In contact with dry vegetation while reenergizing the line, it can cause a fire. Pretty much like sending high voltage lightening strikes into a dry forest area. It didnt make sense. Reporter trip saver is another version of a recloser which have been used for decades, except that according to todd trip savers are cheaper and pg e uses them in remote areas. State senator, a long time critic of pg e, says the utility was not taking a safe approach when using trip savers even after the 2017 fires. Pg e acknowledges it began disabling them for the 2018 wildfire season. The other utilities in california have used them appropriately, properly. They know when to turn them off so we dont have wildfires. Reporter todd was fired he said for expressing those concerns. Pg e says he was fired for misusing company time, misstating work activities and fraudulent submissions of time cards. Todd is suing pg e. Im trying to do the right thing. Id like to get this equipment fixed and make the Community Safe again. Reporter he told me four other employees who also complained fired all from napa. Call themselves the napa five. Abc 7 news. Where is pg e now in terms of this recloser safety plan. Reporter the Utility Company says it is following southern californias lead by disabling trip savers in high fire areas. They also say theyre working to do that, meaning disable them, remotely. Thanks a lot. In Santa Barbara a is prompting evakaticuations. It is near the historic park off highway 154, about 12 miles. Its burned about 15 acres. Gusty winds pushed this grass fire that prompted evacuations in rockland. Fire broke out around 12 30 and burned 355 acres and is 30 contained. Firefighters have stopped the flames from spreading. Strong winds are causing problems in the central valley. In fresno blowing dust caused Poor Visibility on highway 41 triggering a multicar accident. The dust storm has prompted air pollution officials to issue a health alert. We will be on storm watch tomorrow with a storm ranking on two brings rain and wind to the bay area. Spencer christian tracking the timing of this storm which is going to last into thanksgiving. It probably. It start tomorrow and continue through wednesday and possibly produce showers into thursday. Here is the storm dropping down out of the gulf of the alaska moving into the pacific northwest. Tomorrow we should see rain through most of the bay area and strong winds and heavy snow will fall in the see rainfall potential about oneinch to two inches. A wind advisory is in affect tomorrow. Gusts 45 to 55 miles per hour. What can commuters expect . In the morning dry conditions under partly sunny skies, but by mid day look for heavy rain and strong gusty wind and travel delays are likely. A closer look at this forecast pa few minutes. Follow in just okay. Our approaching storm could cause problems for drivers who have not seen rain in months. The first big rain of the year moves extra slick pavement. We went to a driving expert for advice. The instructor demonstrated what to do when your car enters a slide or a deep puddle. Try to cut through it straight because inertia wants your car to go straight. You trying to change the action causes a problem. Good tires will help. Check the wear bar between the tread. It should be buried deep in the grooves. You can track the rain with live doppler 7. Youll be ready before the rain arrives tomorrow. New video of a terrifying encounter in l. A. This morning. The video freezes as a man raises a foot long machete over a police officer. Another officer shot and killed the suspect who was accused of robbing an auto parts store. One officer suffered minor injuries. Also new, a car carrier flipped and a couple of vehicles wound up on their sides on southbound 280. This happened a little before 2 00 a. M. The truck rolled over while merging on 280. No one was injured. A person was detained this afternoon as police investigated a suspicious package at the San Francisco state library. The bomb squad was called. The police determined the package was not a threat to public safety. There are no classes this week, but the library will be open tomorrow. We are focused on building a better bay area, which means looking for improvements to issues that we all face. High rent are not just a struggle for families. Theyre a burden for busineses and some are at their breaking point, particularly smaller businesses. Abc 7 news shows you some examples in San Francisco. Reporter if a picture can speak a thousand words, the signs in the Clothing Store say it all. It is very sad. It is very sad and i am saddened by the whole situation. This was my baby. I created it. I built it. I have to let go. Reporter for 42 years the store has been a neighborhood staple. The designs worn by celebrities, but a flood, which damaged inventory, followed by a massive rent hike. The rent jumped 85 last year. Reporter forced her to make a decision to close at the end of the year. It doesnt make sense with the high rent that they are asking. Reporter its not just clothing retailers that are feeling the squeeze. Owners of barber shops and gyms have a hard time making ends meet. I am being forced to close my doors due to increase of rent. Reporter she has owned the Fitness Center for 15 years. Her rent when she first opened. I was paying 5,000 for a 5,000 square foot space. Reporter the space is now advertised online for over four times that amount now. She blames the city zoning red tape for not being able to find a new space. And then theres certain places you have to get a conditional use permit, which i learned could take six to nine months. And id have to sign a lease while im waiting for this permit and you pay money for it. It doesnt make sense. It just doesnt make sense. Reporter her plan b is a second store and a faith in fashion. Fashion you have to try things on, you have to see it and touch it. You have to like it on you and then buy it. Reporter in San Francisco, abc 7 news. Another quality of life issue in San Francisco is hygiene. The lack of hygiene is visible on sidewalks and streets and its something the city is trying to fix. We have an update on the latest efforts. Reporter if you live in San Francisco, chances are youve seen feces around your neighborhood. All these reports show that this is an everyday problem. So we walked around San Francisco and it seemed like almost everyone had a story about feces. Different kinds of poop as well, human poop, dog poop. People are frustrated by the fifth filth on our streets. Reporter bathrooms are equipped with two on duty attendants during the overnight hours for safety. Here is a map of where the 24 hour bathrooms are located. According to public works, during the three months of this Pilot Program, the numbers of cleaning requests went down around these three areas. Each of them had over 3,000 uses at nighttime for over 10,000 in all three. We are asking for at least another ten of these bathrooms to be open 24 hours. Reporter today the mayors a office announced they will continue the Pilot Program and added the early results are programming, which is why they are using existing funding to keep these bathrooms open and they will continue to push the funding to build on this progress in the next budget cycle. Funding ten extra bathrooms to remain open for 24 hours will cost roughly 3 million per year, something that the Mayors Office says is not part of this years budget. In San Francisco, abc 7 news. We want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. Share them on facebook. Youve heard us report on the epidemic of car break ins in San Francisco, one every 21 minutes. Its not just the city that deals with this problem. See what action theyre taking in the south bay to stop thieves like this who was caught by the cars cameras. Hurricane dorian washes out more than sarahs last tuition payment, sent off. Feeling good . Oh yeah. Now im ready to focus on my project. This is why we plan. You never cease to amaze me, maya. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. It takes less than a minute for a car burglar to case his target and break in and its all caught on camera. Weve shown you a lot of video like this in San Francisco, but this crime happened in santa clara. Abc 7 news found police are getting proactive to prevent this kind of thing from happening. Reporter captured on camera, watch as the suspect hops out of the suv and breaks into this tesla model three causing hundreds of dollars in damage. You shouldnt break into cars in the first place. You should also not break into teslas because they can catch everything that youre doing. Reporter this break in happened in front of a restaurant in the Lawrence Square shopping center. Just kind of frightening to see like what exactly happened. Reporter Police Telling us thieves are hitting up large parking lots like these near freeways and expressways because its easy for them to escape. Last month more than 400 vehicle break ins were reported city wide. People leaving backpacks, laptop cases, cell phone items near where it is visible from the outside. Reporter with the holidays fast approaching, Santa Clara Police are preparing to work overtime. This year the department was one of five in the bay area to receive 750,000 from the state to help prevent smash and grabs. Additional officers in marked vehicles that are sworking in high volume areas. Reporter criminals are using technology to pick up bluetooth enables devices and vehicles are smarter providing valuable video evidence. A camera recorded a 49ers fan kicking in the trunk of a tesla during a recent game. Police are reviewing that case and say every bit of information helps. At the end of every one of these reports is a victim who lost something thats very valuable to them and we understand that. Reporter abc 7 news. Stock in tesla rise about 1 today. The ceo announced more than 200,000 preorders for the companys newest vehicles called the cyber truck. Stock plummeted friday after the cyber trucks unveiling did not go as planned. Musk tweeted an explanation about why the unbreakable windows broke. He says the sledgehammer cracked the base of the glass. Should have done steel ball on window and then sledgehammered the door. Uber has lost its license to operate in london. A regulator says there was a pattern of failures that put passengers at risk. The Company Plans to appeal the decision. Drivers and riders will be able to use the app for now wont be able to use the app for now. The deal will allow the company to sell tickets to concerts and sporting events in more than 70 countries. The stock market started the holiday week with three major indexes setting setting settingt the nasdaq gained 112. Tech stocks helped push the 500 up. Charles scwabbscwabbscwabbcb it will acquire ameritrade. Experts say that trading fees have dropped so dramatically in the industry that Companies May have to increase in size to survive. When you think about a brokage house, they make 8 to 10 in commisson. One of the ways to get revenues is to merge with another firm because as you get bigger they will make profits. The other thing from a merger that you can do to make up for these losses is you could technically have a little bit of a monopoly power. The Company Plans to move from the bay area to texas. We need to talk about this rain coming our way and timing. Its a fair amount of rain too. Spencer is tracking it for us. It is indeed a fair amount of rain. Likely the biggest storm weve had six may, we have calm coonditions right now. Its dry and high passing clouds. It is currently 55 degrees here in San Francisco and oakland. We have mid 50s in all locations. San jose and gilroy at 52 and half moon bay. Temperature readings still uniform readings. Low to mid 60s on this panel. Napa, 51. Thats the cool spot right now. On we go to the view from our rooftop cameras at abc 7. These are our forecast features. Well have wind and rain arriving tomorrow afternoon. A cold wet pattern will be with us through thanksgiving and then another round of rain through the weekend. Overnight clear skies and high clouds. It will be breezy at the coast and Higher Elevations. Lower coast upper 20s and low 30s. Upper 30s in other inland locations as well. Mainly low 40s around the bay shoreline and coast. The approaching storm ranks two on the storm impact scale. Well see heavy rain at times and gusty winds. Strongest winds will be in the Higher Elevations. Rainfall potential anywhere from a half inch to an inch. Tomorrow morning notice how quickly the storm moves in. By mid day rain covering most of the bay area. We expect heavy downpours. By the time we get into the Late Afternoon and evening, its going to be a mess for evening commuters because it will be raining heavily and strong gusty wind and snowing over in the sierra. Tomorrow we get a break, but trailing showers will follow wednesday and into Early Morning hours on thanksgiving day. Wind gusts by that time tomorrow will be from 30 to 45 miles an hour. Thats at the surface and Higher Elevations it will be windy and rainfall potential half an inch to an inch across the region. This is not going to be just a north bay event. Were going to have soggy conditions everywhere. Tomorrow a bit on the cool side. Low to mid 50s and rainy and windy. We have a High Surf Advisory in effect from 7 00 p. M. Tomorrow to 3 00 p. M. Wednesday. Wave heights are elevated already. Rip current and beach erosion are possible. In the sierra, there will be lots of snow. About 2,000 feet, look for 18 inches of snow. In the higher peaks, up to four feet of snow. Here is the sevenday forecast. You see that we might get a little bit of a break on friday. Late in the day on thursday, we expect partial clearing, but showers are likely to linger into thursday morning. Friday we get a break, but it will be a cold morning. Over the weekend our next storm comes in and it looks like its going to rank one on the impact scale, but it may feel like a two. Glad to see this though. We need it so badly so its good to see it. tis the season to travel. Coming up next, a look at what to be grateful for and what you can gripe about. Only four couples remain on dancing with the stars. Tonight well find out who takes home the trophy. You can watch the fi o ozempic® oh oh announcer people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of onceweekly ozempic®. 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No one was hurt. 49 million americans are expected to drive somewhere for thanksgiving. Most of them can be thankful that gas prices are not much higher than last year, but its a different story in california. The National Average is just two cents higher than last. Californias average price is 25 cents higher. Thats despite one of the biggest weeklyri nationwide. Gas prices are down nine cents in the past week. California gas is the most expensive in the contry. Drivers wont have to pay for parking in many places on thanksgiving day. In San Francisco, oakland and san jose are free. Most transit agencies will be running on sunday or weekend schedules. That includes b. A. R. T. , california train and smart train. There will be no Ferry Service on the San Francisco bay ferry or golden gate ferry. We have links to each agency on our website. Free parking, something to be thankful for. A shopping district was shattered by gunfire this morning. We have what happened next. Look what was caught on camera walking doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacistrecommendeding . Memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Youre looking at one of several bullet holes after a robbery turned into a gun fight. That gun fight didnt just result in property damage. A perso