Rotating outages began getting underway. Most people have their power back on. While there will be no more rotating outages tonight, we are told, pg e is and ruling out the possibility that it might happen this weekend. Its why they are asking customers to cut back and conserve energy. We would also encourage customers, if they are able to delay in later in the evening household chores like running the washing machine or their dishwasher, or even vacuuming. Just by avoiding those types of things, it will help us have the necessary supply to meet the demand. Californians came accustomed , so to speak, to rolling outages in 2001 when great managers imposed repeated blackouts to deal with an electricity crisis then. This map from pg es website shows a snapshot of the situation around 8 00 tonight. The red dots represent outages of 5000 or more. The orange dots are 500 or more pg e customers. Not easy dealing with this kind of power outage when its so hot. You need air conditioning. But it
Robots to assist in social distancing well talk to the president of George Mason University about that schools hightech Higher Education plan power lunch starts right now thank you. Lets take a look at where we stand with the markets at this hour the dow and the s p are on track for their first weekly declines in a month its now down for the second week in a row. Down another 92 points today big piece of that, check out apple down again today now down about 4 for the week the stock is still up 90 from its 52week low. Its been a rough slog for apple. The bioteches are weighing os the nasdaq you can see the two themes playing out now as we look to close out the week health care and technology, the underperformers today. Theres only one sector in the green. Its Consumer Discretionary and just by a hair tyler. Thank you. Lets send it over now to kayla for news about the other story that is driving the markets today and that is those rising tensions between United States and china. Kay kayl
Just hours before the hearings and one day before they tell the world how much money theyve got, all their stock prices are on the upside. All right. Now to politics. Joe biden says he will announce his Vice President ial pick by the end of next week. Its probably the most important veep selection in history. Hes 77. Hes forgetful. Occasionally unfocused, and he does not campaign vigorously. If he wins in november, who will really run the country . We will find out. Getting back to classroom learning. Looks unlikely in many parts of the country. That means parents scrambling for child care and lower educational standards. The American Federation of teachers says their members will strike if safety is at stake. They dont want to go back. The unions president will join us shortly. As you look at the early market action, remember there will be a Federal Reserve News Conference this afternoon. That will give us a hint as to how much money they are going to print and how long Interest Rates
Say that it could be months or years before the new b. A. R. T. Extension sees significant ridership. In 18 months we would expect ridership to be 80 of what it was before the lockdown. Took the pandemic has accelerated the work from home trend that may be here to stay. One of the trends that we are excited about is the alternative work arrangements. And not every person needs to come into an Office Every Day to work. Truck the Valley Transportation Authority is responsible for maintaining the station grounds and parking lot. It is hemorrhaging money , 18 million every month. In san jose devin fehely, kpix 5. Wilson walker is in contra costa where retailers will have an uphill battle to get back on their feet. Reporter here we are in phase 2, any progress towards getting business of moving is good but on the other hand you have limited service and limited customers , and that might not be enough. We have been closed for over two months, no money coming in. I cannot pay my employees and
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