Greetings and sal you take. Since the murder of george ford and beyond the taylor cries for Police Reform have rarely been heard this loud in the United States of america and while Small Victories of Law Enforcement reform have taken place on local levels of cities like minneapolis ferguson and seattle on a national and federal level the needle of reform. Its barely moved why because even today many leaders and citizens across the country still question whether we even need to reform the police at all often using that that tired old oh its just a few bad apples routine Like Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell the corporate job themselves who dusted off the bad apples excuse recently when discussing how city mayors need to really crack down on those protesters mcconnell observe that the police deserve our respect for doing a tough job that most of us would have wouldnt have the courage to take up but then he added that like in any organization youre going to have a few bad apples. Ye
States of america and while Small Victories of Law Enforcement reform have taken place on local levels in cities like minneapolis ferguson and seattle on a national and federal level the needle of reform. Its barely moved why because even today many leaders and citizens across the country still question whether we even need to reform the police at all often using that that tired old d oh its just a few bad apples routine Like Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell the corporate job themselves who dusted off the bad apples excuse recently when discussing how city mayors need to really crack down on those protesters mcconnel observe that the police deserve our respect for doing a tough job that most of us would have wouldnt have the courage to take up but then he added that like in any organization youre going to have a few bad apples. Yes bad apples. Like the bad 6 apples in rochester new york who killed 4141 year old daniel prude a black man who died in Police Custody while suffering a
Now at 11 00, breaking news, it is crazy hot. The power grid cannot handle it. The bay area has been hit with the first rolling blackouts in 20 years. Will this happen every day . We have warm weather on the way for the bay area. E leup in sight. We have complete details coming up. One mayor beggs people not come. What will they do to enforce it . Who should get vaccinated first . What california is being asked to do tonight. Streaming on cbsn bay area live, breaking news, pg e said tonights rolling blackouts are over. Power has been restored to essentially all customers. There are thousands without power tonight as the heat puts an enormous strain on the grid. We have Team Coverage on the heat wave, and what to ask next through the weekend. First, Katie Nielsen is insan rafael where the lights suddenly went out in the middle of dinner. Reporter thats right, the lights on Fourth Street just came back on about 90 minutes ago. For the restaurants downtown, the damage was done. Bill higgi
Well actually theres more red icons theres one runner park, theres one up in American Canyon and farther up past so masterful thank you for joining us tonight at 10 im ken wayne and i pale more pg and e says the states grid operator order the rotating Power Outages because of the excessive heat driving up electricity use and putting a strain on the power grid, it was expected to last until 11 oclock tonight, but about 9 oclock. Pg said it has stopped shutting off power and has started restoring power and just about 10 minutes ago the state agency lifted its stage 3 Emergency Declaration which ordered the rotating Power Outages in the first place is the first time the state of california has ordered rolling Power Outages since 2011. We talked to a spokeswoman from the state agency that order the outages about what led them to declare the stage 3 emergency tonight. This one completely driven by the heat. There was so much demand. We also have out cover at the same time that came with tha
Struggling. This was supposed to be his big friday night rush. Restaurants are already under the gun. This is hurtful. Reporter the beer garden was still rocking, thanks to a bluetooth speaker, battery operated lights, and more than a few cold adult beverages. It was weird. Reporter those downtown when the power went out were relying on headlights from passing cars to see where they were going, while others used flashlights on their cell phones. Some question, why bother to leave . It is difficult to go home. We want to be by the air conditioning unit, we dont have that now. Reporter for the people owning restaurants, the stakes are higher. We have five more days to come. Will this happen every day or what . Reporter that is the big question everyone is asking. What will happen tomorrow . We spoke with a representative from the power grid. She said the biggest factor for the rolling blackouts tomorrow will be the weather. Katie nielsen, kpix 5. The crazy hot weather sounds like it will