pg&e has had 70 years of a headstart. the customers have been oriented towards one company in service. i am thinking the interpretation of this without much companion education or pre-warning or pre- influencing of any kind shows me a gut reaction that makes it something people would be willing to invest in. this is the same kind of pulling -- polling that gave me hope in the other campaign. we ended up spending $150,000 on a statewide campaign. the polling was reflective of jurisdictions in pg&e service territory. they were hitting the wall of people giving it -- you would think that people have had a relationship with the company for decades would have a more overwhelming confidence factor on reliability and rates. my interpretation of this gives us greater room to grow. consider how little package education there was with this, i interpret this very positively. if the city falls through on its commitment to provide the investment on education and doing the kind of out reached that is essential that stops and starts bet

>> i am talking more specifically about the pg&e energy efficiency money. at the state level, we're working to try to get access to that to fund for residency programs. is there a chance that by the time we roll out next summer that it would be available and could change the rate structure? >> there is a chancy could be. we have to temper their optimism. we have been arguing at the california public utilities commission that the administration of those funds collected by pg&e from san francisco residents and businesses should be the responsibility of the cca for quite some time. because of our lack of success in the opinion, we have included the change in legislation that we're working with senator leno on. we have had hearings of the senate committee on that legislation. it made its way out of committee with lots of direction to continue to work with members on some of the key provisions. that has been a longstanding part of our cca program and regulatory effort to get that pot of dollars available to us for direct administration. >> if there is anything t

they are pg&e customers for other services that pg&e provides to get the kilowatt hour to the residence. all of the energy efficiency offerings currently available to pg&e customers today are available to cca customers. in the ideal world and in the regulatory form, we're arguing for the efficiency program dollars that pg&e collects from san franciscans to be administered by us with the cca program implementation. we've not succeeded in convincing policymakers and the california utility commission yet. we are continuing it. notwithstanding success there, the customers we serve in our cca program are pg&e customers. they will be able to take advantage of the pg&e energy efficiency programs from day one. we see the benefit of 100% renewable programs at launch being quite strong. it is clear from the market research that there is a strong customer interest in that product. we get a very big bang for the buck on the city-wide greenhouse gas reduction basis. 1 customer represents -- 1100% renewable customer is worth five that have a 20% energy portfolio that is renewable. it is a good bank f

anne makovec has more. >> reporter: pg&e also now trying to track down what other pipelines that pg&ew may have worked on. of course, they worked on the failed one here in san bruno. we are learning more about the materials they may have used including a piece of patchwork pipeline that they welded in here that may have been from 1944 instead of pg&e just simply buying a new section of pipe to put in here in holes. part of the ongoing investigation here into the explosion which killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes last september, pg&e released 225,000 pages of new documents this week. according to "san jose mercury news," they reveal a history of welding problems in pg&e pipes including line 132, which is the one, of course that caused the explosion here in san bruno that is on top of the faulty recordkeeping that pg&e has already admitted to. you may remember again the utility listed this line as seamless and it turns out it had a lot of welds. and it was a pg&e crew who put it together, not an outside contractor. another disturbing element of these new documents, leaks caused by w

and how much of these records can pg&e even find?und all of these thousands of pages of documents, which add up to about 75 feet tall of just paper, this is not all of the documents that they need to be materializing for this investigation. so it's a real mess. frank? >> a real mess. i think that's a good way to sum it up. my guess is you're going to be doing this story for the next five years, anne. >> reporter: we have been really digging into this since the explosion last september and new information just keeps coming out. so yeah, this is going to be an important story for our safety all over the bay area as it goes on. >> yeah. indeed. okay, anne makovec live in san bruno, thank you. >>> you might remember the passenger booted over saggy pants. now u.s. airways has allowed a nearly naked man to fly. jill tarlow asked this passenger to post for a photo before they got on the flight from florida to phoenix. the man was wearing a women's bathing suit bottom and matching top, black lace thigh high stockings and high heels. tarlow s

thank you for coming out. >> and now pg&e president chris dunn. i know you would like to talk next. >> thank you. we are excited to be part of this program and working in collaboration with first tee, is a great organization in the city and county of san francisco and the school district. it is an honor to be here today. mayor, i have had many, many more hole in one span three, but unfortunately they were on a putt-putt course. [laughter] my golf game itself is humiliating. it is actually humbling all the time. it is a lot of fun to play. you are going to have a great opportunity, because you are going to be able to learn a lot about lifelong values. this will serve you well. not just in school. but throughout your life. the great part is you get to have fun doing that. you get to play golf while you are doing that. it is going to be a great time for you. i have been blessed in meeting a lot of students to have gone to a first tee program and they have gone on to great things in college and post-college. and they've learned a lot of important thin

if you turned down pg&e's smart meters. will the utility cut off your power? that is one bay area man had to face during a showdown with a pg&e smaller. >> reporter: he confronted the man that appeared to be a pg&e worker and said he didn't want a smartmeter. he had a pocket tape recorder that was rolling when the worker said he would call the boss. >> cutting off the lines or allow us to put it in. >> what do you mean? >> they are going to discontinue service. >> he handed him a card with a pg&e hot line number. >> i imagine they are under pressure to install those meters. >> if the employee actually made that state, we are sorry.

why is it that we are actually helping pg&e? >> that would be a pg&e question. i do not know that either, supervisor. this is not the kind of money. supervisor mirkarimi: let's go to that point. i think it's a very important statement. i think you really know and no best that we are trying to advance something that the monopoly utility is not really on the level that we would like to see. isn't that correct? >> yes. supervisor mirkarimi: has there anythen any return comment from pg&e? i have looked at their profit statements. despite a series of strategies and misfortunes and costly endeavors, like bad campaigns, like prop 16, they seem to be doing pretty well in the profit margin. >> good question, supervisor. not to speak for pg&e, but in many ways, they act as if locally generated solar is in competition with them because they cannot sell it. if you put in a solar installation on your house and you generate excess power, you don't get paid from that from pg&e. they're getting benefits from this and they provide no funding for it. the other point to keep in mi

we just learned that from pg&e just a few minutes ago. but the officer who initially saw the flashes of light when all of this what happened, there were some loud booms in the area, he drove over to make sure there was no traffic in this area and all cars stayed away from the line. i do want to show you this morning pg&e arriving about an hour ago. the utility spokesman told us that work will continue until

found pg&e workers are undertrained and understaffed. so badly it was off-duty workers who rushed back to san bruno to shut off the pipeline. the report also found the ruptured pipeline was installed over a ravine. we now know there was sewer construction around the failed pipeline section in 2008. but that work was not supervised by pg&e says congresswoman jackie spear. she said pg&e is more at fault today than they were yesterday based on the findings of this panel of experts. but pg&e says no links have been made. >> the ntsb will ultimately decide in its final report whether that work had any relevance to the tragedy itself. >> reporter: assemblyman jerry hill says fault lies with the very group that commissioned the independent report the p.u.c. >> they allowed pg&e to prioritize profits over safety. that came out today as well. >> reporter: once heading edison and the corporate council once headed the legal department of pg&e. so he is introduced legislation for comprehensive pipeline reform. >> when they had 43% of their inspectio

it is not pg&e sponsored. pg&e does support the bill is my understanding. supervisor mirkarimi: is he the lab yist on behalf of pg&e? >> he is the lobbyist on behalf of a local union, mainly here in san francisco. the union does work for pg&e, the line workers, is my understanding. and i also know that marin remains opposed to the bill. so it is a good question, and i appreciate mike's comments because there may be a strategy that i don't know. but it would be good to have maybe an intent motion from the commission along the lines of the chair's session, and then i can take that intent motion back and talk with the sfpuc staff about if marin remains opposed, and we are not, even though it doesn't effect us, perhaps we ought to consider -- but it does affect them -- perhaps we ought to consider an opposed position as well. supervisor mirkarimi: i would agree. and if marin, who has been in front considerably, and san francisco, who has kind of been a back stop in this whole calculation as one of the two remaining and yet vibrant counties in the state of calif

pg&e arrived about 30 minutes later around 4:00 a.m. we've been told that this area is known for having issues regarding illegal marijuana growth. illegal growers siphon power for their hydroponic operations and overwhelm transformers leading to outages and fires. at this point no one can say what caused this outage. what it's due to or how long folks in this area will be without power, but you can see pg&e is working on the problem. an officer is keeping traffic away. we are live along 44th and we will bring you the latest details as soon as we get more information. reporting live from east oakland, jade hernandez, back to you in the studio. >>> now to a dangerous situation that faced emergency crews responding to an overnight fire in pleasant hill. they arose to the sound of exploding ammunition in a burning apartment house. ktvu's kraig debro is live on the scene with more on what happened. >> reporter: good morning. i just spoke to the dispatcher with the contra costa county fire department she tells me there was a report of live am

. >>> pg&e admits its own crews installed that blasted pipeline in san bruno. why it's now raising concern about other projects. >>> president obama prepares to make a major speech on the future of afghanistan. the tightrope he is walking by bringing the troops home. >>> good morning. i'm grace lee. >> i'm frank mallicoat. it's 4:30, wednesday, june 22. what a beautiful day it was yesterday. >> gorgeous. hanging out by crissy field. >> it was packed out there everybody was outside. >> first day of summer. >> you got a little sunburn. >> i put sunscreen everywhere but the top of my feet. if you ever burned the top of your feet before, folks, it is uncomfortable. we went from sizzle yeah looks like to fizzle today as the temperatures going to start coming down around the bay area. plan on about 67 degrees. some patchy fog into san francisco. 76 should be mostly sunny in oakland. san jose looking at 86 degrees. still hot into concord and 93. but that's well down below the hundreds they were up to yesterday. temperatures will be coming down over the next few days.

pg&e crews are still out there.re restoring power to hundreds of customers in oakland early this morning 1500 people lost their power after a transformer blew. >>> today hayward police still searching for missing nursing student michelle le will focus on cell phone calls. now there's evidence someone was making calls on le's cell phone the day after she disappeared. >>> later this morning phillip and nancy garrido will be sentenced for kidnapping and raping jaycee dugard. prosecutors have asked for a maximum sentence of 431 years for phillip garrido. his wife, nancy, is expected to get 36 years to life. >>> an oakland man took full advantage of some inexpensive software to help recover his stolen laptop. he loaded the hidden app onto his mac book before it was stolen two months ago. when he activated it the laptop took these photos. he posted them and his story on his blog and oakland police say that gave them enough information to track down the suspect even though they hadn't been able to devote time to the case b

traci grant put the tough questions to pg&e. >> reporter: pg&e is trying to defend itself tonight. a pg&e spokesman talked to us this afternoon and said the utility company didn't withhold this information on purpose. he said shoddy record keeping prevented them from figuring it out sooner. >> we were informed by pg&e there was a leak on line 132. >> reporter: the same pipeline that ruptured last year setting off an explosion and fire that killed eight people and damaged 38 san bruno homes. pg&e says the previous leak was small and discovered in an annual inspection in 1988 in a spot nine miles from the san bruno explosion site. the utility company says the leak was repaired soon afterward. the investigators asked for any prior incidents on that pipeline nearly five months ago. pg&e informed the ntsb about it recently. >> we do not know why pg&e did not provide this information to our investigators. that is a question you have to ask pg&e. we are glad to have this information now, but we would have expected to see it sooner. >> reporter: pg&e's delay may have slowed down this infor

she says it shows pg&e's record keeping is inadequate. expect to see changes in regulations. >> i had the opportunity to talk with an administrative person that regulates pipelines and pg&e about some of the changes they are making. we had a conversation this morning about things they are doing now. we want to see the changes. that is what should be happening. >> north-northeast sb is the watchdog of the -- n.t.s.b. is the watchdog and the recommendations they make and they do 80% of the recommendations made. >> other recommendations were involved. more communication between pg&e about its pipelines and local communities. they will be detailing these in a press conference at 11:15 this morning. we'll be streaming it live at abc7news.com. reporting live in san bruno, amy hollyfield. >>> billboards around the area are urging people not to give up for missing nursing student michelle le even police are investigating the case as a homicide. donations are paying for billboard evidence. they found evidence in the car. she was last seen on may 2

she says it shows pg&e's record keeping is inadequate. expect to see changes in regulations. >> i had the opportunity to talk with an administrative person that regulates pipelines and pg&e about some of the changes they are making. we had a conversation this morning about things they are doing now. we want to see the changes. that is what should be happening. >> north-northeast sb is the watchdog of the -- n.t.s.b. is the watchdog and the recommendations they make and they do 80% of the recommendations made. >> other recommendations were involved. more communication between pg&e about its pipelines and local communities. they will be detailing these in a press conference at 11:15 this morning. we'll be streaming it live at abc7news.com. reporting live in san bruno, amy hollyfield. >>> billboards around the area are urging people not to give up for missing nursing student michelle le even police are investigating the case as a homicide. donations are paying for billboard evidence. they found evidence in the car. she was last seen on may 2

>supervisor mirkarimi: does pg&e have a green tier? >> i am not aware they have a green service offering. they have a climate smart program. it is an offset type of program. they do not have a green portfolio program beyond the standard service. supervisor mirkarimi: it speaks to what i think is a telling and positive outcome in the poll that has 45% of the respondents saying they would prefer to pay more to insure that their electricity is coming from clean, renewable sources like solar and wind. it is nice to capture more than the anecdote that this could beat the traffic that helps us insert towards unleashea niche t pg&e cannot provide. >> these are core customers that are consistently with us. >> i have a question for mr. metz on the data. i am trying to understand slide two versus slide 5. it looks like there were split on the idea of paying more for renewable energy. half wanted to and half did not. and guess it is because you are drilling down now and going by teaier that there seems to be ls interest at the higher tiers. >> th

. >>> could it be a tko for pg and e?ew report slams the energy unite and it's not just about the san bruno pipeline explosion. >>> the french something to talk about. why a trial here has women there taking a good look at the men around them. >> good evening. family and friends gathered tonight for a memorial. for the two firemen killed on the job just last week. >> tomorrow thousands of firefighters from all around the state and country in fact are expected to attend those funerals. sharon chin was at tonight's service. >> reporter: after a final stop at fire station 26, the caskets of 48-year-old lieutenant vincent perez and anthony arrived at st. mary's cathedral with their families to a salute from the fire department honor guard and their chief. > chief, what will you remember about both men? >> that they were heros and very courageous and very brave. >> reporter: a spanish and english language vigil tonight. >> our hearts are heavy. >> the lieutenant worked with both perez and valario. >> they were the person you w

the report criticizes not only pg&e but the puc as well. there are recommendations and the report basically said we have to look at pipe line safety in a different way. when it comes to operating gas pipe line systems in california. the concept of business as usual must end. that's what the panel conclude. pg&e and other pipe linep agencies don't know what is under round. records were not kept or have been lost. >> one commissioner acknowledged that pg&e lacked the kind of safety culture needed. >> i think what your report identified is a culture where documents, retention and documentation and maintenance is sort of treated like flossing. it is an unpleasant task. we are at risk for heart attacks. it is part of the change. and recommendations were changed . he will see more fined in the area. shareholders are paying attention. lee cox will move quickly to remove the reports and detailed findings and improve the safety. it is a few feet from where it occurred. >> what are they going to do in the future. >> when it comes to the cost of under

. >> you will hear what was said during a showdown during pg&e's controversial smart meters. leslie brinkly has the story tonight. >> that's right. a man named charles pine says he turned down a smart meter last year, but on june 6th, he was eating lunch at his home and he claimed he saw a pg&e truck pull up unannounced. >> i look out the window and i see a stranger in a pg&e uniform. >> he confronted the man who appeared to be a pg&e worker and told him he didn't want a smart meter. he had a pocket recorder rolling when the worker said he would call his boss. >> call and you discuss with you either putting back up the line or allowing us to put it in. >> what do you mean? >> they will discontinue your sofs. >> later the ruin formed man repeated the message. >> they are going to say either we install it or you find another energy company. >> that's quite a serious procedure to cutoff someone's electricity because they don'tñr agree to a smart meter. >> the worker returned 45 minutes later and handed him a card with a pg&e opt out hotline number. >> i imagine they are under tr

it could be just words, but many of the homeowners say they see the list as a recommendation from pg&e. now we tried to reach vanderbilt construction, they does not return our calls. it is worth noting there is another vanderbilt family, another spelling, but they have no connection to the story. ken pritchett ktvu. >>> and domestic wine sales up 7 cents last year, compared to 2009. california wine producers took in 18 and a half billion. and for the first time more wine was consumed in the united states compared to france, even though france is a much smaller country. u.s. wine exports are also up 26% from 2009, to a record 1.14 billion. >>> bad news sent stocks going down on wall street, weaker than expected reports on manufacturing and jobs, raising fears that the economy is stalling. the dow lost almost 280 points, the nasdaq off 66 points. >>> and a san francisco tradition missing tonight from city streets. the buses, the cable cars today as muni shatter shut down all the lines for maintenance. powell is scheduled to be back in operation on monday. the california line has been cl

arrested a woman for trying to stop the installation of pg&e smart meters. >> good morning. lighter and northwesterly winds will replace our strong sea breeze. that's going to bring a rapid warmup today. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. happy father's day! some controversial billboards have been put up in oakland by an anti-abortion group. the controversy just about the billboards themselves, some community leaders are calling it offensive and racist because of a slogan that's used. we have more from oakland. >> the billboards of funded by a pro life group called the issues for life foundation. they are placed in places of high african-american population around the country, now they are in oakland. they use the phrase black is beautiful, which lisa of trust black women of california said is a positive black phrase. >> the fact that this has been co-opted is something that is obvious it's only meant to divide us. you know, i think our community can see right through it. >> the issues for life foundation, a branch. the radiance foundation, ha

she was supposed to meet with pg&e this afternoon. pg&e says we continue to stand behind the families helping them get back on track and into their homes as quickly as possible. the owner of this memo, on a massive repair and renovation, vanderbilt did a lot of work on estimates but declined to bid on the project. the reason, a company reorganization and that was in february. the september natural gas pipeline explosion and fire killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. first rebuilt project begin last month. >> vanderbilt has not returned our messages left with its answering service. >>> building a new stadium in santa clara for the 49ers is going to cost more than $10 million over original estimates. they report that the projected cost is now $950 million, up from the original $937 million. 49er spokesperson says it's no surprise, as the project moves forward. construction is set to begin in early 2013. >> firefighters battling two of worst wildfires in arizona's history won't get help from the weather today. crews race to save se

our thanks to pg&e to work to get her lights back on. they will work with anyone having trouble paying bills now in an effort to avoid having power cut off in the future. >> that is. thank you, michael. >> how much protection are you getting from sunscreen. >> a government attempt to >> california could be banned from the self check out line. they are promoting a bill that man dates all alcohol sales be processed by an actual clerk. it could help curb underage drinking. they found that one in five adults were able to trick the system . the grocery association said there is no correlation . they will not sale to under age minors. they had new regulations. they will be able to test the effectiveness. it is the one that poses greater risk to skin cancer . skin sunscreens will not be identified as sun blocks because we don't want to give false impression that complete sun protection is provided. >> sunscreens couldn't make claims of protection for more than two hours without submitting data and obtaining approval. >> new labels must be on al

pg&e is blaming an equipment failure. >>> and pg&e is being fined $26 political for a deadly national gas explosion near sacramento. it happened december 24th, 2008. a 72-year-old man in rancho cordova was killed. the california public utilities commission says pg&e admitted it violated safety laws in connection with the explosion. the violations include installing a gas pipe with thinner walls than allowed and failing to test the pressure adequately. the fines still requires final approval from the commissioners of the cpuc. >>> state regulators now have 225,000 pages of pg&e documents on pipeline wells. but it's unclear if anyone will actually read all of them. back in march, workers sorted through documents at the cal palace but an independent panel has questioned whether state regulators actually had the man power to read through all of the papers that they are requiring pg&e to turn over. the cpuc says they've examined everything so far. but they say a judge will determine the best course of action for any document review moving forward. >>> might be a little more difficult than

that company was helping pg&e customers. tom vacar will have more on this at 5:00. they do hope to have all of these detailed wrapped up by the fall. >>> apple is known for thinking creatively. steve jobs personally made an appeal for the cupertino city council for a new building that looks like a shays ship. kraig debro has more -- space ship. kraig debro has more. kraig? >> reporter: good afternoon. a press conference just ended about 45 minutes ago inside city hall here. now, steve job last night,er made the announcement. he un-- last night, he made the announcement. he unveiled the plan. the mayor this morning is already selling it to the city. >> it's a major project. it's gonna look like something similar to like the pentagon. this is something that will be built overnight. >> when we come up with a design that puts 12,000 people in one building, we have seen these office parks with a lot of buildings and they get pretty boring pretty fast. so we would like to do something better than that. >> reporter: steve jobs unveiled the ambitious proposal at last night'

>> it's because of a woman who wasn't paying her pg&e bill. the little known rule said all adults living in the premises are responsible for the utility bill, even if their names are not on the pg&e bill. it's called electric rule 3. >> i don't know what the third rule of the puc is but i know that this isn't right. >> kristi said the rent at her old place included utilities. yet when she tried to turn on power here, pg&e saw her old address on her driver's license and said pay up. $4,600 or no lights. >> all adults will be held responsible for any outstanding balance. >> katie of pg&e said indeed an old bill will follow you to your new residence and stop any service. kristi didn't think it was right to pay somebody else's bill and couldn't afford all that money anyway. so mother and son lived without power for days, then weeks, then months. >> so it was super freezing. it was just horrible. >> i don't really like going in the dark. i'm not afraid of the dark, i just don't like being alone in the dark. >> he did his homework in the windows bec

she will meet with pg&e officials and victims.to release a report later this year which should include the cause of the explosion but the investigation keeps running into roadblocks. pg&e hasn't been able to produce records about its pipes and the san francisco chronicle investigators can't figure out where pg&e got the pipe that are your turd. so the investigation is inching along. answers will eventually come from either some of these investigations or in court, more than 75 lawsuits have been filed. residents say they just want their neighborhood fixed and with a caused the explosion and they would like to move on. >> eric: san francisco police department is investigating the shooting of a suspected bank robber after officers killed a man in the haight district yesterday evening. f.b.i. tracked him to a neighborhood using gps navigation. where san francisco officers picked it up. >> the officers moved in and attempted to make a traffic stop. when they existed their vehicle, the driver positioned his vehicle and drove at the off

i think that's a question that you would have to ask pg&e. >> so we asked pg&e about the leak which it says was small repaired 23 years ago. >> we discovered this document about a leak online 132 in 1988 around may 20th will. we thought it might be relevant to the ntsb's investigation so we shared it with them immediately. >> reporter: the more records may come to light. >> we are literally using hundreds of employees to comb through millions of documents that are throughout our service area and stored in local offices throughout our service area. >> reporter: ntsb also officially recommended that all pipeline companies give them detailed information on pipelines and that all pipeline operators, especially pg&e, notify 911 as soon as an emergency arises. and said the ntsb's chairwoman because the case is so complex she doubts that she will have a cause published by the one bun are-year anniversary of the politician. this is tom vacar, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> another bad day for anthony weaner. another photo turned up this one x realitied. he has sent explosive photos of himself to wo

of approved contractors that pg&e distributed. >> pg&e says it did offer a list of contractors that homeowners could use which would directly bill pg&e for the work. but the utility says it was not recommending those contractors. pg&e says it has or will meet with those homeowners affected. >> we're reaching out to them and we're committed to making them whole at the end of this process. >> pg&e says it had no preferred list of contractors. this is what they handed out, an authorized list of contractors, those that could bill pg&e directly. many neighbors see this as a recommendation. the company did not return our calls. in sanbruno, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> there is another contractor with a similar name in castro valley. the company is vanderbilt's family builders. we want to make it very clears it not connected in anyway with the situation in sanbruno. [ music ] >>> railroad track -- all right. let's take you right to tomorrow. the system on live stormtracker 2 is showing the clouds coming around underneath and offshore. and as they do, there is a shot at sprinkles tomorrow mor

of approved contractors that pg&e distributed. >> pg&e says it did offer a list of contractors thatomeowners could use which would directly bill pg&e for the work. but the utility says it was not recommending those contractors. pg&e says it has or will meet with those homeowners affected. >> we're reaching out to them and we're committed to making them whole at the end of this process. >> pg&e says it had no preferred list of contractors. this is what they handed out, an authorized list of contractors, those that could bill pg&e directly. many neighbors see this as a recommendation. the company did not return our calls. in sanbruno, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> there is another contractor with a similar name in castro valley. the company is vanderbilt's family builders. we want to make it very clears it not connected in anyway with the situation in sanbruno. [ music ] >>> railroad track -- all right. let's take you right to tomorrow. the system on live stormtracker 2 is showing the clouds coming around underneath and offshore. and as they do, there is a shot at sprinkles tomorrow morni

if you turned down pg&e's smart meters. will the utility cut off your power? that is one bay area man had to face during a showdown with a pg&e smaller. >> reporter: he confronted the man that appeared to be a pg&e worker and said he didn't want a smartmeter. he had a pocket tape recorder that was rolling when the worker said he would call the boss. >> cutting off the lines or allow us to put it in. >> what do you mean? >> they are going to discontinue service. >> he handed him a card with a pg&e hot line number. >> i imagine they are under pressure to install those meters. >> if the employee actually made that state, we are sorry. we are looking into this and making contact with the customer and find out the facts. to make it clear that they do have the option of delaying their smartmeter installation. >> customers can get on delay list and hold off installation until the puc makes off a radio off option. they would install them but a meter reader would still have to come out to those homes. >> so you don't have to get a smartmeter at least in not yet but you

. >>> plus, an even more damming picture of pg&e's upkeep. a line that runs parallel to the one that exploded in san bruno. >> one girl came in and hugged it. >> we'll show you the new high-tech soda machine that could be the wave of the future and why people are hugging them. >>> pride and politics. they go hand in hand as the lgbt community celebrates gay pride and a big victory. elyse is in san francisco where the annual lesbian march and rally is in full swing. >> reporter: hundreds are here celebrating diversity. if you look behind me, you can see just how large the crowd is here for the 41st annual lesbian, trans gender festival. this comes just as people here are celebrating a step forward. yesterday, governor cuomo signed a bill making new york the sixth and largest state where gay couples can now wed. we just spoke to one woman visiting from new york who says finding out she can now marry her partner makes celebrating this weekend more special. while those from california are disappointed i didn't happen here first. >> it's legal, yo

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---la compaÍa de gas y electricidad "pg&e" se enfoÓ mucho en sus finanzas y descuido la seguridad de expertos designados por la "comision estatal de servicios publicos", quienes criticaron duramente a "pg&e" por tener "multiples debilidades operacionales" que llevaron a la explosion de un gasoducto en san bruno.---los investigadores descubrieron que en el año 2008, "pg&e" le hizo un arreglo defectuoso al gasoducto y, dos años mas tarde, la soldadura se rompio provocando el estallido e incendio infernal del pasado mes de septiembre.---el informe seÑala que, hasta la fecha, "pg&e" no mantiene la integridad estructural de sus gasoductos, ni identifica posibles amenazas que podrian derivar en otra explosion. ---los datos de unos 200-mil clientes de tarjetas de credito de "citigroup" podÍan haber sido robados por piratas inforÁticos en elÚltimo mes.---durante el ciber-ataque se pudieron ver los nombres de clientes, los Úmeros de sus cuentas, informacÓn de contactos y la direccÓn de sus correos electÓnicos. ---"citigroup" asegura que los ladrones ciberÉticos no pudieron acceder a los Úmero

cu ---la empresa pg & e podra estar en ms problemas... take vo ---hoy en san bruno, deborah hersman, la titular de la junta nacional de seguridad en el transporte, realiz un recorrido en donde ocurri la explosin, ----y dijo que pg & e reconoci hace unos dias, que ya habia previamente reparado una ruptura a la tubera que exploto el aÑo pasado... ---la reparacin se hizo hace 23 aÑos a unas 9 millas al sur de donde ocurrio el estallido... topvo ---en otra informacin... ---una persona muri esta tarde luego de ser atropellada por un tren de la agencia "caltrain" ... ---el percance ocurri poco despus del mediodia en el cruce de la avenida peninsula en la ciudad de burlingame... ---el accidente, que caus retrasos de hasta hora y media, continua bajo investigacin... ---la

there were 40,000 people that called pg and e about their gas. that means they call turned off their gas? did they need to do that? when do you have to? when there is a problem. how long did you think it takes pg and e to get out and turn it back on? 45,000 people. days weeks, may be a month. who has seen this in the streets. a lot of muck is in there is it's full of dirt and weeds you turn it to the right to tighten it and left to loosen it. your home work you have to look at your house, pop open the lid, look in there see what's going on in there it's not nice and clean like this. who has seen this around their house? everybody. each meter has a shut off. you want to find out where your gas meter is. you can keep track of your usage but you will know how to shut it off. here's the shut off. i have some tools up here, you can look at these. any hardware store has these. they fit on this and it allows you to turn off the gas. when we talk about the wheels it's these on top. if you have a broken pipe. they will spin like mad. when it's daylight, g

we begin with the smartmeter battle between pg&e and consumers, heading to santa cruz county. kiet do shows us how far one man is willing to go to keep them off his property. >>> reporter: pg&e smartmeters are coming to the cool mountains of scotts valley setting the stage for what looks to be a david and goliath battle. >> can you show you me? >> sure, come over. >> reporter: with a $15 padlock and chain, josh hart has locked down his old-style analog meter. you can try. he considers this a warning. are you ready to go to jail over this meter? >> yes, i am. i'm willing to go to jail. i'm willing to risk arrest. >> reporter: pg&e has announced it will begin widespread installations in santa cruz county by the end of the month. the county is one of the last holdouts given the stiff resistance from the county and nearby cities. hart is the director of stopsmartmeters.org a grassroots blog with videos and photos including examples of other locked up meters where customers around the country have various designs on how to block smartmeter installation. hart says wireless devices g

pg&e spent 250,000 for the ads. the spokesperson says pg&e wanted customers to hear directly from top leadership that it is sorry for the tragic accident. christine says it should have come much sooner and feels the money spent on the ads should have gone to helping victims. >> the scar isn't going to go away. i think that money should have gone to those families. >> reporter: jimmy ruiz doesn't change the fact he's still living in a hotel while his roof and windows are replaced. many neighbors consider this a very public gesture that feels hollow. but neighbors are doing their best to remember the victims, planting one fruit tree for each of the people killed in the explosion and some neighbors here tell me they wish that pg&e, instead of running this big ad, would have produced its pipeline safety records instead of asking for an extension. they say that would have shown a true commitment to public safety. >> thank you. >>> young criminals locked up for life could soon get a second chance. today, the california se

and also we would like to thank the pg&e, acknowledge the pg&e employees and their long-time sponsorship of us. they help us with the trucks and in the parade and they also, this year we will have a large representation of them during the parade, too. there's a lot of them, that are in attendance. if you're a pg&e employee, please stand up. but with i know that there's quite a few of you in the crowd. i also will be remiss if i don't thank padron in pg & e who has helped us in every aspect of our carnaval. this year we're also going to have a group of employees from the p.u.c. that will help us with the parade and also some volunteers from john owe collin high school and we thank them all. it is my honor and my pleasure to introduce to you somebody that i respect and think that we couldn't have a better mayor in this city. i have not been in touch with him for quite a while but in the last month it's been a couple of events that we've run into. i would like to introduce the san francisco -- [speaking spanish] , ed lee. >> thank you very much. welcome to city hall. i've been laughing for

the rate structure mirrors that of pg&e. in their initial phase, they have focused on customers -- they zero. -- their only offering it to customers that typically in the tiers 4 anad 5 ranges. they offer dark green service that customers can opt into. it is a 100% green product. supervisor mirkarimi: how much more expensive is that? >> mike campbell of sfpuc. the with a grain product is offered for marin is 1.5 cents more per kilowatt hour. it is one paying more per hour. it is the same structure. it is targeting the hired usgher usage customers. supervisor mirkarimi: are we talking about the same structure? >> pricing wise, yes. we are looking at bringing you further information about the other 100% green programs offered in california. we know that palo alto and others have the programs. compared to the other prices, marin and san francisco look comparable period supervisor mirkari. i believe the first capture was 9000. it may have eroded down to 8000. they have been operational -- tomorrow will be the one-year anniversar