we'll talk in a future item, we'll see pg & e this summer financing options -- proposing the rates for green tariff option and that will help us gauge the competitiveness of the program to propose and design an offer. >> >>supervisor john avalos: thank you. we have a question from supervisor campos. >>supervisor david campos: thank you. do you have a target date for when rates would be set? >> what i'm suggesting is that we would bring the program design and the rates to the commission prior to the end of this year consistent with what mayor lee had directed. we can try to do that quicker. it's going to be dependent on a number of activities falling into place easily. we are going to need to staff up as i mentioned so we have some hiring activities that have to occur and modifications to our contracting authority for power so we can act at a commercial pace and bring supply into the portfolio for cleanpowersf and knowing we'll be able to operate at a pace and using the tools for the marketplace. >> can we add one thing. i think the first offering maybe the easier of the two. it's the s

having power along this area here in silver creek, pg&e crews are wrapping up and the power is back on in time for new year's eve. >>> as you can see from pg&e's website, plenty of people still without power because of the wind storm. the biggest out ans are in antioch with over 800 people still in the dark. san bruno nearly 400 people without electricity. dozens more in pes ka der row, la done de castro valley waiting for crews to get them online. the main focus is making sure no one dies from hypothermia. 100 more beds at this shelter, meaning 350 people will be able to get out of the cold. >> it's brutal. i couldn't bear it. you know it would be so stressful that you know i would probably end up in the county jail. just to have a place to lay my head, you know, out of the cold. >> reporter: six homeless people died in the bay area last year when temperatures dipped into the 20s. >>> a third person has died in northern california because of the wind storm. a tree fell onto a home this morning in redding, killing a woman and trapping a child. yesterday, falling trees killed two people in separate incidents in the paradise ridge ar

so one thing that i am very fearful of i don't want to see cleanpowersf to be a trojan horse supported by pg & e. that is a very real fear that i have and a very real fear that many of our advocates have. i look forward to working with you and i think it's very exciting and those who are making it a priority and making it very clear. what i said to president breed is we need to make sure to expand the level of engagement throughout all of san francisco when it comes to community choice local aggregation and that includes the diverse community and community of color. that will make this effort work. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, commissioner campos. commissioner breed? >>supervisor london breed: thank you. i think after more than a decade we have almost won the unwinnable fight in moving cleanpowersf forward in san francisco. this is a huge step and huge accomplishment and as we all know cleanpowersf is one of the things we can do and it has been one of my highest priorities as supervisors. i was told that clean power was dead and we wouldn't be able to get it done. we didn't stop adre

pg&e customers. rates are increasing by 6%. businesses could also see an increase. it will cover safety improvements like replacing old gas lines to prevent another disaster like the san bruno pipeline explosion. pg&e says it will pay for an expansion of the smart grid and hiring more customer service workers. >>> 2500 kaiser mental health workers are expected to go on strike later this month. they have planned the strike to begin on january 12. more than 700 other kaiser workers are also planning to go on strike. they are protesting inadequate staffing problems. kaiser plans a meeting with the union next week. >>> still to come here, a dead mountain lion found on a freeway. >> southbound 280 san bruno. tonight the story of a mountain lion caught on the interstate with nowhere to go. >> why it california highway patrol is standing by its training policies despite complaints during bay area protests. i went to the health center, and the doctor saw a blemish on my cheek. he told me it was skin cancer. i was in shock. i wasn't covered with any health insurance. but once

. >> a transformer exploded dug the fire and we could see it lighting up the sky. more than 4,600 pg see the fire is calmed down from a couple hours ago. there is spoke in the air. at the time decide it is safe news they will continue to go in. >> police are looking if a gunman in a shooting that last a man dead and two wounded. police spending to fleming after a patrol officer heard shots and found a man dead at the scene and the other two victims are in critical but stable condition at local hops. homicide investigators are trying to figure a motive as they hunt for the suspects. >> oakland police are looking no thieves who stole wallets from a man lying unconscious in the street and from another man trying for help. this happened at 8th and union year morning. 25-year-old was riding his bicycle to a health clinic and hit by a pick-up suffering a brain injury and broken bones. the 81-year-old driver of the truck tried to help thieves went through the pickup and stole his wallet while another group of people stole lowry's wallet. >> it was horrible horrible. he never moved. the man

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echo the concern about having a token project run by pg & e and having dealt with that company and the pollution for so many years. people do want to see clean projects alternative energy, solar, wind, we don't want to give more money to pg & e, we are trying to steer off having them monopolize us. but also we don't want to give them the spotlight of being able to say, yeah, we are agreeing, etc when in fact they are just ripping us off and raising rates. so as a community resident i do support this program, however this could be done right and sometimes things are going too fast and they are not done right. i just want to emphasize that as a community member. thank you. >> public speaker: i have a speaker card here. i'm a conservation manager for the bay chapter of the sierra club. i want to say about lots of folks coming here to speak on -- to oun -- on this very important issue. john anderson, kelly >> i also wanted to speak for the youth. i'm 27 and i'm going to live a long time and climate is going to affect my life. i wanted to read a speech that my 17-year-old intern wrote to you. i'm a 17-year-old high school student. as i'm su

you can see the dark crowded interior. pg&e confirms all customers got power back around 3:00 o'clock. >> technician working around the clock to try to identify the substance that has contaminated hundreds office birds mostly in the east bay. so far about 100 of them died but that number expected to go up sadly. >> tonight the substance appears to have claimed the life of another bird in the bay in this case a blue heron. laura has more now from hayward where mobile triage center is located. >> 2 separate lab in sacramento working non-stop to identify the mystery substance. sickening and killing birds in the bay area. once the gooy material is identified the department fish wild life in group like keeper will locate the source. >> we will look at what industry is in the area and handling the substance. out it's relateed to shipping that would be a really different kind of investigative pursuit. down if it's a local some kind of industry and west oakland or alameda. >> both male. one is apparently really sticky. >>reporter: on

you will see it there. pg bondage on the runways and on the red carpets.eather has been nice on the rubwaynway and it's great. but 50 shades is a specific type of person to carry it. see how that plays out. >> what else do we need to know in terms of fashion? what do we need to buy and wear? >> head to toe denim. i love it. >> i do too. >> i don't know how to do it. >> all over the place. >> it is. but you mix your washes colors and textures. you can do a lighter with a darker jean. don't wear head to toe one type, and mix it up. and i'm canadian, and the canadian tuxedo works today. >> i'm from michigan, close enough. i cannot wait for this. thank you. >>> we have to turn now though we have today's "morning stir." it's new years, so many of us start a new diet or weight loss regi regimen. but making it stick, and mara schiavocampo has written a poork, thin spired and gained renewed happiness and lost 90 pounds. here's her story. >> reporter: here on "good morning america," you're used to seeing me like this. it's happening all over the country. pleaded no

we'll see if there are bigger storms as the accu-weather forecast coming ups up. >> the story of a $3500 pg and e bill. we female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. find the tempur-pedic that's right for you and see why they're the most highly recommended bed in america. plus, get three years interest-free financing. sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100 day money back guarantee. and of course, free same-day delivery. are you next? announce make sleep train your ticket to tempur-pedic. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> there has been another good-sized earthquake in one of the active regions in the state. a magnitude 5.7 quake struck off the coast of ferndale. there are no reports of major damage but things did fall off the shelves like this fish bowl at one bed and breakfast. residents are pretty used to the shaking, actually. >> seconds later a slam came in and shook everything. the barn is just shaking like crazy. didn't last long as long as it did, it

. >> pg and e runs simulations >> we see different colors >> new sensing equipment can tell which homes of the smart meters. that forecasting software goes to work again. >> based on where the customers are being fed from what is the probable device that is open. >> a grid is squeezed in the yard where they can test equipment >> the bay area doesn't get all kinds of weather. that is what this dome is for. >> we can replicate lightning we want to find out how hard to use and abuse equipment before a break. >> there are new things to test >> and if there is a power outage it could be into the grid that could pose crews working on the line with hardware routing power around the lines. >> do you like it when it feels like spring. clear skies now and let's talk about air quality. here is the forecast we have coming into the week 11 spare the air days look at wednesday, friday, saturday. in some sports of the bay area we'll have good air qualityzv low 60s to mid-60s around the bay and hazy there here is the accu-weather forecast. mild pattern continues throughout the weekend. over the weekend

pg&e crews, as you can see are there. it all started when a construction crew struck an unmarked, high-pressure gas line. it happened a few hours ago. there are several evacuations as a precaution, but they're urging people to stay away from this area. no word when this leak will be capped. >>> on a lighter note the san jose earthquakes are showing off their new digs in the south bay. the stadium is almost ready for the quakes' home opener against the chicago fire on march 22nd. going to be a hot ticket. they say it's almost sold out. the turf still needs to be lined, though but 18,000 seats are installed, some of them right up against the field, which will make for a much more intimate fan experience. >> having a stadium and having you know a larger fan base here we'll have almost 18,000 people and that in itself will bring so much more energy. it will help us as players. >> did you notice that odd pattern of colors in the seats? it represents a coded message that still needs to be broken. and the stadium is right by the

seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner crews? >> i have a question, on the small scale projects that pg & e are planning, has the city of san francisco or the puc actually partnered with them or beginning discussion about possible sites or is that down the road? >> barbara hale, sf puc. we have not had discussions with puc about projects. we have been shaping the proposal that they put before the california puc as an interested party in that proceeding, but no discussions about projects, no. >> okay. i think my question is leading me to the thought that if there were discussions about site, for example, solar sites that we would want to be sure cleanpowersf has priority over pg & e site. that's something that the green tariff made me think of. thank you. >>supervisor london breed: thank you. so seeing no other names on the roster. i will like to move on to item no. 6 at this time. city clerk: status update on the san francisco boerndz ordinance electing to study the feesibility implementing a community choice aggregation program by joining marin clean energy. >> jason fried. i have the

. >> pg and e runs simulations >> we see different colors >> new sensing equipment can tell which homescause of the smart meters. that forecasting software goes to work again. >> based on where the customers are being fed from what is the probable device that is open. >> a grid is squeezed in the yard where they can test equipment >> the bay area doesn't get all kinds of weather. that is what this dome is for. >> we can replicate lightning we want to find out how hard to use and abuse equipment before a break. >> there are new things to test >> and if there is a power outage it could be into the grid that could pose crews working on the line with hardware routing power around the lines. >> do you like it when it feels like spring. clear skies now and let's talk about air quality. here is the forecast we have coming into the week 11 spare the air days look at wednesday, friday, saturday. in some sports of the bay area we'll have good air qualityzv low 60s to mid-60s around the bay and hazy there here is the accu-weather forecast. mild pattern continues throughout the weekend. over the we

see you tomorrow morning! my name is tony sartorio. i'm a lineman for pg&e out of the concord service center.lived here pretty much my whole life. i have been married for twelve years. i have 3 kids. i love living here and i love working in my hometown. at pg&e we are always working to upgrade reliability to meet the demands of the customers. i'm there to do the safest job possible - not only for them, but everybody, myself included that lives in the community. i'm very proud to do the work that i do and say that i am a lineman for pg&e because it's my hometown. it's a rewarding feeling. >>> late night comics united. denouncing the terror attacks. >> they were killed for their cartoons. >> and american students on lockdown. >> we were advised to stay off the streets. >> then bill cosby back on stage, but where is everybody? as his tv wife speaks out. >> he's not a coward. he's a genius. >> and highway horror. >> we ran into the back of a semi truck and he's not stopping. >> the family dragged under a truck for 16 miles. >> our car is embed underneath of it. underneath-- embedded underneath of

go ahead and plan that and deal with the deep green as the pg & e green tariff moves forward as we learn more about that. what i would like to see done is do more market research to determine what is a deep green product that san francisco want to see. if you are going to put that green rate and use that money to do a larger build-out for more renewables. maybe in the beginning it's not the greenest program but gives us the ability to build that green program or do people just care about getting that green electricity now and our program needs to launch that way. and we need to determine what people really want. i think in some cases we split the two items up and figure out the light green, the base product and move that forward now and get the contract in place. maybe we are not launching this year but we have everything in place and ready to launch what that time comes and the staff are going to be able to do the research and know where they are and hire everyone and getting everyone in place and when we launch it we have time to do the other stuff. that was not my talking points that i wanted to bring up and we can go with pu

. >> hundred of thousands of others got to see it which according to its pg-13 rating may be inappropriate for free. started by african-american businessmen in new york and spread across the country they only needed to show their student i.d. over the weekend to get free ticks. two dozen cities participated in what has been listed as #selmaforstudents. thousands will experience it for free. joining me now tremain lee. it is amazing to me the kind of movement if that's the right word or just sort of cultural force that's grown up around this film which feels much much, much bigger than a movie. >> first of all, happy robert e. lee day. when i talked to some of these business executives men and women, 27 and all, the original founders started around new year's eve around a party where they were talking about what they could do. it seemed like organic given the times we're in to try to give young people an opportunity to connect what's going on now to those that struggled in the past. when you talk to them and they come out they see clearly the connection. when they see the officers with the

as you can see senators and congress members are gathering. the -- pge power outage. the power went out in oakland as well as richmond and san pablo. it also forced b.a.r.t. to send trains through the station without stopping. >>> a woman was killed after an suv overturned. the crash happened right near highway 101. the victim was caught underneath the vehicle. no word yet on what caused that accident. >>> once again a live look inside the capital building where president obama is expected to ♪ ♪ >> good evening from washington, where we're minutes away from president obama's state of the union address to the nation, his first ever before a republican led congress. i'm shepard smith live at the russell row tun da. spoiler alert the crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. the president will say is that just now. a live look at the house chamber where we're expecting to see the president at any moment. the white house has

see a a black sign or colored sign. we know that -- we saw what happened to pg and e and 911 please don't blindly violate or human rights again. thank you. >> we have one more speaker. >> my heart is heavy. i listened to the report. i would like to say when this came before the redevelopment commission and i spoke, i testified at that hearing, when they said that they needed to purchase carol and . >> i stated this to you and i gave you a map a week or two ago so the changes that are going on to maps. you know, you can try to rewrite history, but i do history. i've been in bay view hunter's point since 1948 and i know the area and what i see here today is that the act needs to be enforced. . no one, not 1 person. there was a lawsuit that the community did back in in 2011 and the judge ruled against the dd a. now what any of you can do is call me, and i will give you the judge's name and the number -- i didn't bring it with me today -- but it was ruled that everything that had occurred, the approval by the city planning department and as well as the board of supervisors was invalid. how about that? first time it was the

california public utilities commission to collect some of those pg & e funding for your own energy program and initiatives. the funding level if you see the line chart here there is a 25 percent of 50 percent or 100 percent. that has to do with the incentive level. it's to do with the energy efficiency programs that the program would contribute some funds and the customer themselves would also contribute some funds and the question is when you come up with an interview program like that, what percentage of funding is supplied by the program, what percentage of funding is supplied by the customer. of course the more the customer contributes, the more overall is invested. so, each individual ee program can take a look at what type of incentive level is appropriate for that. >> can i ask a question. is there a certain percentage or maximum that the cca is eligible for? >> the application would take a look at how many customers cleanpowersf has and take the total number of customers collected and that will determine the correct number per transfer. >> i see, thank you. >>supervisor john avalos: i'm hearing it's difficult to hear in the ba

we will pay attention to the details and we want to see this program take shape now and take shape this year. >> supporters say the idea is to break pg&e's monopoly and increase the use of alternative sources of energy. >>> hosting the super bowl is big business and so is finding a place for the crowd to stay. we will break down how big that part of the business could be for the bay area. >> a dense fog advisory for the second morning in a row, we could see one tomorrow morning, the weekend is here, how warm it will be. >> your ride home, that is interstate 80 in berkeley. it is jammed up in both directions. the tail lights heading towards berkeley and richmond. a look at highway 4, the headlights are heading east in to contra costa county. very slow going. a lot of folks head home for the night. bulldog: mattress discounters presidents day sale! get up to four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection! and, get a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for just $397. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ at subway, a great meal starts with a great sandwich on the new "simple 6 menu." with six of our best six-

represent the citizens in our region not the mayor or pg&e they're not the ones that you know the constituency your supported to represent we don't see any reason not to move forward. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> is jess arching man. >> good afternoon commissioner president caen and commissioners up thank you for the opportunity we're pleased with the annex report and at least to consider what the options are it's great to know we don't have to go with the shelf program we can see this program will create jobs and actually help the long term sf puc financially and we would a lot of loving to have the cac director kim come back and talk about the new rates and set them to go forward i want to give you a status report around the bay area napa has joint joined the clean energy and the city testify el cerrito and alameda county that as 1.5 million residents and the san mateo county of board of supervisors is voting to move forward into their community choice program and the city and county of santa clara r seriously looking at this san francisco was the first ever in california to have an ordinance 0 moving forward with community ch

seeing a jump of at least eight cents per gallon. the new surcharge is supposed to reduce pollution. >>> and your pg&e bill is going up. the utility company is increasing household rates by 6%. that starts today. it is the biggest rate hike since 2006. the money will pay for various upgrades and hiring more people to work in the call centers. >>> well here is a useful tip. livermore police are out with an unusual warning. if you have an automatic garage door grab a zip tie. burglars find ways to disengage the emergency release latch on the door and open it without power. using a zip tie secures the emergency release bract to then release the cord, that way, it can't be disengaged and it won't interfere with normal operations. >>> and if you signed up on the do not call list but still get robo calls, you are not alone. julie watts shows us how to stop them. >> reporter: laura miller has a message for robo callers. >> if you are a solicitor, please hang up. >> reporter: this $40 call blocker by century answers your home phone and only lets callers do if they press 1. something a robo caller can't do. she has stopped gett

. >> reporter: it happened where we are, you can see there is a fire truck and firefighters keeping an eye on the hot spots and there are pg&e trucks still here wrapping up rea pairs on the broken gas line -- repairs on the broken gas line. >> reporter: a white car racing down a street in san bruno with police close behind. she got out of the way. >> she was excited driving. >> reporter: when they turned the corner they saw the white car again. >> we went around the other side and we saw the flames. at the pizza parlor. >> reporter: the 16-year-old driver walked away from the crash unarmed after slamming into a gas -- unharmed after slamming into a gas main. >> we are just blessed no one was here. >> the owners plan to rebuild and that their insurance company will be turning to the driver to help them pay for the damage. >> the store is on fire. i thought i fueled the fire for an hour till pg&e crews could shut the gas off. the driver was taken into custody. while her nephew shot this video the teen gave him two thumbs up from the back of the patrol car. police say this started around 10:15 a.m. this morning when they trie

pg & e is using to deal with storms that impact our region. that's all coming up in half an hour on abc7 news at 6:00. >> all right. we'll seeto find just around the corner in san francisco. >> today a bay area native of the harlem globetrotters asked the bus driver to take a detour to lombard street and here's what happened. >> wow! that's so cool. what a free treat for all the tourists. this video of them holding this unusual practice. >> tourists checking out one of the most famous landmarks. certainly got the surprise by getting to check out one of the ost iconic and long running entertainment. >> wow! >> look temperature. >> they're so good. >> if you haven't seen the harlem globetrotters, it is well worth it. >> they're just that good. that will do it for us. >> we appreciate your time >>> on this tuesday night, new images of the horror at our nation's capital. >> please stay call calm. please do not open the doors. >> the underground commute that turns deadly. the crowded train. passengers choking on thick, black smoke. our reporter is there. >>> also tonight, the urgent new warning from the feds about bombs on passen

pg&e customers. residential rates go up almost 6%. businesses could also see a small rate hike.ike will cover safety improvements like replacing old gas lines to prevent another disaster like the san bruno pipeline explosion. it will also pay for an expansion of the smart grid and they plan to higher more customer service workers. >>> more protection for bicyclists in san francisco. after the break, the specific safety improvements they are calling for. >>> plus, cold weather. it's cold around the bay area this morning. looking at the problems facing residents as you wake up this morning. we'll check the freeze warning that's still in effect for one more hour. >>> 880 near the oakland coliseum. traffic is looking good at this hour. we have an animal hazard we want to tell you about up in the north bay. that's coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> i don't want to say too many times it's cold out. but it's cold out of. a lot of 20s. we'll see if there's any warmer lows or afternoon highs in the extended forecast. >>> welcome back. in case i didn't know, it's real cold. we're live

if you look down the block, you can see all of those ladders trying to concentrate on the building that is apparently still burning. i did peak with a pg and e worker who was here, turning off the gas and electric on mission street. i was told by this worker, it appears there is a bakery in the basement of the building and that it might have started with an oven that was left on. again, that is not confirmed. but that is what i was hearing at the scene now. take a look at this video we shot shortly after you arrived. we understand from police, their initial report is that there were residents still inside the building. when we moved here, they moved quickly to get it evacuated. they raised it from a 3 alarm to a 4 alarm fire. part of the top of the building collapsed from the fire. we do understand with all of this thick smoke, they have been trying to work on this fire as quickly as they could. we did speak with police a short while ago, to get an update. here's what she had to say. >> at this time, i can confirm one fatality, it is an adult male. i don't have the age, or further information on him. from the chiefs of san francisco fi

that would eventually come back and affect what was ha pg in either europe or north america. now you see a lot of those fears really coming back to both raise flags and alert people that we have a lot of days of in peshawar the children are going back to school today for the first time in their own act of defyiance that killed more than 150 people. i think that's what attorney general holder and others have been talking about for more than a year. >> and we just got video in from an airport security camera. this is in istanbul international airport believed to be boumeddiene, with the scarfe there, the white scarf with an unidentified person. this is at the airport. now, mikey, officials have said that these terrorists that were killed last week in paris were on the u.s. no-fly zone. apparently this lady was not on any of those lists, at least in europe. star we are aware she wasn't but this goes back to the intelligence communities, and just what a hard job they've actually got in trying to track the numbers of people that are on wanted lists and are going to and from syria. the uk at t

see what these e-mails hide. >> you can clearly feel the conflict continuing. several times we asked pg&e's spokesperson if the company had found anything troubling in the e-mails released today. each time the spokesperson dodged that question. so our dig through the 65,000 e-mails continues. realize this is nearly ten times the number of e-mails that forced pg&e to fire three top executives and ultimately force cpuc president michael peevey to step down at the end of his term last year. jesse? >> thank you very much. tony will be waiting for your results. if you have a tip for tony or investigative unit give us a call at 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> there are no case of ebola in california. late today test results showed a possible ebola patient in sacramento does not have the potentially deadly virus. and then there is this. test results also came back negative today for a suspected ebola patient at the uc davis medical center. that's also in sacramento. public health administrators haven't said whether the cases or the patients are related. >>> okay.

see the damage first hand. the building housed 18 apartments and several businesses, including a popeye's restaurant. the cause of the fire is unknown. one resident died trying to escape the claims. >>> pg&e is set to release thousands of controversial e- mails in connection to the probe of back-chaning diehlings. they were ordered to share 65,000 e-mails with the public utilities commission and the city of san bruno by today. the content of the e-mails is unclear. but previously released e-mails between pg&e and officials at the puc were about pending rate increases following the deadly san bruno explosion. >>> rapper suge knight is in custody in connection with a deadly hit-and-run in los angeles. this is video of knight and his attorney walking into the l.a. county sheriff's department station this morning. police say knight was visiting a movie set in compton yesterday when he got into an argument with two men. witnesses say he gout into his truck, followed the men 2002 restaurant, rav over men in the parking lot and fled the scene. one of the men died from his injuries. knight's attorney has confirmed knight was driving. >> so far the people we talked to said it looked like an inte

see the smoke and flames down below there. this is at the pick and pull on commercial street just a few blocks south of the san jose municipal golf course. firefighters say high energy pg&e lines are on fire. the flames first broke out just a couple hours ago, around 3:00 in the afternoon. crews can only do so much until pg&e cuts the power. we've reach the out to pg&e but haven't yet heard back. we'll bring you the very latest on the story as it develops. >>> a new south bay housing project ready for construction, and now we're learning who many of the homes will be set aside for. >>> also -- >> i'm damian trujillo live at police headquarters in san jose where there will be no criminal charges against the police officer who sent out controversial tweets. what happens to the internal probe, that's coming up next. >>> i wish a super hero would walk in the room for me and tell me, hey, it's going to be okay. >> no super hero could save the day for this man, so he took matters into his own hands. >>> good afternoon, i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. sunshine in san francisco today, does show the cloud cover rolling in by the afternoon. we're tracking the storm that brought

seeing as tully road continues to be closed. the estimated time, again, 7:00 this morning and that's the latest from pg&e. i talked with them at 5:00. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the update, kris. >>> all-new this morning, police investigating a shooting that happened in highway 4 in concord. a car driving along the highway ends up riddled with bullets. stephanie chuang joining us at concord police headquarters. what do we know about the events leading up to the shooting, if anything. and the road was shut down for a period of time as well. >> reporter: absolutely. good morning to you, sam. shut down for about three hours, but everything back open as of around 3:00 this morning. went inside, had some reports. it looked like he dropped him off to a concord police investigator. that's the agency leading the way in this investigation. few details right now. what we do know is there was a shooting on westbound highway 4 around midnight and it happened between the port chicago highway. that is the diablo creek golf course. looks like maybe a late '90s pontiac grand prix. maybe 15 bullet hol

pg and e clamped the pipes. firefighters were able to stop the fire from reaching a tattoo shop in the same building. >> they had to kick the door in. and to see if flames went into the shop. >> firefighters say a 16-year-old girl was a car down a back street. police pursued her through stop lights. >> it was like a, in a race track. waits so loud. >> the driver apparently lost control and plowed into the pizzeria. the teenager escaped and was arrested the fire put out after 12:00 noon. vic lee, abc7 news >> prosecutors are critical of a judge who threw out an arson conviction last year in the case against a man accused of setting two arson fires a jury convicted david diaz for manslaughter for the death of a sexual partner. he set the man's body on fire. this afternoon diaz was back in court for setting a car and house on fire. prosecutors revealed the target is his current boyfriend. >> he indicated it's undue burden to have a defendant having arson registration he would have had. that now rests on the city and county of san francisco. >> police are investigating whether he set fires since december in the castro district. >> a fire destroyed

pg and e clamped the pipes. firefighters were able to stop the fire from reaching a tattoo shop in the same building. >> they had to kick the door in. and to see if flames went into the shop. >> firefighters say a 16-year-old girl was driving a car down a back street. police pursued her through stop lights. >> it was like a, in a race track. waits so loud. >> the driver apparently lost control and plowed into the pizzeria. the teenager escaped and was arrested the fire put out after 12:00 noon. vic lee, abc7 news >> prosecutors are critical of a judge who threw out an arson conviction last year in the case against a man accused of setting two arson fires a jury convicted david diaz for manslaughter for the death of a sexual partner. he set the man's body on fire. this afternoon diaz was back in court for setting a car and house on fire. prosecutors revealed the target is his current boyfriend. >> he indicated it's undue burden to have a defendant having arson registration he would have had. that now rests on the city and county of san francisco. >> police are investigating whether he set fires since december in the castro district. >> a fire d

see you soon. rolling stone magazine slamming americans sniper. look at this headline titled. american snipers almost too dumb to criticize. here is the quote. to turn the iraq war into a saccharine, almost pgersion about a killing machine with a heart of gold slowly starts to feel bad about shooting enough women and children, that was a heartwarming to see coming. it is not necessarily surprising rolling stone doesn't like the movie the criticism seems very scathing in my mind. >> no surprise. go deeper into the review and the author says the politics of the movie are so ludicrous and idiotic they are reminiscent of the world view of the walnut sized mind of a president who got us into the war in question. the aids bush, he's the iraq war and doesn't like a movie. the amazing thing is many on the left despise this movie, many on the right have embraced this movie. it has become a political battlefield as well as the war movie and i heard you say earlier $100 million in revenues so far good for the box office. charles: great for the box office and already set all kinds of records for a january opening. what you are talking about criticizing everyone, every american who like this or buys int

see them putting water on that right now some smoke coming up. it could be a while before the fire is completely under control. an underground pg be fueling the flames. pg&e is trying to turn that off right now. again, this is near the 880/101 interchange in san jose. we'll keep you updated. >>> here's another reminder about the closing of the golden gate bridge. electronic signs posted all over the bay area. the bridge will be closed at midnight tomorrow night and it will re-open at 4:00 monday morning. so midnight tomorrow night friday night, and won't open until 4 a.m. monday. so in just over 29 hours, regular traffic will be stopped on the bridge both directions. workers will spend the weekend installing a movable barrier to prevent any more head-on collisions. >>> imagine this. you need to go to the hospital. the ambulance arrives and it's a mine-resistant tank with gun ports. yeah that could be coming to the bay area. i'll have that and much more on bay area nightbeat at 10:00 on our sister station, kbcw 44/cable 12. >>> bay area baby is beating the odds tonight after doctors initially gave him little chance to survive. t

see the backups in the cash and fastrak lanes. on the bridge it's fine. we are gathering more information about a power outage affecting san francisco people. pg&e says more than 4,000 customers are affected. it's affecting the stop lights at van ness and lombard. a major intersection there. maybe for folks heading out of marin county i know a lot of people use that route into the city. so if you reach that intersection you can use it as a four-way stop because the lights are not functioning. if you are coming out of the sausalito area, across the golden gate bridge, everything is fine right now across the span. with the forecast, here's roberta. >>> we do have far less fog. good morning, everybody. it's considerably quiet but for the most part we have some pockets of dense fog. for example, santa rosa visibility down to a quarter mile day to the areas of fog. temperatures into the 30s and 40s. good morning, san jose. you currently are at 39 degrees. chilly. 46 degrees in hayward. low 40s in pleasanton with clear skies. it's in the upper 30s in santa rosa, mid-40s in napa. it is now 45 degrees in vallejo backing through american canyon. we do

see dairy products start escalating in cost. >> farm operators have to make decisions now about planting before they find out what their water allotments are going to be. >>> pg&e customers will notice higher rates on their next utility bills. with the new year, monthly rates are nearly 6% higher for the average home. that extra money is supposed to cover costs of replacing old gas distribution lines. the rate hike is for the largest pg&e customers -- no, it is the largest, rather, for pg&e customers since 2006. >>> soda is supposed to be more expensive now in berkeley but the city is still trying to figure out how to enforce its new sugary drinks tax. it was a voter-approved initiative that was supposed to begin with the new year. but this is a first-of-its-kind tax, so there are no logistical blueprints to follow. that means the system has to be started from scratch. >> how people will keep track when they will pay the tax, how it will be collected. >> when a plan is eventually established, it is the distributors who will be directly taxed. all or part of the extra costs may then be passed on to he retailors and then to con -- on to retailers and then to co

see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. my name is tony sartorio. i'm a lineman for pghole life. i have been married for twelve years. i have 3 kids. i love living here and i love working in my hometown. at pg&e we are always working to upgrade reliability to meet the demands of the customers. i'm there to do the safest job possible - not only for them, but everybody, myself included that lives in the community. i'm very proud to do the work that i do and say that i am a lineman for pg&e because it's my hometown. it's a rewarding feeling. . >>> one issue we're dealing with is what to call terrorists right? >> yeah. >> another is whether or not muslims are getting a bad wrap being identified as part of the terrorism problem at all, so the question becomes is the world dealing with a muslim terror threat or is that a false perception? we have dean obedell, he's a columnist for the daily beast and buck sexton cnn political commentator, national security editor for the blaze.com. so dean -- >> yes. >> -- you sparked us being here today. you wrote a piece saying hey, you thi

you can see both directions on tully road are opened the eastbound lane is one line at this point where 30 minutes away this happened around 240 as they have to know what a third- party non pguse the to rupture pg&e came out to them about three hours to cap the gas leak altogether 57 businesses were impacted but right now electricity is not a problem they have nothing to do with differences might be a little cold this morning that i use they're here but they have license everything like that as far as the restaurant out here that should have their power and gas rather 93945. >> erica: take a look of those a lot of the golden gate bridge petaluma you're not seeing anything in visible down there as well as santa rosa you see that only of slight few to do with limited visibility where dylan of the dense fog rising the interior locations into the afternoon lots of sunshine and temperatures near average before the cell that all have a look at the extended forecast to be talking about record- breaking highs come up to my next report. >>george: record breaking slow for 680 in the southbound direction that will is the canyon road has the right jammed up to the north of highway 24 f