This weekend, but again, these are fast moving pieces. Were looking at uber and lyft that might be exiting california because of some new requirements that they treat their freelance workers like employees. That could be a costly issue for them, so much so even though it accounts for about 60 of their combined business, the state of california alone they would still leave rather than put up with that. In new york city, forget about the virus, forget about eventually opening up gyms next week, the fact of the matter is, new york city is a safety concern right now with residents in once red hot real estate markets saying enough. It has gotten so bad theyre bolting. The visitors upon hearing this, theyre just not coming. So were following that. Right now were also following the drama in washington as at least the house considers coming back to deal with this postal issue. Chad pergram on that. What are we talking about here, chad . Reporter the house of representatives is going to meet on
Its also his dogs name coincidentally. The coronavirus this coronavirus is all i hear about from whoo . [ laughter ] people are selling off stocks and buying up toilet paper. And if you are buying up toilet paper, i have a question. Why are you buying up toilet paper . I think youve got the body upside down because people are canceling events. The south by southwest festival in austin was canceled over the weekend. Theres talk they may hold nba games with no fans in the crowd. Italy the country is closed. For real. You know, i try not to get too worked up about this sort of thing, but then, i saw this headline over the weekend. And for me, now this is serious. Costco is pulling their free samples. [ laughter ] trump needs to send mike pence to costco to figure this out right now. This is also scary news for costco shoppers. This was from the weekend too. O. J. Posted, coronavirus . Whos afraid . [ laughter ] i dont know. Are those two separate questions or one . Because whenever youre
Now, this is from a horse race in tampa bay on saturday. And it would seem that we have a winner in our midst. King guillermo now going to the lead. Inside the final furlong, do you believe this . King guillermo. He wins impressively. Look, im a jockey jimmy i had no idea you were racing. Whats your horses name, guillermo . Pepe. [ laughter ] jimmy pepe. Its also his dogs name coincidentally. The coronavirus this coronavirus is all i hear about from whoo . [ laughter ] people are selling off stocks and buying up toilet paper. And if you are buying up toilet paper, i have a question. Why are you buying up toilet paper . I think youve got the body upside down because people are canceling events. The south by southwest festival in austin was canceled over the weekend. Theres talk they may hold nba games with no fans in the crowd. Italy the country is closed. For real. I try ton get too worked up about this sort of thing, but then i saw this headline over the weekend, and for me now this i
80s. Free month, palo alto, 60s, 70s, 80s. Fog is there. Not much though. The high is repositioned itself off of the coast instead of in the four conners. 50s on the temperatures. Woodside, a cool 50. There is mid 50s. 54 palo alto. 59 las altos hills. Tonight the higher clouds making a move and some will drift in late tonight into best opportunity i would think for us if we get anything out of that would be tuesday or wednesday morning. Now looks to be towards the east. 60s 70s, 80s, upper 90s for some. The commute is getting busier as you might imagine. Coming up on 6 00, traffic is going to be busy here if you are driving at the bay bridge, its full. Traffic is backed up to the maze. 20 minute delay unless you are in the ca pool lanes. Interstate 880, traffic looks good in both directions. Highway 4, slow. Traffic will be busy driving from 680s, concord to walnut creek. Looking a at the commute interstate 880s slow slew hayward. No problems in the south bay yet. Back to the desk. Br
Order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Good afternoon, welcome to todays hearing, the future of electricity delivery, monetizing and securing our nations electricity grid. I want to thank all of our witnesses for joining us today. This is such an important topic. Im a young guy as i can tell but ive read some history about what it was like when we first started building the electric brig grade over a century from now. I dont think we could have imagined the tech elegies that we would use to power homes businesses and hospitals and i think the challenge is different. The real challenge was just extending power itself to every corner of our society. There was a challenge that those providing powers knew that they could make money in cities and well Populated Areas and places with businesses and commercial opportunities, but it was not as profitable to take it into the countryside into the hill country of texas for example. The government made a ba