Because of that website that constantly was crashing for pacific gas electric. They said today the average customer who called in and was on hold on the phone for 21 minutes. Before they finally got any information out of utility. We dont know if that number includes the number of people who simply hung up out of frustration. Coming up tonight at 6 pm hear from the ceo again about how exactly how much of their equipment was damaged during the wind event. At the same time pg e said it needs to raise the electricity rates by more than 7 in january. Utility said in a typical residential customer will see an increase of about nine dollars a month. The average electric bill would be about 130. The latest rate hikes would start in january if the puc signs off. More than 2 increase just took effect on october 1. We are following additional developing news about pg e. This one is out in pleasant hill. They are dealing with another power outage. They are working to get power back on for more than 1000 people right now in pleasant hill. This just after 3 pm and afternoon. More than 5000 people were without power. Crews were able to get that number down to about 1300 just 30 minutes later. No word on what caused the outage. A spokesperson confirmed it is near the epicenter of that four point five magnitude earthquake. That hit the city on monday. That right now does appear to just be a coincidence. We will keep you updated as the situation develops. Scientists are poring over some amazing new photographs of this pod of humpback whales breaching off the monterey costs. The photos were taken just moments after the fourpoint seven earthquake struck near hollister on tuesday. Experts are saying it is more than just a coincidence. Devon spoke with the biologists on just how sensitive these animals are. Reporter the photos were taken 60 seconds after the earthquake struck about 35 miles away in southern monterey county. They started flying out of the water. 2 whales another mile to the west started breaching. A boat behind us said our whale is breaching over here too. Reporter a total of seven humpbacks may mile radius of her whale watching boat breached at the same time. 12 43 pm tuesday. A highly unusual display. She believes was connected to the quake. From the time the earthquake registered on land to the time it was detected the whales were breaching in between that time. Period. That matched up with our timestamps on our cameras. Reporter earthquakes can create a sound detectable underwater is the shockwaves move throughout the water. Researchers say tuesdays four point seven quake was reported on their listening equipment. It makes a roaring sound underwater. It is a really loud disturbance. It was 30 seconds long on the hydrophone. It is a very deep and unusual noise. I think the whales started jumping out of the water as a reaction to it. About biologist cannot save the whales unusual behavior was linked directly to the earthquake. The timing they say certainly suggest a connection. The son generated by the earthquake within the frequency used by whales to communicate. It is something they could hear inconceivably didnt react to. A live look outside right now. We havent had much rainfall since fall began. A new federal report is saying california could be in for a winter that is on the driver side. Darren peck joins us to explain. Reporter when it comes to longrange predictions like how is the winter going to play off. Sometimes you get el nino. Which means maybe our chances go up more rain and snow. Sometimes you get a la nina. Which means things will be quieter. What we have right now is something that i call. We have neither. Just a review el nino the temperatures along the equator warm. That sets off a pattern throughout the entire atmosphere across the globe. Sometimes leading to more rain in california. When you have la nina it is the opposite. Colder waters along the equator. That can sometimes lead to dry winters. Let me show you what it looks like. Im going to point out where the equator is. There is south america. That is the equator. These colors right now are neutral. We dont have el nino. We dont have the reverse. We dont have a whole lot to go on here. We hear the protection the says it is likely we could have a dryer went to than average. That is telling you we are missing the one big piece of information we need. We want to make a longrange forecast for the windsor. The truth on this is if you dont have that you really dont have much. To make a longterm prediction for this winter. That is where things stand at this point. I will be back with more on our forecast. A small chance for rain tomorrow. In the north bay. I will have that forecast in a bit. Financier agreed to plead guilty in the College Admission scandal. Manwell henriquez is charged with paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for test cheating and bribing a tennis coach to get his daughters admitted in georgetown. He is scheduled for a plea hearing on monday. Any boston federal court. His wife elizabeth is charged in the case. She has a different lawyer. It is not clear if she is going to plead guilty. Beverly hills were Real Estate Developer was sentenced today to one month in prison and that admission scandal. Authorities say Robert Flaxman paid 75,000 to have test proctor beat his daughter answers to her act exam. He pleaded guilty inmates of fraud and conspiracy in a deal with prosecutors. He is now the 10th parents to be sentence. Top area executive has died. Coceo mark hurd passed away at the age of 62. Hurd had been a copresident at oracle since 2010. Before that he was ceo of hewlettpackard. He took a leave of absence last month for a medical reason. He is survived by his wife and his two daughters. Lets take a live look at the white house. President trump is coming to the defense of a top aide. Facing fallout from his comments regarding ukraine. House republicans are accusing democrats of skirting the rules in the impeachment inquiry. Nicole has the latest for us from capitol hill. Reporter President Trump and republicans here on capitol hill are taking up permit mulvaney said his remarks thursday were misconstrued. This is a terrible witchhunt. Reporter trump defended mitt mulvaney a day after mulvaney seemed to admit a quid pro quo over Ukraine Military aid. I think he clarified it. Reporter thursday mulvaney withholding of aid with an investigation into a debunked theory. The 2016 election meddling originated in ukraine. It is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democrats server happens as well. We do that all the time. With foreign policy. Reporter he issued a statement saying that was no quid pro quo and the president never told him to withhold any money over a computer server. Many republicans are backing mulvaney and feel he has cleared up the comments. Democrats disagree. He told the truth and he had to correct it. Reporter both sides continue to spur spar over the impeachment inquiry. When we were in the minority we were not allowed to do what you are requesting to do. We were not allowed to do it. President. Reporter non republican minutes or members sent a letter documenting their concerns about the process. Next week House Republicans are expected to move forward with a censure resolution against congressman shifts. A former republican governor has now breaking from his party. When it comes to that impeachment inquiry. John kasich of ohio said he would vote for moving forward. He said for him mulvaneys comments on ukraine were the final straw. Today President Trump announced a nominee to replace Outgoing Energy secretary rick perry. His pick is perrys deputy. President trump calls him a total professional and also praised perry for his work. Perry is facing scrutiny over his role in the presence dealings with ukraine. He plans to leave by the end of the year. Trump is downplaying the fighting along the turkish syria border. Despite a ceasefire. The president said the violence was over quickly and said both the turks and the kurds are happy with the deal. The agreement would move Kurdish Forces from a 20 mile deep safe zone along the turkish border. The defense secretary said the agreement does not impact the plan withdrawal of u. S. Troops. No Ground Forces will participate in the safe zone. Critics are to condemning the deal saying it gives turkey what it wanted. It is a socalled cease fire. This is not what we expected. In fact it is not a cease fire. World leaders are calling on turkey to withdraw something it is under no obligation to do. According to the u. S. Plan. Mayhem and mexico. Shootout takes a terrifying turn. Why police had no choice but to release the son of a notorious drug lord. It is extremely inspiring. Im very grateful to be able to see this alive. How 2 astronauts broke barriers and inspire the next generation. A housing bargain one of the bay areas most desirable neighborhoods. But there is a catch. At the northbay detectives are investigating a body discovered at a popular marin state park. It was found this morning in china campus state park in san rafael. On North San Pedro road. Police calls the road in both directions at the ranger station. You can see authorities lining the roadway. The body was discovered after deputies responded to a possible medical emergency. Investigators are now calling that death suspicious. The Sheriff Department is leading the inveion with the help of chp. As well as california state park officials. A man in custody after attacking a bark passenger with a box cutter. Shortly before 10 am. Service stop there so police could track him down. It started when officials got a call about a man making threats and carrying a weapon on a train at montgomery bard. The suspect will be given a psychiatric evaluation. As for the victim she suffered a cut on her hand. She is expected to be okay. Mexican Officials Say at least eight people died in gunbattles between members of the drug cartel and Security Forces. The violence on the streets is being described as a failed operation to detain the son of drug kingpin joaquin l chappell guzman. It was a battle zone thursday in the city of mexico. The historic homeland to the violent drug cartel. Police confirmed they were patrolling a neighborhood when they were fired upon from a house. Once they fought back and into the house they captured and arrested guzman lopez. He had become a key figure in the cartel after his father guzman started serving a life prison sentence in the u. S. Back in july. Washington post michiko bureau chief. Once word gets out his son has been detained by the Mexican Security forces. All hel breaks loose. Reporter police appear to be outgunned by drug cartel forces as civilians ran for safety. Cartel members setting vehicles preventing Security Forces from maneuvering. Men with heavy machine guns opened fire. I dont think we have seen anything like this on this scale and mexico may be ever. Mexicos own Security Forces dont have the ability to defeat a cartel. All the gun power the mexican military has the mexican police. Reporter Mexican Security officials were forced to release him. It is such a remarkable embarrassment for the mexican government. He escaped from prison would be the top of the list. This will be just after that. Authorities are not the only one who have been trying to apprehend the younger guzman. He and his brother joaquin were indicted on charges of Drug Trafficking in the u. S. Two years ago. With a 50 people without power in san jose today after a San Jose Police cruiser crashed into a power pole and toppled the beam. It happened on alma avenue east of monterey road. They spent the day credit clearing the scene and working to get power back on. Police and the officer was not heard but no word on what led to the accident. Offering some cash to anyone that can help them track down a woman who they say joe. Car at pedestrians on purpose. It happened last night shortly before 10 pm on lake merritt boulevard and 12th street. At least five people were walking when a white fourdoor sedan went over the sidewalk and onto the grass area. At least one person suffered minor injuries. There is no description on the driver or motive. Police are offering up to 5000 for information that will lead to an arrest. Milpitas police need your help finding suspected package thieves. They say that three people stole amazon packages from the porches of several homes. On centerpoint drive near the great mall. They were caught on these Home Security cameras. If you recognize the suspects called milpitas police. Fire watch. Crews done mopping out a wildfire that ripped through a lake county hillside last night. You can see the flames are creeping over the ridge line. The fire broke out along highway 29 n. Of Hidden Valley lake at 8 pm. Strong winds forced officials to order people out of the area. They were able to soon return. The fire burned about 25 acres. We are not done by any stretch of the imagination. It is still breezy. It depends on where you are. Sfo gusts up to 25 and 30 miles per hour. We are still going to see that including at the beach. Take a look at the camera set up we have. Looking at the harbor. Down there earlier covering that fascinating story on the humpback whales. Some interesting behavior around the same time the earthquakes happen. If we are down there lets show it all. Friday sunshine. Keep in mind a High Surf Advisory at the water. In the harbor we are more than protective. We have gotten past the worst of the waves. I serve advisory until 9 pm. Surf advisory. Just be careful. Around the surfline. Lets talk about the way it feels now. Other than the breeze the temperatures right where they were yesterday. We are not noticing a lot of ne we are going to warm back up to late summer by next week. More on that in the seven day forecast. Current wins. 21 mile per hour wind at sfo. Testing higher than that. The more impressive spots. Go to the northbay and you are not feeling much. Which is part of the reason why it will be cold. 44 tonight. For santa rosa. Down to the upper 30s last night. It wont be as cold as it was on friday morning. If youre getting up early on saturday. If we advance this to the afternoon. Daytime highs again similar to today. The change doesnt get going as far as the warm up until sunday. Much more noticeably monday tuesday and wednesday. Of next week. Before i skip over the weekend. It is going to be cloudy for the day tomorrow. Take a look in the northbay. A little bit of rain here. We will start at 9 am. Some of the showers have started to show up in sonoma county. We will play that through the afternoon. Body for everybody. Maybe a few lights showers up the coast. The last of the stragglers by the time we get to the afternoon probably down around the peninsula. Not far from the camera. It will be cloudy. Maybe sprinkle. That is it. By the time the sun goes down the clouds clear out. Sunday will be prettier this saturday. Saturday will look like the storm is in the neighborhood. We might get a sprinkle. Sunday will be sunny. We start the warmup. Rainfall amounts nearly any. The wind will pick up with the system as a comes through as well. Not when the rain comes through. Will happen saturday night. At 7 pm. It will be stronger than it is now for your part of the bay area. By sunday things will start to calm back down. The seven day forecast will take a look past the weekend. Which is required for sunday. The numbers really start to climb. By tuesday 89. Inland for the daytime high. Thursday we are still there. Friday there is a 91. Enjoy what we are going to experience tomorrow. Clouds. The threat of a hint of light rain which will impact your day. It will feel like fall. Make the most of saturday. We are not done with late summer. Much of late next week is going to feel like it. Making history. High above the earth. How the small steps of 2 astronauts are inspiring the next generation. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones, phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Call or visit there are those who will say thatoo fat. too skinny. Too hard. Too soft. Too old. Too much. Too unexpected. Too limited. And to them we say too bad. Because at kaiser permanente, we believe that everyone deserves the right to thrive. History was made high above the earth today with the first ever allfemale spacewalk. It comes seven months after the original one was scheduled. Michelle reports this time nasa had all the right gear. Reporter there was some polite maneuvering up in space is astronauts Christina Cook and jessica made their way outside the International Space station to replace a battery. Walked hand over hand. Cook his hitched a ride on a robotic arm. For the first time in history 2 female astronauts spacewalking together. Women have walked in space before. 15 and fact. 14 of those nasa astronauts. This the first time it has been all women. That has generated excitement. Reporter the first allfemale spacewalk was supposed to happen in march with cook nash not ann mclean. Only one mediumsized torso spacesuit was available. Both women could not participate. Since then nasa designed a more one size fits all spacesuit. Making way for friday spacewalk. This is really just us doing our job. We recognize it is a historic achievement. We want to give credit to all of those who came before us. Reporter they are hopeful there will be many more all female spacewalk succumb. Asked not Christina Cook is seven months into 11 month spaceflight. Will be the longest by a woman. Female astronauts are inspiring students everywhere including some at the Girls Academic Leadership Academy in los angeles. They showed up to school at 4 am today to watch the spacewalk life. I feel like it was worth it. This is a onceinalifetime experience. It is extremely inspiring. Im very grateful to be able to see this life. Lets hope it is not just once. Many of the girls paid very close attention. They had some questions about the mechanics. They actually send nasa a tweet. Why were you counting how me times you unscrewed the bolds and why of those details important . The students so excited to have their questioning included on the lifestream. Some of them did not hear the answer. For the record the astronauts keeping an exact record of what they did for the future. Coming up a rare chance to score Affordable Housing in the east bay. The housing opportunity of a lifetime will come down to the look of the drawl. We will have that story coming up. Alone on the freeway. The little boy walked miles from home. Not one person stopped to help. Hear from the officer who did rescue him. President ial candidate hits back after clinton makes a stunning claim that she is a favorite of the russians. It has been ranked as one of the most desirable places to live in the country. And is bay city is offering a rare bargaining for inspiring homeowners. There is a catch. Not often you hear about Affordable Housing opportunities in san ramon. The city is holding a lottery for a new development of interstate 6 av. John reports you can bet the demand will be high