Who sent the last psp has helped prevent a fire in her neighborhood. Pg e started notifying customers friday of the potential power shut off, sparking some bad memories. Hearing there could be another ps ps almost brought back ptsd memories of last time. Reporter last time 80 miles an hour winds body tree in powerline toppling down in their heavily wooded neighborhood. There is a red wooded tree right there and it had broken and fallen across, bringing all the wires down to the ground. Reporter thankfully that powerline had been turned off because of the power shut down and the threat of dry conditions and high winds, once again, as pg e considering a preemptive power shut off to more than 150,000 customers in the bay area. Some are scrambling to provide emergency stations to help residents. This year the covid situation is complicated at a little bit. Reporter arendt as mayor plans to switch the help center to the librarys underground parking garage. Will have recharging facilities fo
Joe vazquez is at the scene live right now with this developing story. We have an active investigation scene behind me. You can see what is at the center of this investigation, that white vehicle at rest now against some outdoor restaurant tables. This is the dynasty chinese Seafood Restaurant on story road. Folks were enjoying dim sun at their outdoor tables under the canopy when suddenly their meal was violently interrupted. That white toyota 4 runner crashed right into their tables. Witnessed saw the driver about 50 yards away in the parking lot. He appeared to be revving his engine just before the crash. You know how youre doing a peelout and your tires start spinning and smoking . His car popped up over that sidewalk. I feel bad for the people on this side because they couldnt see. Ere get ou the way reporter the driver was described as an older gentleman. He was also being treated. At this moment its still not clear what kind of medical emergency he may have experienced before th
For organizing todays event, as well as kicking off a social Media Campaign as this years challenge. We want to encourage more women to vote, especially for this upcoming election. Well share more details later on in the program. You can learn more about the initiative on wchallenge. Org 100 women. Todays event will stream live on sfgovtv. Org youtube channel, as well as the citys facebook and twitter accounts. I want to thank our colleagues here from sfgov tv for working in the backgrounds and making this event as successful as possible for everyone. You can feel free to share the links and host a watch party if you want on your preferred social media platforms, because we will be having them on facebook and twitter. This session will be recorded for future references. So lets get started. Happy womens equality day. May i kindly ask the president of the commission on the status of women to join us, bree anna swat, to officially kickstart the celebration of todays event. Thank you. Tha
I will ask everyone to place your hands on your heart to say the pledge of allegiance. Please unmute everyone. Okay. All right. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please call roll. Clerk yes. Commissioner dejesus. Present. Commissioner hamasaki. Present. Commissioner elias. Here. Commissioner rickter . Present. And commissioner cohen is excused. Vice president taylor, you have a quorum. And we have director from the department of Police Accountability and the chief. Thank you. For members of the public, the number to call in to provide Public Comment is 4156650001. And access code 14664628. 26, i believe. And remind the members of the public to have any of your devices on mute and there is no background noise and same thing for the presenters and commissioners unless you are speaking. Try to reduce the background noise by having yourself mu
People trying to make certain their ballot is counted. The ballots first went out starting monday and already workers at the registrar of voters are processing return ballots. A far cry from previous elections. In the past we have had on the first day we had four people show up. To vote on the first day. We had 120 here. As of today 1,000 ballots have been put in drop boxes. 1,300 in mail. And 700 by fax. She didnt wait for her mail in ballot. She came into the office this afternoon because she says she believes there could be election fraud. Although there hasnt been evidence of issues so far. Your vote may not be counted. Maybe thrown away. Maybe some people in office one side or the other that would try to dissuade the votes from going where they should. That was also a concern who posted this picture of ballot envelopes thrown out along a highway onramp. The office determined they were extra empty ballot envelopes left at polling places for those who need them. Officials acknowledg