the decision by sheriff vicki hennessy to get rid of the fees coincides with legislation introduced at the board of supervisors. before, they were forced to pay for electronic monitoring and $20 a day to take part in community service. >> another policy to continue to make life in san francisco not so burdensome, particularly for those coming from communities of color. those that have been overpoliced. and of course, over incarcerated. >> supporters of the decision say the fees unfairly burden parolees with heavy debt when they are released. >>> time is 4:39. a ruptured gas main prompted the evacuation of a dozen buildings. the fire department says a 4- inch gas line broke as a construction crew was working at scott and vance mcallister near alamo square after 3:00 yesterday afternoon. police and fire officials went door to door evacuating people in the area. >> and one of the construction guys ran over and i was like turn around, go back. i could smell gas. >> the gas leak was capped and the evacuation orders were lifted a couple of hours later. no injuries were reported. >>> an inves

next, we're inviting to the podium, our elected sheriff, vicki hennessy, san francisco sheriff's department. >> good evening. i apologize, because i didn't get a chance to email our presentation. i put it on the overhead. there it is. okay. thank you. i'm here to answer the questions you asked us to answer. the question was -- why do you collect data. it looked pretty good. [laughter] >> can we get this on the overhead? it's not working? >> i am here to answer the questions you asked us to answer. first of all, i want to thank you for having me here and i want to thank james bell and toni carter for their presentations. i jotted down a number of things that i'm thinking about as well that could help me in operating the jails. as sheriff, one of my main responsibilities is managing the county jails. now i'm not necessarily the person that puts people in jail, but when people get there, through arrests and stay in my jails, it's something that i'm concerned about and i want it ensure that we're doing what we can to help with the racial equity issue. what do we do? why do we collect data? to b

. >> sheriff vicki hennessy tells kqed that the sheriff's office received more than four times as manyigration requests in 2017 compared to the final year of barack obama's presidency. in 2016, i.c.e. issued 133 requests. and in 2017 that number was up to 519. san francisco has not complied with any request because no one has met the limited criteria allowed under state and local sanctuary laws. >>> the north bay city of belvedere is addressing concerns about immigration and customs enforcement's access to its license plate readers. according to the police chief, the feds have not gained access to data collected by the readers. she says that the city would only share information with other law enforcement agencies if it were related to a major crime. >>> following the deadly wine country wildfires, pg&e is calling thousands of customers whose properties were destroyed. the utility started the effort about a week ago. for customers in sonoma, napa, mendocino and lake counties, the phone calls give customers a chance to ask questions about their bills or other aspects of the rebuilding p