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would hydrotest 250 miles at shareholder's expense . 91 tests will be conducted in a period when pg&e used to conduct only three or four. congressman jackie spears demand answers from the pedge pidge. >> my question is, what happened to the money in if it was shifted, from providing safety to rate payers . shifted to prosts. we'll have a problem. >> the reason it is answering. we are pull records out of the pg&e archives. we node to get the answer right. >> there appear to be errors in the gas line records . 34 miles of urban pipe line were mistakenly listed as seamless when it may be wielded. >> the u.s. attorney is seeking thousands of documents as it begins an investigation in the explosion. in san bruno, i am alen wong, abc sennows. >> the there are times on the town . the trade off will be that saturday morning service and begin at 7:00 to allow for maintenance. they will move forward in lock being at the concept. a six month will begin in september . costs are likely to top one million dollarss. she did last week after negotiating a 958 severance package. it includes 350 to insure th

the e uses statistics agency says the had 10.5% of gdp last year, which was higher than the 9.6% that was expected -- the eu statistics agency says they had 10.5% of gdp. debt restructuring may be on the table. athens remains committed to the austerity levels -- measures it agreed to with the eu and the imf. a sports manufacturer had a great start to the year, sales up 13.2%, and 78 million euros for first-quarter profit. our correspondent has market reaction from frankfurt. >> puma, plunging ahead, just like the logo of the company, the share increase in by almost 6%. people pleased with quarterly results, and they are very optimistic. the ceo wants to reach new volumes in sales in the coming years. people here also overwhelmingly positive about news that the french president sarkozy is supporting the italian central bank president as the next head of the european central bank. it is a bit of a surprise announcement. at this time, germany says the decision will not come until soon, but it does not have its own heavyweight candidate, when one person resigned, taking himself out of the

by the end of october at shareholders' expense. 91 tests will be conducted during a period when pg&e used to conduct only three and four. tonight jackie spear demanded answers from pg&e and the public utility's commission replacing the pipeline, something customers were paying for all along. >> my question is what happened to that money? if it was shifted from providing safety to rate payers and shifted to profits for shareholders, we have a big problem. >> the reason it is taking us so long to answer the congresswoman's question is we have essentially conducting an audit of that money going back to the 80s. we have had to pull records out of the archives, and we are being deliberate because we have to get that answer right. >> what i believe is is some of the hierarchy needed to be held accountable, and i do mean accountable. >> meantime, pg&e says there appears to be errors in its gas pipeline records. as many as 34 miles of urban pipeline were mistakenly listed as seem less when in fact it may be welded like the section of pipe that blew up last september. also the u.s. attorney announ

the "chronicle" reports that in 2007, the puc questioned pg&e's use of erasable ink, then pg&e ordered on maintenance and operation records. >>> and part of charlie sheen's visit to the bay area over the weekend will benefit injured giants fan bryan stow. the actor is performing his one man show tomorrow at san francisco's masonic auditorium. profits from sheen's merchandise will go to stow, who is still hospitalized in l.a. a month after being attacked outside the giants and dodgers season opener. >>> traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. we are going out to oakland one of our slow spots right now. a lot of congestion coming up the northbound lanes of 880 as you pass the coliseum all the way into downtown. latest, if you are heading south, southbound 880 around thornton word of this accident, one lane is blocked. so it's a little sluggish as you make your way past highway 84. the bay bridge has been our bright spot. it was busy earlier but then traffic cleared up around 7:30, 8:00. and it's been looking like this for the last hour or so. you

use as they grow older and hopefully get better on the golf course. we want to thank you on behalf of all the 65,000 san francisco unified school district students. thank you to pg&e for giving us an opportunity to introduce the sport of golf to the students of san francisco. as a san franciscan and a father, i will come out here and continue to train and practice and try to get that hole in 10 down to maybe of hole in five. i want to introduce a supervisor in the physical education department -- thank you. and her name is michelle. michele, could use that up, please? -- could you step up, please? >> i have a humble gift for pg&e from the physical education department of san francisco unified school district. we want to present you with this black for -- plaque for everything you're doing for the students of the san francisco unified school district. [applause] and we have one last plaque we would like to give to first tee of san francisco. this would not be possible if it were not for the folks who are doing a great deal of work to coordinate with our departments so all of you young adults here, please remember that today is your day, and a great deal of effort w

the "chronicle" says documents turned over this week show that in 2007, the puc questioned pg&e's useable ink. and at the end of that year, pg&e ordered employees to use only non-erasable ink on maintenance and operations records. >>> charlie sheen using his catch phrases to help the giants fan beaten at dodger stadium. the actor is performing at san francisco's auditorium tomorrow. profits from the merchandise sold will be given to bryan stow, who remains hospitalized. doctors are slowly lowering the medication that is keeping him in a coma. >>> 6:25 your time. a long-standing tradition is now over in the south bay. why organizers have decided to cancel a very popular parade. >>> the ceremony is over and the -- excuse me, and the parties ar begun. i'm rita nissan at buckingham palace with all the royal wedding details. >> a fire burns the san jose pot club for the second time in three months. i'm kiet do with live report coming up. >>> and california doesn't want your money, at least not yet. until they have the chance to charge you more of it. we'll explain all that coming up. this

"chronicle" reports the documents turned over this week show that in 2007, the puc questioned pg&e's useend of the year, pg&e ordered employees to use only nonerasable ink on maintenance and operations records. >>> richmond police have released a sketch of a man they say tried to kidnap a 12-year- old girl. the suspect has spikey brown hair with a slight bald spot. police say on april 13 he got out of a light blue pickup truck and grabbed the girl's arm as she walked to grant elementary school. she got away but he drove up again and pulled out a handgun. the girl reached the school before he could get to her. >>> charlie sheen is using his catch phrases now to help a giants fan beaten up at dodger stadium. the actor is doing his show tomorrow in san francisco and profits from the merchandise sold that night will go to bryan stow. he is selling t-shirts with sayings on it including "winning." >>> it is almost 5:58. we are back in one minute with complete coverage of the royal wedding. >> from the vows to the dress we have the highlights from the wedding of the century. that's what they're

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what started as a 3.8 but downgraded to a 3.4, pg&e telling us power went out for 10,000 customers in pacifica. let's bring in jean elle now with an update. what's happening out there and was there any damage first and foremost? >> reporter: raj, right now the power is back on here in pacifica, and so far we haven't heard of any reports of damage or injuries here. we're still waiting to hear from pg&e about what knocked out the power. 10,000 customers knocked offline. but the power is back on. most people say the power went out after 3:00. right now traffic signals are back on and traffic is moving smoothly in pacifica. most everyone here say they felt the 3.4 magnitude earthquake. kayla jennings was walking to the post office because her car was stuck in the garage with no power. she said she didn't feel it but she heard it. >> i heard a big noise and there's big construction going on above us up in the hill and i just thought maybe something had fallen down from there. i have two cats and they were spooked but i didn't feel any shaking. >> reporter: a taco bell here in pacifica did

. >> tom: if you want to get your questions to us, just e-mail us. streetcritique@nbr.com. or you can send us a note via twitter at my feed, @hudsonnbr, or n.b.r.'s feed. and facebook too. we'll feature some of your questions next wednesday. our guest this evening on "street critique"? hilary kramer with gamechangerstocks.com. >> susie: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: weekly jobless claims and an update on inflation from the march producer price index. also tomorrow, google reports its first quarter results. investors will pay close attention to new c.e.o. larry page to learn more about his plans and strategy for the search engine giant. >> susie: if you think you're seeing more and more ads on the internet pages you're surfing these days, you're right. price waterhouse coopers says revenue from web advertising reached $26 billion last year, a record. the most popular ad placement, by far, was on search engines. almost half of the total. that growth is being driven by the rising popularity of digital videos and social networking. >> tom: ford motor company says get

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use it for cooking, eating and hot water. there were 40,000 people that called pg and e about their gas. that means they call turned off their gas? did they need to do that? when do you have to? when there is a problem. how long did you think it takes pg and e to get out and turn it back on? 45,000 people. days weeks, may be a month. who has seen this in the streets. a lot of muck is in there is it's full of dirt and weeds you turn it to the right to tighten it and left to loosen it. your home work you have to look at your house, pop open the lid, look in there see what's going on in there it's not nice and clean like this. who has seen this around their house? everybody. each meter has a shut off. you want to find out where your gas meter is. you can keep track of your usage but you will know how to shut it off. here's the shut off. i have some tools up here, you can look at these. any hardware store has these. they fit on this and it allows you to turn off the gas. when we talk about the wheels it's these on top. if you have a broken pipe. they will spin like mad. when it's daylight, g

use as they grow older and hopefully get better on the golf course. we want to thank you on behalf of all the 65,000 san francisco unified school district students. thank you to pg&e for giving us an opportunity to introduce the sport of golf to the students of san francisco. as a san franciscan and a father, i will come out here and continue to train and practice and try to get that hole in 10 down to maybe of hole in five. i want to introduce a supervisor in the physical education department -- thank you. and her name is michelle. michele, could use that up, please? -

us. you can call or e-mail us. ed is from joliet.ood afternoon. >> i wanted to say a couple of things. i heard a lot of people talking about medicare and medicaid. i never heard them say that we have to pay in to medicare. where is all of this money going if people have to pay in? >> i can take a crack at that. there are payroll taxes the people pay for medicare. that is a good part of the funding source. i do not know all of it. the cost of health care is getting more expensive. the american public is getting older. when you look in the future, the amount of money coming in is not keeping up with the amount of money going out. it is that simple. they are talking about ways to try to make that sustainable. republicans are talking about going with a voucher system that would give people the ability to shop for medicare-like insurance in the private market. democrats are talking about keeping the system the way it is looking for ways to make it financially sustainable. that is the challenge on both sides. there are competing philosophi

instead of using the word mor e morality, use authenticity. so for that reason i don't think he deserves to be in a hall. i don't. i think it's going to ruin his legacy. the sad thing is he didn't have to do it. >> coming up tonight in the sportscast we will talk with "san francisco chronicle" columnist scott osler. in the end, its owned by the baseball writers and they'll make the decision. he has an interesting take on it, but fans very mixed on their feelings about bonds. they want to celebrate him but they also understand this was bound to happen. >> it's been interesting. legally there's a story line and in terms of baseball story line. will he get into the hall of fame and once again that is yet to be determined. okay. that's the latest now from at&t park. let's send it back into the studio and let's rejoin marla. >> thank you very much for that insight, raj. stay with nbc bay area and nbcbayarea.com for the latest on the verdict. on our website you'll find analysis from the cove and a photo gallery recapping bonds' career. >>> an accuse

if you have weather photos you would like to share, upload them to us or e-mail them to us. >>> goode that bad when the biggest problem is a turkey on the freeway. this is in fairfield, eastbound 80. four people called in for that one. here is a live shot of bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on. you see a minor back-up for the fastrak lanes toward the end of the parking lot and check out the golden gate bridge, traffic is light, no problems at all out of marin county into san francisco. we'll also check out the south bay for you. right now, it's looking good on northbound 280 as you make your way through the downtown area and continued up towards cupertino. fine on highway 17. now, there a little bit of slowing as you make your way through the altamont pass into livermore where tarp has been reported north livermore so the drive time is half an hour. checking the ride on the peninsula to and from san mateo to san francisco, drive time is 18 minutes, it's looking good if you are heading toward the airport and mass transit systems are reporting no delays. get traffic when you

chief of staff man furred longer told us that troops are being ruled out for now. -- chief of staff medforanford e told us that ground troops are being ruled out for the now. >> we will find a solution that will ovoid the deployment of ground forces. >> despite that optimism, planning has begun, adjusting case troops are sent in to protect civilian aid convoys. it is a clear sign that nato is frustrated with the libyan mission so far. >> we must maintain and intensify our efforts in it appeared that is why the united kingdom has, in the last week, supplied additional aircraft capable of striking ground targets. of course, it will be welcome in other countries do the same. there is always more to do. >> tensions within the lines are clearly mounting and costs are mounting, too. but after thousands of sorties, gaddafi remains firm and defiant in tripoli. >> and for some analysis, we are joined by our political correspondent. john, i gaddafi firm and a defiant. >> what we have been hearing from foreign ministers today is that gaddafi must go. it was summed up by the german foreign minister in a press

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the card and assures us there is no activation needed no fees and you can pay your pg&e bill with it. they won't comment on whether or not they will use these cards in the future. but january and february rebate programs will come in the form of a credit to your bill. on the consumerwatch, julie watts, cbs 5. >> sounds much easier. >> oh, yeah. >> if you have a consumer problem or question, call or hotline at 1-888-5-helps-u. volunteers are there right now. >>> well, you could be the worst actor in the world. >> but if you sound the part, you can get a big paycheck. aflac's aquacking call coming up. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. we had an outpouring of-- of support. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. the 60 miles-- it makes a statement. i know i'm stronger than i was before, both mentally and physically. i walk with my sister. our relationshi

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use. >>> was it a sly move by pg&e? tonight many people in capitola think so.ew accusations following the capitola floods has pg&e on the hot seat. the controversy comes from these 17 new smart meters just installed by pg&e after last week's flood. the meters were previously banned by the capitola city council and now residents, already skeptical of the meters, are sounding off against pg&e in what they say was a sly move. >> i think that the pg&e kind of gets what they want, they're the big kahuna in town. like that. and i feel as though we should take a look at that stronger, i really do. >> pg&e told us they had no choice but to install the 17 new meters. saying that when an old meter is damaged they have to replace it with the controversial new meters. well it's an april fool's zinger arriving one day early and a little flat. did a local newspaper go too far? some residents in san leandro upset about this spoof in "the san leandro times." announcing the city was building a nuclear power plant and invited folks to a ribbon ceremony. it became clear that the

pg&e tells us they expect to raise $2 billion over four years. $200 million is supposed to be used for repairing gas pipeline. >> it raises a suit between utility and puc. they say they will track how they spend the money to maintain pipelines. twice a year over the next four years pg will have to file a gas transmission and storage safety report. among other things they will need to report which lines are being replaced and detail which pipelines are the most at risk. >>> the federal agency looking into the san bruno explosion released 500 pages of documents included are interview transcripts, die grams and photos collected by the ntsb. one details a pg mechanic effort to turn off a gas valve at the site. another details an emmyees disbelief at the spike in pressure in the gas pipeline. -- employees disbelief at the spike in the pressure in the gas pipeline. >>> san francisco welfare commission is considering a first of its kind line in california. to stop repeat animal abusers from adopting pets. christian? >> reporter maureen, i just got word that the commissioners heard a lot of de

send them to us at ureport or e-mail them to us. >> and this is a beautiful picture of a sunrise. >> we'll look for more pictures in the in-box because we have high pressure and no rain for now. scattered sprinkles are possible there. rest of us will get a chance sunday night as we wind down the weekend. i think it will move in just at sun is setting. let's take about what is going on. beautiful picture as we look south from south beach. one more picture from mount tamalpais and you see the clouds still linking. big story, temperatures are running 3-9 degrees warmer than they were 24 hours ago. upper 50s santa rosa and redwood city half moon bay but low to mid-60s for everybody else. santa cruz 58 and monterey low to mid-60s. warmer afternoons today and tomorrow and sunday and stray shower is possible in the north bay. nothing to change plans over. a chance of showers sunday and into monday. as far as today it's warmer. oakland 3 degrees warmer. santa rosa 5. the sun will set at 7:44 and we'll get about 13 hours, ten minutes of sunshine. start in the east bay where some of the warmer

us that. if you cannot come maternity leave blank and sign it. e-mail or fax it to us -- if you cannot give us that, leave it blank and sign it. e-mail or fax it was. tenderloin downtown, south of market, mission bay, and south beach. those were many of the new high- rise condominiums that went in to market the last four or five years. we have seen a significant amount of depreciation in those areas. gaviria that has seen the largest value drop is -- the other area that has seen the largest volume drop is the outer mission, amazon, those areas have seen the largest percentage drop. it is where we have been hit hardest with foreclosures. we make sure that we take an extra look. we proactively have been reviewing every home that was purchased after 2000. even though we think eligibility is for people up to 2003, we review any homeowner who purchased after 2000. that was roughly about 15,000 homeowners. of that, reduced -- no one had to apply or call us. we did this on our own. we reduced 10,000 of those homeowners. roughly, you have 10,000 reductions

send them to us at ureport or e-mail them to us. >> and this is a beautiful picture of a sunrise. >>ll look for more pictures in the in-box because we have high pressure and no rain for now. scattered sprinkles are possible there. rest of us will get a chance sunday night as we wind down the weekend. i think it will move in just at sun is setting. let's take about what is going on. beautiful picture as we look south from south beach. one more picture from mount tamalpais and you see the clouds still linking. big story, temperatures are running 3-9 degrees warmer than they were 24 hours ago. upper 50s santa rosa and redwood city half moon bay but low to mid-60s for everybody else. santa cruz 58 and monterey low to mid-60s. warmer afternoons today and tomorrow and sunday and stray shower is possible in the north bay. nothing to change plans over. a chance of showers sunday and into monday. as far as today it's warmer. oakland 3 degrees warmer. santa rosa 5. the sun will set at 7:44 and we'll get about 13 hours, ten minutes of sunshine. start in the east bay where some of the warmer tem

thousands of you e-mailed us. tonight, your turn. where you sent us.the all-stars keeping jobs here. they were the first things we noticed when this whole made in america journey started. the flags in so many front yards across america. we wondered, where were those flags made? so many of them without labels. there was even a tweet from the "ellen show" at the time. an american flag with the words "made in china." and just this morning, we opened this video from a viewer in nebraska, from china. their bunting, china. there was one e-mail from steve in clearwater, florida, who told us he knew of u.s. flags made in this country. perhaps you could highlight annin, he wrote, and so we did. the factory in koshoton, ohio, population, 7,000. we knew we were getting closer. the colors were everywhere. flags on mailboxes. even the silos in the middle of the field painted red, white and blue. but this time, there was something different on these flags, the labels. an american flag made in america. and on this gray day, we were about to discover an enormous brigh

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are neighbors that would say you could have too many bars and there is a sense of changing w e way people use the city and you look at the martini signs and imagine people kicking back with a drink at the neighborhood bar and a place that you felt at home and maybe you conducted business if you had that kinds of business to connect, and in a way in the city and a lot of that -- even though we like to drink has been replaced by the cafe and it has a different look and no one would say at this point that you couldn't have enough starbucks in the city and that as a meeting place has replaced the bar and how do they present themselves and how do we understand that starbucks may seem says intrusive but 50 years from now we will yearn for that and got the prozac at the corner dispenser rather than the cafe or the martini bar and how do the signs become a memory? >> and another old corner with a similar kind of design where it has the small window lines among the glazing and the reason they built these and the plate glass windows and typically have an awing and the window above would light it and th

and so many of you had e-mailed us a single question.hat has happened to the wildlife in the past year? so, matt gutman spent the day in new orleans, touring the hardest-hit areas and looking for answers. >> reporter: a year later, you'd hope those blackened marshes would be green again. we motored back out to these marshes, the incubators of most of louisiana's fabled wildlife, and were shocked to find this. the water looks relatively clean on the surface. but you dig down, you grab a handful of something, and this is all oil. >> it's all oil. >> reporter: and get this. the cleaning crew had just left this place. and bp has declared this marsh clean. >> unacceptable. >> reporter: and we learned last year just how toxic this oil can be. it goes into shock and after a few days, it dies. and despite the $18 million bp has spent on claims and the cleanup, for these animals, it's a daily fight. bp and the government are saying that the animals are basically safe, we're out of the woods. is that the case? >> that's definitely not the case. >>

not only is pg&e doing this today -- i could use about 306 of those checks to help with the budget. ghter] let me know if you have any to spare. pg&e is part of something no other city has done in this country. that is to form the first lifelines' council in the city's history. all of our utilities, ports, and infrastructure departments are working together to share information that ordinarily they would not have shared if we have not called this council. how can pg&e staff get over here to the east bay to restore our power without us paying attention to transportation? how can transportation work without us knowing how the information will be shared with our police and fire to clear the roads? all of this is integrated. we have to have a lifelines' council working together so that all of the integration and silos have to be broken down to improve our delivery of emergency services. the lifeline council has been part of what we're doing. the fire department is part of that. that is how we started getting better information shared by everybody. those gas lineups that the chief mention

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