item 18, existing litigationtor pacific gas & electric. item 20 exist you go litigation pacific gas & electric. item 21, item 22, item 23 exist you go litigation pacific gas & electric. >> any public comments? prior to closed session? okay. a motion? attorney-client privilege ledges. >> both to assert. >> second. you >> you we are back. this concludes closed session. do we have a motion regarding whether the discussion of closed session >> you motion not to disclosed. >> moved. commissioners is there any other new business? >> we need to vote. >> i am sorry all in favor. >> aye. >> opposed. it is approved. >> i will get it right now that i will not be president any more. any other new business? okay. with that, the meeting is adjourned. thank you all very much.. >> hi, i'm ryan a prlth letting project manager with the sfpuc working at the sfpuc is a fast-paced environment the puc is american people eye person so breath and depth allows us to work on allows me to move across my career path. >> fill the roadway. >> our unique projects is the

. >>> in california, strong winds are forcing pacific gas and electric to shut down power to more than2,000 customers in extreme fire risk areas. late sunday, they were cutting off the power in lake and sonoma counties. 70,000 customers in the sierra foothills would be affected. the move is part of a strategy by utilities across the state to reduce the risk of wildfires sparked by utility lines that break during extreme winds. >>> ahead, a big night for new england sports fans. the red sox taking with the astros in game 2 of the alcs. >> and the patriots hosting the undefeated chiefs, both games went down to the wire. highlights ahead. >> going deep. x1 is here to help. you can do things like change your settings, learn tips and tricks, troubleshoot, and even manage your account. finding your xfinity username or wifi password, restarting your equipment, or paying your bill is easier than ever with x1. x1 help. another reason to love x1. say "teach me more" into your voice remote to get started. >>> georgia senator david perdue grabbing a georgia tech student's phone over the weekend wh

i also appreciate the red cross being out as well as pacific gas and electric and all of the folks in the city of oakland. it has been a great partnership with the city of oakland to build housing here. we are committed to that partnership we have security cameras on the site. we have a security guard on site and the fire was started. it caused this level of destruction. we are committed to working with the city of oakland to rebuild. we will be working very closely with all of the departments to continue the development and building of this project. this project is not about the buildings. it is about people. this is a project that has 124 homes in and with 50 of them sold and about 40 folks that are planning on moving in around the holidays of this year. all of their lives have been affected. we will be working very closely with each of those homeowners and we will also be working to continue the construction on the backside of the project so that we can continue to build homes at prices that are below some of the rent that you see to give people an opportunity to become part of the

. >> this is an important safety alert from pacific gas and electric company.reme weather conditions and high-fire danger are forecasted in el dorado county, to

. >> reporter: pg&e says in dramatically increasing fire threat in our state, pacific gas and electric company is accelerating its vegetation management work in los gatos t wildfire and keep our customers, their families and our community safe. pg&e also says that now because of new state laws, they have to create an even longer distance between the power lines and the trees, an additional 12 feet of clearance. this is especially concerning because right now, as rob just mentioned, throughout the bay area, many areas were in a red flag warning, and also the cpu c flood map has indicated this area is an extreme fire threat. reporting live in los gatos, mary ann fabro, nbc bay area news. >>> when the earthquake hit this morning, it was registered as a 3.2. the quake was close to pinnacles park and it's located near the san andreas fault. no injuries were reported. >>> at least 18 people in four states were killed by hurricane mi michael, but the fear tonight is that the death toll will rise as crews go door to door. those who did survive are still stunned by all this destruction. the har

as of 8 p.m., pacific gas and electric has proactively turned off the power in extreme fire-risk areas of lake, napa and sonoma counties, in response to conditions created by dry vegetation, low humidity and high winds. approximately 17,483 pg&e customers are impacted by this public safety power shutoff, the utility's first-ever intentional deactivation of electric facilities in response to extreme fire conditions. some of the outages could last into tuesday, said pg&e spokeswoman andrea menniti. when the power is turned back on in these areas will depend on weather conditions and/or making any repairs to pg&e electrical equipment that might be required, menniti said. specific areas impacted tonight include clearlake, clearlake oaks, clearlake park, cobb, finley, hidden valley lake, kelseyville, lakeport, lower lake and middletown in lake county; napa, angwin, calistoga, deer park, lake berryessa, pope valley and st. helena in napa county; and unincorporated northeastern eas of sonoma county. ( james ) happening tonight... several lanes will be closed of the western side of the bay bri

that's part of the story for 6:00 tonight and in the last ten minutes we got new numbers from pacific gas and electric company. the total outage is 6,000 and change with just 120 people without power in napa county. reporting from san francisco, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, mark. >>> no more tasers, that's what the family of a peninsula man is asking for after the man died after being tased. san mateo -- he was spotted walking in traffic in mill bright. he was stopped and they say he assaulted a deputy. the family's attorney told reporters they've seen surveillance video that tells a different story. he argued the taser should not have been used at all, because he wasn't armed and wasn't dangerous. >> you look at this, you have a 37-year-old man. physically healthy. had contact with the police. they tased him. they did whatever they did. and he wind up dead. >> called for a moratorium on the use of tasers in san mateo county until he says officers are properly trained on how to use the device. colby had a history of mental illness. it's unclear if he was taking medicati

. >> this is an important safety alert from pacific gas and electric company. extreme weather conditions and high fire danger are forecasted in el dorado county. to protect public safety pg&e may also temporarily turn off power in your neighborhood or community. >> reporter: staff at the command center are monitoring conditions in realtime and if they do cut power, it would be historic. >> this is the first time that we are considering proactively shutting off the power for public safety and we know that turning off the power is something that greatly impacts our customers. so this is only something we would do under extreme weather conditions. >> reporter: the stand-by for a proactive powerdown comes one year after the wine country fires which were blamed on branches that were not pruned back and then fell on live power lines during a windstorm. the fires burned a quarter million acres, destroyed nearly 9,000 buildings and killed 44 people. are the wine country fires weighing heavily on your minds right now? >> right now we're focused on the weather taking pla

. >> we're suing pacific gas and electric company. >> reporter: pg&e faces lawsuits with liability estimates as high as $17 billion. thanks to a new law, shareholders will only shoulder a portion of that debt. >> an established principle of utility law is that in those cases, that money should come out of profits. >> reporter: until now, when a utility was found innocent, they've been prohibited from passing the cost on to consumers. she says sb 901 changes that. bill dodd is the man behind the new law. what do you say to critics who say this is a bail out? >> read the bill. if we hasn't had sb 901, victims would have been victimized again. >> reporter: the senator whose district was devastated by the fires argues if pg&e was forced into bankruptcy over the debt, rates would go up, and victims who win their lawsuits may never get paid. the law authorizes an independent audit to perform a stress test to determine the max amount pg ande can afford to pay. pg&e will use rate relief bonds for the rest, passing that cost on to consumers, an estimated $5 per year for every billion dollars in bonds

tens of thousands of pacific gas and electric customers without power on monday -- after high wind speeds and low humidity caused the power company to turn off the lights.businesses losing thousands of dollars in downtown calistoga alone.chris canning, calistoga mayor "initially, people understood as to why, especially locals, residents that were impacted having to experience what we did last year. visitors last night kind of understanding but also being inconvenienced." but by about 2:30 monday afternoon -- the lights in downtown calistoga came back on ... and pg and e officials say they hope to restore power by midnight to about 70- percent of its customers impacted by the power being shut off.people in town i spoke with are thankful pg and e turned off power as a precautioncindy allen, calistoga"i'm very happy about it. i would prefer than than the fire."crews on monday morning were able to inspect power lines as weather conditions improved and hope to have power back to all of their customers by tuesday. calistoga mayor chris canning will be providing feedback to pg and e ... understa

administrator in working towards the process related to potential property swap between ourselves and pacific gas & electric. it would be a site that is out and i can pass around the graphic near the indian base in shoreline park. what we are contemplates is looking at a property swap of parcel of 19th and fulsome the current dot facility with some of the pg&e property which will be a site used for affordable housing. right now the city is looking at doing what is called a test fit to look to see if that property meets our needs. we believe certain par selfs as well -- parcels as well. the city administrator is very optimistic and we are, too, that we are still on track for including this as part of the 2020 bond. the other thing i can pass around to you and we can provide e-mail copy. it is lengthy. our predesigned planning study published last month for our training facility. good evening commissioner. okay. then activities since the last meeting on october 11th. assistant deputy chief and i attended the h sock policy group to work with other city agencies on streetiest. those are held every tw

. >> pacific gas & electric has really upped its game in clearing vegetation away from power lines. the question is, may they be going a little too far? >> let's take a live look now for your friday evening commute. this is the golden gate bridge. as you know, today we have fleet week and some of the ships passing under the bridge. a lot of people will be there at the marina and presidio so be careful in the area. watch out for heavy traffic. >> taking a look at 101 in san francisco, hospital curve, very slow going there on the left. a little -- not so bad on the right. it's going to be a long night for some as they head in and r the the city. break. do you hear that? no. it's quiet. too quiet. xfinity home cameras. xfinity home gives you an extra pair of eyes to help watch over your family. plus, you have added peace of mind from 24/7 professional monitoring. xfinity home. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity customers, add xfinity home and get a great offer. plus, ask how to get free installation. call, go online, or demo in an xfinity store today. >>> tonight our fox 2 unsolved looks i

pacific gas and electric plans to shut off service to 17,000 customers in the bay area to prevent the spread of potential wildfires. another 70,000 in the sierra foothills region are part of the planned outages. the goal is to restore power monday night. >>> pope francis has named two new saints, first was pope paul vi who was pope from 1963 to 1978. francis credited him with turning the church's attention to the plight of the poor. also named was an archbishop from el salvador. oscar romero was killed while celebrating mass in 1980. he angered el salvador's leaders by demanding an end to military repression. >>> some breaking news this morning, sears has filed for bankruptcy. the legendary retailer has closed hundreds of stores and struggled with big losses for years. as part of its filing sears is expected to close at least 150 stores immediately and that's according to "the wall street journal." the paper also says lenders have agreed to provide up to $600 million in financing which will allow sears to keep operating while it restructures. >>> all right, wine connoisseurs, a bottle

as of 8 p.m., pacific gas and electric has proactively turned off the power in extreme fire-risk areas dry vegetation, low humidity and high winds. approximately 17,483 pg&e customers are impacted by this public safety power shutoff, the utility's first-ever intentional deactivation of electric facilities in response to extreme fire conditions. some of the outages could last into tuesday, said pg&e spokeswoman andrea menniti. when the power is turned back on in these areas will depend on weather conditions and/or making any repairs to pg&e electrical equipment that might be required, menniti said. specific areas impacted tonight include clearlake, clearlake oaks, clearlake park, cobb, finley, hidden valley lake, kelseyville, lakeport, lower lake and middletown in lake county; napa, angwin, calistoga, deer park, lake berryessa, pope valley and st. helena in napa county; and unincorporated northeastern areas of sonoma county. ( james ) thanks will. ( darya ) happening now... commuters will now be able to use fremont street in downtown san francisco. ( james ) the area has been closed sin

a state fire investigators say pacific gas & electric power lines are the blame for last year's devastating cascade fire outside yuba city. the california department of forestry and fire protection say strong winds caused two sacking lines to touch, creating an electrical arc that sent molten material onto dry vegetation below. the fire stated the same day as the north fire. it destroyed 264 structures. pg&e is accused of violating laws regarding proper maintenance in 11 out of 17 wildfires last fall. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> today's weather conditions have diminished the risk of fire. here's a look at live doppler 7. lots of fog at the coast. humidity is up, and diminished. check out the 24-hour temperature change. it is 19 degrees cooler in santa rosa than at this hour yesterday. 21 degrees cooler in napa. 8 in oakland. 12 degrees cooler in palo alto. and mountain view. let's take a look at current temperatures. 62 degrees in san francisco and half moon bay 66. in oakland mainlily 70s in our cuds and fog expanding across the bay and late night

box two in san francisco, massive winds and fire danger lead pacific gas and electric to cut power to 17,000 customers. school officials i do cancel classes there in some districts. this is the first time utility has intentionally deactivated electric facilities in response to extreme fire conditions. this is a lie look at new york from fox five our affiliates, one of the big stores there tonight as sears files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the company responded to massive debt loads, they once dominated the retail landscape but it has lagged far behind its peers over the recent years. president trump calling this announcement, sad. that does not live look. "special report." we will be right back. ♪ ly d. i faced reminders of my hep c every day. but in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured. even hanging with friends i worried about my hep c. but in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured. mavyret is the only 8-week cure for all common types of hep c. before starting mavyret your doctor will test if you've had hepatitis b which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and afte

. >> pacific gas & electric has really upped its game in clearing vegetation away from power lines. the question is, may they be going a little too far? >> plus, the blue angels are in town along with hundreds of thousands of people to watch the spectacle. we'll tell you about the other events in san francisco that will make traffic even worse in the bay area. >> and after an unusual weather pattern just a few days ago, now we're setting up for a classic fall weather pattern this weekend. that means warmer temperatures and increasing fire danger. we'll talk about the changing weather pattern coming up. >>> the blue angels are back in the bay area skies wowing spectators on the ground as part of fleet week. the navy's elite squadron of f- 18 hornets took to the sky this afternoon after of a delay for a few hours. if you missed today's show, you still have a chance to see them. the blue angels are performing again tomorrow and sunday from noon to 4 p.m. >>> between fleet week, hardly strictly bluegrass and the castro street fair, one of the busiest weekends in san francisco is under w

. >> pacific gas & electric has really upped its game in clearing vegetation away from power lines.he question is, may they be going a little too far? connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keep me internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. you could generate yourat home.rgy, or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. >>> pg&e is responsible for trimming millions of trees to keep them away from its power lines and hopefully prevent that equipment from sparking fires. ktvu's tom vacar says some claim the utility may now be overdoing it. >>> reporter: in light of last year's and this year's ferocious fire seasons, pg&e says it's expanding and accelerating its tree trimming. >> didn't really expect this scale of what was actually completed at the end. >> reporter: the winemaker is ou

. >> this is an important safety alert from pacific gas and electric company. extreme weather conditions and high-fire danger are forecasted in el dorado county, to protect public safety. pg&e may also temporarily turn off power in your neighborhood or community. >> reporter: staff at the command center are monitoring conditions in real time. if they do cut power, it would be historic. >> this is the first time we are considering proactively shutting off the power for public safety. we know turning off the power is something that greatly impacts our customers. this is only something we would do under extreme weather conditions. >> reporter: the standby for a proactive power down comes one year after the wine country fires, which were blamed on branches that were not pruned back and then fell on live power lines during a wind storm. the fires burned a quarter of a million acres, destroyed 9,000 buildings, and killed 44 people. >> the wine country fires, are they weighing heavily on your minds right now? >> right now we're focused on the weather that's taking pla

on sunday, pacific gas and ectric deliberately had cut power to 60,000 customers. it was the first use of a new policy to prevent downed power lines from sparking fires, and it brought divided reactions. >> getting word that its going to be 48 hours, upwards of five days, it's ridiculous. it doesn't make any sense. i don't know what to say, i'm dumbfounded. >> i understand why they're ing it, be safe than sorry. it's up to us now to deal with new normals. >> nawaz: the utility is already liable for billions of dollars in damages from destructiv fires earlier this year. u.s. health ficials report a ike in a rare, paralyzing illness that mostly afflicts young children. acute flaccid myelitis canaf ct the face, neck, back and limbs, but so far, the cause is unknown. the centers for disease control and prevention reports 62 confirmed cases in 22 states this year. another 65 are being investigated. similar waves occurred in 2014 and 2016. normer congresswoman mary has resigned from u.s.a. gymnastics just four days after being name interim c.e.o. it's the latest blow to

and spoke to frustrated customers. pacific gas and electric has proactively turned off the power in extremesk areas of lake, napa and sonoma counties, in response to conditions created by dry vegetation, low humidity and high winds. approximately 17,483 pg&e customers are impacted by this public safety power shutoff, the utility's first-ever intentional deactivation of electric facilities in response to extreme fire conditions. some of the outages could last into tuesday, said pg&e spokeswoman andrea menniti. when the power is turned back on in these areas will depend on weather conditions and/or making any repairs to pg&e electrical equipment that might be required, menniti said. specific areas impacted tonight include clearlake, clearlake oaks, clearlake park, cobb, finley, hidden valley lake, kelseyville, lakeport, lower lake and middletown in lake county; napa, angwin, calistoga, deer park, lake berryessa, pope valley and st. helena in napa county; and unincorporated northeastern areas of sonoma county. (jr) an update now on the high speed chase in bodega bay that ended when a patrol ca

we have wildfires that have touched camp pendleton at west and even the past week pacific gas and electric and california both talk about curtailing power in face of wildfire. we face real threats to the grid, right? we need to figure that out. but the vulnerabilities are really as to the problem been o receive our honor transmission distribution system. almost all of the outages are related transmission distribution of energy. our military bases, lucian is fighting a beautiful resource to make sure we can take care of our bases. our bases are long neglected part of the infrastructure. a majority of outages on a basis are the root cause of that is her own infrastructure. underinvestment in the things on our bases that allow us to work. that's what we ought to focus our time and attention and a resource and are political capital, frankly. the other thing we're missing is an opportunity to talk about what we can do about it. senator ayotte mentioned or david i think mention send asp association with the fuel-cell company. sources of power you can put closest to the load that can create in so

. >>> about 20,000 utility customers remain without electricity in northern california after pacific gasctric cut the power over the weekend. it is the first time the utility preemptively cut power to prevent sparking wildfires. >>> in pom peii, this marking shows when mount arteuvius erupted. >> you're up to date that's the news update at this hour back to you. >> interesting good time. tomorrow is october 17th thank you, sue. >>> stocks in full rally mode with all three major indices on pace for their best day since march. right now the dow jones industrial is higher for 500 points the nasdaq composite really the outperformer, higher by 2.6% at this point, some big movers on the back of earnings today. johnson & johnson helping and pharma and consumer units helping on a big beat. the company raising the four year outlook blackrock moving lower as sales growth fell and domino's in the red as u.s. sales disappointed domino's sales down. same as blackrock. >>> the oil markets closing for today. let's go to jackie deangeles. >> crude prices cautious for a second day in a row. not spiking o

us to this point >>> northern california's biggest yuletity shut off power to prevent wildfires pacific gasnd electric announcing the plans after their power lines were blamed for causing some of the state's most destructive wildfires. >>> thank you, scott appreciate it. >>> the nasdaq is off the lows of the session at least right now. we still have a mixed market broadly. down about .2% for the nasdaq composite. if you take the chart back, you can see the nasdaq is down nearly 7% in one month some of the usual suspects are dragging it lower. dominic as more. >> kourtney, within the s&p 500 on a broader basis, it is the technology consumer discretionary and communications services sectors that are three of the worst performers just month to date in october alone we're still not even halfway to that point yet but still, it gives you a sense of how the leadership has developed. we picked out three stocks to give you an idea of how that leadership is developing apple, first of all, one of the poster children stocks for the rally higher since the highs were down around 6 % from those levels on

gas regulations, despite assuring investors it had accounted for the risks. the company has pledged to fight the allegations in court. shares of cathay pacific nine—year low after it said data of about 9.4 million passengers had been accessed without authorisation. cathay says that in addition to 860,000 passport numbers and about 245,000 hong kong identity card numbers, the hackers accessed 403 expired credit card numbers. that is a pretty serious reach of data at cathay pacific. that is business briefing. the equality and human rights commission has warned that britain is in danger of becoming a two—speed society that's hard to fix. its latest report to parliament on discrimination says there's been some progress, but also greater struggles for the disabled and ethnic minorites. mark easton has the details. the fight against what she called burning injustices was the prime minister's top priority when she took office. >> we will make britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us. battle will be the mission of the government i lead. and together we will build a better britain. today but a report from the e h