has that ever happened. >> the pg and e proposal is still before the california puc. it hasn't been approved. there was activity that caused the puc to make some method my -- some modifications but it should be before the california puc for approval some time in the summer, early fall. >> okay. >> they were supposed to have their program finalized and approve by the beginning of this summer, but that didn't happen. >> and the shape of that program, i assume is getting clearer over time? >> yes, as clear as things can be in that regulatory process, yes. >> i noticed that both marin -- that changes the risk profile because we have deep pockets of the general fund, one of the things that was kind of convenient about the shell contract is that they required that we basically fund our liabilities and fund their risk so that we internalize the risk. we've been talking that that's changing. i don't want an answer today really, but i would like an answer, is the risk profile really changing or is the way you have to fund it changing? so if the risk is the same, but now it's i

the agreement before a license from the port and pg & e to submerge the property and an option agreement to acquire some pg & e own land near the ports pier 70. you heard this item in january. it's substantially the same along with the recommendations of the budget analyst. i'm going to breeze through this fairly quickly. if i can turn to the overhead project or, please. okay, san francisco's current system in the city includes 100 kv system and 230 kv system which is shown in light blue here. that's the system that served downtown san francisco. the two lines serving that system run over areas of the city that are subject to liquefaction. that's the reason for this project is to provide redundant service to downtown in the case for a major seismic event. the rational was studied by the california public studies commission. they recognize a major seismic risk that one or both cables can be severed over the next 30 years for the next seismic event and these cables would be sound. fl were no power after an earthquake there would be loses. the direct losses would be up to $3 billion. you wi

sam bruno's e-mails show a high ranking aid to the state public utilities giving pg&e advice. the puc is supposed to oversee, regulate and possibly even punish companies like pg&e when things go wrong. but this shows a cozy relationship, that they obtained as a settlement by the puc and now going public. we'll sit down with state senator jerry hill who has been close to this investigation. we'll talk about those e-mails and the cozy relationship. >> he was a vocal opponent to the pg&e. there are whisperings behind the scene. these e-mails appear to give level of proof on that. >> not just questions about this particular relationship, there is questions about other fines and oversights the puc has done. >> they made a quiet move behind the scenes to reduce the fine it leveed against the company that owned that limousine. it erupted into flames on the san mateo bridge killing a bride and four of her girlfriends. so the p.u.c. was fined $20,000 for it. then the p.u.c. reduced that fine to $5,000. another subject we'll talk about with senator jerry. >>> expanding chevron's oil refi

attorney general to the county prosecutor to make inquiries as to the pg&e/cpuc relationship and bring actions as necessary. it wants an independent monitor to oversee the relationship between pg&e and the cpuc going forward. >> if the cpuc leadership during the past three and a half years has made no effort to respect the arm's length relationship they are supposed to have with pg&e. >> in a statement sent to san bruno, the cpuc and the news media, the ceo says i want to assure you that we'll review the e-mails involved in the matter to ensure this high standard was upheld, if not we'll take action. and then the cpuc issued this statement, the cpuc takes seriously all allegations of bias and will evaluate the motions when filed by the city of san bruno, including providing an opportunity for parties to comment. a lot more at 5:00 and 6:00. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. we'll see you then. >>> temporary road closures remain in effect going into yosemite national park because of a large wildfire. drivers are not being allowed on part of big

that program was authorized to us by the california utility commission. pg and e offers the same and we're offering something as well. we offer rebates, technical assistance and we're offering an on bill repayment program for our customers who want to implement energy efficient upgrade. that's unique because we've partnered with local bank and they're offering loans for the upgrades and they pay the loan back on our customer bills so increase a direct tide. we also have paid for the fund -- for the installation of electrical vehicle charging. we're offering a battery storage program to our immediate yaum and large commercial customers. we partnered with an organization called bidgley. and those are basically tools that give energy -- it can tell you how much the appliances are costing you. we help fund the marine green business program. it's apart of the bay area green business program. finally i want to mention that pca create local jobs and that's something we're proud of. more than 1300 california jobs have been created through mce since we started servic

the puc is supposed to be a regulatory body with oversight authority over pg&e. the e-mails appear to show a close and somewhat cozy relationship between the leadership of the puc and top management of pg&e, which leads to utility matt question, jess and raj, can the puc impartially determine pg&e's penalty for the explosion? stay tuned. that feud is ongoing. >> okay, tony, thank you. we'll stay tuned until next monday as well. >>> well, we first broke this story last night, and now we have more details. the government has add racketeering charges in the corruption case against the suspended state senator leland yee and raymond chow. while some are calling this a savvy legal maneuver, chow's lawyer says it shows the government doesn't have much of a case. >> one conviction of one count of racketeering carries a potential sentence of 20 years. >> for them to come out with a superseding indictment that essentially alleges the same facts of the original indictment is a sign of weakness in the prosecution. >> the racketeering charge not only ups the ante in terms of s

&e gets the authorization to introduce or to launch and we have been working to insure that the pg&e facilitates the projects and the disadvantaged communities and that was part of the obligation and we are participating to insure that pg&e renew ables program creates a opportunity for the communities like ours to develop and subscribe to the local projects built in our community and that is the focus of our participation and it will continue and finally on the legislative front, ab 2145 was referred to earlier in today's meeting, and this is assembly member bradford's effort to modify the rules of the game if you will for the community choice and it was heard in the senate energy and commerce community on june 23rd and the opposition was successful in removing the opt in requirement and it recalls that this bill will eliminate this opt out and put in place the opt in requirement instead. and there are ongoing amendments to allow pcas to expand existing ccas or new ccas to expand to three counties, and it includes those amendments include some grandfathering provisions for existing

you can see should be barred from operatidispensary they fou they were stealing power and bypassed the pg&e meter and had installed the grow contrary to the grow permissions in state law and caused the fire that endargd obviously everyone in the neighborhood he essentially and the building burnt so it was red-tagged by the dbi. to my understanding and from there the place was closed down and dbi issued the notice and post fines and dph thought they addressed the issue to water wellness and mr. shep and the permit from north cal was revoked in the initial attachment to our brief. so we know about that history that's not stuff you need to obtain from newspapers or need to look at unscrub i cannot obligations only from the staff stay and the dph and city police department and i guess those are those 3. now you is well, that was several years ago why should we take away the permit now mr. will there are a number of reasons the first this is is an overwhelming need to treat that as a business as the city attorney put it a lack active business because of personal income tax those are personal d

the others. in another e-mail pg&e staffer gives a heads up on the utility financial status. i stand arrested and poor notified us this morning they will be downgrading pg&e long-term ratings by one notch today. pg&e responded by saying it hold it's employees to the highest standard of conduct. >> we go through the different communication and make sure that no one fell short. to be clear we will take the appropriate action. >> cpuc released a statement that says in part the cpuc takes seriously all allegations of bye as and rule violation and evaluate the motion when filed by the city of san bruno. including providing an opportunity for parties to comment. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> tonight police are searching for gunmen after a man was killed in san jose today. happened about 3:40 this afternoon on grammar place couple block west of foothill high school when police arrive they found the victim injured on the ground. they rushed him to the hospital. doctors could not save him however. this was the city 21st homicide of the year. after three-month investigation the santa clara co

the pg & e will have to find a new location to support the utility operations in the city. we talked last time about some environmental conditions on the property. we've negotiated a plan to clean up the property and make sure that uses are appropriate to that type of background contamination. the goal into purchasing the property is to rezone it. planning department would work with the port on that rezoning effort. it would be subject to the boards approval. department of real estate will have a transferable option and it would go through a competitive process after it's rezoned and we have net estimated the proceeds from that work to be greater than $20 million which will go to the portrero an nex housing project. ceqa is complete, ports recommended the license to the board of supervisors. if the board approves the agreement, it will go to bcdd the water engineers for in water construction. pg & e is getting ready to go. they want to start construction in august of this year and the cable would be in service by april of 2016. thank you very much for your attention. i'm av

and it is the pg&e, activities to attempt to have a green tariff, option, for their customers and i can report today that we are expecting a proposed decision, in the green tariff proceeding any time now. and the law requires the commission to have a decision, by july, of 2014. and we are actually expecting a proposed decision, and it could be issued this afternoon, or monday. and so, stay tuned on that. we, are expecting further activity after the proposed decision, of course, the way that the puc and the california puc process works and there is a proposed decision, introduced by staff, comments are received, and it sits before the commission, for not less than 30 days. and then the commission may take the item up at a public hearing. so, that is kind of the time frame, and so for that first phase decision. and the assigned commissioner in the case, issued a ruling in early june, that established a third phase of the proceedings. and that is where they, they are likely to hash out the community renewable portion of the green tariff program and so even though we are going to be seeing

&e will have transparency. >> documents the city obtain show that over 36 months pg&e has made illegal efforts to influence the cpuc decision makers to protect the utilitys' financial interests. sadly and shockingly they have participated in the illegal conduct. >> pg&e responded by saying they have high ethical standards to physical. the statement says, in part "i want to assure you that we will review the mails involved in this matter to ensure that this high standard was up uphold and if it was not we will take proposes action." the cpuc had no idea commenting that they could respond later today. >> developing news this morning from the sierra, firefighters continue to budget el two wildfires, one burning in yosemite national park and the sand fire has destroyed 3,600 acres of brush in the sierra foothills eat of sacramento. in yosemite, thick smoke, blazing hot temperatures and rugged terrain are hampering firefighters. 2,600 acres have burned and only 5 percent containment. over evacuations are in effect for several small towns. the park remains open. >> the san

bruno has been involved in the penalty process saying i ii keeping close watch to see that the state holds pg&e accountable. that's what these e-mails show. that coziness is not what we expected. >> now, we did reach out to the state puc today but didn't hear back. earlier, they did release a statement about transparency. pg&e referred us back to a statement that was released friday saying in part we're absolutely committed to conducting ourselves in an ethical manner at all times. senator hill is expected to join city leaders as they announce actions against the state puc and the pg&e tomorrow morning in san francisco. >> christy, thank you. >>> today, governor brown took off for mexico on a trade mission and controversy certainly followed him. immigration reform is expected to come up during this trip. but the focus on unaccompanied children leaving central amer a america. bud that hot button topic was not listed. the government's first official trip to mexico since returning to the governor's office three years ago. >> east palo alto police are hoping someone can provide more information o

having off the record e-mail correspondents. well, here's one e-mail at pg&e to a cpuc higher up. >> one said i love you. if that's not koasy, i don't know what is. >> in particular, not only receiving, but on communications responding the messages outside of the public process and outside of the rules. >> reporter: pg&e put out this statement this morning while we're required to communicate on a daily basis with the commission on a wide array of issues with the customers, we are absolutely committed to conducting ourselves in an ethical manner at all times. san bruno city officials not stopping with the call for fines and not just calling for pg&e president to resign, they also want a state investigation around they tell me they're going to be reaching out to the governor and the attorney general. live at cpuc in san francisco, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> thank you. they slap pg&e with a $2.5 billion fine for the san bruno disaster. >>> right now, normal on 580 after this early accident ant eastern edge of livermore. a big rig with 45,000 pounds of bananas and f

and i think the census from what i am hearing from these programs is that having a beginning step, where it's meet or beat pg&e is one of the goals of these programs, which our goal was to get the greenest project even though it cost more money. >> i'm still unclear where we're moving. are we moving to another vote? >> no. >> to proceed further? i didn't think so. so where are we moving? >> a workshop to talk about the other cca programs, marin and sonoma, based off of that, we have also identified what we want to do as far as our business plan on the hetchy and so the legislation that the board passed is for us to lafco to study the marin, so we're going to participate that with the local jobs. so when we come back with our business plan we'll hopefully have -- >> so we're having another joint meeting with lafco on this issue? >> i believe. >> i don't know. >> eventually. >> yes, eventually. >> i would hope -- i mean for me, i think the goal that was set was achieved for this hearing; right? we had the two entities show up. for me, maybe i may be speaking for myself, but then the public participation also g

department's shot spotter technology, but officers will not release any additional details about the crime. >>> pg&e says celebratory gunfire shot into the air last night caused a power line to come down, electrocuting a man. the 19-year-old man died. his half brother was severely injured and is in critical condition. you can see all those illegal fireworks going off in the background as police responded to the scene around 11:30 last night. >> we had a report of some people being injured, report of gunshots and fireworks. upon arrival, we found two gentlemen down on the sidewalk, in the street. >> the pg&e spokesperson says it was a 12,000-volt line. and also started a small grass fire. >>> [ gunshotsgunshot. >> oakland police say they issued 114 citations for illegal fireworks and arrested a number of people on a variety of charges. these are illegal fireworks. the police department says it had 115 officers and 11 other staff focusing on illegal independence day celebrations last night. san francisco police also received a number of reported of illegal fireworks across the city, like this displa

according to the indictment, pg&e obstructed the ntsb investigation shortly after the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. the utility allegedly provided false information about its pipeline safety program. >> it's not just the federal pipeline act. now we're looking at the actions of the company in terms of obstructing the investigation. >> reporter: in addition to the obstruction charge, pg&e allegedly failed to keep accurate records, did not identify problems with pipeline, and did not properly assess dangerous pipelines. pg&e's response to the new indictment reads in part based on all of the evidence we have seen to date we do not believe the charges were warranted. and even where mistakes were made, employees were acting in good faith. the fine could be as high as $1.1 billion. but senator hill says fines are not enough. >> i would like to see criminal charges. i would like to see them stand trial. and if attend of the day, they are found guilty, they should go to prison. >> redwood city attorney dean johnson says the obstruction cha

by small and medium businesses businesses often less than 20 people, 80 percent in the twitters or the pg&e. it's the folks who have put themselves open the lineup to put a business together and make employment available that are impacted by this the most so our concerns as a business origins to make sure that the process when was agreed to in the compromised reflected their concerns from a business prospective which means whatever the amount had to be phased in it had to be within the means of people who to afford as business owners 0 write paychecks to people who work in san francisco. we've arrived at the at a that venture and up to the people of san francisco but we're pleased many the consensus is reached and the work of mayor ed lee and the work of the supervisor kim and the other supervisors and entities within san francisco that are pushing the issues and we look forward to november. thank you very much (clapping) >> you know, as i said early consensus building is not a easy task i want to shout out to someone on my staff that's been working extra extra hours to keep my texts and

all this -- as the p-u-c contemplated how much to fi pg&e for the deadly blast. pg&e and the puc are much t cozy - this takes it beyond coziness to out and out corruption. in a prepared statement, thc said the agency "takes seriy all allegations of bias ande violations, and will evalua" the motions by san bruno. in its own statement, pg&e : "we will review the emails involved in this matter.. a take appropriate action" if there were violations. kpix 5's phil matier joins . 1. phil-- just how cozy is e relationship between pg&e a the c-p-u-c? 2. what's next in all of this? >>> ending the email with the words love you, all right? >> yeah. >> that's pretty -- to you and i that would be pretty eye opening. turns out, these two people worked together for years and one of them went to work at pge. that's how cozy it is. >> so the city wants to look at those emailses, see if there were any conversations going on by email. where does this go now? >> right into the core of how much this fine is going to be for pge. san bruno is doing its best to get a $2.5 billion judgment

the backdoor of cpuc. we don't want that to continue. alecia>>pg&e says they have not seen the supeceding indictment, but based on all the evidence the companny has seen to date, the new charges are not warranted. and that wherever there was a mistake, employees were acting in good faith. the city however, is pushing for the stiffest penalty, which is 2.5 billion dollars. >> there's no fine or penalty that's too big for us. eight people lost their lives and we can never bring them back. we never want this to ever happen again anywhere. >>the mayor says the city is also advocating for an independent monitor to oversee the c-p-u-c and pg&e pam > >u-c-l-a is a wet mess tonight. a broken water main spilled millions of gallons across campus. the water flowed into an underground parking garage -- trapping people inside. five people had to be rescued. water rushed down the steps outside "pauley pavilion" -- the school's famed basketball arena. inside, the court is saturated with several inches of water. the arena was just renovated two years ago -- for 13

earlier puc released a statement about transparency but not necessarily addressing the relationship. pg&e released a statement saying in part we're committed to conducting ourselves in an ethical manner at all times. the stid plans to unveil the actions tomorrow in san francisco at 9:00 a.m.. recording live in san bruno, christy smith, nbc bay area news. >>> fighting resumed in gaza today even as they issued competing offers to extend a cease-fire. john kerry was there trying to bring the two sides together. that as leaders of both sides aired their animosity on sunday talk shows. brian mooar has the story from washington. >> reporter: after nearly three weeks of violence in gaza, israel and pro-palestinian officials traded cease fire offers and blame on sunday and waged a war of words on the american talk shows. >> we've accepted five cease fire, acted upon them, hamas has rejected every single one of them. >> we accepted on the palestinia palestinians. israel refused it. >> reporter: in 20 days of violence, the civilian death toll has topped 1,000. both sides say they're fighting for

participated in the illegal conduct. >> reporter: many communications took place under pg&e's new management which pledged to be open and accountable. >> the e-mails were during tony's tenure. >> we are required to have regular communications. but it is critical these communications remain transparent and open and professional. >> reporter: since a state agency, the c.p.u.c. seems to be up to its neck in this should they reap all the fine money for a disaster they helped create? no. it should be returned to rate pay whose paid for all the -- who paid for all the misdeeds. >> 2-1/2 billion dollars. 119 legislators and governors have a lot of calls on that money. >> reporter: they are studying the documents and will respond soon. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details now. today a judge said he will rule later on a motion to lift a stay so attorneys can question individual pg&e officers and directors about the san bruno blast. attorneys for share holders and victims want to know what they knew when they knew it and how they responded but pg&e lawyers are arguing to keep the stay in pl

there were often dinner meetings between the two entities and one signed off with a "love you." pg&e should get a penalty for causing the 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight and injured 66 and destroyed 38 homes. >> in many instances, these documents show that the cpuc offered strategic advice and suggestions on how pg&e can best position itself to navigate the ongoing penalties, proceedings against it. >> reporter: among other things, the mayor and others are calling on the resignation of cpuc president michael peavy and other high-level employees. >> pg&e has invested millions of dollars over decades into chumming up with commissioners and their staff, rubbing elbows in all expense paid international trips. pg&e is now calling in those favors. >> reporter: in a letter to the commission and san bruno, they said in part, the company is committed to conducting itself in an ethical manner. we will review the e-mails to ensure that the high standard was up held. if it was not, we'll take appropriate action. the cpuc has not returned our calls but in the past has called the c

smelling gas again. >> reporter: robin called 911 and when fire crews arrived, there was a gas leak. >> the pg and e guy broke it. the situation is safe. the situation on monday was safe. >> reporter: but if gas was gushing from the valve and crews felt the need to evacuate homes, why did pg and e leave it to robin to call 911? because pg and e says making calls to 911 is not part of their protocol when dealing with a gas leak. >> our policy is to ensure we send an appropriate gas crew out that day to ensure that the situation is safe and to appropriately respond to that situation. >> reporter: pg and e says crews were right to evacuate the home but stress there was never a threat to the community after a safety perimeter was set working on the meter and no need to call 911. the team working today determined that robin's meter is older and in need of additional repairs. >> we are going to have another gas crew come out and actually make a full replacement of that valve set. >> reporter: robin says she will be grateful to put the entire incident behind her. in castro valley, nick smith, abc 7 n

keeping, that fully files an indictment that charged the utility with telephone felony violations. pg&e issued a response saying and i quote, "based on all of the evidence we have seen to date we do not believe the charges are warranted." >> the certain is on for an escaped inmate from the north bay, officials say this man ran away from a work crew yesterday morning at the sonoma county jail in santa rosa and was serving almost three years after being arrested for i.d. theft and using fake credit cars at the casino. he has tied to oakland and last lived in hair. >> crews are gaining ground on the two wildfires one is burning in yosemite park and a national forest. fire now is 34 percent contained and officials have lifted evacuations for the town locally but 45 homes and forests are evacuated. >> in the foothills the sand fire east of sacramento is 85 percent contained and 66 hopes and outbuildings have been destroys. officials move firefighters over to fight the fire. >> more thunderstorms are possible. we will focus on travel this morning with thug fog of novato north to petaluma an

so far there has been no don't men from the chronicle. >>> pg&e executives will have more to say about the charges they are facing tied to the pipeline disaster four years ago. on tuesday a federal grand jury indicted them on criminal charges for their responses to the deadly fire in 2010. pg&e is already calling the charges unwarranted and executives will expands on that statement in a special webcast this morning. >>> and they are starting an overall which there is talk of stopping that work. now the group is talking about filing another lawsuit h they say it is perfect than the original plan. >> we are looking for a 100% guarantee for the community's safety. >> they are hoping to take the right a step in the right direction. >>> police are telling ktvu that a man is legally blind. he is accused of hitting and killing joe result. he was on one of his daily walks and was in across walk when he was hit. he was visually impaired and driving on a license 15 years ago. they found a bowl of half eaten macaroni inside his car. >> we learned he didn't actually have a license either. >> he wa

one concern, the pg issue of thousands of undocumented migrant children moving across the u.s. border and seeking refugee status. the moderator asked specifically how the candidates would handle the two dozen the children being housed in stanton, virni >> it is going to require more pressure on the governments to stop the flow and more judges of these children can be processed. many of them will be sent back. >> let me be clear. the most compassionate thing we can do is once they have been afforded the process and we have expedited the process is for them to return to their parents. >> warner, who was formerly governor of virginia, is seeking a second term. the libertarian candidate the sarvas was not included in this debate. >>> beautiful saturday. a little hot compared to the last couple of days. but what's coming tomorrow? storms coming in? >> tw chances for rain tomorrow. one will come before you even get out of bed first thing tomorrow morning. thunderstorms may roll in in the predawn hours tomorrow morning. and be leaving here before lunchtime. fairly nice afternoon. tomo

janney >> mark: that also want the sanctions for the pg&e employees. e bell that to get caught up with the weather and traffic. >> james: not much is happening over the bed when not seem too much and the way of what was that. every now and then we get a little piece that comes our way. there are some light showers. if you make of that drive in the next 15 a minute ride over pittsburg we might be getting some rain coming down in a moment. in the mellow to us. >> james: temperatures are still in the upper '50's and low 60s. the 61 currently in of land by known were looking for a 96 that will make their presence felt. by this evening will pull down to the '60s and '70s. then, 86 and a sign of the day. '90s and the delta air generally 70 degree weather and low 80s here and there. in mid 80s across the north of bed. this calls for change and by thursday that's when temperatures will start to drop. you have the weekend to the forward to our house would get into the upper 80s. >>: were still looking at a great ride around the day and it's a mix of that around

moment we have a lot of stakeholders the port of san francisco for a partner and the joyce foundation the pg&e for awarding us a grant and also thanking all the community groups that have support us like the friends of the parks and our recent partner institute that's provide the youth so what our programs they have a good resource to reach some of the students and also other agencies and thank you, again president chiu and supervisor cohen and commending us today. >> i want to acknowledge supervisor cohen but there's one student we want to hear from. >> i'm really wanting to appreciate brenda for that the amazing experience this is my first year i hope to come back next year. >> thank you. supervisor cohen >> thank you very much. brenda i want to take a moment and acknowledge our leadership in guiding the young minds of san francisco and to the young people and our peers that are here today thank you for your leadership you set an example for young people tutor rolling up your sleeves >> i understand there is someone from the port. >> i'm delighted to thank the green agers half a it spent a