of course at the puc we recommend that you store our wonderful delicious tap water. it's free.t comes out of the tap and you can store it in any plastic container, a clean plastic container for up to 6 months. so find a container, fill it with water and label it and rotate it out. i use it to water my garden. >> of course everyone has plastic bottles which we are not really promoting but it is a common way to store it. >> yes. it's an easy way to pick up bottles to store it. just make sure you check the label. this one says june 2013. so convenient you have an end date on it. >> and there are other places where people have water stored in their houses. >> sure. if you have a water heater or access to the water heater to your house, you can drink that water and you can also drink the water that the in the tank of your toilet. ; not the bowl but in your tank. in any case if you are not totally sure about the age of your water or if you are not sure about it being totally clean, you can treat your water at home. there is two ways that you can treat your water at home and one is to

he is asking the puc to hold pg&e accountable. >> it happened in san bruno. it happened in santa rosa. now it happened here. and if they bail pg&e out, out of this, and let them pass the costs of that tragedy on to ratepayers, then it's just going to happen again. >> reporter: asking for a complete overhaul of how power is delivered in the state of california. >> we want to see the utility go bankrupt and the state buy it. remove the profit incentive. it's not a radical idea. half the utilities in the company are state own and state run. >> reporter: the puc responded with a statement saying they appreciate public concern on this matter and said following the protest the commission, quote, took multiple steps related to protecting wildfire- affected customers and looking at the long-term future of pg&e. we extended a consumer directed after the 2017 northern california wildfires and approved a decision that required them to improve their safety culture and operations. we did reach out to pg&e for comment. we received a statement back saying that the utility i

>> reporter: i'm here at this puc building in san francisco. regulates utilities like pg&e. today's meeting was the very first since the camp fire, yet another huge fire where pg&e is believed to have played a role. so dozens of people came to toy this meeting is over! >> reporter: and it was over for about 10 minutes. jackie barshack says that's a start. >> we have shut down the meeting. over 30 people spoke in public comment. >> reporter: they had a lot to say. >> this is the second straight year that we've had to choke on the carbonized remains of our neighbors. >> reporter: alexander post grew up in chico and he says the current system gives pg&e no reason to change. >> it's evil, but it's not illogical because if you're going to continue to

lamb mentioned, the california puc issued two proposed decisions in the rule-making proceedings, one by the judge, one issued by the commissioner assigned to the case. that's referred to as an an alternate and on october 11th, the california puc voted unanimously to approve the alternate proposal. the cca community vigorous leo posed the alternate proposal on the ground it underestimates the market value of pg&e generation resources. that underestimatation results in more of pg&e costs being recovered through the exit fee that is charged to our customers. so how they set that market value is important in this calculation. it also unlawfully allows the above market costs of generation assets owned by pg&e to be recovered in this same exit fee. with this decision, we expect that the pcia will have increased by more than 200% since san francisco committed to begin the service in 2015. that's a pretty steep incline over a short period of time. california p.u.c. staff and pg&e will need to prepare information to implement this decision. at this time, we expect that the decision will be im

there's an urgent to the puc. the health of our region is at stake. it's time to turn a new page. it's time to reconsider our relations with turlock and modesto. i want to be clear that this is a resolution in support of state water boards adoption of 40% unimpaired flows and to go to table and reach a settlement which will implement these changes in a more expeditious fan. with that, i want to reiterate p.u.c for coming to the table. now let's settle this matter. >> let's call the roll please. [roll call] >> thank you madam clerk. next item. >> clerk: roll call for introductions. madam president, you're the first up on roll call. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much submit. [roll call] >> i'm asking that the board today end our meeting in memory of lisa m. jenkins 40-year san francisco resident. lisa jenkins was an inventor and entrepreneur and worked with public institutions. realizing the promise of extension of wealth in community. her experience included serving as strategic planning manager and engineering groups responsible for the governance of enterprise innovation an

clearing leaves earlier in the day.natand while crews are doing what they can to fix problems, the puc is also asking residents to do their part to keep the water flowing. if a storm drain is clogged, clear it out if you can do so safely.clear gutters and drain around your home and use sand bags to prevent flooding in garages or low lying area.avoid flushing wet wipes or anything that might clog a drainand report problems when you see them. in san francisco, charles clifford kron4 news. kron4 news.charles clifford kron4 news. the national weather service has issued a high surf advisory for coastal areas throughout the bay area in effect through friday. kron 4's gabe slate waves rolling in but first, let's talk about the current conditions gabe, is it raining there now? adlib curren toss to big waves earlier earlier i was at sharp park beach where the waves got so big the city sent out crews to evacuate the pier and close it down to the public. sound from people talking about the waves."it's just amazing, so big, "at times 20 foot waves were crashing into the sharp park beach area in pa

clearing leaves earlier in the day.natand while crews are doing what they can to fix problems, the puc is also asking residents to do their part to keep the water flowing. if a storm drain is clogged, clear it out if you can do so safely.clear gutters and drain around your home and use sand bags to prevent flooding in garages or low lying area.avoid flushing wet wipes or anything that might clog a drainand report problems when you see them. (grant) the chainsaws have been humming ahead of this storm. p-g-and-e crews have been busy protecting power lines. in orinda three large monteret pine trees are being taken down. p-g & e has a distribution line that would likely be taken out and power would go out for lots of people if any one of those pines came down... and arborists determined they were at risk of falling given the saturated ground and high winds we're expecting. and the utility is expecting the problem ares to be widespread around the bay.

>>reporter: pg&e has filed into the reports with the puc indicating an interruption in power shortlycamp fire erupted november 8 scorching nearly 10,000 homes and turning them into rubble. calfire is the lead agency investigating how, when, and where the camp fire started. >> we are looking at a possible second origin. again, there are no details that can be released. the investigation will take some time as you can imagine.>>reporter: is the deputy chief of cal fire he captured this video of the camp fire as flames surrounded his vehicle. the smoke was so thick it turned day into night. today we found one investigator on the scene in paradise looking for clues as to what started the fire.commentatement employees are focused on supporting first responders and returning gas and electric service when we can. meanwhile the camp fire remains active with more than 6600 firefighters including strike teams from the sacramento fire department. >> we have multiple cruise from sacramento assigned to this incident and they are there on 24 hour periods of time. >>> 4:15. a man shot and killed by

reporter: so things do move very slowly here at the puc. i'll give you an example. today the commissioners voted on a series of safety reforms for pg&e to implement. now these safety reforms again voted on today are the result of the san bruno explosion in 2010. so while there may be change, it probably isn't going to happen any time soon unless maybe the legislature or a ballot measure gets involved. live in san francisco, melissa caen, kpix5. >> thank you. >>> we have breaking news now on the storm watch. survivors of the camp fire are dealing with a new problem, flash floods in the burn zone. >> crews spent the day rescuing people from homes as floodwaters swept through parts of butte county. our ken bastida is joining us with a closer look at some of those water are pling ou r s led s ever tt them to eir homes tonit. lo at th. crews slowly moving through the water on horse run lane. in some areas that water is about 2 feet deep. officials say this is just the beginning. this evening evacuation orders are in effect for the area of butte

i get there is a process with the puc.y control what happens at the site with the community if there isn't a desire for housing, we will proceed with the project which i think was great that is proposed. i would support the legislation as proposed by supervisor cohen and it will move forward but give us flexibility in a decade or so if things change. commissioner richarded. >> we have the people here because of the conversation the director had with the mayor's office. we had 50 to 100 people. they said we don't trust you. they are back room deals. if the community said we do want housing, i would support a zoning change for housing. here is a community that is jerked around for a long time. giving them something to trust us on is a good idea. i am not against housing. i am for the community. lets make sure we change the zone anything the future. it is not fixed. >> one last point. the doping around this property loves housing. it is not the case. pdr2 does not permit housing that is a concern the department has. the impac

the puc wants to determine the best path for california how to receive safe gas and electric in the future. some have filed a lawsuit accusing pg&e for starting the fire. and pg&e said it went out on and transmission line when the fire started. >>> and the stock has dropped 30% yesterday, in a hopeful sign, the utility stock is up 40%, investors may be looking for bargains. we'll see if that is up, the dow was up and down all morning long and gained 200 points by the close, ending the five days of losses, they credit a rebound from tech stocks, the nasdaq up 122 and the s&p up 28. >>> and the bay area it's some of the worst fire we've ever seen and many people have burning eyes and sore throats. and some stores are out of mask. amber lee reports on the air quality for people around the bay area. >>> it's quiet on thursday night, there was a cancellation of a men's basketball game. a significant amount of smoke has infiltrated the gym. >> we decided to cancel classes for the remainder of the day on friday. >> it's hard to breathe, you wake up with a runny nose all of the time. >>> at oaklan

we're now learning a power problem may have sparked the fire in southern california and the puc is investigating. you're listening to the moments after the butte county fire sparked on thursday. pg&e says one of its lines experienced problems minutes before that. we've learned that southern california edison reported a circuit fire near where the woolsley fire started. pb and pg&e was down 27% at one point. we are under a micro climate weather alert. this is a live look from our various traffic cameras around the bay area. schools canceling recess outdoors, athletic events for kids. this is impacting so many people. >> for great reason. it's likely going to be chanceled for other d breathing right particulate matter. all of this red, that's all unhealthy levels of pm, particulate matter. it's unhealthy for sensitive groups, those with asthma or pr respiratory problems. tomorrow it will be uphealthy near the bay and up the coast. we'll be back in about ten minutes with an update on all this air quality and how long and wheth and when we could see a break. >>> the bad air prompted another spare th

the california puc is investigating. >>> in butte county, so many people are rushing to help those who have literally lost everything. take a look at the parking lot of a walmart in chico. people from all over california, including here in the bauy area are dropping off food,es, baby items. people can take whatever they need from that walmart parking lot. >> basically everything is needed. they are coming interest afrom the bay area. and not just for people. >> relief supplies for animals stranded in the fire zone. let's bring in garvin. >> michael lancaster is his name. an animal lover his whole life. it was only a few years ago he felt called to action in the aftermath of a wildfire and hasn't stopped helping since. paradise valley in morgan hill is one of those rural pockets in the bay area where pickup trucks can always be put to good use. but the dodge in michael lancaster's driveway. >> this is dog beds. >> reporter: has recently been put to better use than most. >> bag of bowls, leashes. >> reporter: it is quickly filling up with supplies to help the animals and their owners who

started in 2012 and has been delayed through a number of screw ups from disagreements with pg&e and pucn connection fees and wrong parts ordered and having to be sent back. i don't know all the causes. it's horrendous. it's cost blood, sweat, tears and actually blood. in my building we've lost a tenant being hit by a truck that's backing up because it was too dark to see. there's been actually lives lost due to this darkness that is actually preventable. for the exact parts to a arrive i agree with the prior comments. let's get some temporary lighting in. something. anything to brighten the neighborhood. these are dark streets. our police have captains and the tenderloin have stated there's a direction connection between lighting and public safety. the brighter streets are the safer they are. lives are saved. we have a lot of vulnerable people in the tenderloin, seniors, disabled. very poor people. people who are vulnerable due to these dark, dark streets. if you tour the tenderloin at night, you will see what we mean. you will see the darkness i'm talking about. it hurts commercial bus

clearing leaves earlier in the day.natand while crews are doing what they can to fix problems, the puc is also asking residents to do their part to keep the water flowing. if a storm drain is clogged, clear it out if you can do so safely.clear gutters and drain around your home and use sand bags to prevent flooding in garages or low lying area.avoid flushing wet wipes or anything that might clog a drainand report problems when you see them. ( james ) the national weather service has issued a high surf advisory for coastal areas throughout the bay area in effect through friday. kron 4's gabe slate was in pacifica ... where he got footage of some huge waves rolling in.. sound from people talking about the waves."it's just amazing, so big,"at times 20 foot waves were crashing into the sharp park beach area in pacifica wednesday afternoon. sound from people talking about the waves. "beautiful but reminds you how dangerous can be" the waves got so big city officials decided the pier was no longer safe a public works crew escorted people off the pacifica pier and then they locked the doors a

and that's what the puc should be looking at in these mitigation plans. >> the advocacy group turn also believes a state insurance fund should be created to compensate wildland fire victims regardless of fault. david louie, abc 7 news. >> the camp fire took the life of a silicon valley pioneer. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen looks at his legacy in personal computing. >> happier moments captured on this gofundme page show one of the here trophy's personal computer revolution, a friend and ally to many who would go on to help change as we know it. >> bill helped define a five-year period of computing. >> a look at some of the microcomputing devices that bill godbaut had a part of. a silicon valley legend died last week at his home in concow during the camp fire. >> bill was straight shooter. he told you what he thought, and he made sure he followed through with what he was promising. >> godbout was instrumental in streamlining a communication system that transferred data between components inside a computer, in this case the atair. he also created a successful computer parts company whi

yet, you have have a contractor at the puc that spends $1 million to put the contract together to win. these are big projects. i believe we should door knock or figure out how to reach to the rest of the world. i don't want to use the example of las vegas or disneyland. how the best restaurants in las vegas? every owner of the hotels went out and found those people. the owners and operators of the hotels that went and bargained with that best chef to woo them to their operations. if we want to best, i believe we have to start to think out you have the box and go down that road. >> thank you, mr. mccrass for your passion. >> one more question for you. do you think a marketing strategy is this successful in advertising. i hear this from time to time. do the people think it is easy to do business with the port. i am redirecting it in another way. how do you think the public sees the port? how we do business? i hear from a lot of people that they find it hard to do business with the port. you coming in, mike, you are like an analytical thinker. how do you see it? >> it is not easy to do b

started as a intern guided through the process eventually one day a a deputy director or staying with the puc is where i love it >> neighborhoods in san francisco are as diverse and fascinating as the people who inhabit them. today we're in the sunset, where we'll join supervisor tang for the inspiration of this show, where we explore san francisco, one neighborhood at a time. hi i'm katy tang the district 4 supervisor in san francisco, which is comprise of sunset and parkside neighborhoods. i think what makes district 4 unique is that we have so many different cultures here. we have so many different generations of people. different experiences and that makes it a vibrant neighborhood. for example, which you go down urban street you can do to a japanese restaurant, chinese restaurant, american restaurant, and the cultural diversity is just what makes it so amazing my name is ching le, and i'm the owner of the kingdom of bounty. 17th san francisco, 94116. we make the most authentic and different kinds of dumplings and dim sum. recently more and more popular because they are vegetables and mea

it's part of the puc's adopt a drain program encouraging people to report where you see clogged drains. >> that's a very good idea, a lot of leaves in a lot of streets. >>> sal, what are you keeping an eye on, sal? >> the commute is not typical. we don't have big backups. today is a big travel day as we've been telling you. lets look at the traffic cameras, the bay bridge west bound looks good, the flags are moving, and we'll talk about the wind with steve in a moment. the traffic is moving well into san francisco,ant state 880 looks good if you're trying to catch a knit at oakland international, 101 looks all right to san francisco airport on the other side of the bay, san mateo bay looks good, the roads are not crowded at all. we look at the silicon valley, i want to let you and remind you, today is a big travel day, in the middle of the day as a lot of people are heading out. >>> 6:17, lets bring steve in. some is about to, and finally a change here, it took a long time for many to get rain here, we had some in early october, that was not for everybody, it's been grim ever since, th

barriers were set up in this low lying area should the rains overflow the sewar systemsot idil bereket/sf puc :22local businesses have seen those issuessot hans art/hans art automotive :30rain did come at midday.. and it's believed it contributed to this. a 4 foot by 1 and half foot hill in the number 4 land of southbound 101 just south of grand avenue in south san francisco. sot officer vu williams/chp :51the chp shutdownane 4 backing traffic up past candlestick.... cal trans crews arrived on seen, conducted inspections, and decided rebar needed to be replaced before the hold could be filled with quick drying concrete.... cool temps and rain made for a long process that pushed into teh afternoon commute.121/afternoon commute (pam) a reminder... download the kron-4 mobile app .. or go to kron4- dot com to stay on top of this series of storms. there you will find full forecasts... interactive radar.. and get alerts for your neighborhood.. with the kron- 4 app. download it today. and visit kron-4 dot com. (pam) a family in marin wants to share their experience of helping to adopt a paradise fam

following last year's fire, this year's fire, he is asking the puc to hold pg&e and countable. >> itin san bruno, santa rosa, and here. if they bail pg&e out of this, and let them pass the cost of that tragedy onto ratepayers, this is going happen again. >> reporter: he is asking for a complete overhaul of how power is delivered in the state of california. >> we went to see the utility go bankrupt in the state by it. remove the profit incentive. it is not a radical idea. nearly half utilities in the country our state own and state run. >> reporter: they say that they appreciate public concern, following the protest, the commission took multiple steps related to protecting wildfire -related customers and looking at the long-term future of pg andy. consumer protection after the 2017 northern california wildfires, and approve the decision that required pg andy to implement safety recommendations to approve its safety culture and operations. as for pg&e we did recharge the utility. pg&e is aware of the protest but deferring any protests crest -- back to the public utilities commission. k

ahead you have to care about the job and go above and beyond to find out as much as you can the three puc so no glass ceiling the opportunities are end >> this is a regular meeting of the small business commission held on november 26, 2018. the meeting is being called to order at two '03 pm. the small business commission thinks media services in san francisco government television for televising the meeting or at live streamed online. members of the public, take this opportunity to silence your phones and other electronic devices. public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes per speaker unless otherwise established by the presiding officer of the meeting speakers are requested but not required to state their names.

are some significant resource challenges there, depending on what happens, i mean a lot of the state puc's will decide how much is going to be invested as i think about things like cyber also. there are many things i'm asking utilities to do that are voluntary. that's a difficult position to be in and then i wanted to add that furk has opened up a docket on resilience, not a lot has happened yet with that docket. but it would be an opportunity really for furk to take up these issues to hear from other interested players about what we should be doing from the regulatory perspective. we'll stay tuned to what furk does. >> i would add to that from a private perspective, the role of the utility in bringing funding to these projects, there are utilities that are offering incentives for storage or on site generation to help. they're getting a benefits as well. that's important for us to make these funding streams cashfl cashflow -- california is another great example too. that will continue to help get more of these projects online as well. >> you just keyed on a key point there. my office is re

barriers were set up in this low lying area should the rains overflow the sewar systemsot idil bereket/sf pucsses have seen those issuessot hans art/hans art automotive :30rain did come at midday.. and it's believed it contributed to this. a 4 foot by 1 and half foot hill in the number 4 land of southbound 101 just south of grand avenue in south san francisco. sot officer vu williams/chp :51the chp shutdown lane 4 backing traffic up past candlestick.... cal trans crews arrived on seen, conducted inspections, and decided rebar needed to be replaced before the hold could be filled with quick drying concrete.... cool temps and rain made for a long process that pushed into teh afternoon commute.121/afternoon commute (ken) time now for our first look at the four zone forecast with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: another storm brought more rain to the bay area today. rain will turn to showers overnight. on the radar you can see the storm moving through the bay area. snow will be heavy over the sierra through friday. winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are up fo

the group also plans to deliver a no pg&e bail out petition to the puc, governor brown and to governor elect gavin newsom. pg&e says that weather conditions were not dangerous enough to warrant a power shut off before the deadly camp fire. two days before the fire pg&e warned 70,000 customers they might shut off power in nine counties including butte county because of high fire dangerous. yesterday pg&e told state regulators they determined the conditions did not meet the criteria for a shut off. >>> san francisco supervisor says the full name of san francisco general hospital needs to be changed again. the hospital became suker burg san francisco general after facebook ceo and his wife dr. paris sill la donated 75 $75 million to the hospital. the supervisor calls recent actions by facebook scandalist scandalist including the cambridge privacy scandal and facebook's recent hiring of opposition researchers to discredit the company's critics. public reaction to the idea appears mixed. >> the city should not pay anymore money to suk er mark zuckerberg. >> since his name is on the side of

barriers were set up in this low lying area should the rains overflow the sewar systemsot idil bereket/sf pucsinesses have seen those issuessot hans art/hans art automotive :30rain did come at midday.. and it's believed it contributed to this. a 4 foot by 1 and half foot hill in the number 4 land of southbound 101 just south of grand avenue in south san francisco. sot officer vu williams/chp :51the chp shutdown lane 4 backing traffic up past candlestick.... cal trans crews arrived on seen, conducted inspections, and decided rebar needed to be replaced before the hold could be filled with quick drying concrete.... cool temps and rain made for a long process that pushed into teh afternoon commute.121/afternoon commute ( robin ) ( robin ) caltrans shut down parts of highway one near big sur ahead of today's storm. about 12 miles of the higway will be closed... because of the dangers of mudslides... the road will close at paul's slide and mud creek this morning. around this same time last year a major mudslide shutdown the highway for a little over a year... the highway was reopen this past summe

i mean, a lot of the local, you know, the state pucs with rate-making will decide how much is going to be invested in infrastructure. and so, as i think about things like cyber also, there are many of the things that we're asking utilities to do that i understand are voluntary. and so, some may adopt, some may not adopt, and that's a very difficult position to be in when it comes to a cyber-type threat. and then i just wanted to add that ferc has opened up a docket on resilience. and as i understand it, not a lot has happened yet with that docket, but it would be an opportunity, really, for ferc to take up some of these issues and to hear from the utilities, to hear from other interested players about what we should be doing from the regulatory perspective when it comes to some of these resiliency issues. so, i don't know. we'll stay tuned to what ferc does. >> i would just add to that, too, the other important -- from a private perspective, the role of the utility in bringing funding to these projects. there are utilities that are offering incentives for storage or for onsite generati