We begin in San Francisco where just last night police dispersed crowds in the marina district. Someone flagged officers down concerned that people were not following covid19 safety rules. Now there are calls for expanded enforcement. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana begins our coverage tonight in the city. Reporter on a normal weekend seeing lots of people bunched together on the sidewalk would be of no concern. But during the covid19 pandemic, its a much different story. Outside businesses in the marina, people appeared to be standing very close to each other and only a few were wearing face coverings. Were going to see more of this. Reporter Jason Escamilla was in that friday crowd for a few minutes and understands why people are raising concerns. If youre sitting at home, checking out twitter, maybe id be saying the same thing. But it was a beautiful day. People wanted to be out. Reporter this afternoon, quite a different situation. San Francisco Police officers parked along Chestnut
See the rain. Small Square Footage of space in now over the coastal mountains front of us. If someone is ten feet down the and of course San Francisco, a way and decide to stop and live look, you can see that rain drinking a togo margarita, i have no control over that. On our lens and its in the form of some showers so its not heavy just yet. If you notice in the temperature luckily the Police Department is trend through 11 00 a. M. Well around. San Francisco City leaders are now calling on the Police Department to expand enforcement see the shower activity. A break and then another round of rain that should pick up into in neighborhoods where people monday. A wide look. Violate the rules. And folks rallying to you can see the system just off reopen. The coast. Yesterday dozens of people gathered in napa for what was it made its way in starting last billed a freedom rally to open night. Our storm ranger up and scanning not just the city but the county. So this will help me time out the
Some of the damage we had. I dont know how to advance my own slides. Sorry. So, this is the kind of thing im talking about. This is a tree branch that has blown into a line. If that line is energized, you would have an arc, a spark, and a potential ignition of wild fire. This is another example of the same thing. The wire down based on the tree blowing over. When sumeet gets up hell have a if you more pictures andell you mor about this. So, each of these has the potential to cause a significant fire. I said last night it was an extremely difficult decision for us to make. We know it would and did cause hardship for many of the people were privileged to serve and continued to cause hardship for those who are still without power tonight. Given the choice we face, the choice between hardship and safety, we chose safety. And safety will always be our first choice. As far as where we are tonight, life is returning to normal for many of our customers. Weve been able to get the lights back on
Represented by women nancy pelosi in San Francisco, zoe lofgren in the south bay and lateefah simon, the replacement for barbara lees 12th district in the east bay. If she wins in november, it speaks to the issues that women face running in politics. Doctor Samantha Francois is a professor of womens studies at cal state east bay. She suggests that lower voter turnout means fewer younger voters, who are often more likely to vote for minority candidates. She adds that female candidates still face a tough time fundraising. Adam schiff outraised both his female opponents in the democratic party. Both katie porter and barbara lee, by like 2 to 1. But professor francois also notes that schiff got big endorsements from high profile female politicians like pelosi and barbara boxer, and that exit polls suggest that women voters supported schiff in equal numbers to men. I think we have to have a broader lens in terms of looking at local elections, city elections, and county elections. And we saw
Cloud was reported south of vacaville. You see those lightning strikes this afternoon, the thunderstorm erupted. It was confirmed by the Weather Service in sacramento that it did happen south of vacaville. Obviously, it did not touch down. It was not a tornado, but a funnel cloud, which is why they did not see any damage in that area right now around orinda highway 24, we are tracking street level radar and that is showing showers. Also some light to moderate rain right around pope valley, aetna springs, so were not completely through with this system just yet. Taking you back in time. Those thunderstorms begin firing up this afternoon, shortly after lunch in the south bay, and then eventually in the east bay. Those thunderstorms did produce hail across the region. Heavy rain at times, and that has led to a flood advisory that is still in effect for parts of the east bay until 7 15 p. M. Still, the potential is there. So for some minor roadway flooding. So watch out. Area of low pressu