pg&e tells us they're sending a crew to check out the problem.ontinue to follow the story and give you updates on air and on our website. >>> canceled from one show, now headlines another. he was handcuffed and accused of scalping wrist bands, organizers yanked him from the program. but now they want to make it up to him. that's because he says his intern is the one who admitted to scalping the wrist bands and he wasn't involved. the show will be held at san francisco's independent concert thoughua theater. >>> the product testing agency gave the newest tesla model a rating of 103 out of a possible 100 points. it's the highest rating in the agency's testing. one tester said the vehicle "blew up their ranking system." consumer calls the 600 horsepower car the best performing automobile they've ever tested. >> ka ching, the price just went up. beautiful day outside. >> it is hot. some of you like it a little hotter in the east bay why the temperatures were in the 90s. you can see a live look of san francisco. i'll have details on the forecast comin

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and the power outages ranges between 50 minutes and 750 minutes. >> reporter: pg&e says it knows of 10 only 10 outages -- only 10 outages since 2010. they are trying to make repairs because previous attempts only led to more power outage. the employee in this bucket told us if we took his picture he would sue. then the crew decided to leave the location, repairs incomplete. >> unacceptable. it is their job. this -- we don't have another place to go. [ indiscernible ] >> it is a smoke screen. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: a while later several pg&e supervisors showed up and ordered the crew back to work saying they stopped because they regarded the media as a distraction. >> that is their main charge, ensuring their safely doing their work and restoring power to customers. >> reporter: in 35 years i have never had a crew stop work because the media was around. >> we have plans to increase reliability in the area and that reliability work is scheduled to take place next week. >> reporter: that prompted this concern. >> we are experiencing this continually and the problem is not getting

and not a pg&e crew because they had worked so long.n there was a non pg&e crew that damaged the to our receiving live wires across the highway. you got to give it to pg&e because they've tussled so fast. >> a lot of hard work all weekend has produced these kind results. this is such a major artery for all the bay area. we really want to thank this chp and caltrans for helping us. we're hoping for both directions southbound and northbound 101 to be opened. we are about three hours ahead of schedule right now. >> will: the one major all the lights are working by 9:00 this morning to prevent accidents. >> george: when that will said that everybody needs to know what direction they're going he is very serious. it's wise that pg&e are taking the time needed to do this correctly. none of the alternate routes our good. the east bay, at oakland, is jam-both interstate 580 and interstate 1 --880. south the freeways are jammed up. the capitol expressway and won a one is 40 minutes. from highway 24 bears started back up into the macarthur remains

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sxhuts he's moved to pg&e to run the program and w work with san francisco and santa fe to engage in this project so i'm going to ask rue e rubbing benefit to speak sea luke from our staff to talk about i know he's not on the agenda to give a few minutes of the idea of our partnership looks like thank you take it away. >> i'm really thrilled to be here thank you for inviting us commissioners director raphael and director debbie i've given you here in the presentation which i have no idea to switch from here to here a lot more information than the plan on speaking for your reference for later on and questions you might have if i fly to these by design it give you a chance to focus on what you want to see how do i just talk and go. >> step up and power down. >> you want to switch? >> go ahead. >> hello okay. great. thank you. >> step up and power down is about russ energy waste and it is a partnership between the cities of san francisco and santa fe and pg&e it is a new way for all of us to work together that's one the exciting things about it for all of us and energy waste can be foun

massive traffic tie-up from that pg&e tower accident. oh, they're hoping they are going to get the roadway opened by 5:00. you should get ways on your smart phone. you can download ways and join the abc 7 group for free on apple's app store or google play. it will help you maneuver around heavy traffic backups like we have had last night. >>> in new orleans and along the gulf coast, this is a day for remembrance and celebration. ten years ago today, hurricane katrina made landfall. the costliest storm in u.s. history cost $135 billion in damage. it took nearly 2,000 lives. here is abc news reporter with how the historic city and changed and that decade since katrina threatened to destroy it. >> it just wouldn't be new orleans without a party. this morning, there is good reason here to celebrate. hundreds more restaurants, a burgeoning tech industry, a billion dollar medical center and higher graduation rates. >> a spirit much stronger than any storm. >> former president george w. bush praised new orleans' school reform on his visit to th

pg&e is the energy expert. we reached out to pg&e to become more efficient. my job is basically to help them achieve their goals around sustainability and really to keep their overhead low. solar and energy efficiency are all core values of pg&e. they've given us the tools that we need to become more efficient and bottom line save more money. together, we're building a better california. . >>> this abc 7 sports report is brought to you by xfinity. and a's made one change today, firing third base coach, replas him with their old coach, ron washington, who was on the staff. a very busy man in seattle. third inning, franklin gutierrez and that's way out. mariners up 4-0. and oakland has just one hit for the first four innings. and then explode, 7-run inning. and great hustle here by josh ruttic. and we're tied. and iwakuma threw a no hitter thirty-two nights ago. and the a's go on to win 11-5. cubs riding high themselves. chris bryant, walk off home wr two down in the 9th, giving them their fifth straight win. they've nguyen 1 -- 21 of their last 26 games. and t

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so the generation costs, which is the portion of the pg&e, the current pg&e bill that cleanpowersf wouldhe future, is a flat charge today across all of the tiers. so it is indifferent to how much you use. >> thank you >> thank you. >> so with that, unless there are any other questions, i'm going shift to addressing the renewable energy market. some of the questions that came up last meeting. could i get the -- thank you. the way that i have structured this, we tracked all of the questions that came up at the last meeting, and so the content of these slides really just follows the questions that were asked. so the first one was what types of products are available from the market? and what i wanted to do was just sort of set the tone for my response by putting it into context with our upcoming requests for offers. so what we intend to be soliciting in that upcoming request for offers for cleanpowersf are energy supplies required to meet a demand that is at least 30 megawatt in size and that will include renewable energy requivalent to 33-50% of our default or standard products and 100% of

that's because pg&e crews took a break this afternoon around 1:30. they're going to be returning here about 8:00, so they can all be ready when work starts at 10:00. reporting live, abc7 news. >> and for help getting around traffic problems get waze on your smart phone. you can download waze and join the abc7 group for free. >>> right now, highway 116 near gush veil is closed. a large redwood tree fell across the roadway. the tree took out power lines as it fell, knocking out power to dozens of customers. a work crew has responded. >>> police in oakland are investigating a shooting near lake merritt this afternoon. it happened around noon just a couple blocks from the lake. witnesses heard six shots coming from a nearby basketball court. police found shell casings in. a bullet grazed at least one person. there will children nearby at the time of the shooting but no one needed medical attention. >>> police in south san francisco shot a man armed with a shotgun today. it happened at around 9:30 this morning near delmont at the and romney avenues. corne

pg&e tells us the freeway will be closed until 5:00 this evening. make sure to take el camino real or 280 if you're headed that way. >>> a bay area favorite says good-bye, closing its cafes for good. two shut down yesterday. columbus and market street locations. the rest of the san francisco shops, as well as eight others across the bay area will close in the weeks ahead. starbucks bought the back rice in 2012 for $100 million. earlier this year the coffeemaker decided to close them saying they were not suitable for the company's long-term growth. yesterday employees served up old favorites with a side of good-bye for their loyal customers. >> i was bummed they were closing. >> i don't know where i'm going to go. i'm not going to have coffee anymore. >> starbucks still plans to sell pastries in its own stores. it's also trying to find new jobs for some of its employees. >>> how far would you go to help a neighbor? what about installing a new roof for your neighbor, a 75-year-old in need? it happening this morning and most of his neighbors know nothi

>> well, at this time we are just waiting for pg&e to allow us to open the lanes, basically. pg&e still has concerns with the wires and the structure so at this time we don't have a definite time of reopening the freeway. this is basically is very imperative we keep the freeway closed for public safety. we do not want anybody to get injured if we have not completely made sure that everything is safe for the public to drive back on the freeway. >> so do you have anytime frame, though? it is still closed now and you are saying not exactly, but it's been a long time. >> yeah, originally we were hoping to hope by 4:30 and then it didn't happen and i don't want to give you another time we are going to open it. we want to open it as soon as we can but until it's save we cannot open it and have somebody get injured on the freeway. so once pg&e determines that everything is safe, then we can go ahead and reopen the freeway. in the meantime we are asking people to please take alternate routes, 280, take 880, or even side streets, which a lot of the people are doing right now. most the

pg&e says an electrical tower is out causing problems. viewers say they saw a spark and it looked like it snapped in half. the power lines are down across highway 101. traffic is shutdown in both directions. it is a mess. southbound traffic is backed up to 380. the chp advises you to take 280 as an alternate route. thanks to our abc7 now community for sharing pictures and video with us. if you can safely show us what is happening where you live, safely please, share your photos and videos with the # abc7 news. >>> there is outrage in a neighborhood. what one resident did to protest dogs that may have fatally attacked a dear. the resident admitted to hanging a dear's carcass on a fence and attaching signs that read "killed by off leash dog." this photo was provided to abc7 news by a berkeley animal care and control. the resident told us he was tired of dogs roaming his neighborhood park off leash and wanted to take action. the carcass has been taken away by animal control. >>> uber hired two hackers who gained attention after taking contro

pg&e -- border. pg&e likers the operators to quarks. >> this will -- quarterbacks. >> this will provide views the system that will help them call better plays. >> reporter: those controversial smart meters, now we will get to see what they can do. >> integrate incidentally with the management systems so the operators can see exactly what is out and the area and what device is showing open causing the outage. >> reporter: no more waiting for customers to call in reporting an outage. no more sending crews to a general area trying to find the problem. >> it would take significant time sometimes to get to the point where you realized what was going on. now with smart meter it incidentally gives you the location so all the trouble shooting is eliminated. this enables us to shave time off of our dispatch as well as our restoration. >> reporter: the communication system allows it to communicate with crews previously unreachable. if any are disabled or destroyed, the remaining one can run the entire grid. to

i've been with pg&e nine years.s an employee of pg&e you always put your best foot forward to provide reliable and safe service and be able to help the community. we always have the safety of our customers and the community in mind. my family is in oakland, my wife's family is in oakland so this is home to us. being able to work in the community that i grew up in, customers feel like friends, neighbors and it makes it a little bit more special. together, we're building a better california. >>> don't take this the wrong way, but there's something that i've never really understood about the way we talk about presidential politics. if you listen to us talk about it, you would think that it is possible in american politics for someone who look presidential. right, it's a great asset for a politician running for the highest office in the land that they look presidential, they look like they could be president. so for mitt romney in 2012, he looked presidential. there's a guy that looks like he could be commander in chief

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my oldest son now works for pg&e. do get a chance, an opportunity to work with him, it's always a pleasure. i love my job and i care about the work i do. i know how hard our crews work for our customers. i want them to know that they do have a safe and reliable system. together, we're building a better california. >>> the iranian nuclear deal will allow iran to have their funding back? they will be able tog0 continueo fund terrorism. the administration must not really care about what iran has done on the terrorism front by tilling american soldiers. they completely forgotten. call your senator and tell them, no deal with iran. >> aggrieving father who wants no part of this nuclear deal with iran. now he is doing something about it. pat trish farr is here and his son was killed in 2006. he is joined by the executive director or veterans against the deal. patrick? >> thank you for having me first, charles. as i've stated on the commercial, my son, clay patrick farr, was fighting in iraq, and a member of the u.s. army, w

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pg&e says an electrical tower is out causing problems.rs say they saw a spark and it looked like it snapped in half. the power lines are down across highway 101. traffic is shutdown in both directions. it is a mess. southbound traffic is backed up to 380. the chp advises you to take 280 as an alternate route. thanks to our abc7 now community for sharing pictures and video with us. if you can safely show us what is happening where you live, safely please, share your photos and videos with the # abc7 news. >>> there is outrage in a neighborhood. what one resident did to protest dogs that may have fatally attacked a dear. the resident admitted to hanging a dear's carcass on a fence and attaching signs that read "killed by off leash dog." this photo was provided to abc7 news by a berkeley animal care and control. the resident told us he was tired of dogs roaming his neighborhood park off leash and wanted to take action. the carcass has been taken away by animal control. >>> uber hired two hackers who gained attention after taking control of a

since then we have been watching pg&e crews begin their work. especially the two guys in that big orange bucket up there. what they are doing is guiding the lines. that's one of the temporary poles. this is just part of the work that will continue until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. highway 101 is empty. no traffic on one of the peninsula's most vital arteries. residents are studying detours. >> i was looking how i will get to work tomorrow. i drive in. >> what do you think it will be like in the morning? >> pretty busy. everybody try to go to work. me too. >> pedro florez had to take his wife to work at 4:30 in the morning. he knows highway 101 should be open by then, but he will avoid it anyway by taking surface streets. the highway patrol is warning most 101 commuters may not be the best options. they slow to a crawl during the first shutdown earlier this weekend. >> certainly el camino real can't handle the volume of cars. >> pg&e crews will be working through the night until about 4:00 a.m. they will be streaming six different power lines acr

pg&e is going to begin installing new next generation led streetlights later this week. that project tnts through next month. 1900 new lights will be installed burning more brightly and more efficiently. >>> another bay area city wants to snuff out all cigarette sales to anyone under the age of 21. a berkeley is it city council member proposing a new cigarette ban across most of california. it's currently legal to sell cigarettes to anyone over 18 but hills burring and santa clara county have started a new trend both of which have upped the age to 21. berkeley city council had he been are being going to consider that proposal on september 15th. >>> happening today, a new effort in the south bay to feed those in need. the project is called feeding silicon valley. it will involve partnerships with san jose and several nonprofits to improve food donations. grocery stores and restaurants will be able to access a mobile app to donate their extra food using technology to help more people there. >>> the indy car championship is ask in sonoma this weekend. drivers honor a fallen

at pg&e wherever we work, we work hard to protect the environment.etting the job done safely so we can keep the lights on for everybody. because i live here i have a deeper connection to the community. and i want to see the community grow and thrive. every year we work with cities and schools to plant trees in our communities. the environment is there for my kids and future generations. together, we're building a better california. >> it is not something we see everyday in the open estuary. >> a whale carcass wedged under a dock in alameda. now, juliette goodrich says what are they going to do with it? >> it is shock. it really s. it is not anything you want to start your day. >> reporter: christina wright works at the mariner's square where the dead whale surfaced this morn. >> it is something to see and smell. it has gotten worse. >> reporter: researchers tried to measure the dead whale, duh it is too difficult to access. it is actually stuck underneath this dock. in fact, you can see how it is lodged in between the pier here and underneath the doc

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my oldest son now works for pg&e. chance, an opportunity to work with him it's always a pleasure. i love my job and i care about the work i do. i know how hard our crews work for our customers. i want them to know that they do have a safe and reliable system. together, we're building a better california. >>> giants missed a gruelling 10-game road trip. meanwhile, giants opening in atlanta friday. brandon bell, opposites to 1-0 giants lead. brandon crawford is on fire as of late. the third inning buster posy just to dead center. this is 4-0, giants. 18th of the year. a 6-0 lead for matt cane. he ran into double in the sixth. high, deep. and allows four runs on ten hits. in the bottom of the ninth trying to finish off the braves. 49ers began live without jim harbaugh over the weekend. success or failure starts with the quarterback position and collin kaepernick. you can see more passes this year and read defenses better. 19 touchdowns but ten picks last year. his coordinator likes what he sees so far. >> the third round

pg&e says they don't expect any service interruptions while the work is going on. reporting live in burlingame, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> a good point there, christie. thank you very much. >>> now, of course, if you need to drive in this area of 101 tonight there are some suggested alternate routes. i'll try to walk you through it th here. if you're going northbound 101 tyke 82 west to 280. then 380 back to 101. this will get you around the closure. the route is on your screen in green. if you're going southbound you can take the same route on 380 doing the reverse. >>> new details tonight on an outbreak at san quentin prison. we've just learned a total of six inmates now have legionnaire's disease. it's spread by mist from water containing the bacteria. the diagnosis prompted the prison to turn off its water on friday. faucets and showers have to stay dry until the prison figures out exactly the source of that outbreak. inmates are using portable showers and getting water shipped from outside. another 51 inmates are being monitored for symptoms. >>> a

my oldest son now works for pg&e.hance, an opportunity to work with him, it's always a pleasure. i love my job and i care about the work i do. i know how hard our crews work for our customers. i want them to know that they do have a safe and reliable system. together, we're building a better california. >>> the retrial of john thomson lasted only a day and a half. the jury took 35 minutes to return their verdict. >> when the jury come back, the judge asked them, has the jury reached a decision? the jury said, yes, your honor. and then said, will the defendant rise? >> there's incredible tension and nervous energy. and you just don't know, because juries can do anything. >> each word slows down in time. it's, we, the jury, find the defendant, john thompson, not guilty. i can't describe it. >> i literally felt like i was lifted off my chair. >> i looked around at my mom and my son. the relief i felt of knowing that i'm going home. this is finally behind me. this is finally over with. >> we each gave him a big hug. it wa

pg&e is the energy expert. we reached out to pg&e to become more efficient. achieve their goals around sustainability and really to keep their overhead low. solar and energy efficiency are all core values of pg&e. they've given us the tools that we need to become more efficient and bottom line save more money. together, we're building a better california. >>> we've seen a baby get switched and a patient misdiagnosed, counting down our list of 25 shocking medical mistakes. getting burned came in at number 10. at number 9, look-alike tubes. alicia coleman is born three months premature. a disease all but destroys her intestines. to keep her alive doctors insert a feeding tube into her stomach and a central line tube into her vein. one day alicia's mom drops her off at a medical daycare center and heads to work. >> i handed her over on saturday at 8:17, and i got the call at 9:20 that her medication had been administered wrong. >> a central line tube and a feeding tube look a lot alike. the daycare center pumps medicine meant for alicia's stomach into her vein.

at pg&e wherever we work, we work hard to protect the environment.the job done safely so we can keep the lights on for everybody. because i live here i have a deeper connection to the community. and i want to see the community grow and thrive. every year we work with cities and schools to plant trees in our communities. the environment is there for my kids and future generations. together, we're building a better california. >>> check out the picture taylor swift posted with her man, calvin harris and karlie kloss in taylor's kitchen. she wanted to wish a happy 23rd birthday and an insight to what's going on in her life. >> i like her kitchen. looks like a good one. certainly got a lot of girlfriends and we see her with her bestie squad all the time. taylor is explaining why to "vanity fair". >> i'm obsessed with being the same place as my friends. we're always traveling. we're always in different places, but it's so weird how often we're in the same place at the same time. >> who doesn't want to be a part of swift's squad? she'll make you a cake, pl

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pg&e is very committed to clean energy. looked at how we could make their business more energy efficient and save them money in the long run. with solar we have saved about 85% on our energy cost. with this extreme drought we're using the savings from our solar system to save every last drop of water. if you are looking for ways to save energy your first step is to call pg&e. together, we're building a better california. hey there fellow californians i know you're staying golden by managing your energy use... which means managing water too sfx: rawr especially during a drought. learn to save water, energy and money at energyupgradeca.org . >> this is the bay areas news station. kron 4 news continues now. >> happening now, the very first 49ers practice of the season is underway. this is the coach's first practice as head coach. kate joins us live from santa clara where she attended tonight's practice. kate, how is it going? >> reporter: you can feel the energy out here. people are excited for the season. it's a new era. we'v

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most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg&e. my truck is something new... it's an 811 truck. when you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you don't hit them when you're digging. 811 is a free service. i'm passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. they're the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then i'll drive it every day of the week. together, we're building a better california. >>> if you're expecting someone to come home on cal train, be patient. about two hours ago, a train hit and killed a person on the track near 22nd street in san francisco. just a few minutes ago, trains started moving again on both tracks. this should ease the hour-long delays in both directions. >>> the family of a man who committed suicide in jail is blaming the san francisco sheriff's department. they say deputies had been told repeatedly

my oldest son now works for pg&e.n i do get a chance, an opportunity to work with him, it's always a pleasure. i love my job and i care about the work i do. i know how hard our crews work for our customers. i want them to know that they do have a safe and reliable system. together, we're building a better california. >>> an army skydiver injured in a midair stunt over the weekend in chicago died. corey hood, served five tours of du duty in iraq and afghanistan earning multiple awards. he collided with another member during the chicago air and water show. the other member who hasn't been identified landed on a beach near a main viewing area and beak treated for a broken leg. >>> shocking details on a new nsa program watching on the u.s. at&t handed over a billion cellphone reports every day in in 2011. kristen is live in washington. what is exactly in the new documents? >> reporter: we knew that several telecommunication companies were cooperating with the nsa. but these documents show one couple in particular was goin

i want to show you what pg and e crews will be doing overnight. this is a six-foot long section of one of the cables that actually came down onto the freeway on friday night. crews are going to be replacing six different pieces of this cable, 1500 feet long each and they are going to be stringing them on to those temporary poles and then taking them all away across the freeway. pg and e crews had prep work leading up to this morning project and strung these ropes attached to replacement cables and used to pull the cables and attach them to the steel tower on the other side of the freeway and installed the temporary poles on the southbound side of the freeway. the poles are temp p rarely replacements for the steel tower that collapsed friday night. the plan is to start work promptly at 10:00 bu the the chp says crews will have to start shutting down highway 10 well before that. >> we're going to have cal trans start the closure around 9:00. the closure won't be in effect until 10:00, but that doesn't mean there still won't be impact to traffic prio

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i've been with pg&e nine years.mployee of pg&e you always put your best foot forward to provide reliable and safe service and be able to help the community. we always have the safety of our customers and the community in mind. my family is in oakland, my wife's family is in oakland so this is home to us. being able to work in the community that i grew up in, customers feel like friends, neighbors and it makes it a little bit more special. together, we're building a better california. >>> welcome back. will donald trump meet his match when the pope arrives here in a few weeks? check this out. in a few weeks pope francis will visit our fair land, a fitting pivot from the summer of trump, closing out a episode of for a narcissism, rudeness, frivolity and more. last week i showed you donald trump telling an iowa crowd his favorite book is the bible, but this shows the church of knowledge doesn't run very deep. >> the bible means a lot to me but i don't want to get into specifics. no, i don't want to do that. >> an old t

my oldest son now works for pg&e. when i do get a chance, an opportunity to work with him it's always a pleasure. i love my job and i care about the work i do. i know how hard our crews work for our customers. i want them to know that they do have a safe and reliable system. together, we're building a better california. mornings. wonderful, crazy mornings. we figure you probably don't have time to wait on hold. that's why at xfinity we're hard at work building new apps like this one that lets you choose a time for us to call you. so instead of waiting on hold, we'll call you when things are just as wonderful... [phone rings] but a little less crazy. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >>> if i were a tree i would be a -- >> if i were a tree, i would be a root. what does that mean? >> the "daily show's" week-long coverage and antics on the campaign trail catapult jon stewart into the media stratosphere. >> it seemed inno