our break it up into pieces, we're looking to transform the company san jose mayor sam liccardo says the best way for pga need to emerge from bankruptcy is to become a customer owned utility by creating a customer and utilities. >>will first be able to ally in the financial interests of the company with the public interest and secondly we'll be able to create a company that has access to capital markets that will be critically needed for this utility to get back on its feet the mayor's office says a letter calling for a customer own co-operative was delivered to the public utilities commission today. >>signed by the mayors of oakland sacramento, at least a dozen other cities. the letter cites recent wildfires and raises the alarm about how pgd might emerge from bankruptcy. it calls on the pc to consider the customer owned idea that could avoid shareholder dividends and save ratepayers billions of dollars in financing system upgrades and other costs projections from the team we've been working with they consist of former >>among other utility experts i believe that we can save as much

we believe that everyone deserves the right to thrive. >>> new this morning, san jose mayor sam sam liccardoed about his proposal to make pg & e a public owned utility. representatives signed a letter urging regulate oors to consider the option. >> there are 10s of billions of dollars that the system needs in investment and maintenance and upgrades and hardening and the ability for a customer owned outtilt to get access to capital markets means at that there will be billions of dollars more that can be invested in the system rather than sent off to share holders. >> pg & e has said that it does not believe that a customer owned utility would not serve the interests of the people they serve. >>> the governor issued an executive order to make it easier for fire survivors to get into new housing including easing requirements for planning and it allows fire victims to get copies of their birth certificates for free. >>> contracould hava fire officials are investigating the cause of a deadly fire at a senior center, four of the units in the building were damaged and the residents now have to find

about the boost this gives to local housing and health organization and that is something mayor sam liccardo just saw firsthand. >> two of the individuals we encountered have been homeless for several years and they are now housed and i am just grateful that we are finally starting to get some traction in getting people housed in our community. >> goosebumps. when that gun goes off with 22,000 people as far as the eye can see all together to build community and help families in need, it is so inspiring. >> reporter: and there are plenty of added benefits. a holiday tradition getting stronger every year. if you are feeling inspired, the next race here in san jose is december 15. in downtown san jose, anne makovec, kpix 5 . >> this morning salvation army volunteers packed 1600 pounds of turkey, 35 gallons of gravy, and 175 pounds of greens and they were loaded up for delivery. the tenderloin neighborhood is also serving a hot thanksgiving introduces us to volunteers that make this day a success. >> reporter: if it were not for the people in this room pulling off a dinner with all of the fixing

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housing, escially during the holiy san jose state university is teaming up with san jose mayor sam liccardo and the bill wilson center to provide college students, a free short term solution during the holiday season. if they're homess or housing in secure the goal is to pvide a safe space to live in until a nger terhousing solution can be fnd. a recent study found thousands oftudentat that schoo have experience. some form of homelessness air bnb will cor the costs of the sys san jose which declare in november. it wa national homeless youth awareness month is the first city in the us to tt out this program. >>also the south bay santa clara police arrested 2 men that are flowing a hit and run this afternoon around 1245 police put up a perimeter in the area of monroe street between warburton avenue in avenue to ott boulevard less than an hour later police had cleared the area and made 2 arrts. >>well we've got some of the fog low clouds making their way on shore and more clouds on t way it's meant a high level clouds too so and that has really changed our weather around the bay area today you

san jose mayor sam liccardo is the mayor who first proposed this. i spoke with him earlier via by skype ts afternoon. mayor, thank you very, very much for being here. for those of us who do nolive in california and have not been experiencing these fires and blackouts, can you just give us a sense of the anger and the discontent that you're heang from people about pg&e? >> i hear a lot of frustraon from residents, and i know a lot of my mayoral colleagues feel the same way,th an're hearing it because the wildfires, the power safety shutffs are displacing millions of californians, leaving millions of us inh te dark. this is no way for people torl live, particuin the most advanced economy in the planet. we can r,do betnd people with very frustrated about where we are. >> reporter: so you're spearheading this to transform pg&e to bewned by californians. why is that a solution? >> ait customer-ronde utily provides two advantages.t one, i enables us to ensure that the financial interest of the company wi alied with the public interest and, secondly, it en

the mayor sam liccardo was there with a helping hand, the tiny home community is on bay merry streetee market. and they built shelves and beds and the mayor said this is one of the solutions to help the homeless. this community will house about 40 people each of these homes cost around $6,500 to build. >> those are pretty cool. >> that is great. >> before we go, jeff will tell us what to expect in the next 24 hours. >> overall, thursday and friday a little bit of a break. it is cold for thanksgiving. then atmospheric river saturday through tuesday. a lot of rain. >> kristen welker is up next with "nightly news." thank you for joining us here at 5:00. >> bye. >>> breaking news tonight, the one-two punch of storms snarling travel on one of the busiest days of the year the deadly storms sweeping through the east and the bomb cyclones from the west alerts for hundreds of people. record-breaking snow and heavy rain chaos n the roads. hundreds of crashes. thousands of flights delayed a man saved from rushing flood waters, tornados striking a path of destruction and will the wind ground the

our break it up into pieces, we're looking to transform the company san jose mayor sam liccardo says the best way for pga need to emerge from bankruptcy is to become customer owned utility by creating a customer owned utility. >>will first be able to ally in the financial interests of the company with the public interest and secondly we'll be able to create a company that has access to capital markets that will be critically needed for this utility to get back on its feet the mayor's office says a letter calling for a customer own co-operative was delivered to the public utilities commission today. >>signed by the mayors of oakland sacramento, at least a dozen other cities. the letter cites recent wildfires and raises the alarm about how pgd might emerge from bankruptcy. it calls on the pc to consider the customer owned idea that could avoid shareholder dividends and say rate payers billions of dollars in financing system upgrades and other costs projections from the team we've been working with they consist of former pga >>among other utility experts believe that we can save as much

mayor sam liccardo says that that mone will ensure thathey stay open and running when the wer is cut again. the city is of oakland, los angelesnd also san diego will get a half llion dollars each.while cnties impacted by the power shut off will get $15,000. horse has died at the santa anita horse track. this is the 37th horace that has died since last december. the horse suffered a leg injury during the final race of the eeders cup this happened on saturday. the park closed earlier this year after more than 20 horses died. in just 3 months of the 3 months in march. it really opened later in theonth after officials from the park said that it made several changes to their safety procedures. less than a week after its iconic buildi was destroy by the kincade fire. the soda rock winery is making a cock. we'll have that story coming up next. we got a little peek outside it's cold. checking out the golden gate bridge, there's a zipper truck switching around your lane configuration. >>you can also see we'll check th hollywood minute. that coming up stay withs. introducing in-garage delivery

>this grant funding these $500,000 will be used, especially for capital investments that mayor sam liccardo and state senator jim bell announcing friday that san jose is to receive $500,000 from the state of california to help reimburse the city fraud is spent dealing with the power shut down the dollars are committed by the state. and this announcement and in fact through the last budget cycle, the $75 million will be critical. >>for local communities that are investing as soon as in microgrids down able asked to provide more local generation and storage. >>san jose can also use the money to buy supplies and generators to help fund emergency services. keep fire stations and medical facilities going when the power is cut we've heard about a 10 year program. we want to do it in 3 years pushing for the funding was state senator jim bell who says pg any must upgrade and maintain its equipment. >>and reduce expenditures and. things like giving there. hi sorry employees bonuses and other other kinds of expenditures, let's focus on. rehabilitating all the equipment to reduce these devastating fir

. >> the meeting came as san jose mayor sam liccardo and other bay area mayors are pushing for a plan to buy out pg&e and turn it into a publicly owned utility company. >>> police in petaluma are looking for a woman who was caught on camera stealing and electric bike from someone's driveway. police released this photo of the suspect who was pulling a green wagon on kingfish court around 3:00 saturday afternoon. officers say in the full video she stops, walks up the driveway to the bike and starts loading her things from the wagon onto the bike's saddle bags before riding off. anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call petaluma police. >>> three suspects are under arrest in connection with an armored truck robbery in oakland in june. two masked men caring rifles robbie loomis armored car outside the wells fargo bank at foothill square shopping center. police announced yesterday they have arrested both suspects and the alleged getaway driver. officers also seized nearly a dozen guns. deputies are being praised. they helped a black bear get out of a dumpster near lake tahoe

threatening to turn the utility into a cuomer owner co-operative if thin don't chge, san jose mayor sam liccardo promote e idea. it is also endorsed by a number of mayors across california. the terms have until the end of the year to file a claim agnst fiji pg believes that only 40,000 people have filed so far but some 0,000 people are eligible. the company set aside more an $8 billion to pay wildfire victims apart of its bankruptcy plan. friendsand family are remembering a pregnant mother who was gunned down right outside of her apartment complex in oakland. we'll have the latest on that investigation coming up after the break. before we go we'd like to take a little peek outside checking in on a fall, the golden te bridge, a special fog advisory remains in place warning drivers to take it easier on one oh one. we'll also check the hollywood minute comg up after the break stay with u introducing in-garage delivery, just in time for the holidays! ♪ beep, bp wwrrrr ♪ ♪ beep, bee ssshhh♪ ♪ beep, beep ♪ ♪ errrrr ba-ding ♪ shlrrrp ♪ bark, ba ♪ shlrrrp ♪ beep, beep ♪ ♪ sshhh shrrrp ♪ ♪ crrrnchg crrrn

governor to seriously consider turning pg me into a giant customer own co-operative so san jose mayor sam liccardo says it's the best way for the utility to emerge from bankruptcy. >>by creating a customer and utility. will first be able to aligned the financial interests of the company with the public interest and secondly we'll be able to create a company that has access to capital markets that will be critically needed for this utility to get back on its feet. >>mayors of oakland, sacramento, and at least a dozen other cities. they signed a letter that was delivered to the public utility commission. as a customer owned utility. it was set its own rate, some customers were pay back the debt through monthly energy bills. well a large operation is underway in the east bay to clear out a homeless encampment, but this time it's not about making way for new building its to create a safe space and a place for harvey's to park for free kron four's theresa has more. this homeless encampments that they're cleaning up here in oakland is only about a mile away from city hall but. >>despite the short distan

>this grant funding these $500,000 will be used, especially for capital investments that mayor sam liccardo and state senator jim bell announcing friday that san jose is to receive $500,000 from the state of california to help reimburse the city fraud is spent dealing with the power shut down the dollars are committed by the state. and this announcement and in fact through the last budget cycle, the $75 billion will be critical. >>for local communities that are investing as soon as in microgrids down able asked to provide more local generation and storage. >>jose can also use the money to buy supplies and generators to help fund emergency services to help keep fire stations and medical facilities going when the power is cut we've heard about a 10 year program. we want to do it in 3 years pushing for the funding was state senator jim bell who says must upgrade and maintain its equipment. >>and reduce expenditures and. things like giving there. hi sorry employees bonuses and other other kinds of expenditures was focus on. rehabilitating all the equipment to reduce these devastating fires and

. >> the mayor of san jose sam liccardo joined us live on mornings on 2 mornings on 2 today.asked about his idea to make pg & e a public utility. legislators signed a letter asking the state to consider this option. >> there are 10s of billions of dollars that the system needs to maintenance and upgrading and the ability for a state to get access to capitol markets is done at a lower cost. >> for it's part pg & e said it has to intention of transitioning to a customer owned outtilt. >> the field for the democratic bloomberg is running for president. >> today i am glad to announce that i am running for president to defeat donald trump and to unite and rebuild america. >> michael bloomberg making his first presidential campaign stop. the former new york city mayor officially entering the race monday. >> i will outline plans for good paying jobs and providing quality healthcare for every american and stopping gun violence. >> his campaign is up and running and he has already spent $30 million on tv ads. some of his rivals accused him of trying to buy the election. >> michael blo

. >> reporter: mayor sam liccardo says a $500,000 in state money will go to help san jose in its questo grid and communications equipment ahead of future events. money comes from a pool of $75 million at the state level distributed to affected cities. >> it's a small amount of money. $0.50 per average citizen in san jose. the state is wealthy enough right now to be able to come up with a little change for us. >> reporter: late last month utility has had three power shutoffs due to strong winds that could topple aging power lines. sparking wildfires. officials are indicating of damage pg&e lines or partial cause for the kincaid fire. >> we could very well have the same kind of situation here. >> reporter: senator bell says a pg&e's proposed fix is too long and leaves residents vulnerable to the uncertainty of power shutoffs. some san jose residents agree saying the cities reimbursement isn't trickling down to them. >> it is just a temporary band- aid. >> reporter: officials say the puc will determine if customers can be made whole. after the utility emerges from bankruptcy proceedings.

councilman lan diep told me the councilman was not available for comment today and the office of sam liccardo says he allocated $100 million for such projects. >> thank you, damian. >>> a man accused of abusing a small dog and trying to make an attempt. he was spotted in redwood shores pulling a small dog by its leash. he then allegedly swung it in the air and slammed it to the ground several times. officers tried arresting him. >>> nearly $1,000 worth of stolen merchandise recovered. sheriff's deputies say this man stole items in san carlos. they say he walked into the store just after 7:00 last night and walked out with the stuff, a credit card and an employee i.d. that wasn't his. >>> shopkeepers turned crime fighters. they went after a man they say broke into their shop and stole their cash. how they tracked down the thief before police arrested him. >> reporter: a store called cook's junction run with her mom and sisters. she and her sister decided to do some detective work after they say this man broke into their store's back office last week and stole cash and they felt police would ta

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. >> reporter: the mayor, sam liccardo and local state senator jim bella nounsed that the $75 millionment plan means $500,000 for major cities, varying amounts for other cities and $150,000 for each county. the money is earmarked for full strength infrastructure, such as generation -- generators and other equipment so they aren't affected by outages. >> they're focused an capital infrastructure. >> it's an ongoing thing we have to work on in terms of emergency response, reducing risk, all those kinds of things we have to do. >> reporter: that means the money won't go to small businesses orid outages. they hope that's the next step. for this business owner, he says it's good to focus on the big picture first. >> keep the money for the future, basically keep the power, keep the equipment running, stuff like that. >> more important that san jose be able to handle it? >> exactly. >> reporter: city council will start deciding how to spend that money at the meeting on november 19th. meanwhile, mayorly card owe is sting his push to have pg&e turned into a customer owned utility. live in san

mayor sam liccardo helped put the finishing touches on tiny homes each is approximately 80 square feet. it has a desk, a bed, and a heating unit. >> this is really important. we're trying to demonstrate that these tiny home communities can work. that they can be good neighbors, because obviously, we need many more than just this particular community of 40 tiny homes. we have another one under construction now. we want to have many more of of these throughout the city, so we can get more of our homeless neighbors off the street. >> the first 40 residents will move into their new homes by mid-december. >>> still ahead tonight, even more people sickened by e. coli linked to romaine lettuce. >>> plus we get a look at the number of citations given to people eating or drinking on b.a.r.t. trains. what the records reveal about a racial disparity. ah, mr. resourceful, brown-bagging it. so why you paying so much for wireless? i don't know... the new tracfone wireless gives you all kinds of control. leftovers? tracfone lets you keep your leftover data each month. what are you doing? unlimited ca

we hit two other locations before we even got here, so, ladies and gentlemen, san jose mayor, sam liccardo thank you, mayor breed. well, thank you all and happy thanksgiving, everybody. mayor breed, you are absolutely right. this is an incredible community. and thank you all for welcoming me so warmly. i appreciate it. [applause] yes. you know, it wasn't like this all the way. the first place we stopped at, the occur turkeys were late coming in and they were all looking at me. and they were looking at me saying hey, the turkeys are late. and i thought they were talking about the politicians. [laughter] but in fact the turkeys really were late. so i just wanted to say i'm a lot happier to be here because the turkeys are here. it is great to be with all of you. i love coming to san francisco. and i really appreciate both my -- >> [off mic] >> thank you very much. thank you. [applause] i appreciate what both my colleagues have said about the fact that we need to work together. around affordable housing, transportation challenges, deal with poverty, all the challenges we know we face, together

san jose mayor sam liccardo says this will benefit customers in the long-wrong. >> a customer-owned utility is not required topay dividends from shareholders. it's exempt from principal taxati federal taxation and other taxes as well and they can focus on badly needed capital upgrades. >> pg&e says it is convinced a government or customer takeover is not the optimal solution that will address the challenges and serve the long-run interest of all customers into the communities we serve. >>> governor newsom talked wildfires and power shutoffs with pg&e's top executives and attorneys in sacramento. he said he reiterated his frustration with pg&e. pg&e's ceo defended last month's blackouts as preventing more catastrophic fires. >> in ten years we'll be done with psps and there will be fewer every year and we'll eventually get out of it. there will be fewer next year. we'll do things to sectionalize the system, build micro grids. >> the november ngovernor's off newsom spelled out what the negligent of safety investments costs californians. he also threatened the state will intervene if a resolu

mayor sam liccardo helped put the finishing touches on 32 sleeping cabins, or tiny homes, as they'reardo assisted with the installation of the desks. >> this is really important. we're try to demonstrate that these tiny home communities can work. that they can be good neighbors, because obviously, we need many more than just this particular community of 40 tiny homes. we have another one under construction now, and we want to have many more of these throughout the city, so we can get more of our homeless neighbors off the street. >> the first 40 homeless people will move into their tiny homes by mid-december. a second tiny home community will begin occupancy early next year. >>> building relationships one meal at a time. >> a person behind the badge, and to see that we are people too. it's amazing that everybody can come together, and help each other out. >> san jose police recruits helping the homeless. coming up next, how they spent the day serving meals to people in need. hoping it can help both the homeless and the officers. >>> new cases of e. coli linked to romaine lettuce grow

is going to get $500,000 from the state to help recover fr what it lost in thpowe outages mayor sam liccardo says the money's going sure the city can stay open and running whenhe power goes out. >>the dollars are committed by the ste. and in fact through million will be for e, the $75 local comnities. that are investings soon as in microgrids down able asked to provide more local generation nd storage. >>san jose gets a half-million dollars oakland get a half a million doars. counties impacted by the sheriff shout power shutdowns the counties. they're just going to 15 grand. >>well new this morning, apple just anunced a multi billion dollar plan to address the housing crisis across all of lifornia. the plan includes a billion dollars tfund the construction of affordable housing. another billion will be used for the first time home buyer mortgage assistae fund th they're setting up. apple is also donating million worth of landn san jose to developers to build affordable houng and the rest of the money will go towards efforts to end helessness in gener and address the reasons that lead people

a customer own co-operative run by state and local governmen anidea promoted by san jose mayor sam liccardo and endoed by a number of mayors in california. >>and one of t many fires being blamed on pg e is a contained fire after burning for 13 days it was finally extinguished almost a week ago. a wildfire burns more than 77,000 acres in sonoma county. it destroyed 374 buildings d now the cleanup from the destructionegins earlier today kron on. >>cerise us to feel an oil below talked with michael glassman the deputy county administrator for the office of recovery in sonoma county about the roadahead. we've got crews on the ground in e burn area, starting the cleanup of the household hazardous waste. those are things like car batteries. i don't you know pool chemicals. anything that could propane tanks anything that could pose a real danger threat. these are the property owners of the environment of the contractors that are to come up the it going to come clean up the the ashen foundations and things like that you guys have been down this road before unfortunately with wine county fires on th

. >> reporter: mayor sam liccardo says house willing not be lost because the focus is now on building up near service, not out. >> we're in the position we're in with lack of affordable housing and traffic because of sprawling communities. >> reporter: but not everyone was convinced. other property owners in coyote valley say they've been zoned for development for decades. >> i want to make sure that there isn't an effort here to depress land values and then come in and try to buy us. >> reporter: well, officials emphasize a lot more work, studies and money will be needed to get this all ready for the public, but at least they know a big chunk of land will always be here. live in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> robert, thank you. >>> another new look for san jose and its sleek. a 19-story office tower now has a name, which is also its address, 200 park avenue will be a glass high-rise the corner of park and south almaden boulevard in the heart of downtown san jose. the groundbreaking ceremony was today, and we still don't know who will occupy the building when it's finis

newsome to seriously consider turning pg into a giant customer own co-operative san jose mayor sam liccardo leads this charge and he says the best way for pg need to emerge from bankruptcy is to become a customer owned utility. >>by creating a customer owned utilities will first be able to ally in the financial interests of the company with the public interest and secondly we'll be able to create a company that has access to capital markets that will be critically needed for this utility to get back on its feet. >>the mayor's office says a letter calling for a customer owned co-operative was delivered to the public utilities commission today signed by the mayors of oakland sacramento, and at least a dozen other cities in california. the letter cites recent wildfires and raises the alarm about how pg might emerge from bankruptcy. it calls on the pc to consider the customer owned idea it could avoid shareholder dividends and save ratepayers billions of dollars in financing system upgrades and other costs. the coalition's plan calls for selling $50 billion in bonds to finance a buyout the cust

payback for the money that they spent on extra services because of these power shut-offs mayor sam liccardo. >>announcing that san jose will receive $500,000 from the state to help reimburse that city for what it's spent dealing with the power shut down state senator jim beall pushing for the funding. he says the must upgrade and maintain its equipment. >>and reduce expenditures and. things like giving there. hi sorry employees bonuses and other the other kinds of expenditures, let's focus on. rehabilitating all the equipment to reduce these devastating fires and we've got in california. >>the cities of oakland, la and san diego will also get a half million dollars apiece well counties impacted by the power shutdowns will get $15,000. >>our investigators are pointing the finger at the genie for starting 3 fires in the east bay, the fire started on sunday in martinez and lafayette. the lafayette fire burned a few buildings, including this tennis club kron four's justine waltman live for us in contra costa county after earning more more about exactly how these fires started just teens. >>what

. >> the meeting came as san jose mayor sam liccardo and other bay area mayors pushing for a plan to buy out pg&e and then turn it into a publicly owned utility company. >>> police in petaluma are looking for a woman who was caught on camera stealing and electric bike from the driveway. police released the surveillance photo of the suspect pulling a green wagon on king fishkorn at 3:00 saturday afternoon. officers say in full video she stop, walks up the driveway to the bike and starts loading her things from the wagon into the bike's saddlebags before riding off. anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call petaluma police. >>> three suspects are under arrest in connection with an armored truck robbery in oakland. in june, two masked men caring rifles robbed an armored car outside the wells fargo bank at the foothills square shopping center. police announced yesterday they have arrested both the suspects and the alleged getaway driver. officers also seized nearly a dozen guns. deputies praised for helping a black bear that made a boo-boo and was trapped in a dumpster near

. >> the meeting came as san jose mayor sam liccardo and other bay area mayors are pushing for a buyoutto a publicly owned utility company. >>> pg&e has been opposed to the sale of any part of its system. last month the utility rejected an offer from san francisco to buy the portion of the network within the city limits. the company has said it is not interested in being converted into an electric and gas cooperative which would transfer ownership from investors to customers. pg&e has the changes are coming for the utility but local leaders say it's long overdue. >> we are asking that before the bankruptcy court moves forward, that we have the opportunity to really explore a customer owned utility. let's take the profit motivation out of it >> pg&e that needs to rely on junk bonds to finance its future is not a pg&e that california can rely upon. >> according to the wall street journal, a cooperative would have certain advantages including more money to reinvest in the network but customers would assume the risk for all future liabilities from pg&e's aging electric grid. >>> is sonoma c

>>turning pg any into a giant customer owned co-operative san jose mayor sam liccardo says the best way for pg e to emerge from bankruptcy is to become a customer owned utility. by creating a customer and utilities will first be able to. >>ally in the financial interests of the company with the public interest and secondly we'll be able to create a company that has access to capital markets that will be critically needed for this utility to get back on its feet. >>a letter delivered to the today. signed by the mayors of oakland sacramento, at least a dozen other cities calls on the pc to consider the customer owned idea could avoid shareholder dividends and save rate payers billions of dollars in financing. system upgrades and other costs as well. the coalition's plan calls for selling billion in bonds to finance a buyout the customer owned utility wood said its own rates in those same customers would pay back the debt through their monthly energy bills. >>and get a 4 zone forecast and we're going to show quite a dramatic shot of the golden gate bridge with the fog returning. yeah, the

from e state to help cover the extra money that was spent during the pg e power shut-offs mircea sam liccardog toe open and running with the next one the next power outage comes in there will be another one. >>the dolls are committed by the state. and this announcement and in fact through the last budget cycle, the million will be criical. for localommunities. that are investing as soon as in microgrids down able asked to provide more local generation and storage. >>and other cities to like oakland la san diego the law be getting a ha million dollars each. ile counties that were impacted by the power shutdowns will get $15,000 eac murder suspects are on the runow after escaping from a monterey county jail. we have the pictures take a look santos them and the other is jonathan salazarthey were both awaiting trial on murder charges in 2 unrelated cases when both been in custody since last year and authorities say if you spot them do not approh them. they are considered dangerous. instead call lice immediately. >>in the east bay police arrested him. and ron montalbo for lighting small fires 8 fi

>this grant funding these $500,000 will be used, especially for capital investments that mayor sam liccardo in state senator jim bell announcing friday that san jose is to receive $500,000 from the state of california to help reimburse the city fraud is spent dealing with the power shut down the dollars are committed by the state. and this announcement and in fact through the last budget cycle, the $75 million will be critical. >>for local communities that are investing as soon as microgrids enable us to provide more local generation and storage. >>san jose can also use the money to buy supplies and generators to help fund emergency services. keep fire stations and medical facilities going when the power is cut we've heard about a 10 year. the program. we want to do it in 3 years pushing for the funding was state senator jim bell who says must upgrade and maintain its equipment. >>and reduce expenditures and the things like giving there. hi sorry employees bonuses and other other kinds of expenditures was focus on. rehabilitating all the equipment to reduce these devastating fires that we'v

san jose mayor sam liccardo is out in the rain today building tiny homes for the homeless. a ongoing solution. this is the second site san jose will bill near the flea market. today the mayor and some volunteers from habitat for humanity made shelve, desk and beds for each home. >> we do try a lot of different solutions to combat the homelessness crisis. we know the status quo won't work, and we have to take risks says one of g to be able to the biggest challenges is finding sites to put the tiny homes. the hope is neighborhoods will welcome the homeless into their communities. >>> on this thanksgiving eve, the busiest kitchen is likely at glide memorial church in san francisco. they've been working all day on two mega meals for thousands of people. volunteers and staff are busy slicing up hundreds of pounds of ham and turkey. even as they worked on tomorrow's thanksgiving feast, the dining room was already busy serving today's meals, serving the less 2,000 meals a day is a huge undertaking, but also a labor of love. >> you know, it feels fantastic to do our part and take c

>>custer customer owned co-operative san jose mayor sam liccardo is for that you think is the best wayankruptcy by creating a customer owned utility. will first be able to. >>ally in the financial interests of the company with the public interest and secondly we'll be able to create a company that has access to capital markets that will be critically needed for this utility to get back on its feet. >>the mayors of san jose oakland, sacramento, and about a dozen other city signed a letter that was delivered to the p u c if passed the customer owned utility with said its own rates and customers would pay back the debt through their monthly energy bills. >>well santa rosa police officers recovering after getting hurt in a hit and run crash. it happened along sonoma highway tuesday morning. basically what happened is police say the woman was speeding. appyrently lost control of it right over correct and when the officer went up on to the center median to try to avoid crashing with her. that officer ended up crashing into a tree. the woman was arrested more than an hour later. the search co

governor to seriously consider turning pg into a giant customer owned co-operative san jose mayor sam liccardoge from bankruptcy by creating a customer and utility. >>will first be able to ally in the financial interests of the company with the public interest and secondly we'll be able to create a company that has access to capital markets that will be critically needed for this utility to get back on its feet. >>the mayors of oakland sacramento, and at least a dozen other cities signed onto a letter that was delivered to the p u c and if it's passed a customer owned utility would set its own rate and customers would pay back the debt through their monthly energy bills. >>full santa rosa police officers recovering now after getting hurt in a hit and run crash. it happened along sonoma highway tuesday morning. police say a woman was speeding and tried to over correct. when the officer went up on to the center median to avoid them and crashed into a tree. the woman was arrested more than an hour later. for 2 inmates who broke out of the monterey county jail investigators believe one of those in

threatening to turn the utility co-operathve if things don't change facts and those it has san joseayor sam liccardoby a number of mayors acss california. have until the end ofhe year to file a claim against pg n a utility believes only about 40,000 people filed so far but the estimate is that mae a 100,000 are actually eligible. th company has set aside more wildfire victims as part of its bankruptcy plan. still ahead on the kron 4 morning ws at 6 the trump administrati is rolling out new pocies to address the en vaping epidemic. we'll next hour. oming up in the ♪ mw, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ meow, mw, meow, meow, me, ow, meow. ♪ ♪ meow, meo meow, meow, meow, meow. ♪ ♪ meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, owmeow. ♪ still the on one cats ask for by me. ♪ meow, meow. (vo) ♪ i knowhat you're thinking. electric, it's not for you. and, you're probably right. electric just esn't ve enough range. it will ner survive the winter charng stations? good luck finding e of those. so, maybe an electric car isn't for you afr all. or, is it? ♪ >>andelcome back to the kron 4 morning news, i'm rebecca mor

>>for capital investments that mayor sam liccardo and state senator jim bell announcing friday that san jose is to receive $500,000 from the state of california to help reimburse the city fraud is spent dealing with the power shut down the dollars are committed by the state. and this announcement and in fact through the last budget cycle, the $75 billion will be critical. >>for local communities that are investing as soon as in microgrids down able asked to provide more local generation anananstorage. >>jose can also use the money to buy supplls and generators to help fund emergency services to help keep fire stations and medical facilities going when the heard about we'v'v a 10 year program. we want to do it in 3 years pushing for the funding was state senator jim bell who says must upgrade and maintain its equipment. >>and reduce expenditures and. things like giving there. hi sorry employees bonuses and other other kinds of lependitures, let's focus on. rehabilitating all the equipment to reduce these devastating fires and we've got in california. >>marilyn carter was called for reorg

. >> libby schaaf and sam liccardo will spend part of their days cleaning up san francisco due to the battle of the bay challenge. nearly 6500 volunteers in all three cities collected more than 200,000 pounds of trash back in september, that brings us to t are going to participate in the day of service based on which city had the largest turnout for the event, and san francisco won. >>> back to the incoming storm, those conditions are expected to really intensify beach conditions. this is video overnight from the beach at pacifica. e of the many places expected to be under the high surf advisory beginning at 7:00 tonight. breakers from 22 to 27 feet are expected from point reyes down through the peninsula to monterey. >> you know, marcus, rain here means fresh snow in tahoe. a lot of families headed to the sierra for the holiday week. ski resorts like boreal using snow-making equipment but the real stuff is coming and if you plan on driving there for thanksgiving, the chp advises leaving sooner than later. the roads are clear right now, but finally we're going to get a good batch of s

customer own co-operative run by state and local governmts is an idea promoted by san jose mayor sam liccardo had endorsed by a number of mayors in california wildfire victims wanting to file a claim against pg now have until the end of the year to do so lot lawyers say many rvivors. >>we're not able to file a claim by the original october deadline becau they're still traumatized and struggling to get back on their feet. this new extension is criticl since pge says it thinks only 40,000 people have filed but there are out a 100,000 people eligible. pg e set ide more than billion to pay wildfire victims as part of its bankruptcy plan and one of the many fires ing blamed on pg e is the kincade fire was fully put out st last week after burning more than 77,000 acres in sonoma county. the fire destroyed almost 400 structures and now a daunting task is under way to try to ean it all up earlier today kron. >>cerise us o feel and noel bellow talks wi michael gossamer he is the deputy county administrative of it office of recovery in sonoma talked about the road ahead. >>we've got crews on the ground

$500,000 from the state to help cor the extra moy spent by the city during thega wer shut-offs mayor sam liccardo says is money will ensure that they staopen and running when the next power outage happens. and >>and in fact through the last budget cycle, the billion will be critic. for loca communities. that are investing as soon as and microgrids down able asked to provide more local generation and storage. >>the cities of oakld, los angeles and san diego will alsoet a half million dollars each while counties impacted by the power shut f wl get about. $15,000. >>rning news governor newsom is pushing p g to get out bankruptcy faster so that chang can be made in the wake of all of these power shut off. and a vigil is held in san francisco for a man and woman who's bn missing for more than a week. plus apple announcea major donation to try to help ease the housing criss inhe bay area across the whole state. lcome to the carnival 30 minute tour. it's a 30 second tour. no man it's like... now it's 26. welcome aboard. ocean! welcskyride.rd. mini golf. relax!elax! relax! you take this man to be ur husb

threatening to turn pge into a customer owned co-operative if things n't change, san jose mayor sam liccardod that idea it's endorsed by a number of mayors in california. wildfire victims have until the d of the year to file a clai against pg anypg e believes that there are about 40,000 people who have filed but about a 10000 people who are eligible the company set aside more than billion to pay out the claims as part of its bankruptcy plan. >>coming up next our friends and family remembering a pregnant mother who was gunned down outside her apartment in oakland, we'll have the latest on the investigation. and here's a ick look outside of the bay bridge where this is the scene of one of robin's hot spots this morning, an accident on the sn just past year, but one island if you're heading into san frcisco and you can see the result. a big backuphere is traffic is stacked up trying to get into san francisco. moren the problem there and the rest of the ri in just a minute. don't miss the grandpening of the new floor & decor in milpitas. if you have never been to a floor & decor, you have to go

mayor sam liccardo and state senator jim beale are making that announcement we expect at about noon, they're expecting to receive a half a million dollars. >>> now to the impeachment inquiry into president trump. nancy pelosi took shots on late night tv by nancy pelosi. >> we're honoring our oath of office, there to strengthen the institution which we serve. if they don't want to do that, that's their problem, but it's interesting, because they've been talking process, process, process, because they know they can't really go near the substance. >> president trump still insists he did nothing wrong, and is blasting the entire process, but he's also waking up this morning as the fourth president to ever face impeachment proceedings. "today in the bay's" tracie potts reports on what's next. >> the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: with every republican voting against it, and two democrats defecting, formal impeachment proceedings become a reality. >> it's a sad day, because nobody comes to congress to impeach a president of the united states. no one. >> reporter: the house vote paves

another idea would be to make the utility customer owned co-operative san jose mayor sam liccardo sayss the best way for the utility to emerge from bankruptcy by creating a customer and utility. will first be it. 2. >>ally in the financial interests of the company with the public interest and secondly we'll be able to create a company that has access to capital markets that will be critically needed for this utility to get back on its feet. >>mayors of san jose oakland, sacramento, and about a dozen other cities signed a letter. >>to the p e you see if passed a customer owned utility, which said its own rates and that customers would pay back the debt through monthly energy bills. >>well santa rosa police officers recovering now after being hurt in b hit and run crash. this was along sonoma highway tuesday morning. you see the police suv there basically what they say happened was that a woman was driving speeding in fact feared into the past of this oncoming patrol car and when they both swerved to get out of each other's way he ended up in a tree and she spent on. but then later came

san jose mayor sam liccardo says the money will ensure that when the power is cut f ng again.. and this announcement and in fact through the last budget cycle t $75 million will be critical. for communities. that are investing as soon as in microgrids down able asked to provide more local generation and storage. >>cities of oakland, los angeles and san diego wl also get a half million dolla each while counties impacted by the power shutdowns we' get $15,000. coming up on kron 4 news after the break we'll take a look at other wildfires rangy that e raging across california. and what officials think they have in common th many of the fires here in the bay area. we're ba on kron 4 news weekend, a massive wildfires devouring everything in its path and southern california. the maria fire hs burned more than 9,000 acres in ventura cnty north of l aa southern california utility that shut off power to 10 of thsands of people to event wildfires says that restored electrici to align just minutes before the fire broke out on thursday night. well that fire of course spread very quickly fu