the pg&e blackouts and another mass i fire prompted by pg&e equipment. join us for fire power wind, what now? tonight at 6:00. we really think you'll find the program valuable. >> coming up. south bay families stunned after school officials voted to shut down a charter school. how they're promising to fight the closure. >> plenty of sun today. and warmer. i'll let you know if the pattern will continue. >> amazing give aways today. chocolate and custom warm socks. annoepidemic fueled by juul use with their kid-friendly flavors. san francisco voters stopped the sale of flavored e-cigarettes. but then juul, backed by big tobacco, wrote prop c to weaken e-cigarette protections. the san francisco chronicle reports prop c is an audacious overreach, threatening to overturn the ban on flavored products approved by voters. prop c means more kids vaping. that's a dangerous idea. vote no on juul. no on big tobacco. no on prop c. >>> some members of a charter school were stunned after the franklin school board voted to shut it down unexpectedly. >> despite the set b

may present offers to pg&e. so south san joaquin district, yolo county, the community choice aggregate program that operates in yolo county. so those are some activities that we're aware of and engaged with. how about our activities? well, we are continuing to engage with all of these folks and their ideas. we're also preparing an update on our may report that will capture further information subsequent to -- you know, leading up to and subsequent to the offer that the city made to pg&e. and we're participating in activities to support the public's understanding of our efforts. for example, today, there was a panel -- a lunchtime panel at spur, where this was our -- the topic was, you know, defining san francisco's energy future and defining san francisco's energy future, and we talked together with supervisor peskin and barry moline, the director of the california public utilities association to spur about what this opportunity presents to san francisco. so with that general update, i'm happy to take any questi

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plan with pg and even is removed from -- pg&e might get a variable rate. and it's worth noting that pg&e, if someone is late on paying their bills, they get paid first for their distribution charges before cleanpowersf gets paid for their generation charges. now given that this process is confusing or can be confusing for customers and staff alike, i think that we should be developing a visual flow chart of what this entails for internal and external purposes and pursue to have a consistent billing agent throughout the whole process. so what do we do about these recommendations? there are a litany of recommendations that i make in the report and i'll touch on a few high level ones. first, to focus outreach and programming in areas with higher disconnection rates to make sure that we're serving those communities that need the benefits the most. and also it's worthwhile for us to establish a goal of reducing disparities and disconnection for the city with regular reporting to this commission and the sfpuc on our disconnection rates and disparities. we have g

mo than 35-thousand pg&e customers in thousand pg&e customers in alameda and cont costa counties could see thlights go out. in parts of san mateo county and santa clara county ... more than 3-thound customers could go without power. and in the north bay ... more than 76- thousand customers could be in the rk in marin, napa, solano, and sonoma counties. a lot those areas are still recovering from the last round of shutoffs. pg&e says the shutoffs will bin in phases, dependg on the forecast. darya ) we have team coverage of the planned blackouts this morning. on4's will tran is in orinda ... which is one of the areas that could go dark will? the lights are on.... for now but there is a good chance the power will be out as pge has already told us close to 24 thousand people in contra costa coun will lose their power starting wednesday morning12housand people will also lose their power in alameda countythisill be the fourth time in two months pge will shutoff power as the agency says it'srying to prevent itequipment from sparking wildfiresalthough critics are questioning the time of it all

david louie has pg&e's answers. >> the same three executives who have been the public face of pg&e during the power shutoffs found themselves before the state senators on the energy and utilities committee. the goal was the hear what lessons had been learned as hundreds of thousands of its customers lost power during public safety power shutoffs during high wind events over the past two months. ceo bill johnson and two senior vice presidents made their case that they're doing better and that more weather stations are being installed. democratic state senator criticized pg&e for being reactive when the state's other two major utilities in southern california have been more aggressive about fire safety and minimizing power outages. >> yes, absolutely we're willing to look at other things, accelerate. we have done a number of things. we have either researched or stolen shamelessly from our colleagues in the south about what they're doing. and in fact we're already talking about do we have the right things in the right order. >> lawmakers said the scope of psps events and wild land fire risks

currently, when a pg&e electricity distribution customer that has signed up for pg&e's version of this joins clean power sf, the budget billing calculation only applies to the transmission and distribution charges, the exit fee and the charges that pg&e collects not the electric generation component. so, offering this program fills a gap in clean power sf service for customers enrolled in pg&e's companion program. this is the first offered in pg&e service territory and the generic term for the kind of program that clean power sf is in the state of california. so, to help illustrate what this means, this slide gives you a visual representation of what it would look like compared to current billing for an average residential customer. the stacked bars in this chart represent the components of the average customers' electricity bill today so the blue segments are pg&e distribution costs and the light green segments are pg&e exit fees collected and the dark green is the clean power sf charges for generations supply provided our portion of the business. the electricity business. and you can

as a result, pg&e filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. today pg&e was expected to appear in court at a bankruptcy hearing, but it was abruptly postponed until next week. the delay could allow the two sides to negotiate some kind of compromise. if pg&e doesn't make changes, governor newsom is threatening to turn the utility into a customer owned cooperative run by the state and local government. >>> former president jimmy carter is recovering in a hospital in atlanta tonight after undergoing emergency surgery. a spokesperson said the surgery was to relief pressure on his brain likely related to falls he had last month. his wife rosalyn carter is at the hospital with the former president. he has suffered from a serious of health problems in recent years. he is 95 years old and will remain at the hospital for observation. >>> san francisco's mental health care system was announced today by maryland and breed and to san francisco supervisors. the mayor, along with supervisors hillary roden and matt haney, announced the mental health initiativ

especially in thenusual is the s being put in place by pg&e. that said, the winds don't come up tomorrow, they'll be breezy along the coast. the winds will start to come offshore. it will be mostly north-northeast bay and not extreme. but probably get a red flag warning and again wednesday night into thursday morning is when we'll see the strongest winds. and in the meantime, with this event tomorrow will be a lot like today in terms of warmth and what have you. with the high pressure and the offshore winds, we're not going to see the big heat. that's interesting. we'll see the winds. the heat is not necessarily coming based on the configuration of the low. it's going to be hard to heat up. we're not going to be dealing with 85, 90-degree weather. that's the plan. here's the 5-day forecast. nothing to panic about. just know this is what happens all the time. wednesday night into thursday mornin of potential power outages. >>> sports wrap just minutes away. jason and scott with what they're working on. >> a huge win today for the 49ers. how jimm

a few hours ago pg&e revised the number 216. in the bay area that means 57,000 customers in the north bay will lose power tomorrow because of extreme fire danger. the majority of those are in sonoma county. >> we are getting ready for an update about pg&e about tomorrow's plant outages. this is the meteorologist talking right now at the podium at pg&e headquarters in san francisco. we will get to that in a moment. first to andre in santa rosa where folks are getting ready for power shut off. >> reporter: lives are about to turn upside down. they know these power shut off have to happen but it does not make the process easier. sonoma county emergency management center powered up and ready to go with the familiar scene in a familiar time when the danger of wildfires seem to never end in power shut off are normal. >>'s looks like we are headed into our six power shut off of the season. >> reporter: as pg&e plans to shut power, 40,000 customers will be affected but the number is considerably higher when you factor in that each custo

pg&e is planning another round of power shutoffs as strong winds and dry conditions threaten the risk of wildfires. here is a look at a map that shows some of the areathat could be impacted. in the east bay ... more than 35-thousand pg&e customers in alameda and contra costa counties could see the lights go out. in parts of san mateo county and saa clara county and santa clara county ... more than 3- thousand customers could go without power. and ithe north bay ... more than 76- thousand cuomers could be in the dark in marin, napa, solano, and sonoma counties. a lot of those areas are still recovering from the last round of shutoffs. pg&e says the shutoffs will begin in phases, depending on the foreca. ( daa ) we have team covere of the planned blackouts this morning. kron4's will tran is in orinda ... which is one of the areas that could go dark. will? the lights are on.... for now but there is a good chance the power will be ouas pge has alreadtold us close to 24 thousand people in contra costa county will lose their power starting wednesday morning12 thoand ople will also lose thei

now the cpc is not happywith pg e's violated and feel it has state regulations. >>the utility can be fined up to a $100,000 for each violation live the newsroomdan kerman kron 4 news dan thank you a 45 year-old vacaville woman died from complications related to vaping. >>at a mare county hospital on friday. kron four's maeen kelly still conducting tests to try to determine at kind of vaping products s was using. >>th is the first vaping-related death here in the bay area and e 4th in california. the marine county coroner has identified the victim as 45 year-old anda are conti a vacaville, although she did live here in maine part time, according to the coty's health officer. he says previously healthy just days before showinup at a local hospital on thursday, she went to the emergency departments. >>within a few hours was put on areathing machine sent into the i c u. developed acute respiratory distress syndro. really withia matter of hours. >>there been more than 2000 vaping-related inesses 40 people ationwide at least have died. well a small fraction of these ca

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what did ecthe pg&e ives have to say when questioned? >> >> we talked about how it is not a sustainable solution. one of the things he was tryi to do is correct or walk back a statement he made last month. it may take 10 weyears before get out of this regime. there's a message that pg&e is committed to improving the infrastructure of these power shutoffs could be much more closely targetede that was main message. also trying to deal with the widespread outrage that they frare hangin the governor and legislators and customers and filocal als of the impact of having the lights turned off on a regular basis. >> there were two otedr investor-outilities at the hearing. san diego gas and electric and socal edison. did they have the same kind of feeling drilling from lawmakers. >> southern california edison does not have a spotless record and terms ofstarting fires with electrical infrastructure. they started fires this year. san diego gaand electric is a smaller service territory, just san diego county. that is a lot of customers. they started

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pg&e filed a report to the cpuc about a fire in milpitas. in it the milpitas fire department points to a downed power line burning a fire that burned down a home and damaged another. last night on abc 7 news at 6:00 we looked in-depth at the current situation in the bay area unprecedented weather conditions, pg&e power shut office and another massive fire possibly connected to pg&e equipment. we talked to "new york times" opinion columnist and mountain view resident. farhad manjoo saying quote it's the end of the california as we know it. >> you say i'm starting to feel -- suspect we are over. why do you is a say that. >> look around us, right. like it's the fires. it's the fact that to put the fires out we have to put the power out. the housing affordability, homelessness, traffic they're all connected to this kind of larger problem, which is you know we have a lot of people here and we're not very sustainable in how we arrange those people. >> you can watch our special building a better bay area coverage fire, power, wind, what now? in its

why pg&e says they took most of the bay area off the shut off list today. >> change is coming tonight in short term rental laws in orinda following a halloween shooting that left 5 dead. >>> now at 11:00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, breaking news in the deadly stabbing on bart. i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm veronica de la cruz. there's new information about the victim, the suspect, and the emergency new safety measures to keep you safe. >> reporter: late tonight we confirmed the victim was trying to be a good samaritan in an attempted theft. it started at the bay fair bart station and here at the south hayward station where the victim died. but the suspect didn't stop here. he's then accused of running a half mile away to a car dealership where he tried to steel a vehicle from the wrong person. steve castro never saw it coming. >> opened up this day, tried to get in the car, i was like no. he had no shirt on, so i was grabbing whatever i could. he got out, hit me in the face, i hit him back. >> reporter: the car salesman at elisa motors says the man was determined, but so was he. >>

>> we sent these pictures to pg&e and asked just that. the utility told us it covered some 5,000 miles of transmission lines in high threat areas from top to bottom through ground, climbing, helicopter, and drone inspections. but the company didn't address how it apparently missed all those worn hooks and steel plates in earlier inspections. jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. >>> well, it is a sign of changing times. the rotary club in palo alto decided it will no longer recite the pledge of allegiance. a narrow majority recently voted to stop saying the pledge. the chapter president explains why. >> it is because we want to be welcoming, welcoming to all members in our club whether they are of different ages and whether they're used to reciting the pledge or not. and that also goes for members who are from other countries. but many of the younger members have not grown up with the tradition of reciting the eptige. rotary club present says the organization will still recite the pledge during meeting held close to some holiday, veteran

pg&e stock dropped 13% yesterday to close at about six dollars per share. >>> pg&e's financial problems are now affecting san jose's christmas in the park. the executive director of the event says this year pg&e is cutting back on its sponsorship. south bay reporter azenith smith tells us how organizers are making up the difference. >> reporter: it's that time of year again. san jose is transformed into a winter wonde now in its 40th year, the free event draws big crowds. >> the shops. >> the decorations. >> the ice rink. looking forward to it. >> reporter: behind the candy shops in the oversized gifts, the nonprofit had to work a little harder to secure sponsors this year. >> earlier this year they gave us a notice that they weren't sure if they were going to be returning as a sponsor because of everything going on. we did recently learned that they are returning at a little bit of a lesser level. >> reporter: christmas in the park executive director jason minsky that for at least eight years pg&e has been its second- biggest cash sponsor behind southwest airlines, giving upwards of $2

pg&e executive. >> i machida. a cheetah. >> reporter: they are hoping to have a good time despite the circumstance they have been dealing with for the past week or so. for now live in windsor, donna lynne, kpix 5. >>> the kincaid fire has not grown further incise. good news, it is holding steady at 76,000 acres. it is now 60% contained. 131 homes though destroyed and there have been four reported injuries. for the latest progress on the kincaid fire head to our website at kpix.com. >>> a developing story, roads are closed and an investigation underway for a deadly police shooting in san jose. this happened near mckee road and the alum rock neighborhood. police responded to the scene before 2:30 pm. following reports of an armed man who was apparently walking near a shopping center. police dispatch recordings tell what happened next. >>> investigators tell us one officer opened fire. the suspect was hit and later died at the hospital. the man has it to be identified. we are working on details for the incident. it m

pg e says while we recognize that the scope of these events is unsustainable in the long term. it was the correct decision for safety. gien the lge scale historic weather events and in suing uipment damage that unfolded across our service area. in a separate action, the california public utilities commission has ruled pg nim show cause why it ould not be sanctioned for failing to properly communicate with its customers coordinate with cal governments and communicate with criticl facilities and public safety partners during the recent ut offs. the cpsc says that resulted in a risk to public safety. pg knee responds well, we recognize there are areas of our safety shut operations and communications that we must continue to improve for our customers we have madevery effort to implement the cpu sees requirements in ecuting the public safety power shutoff events. so basically the pga knee now has to tell the cpc why they should not be sanctioned it pg is not satisfied with those answers. >>and they believe pgd is violated state requirements. utility can be fined uto a $100,000 for e

third strike for pg&e. strike one was in san bruno gas explosion that they try to cover up and they lied about strike two for the 2017 and 2018 wildfires. strike three is the inadequate response to these power shutoffs.

pg&e calls it a fluid situation. the utility wants to get the word out, though, as early as possible. >> you can understand why there is so much frustration where you are there on red wood boulevard. one side will lose power but the other side will keep power? >> reporter: right. just has to do with pg&e's strategy. how their grid operates. they have a tool where you can find out if you are likely to lose power or not. i talked to people who say that two doors down the person is not losing power but they are. so it doesn't make a lot of sense to a lot of people. >> and factor in the time change, one more hour of darkness too. debora villalon, thank you. >>> pg&e ceo testified this afternoon at a hearing looking into the last round of shut off. he said the power outages helped to prevent wildfires. pg&e says their fire risk foot print grown from less than 15% of pg&e service area to more than 50% of the system today. he pushed back at accusations the grid is in bad shape saying the utility spent billion dollars of dol

greg lee was at a hearing in sacramento where lawmakers grilled pg&e executives. >> we thought that pg&e would use a scalpel in emphasismenting these planned blackouts and instead pg&e has chosen to use a sledge hammer. >> the state senators did not hold back when talking about pg&e, the elm battled utility focusing on public safety power shutoffs. lawmakers have been critical of the company's blackouts at how frequent and how long people have been left in the dark. >> i think we're on our third strike for pg&e. strike one was the san bruno gas explosion that they tried to cover up and then they lied about it. strike 3 was an inadequate response to these power shutoffs. >> why the increase in psp risk has increased dramatically. >> bill johnson defended the decision to shut power off multiple times to millions of people saying it mitigated fire risk. he said the company's now spending billions to improve infrastructure to limit the use of psps. >> we do not expect an annual repeat of what we went through this october and what we put our customers and others through. that just cannot ha

coming up, we take a greater look at the idea to wake up pg&e. >>> in the midst of another pg&e power shut off, there is mounting criticism aimed at the state's largest utility. >> well company officials try to navigate out of bankruptcy some bay area leaders are strategizing on how to break up pg&e. >> reporter: june 30, that is the deadline for pg&e to resolve its bankruptcy case. the result will likely mean a restructuring. but that's not enough change for some local leaders set up with public safety power shut off and what they call decades of negligence. >> by creating a customer owned utility you will first be able to align the financial interest of the company with the public interest. >> reporter: the san jose mayor the mayor has 20 cities and a handful of county supervisors to sign a letter urging state regulators to consider the option. oakland mayor libby schaff among them. >> we are asking that before the bankruptcy court moves forward, that we have the opportunity to really explore a customer owned utility. let's take the profit motivation out of it. >> the popular idea w

third strike for pg&e. strike one was in san bruno gas explosion that they try to cover up and they lied about strike two for the 2017 and 2018 wildfires. strike three is the inadequate response to these power shutoffs. >> by the increase in psp events? because the risk of fire has increased dramatically. >> reporter: ceo bill johnson defended the decision to power off multiple times to millions of people saying it mitigated power risk by climate change. he says the company is now spending billions to improve infrastructure to limit the use of ps ps. >> i want to assure you of this, we do not expect an annual repeat of what we went through this october and what we put our customers and others through, that just cannot happen again. >> is on the committee work article of pg&e's communication. their resource centers, and hope for the most horrible people, lawmakers want to see clear steps toward improving what they call a decrepit system and some. >> you say it is going to take 10 years, is that satisfactory

just in case and put all pg e customers say that the potential shut off warnings. >>are frustrating and they add that some small businesses just don't have the resources to keep preparing over and over again. >>fire season is from the restaurants to have generators so. yeah, but you know people that are self employed like myself and others that site. >>yet despite the planned power shut off being canceled in that county. a red flag warning is still in effect. for pg e customers in marin county that was another change from yesterday but despite that people when to buy emergency supplies anyway. this was the scene yesterday at the goodman building supply in mill valley where dozens of shoppers came to grab whatever they could flashlights. picked up some generators heavy to coolers hand crank radios. all of it. some shelves were empty with candles and portable gas cans in very short supply. make sure to visit our web site across 4 dot com. you can find very latest on the pga power shut-offs and a map of the areas that could be impacted again that's all there for you a

. >>> pg&e shut off the power last month, and we're learning from new court documents that pg&e says shutoff did the job and prevented hundreds of wildfires. anoushah rasta sifted through some of those documents. what did you find? >> pg&e explained this all to a u.s. district judge in san francisco in these court documents that were filed today. in late october, pg&e turned power off to thousands of people in northern california because the company was worried that the extreme winds and dry weather were going to spark wildfires, like the deadly camp fire in butte county. businesses and schools were forced to close and many pg&e customers complained that the outages cost them a lot of money. but according to court documents filed today, pg&e is telling the judge that 218 problems like broken tree branches on power lines that could have caused fires were avoided thanks to the planned power outages. >> they're going to say you're responsible for those. i don't like it, but i can understand where it's coming from. >> reporter: these are the 24 northern california counties where pg&e say

at 7:31 am, let's go back to the desk. >>> pg&e's public safety power shutoff has renewed calls for pg&e to be restructured to be more accountable to ratepayers. they have until the end of june to settle its bankruptcy case and the mayor of more than 20 cities and a certain amount of county supervisors won state regulators to consider making pg&e a customer owned utility company. supporters of publicly owned utilities essay revenue can be used to reinvest in the electric grid. >> it comes down to the local decision-making providing the services that are of utmost importance to the community rather than having the need to provide resources such as money to stockholders. >> pg&e says it is open to considering breaking up its assets and the ceo pg&e says he believes keeping the company together as an integrated company is the best way to go. >>> communications companies are being accused of putting lives in danger by not following their own preparedness plans during last months pg&e power safety shut off. the commission says wireless equipment sites do not have backup power and customers

. >> pg & e has seriously compromised the trust of their customers. >> reporter: overpowering, pg ph-pbld e bay area mayors trying to buy out the embattle utility -- how police just cracked the case. >> from housing bonds to e offices. we're tracking a very busy san francisco ballot on this election night. >>> the kpix5 news at7:00 begins now. with the latest on the stand off. >> sheriff deputies have had the place surrounded for hours now believing that 20-year-old jonathan salazar may have been hold uped in. he and 21-year-old santos fonseca escaped from jail where they were being held for separate murder charges. the motel is just 10 miles left from the motel in salinas. the stand off has gone on for hours now. as i mentionerred we just heard from the sheriff's department minutes ago that salazar to be checked out -- as i mentioned, we just heard from the sheriff's department minutes ago that salazar to be checked out was not in the room. they did not find him. but they have a strong belief that he was in fact, there. we learned yesterday that salazar and fonseca snuck out from a hole

he also told state senators that pg&e's fire risk footprint has grown from than 15% of pg&e's service area in 2012 to more than 50% of its system  today. and he pushed back at accusations the grid is in bad shape. johnson testified pg&e has spent billions of dollars inspecting and >> whenever we found equipment that needed immediate repair we fixed or replaced it. we have assured that every piece of electrical equipment is suitable to serve our customers. >> johnson said pg&e is working to make sure that future power safety shutoffs are less disruptive than the recent one last month. and he told lawmakers pg&e will improve its communications with the public. many customers couldn't get access to information on pg&e's websites during the shutdowns that began october 9th. >>> there was a loud noise that kept people up last night and we now know what that was. steam was release friday a plant that power the cnh sugar plant. the noise can be heard throughout county it lasted for about 20 minutes. but that there was never a danger to the public. >>> a new poll shows joe biden with a subs

>> pg and e is broken. it doesn't work in its current form, where the company is so focused on its profits, and shareholders, and wall street that it clearly hasn't done the job, in terms of investing in its infrastructure, so its distribution system is in terrible shape. we need a different structure, and we have a number of publicly owned utilities in the state of california, delivering reliable state power, and reneed to explore that with pg and e. san francisco is trying to purchase assets, a form of public utility, and i think we need to look more broadly at this broken company. >> you mentioned that a number of mayors across california, they have been pushing a plan for pg an e to become a customer owned cooperative. what do you think about that particular idea, and how does that differ from the plan that you are going to put forward. mayors are advocating to turn pg and e into a customer coop. these are all potentially the right solution, and i think it makes sense to have a number of different ideas

pg&e may have contributed to nearly 2000 fires in california. through the public records request, we have investigated and got five years of data showing all the fires pg&e has reported to regulators where it's conductors come a transformers and other equipment may have been involved with the ignition. the fires stretch across northern and central california. they occur on average 36 times a month and have caused at least 1800 power outages in the last five years. >> it goes back to repairs and maintenance. being responsible to the people . >> of the nearly 2000 fires, the most common equipment involved was the conductor. that is the metro wiring carrying electricity. the more georgiev the fires involve vegetation in rural areas. and when looking at just last year, equipment failure made up more than one third of the suspected events to spark flames. >> i feel like pg&e should've done a better job in the last two years. we went through this and 27, what are they doing? >> hundreds of miles into a different jurisdiction, pg&e's data shows they re

he says pg e's power lines caused that fire. >>and then all of sudden there's a pop in the power goes out. and then i get a and then it converse with second there's a second pop and the power goes out again and stays out and that's what i hear my girlfriend ya crab they've fired. >>the milpitas fire department also believes the blaze was sparked by downed wires which spread to vegetation and eventually the home p has acknowledged it was aware of a downed line in the neighborhood that day. but it's not clear what caused the line to fail in a statement to kron 4 news, the utility said pg e submitted an electric incident report regarding the milpitas fire. the information provided is preliminary the genie is continuing to investigate genie. >>had sent the beginning of august, they say they're going to trim the tree in the backyard and the bamboo keep it away from the power lines. >>but they never showed up milpitas fire inspector eric emanuel says he has yet to determine if the line was down by the wind by a tree branch by faulty p

pg&e has until the end of june to resolve its bankruptcy case. the mayors of more than 20 cities and a handful of county supervisors are urging state regulators to consider making pg&e a customer-owned utility. the supporters say revenue can then be used to reinvest in the electric grid. >> really, it comes down to local decision making providing the services that are of most importance to the community rather than having the need to provide resources such as money to stockholders. >> the utility says it is open to consider a split up of its assets but pg&e's ceo says he believes keeping the utility as an integrated company is the best option. >>> our time is 4:38. companies have been accused of endangering lives and not following their own preparedness plans during last month's pg&e shutoffs. wireless equipment sites don't have back up power customers couldn't call 911 and didn't receive emergency alerts. at yesterday's cpu hearing customers blamed the length of the power shutoffs and a lack of notice but said they're going to try to do better.

and you asked pg&e exactly where these power outages could happen. what did they say. >> reporter: i did and pg&e offering new details about a possible power shutoff which could happen they say wednesday or thursday. no specific areas have been identified, and no customers have been notified. but locals who have lost power before, gearing up to leze electricity once again. >> okay, i'm sorry to hear the news. >> reporter: it's not what anne woodward and her husband george expected to hear the week before thanksgiving, another pg&e public safety shutoff could happen by midweek. >> we had no power, and we use lanterns, but we had no hot water. >> reporter: farmhouse local was busy serving sunday brunch. but during october's power shutoff the restaurant was forced to close and lost thousands of dollars. the manager doesn't want to relive that. >> you know, throwing away everything we have in the restaurant especially things like dairy or seafood. >> reporter: pg&e says its watching a weather system which could increase the risk of wildfires midweek. >>

now today's market cap of pg&e is $3.2 billion. that's purchasable if you want to go and purchase their stock and the huge question is politically possible? and will the elected politicians do the right thing here. and that i would applaud mayor lccardo answering about that question and for california and not what's best >>for pg&e. all right, political mind fields. >> yesi think governor newsom says there is no secret that they would have broad ambitions for northern california and this really is tional attention. attracting if they could fix it, it is a huge win. if they can't, it could beenthe of the political career. >> and that is who you would work for. now tell them a little bit about that. i'm sorry to bng that up in the end. >> a cautionary tale. >> exactly. >> all right, yothank u both oury much. >> thank >>> who owns silicon valley? that's the question d asby a team of reporters from kqed, the mercury news, and several other bay area news outlets. the year-long collaboration investigated top landowners of the region. a r

the most common equipment moved is a pg&e conductor. and equipment failure made up more than 1/3 of the event suspected of sparking flames. >> i am totally shocked at this. >> it goes back to repairs and maintenance and being responsible to the people to whom they provide services. >> now pg&e says it is working with regulators to address risk and also improve safety. because of the recent series of pg&e power shutoffs . allowing generator use during blackouts. for the first time this new policy allows permits for built in. >> a towering mural in san francisco. will be unkraled later today. but already there's a big controversy surrounding this 60' tall mural. the art municipal reports the artist was criticized on social media for using spray paint. they say it hurts the environment. the artist assured the skeptics that the material he used was environmentally friendly. . >>> and mid western and eastern states from texas to maine. know, ice, and freezing temperatures. these are live pictures. we're looking in cincinnati ohio right now a

pg&e has been blasted gavin newsom. for not stopping the wildfires, that are triggered by the power lines, your take? >> i think 30 years, california was the envy of the nation, it now a ticking time bomb under governor gavin newsom. he has gone from blaming climate change to blaming capitalism, and he takes 700,000 dollars over two decade political career from pg&e. and therefore claiming now they are to blame, but every time he holds them up in court, and regulates them, they cannot update their electric infrastructure, the simple way to fix or mitigate california wildfires would have to more pragmatic forest management and put power lines under ground, very above ground. louground. elizabeth: why didn't pg&e spend i think 50 billion do bury the power lines, how come everyone in california is not onboard with this? where is hollywood, where are democrats, and gavin newsom, get the power lines buried and stop with the green revelation and letting forest half of the forest there is a federal government, i am darn sure t

first private hedge funds indicate interest in buying pg&e. in a statement pg&e said it's convinced a government or customer take off is not the solution. that will address the challenges. and serve the long run interest of customers in the community. a strong critic of pg&e said it hasn't studied the mayors proposal but would welcome a plan to put customers first. >> mayor's plan doesn't require public approval because no taxpayer money is involved. customers will end up having a big stake in the plan because they will probably see higher rates. and no one crunched those numbers yet. >> thank you. voters are heading to the polls today. elections are taking place today in communities. san francisco there are important local races we're following including the battles for mayor and district attorney. >> polls are officially open in san francisco. voters will decide between four candidates who will be the next district attorney. this will determine the direction the city will go with homelessness. car break ins and issues around quality of life.