Vicki liviakis is tracking the impact of the outage. pam but first kron4s Charles Clifford joins us live with what we know tonight about the cause pam grant the good news tonight is that pg e says that all power has been restored here in San Francisco and even though this outage was almost city wide, there were apparently no major injuries or accidents. According to pg e, around 919 friday morning there was fire at the larken street substation in San Francisco. The fire appears to have been started when a Circuit Breaker failed. Sotin all, 88 thousand customers in the northern and central parts of San Francisco lost power. 21 schools lost power, 300 Traffic Signals went dark, and muni and bart experienced Power Outages at the montgomery station. Several hospitals also lost power but were able to keep the lights on using backup generators. Sot when it became obvious that the problem city wide problem, city officials activated the Emergency Operations center on turk street. The fire depa
They say the cases are connected. Since the Health Department reached out to channel 9 with the information, we looked up some more about this virus. Its extremely rare in North Carolinament getting an average of only six cases per year. Since 2008 North Carolina requires all School Age Children to get a vaccine for the mumps. Well continue to dig up more information about this and keep you updated. A man accused of shooting his girlfriend in hickory appeared before a judge the afternoon. James thacker asked for his pond to be reduced. Police say he shot his girlfriend tammy in the stomach at her home yesterday. Night. A motive. But they say it started over a domestic dispute. Bond. New this hour, police inappropriately touched a threeyearold in a gastonia store. Officers say charles hill hit the childs rear end and hobby lobby last month. Police used surveillance pictures to track him down. He faces indecent liberties charges. Happening in just one hour, families will be able to speak
Shelby, lincolnton, hickory, statesville, and it will be a couple more hours before the temperatures rise enough that its just rain. Thats not good news. Heres heavier rain pushing up the i85 corridor. Heres the 32degree line. You can see it shaded in blue, and the precipitation is falling. Everywhere you can see the pink, temperatures at or below freezing. 12 00a. M. , finally the steadier rain falls, and temperatures above freezing, and heavier rain through the charlotte area, 3 00 to 4 00 a. M. , and the good news t moves in, and it moves out. Its pretty much done by the morning drive, and as far as additional ice accumulation, its not really focused in the charlotte area this time. The focus is north of town. North of i40 into the foothills and mountains, and we could see at least another tenth of an inch of freezing rain. Thank you, steve. Breaking news for you right now, north of statesville, i77 is now closed in both directions, and we have several reopen until 1 00 a. M. , and
Exactly what led up to that mistake. Piedmont told us that they are able to bill contractors in situations like that. Tina terry, Eyewitness News. At t contractors caused major problems for neighbors in this neighborhood in october. They hit gas lines and phone lines within a week. Eyewitness news found out they were digging before the utility lines were clearly marked. That stopped after our report. Our Eyewitness News reports about utility lines being cut by contractors goes back to july of last year. And you can find the links, videos, and pictures from the cases under tinas story at wsoctv. Com. After clear skies and some much needed sun, were tracking clouds moving back into the charlotte region over the last hour. Our chief meteorologist Steve Udelson is in the Severe Weather center pinpointing when the rain will return. Not a lot of rest for the weather weary. Out there enjoying that break as temperatures climb to the upper 50s. Look at this. All ready some rain being detected o
She was buried in the rubble. Neighbors got them out. Both were badly burned. She was worried about her husband before she was worried about herself. And he asked about her. There was a second explosion. Both of them died from their injuries. It was just unreal. Family members combed through the scattered debris. Its momentos and cards they sent their mom and dad. Troopers investigating this crash have obtained a sample of his blood. Theyre checking that for impairing substances. He drove a truck in kings mountain. I went by there earlier to speak with them. As i approached, someone came up, locked the door, and refused to answer. The mayor lives across the street from the victims. She witnessed the other crashes in their yard. Help from the state but was told there isnt anything that can be done. Dozens of people have left the family messages and prayers on our wsoctv facebook page. And you can do the same. Like our page and look for this top story. Breaking news out of raleigh where