Were dealing with north korea. Were dealing with iran. Were dealing with russia, were dealing with cyberattacks. It is an unprecedented set of threats that are out there. This not a time to kind of get in the trenches and not say anything. Ifill plus, combating Climate Change by transforming ponds once caked with salt into vibrant marshes teaming with wildlife. This pond in particular has been called a disneyland for birds. Were really trying to maximize the amount of habitat thats available to them in a novel way. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by c c supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from v
This is El Cerrito High School and the surrounding neighborhood on lock down as Police Search for a gunman. This is what we do know a shooting near the school happened a little bit after 4 00. We do know that one person is hurt. We dont know the extent of the condition except that they are in stable condition. The suspect is believed to be hiding in the neighborhood. At this point theyre not sure exactly where in neighborhood and there is a search under way. We also have a crew headed to that scene and we will bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. President obama is using the holiday it ask iran to release three americans. Among them, a bay area man. Jason her zien is one of those prisoners. He is from ma rin county and works for the washington post. He is accused of spying and was arrested this past july. In a statement, president obama said in part quote, on a holiday centered on ridding ones self of the difficulties of the past year jasons mother and family wil
145 million against Southern California edson for manipulating records. This is ten times the previous record. This is the neighborhood of san bruno that is not what it seems. They call it too new, too clean and the pain too fresh. I love my family, my son, my husband, my motherinlaw, my dog and my home. Reporter the commission began in that neighborhood four and a half years ago. September 9 2010, the day a pg e pipeline exploded eight people died and 38 homes burned. Today, the Public Utilities Commission Fined pg e 1. 6 billion. 300 million will go to the general fund. 400 million will go to pg e rate payers and 50 million to pipeline safety. A spokesman said the utility will not protest the penalties. We dont want it to happen again. Reporter in levying the fines, they noticed a pattern of safety problems at pg e. Critics are still not satisfied with practices or management. If pg e were an airline would you fly it . Absolutely not, i would rather watch. Reporter sue says she can n
On, is to really test their level of interest. So that will be another opportunity for you, to give us direction on how to proceed with the program. President torres well also have further discussion at lafco joint meeting on the 30th here at city hall and obviously all commissioners are welcome to attend that meeting of which i will be there of course. Public comments, mr. Decosta, you wanted Public Comment on item 7 b , you said. Commissioners, way back in the year 2000, some of us stakeholders used to regularly meet at 77 to discuss our energy issues, and we looked at the regionalwide. At that time, unfortunately, sf puc was intent to putting some combustion turbines, you know, to the detriment of what were talking today. The way i want it look at this is that we seem to be talking in generalities. And really what we should be talking is line item by line item, so that whoever does or pays the bills in the homes, knows exactly what they are getting. Now recently some of you all who
Commissioners, way back in the year 2000, some of us stakeholders used to regularly meet at 77 to discuss our energy issues, and we looked at the regionalwide. At that time, unfortunately, sf puc was intent to putting some combustion turbines, you know, to the detriment of what were talking today. The way i want it look at this is that we seem to be talking in generalities. And really what we should be talking is line item by line item, so that whoever does or pays the bills in the homes, knows exactly what they are getting. Now recently some of you all who Pay Attention to the news, you all notice what hurricane some of our folks havent got their electricity and its been weeks. I say this because in all those deliberations, one of the things we have to Pay Attention to is who has proprietary jurisdiction over the transmission lines, who has proprietary jurisdiction to do the maintenance and how much of this information is being deliberated. Now, i have a some set of chart over here an