i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> okay. thank you so much, leslie. we will see you once again at six p-g-and-e's reporting that more than 99% of their customers in the bay area have power, but there are more than 400 outages affecting nearly 30,000 customers. most of the outages on the peninsula are around daly city and pacifica in san francisco. more than 500 outages have hit the boss avenue at mission street and in the north bay. hundreds in san rafael are without power. >> stay with us as we continue to track the storm and conditions across the bay area. here is another live look outside. right now it is gloomy. we have much more storm coverage ahead. >> but first up, after the break, securing federal disaster relief for california while also gearing up for legal battles with the trump administration. a look at california's careful balancing act well, this news is for you. the cdc now recommends you get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia. why? if you're 50 or older even if you're healthy... you're 6 times more likely to be hospitalized. so,

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley traveled deep into chabot regional park to see the work being done firsthand. >> chainsaws and heavy equipment took down massive eucalyptus trees near lake chabot today. >> this is a fire emergency for us. we're doing proactive work before actual incident occurs. this is an unmanaged eucalyptus forest in the middle or between oakland, san leandro and castro valley. if it was to catch on fire, it could be catastrophic. >> the devastating fires in southern california are still on everyone's mind as officials here move forward into the third phase of removing combustible trees. thinning out the forest means it will end up looking more like this stretch of road. so far, over $11 million have been spent to remove 13,000 tons of fuel. >> when we started seeing a lot of tree die off and stress in the forested areas during the towards the end of the 2020 drought, this area was identified for good, getting a lot of funding for fuels reduction work to prevent catastrophic wildfire. >> here in tilden park. work is also underway to clear a fuel break along

reporting live in orinda i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> leslie thank you. and the coastal areas also saw some impacts from today's storm. we sent abc seven news reporter anser hassan to check out conditions. he is live for us from alameda tonight. hi. >> answer. i'm a good evening right now. the rain has stopped. still a bit of wind, but nothing like we saw two hours ago when we had massive downpours. i spoke with east bay regional park district. they're out patrolling areas making sure there are no downed trees behind me. you can see this tree has been coned off. you can see branches came down. i don't think that happened today, but one reason the city and the park district are keeping an eye on crown beach where we're at is because in december, high tides and the storm eroded huge portions of alameda's beach, which stretches about two and a half miles. the park district says about 1200 tons of rocks were placed along the shoreline to stabilize the slope and prevent more land from being washed away. we spoke to some residents. they've noticed the work. the

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley traveled deep into chabot regional park to see firsthand the work being done. >> chainsaws and heavy equit took down massive eucalyptusquit trees near lake chabot today. >> this is a fire emergency for us. we're doing proactive work before actual incident occurs. this is an unmanaged eucalyptus forest in the middle or between oakland, san leandro and castro valley. if it was to catch on fire, it could be catastrophic. >> the devastating fires in southern california are still on everyone's mind as officials here move forward into the third phase of removing combustible trees. thinning out the forest means it will end up looking more like this stretch of road. so far, over $11 million have been spent to remove 13,000 tons of fuel. >> when we started seeing a lot of tree die off and stress in the forested areas during the towards the end of the 2020 drought, this area was identified for getting a lot of funding for fuels reduction work to prevent catastrophic wildfire. here in tilden park. work is also underway to clear a fuel break along the griz

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley checked out the changes. >> oakland's hegenberger corridor is putting out the welcome mat for the likes of steph curry, lebron james and kevin durant. >> it's one of those things where you know you got company coming over. so you want to make sure everything looks perfectly clean. i think that the community came together along with the mayor's office with pg and e with canna with even some of the wise guys motorcycle club, literally several community organizations came together and we did a full clean-up this saturday of the area surrounding the coliseum and up hegenberger. >> another cleanup is set for thursday to pull weeds and pick up litter. already 32 long burned out street lights along hegenberger shine brightly with new bulbs. >> we lost the raiders. we lost the a's. we lost the warriors. but now we have we have this. the oakland is hosting the nba all star with celebrity game with the hbcu classic. the women right here. people are excited because we're showcasing now. >> over the last year, businesses have closed along hegenberger over s

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley spent the day in martinez, where neighbors say something must be done to ensure the refinery is safe. >> this is a look at the destruction inside martinez refining company from sky seven today. >> the fire is still burning. there is, i guess, some type of hydrocarbon material that is still in the pipes. but the refinery has been shut down. >> we went outside to see what exactly was going on, and this is what greeted us. that is what i saw. that's what my kids saw out their bedroom windows. >> people wear masks and say, stay inside. >> getting alerts to go inside and not breathe the air was terrifying to a lot of nearby residents. some fear the fire could get worse or even escalate into an explosion. >> we, as martinez residents, we need accountability. this has been time and time again that this refinery has inflicted harm, has polluted this community, has, quite frankly terrorized us with no recourse. we have not seen any enforcement, any consequences to their actions. >> my goal is to make sure that we understand what's going on there at that

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley checked out how things are going. >> oakland's hegenberger. >> corridor is putting out the welcome mat for the likes of steph curry, lebron james and kevin durant. >> it's one of those things where you know you got company coming over. so you want to make sure everything looks perfectly clean. i think that the community came together along with the mayor's office, with p-g-and-e's, with cana, with even some of the wise guys motorcycle club, literally several community organizations came together and we did a full clean-up this saturday of the area surrounding the coliseum and up hegenberger. >> another cleanup is set for thursday to pull weeds and pick up litter. already 32 long burned out street lights along hegenberger shine brightly with new bulbs. >> we lost the raiders. we lost the a's. we lost the warriors. but now we have we have this. the oakland is hosting the nba all star with celebrity game with the hbcu classic. the women right here. people are excited because we're showcasing now. >> over the last year, businesses have closed along

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley checked out the changes. >> oakland's hegenberger corridor iswelcome mat for the likes of steph curry, lebron james and kevin durant. >> it's one of those things where you know you got company coming over. so you want to make sure everything looks perfectly clean. i think that the community came together along with the mayor's office with pg and e with canna with even some of the wise guys motorcycle club, literally several community organizations came together and we did a full clean-up this saturday of the area surrounding the coliseum and up hegenberger. >> another cleanup is set for thursday to pull weeds and pick up litter. already 32 long burned out s

i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> tariffs of 25% that were supposed to start at midnight against canada and mexico are on pause for now. late today, canada agreed to increase security at its border to stem the flow of fentanyl into the u.s. hours earlier, mexico agreed to send 10,000 national guard troops to the border to clamp down on fentanyl trafficking. the u.s, in turn, agreed to try to stem the flow of high powered weapons into mexico. the pause in tariffs is only for 30 days. the agreements come as the stock market plunged on fears of an escalating trade war. the back and forth over president trump's tariffs rattled trading today on wall street. the dow initially plunged nearly 600 points at the opening bell, but after a deal was made to pause some tariffs, the dow recovered and closed down 122 points at 44,421. the nasdaq dropped 235 points. the s&p 500 lost 45 points. >> as you know, another of president trump's key issues during the first 100 days of his second term is immigration. it has some alameda residents calling for the city to reaffirm its stance as a sanctuary