Those ads obviously designed to boost the im am of Utility Company that tips to face a Public Relations problem. And today pg e ceo answered some of our question about his those commercials and about the pipeline disaster that killed 8 people. 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony has more now on story only on abc 7 news. We focus on the future. Speaking publicly First Time Since company criminally indicted ceo early told 7 news he wants to focus on the futur future. Not a past that include add pipeline explosion that killed 8 people in san bruno in 2010. Community members are out remained. Pg e his not done enough. We understand it but we are committed to making sure our system is the safest and most reliable. In the indictment the u. S. Attorney claims pg e will fail to maintain and inspect pipeline 132 and hundreds of others in northern california. In a way that would have prevented san bruno. U. S. Attorney has decided to bring criminal charges under the Pipeline Safety act. Reporter in re
Courthouse. Many questions, chase, a few of them have been answered today. What do we know . Reporter well, i just got off the phone with leland yees attorney and he says mr. Yee has no plans to resign from state senate. He also said no request has been filed to ask for a leave of absence from the senate. That comes as senators feinstein and boxer are joining the chorus of people saying that leland yee should resign. If he does not do that tonight, in the morning at 9 00 a. M. , Senate Democrats say they will vote to suspend him from office. Just 17 hours after he stepped out of the federal courthouse, leland yee announced he is also stepping out of the race for secretary of state. I here by withdraw my candidacy for election of secretary of state effective immediately. With best regards, signed leland yee. Reporter that from yees attorney, who refused to comment about much else, but yees fellow San Francisco senator did not hold back his feelings about yee dropping out of the race. I
Emergency medical care aboard their sailboat. Kpix 5s keit do on the dangers behind this mission. Reporter this home video shows the sailboat and the Kaufman Family in happier days. According to their blog, eric and charlotte were crossing the Pacific Ocean with their daughters 3yearold cora and 1 yearold lyra, when the boat lost power. Its now drifting about 1,000 miles off the coast of mexico. Now the air National Guards 129th rescue wing is sending the second wave of help. How dangerous is this . Its probably one of the most Dangerous Things that we do. But like i told the other guys, though, we train for this all the time. Reporter before the family departed mexico, lyra got sick with salmonella. She got better but her condition worsen the at sea. And the family called for help yesterday morning. By the same afternoon, four air National Guardsmen parachuted in and boarded the sailboat. Lyra is now in stable condition. This m c130 refuels rescue helicopters in midair if needed. Its
Week. And the results were not so good snowpack. 29 of normal. It is less than 34. The Sierra Snowpack is important to california because it stores water that then melts into the spring in the spring as runoff. So the small amounts that were getting will just help probably to further green up the hills which isnt a bad thing. Its been pretty gorgeous around here. All right. Lets see how beautiful your commute is looking this morning. Elizabeth wenger has her eye on that. Refreshing, i like that word, anne, thank you. The wet weather is causing some problems out there for commuters and now we are getting word of a new issue this time on the san mateo bridge. Caltrans confirms with us the lights are out on westbound and eastbound 92 but its only on the highrise portion of the san mateo bridge between the wet weather and the lights being out take it extra slow this morning if you are heading out of hayward or leaving foster city. We also have flooding reports in our usual spots southbound
This morning and then i think by the afternoon starts to taper off partly cloudy skies still some widely scattered showers temperatures will be cooler in the 50s and 60s. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thank you, lawrence. Out the door we go. So far your drive times in the bay area look okay. Do want to let you know there are chain requirements, however, if you are traveling up to the sierra, but for right now on interstate 80 closer to home carquinez bridge to the maze, only about 19 minutes now so no big delays now at richmond and berkeley. Some parts of the north bay getting rain already. Other parts still dry including this Silicon Valley commute. Westbound 237 still looks clear from milpitas all the way into sunnyvale. Same thing with the san mateo bridge. Still should be problemfree this morning so get a head start on some of the weather right now traveling westbound 92, so far no big issues heading over the highrise into foster city. We also checked in with chp. While the