In june of next year. Natural gas is dangerous. Reporter rafael, who sponsored the legislation. Maybe most significantly, natural gas is a potent Greenhouse Gas that contributes to climate change. Reporter since 2010, as hundreds of coalfired power plants have closed, natural gas plants in many cases have replaced them. Natural gas produces about 40 of u. S. Energy needs. Former San Francisco mayoral candidate and activist Richie Greenburg doesnt believe california can make the transition from natural gas to all electric. The state of california does not have the ability to meet the energy needs, electricity needs and home heating through electricity at this point in time. Were not going to be relying on fossil fuels anymore in our buildings. Theres huge Greenhouse Gas savings. Theres Huge Public Health savings. And cost of construction goes down because youre not needing to install a gas pipeline. Reporter groups like earth justice cite the wildfires as a reason to move away. The sky
The boards on the windows have come down. The holiday lights and the Christmas Tree are up. And stores are now hoping for the holiday rush they desperately need to survive. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Lets go to kpix 5s andria borba. Andria, despite the shutdowns, despite the pandemic, businesses are still hopeful . Reporter businesses are still open. Of course, on friday here in San Francisco, indoor restaurant dining will come to a halt per the mayors orders, but brick and mortar retailers and the large stores and small stores supported by them say they need this Holiday Season to be good in order to survive. Its kind of make or break. Reporter union square retailers say they need a big Holiday Season to survive after months of nearly empty streets and few shoppers. Some large chains have already filed for bankruptcy protection and the Small Businesses who feed on foot traffic from Bigger Stores say they are fighting to stay alive. We would really need them t
Jimmy that is a simple thing. Lemonis while they overhaul their business. How many more seats can you pick up when you guys are busy . Maybe you pick up eight more seats. More importantly, their relationship. Jimmy basically every single thing ive ever said for you to do was, no, were not doing it that way. Were doing it my way. Lemonis . So they can heal from the devastating family tragedy that still hangs over everything that they do. Dante not everything has to be a fight. Lemonis we got to fix this tension between you guys. You lost your wife. You lost your mother. Do you guys want to lose each other . Im marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. I love investing in american businesses. These people are here because they care. Its not always easy, but i do it to create jobs, and i do it to make money. Man we have a deal. Lemonis lets rock and roll. Man 1 yeah man 2 lets do it. Lemonis this is the profit. I have a special attachment to Family Businesses primarily b
Good evening from the clerk Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts and boston. Im jim of the news hour of pbs and i welcome you to the first of three 90 minute debates between the democratic candidate for Vice President , president , are gore and the democratic candidate traditionally bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed to buy the commission and the campaigns. Tonight well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes, rebuttals are limited to one minute. As moderator i have the option to follow up and to extend any particular given take it another three and a half minutes. But even then those who go answer can exceed to minutes. The candidates under their rules may not question each other directly. There will be no Opening Statements and each candidate may have up to timmins for closing statement. The questions and the subjects were ch
Good evening from the Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston, im jim lehrer of the news hour on pbs and i welcome you to the first of three 90minute debates between the democratic. Candidate for president , Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate governor george w. Bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed toby the commission and the two campaigns. Tonight well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes. Rebuttals are limited to one minute. But as moderator i have the option to followup and extend any particular give and take another three and a half minutes. Even then no single answer can exceed two minutes. The candidates under their rules may not question each other directly. There will be no Opening Statements but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The questions and the subjects we