Weather continues this evening. San francisco got a brunt of the Lightning Storm last night and one strike zapped a power pole in the parkside neighborhood setting the transformer on fire. Sam brock joins us live from the neighborhood. And some neighbors say it felt like an earthquake. Reporter they described this, janell, as absolutely crazy. One woman preparing to walk her dog at the time told me the strength of energy from the explosion physically knocked them backward. You mentioned the transformer catching fire. There is the transformer over my shoulder. You see the pole where it got hit or nearby. If you look closely there is a wire dangling from the top of the pole and petitions he is of the transformer ened up flying everywhere. What we have right here is a piece of insulator on the ground. Youll find these all over. One of them actually went into this mans car. Some of the sight as sounds from last night. That blew pup flu off went into his van. Then these things started popping crazy all the wires were down. Theresa is reenact ago frightful display of Natural Force last night gripping all parts of San Francisco from twin peaks to parkside which witnessed a high voltage strike about 9 20. But dont just take her word for it. Mom, mom it blew up. Her daughter snapchatted this video titled crying right now of the transformer catching fire. It was lightning, thunder all the wires struck. All the live wires came off the pole. The entire neighborhood is canvassed by a spaghetti network of power lines as soon as one area absorbed a hit it spread. You could see massive shocking, blitzes of light. And it it was almost like on fire. No homes cot fire though there were remnants of Electrical Equipment littered across the street and in this mans car. My window as wroeken i checked inside and there is a piece of the transformer in the van. A close call for many of these neighbors. Making them feel more like cats burning through one of their nine lives. Back live now again another look at this car that took the brunt of at least a piece of the transformer. Of all of the neighborhoods in San Francisco im told this parkside neighborhood took the biggest hit from pg e in terms of number of customers affected. Some 110 oh total. Most of the folks got the power back last night a few hundred restore thd morning. In case anyone is worning whether its safe. Im told pg e is done with repair work but they have someone coming out right now to check to make sure the situation is safe and stable. Reporting live from San Francisco. Compelling video, thank you, sam. We received amazing photos of the bay area Lightning Storm, flooding our newsroom are from so many viewers including this shot from vick. Lighting up over the golden gate bridge. Gorgeous one of the viewers with the handle 415 fwie took this initiating San Francisco. He grabbed his camera he took over 40 photos. And in picture just past the lighthouse. He says he doesnt remember ever seeing weather like in in the bay area and called it an evening to remember. You can see all the photos and many, many more from our viewers on our home page just go to the website nbc bay area. Com. Hurricane irma has come and gone. But there is now billions of dollars left behind the death toll is 17 people and thats just here in the united states. People all across the state of florida are coming home now. 15 Million People though are still without power. Food and fuel are tough to find in the hardest hit areas like napeles. Fema says 90 of the homes in the keys were damaged or destroyed. Not just food and water we mentioned though gas is also at a shortage getting back to a normal life will take a lot of time. Nbc bay area vianey arana rode out the hurricane for us and joins us from miami beach. Vianey youve been there nearly a week whats the biggest challenge there tonight . Reporter the biggest challenge this morning was residents had to face what could have been a lot of destruction in their homes but as you know miami beach got lucky and you can see slowly but surely the am beeens is making a return. At least now folks can come outside and get a good bite to eat. Were seeing plenty of people out here out and about. I talked to a couple of residents and crews that were very busy this morning as they made the first return after Hurricane Irma. Once the sunshine brought a sense of calm, the miamidade curfew was lifted, as thousands of residents sat in bumper to bumper traffic along the venetian causeway trying to return home. Crews continued the tieless efforts working to clear debris and restore water and power. We are working on every property. We have three no external damage backup but a lot of trees. Residents are thankful for the efforts. We are checking we got the water back. A great job process. The city of miami they did what theyre supposed to do. They did it well. Reporter Restaurant Owners are anxious to bring back the miami vibe. Music and for many finally a delicious hot meal. The people are so sad. Although when you see the trees no power in the house and come to here to have a great lunch and enjoy it. Even draw through the destruction Hurricane Irma couldnt break the bond of survival. This group of 10 30ists met inside a shelter. We come from a different part of the world. Where from give me some countries. France. France, russia. Jamaica, china, italy. Reporter different cultures sat united enjoying a cool mohito. Weve seen people smiling, drinking, lounging around the area, quickness and efficiency have been two things that have gone hand in hand when it comes to authorities cleanup crews and the people of miami weigh up it a more normal day along the beach. Reporting live in miami beach there goes one of the first responders. Vianey arana nbc bay area. Vianey, thank you. A in the caribbean. Almost every island needs food, medical flies and power. Even though irma roared through five days ago. Humanitarian aid is just reaching the shores. President trump is expected to visit in the coming days. If you want to hem the victims of the hurricanes in texas and florida. Join us for a special program hand in hand airing tonight on nbc bay area. Its a star hundred studded special event featuring appearances and performance from beyonce, Justin Bieber and, will smith and many more. A judicial victory for President Trump as the Supreme Court rules the administration can begin enforcing the socalled travel ban starting thursday. The white house asked the justices to block a Lower Court Ruling that would have eased the ban allowing 24 how refugees to enter the u. S. Before november. However the skorts edition is temporary. It asked to hear arguments on the issue next month. In the meantime the Trump Administration is working on the next priority tax reform the would you say is attempt agnew tactic tonight. Dinner diplomacy. President trump wants democrats onboard he is hoeft as bipartisan meals bringing both sides to the table. Who is on the guest loose . Six senators three democrats three republicans talking taxes. Taking our tax code simpler than it is today. I hope well find democrats willing to work with us. The bipartisan dinner is the latest action from a president who made big waves last week when he reached across the aisle on a debt ceiling deal that with democrats that many opposed. Cal is bracing for another event that could turn violent. A controversial conservative speaker is Police Officers have a request. They want to be able to use pepper spray. Nbc baifr jodiy hernandez joins us in berkeley where the City Council Discusses the issue tonight. Jody. Reporter thats right the debate is taking place as we speak inside council chambers. Now police have been band from using pepper spray in a crowd here in berkeley the past two decades. But the chief says its time to rethink that. We want you to be able to see for yourself the actual weapons being brought to the frey. Berkeley police chief is asking the city council to live the band on the use of pepper spray when members of a crowd get violent. With conservative comment at that time tart ben sharp o set to speak thursday. The police said they need the Industry Standard tool to help keep things safe. Were making the prospect of meet ago large, armed coordinated group prepared to use explosives clubs projectiles. What we have seen in berkeley in the events is the rise of the growth of extremist groups. Berkeleys mayor agrees. He says the proposed new rule would allow police to use pepper spray on violent people in a crowd but not for crowd control. This is only going to be used against a specific individual who is engaged in vienlz to minls. City of berkeley add voting for pepper va. But many dmonlts demonstrators see the moves loug them to use pepper spray as a inintimidation. A speak out against the shapiro visit is planned. Its shameful theyre trying to intimidate and silence protesters from standing up against facism. The counts has been getting an earful from the public on this matter. They are set to take a vote on this issue me any minute. Well loet you know as soon as they do. Reporting live from berkeley jodi hernandez, nbc bay area. As you can imagine there is a lot of excitement about the new apple iphone. To be honest, today there is as much excitement about where we are, apples new headquarters. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, fracturing a second round of thunderstorms letting you know exactly when this rolls in. The forecast at 5 20 tonight. Apple. Today, for the first, time, we got to see inside the company s a huge day for tech giant apple. Today for the first time we got to see inside the companys new spaceship headquarters in cupertino. And from the new campus apple reveals the latest line of hardware. Our scott budman got the invite to check it out. Reporter as you can imagine there is a lot of excitement around the apple iphone x. But today there is just as much excitement about where we are at the new headquarterings. Apple cryotim cook took the stage and started things off by remembering apples late cofounder. He felt deeply about our workplace and its surroundings. And he believed that they should inspire talented people to do their best work. This was the first upclose look at apples new digs, the headquarters called the spaceship still under correction. Employees will move in soon. And the theater, very artsy where the apple products had were shone off for the first time. The iphone 8 and 8 plus along with the top of the lineup iphone x. The iphone x takes it up a notch. A likely big sell he oer one apple admits will arrive later than the others. Its a much more difficult product to manufacturer. This is the edge to edge screen a lot of new sensors id expect it to be in short supply. And here are the stats. The 8 starts at 699. The 8 plus at 799. The iphone x starts at 999. In cupertino, scott budman nbc bay area news. We might need a loan to cover that. Now that they made the phone official. If you think the x is pricey you have less expensive options in addition to the 8 apple drops the prices on the 6 by by about 100 if you prefer the android there are several model at alat relevant toll 200. Silicon ral is also home to olympic champions could see more than of the with the 2018 games ashland the. The pressure is build fog palo alto joe. Garvin asked him about his chances. He has been skating in a i high level for a long time. He is the underneath intermediate u. S. Champion ever. Still olympic years he is learning are different. Good thing he has an experienced guide. If you ever find yourself watching vincent joe skate from high above, remember this little tidbit. Thats exactly how vincent sees himself, too. Yeah, amazing that im living my dream right now. Reporter vincents rise to skating stardom is something of an out of body experience for him. Its crazy because i grew up not wanting to talk to anyone, nobody wanted to talk to me. I was just this little kid doing my thing and somehow im here, sitting on a chair, in this sap center doing an interview. Pretty crazy. Reporter vincent was at sap while performing with a dozen other elite skaters as part of this golden moment. But while vincent may struggle to truly believe he belongs in this group, they sure as heck dont. When a skater steps on the ice you know how good theyll be. They just start out and you know theyre good. 198 gold medallist brian has been mentoring vincent. And while vincent has already seen Great Success he is the reigning jr. World champion and runnerup at last years u. S. National championships. Brian is someone who knows what it takes to go higher. Where im most valuable is little nuances. Little nuances that ive learned they dont know yet. To have the person who i grew up watching on youtube every single night, to be able to have him with me now and be able to talk to him, its crazy. Vincent says brian, though is just the latest in a long line of people who have helped him pursue what he calls his farfetched dream of being an olympic champion. A dream that may not be so farfetched after all. When i i love that when he is talking about brian he sfas a guy i grew up watching on youtube. Brian didnt say that anybody he analyzed. Vicinitiesent can say i watched him on youtube. Its a good way to study, the professional. It is. It wasnt around in the late 80s. Thanks garvin. Garvin pack your bags we are sending garvin to the olympics he will lead the live coverage from south korea in february along with alt a lot of special content on social media platforms. Lets get a check of the forecast now we could see wild weather. Looks like a second right now of thunderstorm line up. As we head through the next 12 to 16 hours lets get to you the microclimate forecast. We want everyone to know in San Francisco what youre sighing is not part of prethunderstorm activity. Its just a typical marine layer producing fog and areas of drizzle. Current we have 66 degrees and uprights temperatures in the 60s throughout tonight. The main reason for the possibility of thunderstorms in the forecast through tomorrow is this trough of he low pressure off shore, has enough instability as it moves in through tomorrow mornings commute we could see activity fire off. Current doppler view does not show anything from santa rosa toward san jose were quiet now process but things will ramp up. Some areas of wet weather here near the Santa Cruz Mountains tonight off toward the south. Then things get a little bit more active building in from the south by twourt 2 30 in the morning. Possibly the east bay peninsula and points toward morgan hill and gilroy. Then pushing into 5 00 in the morning you can see possibly another surge of moisture for the early commute that could contain some of the stronger thunderstorms. And we may see that linger into about 8 30 in the morning. After that well see things beginning to clear out with dryer air. 5 00 to 8 00 in the morning best chance to for thunderstorms across the bare. With that we included the temperatures in the 60s to start from the south bay to the tri valley. San francisco beginning with 62, the north bay 63. Into the microclimate forecast you see the temperatures drop another 4 to 7 degrees. 84 in tount san jose and 83 in gilroy. Throughout the east bay 85 in concord out of the 90s back towards hayward, 80. Peninsula checking in with 82 across redwood city. A little bit breezy out of the southwest at 10mileperhour. And youll notice a slight bit of humidity but overall well try to lose the humidity at least by tomorrow evening. 70 in the mission, 69 for the embarcadero. And in the north bay 82 in novato. 74 in mill valley. Extended forecast chance of thunderstorms. Dry weather through next monday. And potentially the chance of spotty showers wins with he hit tuesday. Inland valleys. Chance of thunderstorms tomorrow morning. And temperatures cool down once we hit thursday to 79 degrees. Then to mid80s or the upcoming weekend and a spotty shower by next tuesdays forecast. Hold on tomorrow morning if everything lines up more scattered thunderstorms back in the mix. 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San francisco is planning to rename Golden Gate Park sharon meadow after williams. The park and Rec Commission ha to sign off. A follow up to a story we first brought you over the weekend. People throwing their follow up now to a story we brought you over the we could. People throwing support and money behind an unlicensed hotdog vendor bustered by uc berkeley police. Are you taking his hardearned money. Youre watching as Police Ticket the vendor because he didnt have a permit and the University Says thats a food safety risk. The officer took money from the mans walt. The gofundme page set up has raised 62,000. Fewer rigtening be driverless cars. Today transportation secretary elaine cio. Outleted new guidelines. It made changes to obama era regulations that auto makers slowed down innovation. Various consumer groups are worried lets oversight could leisure to safety issues down the road. Back in a moment. On the look out for lightning. Take vo we re with crews atop the ton at 6 00 be, on the look out for lightning with crews atop the highest point in Santa Clara County as they watch for any strikes which could spark wildfires. That story and missouri more tonight at 6 00. Tonight jeff is back with us the giants game ended at twourt in the morning. Because of rain. Are we seeing any chance of that. Superdangerous with the cloudtoground lightning, not to be messed with. It looks like on the Doppler Radar there is no storms near us right now. Best chance of things developing would be from 11 30 tonight through 8 00 tomorrow morning. Isolated thunderstorms, that means lightning winds 20 to 40mileperhour possibly small hail. It looks good to get something from the south bay to peninsula. Look at this 79 by thursday. How is that. I see you sneaking in a little rain possibly next week. You got it. Lester holt is next. Hope to see you at 6 00. Bye. Tonight misery in paradise from the keys to the caribbean, warships and cruise ships aiding in massive Emergency Operation for islands left devastated by irma. And across florida, 15 Million People left powerless, could be knocked out for month. Growing outrage, Security Breach hitting nearly half the u. S. Population. Every american adult being urged to take protective action. Hormone replacement. Why researchers say its option you might want to consider. About face, unlock your phone just by looking at it. Bino