Sexual assaults from 1995 to 1997 because of the similarities in the attacks. Hes actually scheduled to enter a plea on wednesday at his next court appearance. Hes currently held without bail in the Alameda County jail. Here we go again. About a quarter of a million pg e customers could lose power as soon as wednesday to prevent fires as more dry and windy weather moves in. Nearly half the customers are spread across 6 day area counties. Alameda, contra costa, marin, napa, solano. Meanwhile the pg e ceo was in the hot seat at the State Capitol today to answer to angry lawmakers about the repeated outages. Repeatedly turning off powers for millions of people in one of the most advanced economies in the world, even in the interest of safety, is not a sustainable solution to the wildfire threats we face. State lawmakers called the hearing to examine the Economic Impacts of the shut offs. And meteorologist darren peck has more on the timing of the next wind event and how strong the gusts c
For supplies in the last shut off. One of the few spots in marin county with power. Pg e says they understand the frustration when the weather is calm and theres still no power. Our lines run hundreds of miles, so even though youre not experiencing extreme weather in your area, farther up the line there could be more extreme weather and we have to deenergize the entire law. Reporter some customers are looking at their third power shut off of the year, there was frustration. Im tired of this crap. Reporter and surprisingly some sympathy for the utility giant. Theyre in a no win situation. rifthey do, if they dont. I feel sorry for them. I think theyre doing everything they can. I feel for the shareholders. Reporter if theres one upside to the constant psps events here in the bay area, i spoke with Contra Costa County fire, they say theyre prepared. They know what to do and where engines need to go and firefighters need to go in case the power does in fact go off again here. Live in Cont
From the traffic department. Thats right. On the east shore freeway, turn your attention to eastbound 80 thats getting away from the bay bridge. Folks are lucky to have a counter commute direction typically in the morning lighter, right now jammed up at the top of your screen all the way back to university. You see the crossing here. Folks are getting off at university and making their way towards san pablo avenue but the build is starting to happening because more traffic is flowing through the area. We have the maze and the backup toward the bay bridge and getting away from the bay bridge toward richmond and albany, were down to two lanes, watching for any developments. We dont have details on the death that was related to this crash or when lanes are reportedly going to clear but the rest of the bay is moving well. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Developing for you this morning, what was a Family Gathering is now californias latest mass casualty shooting. Four people died when someone sn
In the name of safety. Live with more on this. Fire danger a real concern across Northern California tonight. For now pg e has notified 68,000 of the customers in this foothills they may lose power to help reduce the risk of wild fire. The areas include beaut, nevada, plaster and uba. Also monitoring the threat of fire danger in the north bay. Where a Public Safety power shut off remains a possibility in the next three to four days. When hot dry, windy conditions move in. Pg e urging customers to be prepared just in case. Prepare for power outage. Charge your phone. Have batteries. Take a look at your house see what requires power for your health. For medications that need to be in the refrigerator. In the event of a power shut off it would give customers a 48 hour warning. It is ramping up a red flag fire conditions which began monday at 9 00 p. M. Tlasting through wednesday at 5 00 p. M. It is prepared to increase staffing. Especially entering a very critical time for fire season. Th
The search is on for the driver who ran him down and kept going. Covering this developing news from our news room tonight. You talked to one of the last people fo speak with the victim before the hit and run. What did you hear . Good evening. The man killed in this hit and run was a regular at store where the crash happened saturday night. Shutting down the intersection near the station. We spoke to the store owner who saw the man moments before he was killed. I just didnt see nothing but i heard the big old bang. And i had a customer before he bought cigarettes. And then off i heard a bang. Hped about this is th maneald tuay night. The man was a long time resident in the neighborhood. He may have been jay walking. He got hit. Reporter the investigation shut down part of the street on saturday night. I just got off the phone with Berkeley Police they are investigating exactly what happened. They have yet to release any details about a suspect. Thank you. We have details about a babys d