His cell phone when he saw a utility pole burning in San Francisco in the rain. I thought it was going to fall into the street. And nobody was talking around or anything like that so everybody was safe. But that was a pretty unique experience. Reporter power lines fell. Pg e worked on a repair all day as a spokesperson says dust and dirt can accumulate in the dry season. After the first rain, it can turn to mud and conduct electricity. Flashovers can occur. Liu dang says his workers cant do much without power. I told them to stay inside and make sure everybody is safe. Reporter what are you going to do for the day . We had to close. Reporter in the mission, Traffic Signals at 20th and valencia went dark. Traffic in the city was snarled, as wet roads made for slowgoing. Tree branches fell, and umbrellas were back out for fall. Rained a little bit harder, but not that bad. Reporter a spokesperson for pg e says 83 customers right now in San Francisco are without power. Most of them in thi
Help us better cover round two of the storm and speaking of which, heres a live look at our doppler radar. Notice the red beam of storm ranger tracking the lower level activity, especially at this minute in the south bay. Good morning, and thanks for joining us. Im Garvin Thomas with anthony slaughter with a look at the forecast and what i understand about storm ranger and where we have it placed is with that radar gives us is a coverage at the lower elevations that all the other radars dont. Yeah, and its a dual polarized radar too so it scans out to the atmosphere and the radius, three dimensionally, vertically and down. So you get every angle covered in the atmosphere and i mean we get a science forecast. And thats how the radar scans, just goes straight out so you get the three dimensional dual polarized radar and it scans seven times faster than National Weather Service Radar so yes, nbc has invested. Its not a toy. But its super cool. We are happy to have this as far as our tool
Is now being collected in garbage containers and a Task Force Led by cal fire along with other state and local agencies is closely monitoring the weather for any potential rainrelated problems. Our concerns are that it would get too much rain at one time that it will destabilize some of the slopes that are unprotected or the vegetation was burned away and theres nothing left to prevent, you know, gullying and debris torrents. Reporter now, the rain started as a light drizzle this afternoon and cal fire says that thats an ideal situation for them because its giving the areas where the fire was, the burn area, some initial moisture before heavy rain arrives. They say that may help keep some of the flooding down. Live in morgan hill, im mark sayre, kpix 5. And when it rains theres a lot of slipping and sliding. The wet weather to blame for some nasty wrecks in the north bay. Kpix 5s anne makovec reports from larkspur. Reporter the rain has been on and off here in the north bay but in the
In keeping football in oakland and on that negotiates da, you have some new information for . Reporter yeah, Eddie Debartolos representatives met with the city yesterday and that meeting went well so im sure well be hearing from Eddie Debartolo in the coming weeks about his involvement. That he development over las vegas is a punch in the gut for loyal oakland fans. We are very upset. Very frustrated. Its not over until its over. Reporter oakland city leaders and fans hope nfl owners will block the move to las vegas. The city will have to present a solid stadium financing plan to convince the nfl to do so. Ronnie lotts group has been negotiating with the city to redevelop the coliseum site and build a new stadium. Former 49ers owner Eddie Debartolo is interested in the project. His Real Estate Companys Vice President holly garcia flew in yesterday and met with oaklands lead negotiator claudia capio who says their first meeting went well and both sides will meet again. Thats great news
Voters Hillary Clintons campaign is openly courting. Weather remains a bug story this morning. We were talking about lt rain yesterday. Did the rain yesterday. Did you enjoy it . Thousands of people are without power in the bay area though. We have been on the phone with the Power Company and we are track being the storm in a minute, first the top story. A San Francisco Police Officer is at San Francisco General Hospital this morning. Hes recovering from being shot this the line of duty. Sources have revealed information about him and the person suspected of shooting him in the head. We are live at San Francisco general. Good morning. Reporter San Francisco police told me that the Police Officer is being treated here and the suspect is being treated here adds well. The suspect was awake and alert and communicating. Sources tell us that the officer involved is kiffen downs. Kevin downs. He is new to the police force. In his spawr time he works with a charity that helps military vets. Po