Spirited atmosphere imperative. Hundreds gathered for the opening of a new recovery and Assistance Center while 85 american flags on the main drag in downtown paradise. Its a dramatic memorial to the 85 people who perished in the fire when youre to go. The one with fire destroyed 90 of the city of paradise. The cost of the camp fire is more than 16 billion. Unimaginable loss. This video was taken after the fire but take a look now. Lots of been cleared and the town is rebuilding. One house and one business at a time. It was important for me to reopen in paradise because paradise is my home and the part of my goal for this is to be an example to the community that we can do it. Reporter of the more than 11,000 homes lost, nine have been replaced. They dont sign a lot but it often takes a year to rebuild a house in the best of circumstances and here they are dealing with cleaning up debris coming getting permits and finding contractors. Upgrades in town include underground power lines and a sewer system they been trying to get here for years. Officials say the new paradise will be stateoftheart and mailed to the highest standards to prevent another inferno. To honor those who lost everything, a local artist collected 12,000 cues from the debris of homes and buildings and from survivors and she created a phoenix, a symbol of paradise rising from the ashes. The keys of some of the 85 who died lawn the top of the wings. Its pretty profound and the trust that people gave me for a year, i dont know how to say thank you except for what i do is to get this back to the people. I never owned it. We owned it. I look forward today to letting everyone have it back. Reporter city Officials Say 4000 people are living in paradise. That number obviously down from the 26,000 people who were here before the fire. City Officials Say they expect by the end of the year 500 homes should be in the process of being built. Back to you. Pg e customers are calling for change following the Public Safety power shot up the Public CompanyPublic Utilities commission is open an investigation into how the Power Outages were handled. They sent a letter to the pg e ceo saying the situation should never be repeated and called unacceptable. The junior customers any linn county supervisor repeated their frustration at yesterdays cpuc meeting. They need to be held accountable. There is no way that this can be the way we live for the next decade and thats what we are hearing and thats unacceptable. And we will not allow that to stand. To tell your customers and your staff they cant come to work and we can get the work done is not a good trend and its starting to feel like thats going to be a routine event. The cpuc was investigating whether p. Diddy equipment that would not be energized during the outages would have sparked six fires including the kincade fire. Pg e shares are sliding after the Company Announced 1. 6 billion in losses for the third quarter. They say wildfire related costs could rise to 6 billion to cover wildfires in 2017 of 2018. They are facing liability for many fires and is stepping up inspections of its electrical equipment. The stock dropped 13 yesterday and closed around 6 a share. The family of one of the shooting victims of airbnb in orinda plans to fire a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. As allie rasmus explains, lawsuit comes at the shortterm rental site announces changes that it says will be security. Reporter the parents of ramon hill junior fadi wrongful death lawsuit today against airbnb. The attorney representing the family said theres plenty of blame to go around for the tragedy that happened in orinda last week at that halloween night party. In a statement the attorney explained the homeowners post and airbnb and the city and the police remain complicit in operating what are essentially unregulated nightclubs referring to the Unauthorized Party at the airbnb rental where the shooting happened. About 100 people were in attendance when the gunfire erupted killing five people and injuring several others. Neighbors had complained about the noise from the house and other parties happening at the same rental in the past. In an interview with the New York Times and cnbc airbnb ceo talked about some of the steps the Company Announced in the past week to address the problems including manual screening of highrisk rentals. If a Single Person books a 10 room home for that night in the city they live in, that is a very high risk reservation. Well, thats the most extreme version but there are less extreme versions and we have a lot of Technology Protocols that can elevate things. Remember critics say the steps are too little too late. Many are calling for tougher regulations on shortterm rentals. Something that at least one local congressman seems to be open to. The topic came up at his town hall meeting last night. Weve got to have a discussion about proper vetting. Whos liable for these things and then whether they serve a useful purpose other than just being convenient once in a while. Reporter airbnb said it will pay for the funeral expenses of all five victims in the shooting and provide counseling to their families. After some of the families asked about it but did not get a response right away. The company told us they are also providing a reward for information that leads to an arrest. But did not tell us how much. The investigation into the shooting continues. Police have not made any arrests. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Other cities are also voicing concerns about airbnb rentals and proposing changes and a proposal to regulate shortterms rentals is expected to come in for the Livermore City Council next year. The mercury news report some city leaders do not want to wait. They are pushing to get a short term rental policy on the agenda by the end of this month. Roger stone the former advisor to President Trump is making an appearance in u. S. District court today. He was seen entering the washington, d. C. Courtroom alongside his attorneys and his wife. The longtime advisor to the president faces several counts including obstruction of justice and witness tampering. In relation to former special counsel Robert Muellers probe into russian interference of the 2016 elections. Recently it was announced that former white house chief strategist bannon will testify against stone during his trial. Stone has remained adamant that all charges against him are bogus and politically motivated. The trial is expected to last up to three weeks. Another noshow in the impeachment inquiry president s acting chief of staff ignored a subpoena to testify as democrats wrap up closer interviews and move into a public face of the investigation. Mark meredith reports from the white house. This is just like a russian witchhunt. This is just a continuation. Reporter from defending his july call with ukraines president. All that matters is one thing. The transcript. And the transcript is perfect. Reporter the president s remarks coming has is acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney defies a congressional subpoena to testify in the impeachment inquiry. One day after john bolten the president s former National Security advisor also was a noshow. The president released the transcript. I can read it in black and white and everybody else should too. Reporter in the meantime a new phase of the investigation kicks off next week with first public hearings beginning wednesday with testimony from top diplomat bill taylor and Start Department official george kent. And what they will describe i think is pretty consistent and consistently shocking and that is that you had a regular foreignpolicy channel led by the career diplomats and you had an irregular channel. Reporter chairman adam schiff has given republicans until saturday to submit a list of names of potential witnesses that republicans would like to see testify during next weeks hearing. Mark narrative, ktvu fox 2 news. Former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg may enter the president ial race. Bloomberg will reportedly file papers to run as a democratic president candidate in the alabama primary today. The last day the candidate can do so. An advisor says bloomberg is concerned the current field of Democratic Candidates will be able to defeat President Trump. The white house of the president is not concerned about bloomberg as a potential opponent. It doesnt matter who ends up running against him. The president will win. Reporter advisor say bloomberg has not made a final decision yet on whether to run but that he would likely make up his mind within the next few days. And state warriors superstar steph curry may miss the remainder of the season with a fractured hand. According to the Bleacher Report quoting eteam source of the fracture in his left hand is worse than originally thought and its unlikely that he plays again this season. The warriors are just 26 this year and may want to exercise caution with their franchise player. Millions of dollars and a year later the Point Reyes Lighthouse reopens to visitors today. We have a firsthand look at the lighthouse, once again a bright jewel on the marin county coast. The president using the figure federal regulations meant to curb use vaping as juul announces they will no longer sell a popular product with teenagers. The low clouds and the fog slowly peeling away. With check in on your Current Conditions and show you what you can expect for your weekend coming up. S yeah thats yes for less. Stop stealing mine. Never. Holiday gifts everyones sure to love at 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices. At ross. Yes for less. And you realize you are the the hostess with the mostest. You know when youre at ross yes yeah thats yes for less. Entertain in style all season long. It feels even better when you find it for lessat ross. Yes for less. New federal regulations on vaping products could be coming this week. The Trump Administration is trying to deal with the highest Current Health crisis and vaping related illnesses have made more than 2002nd 39 have died. Doctors first detected the injuries last spring and the outbreak exploded over the summer. The president had hints as to what the ministration might do including raising the age limit to vape. We have to take care of our kids most importantly. So we will have an age limit of 21 or so we will be coming it was something next week. Very important on vaping. According to a study more than half the teens who vape say they use juul products. Juul is making announcement this week. The company said it will no longer sell the flavor of pots most popular with teenagers. Cristina rendon is live in the newsroom with more. Reporter juul is pulling the plug on its mint flavored products. The bestselling ecigarettes labor as it struggles with the backlash of vaping. A study published this week in the journal of the American Medical Association showed a big increase in use vaping with mint and fruit flavors being popular. Juul ceo said those results are unacceptable. The ecigarette company has stopped selling its popular fruit and dessert flavors but it remains under fire by lawmakers who accuse juul of marketing their products to teens. I feel like its a good start to start trying to ban vapes but i feel like its gone too far and at this point and a lot of people are really addicted to it. Reporter almost 2000 people including some teens have been sickened and 38 have died from vaping related illnesses. An attorney for several families suing three entry juul say they that damage can be undone. Its difficult to undo that. They need to commit resources to helping schools, parents and the medical Community Address this issue. Reporter the ceo of juul said we must reset the vapor category in the u. S. And earn the trust of society by working cooperatively with regulators, attorneys general, Public Health officials and other stakeholders to combat underage use. The results of the American Medical Association survey tuesday showed about 27 of High School Students and 10 of middle School Students use e cigarettes. East bay congressman Mark Desaulnier is proposing a ban on all vaping products. This is an directed just at juul. This is directed at all the product. Ours is a ban until the fda gets through their analysis of what risks there are. How safe they are. And the issues weve had and the people getting permanent lung damage and dying from using the product. Reporter juul said it will now only sell menthol and tobacco flavors and again they are halting the sale of the most popular mint flavored pumps in light of this teen vaping epidemic. Cristina rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. Lets talk about the weather is weve seen the sun brought in behind us through the morning. We are getting that afternoon sunshine. We have a look here from ktvu across the oakland estuary. Finally we are getting, seeing a little bit of blue sky. The fog and the clouds were quite thick this morning and a pattern will not shift much into the weekend. I do expect we wake up saturday and sunday with clouds once again. Heres the threehour time lapse and you can see on the coast line we are still socked in good but around the bay its peeling away. How about we go to the north bay where we have hazy sunshine over areas. Its widespread. As you go closer to the coast you see the darker shades of gray and thicker shades. We do have the east bay also beginning to see more sunshine but its still lingering just a bit. In the south bay, sunny skies for you. A little bit of haze on the satellite view but visibility at this point is good for most. San francisco reporting about a mile and a half so not too bad. It has to get down to less than a mile or quarter mile before its really thick and hard to see. We will continue with High Pressure in control of the pattern. Stormtracker as well to the north and with that we remain with hazy sunshine throughout the afternoon as we get going in the morning. We do expect we will have the clouds and the fog and unfortunately no rain in sight. It is the High Pressure that is contributing to the dense fog. That sinking air associated with it pins it very close to the ground and thats how we end up with such thick fog right there at our level when we start in the morning. 55 degrees right now in San Francisco. 56, oakland. Areas stuck in the thick cloud cover for the morning struggling with the numbers. Napa, 55. Inland where we have sunshine, 71 in livermore and concord. In the south bay, 64 in san jose. The north bay will likely remain cool to mild. 70 for the afternoon high in novato. 71 in sonoma. Mid 60s for berkeley and oakland. Inland areas continued to climb into the upper 70s for antioch today. 78 in pleasanton. 72 in san jose and cupertino. Mid to upper 60s over santa cruz where we are beginning to see sunshine but low 60s most likely for areas around pacifica and Half Moon Bay were the clouds will stick for most of the day perhaps the entire day. 64 in San Francisco. Temperatures are not changing in the extended forecast. Getting into the weekend and beyond emma when wes a big change, that includes no rain. If you are thinking about heading to tahoe, a cool weekend. Have a look at those numbers coming up. If you havent already, download it ktvu weather app for your smartphone or tablet you can find interactive radar, updates and the seven day forecast in the future to upload your weather photos and video. Its free to download right now from the apple and google play store. It may be allowed on the smart train tracks in novato tonight. The agency will test his River Crossing signal and train control system at the soon to open downtown nevada train station at grant and railroad. The tests will start at 11 00 and run through the weekend. It will involve ringing bells, flashing lights and train hordes at pedestrian crossings on the line. Its a federal law to use horns while testing crossing service from the downtown nevada station expected to begin by the end of the year. Collecting and sharing seats is. How one man is using his lifes work to help survivors of the kincade fire cope with their pain. When it comes to health coverage, it helps to have someone in your corner. Thats why theres covered california. Were the only place where you can get financial help to pay for your health insurance. New this year, almost a Million People could receive additional financial help from the state to help lower the cost of health insurance. More for those already getting it, and new help for many who havent gotten help before. So check to see how much you can save. It only takes 5 minutes. To be covered by january 1st, enroll by december 15th. 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