that is what happened in marina safeway. this is cell phone video.this morning and the supermarket lost power. >> it's real redark. people are using flashlights. >> cash registers working because=sj> you have a lot of stuff. how did you manage? >> i do. i tried to finish it. >> jan was visiting her daughter for holiday and not having a good day. >> since my flight was delayed for hours yesterday. and then, i got in and it's pouring rain. so... >> then, this. >> this. so i don't know. maybe i'll tell her next time. >> supermarkets packed. assign, perhaps the economy is improving. >> this line is longer than i've seen it before. >> people had to wait about 45 minutes to pick up orders. >> my hand, i'm going to be singing witness. i'm going to be stinky with ham. -- stingy with ham. bring your own. >> this is the time of the day or night if you will that supermarkets are the busiest. because people come, they get off work, they buy that extra jar of cranberry or sauce, or extra bottle of wine. i, myself i want to tell

in san francisco it took seven hours to restore power to the safeway market in the marina district.that store was affected by an outage. a blown transformer forced dozens of shoppers out. lyanne melendez has the story. >> customers arrived at the marina safeway only to find the lights out. this is cellphone video. they had to navigate their way through the ales. >> it's really dark. >> it's very dark. you can't seen see the . this stuff i couldn't find. you had to pinpoint wait flashlight. >> the power outage occurred after a transformer blew leaving everyone in the dark. cash registers were still working because they were powered by a generator. >> trying to find things in the dark was interesting. somebody helped me, it worked out okay. >> there were long lines everywhere, perhaps a sign that the economy is recovery. at this honey baked store they had to wait a long time to pick up items. >> and it's so hot in there. >> half an hour is it worth it. >> my family loves it. >> many stores are open first thing tomorrow morning. jrk lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >> it was shopping in

the lights are on here at the marina safeway.  out this, is cell phone video.ople had to navigate throughout the aisles.. >> it's really dark. people can find things on shelfs.. >> dark. very dark. >> i could hardly find m of the stuff. so there is everything i wanted. >> the power outage required after the transformer blew. cash registers were still working. >> i have never been trying to find things.. >> someone helped me. it worked out okay. everywhere. at this store, people had to wait a long time to pick up their items.. >> my feet, they're barking like woof, woof, standing in this line. it's so hot in there. >> half an hour? >> worth it j? >> yes. my family loves it. >> now, right now there are a lot of people shopping inside of the safeway. you can tell the lot is full. and tomorrow many of the stores will be open. i just remembered myself very to buy cheese and bread so i guess i'm one of those people, too. >> at least you're close to a market. >> i guess most of those are one of those people. the storm system colored out. >> it's true. thanksgiving eve

i can list three in fort mason, two on buchanan, another at the end of marina green, three on crissy field, and as always, safeway'sument is voided. besides can people no longer walk in that wonderful area, any direction and breathe in the stomachs. a7%( m restaurant in that elecn would change ambience of marina green altogether. it would invite more cars, more garbage and the odor of food being cooked and then disposed of. the addition of a seating area will block the view for many. our forefathers knew what they were doing when after the panama pacific -- all the buildings were demolished with the exception of the palace of fine arts and the area eventually became a non-commercial part of the city, free to be enjoyed and relished by residents and visitors alike. let's keep it that way. thank you. >> president chiu: next speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is -- i'm missing my regular monthly community meeting at the tenderloin police station that we have every month but there's a couple of issues that are important to me. going down and playing cat and mouse games with the board of clerk's office about