What i was informed. But, either way, you know, seems like b. A. R. T. Responded well. So im impressed. Good, you are almost at your destination. Yeah, thank you. Take care. Good luck. The clock is ticking, pg e said they will make a final decision tomorrow morning. At that point, power could be turned off to thousands of people in the bay area as pg e tries to reduce the chance that equipment will spark wildfires that of course, has happened before. Thank you for joining us. For the past 30 minutes, you watched as pg e delivered the latest information about the next round of shutoffs. We anticipate that 189,000 customers across portions of 16 counties could be affected and an overall figure that is lower than what we provided yesterday. We saw the impact of wildfires over the years and recently in Southern California and we were determined to not let it happen. Pg e, said they could give the all clear and begin restoring power by noon on thursday once the wind subsides. Yes, and once that happens, it will take time the crews have to survey damage. They dont fl sonoma count see the biggest impact. 28,000 customers there may be affected and parts of these 13 cities. Now, in neighboring napa counties, 7500 customers with lose power. Now, its a smaller impact, in the city of emerald hills, half moon bay, and loma, lamar and wood side. Meantime, gavin newsom is insisting on the company make improvements right now. He said this cannot be a ten year process as it was described. In a conference in oakland, governor new d as a leader. We are here because of their greed. We are because of their mismanagement. Going back decades. The governor slammed pg e for the historic Power Outages that affected 700,000 people. Many customers not able to get information about what was happening. They better address their damn website and call center and Communications Strategy and the needs of local communities. Particularly those that are most vulnerable, with seniors and elderly and they better do it in a targeted way. The governors complaints have been addressed in the last half hour. We have absorbed the feedback from the Governors Office and customer and communities from the last event and taken the suggestions seriously and we are working to incorporate as many as of them as we can and in later psp events. I asked about a claim from the president and ceo bill johnson last night that the utility has fixed the most Serious Problems in the grid in high fire threat areas. Remember, damage in high winds is possible, even though the equipment in those areas meets or exceeds standards. We inspected all of the equipment this year, fixed all high priority issues. Are you confident they have fixed their equipment to the correct extent . Not at all. Not even by a stretch of the agination. They have years of investments to make to suggest that they have made the investments and now its mother nature, its not fair and not correct and extraordinarily misleading. Pg es bill johnson said that blackouts will be part of Northern California to some extent for ten years. They are talking about a ten year process. Cant happen, ten years of this will not happen, cannot happen, we are going to aggressively make sure of it and we are still waiting for the rebate that is owed to millions people in this state and businesses and that is Something Else that we need to hold pg e to account for as well. The governor wants pg e to reimburse people who had their power cut and we are receiving mixed messages from pg e, and a Spokes Person said it wont happen and the ceo said that rebates are still under consideration. So its a clear work in progress amo among all the issues that we have. The governor is staying on them. He is, he wants to keep the pressure on, he told me. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight. Abc7s news, he is monitoring the weather conditions that could be the decidingctor. And we found schools in san matteo county learned hard lessons in the last round of closures. We are in the north bay, Sonoma County could see the biggest impact. Emma, this Hardware Store had 22 generators and look how many they have . Zero. They are not looking forward to the shutoff but they are ready. We have meat with the side of anxiety and these may be the last burgers coming out for the week. All of the time, it was all messed up. Right . I have normally a ton of meat and i kept all the meat that was in the fridge this. Time, i knew it was happening so i barely orded anything. People say, insurance pays for it. Its a loss, straight across the board, we lost. In the shutoff, the chamber of commerce estimates big losses. Go about 95 of businesses were closed. They are starting to respond, we cannot rely on pg e to provide Reliable Electric Service to the community. This is the generator and power lines lead to the units that are permanent here attached to the building. We would rather be the first and be prepared. These two generators are what the local hotel is hoping will save them again come wednesday evening. Going back to gary. He is waiting on a generator that he is supposed to get on thursday. A day after the potential shut off. All in all, its, reporter lanters are sold out and flashlights. Abc7 news. Sonoma county could seehe worst outages in the shut off and the response has been organized. The winds will be seen, wednesday night in to thursday morning and of course, many of the wires travel through areas that are high fire danger they are looking at shutting down the lines. Cutting power to perhaps 100,000 people in Sonoma County. They say theres the potential for fire damage again this coming weekend. Now, on the peninsula, a portion of san matteo county is on the alert for a possible power shut down. That leaves residents, businesses, restaurants and schools on their own to doeal with it for a projected 24 hours. Our Team Coverage continues live tonight. David. Well, darngs each of the stakeholders, businesses and residents and schools have different issues on deciding whether they close or not. Restaurants closed early because they did not want to shut down in the middle of dinner service. Bt the situation with schools can be different. The second graders in the class learn with the happy of technology. This white board is a prime example f the power goes out, it will not operate. The laptops will run until the batteries are depleted. Last week, the schools closed. One school did not lose power because its on a different power grid. Both schools will be open. Nothing can replace a teacher in front of the classroom and working along side students and providi providing instruction. The district learned from the last shut down. If we do not have school, its disruptive and if we had school with a power outage, it would be disruptive. But teaching will go on. The School District is working on a comprehensive evacuation plan in case of a wild fire. They are nearing the completin of the plan. However, others in the valley are facing uncertainty about whether the player go out and for how long. The cafe deli lost two weeks of business. They have operated the deli for 43 years. We are not going to close, the customer goes away, doesnt come back. You dont know whats going to happen. Well, the he will diddy cafe, has made plans to reduce the amount of food they have on hand. To anticipate the possible power out acknowledge that would happen here in san matteo county early on thursday morning. They say, they dread having to shut down for business. We are live, abc7 news. Tough, david, thank you. And the decision to turn off the power hinges on the wind conditions. The reason its all happening. All three fire factors are in play. The wind is the main concern. Lets lock at the high fire danger that is in affect thursday afternoon. Wind gusts can range from 3060 miles an hour. We will have dangerously relative humidity and we have high fire behavior. Now, although the wind is expected to diminish on thursday, it will be warm thursday afternoon, and in fact, the hottest day in the forecast with high temperatures in the low 90s and then, even on friday, the heat will be with us. The wind is a big concern and a major factor, even after the wind pg e has established a 24 hour hotline for customers to call for information. We put it to the test today. We called the number which is an automated response asked why we were calling. We asked for information about the power shutoffs we were put on hold for 1 35, once the operator was picked up. We asked if an address is going to be affected and we were told it was not in the zone. The entire call was three minutes. Pg es twitter feed filled up with the same result. An hour ago, tb and e tweeted the correct link. Fge. Com psps updates. The ip correct tweet has been deleted. Our website, no problems there. Go to abc7 news. Com. To find out information about what is happening and when and how to deal with it all. As news breaks, we will send out alerts. Download it now so you are first to know what pg e has decided to do. After finding out a star was charging double. There was one solution, obviously. Call michael finney. And how they solved an issue that over charged shoppers with one of the Worlds Largest retailers. An update on this these suspects were caught on camera after an assault in San Franciscos china town, now, one has been captured. Vick lee is live with the latest. This was not an attack on one person but really an attack on an entire community in many respects. Reporter thats right, you know, china town residents and merchants took the case personally, believing that they were in the midst of a crime wave here in china town. That Security Camera footage, a good old Fashion Police work and perseverance by investigators made the arrest possible. Sometimes time goes by, but we didnt give up. It was a painstaking investigation. Reporter at 4 00 this morning the Police ArrestedDeshawn Pearson in oakland for a brutal attack in july, on two Senior Citizens in china town. Walter wong, head of the Wong Family Association was one of the two victims. Wong and i walked across the same crosswalk today, where he was attacked. Translator something, two person hold me up and raise me up, and then i dont remember anything and fell down on the street. Reporter these cell phone stil stills show him unconscious on the ground. He later sits up waiting for an ambulance. His friend, came to his rescue. This video shows him being punched and knocked to the ground by the same suspects. We were able to get a clear picture of the suspects in the case. Reporter these Security Camera videos taken near where the assault took place. Clear images, close ups of the faces of the suspects allowing the police to identify pearson, the primary suspect. In the after math of the attacks the mayor visited the area to assure residents and merchants that city hall had their backs. This after Community Meetings here, where angry residents said they were in the midst of a crime wave. And today, with the arrest, a different mood in china down. We want to thank the Police Department, for the officer that worked so hard to help us. Reporter president of the Six Companies was thank. Saying that he is even noticed increased foot patrols in china town since the attacks. Well, police are still looking for two other suspects, but, again, they believe that this 19yearold is in their words, the primary suspect. No word yet on whether and how close they are to making other arrests. Abc7 news. Vick, thanks so. Time for the forecast. We are watching the wintd and whether closely. They will impact of course, the potential pg e power shutoff. And the wind is calm, sun is setting, and you can see, beautiful sunset. 77 degrees in San Francisco and oakland. 86 in red wood city. Gilroy 63 at half moon bay. Re is the golden gate, looking northward, much of the concern is up in the north bay. And its currently 83 in santa rosa, and 77, napa, and low to mid 80s. And as we look at San Francisco, these were the forecast features. Dry, gusty winds will develop late tomorrow, and increasing fire danger in the next two day skms the warm dry pattern will remain with us through friday and heres the red flag warning in affect. For all of the bay area, except the locations around the bay shore line wrmpt the wind is in the north, to northeast, and wind gusting to the higher elevations, and dangerously low humidity and extreme fire danger. Overnight, tonight, look for clear skies and mid conditions and warm tomorrow, upper 70s to near 80 on the coast. And we will see mid 80s around the bay shore line and up to 90 inland. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Thursday, it looks likes it thereby warmest in the forecast period and the dry gusty wind developing tomorrow. And continuing in to thursday, both days present us with high fire concerns. Friday, the warmth holds on and the wind should have diminished by then, but, we will not really be out of this high fire concern until saturday. When it gets a bit cooler and the wind will of course, be calmer. Theres a concern about another wind event developing on sunday. So we will keep watching that for you as well. Thanks, very much. 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When i first got there, they were saying 1520 minutes and then, they were saying 30. So, i called an uber and made my way over here. And transbay service has been restored, but it will take a while for passengers to get do their destination. When hundreds of recycling centers were shutting down. People had a hard time ing when the recycling Center Closed down, people had a hard time finding a place to get their crv bottles. We are now finding out we may have paid more than twice on the deposit. It was a shock to many that depend on the refunds. What . Thats awful. Thats my grocery money. Deposits. You cannot get your money refunded. Reporter the last thing that you want is to be charged double in first place. You checked it in San Francisco, i checked it in sacramento and it looks like everybody in california is paying more for orders that are online. He was the first to deposit it i said that cannot be right. And it was not right. Mitch ordered 20 cases of walmart brand great value drinking water. The water cost 51 and the bottle deposit, 48. Almost as much as the water. It stood out, that was way too much and when i looked at it deeper, i realized, yeah, that was too. The website charged a . 10 deposit for each bottle and the state crv is a nickel. He called the local walmart. I said, i think you have a problem, am i only one that caught it . Its a lot of money. The managers promised to get it fixed and they did not. That means anybody on the site buying the water paid twice the crv. If they are paying double the price, they owe money back to people. He contacted 7 on your side and we did a check and found they were charging it on other brands too. Like this case of desani water for 24 bottles, walmart charged a deposit of 2. 40. That is . 10 instead of and on this nestle d