midnight. i get to watch the fireworks on tv. another tradition is colliding with new year s eve this year, critical mass which rolled out of justin herman plaza at 6:30. seems to be a lot of number of street closures and for crowd control we have squads in specific areas like new year s square, broadway corridor. the city put up fences around the giant sculptures along the embarcadero as well as alongsided bay. this is a big night for hotels. the hyatt reports occupancy at 98% with an uptick of guests who live within driving distance. we haven t done that for a long time. just kind of driving and it s such a beautiful place and there s so much do here in the city. that s john allston reporting. and then there s that other city, new york city where as many as a million people braved tight security and chilly temperatures together in time square. crowds joined in the countdown as the six ton waterford crystal ball marked the new year. lingering effects of the massi
celebrations are already getting underway. reggie is live at pier 39 and he s at the summer of love party. could see lot of people showing up here at pier 39 word from of theater 39 this is where the new year s eve bash will take place at some of love party that you mention. i have lieutenant dangerfield here he s with the san francisco police department. it talked to me about the police presence tonight obviously it s going to be have the right? will have live well lot presence of police out tonight at major bebop to save new year s eve tonight. zero tolerance policy is yet open container of the street we will confiscated as well you could get a citation also public recognize as well. it would allow people drinking in public. there are several d y checkpoints all over the city? there will bedui to construct a city which is what we say fiddle at the budget handwritings. but there are other options for getting around the city would you encourage people to use public
the congressman himself. reporter: i sure did. congressman danny davis saying he s not dropping out of the race but instead dropping into victory, victory for carol mosley brawn to become the next mayor of chicago. i am totally dropping out of the race. reporter: congressman danny davis calling a late press conference to announce what many predicted days ago, that he s dropping out of the race and throwing his support behind carol mosley braun, one of three black candidates in the race for mayor. if you don t have both of us to try and choose between, then you re going to be more unified. and that s the concept of unity that i m talking about because in unity, there is is strength. and in strength there is success. reporter: for weeks, african- american leaders have spoken of the need of a single consensus african-american candidate. senator reverend james meeks dropped out of the race last week for that very reason. we have a lot of problems in our community. esp
strong winds brought in heavy rain. cars and trucks plowed through deep water along this stretch of i-280. storm drains couldn t handle the runoff of the heavy downpour that hit the area around 6:00 p.m. a surge of water in storm sewers reportedly popped manhole covers from storm drains. they were drained and opened by 9:00 p.m. city workers were busy trying to clear numerous intersections at california and franklin after debris collected at sewers. this one is at pacific. this is a flooded section of the great highway northbound. blocking an exit to the san francisco zoo. the storm also took out power around the bay. about 6000 customers in san francisco s marina and cal hollow districts lost electricity. the storm is also blamed for knocking out power to about 4600 homes in east palo alto as well as smaller outages in the east bay, fremont and newark. pg&e got most if not all of the power back on. now we just have to brace for the next one. we have to ask lawrence when that