinct. the explanation that election officials provided was a faulty memory card was inserted into the tabula machine. -- tabulating machine. there was one memory card for this one precinct and it was uploaded to the tabulator on election night. an hour after that memory card was uploaded, another memory card was uploaded. after the second card was uploaded, that's when the votes for gore started disappearing.. no one's been able to explain what was happening, whether it was a rogue card intentionally designed to have to vote and misfired, and therefore erased too many votes for gore, or this was a software mishap. but no one has explained why two m

roberts. >> what shelby county versus holder was about was shelby county alabama. the county commissioners have begun annexing the land around calera city and with the each annexation, they're redrawing their districts. in that redrawing of the districts there was this loan black councilman for calera city. this loan black councilman. by the time his district and then annexed and redrawn. >> host: what do you know. >> guest: he wasn't elected because now the majority of the people in his district, those were the ones who had voted against obama, over 70 percent. >> host: what the voting rights act was about, before you make a change like that where you got polarized voting and racial discriminatory feeling and you're about to make a radical change in the structure, you got to go to court to show it's not going to have a negative retrogressive impact. >> guest: absolutely. but there's none of that kind of minority impact. >> host: so what happens? >> guest: that case went to the supreme court and chief justice roberts wrote an opinion that will go down in infamy. an

at that county, there was an incident that occurred. it didn't get a lot of attention and the attention it did get, disappeared and got lost in all of the focus on the punchcard machines. what happens, was around 10:00 p.m., midnight, 10:00 p.m. on election night, prior to that, ahead of george bush. around 10:00 p.m., al gore's members started reimbursing. it reversed more than 60000 votes. there aren't -- it was all happening in one precinct. so his numbers were showing a negative 16 pounds. exclamation that they provided was that a faulty memory card was inserted into the cat creating machine. it wasn't a legitimate memory card. there was one memory card for the precinct and it was uploaded on election night. the logs showed an hour after that was open loaded, another, second memory card for the same precinct was uploaded. after that second card was uploaded, that's when the votes started disappearing. no one has ever been able to explain what exactly happened with it. whether it was a roque card that was intentionally designed to ha

and they are touching every single county. it is an audit that does this kind of audit and the only state that has done that so far is colorado. you will hear this over and over again. stayed by election officials. they are used at the end of the election to transform this to the county. they contact that cellular networks. and actually goes through the internet. the same kind of routers and switches that the regular traffic goes through. in between that cell tower in that machine. and intruder. can intercept they can intercept that communication in that phone call. if they're trying to change votes. at that were going to the headquarters on election night. those are unofficial tallies. you will create a lot of havoc if they don't actually match the tallies later that are counted after the election and that would cause a lot of problems. and a lot of mistrust in the election. but if you like -- rely on the official count. it doesn't really matter if it is altered. there is another danger in that. if you can trick a voting mach

what happened in volusia county was around 10 p.m., midnight, 1r to that al gore in volusia county was head of george bush. around 10 p.m. suddenly his number started reversing. every first more than 16,000 votes. in fact, it was all happening in one precinct and the one at 16,000 voters in one precinct so his numbers were showing a negative 16,000 in that precinct. the explanation election officials provided was a faulty memory card was inserted into the tabulating machine. it wasn't the legitimate memory card, so there was one memory card for one precinct and it was uploaded to a type of it on election night but the logs show and now after that memory card was uploaded, another second memory card for that same precinct was uploaded. after that second card was uploaded, that's when the votes started disappearing. no one is ever been able to explain what exactly happened, whether that was a rogue card that was intentionally designed to hack the votes and misfired and, therefore, a raised too many votes for al gore, or whether this was a software mishap. no one has explained why to make

let's say you have 146 precincts in your county.hey might take 1% of those precincts and randomly choose which precincts they are going to audit. the problem is that if it is only focused on specific precincts and those aren't where the problem occurred, you will never catch the problem. is an audit that takes a specific amount of ballots from all precincts, so that you are at least touching every single county. there is a statistically significant audit that does this kind of audit and the only state that has done that is colorado. these polling machines at the 100 14,000 polling stations in the u.s. are not connected to the internet, are they? kim: that's not true. you will hear this over and overstated by elections officials and federal officials that the machines are not --nected to to the internet connected to the internet. many have modems in them. the modems are used to transmit vote totals to elections offices. the motives contact a cellular network. they contact a cell tower. tower traffic these days goes through the intern

this is pretty shelby county. this lie was so racist they knew they could never get it through the department of justice preclearance review. and they knew it was racist because they had taped themselves talking, saying how do we press the black voter turnout? who in these alerts will get on these had financed assets and go to the polls. >> right there explicitly. >> that's why we have the preclearance requirement that got wiped out in the shelby county case. >> guest: exactly. alabama implements this law that sat on the shelf for a couple of years because they couldn't get it through. the law says you have to have government issued photo i.d. and they would define the kind of government issued photo i.d. that is acceptable to go vote. one of the things that cheryl is a soul, head of the naacp legal defense fund noted was that public housing i.d. was not on that list. alabama is a very poor state. you have lots of people in public housing. 71% are african-americans. public housing i.d. was not on that list. >> hos

napa county with more on this. tom? >> reporter: as you can see, there is everything to do with how quickly you can restore this power. now, i want you to know that assuming all of the powerlines, the equipment past inspections, critical inspections, pg&e says by midnight, no one affected should be without power anymore. in lake county, pg&e helicopters are spending the day slowly and methodically eyeballing and examining every foot of powerlines that they can see, from the air. when they could not see, ground crews, usually on foot, inspected from below to make sure that no flammable trees or branches had fallen on or touched those lines before restoring power. some 400 folks who live in the tiny town here waited patiently for that restoration. malin martinelli runs the mail express, a combination shipping, mailing, greeting car and shoe store. open only because she can do some transactions without power. >> you know, it just paralyzes everybody. the store, he had to throw away all of the ice cream and frozen foods yes

new affordable housing may be coming to san mateo county.e details. ( james ) and after the break... one east bay city ranks best place to raise a family in the bay area. we hear from the mayor next. (ácommercialá) (áábreakáá) rainfall will be seen up and down the coast through the a to the shore of marin, sonoma, and mendocino counties. isolated showers can be expected for the rest of the bay to carry us into the afternoon, evening and morning tomorrow. as far as temperatures go highs will range mostly from the 60's to the 70's. ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) an east bay city is ranked the best place to raise a family in the bay area. that's according to a new report from wallet- hub. the report says... san ramon is the best city for economic and educational opportunities... as well as overall quality of life. mayor bill clarkson of san ramon spoke with kron 4 about that report.

including the chief justice roberts. >> guest: with shelby county, it was in shelby county alabama the county commissioners have begun annexing they are redrawing the district. and by the time they district had been annexed in the new boundaries and everything he wasn't elected because now the majority of the people in his new district of those were the ones that voted against obama like over 70% voted against obama. >> host: before you make a change like that when you have the polarized voting and the discriminatory feelings and you are going to make a radical change in the structure of the voting you got to go to court to show that it not going to have a negative retrogressive impact on the voters. >> guest: absolutely. there is in tha isn't that kindf minority disparate impact. so that case went all the way up to the supreme court and the chief justice roberts wrote an opinion that it will go down in infamy. and understand roberts lineage. roberts comes out of rehnquist, william rehnquist was his mentor intellectual guide and he began his career as a voter suppression cuba to go to

vicky: sonoma county asked the state to investigate its response.es concluded staffers had a limited awareness and understanding of the wireless emergency alert system and outdated information about its capabilities. chris: they only focused on a very small aspect of the county's community alert warning program. so most areas, many of the observations they made were certainly accurate, absolutely. vicky: over the past year, the county trained more than 30 dispatchers on the wea system and issued its first alert in june to evacuate residents near this palette fire. afterward, county staffers surveyed 28 residents to see how many received the alert. chris: we had about a 40% success rate, which is not great. vicky: the results prompted the county to test the system last month sending a loud tone and text to five different parts of sonoma county, then the real work started. county staff tracked the alerts to see where they landed. male: i just got an alert on my phone. i think it's great they're testing this. i think this is something that was probably

in lake county, 34. and in the sierra foothills, there are roughly 5000 additional customers still waiting for pg&e to restore their power in amador, calaveras, and el dorado county. >>> you're watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30. three weeks from today, voters will head to the polls to select a mayor for the city of oakland. >> it's a crowded field of 10 candidates including incumbent mayor libby schaaf. ktvu's andre senior talked with three candidates today about their vision of fixing the city's biggest problem. >> reporter: the three we spoke with among the most well-known of the group of candidates gave us their thoughts and biggest concerns for oakland residents and we begin with the often debated issue of homelessness. you would be hard-pressed to find a resident in oakland who does not have an opinion about the estimated 6000 people who live in the streets of oakland. from her headquarters tuesday afternoon, incumbent mayor libby schaaf wants to stay the course with programs she has instituted. >> o

that is from marin county, sonoma county into mendocino and lake county. it is raining big time.anta rosa according to the observation, people tweeted information. you can do that pickett is moving in and getting closer. the line forming over san pablo about -- ever so slowly. you can see some of the activity continues to be offshore. that is the activity going over the city. that is finally moving over sanford's go and south san francisco and over into oakland. the low is not moving. all of the moisture continues to be funneled up from the south which is why this is a warm system. we will get rain over the next couple of days and it will be cloudy with off and on rain and i expect another half inch to the north. there is one third inch, some not coming in until tonight and tomorrow. you are busy. what you have? >>> we have good news on the macarthur maze crash that seemed to serious. they cleared it quickly and that is good news for the people involved. it was an injury accident but they cleared the lanes and whoever was injured was taken away. eastbound 80 at macarthur maze and

but those holes aren't the county falling short. rather our wireless carriers. the same thing happened in sonoma county where it used the same system to target even more specific geographic areas. >> that's the message we're sending. >> the results, only about 60% of the people who should have gotten the message did. and so whether napa or sonoma, it is clearly an imperfect system, proving the importance of making sure others are in place to fill the gap. >> we do know from the 2017 wildfires that we lost cell phone coverage and internet coverage, land line coverage. this is just one tool we might be able to use, but there's other tools we would use at the same time. >> reporter: and so clearly this is not the end all be all for many of us. we feel that it is. napa county says that is where some of their other actions come into play like doorknobs or the tabs we told you about yesterday, even the high-low sirens they'll drive around playing, not just in napa, but sonoma and lake county as well. the bottom line is to be on alert. reporting live in napa, emily tur

in invi, fairfax county roads have that title. new numbers show 99 traffic deaths in prince george's county in 2017. that's upve 32% the year before and 35 traffic deaths in fairfax county in 2017. that was the most in virginia. >> everybody is in too much of hurry. >> betsy stevenson i a fairfax county driver. she agrees some can be dangerous. >> they don't allow for traffic. wait too late to make their commitments. a crash happens about every four minutes in fairfax county. in prince george's county, places like maryland 210, indiaa head highway becoming synonymous with bad cras >> before you know it, boom, it's always something on 210. >> after both prince george's and fairf county both have adopted street safety plans as part of the street smart campaign and many residents say the numbers are adding up in the wrong direction. >> how many times early in the morning are we likenother accident on 210? it's something we see a lot. good information sothere. good news for all of you information seeking consumers out there. there's a

napa county sheriff.napa county sheriff says they have learned alot and made significant changes... like this... i rode along with deputy bill djernes as he showed how they now have evacuation signs for residents, in case a fire storm ever strikes again. deputy bill djernes, napa county. it is just faster to show that someone is gone and we dont waste valuable time. the deputy also demonstrated the county's new alert siren...that has a different pitch then other emergency sounds. all sherriffs cars are equipped with these. they

county. they say 377,000 customers are still without power in napa county. 206 customers are affected in lake county. el dorado county is at 5000 and amador and calaveras counties are about 2000 outages. we are updating the information for those affected by the outages on our website. just go to ktvu.com. >>> new information now in the case against a man accused of a deadly unprovoked attack at the macarthur station in oakland. john lee cowell has been indicted for allegedly killing 18-year-old nia wilson and injuring one of her sisters back in july. investigators say this was a random attack. he could face the death penalty if convicted. his attorneys say he is mentally ill, and that this should not be a capital murder case. the indictment accuses cowell of murder and the special circumstance of lying in wait. the court filing means there will be no preliminary hearing and that the case will go straight to trial. >> for me, it was really about efficiency. particularly for the family. they as

and 34 in lake county remain without power right now. pg&e hopes to get those numbers down to zero by tonight. the utility as we've been reporting deliberately turned off the power to prevent wildfires during the hot and windy weather over the weekend. abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman is live now from middletown with the story. just a few more still without the juice, wayne. >> reporter: just a few more. but that's fueling the criticism against pg&e in all three counties around here. they're hearing criticism first for cutting the power and now for the delays it's taking to get the power back up again. it was 2:15 p.m. a long 36 hours before pg&e turned the power back on in loch lomond in lake county. >> it's been really challenging. >> reporter: natalie martinelli, a long-time resident and business owner, says she survived too many fires in this region. she supported pg&e's decision to cut the power on friday night. >> is with really relieved they turned the power off. >> and now they turned the power on? >> i'm just really grateful t

that's what he did in brooks county. it's what he did in hancock county. it's what he has done all over the state of georgia. but our campaign is grounded in the belief if we tell people they have power and show them how to use it, they will use it and we will win this election. >> how do you thread that needle to alerting people of the dangers and letting them know don't leave without at least casting a provisional ballot. bring your id. if anybody tells you you're not registered -- how do you steel people for the kinds of suppression they may fight, fight against those suppressive efforts, but also not contribute to that miasma you describe, that fear that may ener invate people. >> i've been fighting brian kemp on voter suppression for more than four years. it was my organization, the new georgia project that helped bring to light his problem in 2016. we submitted so many applications that were held unlawfully that we were able to pull together a coalition, fight him in the courts and win. and so what i tell people is this. we've won before and we will

a flare-up in solano county. you can see the flames ripping through a building happening on grizzly island road across montezuma slew from the boat launch ramp. we should mention it's kind of sparsely populated out there. a few grizzly islands is actually a wildfire preserve that is used for hunting, so there aren't a lot of homes out there. but this one, somehow they caught fire and crews are trying to put it out. >> and so far crews, they have managed to contain the fire into that structure and put out the flames around that grassy area. and so far no injuries have been reported. the flare-up is a part of the branscombe fire that broke out late yesterday morning, battling the blaze as you can see there on the ground. >> again, we are told at least three structures have been lost in the last 24 hours. a lot of ash that came up from the fire ended up in other parts of the bay area. in the east bay there were reports of ash coming down on cars and swimming pools and windows. and some even got across the bay and a

but the deal is, cities often follow a county ordinance to take the county's lead. wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >> wayne, thank you very much. >>> in san francisco, there's a plan that could force hundreds of businesses and city hall to hire trash sorters. our anchor is live in the "abc7 news" breakroom to sort all of this out for us. >> reporter: yeah, dan, i'm just upstairs from the studio. each though this measure amieaiy to big businesses, this is where sorting starts. you have compost and the recycle bin, but if you're like me or my colleagues, there can be confusion as to exactly which bin your items go in. >> the sushi containers trouble me. it looks like plastic, but not really sure. i've heard different things. i would guess recycling. >> reporter: this is my colleague, dan, in one of our breakrooms after eating his lunch. you may be able to relate to his dilemma. >> also, this one right here, i think sometimes they are recyclable. >> reporter: san francisco is set to vote on legislation, requiring businesses to hire trash sorters. >> they are sending signi

amy: from orange county, california, this is democracy now! >> identified a device that appears to be a live explosive device. nypd bomb squad responded, secured the device, and removed it to investigate. amy: authorities have launched a nationwide investigation after pipe bombs were sent to several prominent democrats, including the obamas and clintons. one device delivered to cnn forced the network to evacuate its new york studios. at a wisconsin rally wednesday in, president trump did not mention the target and renewed the media.on pres. trump: the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and often times falls attacks and stories. have to do it. amy: we will speak with former fbi agent mike german and chapman university professor pepeter simi, who studies political violence -- who has studied political violence for decades. then we look at neo nazis in southern california a day after the fbi arrests t the leader of the rise above movement and two other californians. we will

right now the county has the land for six months, it is allowing 14 people to stay there. >> county staff is coming to the board of supervisors saying we recommend that the total number of people be expanded up to a maximum of 30 people and that the lease be for 18 months. >> that land near sjc is owned by the city of san jose. santa clara county leases it for just $1 for hope village. the county's board of supervisors is expected to approve the six-month plan and discuss extending that lease at a meeting later today. >>> well, a live look at oracle arena. warriors fans t is time, basketball is back on. >> here we go, warriors tip off their season tonight at home against oklahoma city thunder. needless to say, a full house is expected. do we need to remind you for the third time in four years they will raise the championship banner. team members also receive those championship rings. but for some warriors fans tonight is more than just about the bling. this is the last season at the oracle with the new chase center set to open next year. >> we want to do it for the fans of oakland, been s

lake county.. and sonoma county all came in to assist.aused the fire later this week. ( james ) in the south bay... cal fire also assisted with the park fire in santa clara county. the fire started on monterey road and coyote creek golf drive, north of morgan hill and burned about 25 acres. it broke out just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon. at one point... a portion of highway 101 was shutdown because of the smoke. no body was injured. firefighters are still tyring to figure out how this fire started. ( darya ) another big story we are following this morning.. president trump will host a public ceremony at the white house this afternoon for justice brett kavanaugh. a brief, private ceremony was performed saturday night at the supreme court. kavanaugh stood alongside his wife and two daughters. chief justice john roberts administered the constitutional oath. it was only hours earlier that the senate confirmed kavanaugh by a 50-48 vote. ( darya ) in the east bay... police in oakland arrest a man after a standoff with officers. it happened o

low visibility here in montgomery county, culpepper county, and even in prince george's county now visibilitya third of a mile. so the commute, outside of the gogginess, it's a nice day. sun comp at 7:07. perfect day to have outdoor lunch. by later today, bordering on hot. 89 degrees i f theecast. could easily touch 90 degrees today. won't be that warm tomorrow. is cold front promises about a 15 to 20-degree drop in afternoon temperatures from tomorrow. nothing on radar. your morning commute will be dry. your evening commute is likely to be dry as well. here's future weather showing the clear skies here first half to three-quarters of the day. after 3:00 or 4:00, some showers arting to bubble up. mainly up near the pennsylvania border. here's 8: this evening. this rain chance comes in probably after 6:00 or 7:00. maybe a rumble or two of thunder possible late thisorvening. by tw morning when you get s up, uld be mainly cloud dpi a -- cloudy and cooler. highs only in the 70s. another mostly cloudy day on saturday. maybe a little drizzleim from te to most of your weekend plans are not going to

up around lake county and north sonoma county. so watch out for.hat a lot of this happening before sunrise tomorrow. once the wind speeds start to back off, a warm forecast for the afternoon. still dry. off shore pattern is going to be around most of the week except not as gusty as the wind will be experiencing tonight into tomorrow morning. >> and pg & e cut power to tens of thousands of people from the central valley to nevada city and on over to napa and also so in sonoma perhaps. >> lake county as well. >> we're talking 17,000 customers at this point. >> in just the north bay. yeah, tens of thousands more in other parts of the state. thank you very much for watching. we'll be back with more tonight at 11:00.

he went to the local county courthouse in waller county, texas.o drop off a letter about protecting the voting rights of college students at a nearby college, prairie view a&m, a historically black college. this field director for mike siegel drops off that letter about the voting rights of the students at this nearby college. a bailiff and then police and sheriff's deputies follow this kid out. they start questioning him. he explains at one point that he works for a congressional candidate. he gets the congressional candidate on the phone while he is being questioned by these officers. one of the officers then asks the field director oh, you work for a candidate, a candidate from which party? he tells them the democratic party. and then they arrested him. right after asking the party affiliation of the candidate who he worked for. now the students that letter was about, the students were again from prairie view a&m. prairie view a&m the student body is about 82% black. waller county, texas, where that school is about 70% white. the college and th

the wildfires burned more than 245,000 acres in santa rosa, napa valley and mendocino county. it is still a mystery how the most destructive fire, the tubbs fire, started. a total of 44 lives were lost, 8900 structures were destroyed and the wildfire has reportedly cost more than $9 billion making it one of the costliest in california history. since then sonoma county revamped its emergency alert system to use a combination of texts, calls and cell phone alerts and pg&e is installing nine high def cameras to monitor potential wildfires in the north bay. >>> napa county taking steps to improve its response times. anne makovec on the county's strategy to be better prepared in the future and be ready for emergencies. >> reporter: witrmowing here in fire danger high, the sheriff, as he introduced new communications strategies, called the timing eerie. it's called the high-low siren and since it's less familiar to people than a monotone blaring siren, the sheriff is hoping more people will take notice. >> that is at very little cost, allows us to drive a patrol car through rural ar

one every ten days and the majority of the republican counties not in the blue counties is anyone ever said i have a great idea let's take money out of the national treasury to give it to the richest among us. don't we have enough income inequality already? how about fighting for the middle class america and lifting up the middle class to take back that 1 trillion and a half back invest in health care and education and infrastructure. [applause] we the people democracy does not look like betsy t five. >> it doesn't look like scott pruitt fortunately we kicked out but it took a long time to do it but here's the thing. depending on what happens 23 days from now if democrats can take the u.s. senate there is no more betsy devoss or scott pruitt. [applause] and no more packing the court like brett kavanaugh. [applause] i have to tell you i was so deeply disturbed by what happened last week first we didn't have his full record because the president took privilege on 100,000 documents to prevent us from reviewing the record and the judiciary did not stand up for the senate to insist we get t

is in charles county right on the border of prince george's county.ut 8:00, officers responded o to a call shots fired on wild meadow stree they found a teenage boy dead from gunshot wounds. f agai anyone who is familiar with that area, it' right near crane highway. it appears to be an isolated the investigation is ongoing. we'll keep you updated ase learn more. chris lawrence, news 4. >> all right, chris. thank you. >>> 5:32 right now. s one land high school s of its students was killed in this crash on i-270. today the focus is at northwest high school in geantown where that 17-year-old was a student. news 4's justin finch is live at school with what's being done for other students today. >> reporter: well, aaron, knowing today will be a hard day for students and staff here at northwest high school, grief counselors are going to be on hand to help tm as they mourn the death of senior joshua snyder. th principal breaking that sad arws yesterday, remembering joshua as being working, kind, and having a positive impact here in a school wide. lett the pr

helena in napa county; and unincorporated northeastern eas of sonoma county. ( james ) happening tonight... several lanes will be closed of the western side of the bay bridge starting tonight. scheduled maintenance is happening from 8 at night until 4 in the morning...crews will be working on this until october 27th. seals on bridge joints will be replaced. lane closures will alternate each night between westbound and eastbound roadways. at least one lane in each direction will remain open at all times. ( darya ) happening now... commuters will now be able to use fremont street in downtown san francisco. ( james ) the area has been closed since late september after cracks were discovered. kron 4's lydia pantazes is live with the details. (lydia)this is something a lot of commuters have been waiting for.....the opening of fremont which had been closed since last month.(take vo)the closure of the transit terminal and fremont street happened after cracks were found in two beams along the roof of a bus deck that crosses fremont street between howard and mission streets. during the closure, b

i work for city and county of san francisco for 16 years. i am here today to let you know what my experience has been as a black city employee. while at work a horrible accident happened, and i believe because of my race i was forced to early retirement, or be fired. i was accused of hitting a person who was in a wheelchair, she went to, she was in a wheelchair. and after i hit her, she went to the hospital and two days after her hospital admission she died. oh. the circumstances around my case is simple. i was going 15 miles an hour while making a left hand turn. she appeared on my right side, of my left hand side, by a stationary bus. the wheelchair was rolling toward me, we couldn't, she couldn't stop. she ended up on the hood of my car, and then hit the ground. there was an investigation, consisted in -- [microphone is silent] >> supervisor kim: thank you, mr. hanon. >> hello, my name is madeline mcmilan, i work for the san francisco police department. i've been working there for 25 years. i was in an accident and was off work. prior to

butte county, sierra, placer, nevada county, el dorado county, plumis, calabaras, and yuma county. in napa county, affecting 11,000. by tomorrow the intentional blackout could affect folks in as many as 12 northern california counties. that's about 87,000 customers. >> we've had extreme fire conditions in the past. what's different, what's extraordinary here is shutting off the power before the fire. >> this may help mitigate wildfire risks. we know how people rely on electricity. we'll only shut off the power temporarily as a last resort for the safety of the community and the safety of our customers. >> reporter: the county officials acknowledge cutting off power could cause problems of its own. there are people who have medical problems that have medical devices that require electricity. there are folks who have medication that requires refrigeration. you need to be aware of that if you're in the area where the power might be cut off. folks should have their cell phones charged. you should also have gas in the tank because they don't know what time power will go out, but at leas

the fire began near a creek bed and burned across the county line into yellow county. crews were able to get it out in an hour. >>> and they're rolling out electric buses, the buses can travel 145 miles per charge. at first it will run no more than 80 miles per hour a day as they learn about the bus'  capability. it's in marin county and san raphael. >>> and they're testing high tech voting machines. they're looking through a checklist to make sure hundreds of machines are ready. they're calibrating the machines, setting the time and date, once the tests are complete. the machines are sealed and will be ready for election day on november 6th. >> we'll be ready, if we do have high turnout, we're ready and the machines will be ready to go and our co-workers are being trained and election days are around the corner and we're excited and ready for it. >>> santa clara county will have 850 machines ready to go at precipitation all over the county. >>> santa clara county is launching a program to get more young people to cast a ballot. 13 high schools will test out a studen

what was napa county's success rate? >> reporter: if someone did not get the alert, go to countyofnapacounty.org to help improve the system. you can also check your wireless provider and settings on your phone. there was a slight delay in setting out the alert, due to a technical issue, but they quicklycorrected the error with the help of fema. >> that's the purpose of the test. >> i think anything is beneficial, when it comes to an emergency. the fires are such a dangerous thing. and, it's better to have information than not. >> reporter: there are multiple people staged across napa county to collect data on the where they were in the cell phone providers they were using when the emergency test came through. the county says of the 55 people they have, only two failed to receive the test. they also say in the event that cell phone towers are down, they can use other options or tools to dominican with the public including the new high- low sirens unveiled at the sheriff's department. in napa county, cristina rendon, ktvu

one pair of boots has special significance to sedgwick county sheriff jeff easter.nged to his younger brother, kevin. >> kevin had a great personality. joked all the time, always had a smile. did really well in school. just an overall really good guy. most everybody liked him. i couldn't say that about me all the time. some people didn't care for me. but i looked up to him actually for that, that he was just able to really talk to anybody, didn't matter who you were. >> the easter brothers followed their father, who was a major with the wichita police department, into law enforcement. jeff worked for the wichita pd. four years later, kevin became a deputy with the sedgwick county sheriff's office. >> he was on the job for almost three years and had just gotten married. his life was really starting to take off. >> kevin easter was on patrol when he spotted a car that had been reported stolen. >> kevin chased the vehicle. the driver exited the vehicle, took off running from kevin. kevin chased him over a fence. was able to get him on the ground. they were pretty much

new affordable housing may be coming to san mateo county. tonight...solution to approve close to 20-million dollars for new housing projects. the majority of the funding comes from measure "k"... which was a sales tax increase passed in 20-16. ( james ) in the north bay...shoppers in corte madera might notice a slight increase in prices as a new sales tax is now in effect. it kicked in yesterday. corte madera voters approved the one-quarter percent tax hike in last june's election.... bringing the sales tax to 9 percent. the three-point-five million dollars it's expected to generate will go into the city's general fund. ( darya ) one of the most anticipated events during fleet week is the blue angels airshow.( james ) the team is preparing right now for it.. and i got a behind scenes look. fleet week is here and soon thousands will descend on san francisco to take in the sights and sounds of the u-s navy at its best.and when it comes to naval aviation there's nothing better than the blue angels.we're here in oakland where preparations are underway righ

in sonoma county, and 11,300 in lake county have no power tonight. this is being done to prevent a devastating wildfire, like the tubbs fire we saw last october, which killed 22 people and destroyed more than 5,000 homes in both napa and sonoma counties. back here live, this is a school, again, pitch dark. and it's very likely that this elementary school will not be open tomorrow because pg&e says that if your power is out tonight, you may have to wait until tomorrow night for it to come back on, possibly even until tuesday. reporting live in deer park, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> that's a long time for some of those folks. all right. thank you, marianne. meteorologist rob mayeda continues our team coverage. he has been tracking the conditions all weekend long. rob, the winds really a factor with this red flag warning. when do you think pg&e will decide it is safe to turn power back on? when do you think winds are going to die down? >> it's all really tied into the winds, which is starting to make itself felt, only 17%. 67 degrees, and we'r

some of the observations into marin county, and in the sonoma county and napa county, showing northerly best. there is one westerly at napa but the humidity is low. with advisory until 10 am. 1.5 hours. up to 60 miles per hour. the strongest yesterday into early this morning. the red flag goes until noon. the northeast bagels and humidity is low. 40s and 50s and 60s. no breeze. it is cold. for others, it is warm to the northeast wind continues and you are well above other locations. you can see the predominant direction is northeast. we have the dry air spilling in. in the coast, mild and warm. most of the week for inland areas. we top out today with some of the temperatures. they are not going to change that much. we will lose some stronger gusts in a little bit of patchy fog tuesday morning. some of that but not much. that will cool down the coastal areas which will be well above average. very quiet going through the rest of the week. >>> the clock is running out for sears. the impact of the stores in the bay area as the company files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. >>> the royal family ab

in contra costa county... the fire protection district wrapped up fire prevention week with it's second annual open house. kron four's philippe djegal reports from concord... where families and young kids got to play fire fighter for a day. (philippe)nats- aspring fire fighters learning from the best in fire prevention.lane sanders/three- years-old- "we played with the fire fighters." the sanders family was one of many to stop by the contra costa county fire protection district training facility in concord.no name/mother- "they're gonna bug me forever to go to another fire station and another fire station, but i think they'll remember this." all of the fire protection district's tools were on display.... the boats used for water rescues.... and, the trucks and ladders used to enter burning buildings and save lives.robert marshall/fire marshall- "some of them might want to be fire fighters later in life. um, you know, if they're from the area, they're all paying taxes into this and this is a chance

are without power. 5700 and napa county and 415 in sonoma county.g&e made the move of temporarily turning off the power as a last resort. the current weather can contribute to wildfires. >> our employees live and work in these communities. we know it impacts our customers if we need to possibly shut off the power for safety. notice this is about keeping our customers safe and that is our top priority. >> pg&e estimates power out all day for 17,000 north bay customers and tens of thousands more in counties far away. the timing depends on weather conditions and repairs that may be needed to the utilities electric equipment. no power means no school for several north bay school districts. according to the lake county office of education, there is no class in lake county, cuzzi phil, middleton and napa county klatt -- classes are canceled. they hope to prevent wildfires from spreading. the contract county fire department uses a tactic called pre-positioning when firefighters and equipment are sent to areas with the highest fire risk. that waived crews c

and napa county and more than 400 in sonoma county. >>> classes are canceled because of the power outages. >> ktv leigh martinez, one of the cities where there is no problems this morning. >> reporter: we went through st. helena and that had power through downtown. here in calistoga it is dark. there are no lights. any of the businesses in the streets in the traffic lights. we have a police officer out here with his yellow lights on and the power is shut off here. as long as the weather conditions remain the same the power will stay off. many of last year's devastating wildfires were caused by power lines that came down in strong winds. as a precaution, pg&e shut off the power sunday night when similar weather conditions occurred. on pg&e's website some of the cities impact include calistoga, st. helena, deer park and met -- and napa county. middleton and clear lake oaks in mid county and more than 400 without power in sonoma county's unincorporated area. pg&e chose the area with the greatest fire risk based on their methods of localized weather forecast. sunday night into monday morning

the heaviest into fauquier county and prince george's county as well. you can see thet heavi rain back to the mountains where we could see my flash oo diwefl've gngot showers just th everywhere. to the east and the west. this isone. we have a severe thunderstorm warning until 4:30. if you live in western stafford county, fauquierun , this is moving your way. just to the west of fredericksburg. no longer a severe thunderstorm warning but sti a very strong storm, to say the least. notice the area in yellow which includes the northern neck. this area under a tornado watch. right through 10:00. there o has been tornado warning around the norfolkarea. right now, watching the storm. michael just to our south. here it is. it is moving about 25 miles an hour. very close to the raleigh area. right now, we have a live picture. you can see it is on the west side for sure. winds gusting upwards of 50 miles an hour. a lot of power outages and flash flood warnings inhe effect for entire raleigh durham area. so this where michael is right now. making its way to the no

i am the mayor of salt lake county. 85% is in salt lake county.he has been absent on many of the issues that salt lake county faces. as the mayor i travel every , corner of this county, 85% of this district. i know every pothole and every blade of grass in this county that is being maintained. representative love is absent. if you live in salt lake county, one was the last time you had an invitation to a town hall meeting? not a special invitation, but in invitation open to the public. salt lake county has not been represented. as the mayor of salt lake county, we need representation. i will not stop there. i will fight for the residents in utah. i have traveled every city in this district and listened to the residence and heard their concern. you will get a representative who care and be there to listen to our issues, if you vote for me. doug: is your turn to ask a question. mr. mcadams: i would like to ask representative love what she plans to do to be better informed with the constituents that you represent? ms. love: first of all, he did not a