of military when we had somebody from every generation on both sides of the family all the way to mary ward had served in the armed forces and i chose the marine corps because no one in my family had ever done that. well of putting on a uniform every day and you know just getting out there and giving it my all and it's a very proud feeling. that i would have done for camp and it was create the camaraderie the discipline and everything it taught you who i wanted to be that's what they taught. obviously it was different taking a shower with different people all of a sudden. just a great experience i was a sailor every single report on me was excellent grades i knew what i needed to do in my job i was a great team leader. i really enjoyed the whole challenge of it i got several different awards and kudos it was mainly men love that i could blend and keep up with the guys and work as hard as. the new economy was challenging and education was talk notch my senior year i was selected to be one of the top 30 leadership positions by the company great officers there. after basic i went to the naval

mary, thank you. >>> kpix 5's jackie ward continues the coverage as crews are inspecting power lines thanks to the power danger. >> reporter: 1,400 people across napa and sonoma counties woke up to no power. it wasn't a surprise to them but it was one to a lot of other people. this gas station where petrified forest road and 128 meet is in the dark during what is typically the busiest time of the day. >> we lose business. but i guess it is better. >> reporter: better than a massive fire tearing through the bay again. for the hundreds who rely on this spot to fill on fire prevention. that is our livelihood. >> our power is out. we needed gas for the generator, came down and there is no gas. >> reporter: pg&e says the main areas affected by the public safety power shut off were from the western part of calistoga to the eastern part of santa rosa the windy conditions were expected to peak by noon today which is why the inspections can now begin to get the power back on as soon as possible. that is on foot and in the sky with helicopters, and then we can look to see any damage that was done and so we need t

mary thank you. new at noon, b.a.r.t. just voted on a new turnstile designed to deter fare dodgers. kpix 5's jackie ward is in oakland with the results just in. jackie? >> reporter: michelle, the b.a.r.t. board of directors unanimously passed the swing style barrier fare gate that will be implemented into all of the b.a.r.t. stations in the near future. this is what it looks like all though this is not the final design. this is just an example of what they are deciding on. this gate beat out two other barrier options, a retractable barrier and the new york style. in a survey b.a.r.t. said that 89% of riders report that it is important to reduce fare evasion on b.a.r.t.. b.a.r.t. board director debra allen agrees saying by installing new barrier gates, a myriad of issues will be addressed. >> the quality of life issues, the crime, the drug activity, the homeless people living on trains and the professional panhandling. the cleanliness, comprehensive approach to station hardening is going to go a long way in addressing those items. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says it loses about $15 million to $25 million in re

mary in a bit. but still a very active situation in seen in the east bay. >> we have monitored this situation for over two hours. jackie wardctures coming up in a few minutes., the take you to the maps. this is a traffic alert westbound 80 right at san pablo boulevard, avenue. we have a big rig the caught fire and overturned. it was carrying live kens. there's a lot of activity on scene. we had a video of officers trying to catch chickens on the roadway. and map up the big mess. all lanes complete the shutdown and you are back to well beyond hilltop at this point. now that the morning commute is starting to get in full swing, we will see big delays on eastshore freeway. try to avoid it if you can. if you haven't left the house yet, stick with an alternate. there are some options, you can use surface streets, san pablo avenue, richmond parkway, those are good choices. but as the morning commute starts to heat seace streets getting busy a pretty t eastshore freeway commute. elsewhere we see some stop and go conditions. business as usual for the ultimate pass. no accidents, but slowing go, 31 minute drive time westbound 580 fr

kpix 5's jackie ward is live in downtown santa rosa with more on what may have today. jackie. >>reporter: kenny, that is all because of what maryioned earlier about the red- flag warning being in effect for the north and east bay hills, as well as the diablo range. that's why pg&e is watching this weather and see what it does as the day unfolds here. they may be turning off the power tonight. this means that parts of napa, sonoma and lake counties could be dealing with preemptitive power outages. pg&e is expected to make that call sometime today. sonoma county tells us that if they do decide to turn everything off, they expect that it would go dark at 8:00 tonight. it is the same exact situation we were in yesterday morning, but then around noon yesterday pg&e decided that there wasn't enough fire risk to shut off electricity, so that's why they kept it on. the utility says it will make another decision today as the winds pick up and the temperatures remain high. >> most people understand, you know, and especially since around here we all kind of saw the unfortunate aftermath of october's fires and last year's as well. so they'

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