why a strike has been called off. >> another big blow to pg&e.he stunning report that workers lied about crucial safety checks. good morning. it's friday. it's the 1st of july. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. we are excited about this friday because it's the beginning of a holiday weekend. >> we got

&e by saying pg&e safety problems run deeper than natural gas pipeline. i'm encouraged that pg&e took immediate action when this matter was brought to their and and i hope that pg&e builds on this to demonstrate that they are now putting safety first." so pg&e plans to inspect more than 13 now underground enclosures in san jose in the coming months and they have made sure to clarify that the expense of those reinvestigations will be put on shareholders and not on customers. back to you. >> can't wait to see what else they find out. kristy seifkin in san francisco, thank you. >>> it is 6:06. lawrence karnow is a man that lost his job. but never so much as he does today. >> that's right. how's it going? >> oh, my, couldn't get any better around the bay area today. of course, we have that holiday forecast coming up so we have to get that one right but folks, if you are headed out this morning, how about this? chopper 5 up over oakland. it's looking gorgeous over the bay right now. you get the idea, high pressure settling in overhead that kind of squashes the

he said it's frustrating that pg and e stand by materials on a pipeline that filed. >> pg and e is assuring us their system is safe and how can we feel that the system is safe when they are looking at the pipe that exploded and saying it was state-of-the-art. is that what they mean by state-of-the-art? does it only go halfway through the pipe and scabbed together on site? >> reporter: attorneys say the legal back and forth can go on for quite a while, causing more anquish for residents. >> they accepted the blame in the beginning. now i guess it's gotten a little out of hand and so now they don't want to, you know, say that it was their fault. >> reporter: pg and e issued a statement this afternoon which says to assure our intent is clear today we submitted an amendment to our earlier filing that exply suitly states that none of the plaintiffs or res of san bruno are at fault. also the language in the filing did not name the city of san bruno or any third-party. the statement goes on the reiterate pg and e's commutement to the san runno community. >> thank you. at a time when budget cuts ar

they will still do with -- deal with pg&e? >> could remove the gas part? >> that is a fair question. we show the breakout on how much of that pg&e bill is how much gas, how much electricity. we do the same thing on our water bill to save on costs and so we combine the water and sewer under one bill just like pg&e combines a electricity and gas. customers typically -- that is why we show them with two parts to the column. >> commissioner moran: in the term sheet itself, let me start with the simplest of questions. this is the parameter for contract negotiations. it seems it is really contract, not so much program. am i missing something there? >> there were a number of things describing the program. if someone was writing this in isolation but would not just be looking at contract terms. there are broader discussions at the beginning. >> the reason for my question is, not having seen non- counterparts of the program, i am not comfortable with the term sheet. if we are talking about how comfortable are we with the shell contract, that is one issue. if it is

they say pg&e is trying to pass blame. >> come on. it's their responsibility. >> reporter: in a recent court filing, pg&e denied the company should pay damages to the victims of the disaster that killed eight and destroyed dozens of homes. the filing says other third parties may be responsible even putting part of the blame on the victims themselves. it was only last month pg&e took out a full-page ad publicly apologizing for the tragedy. >> we think, given that pg&e has taken out full page ads saying they were sorry for what happened that they would own up to it but they haven't. >> reporter: michael danko is a lawyer representing 40 blast victims. he is surprise the by pg&e's latest move. >> where is the corporate responsibility here? it's kind of callous and almost inhuman to be -- for pg&e to blame the victims for the situation they find themselves in. >> reporter: pg&e's filing didn't specify how residents are negligent but a spokesman says it's a standard part of the legal process and they remain committed to helping the communi

karen we will have more on what pg&e wants to do about this explosion. >> pg&e what a jury trial and insist they are not the only ones to blame. the wounds are very fresh 10 months after in the explosion took place. this is very vivid video eight people died 38 homes were disintegrated. pg&e contends that the explosion could have had from a third-party they did not go into detail what might have caused the explosion this is contrary to what happened a month later they were offering people money they were offering them 15 to $50,000. now they are backed saying it wanted go to trial we will get a reaction from the victims. and to say that the victims are partially to blame for this is outrageous. >> new details in the memoirs of jaycee dugard. that book is out today it is called a still life. in her first tv interview with diane sawyer on sunday night she spoke about how she tolerated the abuse. >> we are also hearing from philip garrido is first victim and how she was assured by authorities that she would of been contacted when guido was released. he got out in to track her down. now

pg&e expects to finish repairs in about an hour. >>> some neighbors are on edge about a major pg&e gas pipeline that runs behind their homes. they want to know if it is safe but so far they can't get the answer. ktvu's ken pritchett is on the scene to show us why they are concerned. >> reporter: underneath this sidewalk are two pg&e gas pipelines. behind that fence that is where the neighborhood is located. the neighbors say it should meet the strictest standards. pg&e say they do, the neighbors want proof. >> reporter: it's what they can't see that concerns them. two gas pipelines. >> i am a resident here. >> reporter: he got a federal grant to research the pipeline, marked with signs. one of the pipelines is similar to the one that exploded in san bruno. >> we haven't got a safety study on the pipelines. >> pg&e says it inspected one of the two pipelines and the second will be inspected next year. >> it occurred in april of 2011, it is being assessed and the results take several months. the neighbors want that data but have been met with denial monopolies pg&e says some data is not p

today we're learning how pg & e may defend itself against the dozens of lawsuits. this disaster is still fresh in everyone's mind. >> when i looked out this window, the whole edition was engulfed in flames. >> reporter: bishop says he was impressed and reassured by the way pg & e responded to the crisis. >> he assured us that, don't worry, we're going to take care of things and get things as right as we possibly can. >> reporter: now he says he's surprised by the legal document pg & e filed outlining some of the reasons why the company says it's not at fault. >> they have been very cooperative with everybody and everybody putting the neighborhood back together and now it almost seems like they're turning their back on us. >> reporter: the document filed in san mateo superior court outlines a number of things, the statute of limitations is one, saying they waited too long to file suit. >> in this case it's inappropriate because they are not too late. >> reporter: the attorney representing about 40 residents about the explosion is most upset about another line of def

pg&e said there was some of third party involved with this explosion. pg&e is not saying how the victims could of been part of the problem. they are also thinking back that san bruno so where problem may have caused the gas problem. it could have been affected well tame. they had taken out full-page ads saying they were starting and now they are turning around. >> the bar committee will be meeting today on the fatal shooting of von homeless man you're seeing some of the protest that happened yesterday. there you see the man trying to get on top of the train patients were closed down for a period of time but ever thing is open and running today. >> we're talking about it on our facebook page and this is some other comments . you've been showing up in on this discussion if you go to our facebook page gen like us. >> new-line pictures from mt. tam cam in san raphael there is lot of smoke coming out of the area. we will bring this news to u.s. soon as we have it into our newsroom. >> we will get more information on net and we will be right back and this is

we would -- my concern is the results from conversations surrounding pg&e. i am not so sure at this point that shell oil has been sufficiently vetted but i do not know. >> shell oil is internationally known. some of the similar questions were raised when iran energy selected shell oil. and it is a large corporation. the only one that would step forward. it is one of those things you might take into consideration as you look at the contract. it is the only company that has offered to do business. >> it is not show oil. -- shell oil. a subsidiary. i will move to slide 13. there are a bunch of different renewable as mr. harrington was noting. there is a different variety that we can utilize under grenoble's which is the -- that we can utilize. you can -- electricity comes off those panels. there is firm renewal bills which is the bulk of the product we will be purchasing. -- renewable switches the bulk of the product we will be purchasing. there is the tradeable renewable energy credits. all the sources would qualify as renewable under the california energy com

pelligrini says pg&e owes him for his mental anguish and loss of work.been on disability from his engineering job since september. >> you know, i'm supposed to look at myself as a reason that this happened? what did i do that made this happen? i'm just curious. i would really like to know. >> reporter: pg&e doesn't spell out how residents are to blame. a company spokesman says, the filing was really just a standard part of the legal process and they remain committed to helping the community of san bruno rebuild. one attorney for the victims calls it callous. >> the victims have from the very beginning given pg&e every benefit of the doubt. and at every turn pg&e has slapped them in the face. >> a lot of people were victims of their negligence. so where do you put the blame on them? just because they lived in that area? >> reporter: the rebuilding of the neighborhood is moving along and city officials would like to put the blast behind them. but pg&e's finger-pointing they say is troubling. >> we have been spending a lot of time and energy on trying to re

pg&e says that was not their intent. >> there are two faces. tells you what you want to hear and one tells you what they are thinking. >> and in the statement from an hour ago, there is a quote from chris johns, the president of pg&e says we have always and will continue to work to do the right thing to, help rebuild the community and to help families impacted by the accident. we will not waiver from that. >> thank you. >> and the cal state university system has approved a plan to raise tuition to offset larger than expected cuts. the hike raises annual tuition for under graduates to nearly $5500, this on top of a 10% hike approved in november. university administrators say this is necessary because the budget reduces funding by $650 million. the board of trustees is meeting today and is expected to vote on a nearly 10% increase thursday. >> we're talking budgets, the clock ticks down towards the nation's debt limit deadline. congress remains locked in a game of chick yechblt the president asking both sides to give. today a hail mary was droppe

new development from pg&e on the san bruno pipeline explosion.nger are they blaming the people who lost their homes. >> retire could learn real fast why they need to pay attention to debt limit talk going on in washington. >> and harry potter conclusion of the ultimate battle of good versus evil. another half hour of news begins here in just a versus evil. another half hour of news begins here in just a moment sawz. >> pg&e is back peddling from the lawsuit explosion and fire. utility is being blasted for even suggesting that it wasn't entirely to blame for what happened. heather reports on what victims feel is adding insult to injury. >> the definite stated neighborhood is showing signs of recovery. but victims trust in pg&e has just suffered a set back after the filing of legal document last week in which pg&e seemed to leave open the possibility of blaming everyone else except itself. including the victims. >> pg&e strategy to piss off everybody in northern california to reduce the jury pool to just people who live i

and a pg&e hooking up new service damaged a 1 1/4-gas line. a pg&e spokesperson says the scene has been made save the cass leak should be can'ted in about an hour from now. >> there's new concern about the safety of pipelines in northern california. this is according to a federally funded research group that claims it recently got pg&e to admit to safety coat violations. new at noon, we -- safety code violations. knew at noon, christien kafton has more -- new at noon, christien kafton has more. >> reporter: well, i jut government off the phone -- i just got off the phone, and if you take a look at you can see the area here in suisun city. two major pipelines run under that sidewalk. one of those lines is 32 inches in diameter. the other 16. the neighbors here say they have no documentation as to whether the pipeline has been inspected. they say they don't want to see a repeat of the explosion in san bruno. >> the blast radius of this pipeline would be 570-foot, almost three football fields. so if it blew up right here, it would take out all of

but he is third generation pg&e and could not ignore what happened.ame clear pg&e records of a seamless pipe were records and record inaccuracies may be at the heart of the accident, he left messages with pg&e executive to tell him where records should be. they said we can not are convinced we cannot find the information and my blood boiled because i knew it exited. i was being paid for 10 years to manage it. he tells johnson got back to him in december but a frustrated medina called jackie speires office, saying he came forward to help saying i feel very sorry for people harmed and any others that might be harmed from lack of accurate information being available. but i know this information did exist, and i have a feeling that it may still exist. pg&e issued a statement thanking the national transportation safety board for work and says it will continue to work on earning back trust of customers. there is a tentative hearing date on a probable cause of the explosion, that is august 30th. >> and in the meantime, at and t admitted it violated laws when

i had a chance to briefly speak to pg&e. that the -- there is a bit of a misinterpretation of some of the wording in this document. a little later on this morning we're hoping to get him on the record, get him on the phone to address some of the concerns in this document. reporting live in san bruno, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> time now is 8:18. on capitol hill today, house republicans are trying to save traditional light bulbs. alison burns is following this debate and joins us from our washington, d.c. newsroom with the latest on this. allison? >> reporter: claudine, n mid of this epic budget battle here in washington, it basically has the city as a -- at a standstill. the u.s. house is voting today on what kind of light bulb you can use. house republicans are trying to repeal a law that was passed a few years ago that requires more energy-efficient bulbs. that is, it's too expensive for americans to buy the new compact, fluorescent, l.e.k. or -- l.e.d. bulbs. >> you go out and buy light bulbs at 6 bucks a pop, t

. >> >> commissioner torres: i do not think pg&e has the capacity to forecast accurately. local jobs, we have talked about that before. what local jobs will be coming to san francisco? is shell hiring local people? >> more notably some local jobs, we have been in discussions with noble americas. i will touch base on this as not having a single entity providing all services. we are talking about shell making sure that the buys are put in the system at the same time. these are large dollars but the one area where there is labour associated with it is the call center operations. dealing with customer interaction and the like. that is services we're talking about with noble americas about and they have expressed flexibility in how to -- who i are answering phones. they are a global commodities trading company. >> a temp agency? >> they are a broad company, dealing with shipping iron and other things across the world but they have acquired a subsidy that used to be a subsidy of -- and they do electricity commodity trading. when marin hired them they were sempra. they changed na

but first, pg&e will be digging into the blast zone starting thursday morning. >> they have asked pg&e to excavate to locate that abandoned pipe so they can dig up a section of it and allow for the cpc to perform some investigation. >> reporter: pg&e will also cap the pipe that burst, a job that requires lots of digging. many are uneasy about them working in the area. they also say the scarred streets and sidewalks are grim reminders of the deadly accident. they would like them fixed. but steve blake understands that can't happen until rebuilding ends. >> i think if the streets were repaired, it probably wouldn't be the same reminder. i think from a construction perspective, it needs to be done in the rebuilding stage. >> reporter: plans are moving forward, but with the one year mark approaching m are disappointed more hasn't been done. pg&e will be digging up an abandoned pipe and city leaders will be monitoring the work. reporting live, jean elle, nbc bay area news. >>> this will be an interesting summer. the giants are making national news tonight with a major trade, but it's the t

he came forward not to harm pg&e but to help. i feel very sorry for the people harmed and any others that might be harmed from lack of information being available but i know the information exists and i have a feeling it still exists. >> pg&e thanked the ntsb for their work and it will continue to work to gain confidence of their customers. there will be a final report that is august 30th for release. >> coming up a quarter to 5:. >> and surprising turn in a split between arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver. >> also 11 days and counting for the nation runs out of money before it pays its debt. a conflict go war of words whether there is a deal or not. >> scorching temperatures are moving east. i'll have details coming up. >> and a demonstration at a san francisco hotel ends in dozens of arrests. what the group is protesting coming up.itçiug h@abc@ap@closi q when water doesn't dry, it can leave spots and film. finish jet dry rinse agent removes residue and actively dries dishes, for a brilliant shine straight from the dishwash

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

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

pg&e says gas service should be restored within the hour. >>> residents are demanding answers from pg&e about the safety of gas pipelines behind their homes. neighborhoods now cover the homes where pg&e installed the pipelines in 1965. residents want proof the pipelines meet safety standards. >> we haven't got a safety study, which is required by federal law. >> a spokeswoman told us crews inspected one pipeline in april and plans to inspect the other one next year. it will take several months to assess the results before releasing them. >>> just two hours ago the health committee approved a bill regarding health insurance rates. it gives them the power to reject rate increases. critics say it does nothing to serve medical costs. the bill moves to the committee, the assembly approved the bill in june. >>> tax collectors could have a new tool. a committee approved a bill that would suspend the profession business and drivers license of the 500 most delinquent taxpayers. the top 250 owe the state $172 million. >>> visa expects its revenue to grow despite a new cap. they project 11-15% g

. >>> pg&e is doing damage control after claiming the victims of the san bruno explosion are partially responsible for the blast. in a recent court filing, the utility denied it should pay damages to victims of september's deadly disaster. it blamed the blast on third party damage to what it calls a state-of-the-art pipeline. just last month, pg&e took out a full-page ad apologizing for the tragedy. >> you have to wonder, where is the corporate responsibility here? it's -- it's kind of callous and almost inhuman to be -- for pg&e to be blaming the victims for the situation they find themselves in. >> pg&e's filing did not specify how people in san bruno may be negligent but now the utility says it is amending the filing take the blame off those in the neighborhood. >>> neither side is budging when it comes to raising the nation's debt ceiling. the obama administration has warned of an economic catastrophe if an agreement isn't reached. among the consequences, tens of billions of dollars in social security payments in jeopardy. >> can you tell the folks at home that no matter what happe

pg & e crews began pulling a pipeline -- >>> pg & e crews began pulling a pipeline from san bruno. >>reporter: in this neighborhood where new homes are like phoenixes are rising from their ashes, pg & e is still searching and digging for clues. under orders from the public utilities commission, pg & e is education education ka sate -- escavating an 8-foot pipeline. it can help analyze other service pipelines built at the same time. >> basically looking at top to bottom review of our gas operations. >> reporter: meanwhile, edward pelligrini visits the home of his new home frequently. his former home was incinerated on the same site last september. >> i barely made it out. >> pelligrini's home is six under correction today. many other homes are in the permitting process. >> people coming back, that's a great sign because it's a great community and the greatest people in san bruno. i miss this community, i miss coming home. >> reporter: the neighborhood will return to a new kind of normal. >> a second chance in life that's what i call it. it's a great thing and great to see these people

we are having the program be set so that our rate format is similar to pg&e's that will be going into effect in july 2012. that is a flat generation rate where rates do not increase with usage. pg&e will be rolling out a similar type of rate in july 2012, and we were thinking we would roll out at the same time. low-income cristobal's -- low- income customers remain eligible for a discount. we are talking about a contract with shell for the same supply as the big-ticket item we have been discussing, talking about having a supply contract for wholesale supply with shell for a 4.5-year fixed term with the price is known in advance. i did not necessarily mean price a for all four years, but we know what the price is for the first year, what it is for the second, etc. we are also building into our expectations that we will have a rate stabilization amount included. we will have a small surcharge included in the overall bill. that is to make sure we can cover any fluctuations as well as start to build up a reserve to handle price changes that we might see in the future after we get to addit

but what it is, is that pg&e now, they've had a year to figure out and stand up what. are you saying? >> and what they're saying is that it's not our fault. >> i think it's shameless and outrageous z it's another example of what pg&e has been doing for the past year. they have say one thing and follow up with something different. >> the final report on the probable cause is due before the one-year anniversary in september, that report is not allowed as evidence in this victim's lawsuit. >> there are details being published about phillip garrido. prosecutors late today revealed evidence that details four other victims. including two we didn't know about until now. we have been looking into this for us from sacramento. >> it's simply angry and how in just a minute, there is brand new video showing garrido prowling for little girls. >> is anybody going see me? i see them. oh, they're pants. >> that is phillip and nancy garrido disappointed some of the children are wearing long pants. the video shot between 1989 and 1993. it's good insight into how they worked as a team. >

is two faces of pg&e. one tells you what you want to hear, another tells you what they're thinking. >> they emphasize victim that's accepted cash never gave up their rights to sue later. >> a woman has been arrested after plowing her suv into a fire station this morning in san mateo. police say the 36-year-old from oakland was exiting and careened across deanza boulevard into fire station 27, arrested for felony dui. her 17-year-old daughter was in the car at that time. the damage to the fire station is extensive and though there were firefighters inside, we're glad to say no one was injured. the driver and her daughter remain hospitalized and police say they did not suffer. -- serious injury autos the mayor ed lee welcomed a new solar company today. china sun energy that is based in china. and the company makes solar cell products. the mayor is a.dressed the efforts to make the city a gateway for chinese firms in an effort to drive job growth and economic activity. >> it will be part of the top global clu

digging up an abandoned section pipeline in san bruno is causing new problems for pg&e. don knapp on the gas smell that has neighbors worried. don? >> reporter: ann, when you stand in this neighborhood near ground zero and recall the inferno that roared through here not quite a year ago you can understand why some folks are uneasy and why the smell of gas triggers fears. >> somebody is not telling us something. that's what i'm feeling. i'm feeling very uneasy. >> reporter: kathy and her family live just 12 houses from the site of the blast that killed eight of her neighbors and claimed nearly 40 homes last year. silverman says she remains concerned about her own family's safety. when she came home yesterday she saw pg&e crews all over the neighborhood at a new dig that opened up an old capped off pipeline. >> it is obvious to me that something is not correct if there are that many pg&e people out there. >> how many were there? >> like i said, at least 50. at least 50. >> reporter: pg&e says it stopped work on retrieving a section of the unused pipe installed in 1948 when

a transmitter sending data from meter to pg&e is turned off.and with meter yeerds coming to read as they have. >> at this time, pg&e has explored a different option and a wired option as well as analog option. we have determined that radio off option is the most feesible for our customers. >> but the safety network says turning off the radio is not enough for people who feel this makes them sick. >> it's still there. radio frequency is still there. and utility concern -- controls its capacity. how do people trust pg&e? >> p fw. and e says it's installed 8.2 million. and there are people insisting they make them sick. dave wilmur is part of the opt out hearing process. he has a company that assesses home autos turning off transmitter doesn't accomplish anything. >> sometime in the next couple weeks the judge will issue a decision on which options are to be studied. next meeting will be in september. >> and tonight pictures from out of africa. >> the bay area blogger there now to try to make a difference. xrxrxrxrxrxrxrxrxrxrr >>> norway's prime

pg. was supposed pg&e was supposed to turn over document -- pg&e was supposed to turn over documents. but a top official acknowledged that they may have been thrown out. the documents likely got lost during a move from a san francisco office to a new location in walnut creek. the developments were revealed in a new report released yesterday. >>> a deadly heat wave tips to hang over much of the country. the oppressive blast of hot hair and humidity is making life miserable for many people. >> heat, heat and more heat. the national weather service is issuing hot weather warnings across the u.s. temperatures are predicted to be at or near triple digits today and throughout the weekend. we are using sun screen and throwing water over us. we don't know more to do. >> reporter: officials reported at least six more fatalities across the area. this is a heat wave for the books, according to meteorologists. a whopping 98 all time overnight highs also set so far this summer. >> you do need to take

. -- do not take over the pg&e delivery. it provides a different electricity source. they still do the distribution. you would still call them if you need service, and all of those things continue, and state law provides that customers will be given an opportunity to opt out. it is a system that your enrolled and unless you opt out. it provides for two opt out options before we cut over, and two after at no cost, obviously. it provides the customers the ability to choose the supplier for their energy, and they have a choice based on the environmental impact and their own personal views on what they would like to have. this started back in 2002, when state law allowed for them to take effect. in may 2004, the board of supervisors established our first cca program. in 2005, the mayor declared the official part of the program so that we could work with pg&e, and then the budget was changed to put $5 million into the budget " to have seed money for the community abrogation discussion, and i realize that was possibly the last large discussion. four of you were not on the c

cpuc is requiring pg&e to come up with an of79 out program. opponents fear that they pose a health risk. they want to install the devices but tun off the radio signals they emit. a judge will decided on options by the end of september. >>> we first told you about humane society's. shelter has 30 days to raise $125,000 or they would be forced to make severe cuts. an anonymous doirn came through with the money. operators say donations are down by almost a third this year. >> we know the economy is not where we want it to be. but we can't as an animal organization survive this without support. we see a demand in services. >> they have lowered the numbers it cares for by half. although this generous donor stepped forward they always need help. you can find a link if you would like to contribute at abc7news.com. >> our time is 4:57. next at 5:00 a.m., the exclusive jailhouse interview with the woman that police say broke into alex trebek's hotel room. >> passengers prove once again, if you act on an airplane they will tackle you and hold you until

. >> reporter: the they bishop refers to is is pg&e in court papers filed last kweek, pg&e outlines some legal defenses it's considering against an avalanche of lawsuits over an explosion that killed 38 people and destroyed many homes. one of the possible defenses places at least some of the blame on the victims. this comes after pg&e issued public apologies for the explosion. >> almost seems like they're turning their back on us and i don't understand why they're doing that. >> it's absolutely outrageous pg&e are blaming the victims for the explosion now? that is over top. >> reporter: mark tony is head of the utility reform network. >> i cannot imagine how the homeowners could be blamed for faulty walls. >> reporter: we'll be asking pg&e, when you say the victims were responsible for their own damage, what facts and evidence do you have to supports that. >> reporter: just minutes ago, we received a statement from pg&e that reads in part we wanted to be crystal clear that no one at pg&e would suggest that the plaintiffs or residents of san bruno impacted by this accidents are somehow in

. >>> a bomb shell revelation about pg and e inspections. the company says as many as 14 people may have lied about checking underground electrical facilities. the mercury news is reporting an internal pg and e investigation shows the areas in question are in san francisco, santa clara county, and the east bay. company spokesman says it's likely that two dozen enclosures were skipped. another 50 are suspected. pg and e plans to recheck 13,000 underground spots in a san jose area. >>> thousands of bay area commuters will have to find another way to work tomorrow. golden gate ferry service is canceled for friday because of a one-day strike. linda yee shows us passengers didn't get much notice. linda. >> i did not know that. >> i didn't know. >> it was a shocker to commuters heading home tonight to marin county. all golden gate ferry service from san francisco will be shut down for one day tomorrow. ticket agents are staging a one- day strike. they are unhappy because they are being replaced by automated ticket machines. they do more than take

the statement goes on to reiterate pg&e's commitment to rebuilding the community. denko says he's eager to see the new filing but calls it wordplay. the devastation is obvious here, a stark reminder of what happened here almost a year ago. residents are eager to rebuild and move on, but you it's difficult to do that with litigation hanging over their heads which could take years to clear out of the courts. live in san bruno, nbc bay area news. >>> as her new book gets taken off of store shelves by people buying it, a stolen life, we're getting new insight into how phillip and nancy garrido hid jaycee dugard and evaded agents for years. both of the garridos take turns distracting the agents by asking questions in the middle of the search. the video shows phillip garrido leading the tour while the agent followed behind. cecil canton, a former new york stay commissioner says he's surprised the agent allowed garrido to give him the tour instead of taking control and searching the house and the property himself. >> there is no place on that property that's off limits to