dan has been to see europe's fastest — in milton keynes.now, as most of the 10,000 or so charging stations in the uk after a fairly slow fill—up time. but a new set of chargers promised to fill your batteries at a stupidly rapid pace — if you bought a car that can handle it. most of the uk's fast charging stations operate at about 50 kilowatts. that's enough to fill a family car up to about 80% in roughly 45 minutes, depending on conditions. these new superchargers, though, promised to cut that time to just eight minutes. we are saying that high—power charging will be identical to petrol engine cars. there will be no difference, it will be easy, simple and seamless. but there is a catch. not one of these new electric cars released this year are built to take charge that quickly. although the pump will automatically reduce the power to match what the vehicle can manage. this current car on sale now will charge at 150 kilowatts in around 30 minutes orjust under. further down the line, in about a year's time there will be another vehicle that

dan has been to see europe's fastest — in milton keynes.now, as most of the 10,000 or so charging stations in the uk after a fairly slow fill—up time. but a new set of chargers promised to fill your batteries at a stupidly rapid pace — if you bought a car that can handle it. most of the uk's fast charging stations operate at about 50 kilowatts. that's enough to fill a family car up to about 80% in roughly 45 minutes, depending on conditions. these new superchargers, though, promised to cut that time to just eight minutes. we are saying that high—power charging will be identical to petrol engine cars. there will be no difference, it will be easy, simple and seamless. we are saying that high—power charging will be identical to petrol engine cars. there will be no difference, it will be easy, simple and seamless. but there is a catch. not one of these new electric cars released this year are built to take charge that quickly. although the pump will automatically reduce the power to match what the vehicle can manage. this current car on sale no

. >> tonight we are joined by historian and not a lot of journalist and how, dan has spent a career writing and teaching about the history and culture of technology, this articles can be found in popular science in the journal for the history of behavioral sciences, he holds a ph.d. in history from the university of michigan where he also taught in engineering, then also served as the curator of vehicle collections at the national museum of science and

has now been smashed. kenya's brigid kosgei recorded a time in chicago of two hours, 1a minutes and 4 seconds, eclipsing paula radcliffe‘s record set in 2003. our sports editor dann chicago. there had been whispers all week that brigid kosgei was in the mood to try and finally break that 16 year long record that paula radcliffe has held since the 2003 london marathon, and as you have said, she managed to do it. it was on from quite early on. and there was a concern she may have got off too fast, may blow up, but she didn't. she maintained and managed to get that time, knocking an extraordinary 81 seconds off of radcliffe's world record. would you believe only 22 of the many men's race did better than that? consider her nearest rival came in almost seven minutes slower than brigid kosgei, so an absolutely staggering performance. and as we know, eliud kipchoge yesterday, a fellow kenyan, in vienna became the first human to run a marathon distance in less than two hours. it was not an open competition. this most certainly was, and i have heard people saying here in the last couple of hours that this achievement by brigid kosgei is perhaps more impressive than kipch

and running them, how far they can go and ask if they're as clean and green as they might seem. 0k, dan hasto see europe's all—electric fight—back at this year's frankfurt motor show. there was really only one big question for the big execs at the huge german car companies at the world's biggest motor show. why are they 10 years behind tesla in offering us an all—electric car? we are not each time the fastest or the earliest but if we come, we come, we come very strong. tesla, a company that has been solely focused on electric vehicle production, you have to give them credit for blazing the trail, but if you look at other entries on the marketplace, from other companies that also do normal cars, so to say, this is really the first time you're getting long—range, fully usable, everyday usable electric vehicles coming from mainstream manufacturers. right, so they wanted to ace it. well, the stakes are high. electric may only represent less than 3% of all new car sales last year but vw have taken a close look at them and reckon it's the future. well it's obviously not real. these cool designs

dan has more. pg&e is supposed to be hardening the power grid. but there are questions tonight about how much progress they're making. clearly with this blackout, pg&e does not trust its system to be able to handle the high winds even though these conditions come around every fall. state lawmakers question whether such a blackout is necessary. state mayor hill is drafting a letting to send to puc, other lawmakers signing on. >> we'll make sure they do a root cause analysis for every one of these shutdowns and the announcements that pg&e is making and that they're doing it the right way. for themthem iminthemming, it's the power off. >> they have to consider underground power lines. it's expensive, but when you think of the cost for fires and the blackouts, they say it's worth the cost because we're paying a lot and residents being inconvenienced. >> it's a more modern approach. >> it happens in these areas where they have a lot of snow. they often underground the wires because the heavy snow will take them down. it ooh's common thing there to do

dan cohen has more.>just everybody run and you know like when i walked up >>the deerfield township harvest festival remained open just hours after a 10 year-old girl was killed, writing the extreme wisdom sizzler ride saturday night as soon as i walked in israel quiet. >>never like it's been before you know could just tell that something happen. >>and it's a ride hovering feet from the ground with several carts rotating at high speeds in a statement, the township said it kept the festival opened for the community to come together in the wake of this tragedy. well, is devastated to read being here. so while they did that the festival close the game and ride section of the festival lottery funding people's money, while the state police department continues to investigate and not divide that that they did they haven't at him and go around and you know the man go around but anything else is out. >>the extreme attraction is operated by skelly amusements who said on its facebook page. well they've been cleared

ok, dan has been to see europe's all—electric fight—back at this year's frankfurt motor show.n car companies at the world's biggest motor show. why are they 10 years behind tesla in offering us an all—electric car? we are not each time the fastest or the earliest but if we come, we come — we come very strong. we are not each time the fastest or the earliest but if we come, we come — we come very strong. tesla, a company that has been solely focused on electric vehicle production, you have to give them credit for blazing the trail, but if you look at other entries on the marketplace, from other companies that also do normal cars, so to say, this is really the first time you're getting long—range, fully usable, everyday usable electric vehicles coming from mainstream manufacturers. right, so they wanted to ace it. well, the stakes are high. electric may only represent less than 3% of all new car sales last year but vw have taken a close look at them and reckon it's the future. well, it's obviously not real. these cool designs are actually for the future, maybe. each car manufact

dan evans has been knocked out of the swiss indoors tournament in basel. british number one lost in straight sets to the american frances tiafoe who will now face stan wawrinka in the next round. wales are in tokyo right now — preparing for sunday's rugby world cup semi final against south africa. centres jonathan davies and hadleigh parkes are expected to be fit but training today had one extra special visitor. prince charles — if the picture hadn't given it away by now. his royal highness and andy swiss too. it was a day rugby royalty met the real thing. after spending yesterday ata real thing. after spending yesterday at a ceremony for the new japanese emperor, a very different gathering for the prince of wales, given a signed assurance by the welsh players, ahead of their world cup semi final. the prince presented new arrival, owen lane, with his tournaments capped, but what words did he offer about the south african team? quite a big people who, he said, and the message certainly got through. hejust said they through. he just said they are bloodied bi

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our sports editor dan roan has the story of the game. they we re it was france who started and they were the better. two early tries and then wales responded to aaron wainwright, who scored a try of his own. at that point it was anybody‘s. france 19—10 up at half—time. early in the second half, sebastien vahaamahina, the giant french lock elbowed wainwright during a mall, camped on the wales line. there was no need for it. in the roaming half—an—hour, france were reduced to 14. it looked like time is running out and wales were struggling to make their one—man advantage count. but in the final reckoning, moriarty it was who popped up to score the decisive try. dan biggar converted to edge wales ahead for the very first time in the match. so they are through to a second semifinal in the last three world cups and they will now believe, that having not been at their best, but somehow found a way to prevail, they can go all the way, reach a first world cup final i give coach, warren gatland the defining moment in this, his final tournament th

dan noise, abc 7 news. >> all right, well the weather has been such a factor in all this but finally down. >> for the latest let's get to meteorologist sandhya h the right direction which is down as i mentioned. i want to show you a beautiful view. i think everyone needs this tonight. sunset from or emeriville camera. high clouds maying a role, but also some smoke coming in from the see era. take a look at the satellite picture. this is from earlier today. you can see the smoke drifting in from the south lake tahoe area into our region and still possible tomorrow. so the air district issued an air quality advisory. we're looking at moderate air quality for all of the bay, good for the south central bay. might be a little hazy so just keep that in mind as we head into tomorrow. now let's talk about the weekend because i know many of you are ready for the weekend. it is going to be fabulous weather for any activities that you have planned. for saturday, mild upper 60s to mid-80s. on sunday going to be a little bit cooler but still nice. low 60s to low 80s so close to where you should b

it seems to me dan has written a pretty solid statement that it's now clear on the record that the president of the united states conditioned u.s. military assistance to zelensky's government in ukraine who are facing the russian tanks on him providing some sort of declaration he's going after joe biden. my question is what's left to argue about? >> yeah, i think that dan gets it spot on as he always does. when you get dan who's about as measured a journalist out there making such a definitive statement it does tell you something has changed in the debate. and i think he's right that basically the question now is what do we make of the facts we have in front of us? what's do we make of what the president and his people have done in terms of ukraine? is it important enough? is it defensible? and the storming of the barricades in terms of the pacement shows the republican argument right now is one of process. they don't want to defend what the president has done in terms of ukraine partly because they may not be 100% sure all the facts are out there and don't want to get called out and it's ha

i stay long. >> what do you say about the charting. >> dan has it right here. >> wow >> we have seen 4, 5% crawdown in stock i think another 5 to go. 51 and change is a timely long but not there yet. it's a good long-term. >> i'm good over here. >> you guys want to high five over there that's -- >> i think there is work to do. >> it's expensive. 24 times forward earnings with an 8% eps groepgt, as dan would say knock yourself out. >> starbucks, what do you think for everyone unof the iconic brands. >> i think six months aigt you liked it for the cbd opportunity. >> they're not in cdbd. >> thanks for the action full showriy, fda tomorrow, 5:30 p.m. eastern. up next, final trades. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and now for their service to the community, we present limu emu & doug with this key to the city. [ applause ] it's an honor to tell you that liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. and now we need to get back to work. [ applause and band playing ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> welcome back i'm eamon javers at the whit

kron four's dan kerman has the latest. >>multiple agencies are now trying to piece together what caused tuesday's take explosion and fire at the new star fuel storage facility befo as a result of the incident, what investigators are doing as we speak they're doing a site survey. >>they are i'm in any witnesses that where there when the incident occurred. employees the employers. if unions are involved or terror. interviewing union representatives are also doing a very thorough review of all of the safety room and training records. >>air come out to rosa is with cal osha, the state worker safety agency that's among those investigating the incident. it's cal osha that issued the shutdown order meaning the facility will remain closed until new star can prove it can operate safely again. but state regulators say new star has not had problems before at that work site cal osha as. >>and no incidents of workplace safety and health inspections that resulted in violations as the investigation proceeds new star is working to clean u

has confirmed that he'll represent ireland at next year's olympics in tokyo. the four—time major winner from northern ireland represented ireland through his youth, but could have been part of team gb. danhe swiss indoors tournament in basel. the new british number one lost in straight sets to the american frances tiafoe who will now face stan wawrinka in the next round. semi—finals weekend is drawing closer at the rugby world cup injapan. the welsh team met prince charles today ahead of their match against south africa on sunday. his royal highness attended a training session in tokyo and our sports correspondent andy swiss was there. wea rers have had wearers have had a special visits are at their training camp here today. prince charles who has been here in tokyo for the interment ceremony of the new emperor, that happened yesterday but today he met up happened yesterday but today he met up with the wail of players, first of all he met warren gatland, the coach and captain, allan lamb of all he met warren gatland, the coach and captain, allan lameones as well before meeting up with the rest of the whales prayers, he was presented with a signed rugby shirt by the whales squad after re

. >> dan has some news of a candidate apparently saying goodbye. dan? >> reporter: tim ryan will now drop out of the race and return to his house seat. hear what he posted on line and sent to supporters. >> i am announcing today that i am withdrawing from the presidential campaign. after seven long months of hard work, i'll be returning home to my family and friends and community in ohio to run for reelection for my congressional seat. i got into this race in april to really give voice to the forgotten people of our country. the workers who have been left behind, businesses who have been left behind, people who need health care or aren't getting a quality education or saddled by tremendous debt. i wanted to give voice to the forgotten communities that have been left behind by globalization and automation. and i'm proud of this campaign because i believe we've done that. we've given voice to the forgotten communities and the forgotten people in the united states. and while it didn't work out quite the way we planned, this voice will not be stifled. i wil

ties with salazar two years ago, says he has "no tolerance for anyone who breaks the rules or crosses the line". in a moment we'll hear from our sport editor dantion to today's news. but firstjoe lynskey looks at the investigation that has led to one of the sports most successful coaches being banned. music. in 2015, the bbc panorama programme rocked the sports foundations. their report had been looking into historical drugs offences and athletics. instead, one name from the present kept coming up. this is alberto salazar, america's iconic marathon runner, now pushing the boundaries and coaching. in 2001, with nike possum kept him he likes the oregon project. a base in the state where the sport best runners got even better. most everyjoint in 2011. he was there for six years. and with salazar as his coach, he won double gold in london, then again in rio. farah has neverfailed again in rio. farah has neverfailed a drug test and is always denied breaking the rules. i haven't done anything. but my name is getting dragged through the mud. but it from the camp say many 0regon project at the camp say many 0regon project at the leaks were forced to d

dan has spoken about this a number of times. from peek to trough, from 130 to 240 was a pretty swift move to the downside i'm not suggesting that will happen again, but look at what facebook has done over the last couple of months look at amazon, massive double top. look now underperforming that stock has been the last month, month and a half so if you're trading the stock, why not take some money off the table. >> and if you want to buy it, that's a great way to phrase it. you wait until it makes a new high and you use that as your support. but the narrative was the hardware game was over, it was all about services the multiple was not going to increase you have a lot of levers that apple can pull now and now hardware is a tail wind? it's a buy now. >> this is a classic position that we always talk about. the positioning on apple had gotten negative when it came to sentiment around the iphone 11, and so incrementally it looked a little better and now people are on the other side of the boat. >> i suspect a lot of the move that

students will get a lunch, even if their parents have not paid their meals and the fee kron four's dan thorn has more. ryan coyote is a happy 10 year-old boy who loves helping others >>he's even happier now that school lunch shaming has been banned in california else on not to my friends. >>like not have lunch to see them have luncheon. happy days said flight. shed day. >>ryan has been the inspiration for a new california law guaranteeing all students will receive lunch, even if their parents have not paid their meal fees in may ryan decided he was going to take all of his savings from his allowance more than $70 and donated to the lunch debt of his 3rd grade classmates. ryan wanted none of his friends to be hungry. they later thanked him for helping out. >>and maybe get that much attention. >>however ryan's act of kindness did catch the attention of state lawmakers, including governor gavin newsome while applauding ryan for his empathy newsome sign the lunch shaming ban into law on saturday. >>ford so excited for everybody in california does this is huge. >>ryan's mother kylie kirkpatrick says

rough hillside terrain is forcing crews really to depend largely on daytime air drops and for his dan thorn has been working to get close to the front lines who joins us now. >>near geyser ville with more dan any progress on this fire. >>well game grand they have been making some progress on but it has been a difficult fight as you mentioned because of that terrain probably difficult to see right now you can probably hear it though, but these trucks that have been coming in and out here fill in on some gasoline and some diesel because they want to continue this fight and they want to get things knocked out. these guys are crews racing to stop the fast-moving flames through difficult terrain and here drops providing support as hos is needed to be dragged hundreds of feet down the fire burning trees and tree limbs that broke off making it crucial for firefighters to be wearing their helmets in many of these areas the plumes of smoke were then sent billowing into the air as crews continue to get a handle on the flames. the fire was threatening some alexander valley wineries near river road as the

wins over georgia, australia and fiji has put them into the quarter—finals. there's an injury to fly—half dann to cover, the last time he played in that position was when he was 14 at school. the japanese grand prix has also been affected by the weather. qualifying pushed back to today and the main race is under way in suzuka. ferrari the main race is under way in suzu ka. ferrari locked the main race is under way in suzuka. ferrari locked out the front rower in qualifying with vettel on pole ahead of teammate charles leclerc. they are 20 minutes into the race and there's been an incident, max verstappen from red ball having problems on the first corner but he was able to rejoin the race “— corner but he was able to rejoin the race —— red bull. st helens completed a record—breaking season by winning rugby league's grand final, and being crowned super league champions. they beat surprise—finalists salford 23—6 at old trafford. adam wild was there. never has a grand final brought such a contrast. st helens, the most dominant side super league has ever seen. dominant side super league has ever s

but -- >> jimmy: you're seven - >> yeah, and then he kind of - dan has filled us in as to like, sorting that surprised you like when you first -- >> sure. >> jimmy: you're like, "oh, wow, i didn't know that. >> well, when i -- i remember when i found out that kevin was - had a wife that he was -- used to be married. >> jimmy: oh, yeah >> i didn't find that out until about -- i think it might have been like a month before we shot it. and i was like, wait a minute. oh, this is so great like, i guess -- and then as an actor you think, well, does that change anything about the way i played these particular scenes before but it really didn't >> jimmy: it goes to the future and the past >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: but just like the first episode -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: this episode that aired tonight had a good twist >> yes >> jimmy: a good like zap. like what is this show >> that's right, yeah. very much -- >> jimmy: no, i'm not telling you! i wouldn't [ laughter ] >> don't say anything. >> jimmy: i know we're live, but i'm not rude hello, yeah. [ laughter ] you're not allowed to talk about "t

we can make repairs to caterpillar unit. >> seems the same can be said of cater pill are stock dan nathan hast when the alarms dow off plus. >> ha. >> if you want to ke

abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story and joins us live. chris? >> reporter: dan, this is all about using a data and technology to improve the lives of people in san jose. it's called the social progress index. take a look. i've put it on this computer screen behind me. you can see here that it identifies trends and gaps throughout the city down to the census track. >> tonight, san jose takes another step to innovate. but in a different way. >> whether it's around safety, around health, education. to show that zip code does not determine destiny. >> in partnership with the national nonprofit social imperative, america's tem plar -- has become the first to launch social progress index. from crime to educational attainmentment rates, it's the economic and social well-being of residents centered on basic human needs. foundations of well-being and overall opportunity. >> this part of willow glen neighborhood ranks number one in the social progress index. but a half mile away, this area is 167th. in total, there are 213 census tracks in san jose. those are small areas

it's probably a bon dan noyes has been looking on the pressure to build a safe power system and what the future looks like. >> reporter: state senator jerry hill sent this letter to the public california utilities commission calling for better oversight of pg&e with these forced blackouts and asking why is pg&e alone in making this desion? >> ty n't have a track record that we can trust. they have a track record that has shown they're a safe utility and they can guarantee what they're doing is the best course of action. >> reporter: hill told me forced power outages are supposed to be a last resort and this week's blackout should not have been so widespread. >> it seems as though this is really a broad blackout covering so many people in so many counties. do you think this should have been targeted more closely to the high-risk areas? >> absolutely. this is supposed to be a surgical approach. it's supposed to be surgically applied to those situations that are warranted. >> reporter: hill called on the puc to perform a root cause analysis of the decisionmaking that went into the black

. >> seems the same can be said of cater pill are stock dan nathan has a way to stay afloat when the alarms dow off plus. >> ha. >> if you want to keep suffering the pop in the market mike kmo lays out plan to ride without drowning when the market breaks less. >> let's get to it, a rocky road for the trrps as the group closes out a worst week of the year sitting in correction territory. look at sonl of this week's worst performers delta, rider, nofrls southern and american airlines leeting the path lower. our chart master says this could be the beginning of a bigger breakdown ahead carter, take it away. >> just that imagine a recovery in the market and yet transports down 3% says a lot about about a lot of things let's look at a few charts a one decade chart doesn't tell you much most everything is up over the past decked decade but relatively performance to the s&p, we are basically -- undown the entire thing back to where we were in '09 that's the issue, the problem. it's just this persistent and chronic slide, even as the index itself has advanced. look at one or two things. anoth

more than 500 acres in american canyon as of this morning, it's about 30% contained kron four's dan thorn has the latest. >>plumes of smoke seen pouring into the sky as a brush fire burns more than 500 acres hills in american canyon charges several fire crews. work to put out the flames from the ground and from the air. the fire spread quickly. it was the wind. the fuel. >>and that rain caused a re to spread. >>several homes near new will drive were under evacuation advisories. but fire officials say only a few fences were destroyed. the advisories were lifted by 7 o'clock sunday night. one woman tells us she was concerned about her horses that were roaming around where the fire was burning. >>its tariffs. >>met. >>registered veterinary technician. i'm very aware of the harm that can come easy on him. >>assembly koski says thankfully none of her more than 70 horses on their property were hurt. but she's not taking any chances until fire crews say it's fully contained. >>there's several of us that will be on the property sleeping in our released tonight just in case the fire decides to flare a

and i'm catherine hainan pam moore has the night off governor newsome is also demanding that pg in a car. >>say customers affected by the power shut off. kron four's dan kerman he is live in the newsroom and has the latest developments. dan that's right power back on the hundreds of thousands in california but now pg e is getting it from both sides both the cpu c. >>as well as the governor as you mentioned they are being directed to change their practices immediately as well as compensate those who are impacted by the outage. we're seeing the scale and scope of something that no state. 21th century should experience. what happened. it's unacceptable. the governor has been front and center with his disgust with the way pga knee has managed its operation and it happened because of neglect. it happened because of decisions that were deferred delayed or not made by the largest us your own utility. in the state of california, one of the largest in the nation now governor newsome is asking the utility to pay up. in this letter to pg e c e o governor newsom says given pg e's extreme failures in implementing the p s p s i urge you to provide affected customer

has equipment problem. the transmission tower that was not d energize around the time that that fire broke out, but it is still under investigation kron four's dan thorn has more. >>tearing through a hillside behind vineyards just east of guys are built crews racing to stop the fast moving flames through difficult terrain. air drops providing support as hos is needed to be dragged hundreds of feet down. >>the fire burning trees and tree limbs that broke off making it crucial for firefighters to be wearing their helmets in many of these areas the plumes of smoke were then sent billowing into the air as crews continue to get a handle on the flames. the fire was threatening some alexander valley wineries near river road as the sun started to go down as sky took on an eerie red glow as smoke move through the air once it was dark only bright orange flames could be seen to the dark hillsides. dan thorn. kron 4 news. well, the hills for. >>i was one of 3 places that opened up to fire evacuees. kron four's maureen kelly talked to some of those folks who arrived early. forced to flee their homes. in addition to getting shelter and food here the red cross

dan biggar has been passed fit to play against france on sunday. the french. over the last eight games and the one we lost was the 100 minute game in paris. we won the other seven. but in saying that they have always been close games but we will go in with a lot of belief and self—confidence. chris jones is our rugby correspondent. chris, this is a big boost for wales, at full strength? yeah, this isafar wales, at full strength? yeah, this is a far cry from four years ago, john, when wales were really on their knees by this stage of the competition. remember back in 2015, they had to battle past england and also passed australia, they had so many injuries that if they had beaten south africa in the quarterfinal, i don't think they would have been able to get a team out for the semifinal against new zealand. fast forward four years, they have won their four games, and yes, they had a few injuries before the tournament, but during it, they have managed to pretty much escape the bad luck. yes, dan biggar has had a couple of head injuries, but to have

well, away from parliament, the people's vote campaign has been holding a mass demonstration not far away from here. dan been in parliament square for us. there have been thousands of people out on the streets of london today, and perfectly concentrated in parliament square. things are just breaking up now. it's been a huge crowd here with the message they wa nt crowd here with the message they want a second referendum or a people's vote. a couple people who we re people's vote. a couple people who were in the crowd have come to london from devon. you are originally dutch, crystal. tell me what this is about for you. we need to get out of this, and the only way out is to remain. and in order to say we want to remain, we need a second vote. what is wrong with getting it done? the only go that's on the table that is really worth considering is what we have now, so we wa nt considering is what we have now, so we want to remain, but we have to be asked the question, and this is a democracy, right? this is the oldest democracy, right? this is the oldest democracy in the world, as i have been told. i even lea

kron four's dan kerman has the latest. >>the chp says there are initial investigation into the deadly head-on crash on northbound one oh one near candlestick point suggests the woman driving the wrong way was possibly under the influence of alcohol. the incident began just before 12 30 thursday morning. >>at approximately 12 24 this morning. we received a multiple cause of a possible wrong way driver appeared that wrong way driver was traveling southbound the northbound lanes when the chp got to the scene 4 minutes later the wrong way driver in this p w. >>had already slammed into this taxi cab. the chp does not know exactly where the vw driver entered the highway going the wrong direction. >>we did get multiple calls with multiple locations, one of the locations was northbound 1 one at the 2.80 split on so and it's very possible that they could have been troubling for quite some time. >>the driver of the vw has been identified as 34 year-old emily ross of hillsborough she was pronounced dead on the scene as were the 3 occ

research almost 2 years of work may have been ruled and just over a matter of hours kron four's dan thorn has more. sarah morris is a cow phd student who says pg e's power outage may have destroyed her important cancer research. >>the $500,000 study involved work on treating drug-resistant forms of the potentially deadly disease. >>i'm slowly processing. first was a lot of anger. now it's just. >>morris says the university was assured the morgan hall lab was not going to be affected by the p g any power outage, but then she was left scrambling with only 12 hours to spare once pg any decided they were in fact going to cut the power. the cells in her study require specific temperature control and had to be moved quickly. >>you can't just shut off. power research institution. the shooting showed up our hospitals but were such a big and large institution that it just makes sense. >>the cells were transferred to other tanks on amthpus and u gave the university adequate notice of the potential shut off and had quote frequent communications with these customers before during and after the outage if

grievances about the pg e power outage kron four's dan thorn has more. areas across mo the city of sausalito so one portion virtually unscathed by pg planned power outages. but another part took a hit we have to throw we only lost inventory. >>it's it's it's a my reaction. >>darnya's restaurant was one of several forced to close because of the power outage hours without refrigeration cost owner says on far hand more than $5,000 in meats cheeses doe and other ingredients far hand believes her business should be reimbursed by pg n big big company of the have. mostly unaffected businesses downtown saw people walking into their shops and eating at their restaurants if the power outage hit them. they too would have faced costs. the drawing. so i the only unhappy that he had >>as for some of the more than 3,000 residents affected in sausalito and marine city let f reporting in sausalito dan thorn kron 4 news. >>well to the peninsula now there was a wildfire and broke out in brisbane and it came dangerously close to some pg e power the lines that were not. so c

counties could potentially have a power shut off and that about 209,000 customers kron four's dan kerman has more on the warning day. >>well these shut off could take place starting wednesday evening and pg e will be holding a news conference this afternoon at 5.30 to bring you details about that but until we get to that the question is how is pg need and they have promised to do better communications better information with this next shut off. and i can tell you that is absolutely not the case they have done a very poor job communicating information in fact they have said for 4 or 5 hours now the 209,000 people would be impacted and yet they have failed to indicate up until the last half hour where those people were located so in terms of pg pg e seo bill johnson's pledge to improve communication. so far they have not done that. appearing before the california. >>utilities commission friday. pg e corp ceo bill johnson pledge the next public safety power shutoff would be handled better. >>should the prospect of another safety shut out a run of her eyes, we commit to communicating with the cu

flanagan has also spoken today. i've arranged for dan to come to our january meeting, on january 26 to address urban climate change. and the three questions that i've asked dan to address are number one, in this era of climate change, how is the city changing the way it addresses our urban canopy, if at all? second, what are city officials doing to improve tree canopy and watering? and third, what can i, you, city officials, what steps can i take to improve our urban canopy? the third issue i'd like to address which is indicative of my qualifications, i am in the n.a.g. footprint, let's say, a key role in motivating people to plant sidewalk gardens. and as a result of that, the neighborhood had the largest sidewalk beautification project to date. we greened 2,500 square feet of sidewalk square garden, versus the typical projects, which are on 1,000 square feet. and i put in my packet, and i'd love you to read the article, it takes a village to raise an urban forest which highlights our gardens. a couple of small things which i will want

now it started near or would drive in the city of brentwood kron four's dan thorn has the latest. >>flames burning through dozens of acres of dry brush as fire crews work to control it. >>the fire breaking out in rural brentwood around 4 o'clock monday afternoon on the vegetation on drive during very hot very fast along with that we had today pushed it real quick so it was already a 20 acres >>to get control of the flames fire crews with the east contra costa fire protection district began firing out a method used to push the fire together so that it will burn out this camp fire engines from getting stock in a swampy area. >>use fire to put out the fire. fired out what was not hurt yet that's all coming together. >>humidity from the nightfall also helped fire crews in their battle. the fire did not threaten any homes or businesses. however, a marijuana grow was in the vicinity of the flames. >>getting were able get on a replay can then control >>and may have sparked the wildfire in morocco earlier this month, here's some video of that fire as it. interest close to homes back on oc

nbc's dan sheneman has the laters >> reporter: rescuers in new orleans are still looking for one worker, missing since a whole collapsed. >> search and rescue continues to remain our top priority at this time. >> reporter: the worker was at the hard rock hotel, under construction just outside the french quarter when it partially caved in saturday. a large crane was brought in to assist rescuers. >> we have teams that are currently making entry as we speak into the building in an effort to try and locate the one victim we have that we have not been able to locate. >> reporter: at least two lives were lost when the building crumbled one of those bodies has been recovered. 30 people were hurt. one remains in the hospital. >> it's just sad. >> reporter: phillip outlaw was in a hotel nearby saturday when he felt the ground shake. >> i knew there was lot of possibility a lot of people were getting hurt at this time. >> reporter: family members waiting for news about loved ones have gathered near the hotel. but they can do little but wait. dan sheneman, nbc news >>> an urgent search is under w

ok, dan has been to see europe's all—electric fight—back at this year's frankfurt motor show. us an all—electric car? we are not each time the fastest or the earliest but if we come, we come, we come very strong. tesla, a company that has been solely focused on electric vehicle production, you have to give them credit for blazing the trail, but if you look at other entries on the marketplace, from other companies that also do normal cars, so to say, this is really the first time you're getting long—range, fully usable, everyday usable electric vehicles coming from mainstream manufacturers. right, so they wanted to ace it. well, the stakes are high. electric may only represent less than 3% of all new car sales last year but vw have taken a close look at them and reckon it's the future. well it's obviously not real. these cool designs are actually for the future, maybe. each car manufacturer brings out some concept ideas. interestingly on the volkswagen stand, they were all electric. the real car they were launching was the id.3, a sort of electric golf, with a 205— to 340—mile

england take on australia, wales play france — and ireland face new zealand. 0ur sports editor dan roan hasf beppu, famous for its numerous hot springs, is where england have been preparing for a defining moment. earlier they let off steam themselves here in nearby 0ita, where tomorrow they will play their first world cup knockout game for eight years. straight through the middle... england go into the match on a six—game winning streak against australia, but there are painful memories too, having been eliminated by them four years ago on home soil, and nothing is being taken for granted. we have the best eight teams now in the world playing four games, so we have worked four years to get here, we have done a lot of hard work, the players have been absolutely brilliant in terms of their preparation on and off the field, and we feel like we have prepared well for this game. but england aren't the only home nation in action here in 0ita this weekend. six nations champions wales are also in town and ahead of their quarterfinal against france on sunday. plenty of time then for the welsh fans to