To meet the quota. Reporter comes down to who makes money. Also comes down to labor unions. The labor unions oppose counting rooftop solar because most of the production of Grid Scale Renewables is done by unionized workers. We need both the big solar facilities and the rooftop to meet our goals. Reporter sounds like there is environmentism here, economics and politics. Mostly politics. The next fight is the question, if you have solar panels and you are generating more electricity than you are using, how much do you get to charge to sell it back . That is the next fight and that could make or break the industry if the number comes in too low. Phil matier, kpix 5. A lot of people in the game, including governor jerry brown who is headed to paris tonight. He will be one of the speakers at the Climate Change summit that started today. He will tout californias effort to cut back on the green house gases. Oaklands mayor will also be there. She was invited to speak on three different confer
Kansai now there are at least two dozen people who live in these townhouses here from what we can see. Its up a long wind hill, uphill around this corner. So we hope to learn more details about exactly what happened and how the fire started soon. In el sobrante, jackie ward, kpix 5. New this morning, a store clerk is in serious condition after a robbery and shooting after an antioch 7eleven overnight at a Convenience Store on lone tree way near hillcrest. Police were at the scene collecting evidence. The clerk was taken to the hospital. His condition is unknown at this time. The store manager says he had recently immigrated from india. Two forensic scientists are accusing the San Joaquin Sheriffs Office of mishandling an excavation of remains of the victims of the speed freak killers. They alleged the dig in 2012 didnt follow industry practices and most of the remains were fractured using heavy equipment. Thats according to filings in a lawsuit by a family of one of the victims. The Sh
Frightening experience an incredibly frightening experience. It is already knew years. It is already new years. Up to one up to 1 Million People gathering in berlin germany. Meanwhile, some people are gathering in groups to bring in the new year. People in munich germany are being asked to stay away from large crowds. There are possible terrorist Threats Police say they received information for possible plans for an attack on years. The train station is closed and there is a huge police presence. The bay area is gearing up for a huge celebration. Live at the hotel in San Francisco. It is our own live show tonight. Reporter the big night is here happy new years to you. We are at the hotel, we will show you where we are at we are at the Ferry Building at the base. The fireworks are launched right out there. They are launched off the barge in the water. You cannot get a better spot. That is where we are going to be at. My first impression, it is really cold. I am from michigan, i strongly
Shopping around for some other web post options. The county register tells us that tonights election will be on website that crashed, but it will be on the home page. Reporting live, rob moss, channel 2 news. Despite the low turn out, theres a lot of stake. Heres a look at the biggest rays in the bay area and the state. In oakland, voters will choose from 15 candidate and they have rank Choice Voting and moving to san jose, county supervisor and former City Council Member dave is facing off against City Council Member sam and for state cool superintendent, two democrats are running against each other incumbent and this is the most expensive state wide at 30 million. Moving now to berkeley and San Francisco where voters will decide whether to approve controversial taxes on soda and other sweetened drinks. Voters will decide whether to allow the bay area 101 camacho sin toe macho casino to move. Prop 1 would authorize the state to sell 7. 5 billion in wash bonds. Prop 2 would boost the r
Word and both pam and dave are off and we are here with your forecast. We have some fog and there is a lot more yessed and thats for sure but it will be soon around the sun and 5 four and the fort cast high is 93. We are mainly southwest at 2 mileperhour and some fog is there but yesterday there was a lot more but yesterday and fairfield and petaluma, a little colocare up there and humidity is up and we spent temperatures to keep bumping up and a roaring south brees in breeze in buchanan and it is starting to move a little off the sonoma sonomamileperhour coast and 80s by the waters edge. The metering lights are on and this is still about a so to 15 minute drive time and you can see there is almost no demand, looks good and westbound 580s traffic is not bad as it normally is. And such axle all the way at least until here and until here, it is gone and traffic is backed up through the desk. And they have worry it is as sign of what is ahead. Good morning, tara. Reporter we cant get a li