we are with the mayor, sam liccardo, joining us. your city? eing with us.>> there are sco is ac engaged. we are studying. we are studying other ways of engaging public ownership. customer and utilities. there are several paths. we are starting the process. regardless of what we do. it is critical we have resilience. finding ways to leverage resources to build the micro grids we need to protect the residence during critical. >> pg&e rejected san francisco's bid for its bid, how high are you planning to go? >> we are just starting. we expect pg&e will not welcome purchase offers for its assets. they want to keep the assets specifically in san jose. i would expect resistance to that asset. that will be an issue potentially. issues of liability we are still working out. >> the of pg&e says he hopes in 10 years there will be no more force power outages for safe the. the timeline to start from scratch can be long. do you expect san jose to have its own power up and running before the tenure.?>> let us be clear. we are not jumping into municipal is asian like san

. >>> san jose mayor sam liccardo has solutions for pg&e's safety power shutoffs. he says the root of the problem lies with the company itself. laura martinez has the details. >> san jose mayor sam liccardo wants the city to take control against pg&e. >> we need to step up to fix this. we can't wait for the state or pg&e to do this. >> he's proposing the city create a public utility and develop micro risks. >> we know it will cost billions of dollars for that distribution infrastructure. we know there are liability concerns that are real. >>> keith laurel runs his own mailing business that was affected by the public safety power shutoffs. >> he told me noon and then, like, 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. >> that waiting game is somethingly card owe wants to mitigate. >> what happened last week was a disaster. we saw overnotification and undernotification of residents. >> laurel hopes his price for electricity doesn't go up. >> i hope there's no price increases or anything like that. electricity is expensive, especially here during the summertime. >> liccardo says a poll wi

sam liccardo wants his city to have its own power grid from pg&e. scott budman is in san jose at city hall with the latest. scott? >> reporter: raj, that was a gradual move, putting that proposal in front of the city's rules committee. it gave the mayor a chance to hear from the local residents and to hear from pg&e he's interested in buying even if they say they're not selling. the next step to avoiding this, according to san jose -- >> could we reach out to pg&e. >> happened when its mayor, sam liccardo put a power grid independence plan in front of the rules committee. >> i've been hearing positive feedback about that concept. >> some feedback from the residents at the meeting who are fed up with pg&e and are eager to find an alternative. >> because as an individual, i'd like to get involved. i'd like to see what's going on and participate in that process. i'm sure others who haven't had a chance to get out of their house today would feel the same. >> reporter: liccardo says he doesn't buy pg&e's earlier claims that assets are not for sale. >> pg

what mayor sam liccardo has to say as the utility could have more planned power outages and other partsa this week. >>> work from world-renowned artists is now on sale right now in napa valley. on display, excuse me. we will show you what is going on and the story behind it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you're living with a condition, kaiser permanente's integrated care team will help you get through life without missing a beat. kaiser permanente. thrive. >>> tens of thousands of dallas residents are making their way through this monday without power and it meant a lot of damage and destruction, after a tornado plowed a long path of the northern part of the report data, ripping through northeast dallas overnight, causing several buildings to collapse and leaving at least 110,000 people without power. strong winds, paring down trees, taking out power lines, even flipping trailers on the highway. while no major injuries have been reported, first responders have been going door to door in some neighborhoods to check on residence, some hurt in their own homes. when heard a lot of wind and it started raining

according to san jose mayor sam liccardo, 67 schools are located within the potential outage zones. the city is working with individual school districts t come up with plans, traffic lights throughout san jose are not hooked up to emergency power sources so drivers need to be careful if you're going to be out on the roadways. this looming loss of power is also worrying many small businesses especially seasonal places like dead time dreams haunted house. >> if you put it on a friday or saturday night, that's thousands of dollars that would be gone. and for a small little haunted house like us, that's the end of the game. >> reporter: if pg&e moves forward with the public safety power shutoffs this could leave more than 38,000 customers without power. >> jobina, thank you. in the north bay napa and sonoma counties are getting ready for power shutoffs. you can expect elect to they've been told to prepareday. down to its last power generator. >> i think people are pretty certain it will be shut down. i feel the same way. i'm set up with a generator at home. >> sonoma county has declared

. >>> san jose mayor sam liccardo says he has a solution for pg&e's public safety power shutoffs. >>ts with the company itself. abc7 news reporter lauren martinez has the story. >> we believe the solutions are local, and we have solutions to offer. >> reporter: san jose mayor sam liccardo is proposing those solutions against pg&e's public safety power shutoffs. >> i'm proposing we create a public utility to create and develop microg improve our resilience. >> both ideas pose legal and financial risk is. >> we know it's a very expensive proposition. it will cost billions of dollars for that distribution infrastructure. we know there are liability concerns that are very real. >> in south san jose keith laurel runs his own mailing business that was affected by the most recent power shutoffs. >> told me noon and then like 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and until itned off. >> that wo mitigate. >> what happened last week was a disaster. we saw overnotification and undernotification of residents. >> laurel hopes if there is a city-owned utility, his price for electricity won't go up. >> there is

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lights are coming back on but maybe not fast enough for a lot of people including san jose mayor sam liccardo who held a briefing heae at the police station this afternoon said that he was on the phone today to to pg seal bill johnson asked if that to a large urban areas like san jose could be given priority. well if that's going to happen remains to be seen. let's take a look some video now and uh today i can tell you that at the height of the power outages about as many as 20,000 pg e customers were out san jose. the mayor says that translates to about 60,000 people. most of shut down a kurd in evergreen valley area and alum rock those areas east of highway one oh one and also in the almaden valley that is a south of they could to a try to eitherhe biggest problem though are intersections were the traffic signals were out i saw a handfu along white road were a lot of people were just ignoring the a. time honored a protocol there for a treating that as a four-way stop but in his briefing here this afternoon, the mayor said they're making headway on that as well here's more from the mayor now

sam liccardo will join us with what some call a very radical plan, charles. he is live with us.r what he said. he is over it, he and his city, san jose, are the most serviced by pg&e. by the way the stock was halted at around 11:30 a.m. eastern time. it is trading once again. it is crashing. charles: congressman ro khanna agrees with him. can't wait to hear more details. thanks very much, liz. >> yeah. charles: toon into "the claman countdown" after this show. deirdre bolton is live on the new york stock exchange, how are traders reacting to all of this? >> i would say, you mentioned google. earnings due out at the close. we all know earnings and revenue is expected. but in reviewing analyst reports, speaking with my sources say two key measures to focus on, traffic acquisition costs. how much essentially google has to pay, the partner companies to land on google driven ad or apps or services. that optimistically is actually costing google less money than overall revenue. just watching that proportion will be one of the key focal points. the other is cloud. how much is google gr

>>no big loss for doing she wake up but a different story for mayor sam liccardo the planned shutdown came with a big price tag for the city an initial estimate, the cost the city so far. >>in dealing with this public safety power shut down is around half a million dollars we had many city employees working around the clock back in on that in valley power came back around for thursday afternoon. but most are still without other essentials unit telephone. >>and t so that's about having all your utilities under one company. >>pg any acknowledges there's always uncertain team deciding on shut off and promises to improve on communication. here's this customers feedback. i do think the communicated well we were well informed that the power will be going out. so it just be nice if they resolve these issues a loss to net, so you wouldn't be without power for so long. >>mayor sam liccardo says he spoke to the governor and they will be pressing pt me for the public cost as for other neighborhoods, alum rock and evergreen they also have their power restored today all power most of all the power

. >>> happening right now, you can see mayor sam liccardo discussing potential shutoffs that they were talking about. this is happening throughout santa clara county. it is going on right now. you can see it started about ten minutes ago. they're hook at a hive picture of that. numerous city leaders discussing safety man's if the lights do go out. what are the options? what do they do next? as soon as we know more, we'll bring it to you coming up at 6:00. >>> pg&e put m to show which counties could be affected. everything is highlights in blue. it could be impacted. the ma rt jo of san jose will likely stay online to parts of the foot hills. they could lose power. so could parts of saratoga and cupertino. in the east bay, at risk areas include berkly and the oakland hills and sections of walnut creek. we made it easy for you. we've put this on to our website. you can type in your address to see if you are directly affected. you can see it at nbcbayarea.com. >>> all right. let's take you outside so you can look at walnut creek. it is toasty. you can see the dry grass. this could be a pr

south joined last night fact we just had a press conference in our last hour we heard from mayor, sam liccardo and he said that they're going to be pressing pg need to get this power restored as quickly as possible that was his polite way of saying that really gonna turn the thumb screws on page a need to get this power outage over with conference chris and pedro is live with more on that christine a. >>it's very transparent with all of the media members about exactly that actually saying that he. when to advocate for this not to happen just earlier this summer so he is frustrated right now because he does realize you know how much of an issue. this is you know in the city and so this is something that and he was very again transparent about in the press conference in just happened within the past hour and they really emphasize the 3 different areas that power hurting here in the city of san jose i want to read out those areas you i would live earlier this morning alum rock. it is pay it was pitch dark this morning. a lot of members of the community in that neighborhood without power waking up

so i've a press conference just over an hour ago and city officials as well led by mayor sam liccardo they were saying that they actually don't necessarily approve of the power outages and this is something that the mayor mentioned that he's been advocating against since the summer months we're going take a listen to what he had to say. >>so we have heard from pg any that the outages that have happened thus far will be the only outages they're expecting the weather events to dissipate this morning, i rode not bad in july and testified in front of the state legislature. a month later urging a change in the process and procedures that preceded power shut down. i expect that conversation become much more a bus now that we've had real experience experience it frankly is confirmed the concerns that we at the city of san jose have long had. >>was not shying away from the fact that the city didn't approve of these shut off and they knew these were this was greatly can hurt of their constituents now something they were very worried about however, of course as we've mentioned before they say f

we expect san jose mayor sam liccardo will hold a news conference, at 7:00 a.m. we will stream that live. >> kari hall is tracking the red flag warning and concerns over the winds. >> mostly for the hills. elevations above 1,000 feet will have the highest threat of experiencing those high winds as well as the low humidity. as we take a live look in san francisco, you're getting ready to head out for the day, and we are going to have some cooler temperatures, if you're about to head out the or, it's jacket weather, but going through the day, it will be cooler than we've seen, with high temperatures there in the upper 60s. inland areas upper 70s and low 80s. we'll be up to 81 today in concord. now we'll talk about the wind threat and we'll go hour by hour, that's coming up in a couple of minutes. mike, tracking the roads, how is it looking? >> we're not changing the subject but we'll talk about this crash in the south bay, westbound 237 approaching 101. as the early build starts right there, but that's about it for the south bay. remember, santa clara county just o

sam liccardo will also testify. >>> a shred of good news for warriors fans.ubs have found a team they can beat. >> the young guns are still trying to find their groove. last night they seemed to come together. steph curry scored 26 points and the warriors led at the half by 17 points. the pelicans never threatened after that. the warriors get their first win 134-123 following two losses to open the season. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," the firefight in the north bay taking its toll. we'll tell you how firefighters and evac way evacees are coping kincade fire rages on. >>> they're battling that fire with some cold temperatures this morning. we also have a large swath of the bay area without power and temperatures in the mid 30s. we'll talk about this and the increasing winds expected this morning in the north bay. that's coming up next. >>> right now at 5:00, bracing for another round of powerful winds in the bay area, it will bring with it high fire danger. we're watching the forecast hour-by-hour. >> power shutoffs, the wind is causing pg&e to cu

sam liccardo is demanding that the city receive compensation for the expenses during the shut off. he estimates the city is spending at least half $1 million for extra staffing and refueling generators for critical water pumping and fire stations. suck what is a minor inconvenience for a few hours becomes a major public health and public safety hazard over several days and we critically need to ensure the power shutdowns do not last more than a few hours. >> the outage affected businessgovernnt offices and health clinics. the dialysis center lost power before it was forced to transfer 300 patients to a neighboring dialysis center for their treatment. >>> one south bay city critics planning and a curfew with helping to keep people safe during the plant power outage. ann rubin tells us that morgan hill police arrested two men that they believe were trying to take advantage of the lights being out. >> reporter: morgan hills. at its curfew had only been in effect for a couple of hours police found two people breaking. they say kristen recent gomez were burglarizing cars under the cover

mayor sam liccardo held a bianna golodrygaing this morning showing a map showing the impacted areas in the eastern foothills and southern parts of san jose. city is opening a team emergencr community resource centers. it's been no easy task putting this all together. >> in addition to this being very disruptive in the lives of our residents, it's extremely disruptive to the lives of our employees. they're working round the clock quite often, obviously on weekends as you can see this morning. >> the last shutoff cost the city half a million dollars. one of the reasons the mayor hopes it doesn't become the new norm. >> we have stenson i. coverage of the kincade fire here on nbc bay area. don't miss it. >> still ahead, we'll continue to follow the latest on the pg&e blackout including the one thing marin county sheriff does not want you to do right no. >> plus, a u.s. attack that may have killed the leader of isis. find out about the covert attack next. >> and microclimate weather alert continues for increasing fire danger overnight and strong potentially damaging winds moving across the

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. >>> sam liccardo says the emergency operation center will be activated tomorrow night. late today officials from santa clara county held a news conference to tell people what to expect in case the power is shut off. they say people should be prepared to go without power for as long as an entire week. >> we encourage everyone to write down phone numbers and learn how to manually open your garage door. these are easily overlooked details, gas stations, atms, and traffic lights and signals, impacted areas will not be working. >> families are encouraged to prepare an emergency kit and have food on hand that does not need to be refrigerated. people are advised to have battery backups for phones. the shut off warning is the largest pg&e has issued since they began proactively shutting off power last year. >> the oakland school district says power outages could affect ten schools across the city. the district plans to send out robocalls tomorrow night to let parents and staff know if their school could be affected. a list of schools would also be posted online and on social me

electric vehicle charging stations in public workplace and multifamily housing locations as mayor sam liccardo for more test was 25% of these dollars will be. everyone can benefit from the green dividend. >>with san jose kicking in another $4 million the investment would mean about 100 new direct kerr and fast charging stations and some 1400 new level 2 stations. similar incentives elsewhere are providing relief for a pent-up demand for public tv charging. according to the center for sustainable energy is tyler peterson. >>proposed partnership with san jose energy and energy commission will leverage this exist seen cal he platform and streamlined application process. critical funding for public chargers one of the regions. most robust areas of the world for you the charging. >>more charging stations is seen as more incentive for drivers to consider an electric vehicle. the project will launch in the spring of 2020. supporters say it will go a long way in supporting california's climate goals and improving local air quality, san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>and president trump has compared

something mayor sam liccardo along with police and other community leaders took part at an event at universalh. the goal is to help neighbors better understand their rights and show families what kind of resources are available to them, whether or not they're here legally. >> it's important that families know that their kids should go to school, and they can go on with their lives and go to work, and go to the doctor's office, do the things they need to do, and the only way they to do that is if we empower them with information. >> san jose was one of a half dozen u.s. cities that held similar know your rights events yesterday. >>> 4:51, and in just a few hours, stanford leaders cut the ribbon on a new state-of-the-art medical facility. the new hospital seven stories and covers 824,000 square feet. it also includes 368 patient rooms, 20 operating rooms and an emergency room twice the size of the old one. it also is a lot more seismically safe, compared to the old building. the new hospital is expected to be fully operational in a matter of weeks, and it will include transferring patients from

>>no big loss for doing she wake up but a different story for mayor sam liccardo the planned shutdown came with a big price tag for the city an initial estimate, the cost the city so far. >>in dealing with this public safety power shut down is around half a million dollars we y ty employees working around the clock. we've certainly spoken governor's office about large public cost. i have is myself and we're going to continue to press that issue. >>pg any acknowledges there's always uncertainty in deciding on shut offs and promises to improve on communication. here's this customers feedback. do you think the communicated well we were well informed that the power will be going out. so it just be nice if they resolve these issues a loss to net, so you wouldn't be without power for so long. >>power came back around for thursday afternoon. but most are still without other essentials unit telephone. >>teaches us about having all your utilities under one company. >>happening today time is out for wildfire victims to file a claim against the now bankrupt t j d a federal bankruptcy judge set t

mayor sam liccardo is considering a proposal to create the city's on power grid by buying assets from pg&e. san jose's rules committee discussed a plan to create a local customer owned utility that would ultimately go to the full city council. the city was start by building microgrid's throughout san jose and eventually take control of pg&e transmission lines but it's a plan to utility already rejected in san francisco. >> although pg&e has stated the company assets are not for sale, in fact, they are in bankruptcy court. they are for sale and whether they like it or not they are at the mercy of the bankruptcy judge and ultimately the cpuc. so this is the time to talk about how pg&e gets reorganized in a way that will fulfill the public interest and hopefully do a better job in providing reliable power. >> the full council will discusthe pros and cons of the proposal next month. the city also plans to get feedback from customers to see where they stand on the matter. >>> chaos on capitol hill. house republicans stormed a closed-door session connected to the impeachment inquiry. doug l

we expect san jose mayor sam liccardo to hold a news conference at 7:00 a.m. we'll stream that for you live on nbcbayarea.com. we're following this story of course for you, from multiple angles. bob redell looking at the commute concerns from the orinda b.a.r.t. station. >>> let's start first with pete suratos in napa. many neighbors lost power. i can see it out behind you. pete? >> reporter: that's right, good morning, guys. we're still standing along highway 29 and highway 221 here in napa. you can see the traffic lights are out, but this is a power lines issue. caltrans is on scene, unclear if this is related to the power shutoffs. they're trying to fix this situation because the traffic lights are out at a very busy intersection here in napa, but we know that in napa county the shutoffs began roughly around midnight. we do have some new video from other areas that are affected by the shutoffs, in fairfield you see the power is out at gas stations in that area. when it comes to the shutoffs, you guys mentioned it, pg&e deciding to shut off power due to elev

mayor sam liccardo says that that money will go towards the installation of electric vehicle charging stations. places and homes throughout the city. >>strategy for more test was 25% of these dollars will be. everyone can benefit from the green dividend. >>this project is set to launch in spring of next year and supporters say they will go a long way and supporting california's climate goals also improving local air quality. donors in the east bay are speaking out against the plan to redesign the 14th street corridor for health care. but in my mind i'm still 25. that's why i take osteo bi-flex, to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long term. osteo bi-flex - now in triple strength plus magnesium. >>welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, i'm tracking your entertainment headlines today. we're talking about 2 big name acts doctors at a going head to head for the same oscar and a classic film that's heading back to the big screen. david daniel has those details and this morning's hollywood minute. >>racer behind wheel, your car, scan mil

bay area and we'll create mixed income housing on facebook on bland in menloark, san jose mayor sam liccardo says quo i applied facebook for stepping up to make this extraordinary. bli commitment toward our collective work too come back this housing crisis as a company that serves millions of customers with thousands of employees throughout the world. it's uplifting to see facebook recognize the need in their own backyard. a major cleanup effort kicked off today one of oakland's larger and more high profile homeless encaenthisron four's maureen kelly reports now. >>city officials say they're taking this step because they're concerned about extreme fire danger there. >>trash and garbage trucks and use front loaders to break up. some of the many wooden structures at this homeless encampment next to the fruitvale district home depot city officials call the fire hazards in existence here extreme. >>and risks to the people who call this place home people have built structures out of wooden pallets tarps. >>and they're using propane tanks. fire pits like to cook and generators sometimes using gene

with that, i will turn it over to mayor, sam liccardo. >>> last night we were affected by the pg&e shutby the pg&e power shut down and primarily it was three areas in the neighborhood surrounding alum rock in east san jose and evergreen neighborhood in the southeast part of our city and south san jose in the valley area. up to 20,000 accounts, perhaps 50,000 residents and we know that the shutoffs will continue until pg&e gives order to restore power and our city staff has responded to implement the power vulnerability plan and it's something we have worked on for several months anticipating these shutoffs with the emergency operations center providing residents with official information as it becomes available and i was there just before midnight and the first power shut down was relayed to us by the wife of one of our city employees. we are getting real time information and police and fire are operating as normal. please only dial 911 in emergencies. we encourage folks to go to other websites and portals for information. 911 is for emergencies only. we have a hard-working police and f

. >> reporter: -- mayor sam liccardo wants his city to go independent mostly, taking over power distribution from pg&e and setting up its own microgrids to power the population. >> how we can ensure distribution of local generation and storage of energy. >> reporter: liccardo admits it would be an expensive undertaeking, one that would first have to pass public opinion. >> i think it's a great idea. >> reporter: would you be willing to pay more in taxes? >> yeah. >> reporter: it's not without precedence. nearby santa clara has had its own utility for more than 120 years. >> last week's power outage was really related to the distribution lines. so, we own, maintain, and operate our own distribution. so, we were not affected by what pg&e was doing. >> reporter: something san jose would like to say in the future. mayor liccardo says he will present the plan next wednesday but pg&e says south bay facilities are not for sale. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> in ma ryme county, a close call here, this brush fire burned up to the edge of the highway 37 this afternoon. this is near lakeville and

. >>> mayor sam liccardo is looking into what it would take two separate san jose from pg&e for power. i spoke with the mayor live about his idea. >> i think it's critical that we invest in resilience in ere most of our energies are focused right now, finding ways to have resources to fill the microgrids we need to protect the residents in the current facilities. ced his idea after power shut off to reduce wildfire risk a seconded 60,000 people in san jose and he said there is no set plan on whether the city would try to purchase the grid or if it would be a customer owned plant. the mayor has urged cal fire and the cpuc to off the power. >>> nesupervisors is set to approve the new affordable housing development in san jose tomorrow supervisor cindy chavez announcing this morning that one of the projects would be at a vacant lot and the other on mesa drive with 130 units, of which 64 will be set aside as permanent supportive housing for formally homeless households in the second includes 45 apartments for people that are homeless. >> they have sites like these in monterey and in downt

. >>> sam liccardo is proposing the city create its own power utility. the move would cost billions but the mayor says it is the best solution to avoid pg&e power shutoffs like we saw last week. >>> and san francisco emergency leaders say their alert test temperature was a success even though there was an hour delay getting to peoples phones. the city hopes to use it when there's an actual emergency. >>> we are mainly clear right now. a few clouds at the coast a few high clouds today making for 60s and 70s today. >>> we're following your friday morning commute with a problem in oakland. we had a time where all lanes were blocked north 880 near 23rd. you're still very slow getting through the area. there's an accident and debris in lanes. chp is on scene. i would recommend 580 until they get this cleared. >>> number 7, are you ready for this? an entire day for coring gis in sa corgis in san francisco. hundreds of them will waggle and waddle around the beach for corgi-con. the theme is homecoming. so the dogs are highly encouraged to come dressed in their

pg&e still getting a lot of criticism from the governor to sam liccardo, local mayors, and a lot of customers. everyone still asking why a billion dollar black out was the best option. >> the newly appointed ceo taking the blame but pointing out that the blackouts are likely to happen again and he admits pg&e was not prepared. >> our website crashed several times. our maps are inconsistent, perhaps incorrect. our call centers were overloaded. to put it simply, we were not adequately prepared to support the operational event. and this -- >> you heard that. that is bill johnson, the ceo and president of pg&e. he was brought in to tur around its reputation. in san jose several schools decided to keep class in session today. that meant doing it in the dark. for the students it was a lesson going back to the basics. robert handa joins us from school where day in the dark is over. no using computers, paper and pen like we used to do it. >> reporter: that's right. pretty mixed feelings here at williams elementary school in san jose. we're going to show you some of the unexpected things that happened

mayor sam liccardo says that this is just the beginning.s to make the program bigger, possibly extending it to a four-year institution.>> this is a great boost for 1500 students for the first couple of years of college. we need to be able to extend. but they covered my tuition and books. i'm able to be a full-time student, other than be a full- time employee. select the san jose college premise scholarships are focused on low income first- generation, and historically underrepresented students. the push is to raise her money and bringing new partners to the program to be exterior expanded. >>> still ahead, coming to the front of the tsa line at el paso. we will tell you about an idea that is a step closer to reality. >>> ought not the opening-night the warriors and fans were hoping for. what coach steve kerr and remind greenside. >>> let's check about and with gasia. >>> staying on the news in sonoma county. the kincade fire burning out of control. we have the latest on evacuations and the firefight. >>> yell like a bargain but some amazon

thank you. >>> that is real interesting what mayor sam liccardo said at the end regarding have seen it the cities and the municipalities not having a say. and there are many around the state who believed that the city should be able to have some sort of authority to influence whether or not the power was going to turn off in their city, and of course, they don't have any influence right now. it is entirely pg&e's protocol. >> and he is saying that the conversation that he has already had this conversation, and now that they have had actual experience of what it looks like, this conversation is going to continue, and it is going to be interesting to see now that we have had practical experience of what the shutdown is going to be. >> they were being diplomatic this morning, but reading between the lines of the mayor and other city officials and the city manager, it sounded like they were saying, well, there has been some communication issues between what pg&e is saying and doing and what the leaders of cities and counties actually know to be true. so we will see how this all goes after

stroke mayor sam liccardo says this is just the beginning.e of the program perhaps extending to and also. like this we need to be able to extend the stroke for austin, a boost is what this has been. a way to reach the potential he always had. >> i'm the one studying and getting grades. it is my drive and motivation pushing me. but it is there support helping me get there. stroke the push is on to raise more money and bring in new partners so the san jose promise program can be expanded. in san jose, amber benson, -- ann rubin, ktvu fox 2 news. like when i saw the text message i grabbed my daughter. >>> the kinkaid wildfire continues to burn crosses the northwest part of sonoma county. more communities are preparing to evacuate. the latest on the firefight as more crews arrived. selective frequency is annoying. that is certainly true. >> another round of power shut off could affect the beer area this weekend. this could be the biggest outage so far. we will tell you the areas the saturday night. >>> thank you for waking up with us. another bus

mayor sam liccardo said the city is exploring other ways to take over the distribution of electrical power. liccardo said he's taking step to create a city-owned utility that would develop independent power systems like microgrid saying the people of san jose cannot rely on pg&e to keep the lights on. >> i've seen better organized riots. what happened last week was a disaster. >> we expect to have more of these public safety power shutoffs so it's important that as a city we lead the way and invest in these technologies which we know can make our city more resilient. >> san jose is among other cities across the country looking for alternatives to utility companies in the wake of increased outages and unpredictable power grids. pg&e recently rejected san francisco's offer to buy its local power lines saying the offer was too low. >>> people evacuated last night from near a wildfire in lake county and are back home now. it's called the grove fire burning on highway 29 in lake county and forced evacuations and it started at spruce grove road south of lower lake. someone living in this a

the mayor sam liccardo said the city is exploring other ways to take over the electrical power. he said he's now taking steps to create a city-owned utility and develop independent power systems like microgrid's. the people of san jose cannot rely on pg&e to keep the lights on. >> i've seen better organized riots. what happened last week was a disaster. >> we expect to have more of these public safety power shutoffs so it's important that the city lead the way and invest in these technologies which we know can make our city more resilient. >> san jose is among a growing number of cities across the country looking for alternatives to utility companies in the wake of increased outages and unpredictable power grids. pg&e recently rejected san francisco's $2.5 billion offer to buy its local power lines saying the offer was too low. >>> california earthquake warning app has been downloaded by more than 600,000 people just in the first 24 hours. it's cold, my shake. it will send out alerts before a quake with a magnitude of 4.5 or higher. researchers at uc berkeley develop the app but

. >> reporter: sam liccardo cautioned readiness. traffic lights and signals could go down. if that happens, intersections should be treated as a four-way stop. families should have kits in place and something overlooked, know how to manually open your garage door. parents may need a backup plan too for their children, school districts could end up canceling class. >> if the power is out, likely the school will be out. >> we are very worried. we have people on respirators, that may not know something is going to happen. >> reporter: the city is looking at opening up a community center with backup generators, so those with medical need can power equipment. city leaders are urging neighbors to lock out for one another. police, fire, and emergency services will all continue during any potential shutoff. >> the last time we had a preliminary warning, it went away. this one seems to be a little more serious. >> pg&e open a community research center. so customers could get station. phone panels will not work during the outage. unless you have a ter or batter >> as this has pg&e sa

san jose mayor sam liccardo will also testify. >> all right. lookinging over here, we have green on the roadways. we told you we would check the south county, northbound 101 towards morgan hill, we have a little slowing, typical, maybe a little bit longer of a stretch, but not as severe. so traffic easing in here. looking towards the rest of the approach to the bay bridge, a nice flow of traffic. look at the top number, the east shore freeway, only 16 minutes highway 4 to the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. this came right on time, but not as much traffic coming through contra costa county. we'll talk about the north bay because of the fires, evacuations and outages are having an impact on the roads and on the rest of the commute. >>> all right. before we get to the weekend, we have to deal with didn't conditions here. >> you're right. we'll have our unhealthy air quality continuing today. we've seen those drifts of smoke coming in. let's look at our current air quality. these little dots show where we have seen the most unhealthy air qual

. >>> san jose mayor, sam liccardo, is in washington, d.c. testified before congress on california's clean vehicle emission standards. he spoke to the oversight committee on environment in response to president donald trump's actions revoking california's authority to restrict emissions. he said the federal government shouldn't make it harder to be green. >> sensible environmental regulations helped to prod many silicon valley breakthroughs and green tech. whether tesla or the hyper- efficient solar panels or charge points for the infrastructure, california has environmental regulations and peak growth. my own area has a 2.2% unemployment rate. >> the mayor said estimates show that revoking the waiver would reduce zero emission vehicle sales by up to eight percentage points. >>> new at noon, the ncaa will allow student athletes to be compensated for their names and images and likenesses. they demanded approval of the rule change and the board has directed the separate divisions of college sports to immediately begin figuring out how to update

later today, mayor sam liccardo and south bay state senator bob likowsky will announce $14 million tow electrical vehicle charging stations. right now the city operates more than 50 stations most located in downtown san jose. so san jose will also offer a clean air program for ev owners which allows free parking at a handful of city owned lots. >> owners of the cars get to go through some of the quick lanes for a lot of traffic. >> the right sticker, you get that hov lane. if you don't have the right sticker, you might get another. >> a love note. >> exactly a love note. >> we love the bay bridge, we say. looking at the span moving nicely in the cash lanes off to the left. fastrak a big deal. this is much clearer than it was 45 minutes ago. improvement the earlier disabled vehicle and crash cleared from the span. the bay bridge is looking better now. that's unusual to say on a tuesday, any day for the commute. a smooth drive for the rest of the bay. i said i'd check on the crash on 880. look at what our waze system is showing on my ipad and at home, we have the crash reported, slows y

interrupt what we do have that press conference and getting underway right now tonight, there's mayor sam liccardo let's listen in. >>our shut downs and primarily 3 areas. in the neighborhood surrounding alum rock and the san jose. in the evergreen neighborhoods in the southeast part of our city as well as in south san jose, the allen and valley area. up to 20,000 accounts that perhaps affecting about 60,000. residents. thes continue until pg need gives the order to restore power. our city staff has responded and implemented. ability plan. this is something we have worked on for several months anticipating these shut offs. emergency operations center has been working via residents with additional information as it becomes available. i was there last night just before midnight in fact the first power shut down. was it. relayed to us by the wife of one of our city employees who live in the all rock area. so we're certainly getting real time information. police and fire operating as normal. please only down 911 emergency not for information we encourage folks to go to the other. websites and portals

. >>> in less than an hour, san jose mayor sam liccardo will appear on capitol hill to defend california's right to set its own vehicle emissions rule. it comes hours after three major automakers sided with the trump administration, which is attempting to revoke california's authority to set its own fuel efficiency rules or zero emission requirements. gm, fiat, chrysler and toyota filed a lawsuit to intervene. several months ago california leaders reached an agreement with several other major automakers to voluntarily improve the fuel economy of their vehicles. >>> 6:13 right now. while most people are trying to get away from the kincade fire, san jose state scientists actually went into that fire to collect data. professor greg clemens thinks it could one day save lives. he brought his mobile weather tracking equipment and his team wants to understand how fire creates its own weather from within. they hope that one day firefighters will be able to predict where embers will fall and evacuate communities accordingly. >> using these models to predict where the fire is going to go and what co

>>and jose mayor sam liccardo is praising facebooks effort to combat the housing crisis in the bay areaoss california. the social media giant announced today that it will commit billion to build and fund affordable housing that would include creating up to 20,000 new housing units to help teachers and nurses and first responders live closer to the communities where they work. in a statement near wrote in part as a company that serves millions of customers with thousands of employees throughout the world. it's uplifting to see facebook recognize the need in their own backyard. >>be year old year. >>some might say this guy's living the dream how he's getting beer delivered straight to his office for free. >>and ahead in sports. the nba, regular season tips off with a star-studded affair in los angeles kawhi leonard's debut with the clippers against lebron james and the lakers marquez that lies and a ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the holidays begin here at the disneyland resort. >>my sound like a dumb question how liked how some free beer delivered right to your office. sounds like a dream come true for w

>>mayor sam liccardo says that this power shutdown cost the city about a half a million dollars and remember pg e said they're not near casa lost business and alike because of this they said it was for safety and weather-related that's right. well throughout. >>new service disruption areas. we have more than 300,000 customers are still in the dark this morning, but they're slowly coming back online all 34 counties impacted by the outage have been cleared for restoration but crews are going to need to as we've been telling you inspect every inch of line from helicopters from the ground whatever they can do to speed up the process and so they can get the lights back on. in fact grumbling from customers is gotten to the point now where even the ceo of pg ne felt compelled to come forward, bill johnson is his name and he came out in front of cameras to say that yes they would feel they were justified turning off the power, but he admits that pg wasn't properly prepared for what to expect. >>several times are maps are inconsistent. that's incorrect. put it simply we were not adequately prepared t

mayor sam liccardo is considering the proposal to create the city's own power grid bybuying assets from. san jose's rules committee discussed a plan to create a local customer owned utility that would ultimately go to the full city council. the city would start by building microgrid's throughout san jose and eventually take control of pg&e transmission lines. but it's a plan to utility already rejected in san francisco. >> although pg&e has stated that the company assets are not for sale, in fact, they are in bankruptcy court. they are for sale. and whether they like it or not, they are at the mercy of a bankruptcy judge and ultimately the cpuc. this is the time to talk about how pg&e gets reorganized in a way that will fulfill the public interest and hopefully do a better job in providing reliable power. >> the full council will discuss the pros and cons of the proposal next month. the city also plans to get feedback from customers to see where they stand on the matter. >>> the california public utilities commission is set to vote on the bailout for pg&e. the proposal approved by the s

mayor sam liccardo joins us now. where did you come up with this idea that this massive utility should, in effect, be owned and run by the people? what brought you to this? >> i can't claim to have invented the idea. in fact, there are about 900 customer-owned utilities in this country. most are pretty small but a couple earn more than $1 billion in revenues, operating in georgia and nine western states in the united states so there's a lot of precedent for this. we certainly know that the path forward has to be one in which we have a company that comes out of bankruptcy that's going to need access to capital, make a lot of investments to upgrade this grid and it's going to need to be able to restore public trust. i believe we need a different model. liz: how would it work? skeptics say this is a little nuts and it would suddenly convert and take a lot of money? is there a plan? >> well, as you just noted, it wouldn't take a lot of money to take out the value of the shareholders, because the shareholders don't have m

mayor sam liccardo says the money will go towards the installation of electric vehicle charging stations project is set to launch in the spring of next year. supporters say to go a long way and supporting california's climate goals and improving local air quality. >>it's 5.42 as we head to the break, let's take a peek at at san francisco's international airport which looks cool crystal clear. it sure has been clear last few days. what we're monitoring in the weather are the winds and that's our big story today will tell you when the winds are going to pick up. >>increasing the power is cut we'll have our team coverage continuing. st usaa more than any other company out there. they give us excellent customer service, every time. our 18 year old was in an accident. usaa took care of her car rental, and getting her car towed. all i had to take care of was making sure that my daughter was ok. if i met another veteran, and they were with another insurance company, i would tell them, you need to join usaa because they have better rates, and better service. we're the gomez family... we're the r

energy is partnering with the california energy commission to fund a $10 million project and mayor sam liccardo says that money will go towards the installation of electric vehicle charging stations all around the place workplaces homes anything in the city. >>strategy for more test was 25% of these dollars will be. everyone can benefit from the green dividend. >>the project is set to launch in the spring of next year and supporters say it'll go a long way in supporting california's climate goals and improving local air quality. >>oakland raiders legend and pro football hall of famer, willie brown has died he was 78 years old. he was a cornerback on defense played his first 4 seasons with the broncos and then joined the raiders in 1967 and stayed or 8 or for his final 12 seasons until 1978, willie brown was inducted into the hall of fame. in 1984, he won 2 super bowl titles with the raiders in a statement the raiders said that brown exemplified the teams spirit and that his leadership and presidents we'll always be a part of the raiders family. the niners have acquired wide receiver emmanuel sa

although pg&e hasn't real rest leased an exact timeline for restoration, mayor sam liccardo says it appears power is coming back quickly in san jose. the mayor speaking with pg&e executives today, offering city staff and resources to help accelerate the process. >> so we had many city employees working around the clock, as i can attest to last night, as i witnessed them hard at work. >> but that hard work comes at a high cost. city officials say the public safety shutoff has cost san jose nearly a half million. >> we have certainly spoken to the governor's office about the large public costs. i have myself and we're going to continue to press that issue. and expect that there will be some compensation from pg&e for the considerable public costs resulting from these power shutdowns. >> the outages were felt in the city's alum rock, evergreen and neighbors. that's where students at williams elementary spent the day learning without power. >> we moved into science, where we're coincidentally working on circuits. so they're lighting up light bulbs. so it worked out. we were going to have the li

>>no big loss for doing she wake up but a different story for mayor sam liccardo. >>the planned shutdown came with a big price tag for the city an initial estimate, the cost the city so far. >>in dealing with this public safety power shut down is around half a million dollars we had many city employees working around the clock. we've certainly spoken governor's office about large public cost. i have is myself and we're going to continue to press that issue pg any acknowledges there's always uncertainty in deciding on shut off and promises to improve on communication. >>here's this customers feedback. do you think the communicated well we were well informed that the power will be going out. so it just be nice if they resolve these issues a loss to net, so you wouldn't be without power for so long power came back around for thursday afternoon. but most are still without other essentials unit telephone. and t so that's having all your utilities under one company. >>the alum rock and evergreen neighborhoods are back on they got their life back on today as well. >>the c