leslie brinkley has the story. leslie: why are natural gas prices so high? simple question with complicated answers. the cpuc convened experts to troubleshoot the spike so it doesn't happen again in subsequent winters. the meeting included only 15 minutes of public comment, like this resident. >> cpuc rings the term gaslighting to a whole new level. leslie: some blame the cpuc for not controlling prices but most experts blamed the wintry weather. >> there is more price volatility associated with the weather. leslie: california imports 90% of its natural gas. pipeline constraints contributed to these spikes, but pg&e executives said patterns did not indicate a need to inject more gas into storage. utilities and to fill storage reservoirs with natural gas in the summer when it is cheaper and pull down reserves in the winter when it is needed. there was a lot of debate about not enough storage. >> we are 40% below the five-year average and 28.9% below last year. most of all belongs to pg&e. >> what are some mitigations we can do to avoid this in the future? num

live in the east bay, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> it has been so wild. let's take a look at pg&e's power outage map. there are 13,000 or so customers without electricity right now. the utility tells us the majority of those outages are in the north bay. nearly 10,000 customers there without power. more than 3000 customers are without electricity in the south bay. >> you can keep track of the current conditions and access the same live doppler 7 hour weather team uses anytime you want on demand on the abc 7 bay area news app. . download it wherever you stream >> san francisco police are looking for suspects in a shooting this afternoon south of market neighborhood. a witness tells us he saw a number of people inside a white mercedes open fire on another car at ninth and howard streets. this was at about 2:00. he said both cars sped away. we spotted shell casings on the ground in bullet holes in nearby buildings. police are not yet releasing any information about exactly what happened. >> san francisco police are investigating a homicide that happened this

i'm leslie brinkley, abc7news. ama: the oakland fire department is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a historic black church. flames spread through the church of oakland which was built in the 1850's but as abc7news reporter tells us, the community is already coming together vowing to rebuild. >> 12 hours after the fire damaged the first african church in oakland, the faithful were ready to rise again. ♪ >> i am at a loss for words. >> rodney smith is the pastor of the church. >> if you would make an offering of $100. >> the east bay. the pastor says they need the money to rebuild but what the city lost goes beyond dollar amounts. >> our church had not only a dollar value but a sentimental value as emotional value because so many people came up to me saying i got married in that church. my mother's funeral was in that church. >> the community connection was evident and the number of people that came by to see the damage. x this is a historic church a wealth of history and to see it in this condition,

abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley was up there as well as in walnut creek, where there was plenty of heavy rainfall. hey, leslie. leslie: a little bit of all that, kristen and dan. my to -- my photographer and checked things out on diablo, never thinking we were going to encounter as much snow as we did after we got to the 2000-foot elevation. [laughter] >> snow! >> it is really fun snow! leslie: around noon, the snow fell fast and furiously. last week's snowman melted as new family memorized crystallized for those who made it up here. >> making a snowman. >> it just so happened that we have never made a trip to see snow, and we were actually planning to do that as we can, we were going to yosemite, and then the road closed, so we decided to stay home and see if we couldn't find some snow here today then. we were in luck. leslie: treacherous conditions appear on diablo, with the snow coming down. in fact, i was told a van had slid off the road. they are trying to block things off to traffic to make it safe. >> we went up to the top, the snow was getting a little bit sticky, so we cam

leslie brinkley met up with college students in the east bay are signing up. perheroes. [applause] >> thank you. leslie: those who signed up here got capes and roses and the sense that they could save a life. >> we are after young individuals between 18 and 40. leslie: the recruitment coordinator says the registry helps people diagnosed with more than 77 different cancers and blood diseases find a perfect match. >> it is more challenging for people of color to find their match because there are fewer individuals of color who are registering. our goal is to change that and make it fair and equitable for everyone that is in need of a match. >> the process was much easier than i expected, honestly easier than a covid test. leslie: this communications major said gma's robin roberts inspired him to one day be a match. a cell phone sign up, signature, and swab is all it took to get on the registry. >> i hope one day it will be used and i get called back. leslie: the whole process is so easy, the simple swab to get on the registry. if someone is contacted about being

dion: leslie brinkley dug int the decisions the city is facing.was the city of oakland hacked? it was most likely efficient email bat led to compromising new data. >> ransomware is on the rise. because of the cryptocur availability. reporter: the fbi ransomware as malware designed to encrypt files on a device and rendering them unusable. the hackers usually make a demand for a bitcoin ransom to be deposited in an overseas account to decrypt the files. it can cost thousands or millions. >> if i was would be at the point where i would have to make that decision. like five or seven days for organizations to make a decision. reporter: oaknd

public utilities commission held a special hearing trying to figure out why prices keep going up leslie brinkleyng at all. >> why are natural gas prices so high? simple question, complicated answers. the cpuc convened a panel of experts to troubleshoot the spike so that it does not happen again. the four hour meeting included only 15 minutes of public comment. >> gaslighting to a new level. >> some blame the cpuc, but most experts blame to the entry rather. >> there is more price volatility. >> california imports 90% of its natural gas. pipeline constraints contribute it to the price spikes, but pg&e executives say patterns do not indicate a need to inject more gas into storage. to the t's aim to fill storage reservoirs with natural

reporter: leslie brinkley, abc7news.ry: to registry scan the qr code you see right now or text kgo to 614-74 >> you will get a kit to do the swap and see if you are a match for someone in need. larry: coming up, terrifying flight, could have been much much worse. we are learning about the flight from my week as a father suddenly lost after -- altitude. kristen: another politician announces plans with reliable covid-19 results in just 15 minutes, everyone is making room for binaxnow in their medicine cabinet. do we still need these pregnancy tests? (kids yell and giggle, a dog barks and a vase breaks) yeah, no. out with the old, in with the #1 covid-19 self test in the us. with the same technology doctors use to test for covid-19. binaxnow >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kristen: students gathered around the rock. the oldest monument at the school to mourn the victims of the latest mass shooting. larry: three people killed and another five seriously injured, abc news r

. >> i'm leslie brinkley, abc7news. dan: kind of a week of spencer is here to update the forecast.ncer: we've got a string of dry, sunny days coming our way in a couple of them are pretty warm. you can see the passage of a few high clouds but the skies were bright and sunny. we have another system coming our way but i will get back to that in a moment. first, the current wind conditions, they are calm, under five miles per hour in most locations. francisco, 52 in oakland and san jose. mid 40's at half moon bay. a beautiful view on this cool, clear night looking across the bay. 45 in santa rosa, fairfield, 46 in concord and 44 in livermore. mostly clear overnight, maybe a few high clouds, chilly spots in the inland areas. sunny and even warmer tomorrow and thursday and then partly cloudy and cooler weather by the end of the week. overnight look for low temperatures of 34 in santa rosa , 35 in fairfield, of the 30's in livermore and concord. those of 41 the bay shoreline and on the coast. tomorrow under sunny skies once again with just a few high clouds, high temperatures will start

in the east bay, i am leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. dan: starting this weekend, caltrans will suspend service and expect -- in certain areas of the shutdown is the first before happening incrementally through the end of march. there will be bus bridges available, however. delays are expected, as you can imagine. more information can be found on the website. kristen: the new effort to make getting help easier for storm damage victims. making reparations in the bay for the community trying to get a piece of history back. and she'll attraction, using a bit of a past to foster a new generation of oysters. spencer: i am spencer christian. we have a bit of a warm up to it we have a bit of a warm up to it i will have the for just $6 you could get your choice between two sandwiches plus my classic taco, curly fries, and a drink. [muffled] i can't hear you. oh sure... for just $6...! try my $6 jack pack today. ♪ with reliable covid-19 results in just 15 minutes, teveryone is making roomy. for binaxnow in their medicine cabinet. do we still need

leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. kristen: it has been less than a week since lamar armstrong was fired. since then, calls to reinstate him are getting louder. larry: today, i really was organized by the oakland naacp. cornell barnard was there and has new reaction. >> bring him back. bring him back. >> calls to bring back former opd chief lamar armstrong are growing louder by the day. >> we are not here just because he is a black man, we are here because he is a good man and a good cop. >> east bay faith leaders lower -- joined the naacp and hundreds of people showed up to support armstrong. >> we will continue to press the reinstatement of this chief. >> armstrong was recently terminated by -- without cause. his dismissal came one month after the mayor placed him on paid leave after a report question his lack of response surrounding misconduct by one of his sergeants. >> she took a whole out of our heart in black history month. >> oakland naacp president cynthia adams shared this email from january area from the mayor's chief of staff promising the mayor would meet with the naacp and o

. >> leslie brinkley dug into the decisions the city is facing and the fallout.the city of oak was the city of oakland hacked? investigators say it was most likely a fishing email. >> ransomware is on the rise for a simple reason. it has been on the rise because of cryptocurrency availability. >> the fbi defines ransomware a an ever evolving form of malware assigned to encrypt files on a device rendering any files on the systems that rely on them unusable. the hackers usually make a demand for a bit ransom to be deposited in an overseas ransom. can cost thousands if not millions for a company and city to back up its systems instead of paying the ransom. >> looking at how much is going to be the cost to recover from the backup. usually in situation of ransomware they give something like five to seven days for organizations to make a decision and come back to them. >> oakland issued a statement friday that 91 one and emergency services were not affected by the somewhere but when abc7news attempted to get a copy of a police report and the response was the files were

increase awareness about bone marrow transplants and the need for more donors and this morning leslie brinkleye who signed up for be the match bone marrow registry at st. mary's college of california got capes and roses and the sense that they could save a life. >> the process was much easier than i expected and easier than a covid test. >> reporter: he said robin roberts inspired him to volunteer to one day be a match, a cell phone sign-up, a signature and a swab is all it took. >> a lot of my friends here are involved in it and i have close friends who literally had their lives saved by this process. i hope one day maybe it'll actually be used and i get called back. >> reporter: the whole process is so easy. that simple swab to get on the registry and if someone is contacted about being a donor they're a perfect match, 90% of the time it's a simple as a blood draw. >> it's a one, two, three process. it took me about five minutes to sign up for the registry. i know a lot of people who have signed up so i guess i'm behind the eight ball on this but better late than never. >> it could end up sa

reporter: leslie brinkley, abc7news.: you can register to be the match on my by scanning the qr code on your screen or by texting "kgo" to 61474. san francisco's public library unveiled the city's first ever book kiosk. a ribbon cutting ceremony was held saturday on treasure island at the sfpl book stop. the automated book kiosk is located -- the bookshop is located at island cove market on avenue h. it holds a permanent standalone collection of popular books for all ages. the kiosk is available for use during the market's business hours. lisa, the sun is starting to come up, and a little milder than yesterday. it is gorgeous. lisa: it is nice. 47 downtown. 43 at the airport. low 60's around average today, yesterday, and where we should be for this time of year. looking at a nice mild day out there feeling like spring. today is a holiday and then much colder weather. rain and snow in the mountains. stay tuned. my seven-day forecast is next. liz: thank you. also next it is nba all-star , weekend. abc 7 sports anchor chris