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Eletrical equiptment was making it hard to put out so they brought in a Carbon Dioxide truck. It suffocates the fire and removes the oxygen and cools it downafter several hours the fire was finally put out and pge could tell us the cause of both that. And the massive power outage that effected such a large swath of the city. We had a Circuit Breaker fail it created a fire around the breaker the insulation around the breaker burned and thats what created the situationpge says exactly why the breaker failed is still being looked into. But its age relatedits simply old equiptment. They are in the process of spending 100 Million Dollars to upgrade that substation. Which is scheduled to be done at the sometime next year. maureen live no one was injured in that fireand so far theres been no reports of any injuries or traffic accidents related to this widespread outage. Maureen kelly kron4 news vicki the massive outage also took a toll on people and traffic in San Franciscos financial district. Kron fours Philippe Djegal joins us live in downtown San Francisco. Where the earlier outage is still impacting traffic. Philippe. Yes, vicki. And, being turned away and forced to walk to another bart station or board a bus slowed people down a bit. But things are pretty much back to normal. Which during rush hour is still messy. But at least the power at bart is back on. Philippe Joe Hickey sfmta nats hi, the stations closed we have no power. Before even really starting their work day. John romanach bart rider philippe is this a bit frustrating . john uh, yea, its a little anoying. Bart and muni riders put in a bind. Turned away from the underground montgomery station. Which for several hours remained dark. Joe hickey sfmta nats but if you go to embarcadero or powell the trains are running there. While bart and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency worked on the pitch black platform to figure things out. Street level crews installed a generator to eventually repower the station. During the outage bart and muni trains still passed through montgomery station just without stopping. Commuters were asked to jump on buses until the power issue was fixed. Aldo gomez bart rider or, i might walk home. Some stores stayed open through the outage. But dozens of businesses along and off Market Street had to close for the day. Ana lia is a Customer Care specialist for an insurance company. Ana lia bart rider i think its going to cost a lot of money for our company. Traffic enforcement crews directed cars stuck in the gridlock. Traffic lights and signals were out at several intersections for most of the late morning and mid afternoon. Just before 1130 in the morning. The generator at montgomery station was up and running and the power was back on. The elevators were were operating a few hours later, but not the escalators. April marco bart passenger i have to take the stairs very long way up and its dark. The station reopening just in time for those who were concerned about how theyd get home. No name i would be in in trouble how could i get across the bay . I live in the east bay. Fortunately for that woman. She was able to jump on a train just before noon to get home. Honestly, though not everyone out here was angry. Because its friday and many people got an early start to the weekend. Live in San Francisco, Philippe Djegal, kron four news. vicki we first told you about todays massive Power Outages through our mobile app. We sent out a push alert at 9 25 this morning. We also just learned that power has been fully restored to aall customers. Make sure you download the kron four mobile app to always stay up to date on breaking news. grant were following breaking news in the east bay tonight. A shelter in place has been issued for parts of berkeley as officers search for a man with a gun. This is near mckinley avenue, allston way, bancroft way and grant street. Officers are checking behind buildings and homes. They are telling people in the area to stay inside. And to avoid the area. vicki President Donald Trump is sticking to his word. And his administration is cracking down on socalled sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Now grant money for nine sanctuary cities is at risk. The Justice Department is asking those cities to prove they are complying with an Immigration Law to continue receiving money. The department sent letters earlier today to cities in california, chicago, new york and philadelphia. Places inspectors say previously had limited rules. The letter did not specify which cities in these states are under scrutiny. grant the fight over free speech on the u. C. Berkeley campus is far from over. The controversial visit of a conservative commentator. Is now taking on a legal twsit. Kron 4s Spencer Black is live on the cal campus. To explain why the planned event with ann coulter could be heading to court. The Berkeley College republicans invited coulter to speak here on campus on the 27th, which is next thursday. Earlier this week, the School Canceled the speech because of specific threats of violence at the event. Berkeleys no stranger violence in february surrounding Milo Yiannopolouss planned speech. 7 school backtracked offered may 2nd as an alternative date. 7 sounded okay, until students pointed out that students wont be on campus. 7 no class because theyre studying for final exams. 7 attorney representing the group, harmeet dhillon, says the offer is far different from what they make available for similar speeches from other people, and is threatening to sue if the school doesnt change course. Its as if they had said to her, why dont you speak in the middle of the night standing on one leg and speaking backwards . i mean, it defeats the whole purpose. vo coulter herself tweeted about the controversy several times. One of those said, no school accepting public funds can ban free speech. 7 school says they wanted a time and place that was safer for the event, time to work on security plan. 7 Attorney Says a threat on a thursday in april is just as likely to happen as a threat on a tuesday in may. Dhillon will file suit over the weekend or early next week if nothing changes from the school. At 8 more about the stipulations the school laid out for the conservative speakerones the College Republicans say are unconstitutional. Live in berkeley, spencer blake, kron four news. vicki a suspect reportedly carrying a knife was injured after being shot by police in san jose this afternoon. Officers say it happened in the area of lewis road and senter road. It all started when police were called to reports of a man with a knife. Police arrived and at some point the suspect was shot. He was sent to a hospital and treated for his injuries. Officials say the officer will be placed on paid administrative leave. grant the smoke has lifted in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Where some 15 thousand marijuana smoking enthusisasts celebrated 4 20 yesterday. They jammed hippie hill. And had fun. We sent kron 4s dan kerman back to the park today. To see what was left behind. dan kerman 420 dayafter trash 5pkgwhen the smoke had cleared from the 2016 420 celebration what was left was 11 tons of trash a lot of cleaning up. And a lot of grumbling about the mess 2017 proved to significantly different a lot less trash on the grounds of hippie hillsotwe had clean up crews throughout the day and a full recycling planmuch of that was paid for this year by some local businesses that kicked in 150thousand dollars to sponsor the event. Working with the citys rec and Park Department that issued a permit, 2017s 420 celebration also included security, porta potties, food vendors, and djs who in addition to spinning tunes, encouraged people to keep the area around them cleansot alex aquino 420 Event Organizerthe people felt like we gave them something so they took more responsibility of being in the park and that resonated with the people and i think they helped clean up. And while the total amount of trash generated may be equal to last year, this time the city estimates due to composting and recycling, half of it wont end up in the landfill. e vicki an attempted robbery of a luxury watch store in the east bay. Still ahead on kron four news. How the store owner was able to fight off his attackers plus who police are looking for. grant plus, disturbing new details about what went on between a tennessee teacher and the student he allegedly kidnapped. vicki and next, for the first time in his big League Career giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner has been put on the disabled list after a dirt bike accident. Details after the break. brittney im chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp, ill have your full bay area forecast after the break. grant some bad news for giants fans today. Superstar pitcher. Madison bumgarner got hurt riding a dirt bike and is now on the disabled list for the first time in his career. The dirt bike accident was on one of the teams offdays this week in colorado. He has bruised ribs but more importantly for the team and fans. A sprained joint in his pitching shoulder. As of now he is out for ten days. And will get checked out again next week. But some insiders are saying he could be out for more than a month. Bum. One of the best playoff pitchers in baseball history, is out of the hospital. And beginning his recovery. vicki nearly onemillion east bay water customers are once again Drinking Water from fresh snow pack from the Sierra Nevada mountains. Its the result of a monthslong project costing 22 milliondollars to upgrade a Treatment Plant that is almost complete. But already. Water from the mokelumme river is pouring out of taps west of the oakland hills. Those customers were Drinking Water from local sources during the upgrade. Now they are back to enjoying water from the sierra. Where there is finally plenty of snow and water once again. grant we know the big one is coming but of course we dont know when or where it might strike. If an earthquake were to occur on the calaveras fault near morgan hill, the dam at Anderson Reservoir could fail. Which is why water from this years heavy rains. Is still being released from the reservoir out of an abundance of caution. Kron fours rob fladeboe has the latest on that effort now live from morgan hill. Rob . rob live im here just below the dam where water continues to gush from a release valve into coyote creek. Its hard to believe this has been going on now for a couple of months. The bad news is that most of this water is headed for the bay and cant be captured or stored anywhere. But the good news is that the potential for a disaster resulting from an earthquake is less and less as the water level in the reservoir continues to fall. In 2009, the Santa Clara Valley Water District was ordered by the federal Energy Regulatory commission to keep the level in Anderson Reservoir at or below 68 percent. Today it is 64 percent full but the releases are to continue until the level reaches 58 percent out of an abundance of caution. Marty grimes Santa Clara Valley water dist. For those same reasons were adding another level of safety between the 68 percent and the 58 percent, basically were adding another 9 feet of safety. The reason for that is that andersons earthen dam could theoretically fail in a magnitude 7. 25 earthquake, potentially flooding much of morgan hill and far south san jose. The lower the water level the lower the risk. Over the years weve learned more about the dam, weve learned about the faults that run under the dam and weve begun the design process so were now doing a larger project than we thought was necessary. 7 news anderson was 106 percent full and spilling over back in february, as we see in this video from kron4s helicopter partnership with abc7. A breach in a side channel that flooded highway 101 and the flood along coyote creek in san jose are nothing compared to the nightmare scenario of what could happen if the dam were to fail when the reservoir is full. Marty grimes Santa Clara Valley water dist. The chances of it failing are are extremely remote but its certainly not an acceptable chance to live with that in the long term because someday that fault could have a major earthquake. Once the level in anderson gets to 58 percent, water will be released from Coyote Reservoir upstream, near gilroy, because its dam too was built near a fault and could fail in a big earthquake. rob live the releases will continue until the middle of may. The power of the water flowing through here is something else. I can feel the force beneath my feet, sort of like an earthquake. Live in morgan hill rob fladeboe kron 4 news anchor time now to check on our weather. With chief meterologist Brittney Shipp. High pressure building off the coast will bring a warming and drying trend to the bay area and monterey bay region through friday. Temperatures will slightly cool over the weekend although dry conditions will continue. grant were following breaking news in the east bay tonight. A shelter in place has been issued for parts of berkeley as officers search for a man with a gun. This is near mckinley avenue, allston way, bancroft way and grant street. Officers are checking behind buildings and homes. They are telling people in the area to stay inside. And to avoid the area. vicki coming up, a Man Attacks Police officers in paris killing one. Tonight we are learning more about the suspect and what may have provoked the attack. grant and next, police in san jose are searching for a driver who slammed into the Regional Medical center and then took off. grant officers are looking for a driver who crashed into a hospital early this morning in san jose. The driver crashed an suv into the Regional Medical center on North Jackson avenue sometime around 1 00 in the morning. The building has severe damage. The driver ran away from the scene before they got there. Police do not know if the car was stolen. The crash remains under investigation. vicki three suspects are caught on camera attempting to rob a luxury preowned watch dealer in walnut creek. Earlier today Police Investigators gave kron4s Haaziq Madyun the first look at the suspects on Surveillance Video. Take a look at this Surveillance Videoit happened around noon thursday here at the Oc Watch Company on cypress street in walnut creekeven though the owner of the store was pepper sprayed, he was able to protect his business. Walnut creekPolice Investigators says the three men ran across the street where their getaway car was waitinginvestigators are hoping someone out there got a look at the three men before they got away so if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. grant were following breaking news in the east bay tonight. A shelter in place has been issued for parts of berkeley as officers search for a man with a gun. This is near mckinley avenue, allston way, bancroft way and grant street. Officers are checking behind buildings and homes. They are telling people in the area to stay inside. And to avoid the area. vicki all power is back on after a fire broke out at a pg e substation. grant it caused a massive power outage in San Francisco. Here is what we know tonight. vicki the outage started shortly after nine this morning and about 88 thousand pg e customers were affected. The San Francisco Fire Department scrambled to keep up with more than 100 calls for service in about two hours. They also had to rescue 20 people from different elevator. Bart was shut down until about noon. And traffic lights and signals were affected and caused major gridlock across city streets until early this evening. San francisco schools remained open during the outage and they restored power at all locations about an hour ago. Pge doesnt know exactly what the cause is. But that something went wrong with a Circuit Breaker that made it explode. The Power Substation that failed had been set to be part of a 100milliondollar upgrade. I was like thats the guy. So we ended up calling the police. vicki tonight new details about the arrest of the Tennessee School teacher at a remote cabin in siskiyou county. vicki tad cummins is now in federal custody for abducting 15 year old elizabeth thomas. grant she is back home in columbia tennessee. Her family says she suffered severe emotional trauma, and is only beginning what figures to be a long recovery. Catherine heenan is here with what we have learned today about their six weeks on the run. catherine this federal criminal complaint reveals that cummins really prepared for the abduction taking out a 45 hundred dollar loan and stocking up on the erectile dysfunction medication see alice. His 39 days on the road ended when he turned to a Good Samaritan for help. He said he he was from colorado and he said he had a house fire and he got fired from his job and he had his last 10 dollars or whatever. So i gave him 40 bucks and put gas in his tank and what not. Griffin barry says he allowed the couple to stay in a twelve by twelve foot cabin in the tiny town of cecilville. About 20 miles south of the oregon border. Cummins told barry he was 44 and that thomas, who called herself joanna, was 22. She spoke very few words and he would try and like talk for her a lot. He was like clearly keeping her separate. Cecilville is about as far off the grid as you can get. The nearest Sheriffs Office is two hours away. There is no Cell Phone Service for a 30 mile radius. But the mismatched couple in a car with no license plates eventually aroused suspicions i was like that girl wont look at me or whatever and we are so far out here and someone showed me a picture and i was like that is definitely the guy. After his arrest by a special team of sheriffs deputies, cummins was handed over to federal officials. Hes been taken into custody by the Sacramento Office of the fbi and so we expect that he will be arraigned on monday morning in Federal District court in sacramento. Thomass father says he believes cummins brainwashed his daughter. Were going to have to figure out what kind of state of mind shes in and probably get her some help. We have Mental Health people that are engaged actively in this case that are going to be working with her for her best interest. Were following their recommendations completely and so were waiting on further instructions from them. Theyll be secluded today, probably be secluded for the next several days. She definitely will be secluded for a long time now. Cummins is facing a federal charge of taking a minor across state lines for sex. The charge carries a minimum of 10 years in prison. Grant and vicki . grant United Airlines missed a Senate Deadline for explaining why a passenger was violently dragged off an overbooked flight in chicago last week. This is video of that incident. A Bipartisan Group of senators seeking answers in the incident was disappointed that the Chicago Department of aviation and United Airlines failed to respond to its requests. After missing the deadline, the city of chicago promised to provide answers by april 26th. United airlines say they will do so by april 27th claiming they need more time to review what happened. The department of transportation is also reviewing the incident. vicki us defense Officials Say a Russian Military aircraft was spotted today flying off the coast of alaska. And its the fourth time in four days the sightings have happened. The russian aircraft did not enter us airspace and it is not known if the us air force sent out planes in response. Officials say the sightings do not pose much threat. But they are taking notice of how often these sightings are occurring. Moscow says it regularly carries out Patrol Missions in the area. The us does as well with similar flights along the chinese and russian coasts. grant President Donald Trump says businesses and individuals will receive a massive tax cut under a tax reform package he plans to unveil next week. Trump would not provide details of the plan, saying only that the tax cuts will be bigger i believe than any tax cut ever. The president says the package will be released on wednesday or shortly thereafter. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin says the administration hopes to get a tax bill passed well before the end of the year. vicki bart has hired a new police chief. Santa ana police chief carlos rojas will soon be in charge of the bart police force. Rojas is expected to begin working in late may or early june. He will replace former chief kenton rainey, who retired at the end of last year after seven years as chief. Rojas has 27 of experience in the police force. vicki coming up, why the fiance of former nfl player Aaron Hernandez plans to sue the state of massachusettes just two days after he was found dead in his jail cell. grant stocks did well this week. But ended on a sour note tonight. The dow dipped nearly 31 points, ending the day at 20,547. The nasdaq fell six points to nearly six thousand. And the s p lost seven points, closing at just over 23hundred. grant were learning more about the death of exnf l star Aaron Hernandez. This morning his fiancee has indicated in court papers that she may sue the state of massachusettes over his prison suicide. Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez filed papers saying she was contemplating the lawsuit over the supervision. Her fiancee had while in his cell. Questions have been raised over whether guards carried out the proper hourly cellblock checks. Authorities say hernandez was locked in his cell about 8 pm wednesday and no one entered again until a guard saw him just after 3 am. vicki another big story were tracking for you tonight. Paris investigators are still trying to determine whether the gunman who killed one Police Officer and injured two others thursday was acting alone. grant Catherine Heenan is here with the latest on thursdays terror attack on thechamps elysees. catherine as people were leaving flowers at the scene of the shooting today. Frances leaders were telling citizens to go about their normal routines. Most are hoping it does not affect sundays big president ial election. As for the shooter who was killed by police it was confirmed that karim cheurfiis a French National with a long and violent criminal record. And authorities clarified that he was not under official surveillance by french intelligence agencies, as initially claimed. One Police Officer died after the attacker jumped out of a car thursday and opened fire with a machine gun. And today while on a visit to indonesia Vice President mike pence talked about what happened. Vice president mike pence as President Trump said yesterday in the face of all evil, and i quote, we have to be strong and we have to be vigilant. Today the people of paris have our condolences and our prayers, and the people of france are on our hearts today. This is just the latest reminder that terrorism can strike anywhere at anytime, something that the people of indonesia and the United States know all too well. President trump weighed in with a tweet. Predicting thatthe attack will have an effect on the president ial election. Some believe it will give an edge to the antiimmigration candidates. Frances president , meantime, met with his Defense Council today. To talkabout the ongoing investigation. Grant and vicki . grant still ahead. We are hearing from warriors star kevin durant for the First Time Since his calf injury. Find out if he plans on playing in this weekends playoff game next. brittney im chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp, ill have your full bay area forecast after the break. Hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. grant the massive power outage in San Francisco is over. In just the last 40 minutes. P. G. And e told us. Power all 88thousand customers is back on. Weve been tellig you about this issue from the moment it started. Lets check in now with pam more in the kron 4 newsroom with the latest. pam pam it is all good news tonight as people are starting their weekend. But it has been a day of chaos. And concern. P. G. And e. Called it a catastrophic failure. A Circuit Breaker caught fire inside a substation. It put mass transit in chaos. And shut down businesses. It has especailly been a day of challenges for those who need power for their businesses. In order to make money. Plus. Why rapper young jeezy. Is named in a wrongful death lawsuit in the bay area. Thats whats coming up on kron 4 news at six. Now. Lets get back to the news at five. vicki one year ago today one year one year ago today music super star, prince died from an accidental opioid overdose. Fans from around the world danced and sang outside of his paisley park home today to celebrate his life. There are four days of ticketed events planned inside paisley park. Including panel discussions. Live music and presentations. Buildings all over the city of minneapolis are lit in purple. Princes signature color. To honor his memory. grant diet sodas are being blamed for a higher risk of stroke and dementia. In a new study. Researchers found that people who drank one diet drink a day were almost three times as likely to have a stroke or be diagnosed with dementia. Scientists say they are not sure exactly what it is. In the diet soda. That can cause the stroke or dementia. But the American Beverage Association says that low calorie sweeteners found in the diet sodas have been proven safe by worldwide government safety authorities. vicki strange case of deja vu for the warriors during this postseason run. For a second straight year, the team is monitoring the health of one of its superstars. grant last season steph curry. Was the one on the mend. This time around all eyes are on kevin durant. Kd. Missed game 2 because of a strained calf. And the question now will he be ready to go tomorrow night for game 3 . cross mark carpenter has the latest. Plus, details on another big injury in bay area sports. Mark . mark as of now, we dont know for sure if kevin durant will be playing, but at least we can say theres a chance. Kd. Officially labeled as questionable for tomorrow nights game. The good sign is he seems to be moving around just fine. Durant. A full participant at this mornings practice before the team flew out to portland. The fact he had no limitations is a clear cut indicator that this calf strain isnt a serious issue. And durant has said himself that he could have played in game 2, but the team erred on the side of caution. Kd says sitting out is frustrating, yet he agrees that you cant be too careful. I was out for a month and i came back and i got injured again. I dont want that to happen if i do push it. I dont wanna have to sit out, play one game and then have to sit out another two weeks. Im just trying to be smart about it, but also, im still itching to get out there on the court. I feel good. Well see how i feel in the morning, but im just trusting the training staff. Hes used to being part of the discussion and now hes been sitting, now the discussion is about him sitting, its not about him playing so thats frustrating for anybody, but especially for one of the best players in the league so its driving him nuts, but he knows this is the right approach. Game 3 tips off tomorrow night at 730. Now to some more injury news, a headline that is both surprising and bizarre. Giants ace Madison Bumgarner. Placed on the disabled list after being involved in a dirt bike accident yesterday during the teams off day in colorado. The team says the lefthanded hurler suffered bruised ribs. And a grade one or two ac sprain on his throwing shoulder. He is currently resting at the team hotel. And will be examined next week. Reports say that he could be out for 6to 8 weeks. Giants are facing the rockies right now at coors field. mark bumgarners injury is the latest in a long line of weird mishaps for giants stars. Coming up in sports at 645, well take a look back at some of those, plus break down how this folds in to an already rough year for the orange and black. anchor time now to check on our weather. With chief meterologist Brittney Shipp. High pressure building off the coast will bring a warming and drying trend to the bay area and monterey bay region through friday. Temperatures will slightly cool over the weekend although dry conditions will continue. vicki after the break. We go out to pizza school and meet a group of local kids who are learning to cook from a real chef. vicki schools are tightening their belts, thats no secret. But there is one local neighborhood restaurant that is stepping in to help fill the gap at a school. And fill a few stomachs. Tonight on dine and dish i take us to one Bay Area School where kids are learning to cook compliments of the chef. What kid doesnt like pizza . But how many know how to make it from scratch. student first you do the dough, before that you have to have to make it rise and stuff. Cheese, lots of bacon. Bacon on it. Here at alamo elementary in the citys Outer Richmond neighborhood kids are getting a hands on lesson from a real life chef. kid hes Dante Cecchini from fiorella the little cal Italian Restaurant up the street. chef they all did a great job and i was happy to have their help. And the pizza ingredients come straight form the schools student garden. teacher all the students here helped the garden grow and they helped make the pizzas today. Parents are happy because it teaches kids where food comes from. And how to whip up a tasty meal at home. Kids like it for obvious reasons. student i liked eating the pizza but i like putting on the cheese. They get to fire up their concoctions in the restaurants wood fire oven for a pizza party. The best pie combo is added to the menu. And to top it off. With each sale of the winning pie 10 goes back to the schools art department. Besides who knows which one of these pie makers might end up a celebrity chef students come to fiorella and order the alamo pizza its for our school. In San Francisco Vicki Liviakis kron 4 news. vicki that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. granti steve aveson and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. pam thank you vicki. The good news this hour. Power has been restored after hours of being in the darkness in San Francisco. But it was a challenge all day. We talk with those in the city who bore the brunt of the power problem today. grant and the problems for wells fargo are getting worse not better. A new twist in a Class Action Lawsuit that will cost the bank. And put some money in customer pockets. grant and the latest on the search for a gunman right now in berkeley. Well go there live at the top of the hour. pam kron 4 news at six is coming up next. pam good evening im pam moore. grant and im grant lodes. Steve is off tonight. This is a story we have been following since the news at five. A manhunt for a gunman in berkeley. pam these are live aerials above berkeley. We have seen police going house to house. Guns pointed. They have a canine unit with them as well. Looking for the suspect. grant people are being told to stay inside if they live on mckinley street, allston way, bancroft way and grant street. We will keep a close eye on this story and bring you any new developments. pam another big story tonight. A massive power outage, right in the heart of San Francisco. Knocks out electricity to tens of thousands of people. And adding to the mess it leaves a bart and a muni station in the dark. In the middle of the morning commute. The culprit. A pgande substation where we saw smoke spewing out of the building. grant and this is where that substation with the fire is. As well as the montgomery bart station. As you can see from this map. They are only a few blocks apart. The substation itself is at eddy and larkin streets. grant within last hour we have learned all the customers who lost their power have it back. pam pgande has also provided some clues as to what went wrong at the substation besides the Circuit Breaker failing and causing a fire. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is in San Francisco tonight with the explanation coming from the utility. Charles . Well, the lastest update we have from pg e is that . . Customers are still without power and they are hoping to have Service Fully restored this evening. For the most part, city officials are telling us that even though this was a wide spread power outage, for the most part the city actually ran smoothly today. No major injuries were reported and no major accidents reported. Lets go ahead and walk you through what happened today. Around 919 this morning there was a catastrophic failure of a Circuit Breaker at the larken street substation. That failure triggered a fire that knocked out power to 88 thousand customer in the north and central parts of the city. 21 schools lost power, 300 Traffic Signals were dark. Thats < of the citys lights. Muni and bart experienced Power Outages at the montgomery station. Several bus lines were disrupted. The citys Emergency Operations center was opened up this afternoon, when it became obvious this was a city wide problem. Police, fire, and transportation officials have been here all day coordinating their reponse. Pg e has also been working all day to get service back up, again they are saying that only . . Remain with out power at this point. They were also asked today why the Circuit Breaker failed at the substation. How widespread the power problem was for san franicisco today. This is a map from pgande. Downloaded just before noon. As you can see. Just about every neighborhood was affected. From the western edition. To the richmond. To the financial district. And it was all triggered by the fire at the pgande substation on larkin street in the tenderloin. grant that massive outage also took a toll on people and traffic in the financial district. pam kron fours Philippe Djegal reports from the montgomery bart station. Where for several hours. People were turned away. philippe through the late morning. The gate outside the montgomery station remained closed for several hours. The shops around it shutdown too because of the power outage. Its a spooky look. Complete darkness inside the station underground. On the street level crews are working to install a generator to power the station back up. John romanach bart rider theres always a muni delay or something, so its nothing out of the ordinary. But the outage did cause quite a mess. Bart riders who didnt want to walk to the powell or embarcadero stations, instead jumped on buses. Though that meant sitting in traffic, which was heavy throughout the day because several street lights in the financial district were out. No name bart passenger so, its really wild out there. At around 1130. Barts generator was working and able to power montgomery station back up. Trains were once again making stops here. But by then, some people had already been significantly set back. April marco bart passenger about an hour and a half. Yes, there was frustration. But it wasnt all that bad for those whose bosses sent them home early. Rider at the happy because haha. Aldo rider oh, its a beautiful day. Did work so whats to hate on. Just a little setback before the weekend. In san Philippe Djegal, news. grant the power outage also left countless businesses in the financial district without electricty. Some decided to close for the day. Others opted to stick with it and hope they would get their electricity back at some point. pam on the peninsula. Another story involving pg ande. The utility has settled a lawsuit tied to the deadly san bruno explosion. The announcement came today. Shareholders sued the utility over the companys management team. That led to the 2010 blast. The lawsuit blamed executives for ignoring safety rules. The settlement is for 90 Million Dollars. It is not clear where the money will come from. The pipeline explosion in san bruno killed eight people. And destroyed 38 homes. grant the fight over free speech on the uc Berkeley Campus is now taking on a legal twist. A conservative Youth Organization is threatening to sue the university after postponing a visit by political commentator ann coulter. The original plan to have the conservative republican speak on april 27th was postponed by administrators worried about safety. Past controversial speakers have led to violent protests on campus. The school has offered to hold the coulter event a week later. But the attorney for the Berkeley College republicans says if the school does not allow the speech as scheduled, they will file a civil rights lawsuit. grant in the south bay. San jose police say they shot and wounded a man carrying a knife this afternoon. The shooting happened right near lewis road and senter road in the south part of the city. Few details are available but police are saying the suspect was shot at least once by an officer. Both the Santa Clara District Attorneys Office as well as the police derpartment are investigating the shooting. pam in the south bay a high School Teacher has been arrested. After police say, he was found to be in possesion of child pornography. 41 year old john hayden has been charged and booked into jail. Hayden was arrested at pioneer high school, where he was employed as a teacher. Officers say, they obtained a warrant and searched haydens home where they found images of child pornography. The case is under investigation. A live look outside right now. A beautiful friday around the bay. pam lets get our first look at the weather with chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. High pressure building off the coast will bring a warming and drying trend to the bay area and monterey bay region through friday. Temperatures will slightly cool over the weekend although dry conditions will continue. Were learning more about how authorities finally caught up to the former tennessee teacher who took off more than five weeks ago with a 15 year old girl. They were tracked down in a remote area of Northern California yesterday. Catherine heenan is here investigation. Under investigation. High pressure building off the were learning more about how authorities finally caught up to the former tennessee teacher who allegedly took off more than five weeks ago with a 15 year old girl. They were tracked down in a remote area of Northern California yesterday. Catherine heenan is here with the latest on tad cummins. And elizabeth thomas. Catherine Elizabeth thomas has been reunited with her family tonight. After being flown from california back home to tennessee. Authorities admit theyd probably still be looking for tad cumminsand thomas. If not for one man. The person who called 911 griffin barry. Who helped the couple set up in a remote, tiny cabin. Next to one he was staying in. Barry says he initially believed cummins story that the two were running out ofgas, food and money and needed a place to stay. Today we got the first look at the inside of the cabin. Which didnt have electricity or running water. And some of the couples camping gear. Cummins gave a false name. Claiming he was 44. And that thomas was 22. Barry says he eventually realized something was off and after seeing online photos realized who was actually staying in the cabin next door. Griffen barry i was like thats the guy. So we ended up calling the police. She spoke very few words and he would try and like talk for her a lot. He was like clearly keeping her separate. Im glad i got to help. Im glad he came here and i helped. Siskiyou District Attorney hes been taken into custody by the Sacramento Office of the fbi and so we expect that he will be arraigned on monday morning in Federal District court in sacramento. So cummins is not being immediately extradited to tennessee. That will happen later. Hes facing charges including aggravated kidnapping and sexual contact with a minor. One of the reasons the Early Morning arrest happened quickly and quietly. Griffen barry says he was told to drive by and honk his horn. Which brought cummins outside to see what he wanted. Pam and grant . pam rapper young jeezy finds himself being sued tonight in the bay area. Find out what he is accused of. Stemming from concert. grant plus wells fargos fake account scandal just wont go away. What the San Francisco based big bank is now on the hook for. pam and dramatic video captures a robbery in action. The east bay store these thieves hit. Ering if an electric toothbrush really cleans. Better than a manual, and my hygienist says it does. But. Theyre not all the same. Turns out, theyre really. Different. Who knew . I had no idea. So, she said look for. One thats shaped like a dental tool with a round. Brush head. Go pro with oralb. Oralbs rounded brush head surrounds each tooth to. Gently remove more plaque and. Oralb crossaction is clinically proven to. Remove more plaque than sonicare diamondclean. My mouth feels so clean. Ill only use an oralb the 1 brand used by dentists worldwide. Oralb. Brush like a pro. grant grant thousands of people packed Golden Gate Park for a 420 celebration. And now that the smoke has cleared. Its time to cleanup. But this year. Things are different. grant in the past. The celebration itself hasnt been the problem. Usually just a handful of arrests. The main issue was. What all those people left behind. pam crews have had to pickup the tons of garbage. People tossed. Kron 4s dan kerman went to hippie hill today and saw for himself what was left behind. Dan . To look at hippie hill on friday between the bikers, the dog walkers and the strollers, you would never have realized that just 24 hours earlier, it looked like this, as marijuana enthusiasts celebrated 420 in the park. In 2016, the day after attention was focused on the 11 tons of trash. Much of it spread throughout the park this year, while there may have been just as much trash, there was much less of it on the ground sot alex aquino 420 Event Organizer 26 31we announced it on the stage for people to help clean up and i think a lot of people did that. The stage where djs were spinning tunes and encouraging the crowd to keep the park clean, was made possible this year because a group of local businesses kicked in 150 thousand dollars to sponsor the event. That helped pay for not only entertainment, but clean up crews, trash, compost and recycle bins, as well as security, porta potties, and food vendors. Sothopefully thats going to be a standard organizers say none of it could have happened without the support of the citys rec and Park Department which issued a permit this year sot i think prop 64 and it being legal in california now it was a green light for rec and park to approve our plan and work with us. 116 work with us grant dramatic video tonight. Of three robbers disguised as constrcution workers targeting the Oc Watch Company in walnut creek this happened yesterday at around noon at the store on cypress street. This is a Surveillance Video showing it go down. Police say the cnstruction look is a bit unusual for the crime. grant the owner Oc Watch Company fought off the wouldbe thieves, who left empty handed. They were last seen driving a dark colored Dodge Challenger with no license plates. pam rapper young jeezy is being sued for wrongful death. The lawsuit stems back to the 2014 killing of concert promoter eric johnson. It happened backstage at a concert in mountian view. At the shoreline amphetheatre. Johnsons children are now suing the rapper. Their attorneys say, 2 witnesses claimed, the shooter looked like young jeezy whose real name is jay way jenkins. Jenkins was never charged in the shooting. Attorneys say, jenkins, and members of his concert staff were arrested on gun possession charges. Those charges were ultimately dropped. Johnsons children are suing for funeral expenses and other damages. grant in palo alto a special ceremony today at a pennisula school. 25 people, including several children and young adults went through a naturalization ceremony this event held at castilleja high schoool in palo alto was a bit more than your traditional celebration. Heres why. Not only were the recipients and their families in attendance but the students were also a part of the process they have been studying citizenzhip in the classroom. And on this day, readings and real life became blended together. Those receiving their certificates, say it is a day they will always remember. grant penninsula congresswoman anna eshoo was the guest speaker. As the daughter of an immigrant, eshoo said this day is especially important. Amid a Political Climate filled with controversy involving immigrants. President trump made what many consider a surprising assurance today. Talking to Illegal Immigrants in the u. S. Known as dreamers. Catherine heenan is here with more on what some consider a softening of his position. catherine President Trump now says that Illegal Immigrants who were broughtto the u. S. As children should rest easy. And not fear deportation. Thats despite his administrations overall efforts to get tougher about immigration enforcement. In an interview with the Associated Press the president says that hes not afterdreamers adding we are after the criminals. Sayi ng thats his policy. This comes on the heels of the recent deportation of 23yearold juan montes. Who had qualified for deferred deportation. The department of Homeland Security says that montes had originally left thecountry on his own, on at least one occasion. President trump says his case is a little different than the dreamer case. Althoughhe didnt specify why. On the campaign trail. President trump vowed to take a hard line on illegal immigration. Especially in cases of violent crime. Grant and pam . Lets take a look outside right now for the Current Conditions in the bay area. pam chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp joins us now with the forecast. High pressure building off the coast will bring a warming and drying trend to the bay area and monterey bay region through friday. Temperatures will slightly cool over the weekend although dry conditions will continue. grant President Trump is about to mark 100 days in office. A bay area congresswoman has some strong words about his performance. pam and volkswagen gets hit hard over its emissions scandal. How much the carmaker will have to pay. For cheating on tests. grant new tonight at eight. Talk about the luck of the draw seven people have won the lottery more than 100 times in the past three years. You wont believe how much they have raked in over that span. That story. Tonight at eight. grant breaking news tonight. Milo yiannopoulos is coming back to uc berkeley. He made the announcment on his facebook page. This comes as conservative republican ann coulter rescheduled her speech later this month. The last time yiannopoulos was set to speak at uc berkeley. Chaos broke out on campus and it spilled into the streets of berkeley. Where many businesses in the area were vandilized and damaged. He has not said when exactly he will be returning to berkeley. But that it will be a multiday event called milos free speech week. He says he will be holding talks and rallies and throw massive parties, all in the name of Free Expression and the First Amendment of free speech. pam the impact of the Class Action Lawsuit against wells fargo. Is only getting worse. The companys board of directors has expanded its window for unauthorized accounts now going back 15years. Wells fargo will now have to pay 142 Million Dollars to customers. For damages caused by accounts opened without their permission. The expansion of the lawsuit comes. As it was uncovered. That the banks sales practice problems have been happening as far back as 2002. The new fine is in addition to the 185 Million Dollars. That the bank was fined by federal and local authorities back in september. grant next week will mark 100 days in office for President Trump. A bay area congresswoman weighs in on his Job Performance and the big bills the president is expected to focus on. pam plus, we are learning new details tonight in the numerous threats made to Jewish Community centers around the United States. The action being taken against the prime suspect. grant and the big story tonight. A massive power outage hits the heart of San Francisco. See the major inconvenience it caused for most of the day. The president will mark his firsts 100 days in Office Next Week a benchmark that goes back to president roosevelts first administration. pam Health Care Reform came to a screeching halt in congress. Which returns to work on monday. Chief washington correspondent jim osman has whats in store for President Trump. Who still wants to mark some accomplishments. Before that 100day mark. pkg nats trump and gorsuchthe biggest accomplishment of President Trumps administration so far is arguably the nomination and confirmation of Supreme Court justice neil gorsuch. President trump 32 were going to win so much you may get tired of winning you might say please its too much winningothe boasting Campaign Rhetoric may face its most difficult test in the week ahead. Congress is back and it needs a budget resolution or force a shutdown of the federal govt. Andfacilities around the country. But the pres. Is insisting on another effort to pass Health Care Reform. Tyler texas congressman loius gohmert, a Freedom Caucus member, helped sink the measure. Sot 1 09 12 we have got to reach an agreement where premiums are kept down and not giving morepower to the federal government bridge republicans have been working on a replacement and the work continues this weekend. Somedemocrats say its a bill of goods that will surprise trump supporters. Sot congresswoman barbara lee 1 01 47 he in essence conned these people. And for the majority of trump voters they will get hurt themost california congresswoman barbara lee says the only reform shell support . Adjusting , not wrecking, the Affordable Care act. 1 01 22 lee if there are any fixes to the Affordable Care act and changes we should make those we should dothatreliably red state senatorslike alabamas Luther Strange think the president has been a bigimprovement over president obama. 1 02 24i like his agenda of lifting the regulatory burden. I think the next big issue if you listen to the houseleadership it will be tax reform. The president is also demanding funding of key priorities including before hell agree to avert the government shut down which ironically would happen on april 29th the 100 days of his administration. Im jim osman washington. pam a teenager has been charged with making threatening phone calls. To Jewish Community centers in georgia and florida. 18year old Michael Kadar is facing 31 charges of making threatening calls to police and giving them false information. This is video of a los gatos Jewish Community center that was targeted last month. Police say kadar has citizenships in the us and israel. He was arrested in israel one month ago. The calls increased fears of rising antisemitism through out the country. Investigators say kadar also made threats to Jewish Community centers in europe, australia and new zealand. Chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp joins us now. High pressure building off the coast will bring a warming and drying trend to the bay area and monterey bay region through friday. Temperatures will slightly cool over the weekend although dry conditions will continue. Maureen Philippe continuing our coverage on the San Francisco power outage. The montgomery bart station was closed down from just after nine until about 1130 in the morning. Bart crews were able to install a generator to get the platform lights turned back on. Still, street lights at several intersections reamined out through the afternoon causing traffic delays. Dozens of businesses were also affected. Many shutdown without electricity. So, workers were sent home early, only to find out they had to find another way home until the bart station reopened. In San Francisco, Philippe Djegal, kron four news. pam a very costly scandal. The massive fine volkswagen is going to have to pay. For cheating on emissions tests. Youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. grant volkswagen has been ordered to pay billions after cheating on diesel emissions tests. pam a federal judge made the order today. Saying the company will have to pay two point eight billion dollars in criminal fines. pam vw admitted that nearly six hundredthousand diesel cars. Were programmed to turn on pollution controls. During emission testing. This newest order is on top of the 12 point five billion dollars. Volkswagen is already paying in compensation and civil cases. Vws Attorney Says, the criminal fine is an appropriate penalty. grant in sports. Kevin durant remains questionable for game three against the trail blazers. Well hear what steve kerr had to say about the possibility of durant playing tomorrow night. pam plus. Madison bumgarner suffers a stunning injury. Manager bruce bochy. Reacts to news that a adirt bikea accident has sent his superstar picther to the disabled list. Mark carpenter has that story and all the sports coming up for millions of baby boomers theres a serious virus out there thats been almost forgotten. Its hepatitis c. One in 30 boomers has hep c, yet most dont even know it. Because it can hide in your body for years without symptoms, and its not tested for in routine blood work. The cdc recommends all baby boomers get tested. If you have hep c, it can be cured. For us its time to get tested. Ask your Healthcare Provider for the simple blood test. Its the only way to know for sure. They carry your fans shpassions, hopes, and dreams. S. And maybe, a chance at greatness because shoulders were made for greatness. Not dandruff. Madison bumgarner has long been one of those players you can count on. Giants fans know hell always come through in the clutch. And it seems that nothing can get in his way when hes on the field. So of course, the only thing that does stop him. Is a bizarre incident during the teams day off. Shocking news today. As madbum has been placed on the disabled list after being involved in a dirt bike accident yesterday in colorado. The team says the lefthanded hurler suffered bruised ribs. And a grade one or two ac sprain on his throwing shoulder. He is currently resting at the team hotel. And will be examined next week. Reports say that he could be out for 6to 8 weeks. Although his 03 record doesnt reflect it, his importance to the team is invaluable. As the teams ace, he leads the staff with a 3point0 era. And is 5th in the league with 28 strikeouts. Before tonights game against the rockies, bruce bochy. Back from heart surgery addressed the situation. Bruce bochy heres a young guy like a lot of us that we think that we are invincible. He was just having some fun that day and a slippery spot and went down. If i was there sure, i wont have let him on that bike. Im sure looking at it now madison wishes he wont have gotten on it. Hes very remorseful talking to him you know unfortunately the accident happen. When you hear about madbums circumstances, you cant help but think of some of the other notable nonbaseball injuries to hit the giants. Well start with jeff kent. Who before the 2002 season broke his wrist while popping wheelies on his motorcycle. Then, theres also jeremy affeldt. The relief pitcher missed the final few weeks of the 2011 campaign after cutting his hand while trying to separate frozen hamburgers. The year after that he hurt his knee. While trying to pick up one of his sons. In 2015, it happened again. While playing with his kids. Back to the 2017 season this bumgarner deal just adds to an already rough start. One big hit came last monday in their home opener. When buster posey landed on the concussion disabled list after taking a pitch right to the helmet. And then on the day he comes back, bruce bochy. Forced to leave the team because of heart surgery. In addition to that, the giants are last in the division with a 610 record. And i tell ya, you cant make this stuff up. As if today couldnt get any worse for the giants, the team bus backed into a car. On its way to coors field. Thankfully no one was hurt. And the game went on as scheudled. Heres an update at least this is going well so far. Giants up 3nothing. With all those runs coming in the 2nd inning. Well have highlights on kron4 news at 8 and 10. To the warriors we dont know if hes suiting up just yet, but kevin durant. Labeled as questionable for tomorrow nights game 3 against the blazers. Durant. A full participant and moving around just fine at this mornings practice before the team flew out to portland. No limitations is a clear cut indicator that this calf strain isnt a serious issue. And durant has said himself that he could have played in game 2. Heres kd on how hard its been to sit out. Hopefully, i get to play here soon. I got on the court today so its not the end of the world you know. Been supporting my team, just being a part of the group you know thats been cool. I just wanna be out there. But its not life or death. Its not career threatening. Its just a calf strain. I mean look, if it was game 7 of the finals, hed play because we are not talking about anything that could damage his career. But what we are talking about is something, if potentially could get worse and knock them out for a few weeks, then its not worth it. Here we go. Game 3 tomorrow night at the moda center. Possible clincher is monday in game 4. If this goes to 5, that will be in oakland on wednesday. Time to talk some raiders earlier this week, we heard from the players. Now its time to check in with the gm and head coach. Reggie mckenzie and jack del rio. Sat down with the media today. In the teams annual predraft press conference. The raiders have the 24thoverall selection in next thursdays draft, but the big topic remains the move to las vegas. Right now jdr is not thinking about a stadium that hasnt even been built yet, hes concerned with working toward a championship. Jack del rio were going to be here, and be present in the moment, and for us, its all about, its a day to day, week to week league, really, so worrying about something three years from now, i think thats really more for other people. For us, for coaches, for players, were going to focus on the tough schedule that just came out thursday, and now we can dig into our preparation. Preparation. Into our now we can dig thursday, and now we can dig into our preparation. grant a big story we have been following throughout the day. The massive power outage in San Francisco for most of the day. An update on how fast things are getting back to normal. Next. pam the big story tonight. A massive power outage in San Francisco is over. grant it was just about 90 minutes ago we learned that everyone got their electricty back. At the height. About 90thousand customers were without power. We know that a failure of a Circuit Breaker caused a fire at pgandes substation on larkin and eddy streets. Pgande has since said that the substation was doing for millions of dollars in upgrades. Last weather and goodbye final look at the weather with chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. A full hour the insider, tracking the biggest stories making news today. Number one. Bill oreilly faces more backlash after his fox firing. More and more women are standing up. Why his rumored 25 million payout is causing outrage. But who is standing by him . Then, hollywoods most powerful women take new york. I hope that my girls always see that they can be professional, strong, powerful women. As tina knowles gives us an update on beyonces twins. Very different from the last time. And number three, Matthew Perrys odd couple getting canceled . Speaks for itself. What he told us today plus, your insider bonus. Its flashback friday with cheryl ladd. Why she faced off with her boss, aaron spelling. I said, hey, come on, im somebodys mother. And is this really food . Our own whats my snack taste test for chris pratt. Oh, i know im not supposed to eat them. Now, the insider, tracking hollywood from the inside out. Inside the aftershocks of bill oreillys fox news firing. It continues to be the number one tracking story today. The big question is, who is standing by bill today . This, as former anchor Gretchen Carlson speaks out for the first time on oreillys ousting. For a long time, ive been the voice of the voiceless. And more and more women are standing up. Gretchen carlsons lawsuit arguably helped trigger bill oreillys accusers to come forward. Now, with the tumbling of both titans at fox news, her statement on oreilly is a silent one in the form of a smile. Unfortunately, i cant comment about fox, but i am just so gratified that so many women have been inspired to speak up