sutter health has 24 hospitals in the bay area and northern california. the state attorney general and 1,500 self-funded health plans alleged sutter abused its power to stifle competition and overnight charge people medical bills. opening arguments were set to begin this week. the settlement needs court approval. there's been no comment from sutter. >>> a lyft driver in stockton thought she was just picking up a regular passenger, but it turned out as reporter ryan hill explains, it was anything but. >>> the guy seemed kind of anxious, you know. he seemed like -- desperate to go home. >> reporter: marisa says she drove past stockton police investigating a hit and run on her way to pick up a rider. she says she had no idea the man who got in her car was a suspect wanted by police. she quickly found out when she was stopped by officers a few minutes later. >> once i got pulled over and how he was acting, i kind of already knew like, obviously there -- they're looking for him. >> reporter: investigators heard the suspect involved in the crash had been picked

i can't speak to the sutter issue, i don't know. but we've done everything we can to make sure this works. i will continue to make sure it works. >> i'll just add to that, we did have to lock it for a period of time to not do any changes while we did do extensive testing so that was one of the reasons we couldn't pull sutter down and add another county. that's obviously been remedied as we move forward. >> i have a similar question regarding half moon bay and the map says they're in the shutoff community organization there that says they won't be affected by the shutoff so maybe we can talk about that afterward. and then can you talk a little bit more about this test that you're going to do with chp tonight, and then will you be able to use that technology in the restoration of this upcoming outage when yesterday you thought maybe that wouldn't be possible? >> so, bill mentioned last night the potential ability to leverage that fixed wing aircraft from chp. today's activities were securing the aircraft, the pilot, the qualified elec

if you really look at the evacuation areas you look at where sutter santa rosa, regional hospital asrson or santa rosa regional hospital is is below some of the major areas that we've talked about those evacuation zones. but what we saw a couple years ago as some of these hospitals eventually had to be evacuated in here looks like they're taking that precautionary steps early on. so they don't get into a situation in worst case scenario. that the flames came close and they had to evacuate last minute yet 2 years ago when the wildfires ripped through the north bay center hospital was also evacuated that. >>so those in 2017 officials reported about 70 patients then we're forced to evacuate addition to a 130 patients that were evacuated from kaiser for monday in santa rosa right now we're just talking about center santa rosa regional hospital. evacuation order right now because of the king cake 5. >>yeah and center santa rosa regional hospital, it is it is near highway one oh one. it's actually you know we've been talking about healdsburg and winds are because they were areas that were

during the occupying of 1830 1830 subtler, ther sutter. (reading from document). the period of significance from 1932-1959 encompasses the relocation to another site. as noted, the san francisco ywca moved into the building in 1960 and programmed it to the late 1990s when he announced the buildings failed. the japanese american redress, a group of japanese americans lead a successful, legal struggle to retain title to the buildings to be kept in use for the benefit of the japanese community. it is anticipated that the community effort to retain the building for japanese use will be for significance in the future. staff agrees under criteria a with the ethnic heritage and struggles and accomplishments. staff agrees the building is locally significant for the civil rights and lgbtq right. the commissioner may recommend the nomination, not recommend the nomination or recommend the nomination be revised. comments may be added to the resolution in your packets and forwarded to the reservation. this concludes my presentation. there are two patrons available for your que

after they made that announcement they started preparing these patients to get moved out. >>> at sutter santa rosa regional hospital, buses arrived to help transport patients who are safe to move in groups. about 100 are transferring to medical centers across the region. some with more critical needs. >> i think about ten are in the intensive care unit. 13 are in the emergency unit. and the emergency department and the rest are med surge patients. >> reporter: and as the hospital begins to move people, law enforcement officers are fanning out across an expanded mandatory evacuation zone in sonoma county. they are going door to door telling people to leave. during tonight's breaching by inded nd o people about the conditions they faced just two years ago. >> fire is not something you can fight. in october of 2017, we lost 24 lives in sonoma county because we didn't have a warning. we now have a warning. >> reporter: the kincade fire continues to grow, and the fears are it may grow just as fast as the tubbs fire in 2017 as winds increase tonight. >> the problem tonight or potentially we'r

sutter health has 24 hospitals in the bay area and northern california.ate attorney general and 1500 self-funded health plans claim that sutter stifled the competition and overcharged patients. the settlement still needs to be court approved. so far no comment from sutter. >>> this could be the next big coachella or ultra miami but for your baby. this is a baby rave and it's in the bay area. the next rave at the bay area children's theater is in three days. check it out. this is billed as a kid-friendly dance party featuring the beats of d.j. et. the "l.a. times" says it usually sells out. it costs $7 for adults and children ages 1 to 4, and if you have a baby 1 and under, they can rave for free. these happen every month if you can't make this one. at the baby rave, the rolling section is literally children rolling on the ground. rolling around. >> okay. >> i think this is fun. >> sure. >> aren't raves all night long? >> this is a day party. back for 11:30 and nap time. >> we're starting out with mist and drizzle. parts of the bay area, south bay, but thi

. >>> is in california giant sutter health is settling antitrust complaints in the state. the lawsuit was filed by california attorney general and the group of employers and unions. they accused sutter health exerting its power to inflict costs on insurance companies and patients. a tentative agreement was reached before the start of the trial. the office confirmed the deal but could not comment further until it's approved. sutter health operates a 24 hospitals in northern california and continues to face a federal antitrust lawsuit. >>> berkeley is the fourth the city to ban government use of facial recognition technology. the measure was an amendment to the city ordinance that required the city council to approve the purchase of surveillance technology. tests have shown technology is faulty and often misidentifies people. the city spokesperson idthe city has never sought out the technology and has not in place. the police department declined comment. san francisco enacted the country's first ban on the technology. oakland and emeryville are considering similar messages.

so far there's been no comment from sutter. >>> cutting the line. how a clipper card could help speed you through airport security lines. >>> horsing around, but this isn't just for fun. how horses are helping cancer survivors thrive. >>> plus, early warning. 30 years after loma prieta, a new plan could let you know when a quake is coming just seconds away. >> reporter: i'm michael finney. tonight we're focusing on earthquake retrofitting. just what do you have to do to make your home safe? >>> i'm spencer christian, it may be too early to declare the rainy season has begun, but showers are on the way. >>> tomorrow, governor newsom is set to announce that a statewide earthquake early warning system is coming to california. the governor says the alert system should not replace home preparedness. >> i think we're as prepared as one can be. the question is, are we as individuals prepared. 72hour.org in the bay area is important, it's a powerful tool for people to get their own family emergency plans in order. >> the shake alert system will not predict

there have been evacuations and work being done at kaiser santa rosa's main campus as well as sutter hospital. it would be best to [ inaudible ] actually my city's website. i don't have the current status of where they're at as far as accepting patients but both of those hospitals have been working on plans to start diverting and redirecting. >> where would they be going all the patients and can you talk about the sheer magnitude of that kind of work to get all those folks to safety? people who have medical conditions and the challenges there? >> yeah. it's not just the hospitals. a lot of work done over the last couple public safety power shutoffs and our experience in 2017 that have put us in a better position with helping coordinate those from our care facilities to our skilled nursing facilities. we have had to evacuate them before and we're in a similar situation now. there's coordination between our city, the cy eoc, communication with arranging transportation if needed, so there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes to make those processes flow as smooth as possible. >> a

all right let's turn our attention now to german soccer news and sutter is going to slip a match upson dortmund play host to glom bah and surprise legal leaders early in the season dortmund was without a victory in their last 3 games but a one nil win put them right back into the running for the title. dortmund we're looking to get into the run of draws against the team with the strongest away form in the table a tough task thing full d.c.m. 5 a side. chances at a premium early on by stefan lane a kind clothes for gladbach off the last load dennis whipped a free kick round to the back post. dortmund's best opportunity also came from a set piece but again some of it was more than equal match hormones had a. dortmund looks to attack in the league through token hazza but it wasn't to be with the video referee sporting an offside in the build up. knocker royce the offender. the team's remained nick and nick nil nil at the interval. after the break the home side came out with fresh gusto and in themselves a late as up for old in the 1st half hour mark a royce with these 3 ball and the cap

sutter health is also available for comments. >> does sutter health wish to make a presentation as well? >> we are good. >> i have a few speaker cards. catcrachel, gloria. >> there is an organized opposition. >> okay. >> good morning, commissioners. i am a professor of law at university of california hastings college of law. i am here to present the comments today of the san francisco for healthcare, housing and jobs and justice, a coalition which is an organization active for the last 10 years, more than 10 years. they were instrumental in if community benefit package that is part of the development agreement. we are not a party to the agreement but actively involved in the drafting by participating in public proceedings, and it also has been monitoring the agreements, and implementation. we presented written comments back in june and those are at the end of your package. there are two statements, one on the development agreement overall and also a statement on the sub-acute care issues in san francisco. a lot of time is invested in this process, and it is important time. it is an oppo

and the red rectangle shows the approximate location of the front bed along sutter street. this is a photo of the new garden. and that is one of the boulders. and this is a temporary sign. the actual sign will be embedded onto the rock. and these are three photos showing similar types of signage in our parks. that concludes my presentation. thank you. >> president buell: thank you. >> i have one blue card. mickey? >> good afternoon. my name is mickey and i'm here to support the japanese community efforts to place a plaque in the issei rock garden and its wording. for the past 40 years i've lived at 1979 sutter street, which is right across the street from the park. and several times every day, my dog and i will be past this park and we see many people looking at it, observing it. and people from everywhere. those locals in the neighborhood, people from around san francisco, the bay area, and of course the tourists. and everyone has said this is a very, very beautiful unique garden. and i heard nothing negative about it, but some people rightfully wanted to know what it was.

the parking structure is owned by sutter health. we talk to them directly and they are not interested in cell sites. the center health is right across -- the parcels across the street i think there's one whole block, but the parking structures owned by them. the hospital was a preferred location, but they said no. we searched for properties nearby and the current project is across the street from the hospital and has shown the least interest and meets all of our cell site design requirements. >> thank you. >> commissioner richards? >> the one thing that has struck me, you know, there is all of these numbers i'm not an electrical engineer physicist, but what resonated with me is this 51 feet, great bodily danger. somebody said that if your hundred feet away there is no danger. for every foot you go away, for every foot you go away from 51 feet, how much does the risk go down from no bodily danger, or less bodily danger? >> in terms of radiofrequency emissions on things like that. the conditions of approval also state that all radiofr

. >>> antitrust complaints are being settled with a class action lawsuit accusing sutter health of exerting market power to inflate insurance costs. the california attorney general, xavier becerra, confirmed the deal but won't comment further. they operate hospitals in northern california and they face a lawsuit. >>> jew labs is being forced to change its marketing and promotion to make sure that minors aren't targeted. under a new settlement, they cannot advertise on social media other than it's own youtube page and they are banned in any media where 15% of the audience or more is under 21. they can advertise, but not near a school, sporting event or concert that allows people under 21. >>> we are seeing some of the damage on pg&e power lines that occur during the planned power shutoffs. pg&e's inspectors found more than 100 cases of damage throughout the year in napa, santa clara and santa cruz counties and they said any of those damaged lines could turn to fire if those lines had been active and live. >>> many bay area businesses took a big financial hit during the power shut off and the

abused its market power to push out competition, an overcharge patients, the antitrust case against sutter health was brought by 1500 employers and attorney general airbus air later joined the case spokeswoman for the attorney general's office said she could not comment further until the final agreement is approved by the court sometime in the future. spokeswoman for center health did not immediately return a call seeking comment. >>a public pathway in san francisco that neighbors say has become a magnet for homelessness and drug dealing could soon because stop. >>kron four's maureen kelly reports now that some residents recently matters into their own hands. >>i'm standing in front of the angle side pathway which you can see is just a little ali way that connects this section of ocean avenue with the eagles side terrace neighborhood on the other and so there are homes on both sides of this pathway where it needs urbano drive now struck did now. but a few weeks ago, someone put a big piece of plywood here blocking access and it came down apparently after some other neighbors complained. i

it still reflects the old numbers and in fact sutter county which will no longer be impacted remains on the list. it's unknown whether the maps a potential outage areas have been updated either. even worse despite promises the web site was being improved, we found it to be inaccessible several times during the morning some of the concern that the website having problems this morning. n the p s p s event. ally even what guarantee is there that we don't run into the same problems. tomorrow. >>we reinforce that on the back end of our website added more database. larger database more servers so we're nfwe c handle the volume similar to the unprecedented levels that we had a few weeks ago during that early october p s p s of that. >>the gusty winds are expected to hit parts of napa and sonoma county about 5 o'clock wednesday afternoon and parts of san mateo county about 2 o'clock thursday morning. that would mean the power could be shut off in those areas. several hours earlier if pg e goes through with the shot off. >>again we're expecting get an update from pg e c o comip at 5.30 w bngo

buses just left 20 minutes ago to take the patient's evacuated, they will be taken in and treated at sutter health facilities in nevada and the california medical center. a spokesperson said in a statement, our first priority is the safety of our patients. employees and clinicians. >>> the weather offering no help to firefighters, the winds forecast to reach up to 80 miles an hour. meteorologist, mark tamayo with more on the red flag warning. >> it is not a gradual increase, it will be a sudden jump, expecting the jump over the next 2 to 4 hours, especially in the north bay. there's a strong went out to the north, more north and east, as we hit passed the midnight hour into sunday, you will notice the strong uptake. notice those errors are contouring the hills. the hills could actually increase those wind speeds or amplify the wind speeds, that is a key concern as we head into sunday. once again, the red flag warning , all the areas of red, strongest wind in the north bay hills where the peaks like mount st. helena will be gusting at 70 miles an hour. this wind will affect the north bay and

and the locket is from sutter's mill when i was 12-years-old, one of the first thing that locked up gold. have you seen a older lock. that's i didn't like that one. bruce is retiring. can you see the t-shirt. and i want to say good luck to retirement to him. he worked there quite a while. he is leaving on a jet plane. and good luck in retirement to him. oh i hope he does real good. >> supervisor yee: thank you. >> and we'll see. we'll meet again. do know where or when but i know we'll meet again. some supervisor board of supervisors day. >> supervisor yee: thank you. any other speakers? please come on up. >> when i first moved to san francisco it seemed inform and it didn't put out very much heat and to inspect the appliances and he explained his procedure and took a look and stated all was well and left actually the guides who installed the new gas stove had failed to seal the connection. it was a metal thread to metal thread no puddy or tape whether the thermostat was up or down the flame remained the same. i turned off the gas and sealed the stove connection in my opinion neither p.g.

there's another trauma center, sutter solano nearby. we are also checking in with them. not only treating people related to the explosion and fire behind me, but also in terms of what kind of injuries, what kind of treatment they're administering. so i hope to have a lot more information for you in just five or ten minutes. reporting live in vallejo, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> leslie, thank you so much. it's a good point whether or not people were impacted by the actual explosion, if there were workers on the scene or people who are sensitive to unhealthy air. if they may be starting to feel any effects of it. >> yeah. all right. i want to take you back to this live picture of sky 7 over the two tanks. see how one tank seems like it's burned itself out and is now just sitting there. the other one still has the thick, black smoke coming out. this makes sense in the light of the information that we just learned that one contained ethan ethanol, that would be the one with the thick, black smoke still coming and the one that is empty. the one that has burned itself

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[laughter] >> so justice broken phone, clerk for justice sutter. it was always at the tail-end his career. i think it was the 100th clerk and there were, i don't know it was annual, but i remember one union of many and i remember sending, former clerks are so old. [laughter] although they've had really breasting careers and i haven't done a math but it's been 20 years since i clerked and i think i'm now in the category. it's a little bit strange. you'll see it's about 10% strategy and 90% serendipity but it's been great fun and i feel as lucky and privileged at the career that i have as i did when i was at the supreme court getting those clerkships, like i'm not the only one with the story similar to that but my parents are immigrants, holocaust survivors and the chance, you know, in this country to go to law school like harvard and to clerk at the supreme court is really an amazing thing and actually at the supreme court one of the most pleasurable moments was bringing my parents to the court and explaining to me them why nazi germany -- i assume

in a cas watch nationwide, sutter abusing its market power to overcharge patients.ls are pending its final approval in february or march. sadbo news in the world ong. patrick day died today four days after sustaining head injuries in a fight. conwell wrote a heartfelt post on social media after the match. saying, if i could take it all back, i woul patrick day was 27. the u.s. special envoy on iran says the withdrawal from syria does not undermine the strategy to exert maximum pressure on iran. senators from th sides warned the pullout will aid the syrian regi and its iranian allies. brian hook disagreed. >> the president's dision is t going to change our iran strategy. iran doesn't have thet money t it used to. iran is going to face a dilemma. they can either support guns in syria or prioritize the needs of their own people at home. >> president trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with irant ear and has imposed economic sanctions. there were signsoday that a new brexit deal may be close. britain and the european union held talks into wednesday evening. s the

. >>> in the meantime sutter santa rosa regional hospital is in the kincade fire mandatory evacuation zone and last night they began evacuating the facility on mark west spring road. the evacuation involves about 100 patients, some of them by bus, others by ambulance. they have been brought to various other hospitals in the bay area and and surrounding neighborhoods. law enforcement went door-to-door last night using bites and loudspeakers telling people to leave immediately. meanwhile, all inmates at the north county detention facility have also been evacuated. the sonoma county sheriff's department says they are being housed safely in alameda county. >>> the santa rosa city school district is closing all 24 schools on monday. santa rosa junior college is following suit causing all campuses and online classes. the college of marin's two campuses will also be closed monday and so will the cal state maritime academy in vallejo. we have posted a full list on our website, cbssf.com. >>> as fire danger intensifies, thousands of pg&e customers are in the dark. another round of public safet

the sutter hospital and keyser hospital. and the charles schultz sonoma county airport. they're closed to all flights except of the eval cue wags in place for that whole area. >> right now we want to take you to the investigation, it helped develop the bay area in sonoma county as a result of the kinkaide fire that broke out on wednesday. it's a threat that keeps growing and growing and overnight the winds keep reaching the incredible speeds that they did. overnight winds not sustained by a lot of high density population. santa rosa, parts of it as well. all the way to the coast, we're talking about to bodega bay, sebastopol. >> that's the way the wind is blowing, which actually lisa mentioned is blowing a lot of this smoke back out to sea rather than perhaps farther down to san francisco or the peninsula. but yeah, it's quite aig