Outside the state, perhaps, from traveling here. He says that could spark a brand new outbreak, and thats something they really want to previce preprevent. In san jose, devin fehely, kpix 5. And andria borba is joining us from oakland, and oakland actually closing down entire streets to focus on social distancing . Reporter thats right, allen. They want to make sure that traffic doesnt go through some neighborhoods, so people have room to walk in the middle of the street and arent crowding onto sidewalks right next to each other. This is an idea thats been kicked around in oakland before, but got pushed into use due to the pandemic. With school out, this is p. E. Class for the peek family of oakland, with hoops spilling onto the sidewalk. In the era of covid19 social distancing, making sure everyone has space to walk is tricky. Were out here in front every day, playing, shooting hoops, doing p. E. And if people come past, they normally go on the street or well back up into the porch. R
Thorn talk with them and dan joins us live in oakland tonight with more on the story dan. Well pam were learning tonight that the Security Company thats involved in this dispute was actually fired by the apartment complexs Management Group thankful that this situation didnt get completely out of hand the man tells me that more security than more training actually is needed for these types of security guards while taking pictures of these bike racks oakland city planner kenya wheeler says he was approached and threatened by 2 security guards, one of them even drawing a gun. It was frightening troubling and wednesday night dispute happened here at the election webster apartments near downtown oakland. As the citys chairman of the pedestrian and Bicycle Commission wheeler says he wanted to showcase the fruits of their labor allies are taking pictures and thats why doesnt that theres a plan to love our city that something i do actually want to travel i live in this area, instead as seen in
Instead of people ice skating, ice slowly melting. The own ev says his ice rink was vandalized. Tracking showers, now were seeing two more storms on the horizon. Well show you when they arrive. Here is a picture of a young man who went to the very first Oakland Raiders game at the coliseum. Tomorrow hes hoping to go to the very last game as well. An east bay ice rink is melting after vandals tampered with the valves. But the community isnt letting them put a damper on christmas. Luz pena explains for the time being the ice rink is more like a lake. Reporter while the 37th annual brentwood holiday parade is in full swing, once it turned on second street, things turned from joyful to disappointed. Reporter 10 to 12 birthday parties were planned. At least 200 people were expected to skate. But instead, take a look, the ice rink is empty. We came in this morning. It was a lake instead of an east rink. Reporter once tom get to the back of the rink he found water running down his parking lot
Take over, in the 50s. Breezy, cool but a lot of sunshine and a frosty night ahead. Liz . Thank you. We want to start with a developing story, pg e has until tuesday now to amend its bankruptcy reorganization plan. Experts say it will be almost impossible to make enough changes to please Governor Newsom. The governor rejected the utilities plan and says it doesnt do enough to improve management or beef up procedures under the state wildfire in july. A bankruptcy professor says the company is focused on survival. It is fair for Governor Newsom to criticize this company and fair for him i think to criticize this plan, but i think its somewhat unrealistic to expect the bankruptcy process to fix all the problems the company has. Pg es power lines have been implicated in sefrl deadly fires and the bankruptcy plans relies on the company tapping into a state fund to pay more than 13 billion in claims. Newsom appears to wants the option of breaking up the utility if the bankruptcy plan falls a
Behind new york. And transportation Officials Say the city is seeing more cars than ever due to uber and lyft. So chances of conflict are much higher between bicyclists, pedestrians, and cars, all competing on these narrow streets. Keep in mind, most of the daytime population is concentrated in the downtown area. Thats also where many of the fatalities occur. In 2014, the city launched vision zero to reduce fatalities. Since then, city workers added more protective bike lanes. Constructed street calms measures and updated Traffic Signals to give pedestrians more time and a head start in the crosswalk. But critics say without drastic measures they wont be able to cut pedestrian fatalities down to zero any time soon. Walk sf is a nonprofit that advocates for pedestrian safety. What more can the city do . We need drivers to Pay Attention to the rules of the road and follow them and we need the sfpds help in enforcing those rules. We also need to change speed limits in San Francisco, 20 is