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there's a lot of that we're seeing coming out of that area. and most likely it's because of the strong wind and we are seeing most of the outages along the peninsula, some in the north bay, as you can see there with more orange squares and customers in the east bay, about 5,000 of them are without power. and in the south bay, we have 4,000 without power pt news warning customers of even more outages as this storm progresses. the vice president of the bay area region. aaron johnson spoke with us about what to expect. >> coming off the new year's storm. that storm affected almost 500,0...

he says his 53-year-old mom sherry hicks and his step dad were visiting from santa barbara. they were walking home from starbucks wrapping up what he describes as a wonderful day. >> it should be a great day, first time i saw my mom in three months since i graduated coll e college. >> reporter: but just a block from home the unthinkable happened. police say 53-year-old hossein tabrizi drove his truck up on to the sidewalk striking hann's mother and his 23-year-old wife shane hahn. >> he was speeding. he came directly at us. there was no time to move, and i saw his eyes before he kill...

slammed into him and left him unconscious. sfpd believe it was the same man. while they search for him patricia bartal remains at her son's bedside in san francisco traumatic hospital brain injury unit waiting to see some sign of improvement. >> i'm holding up okay. i haven't broke down yes. i'm reserving that for when i know there's something to break down about. he's alive, and i have faith that he will continue to be alive. >> she says her son has always been fearless and strong. albert bartal has taken on some of the scariest jobs serving as a marine sergeant in iraq and then spe...

harder. the unemployed single mother of two says every day is a struggle. >> it's pretty difficult being a single parent, trying to get around with not much income, grocery shopping, picking up my kids, all on public transportation. >> reporter: a new report says the cost of living for bay area families has soared 18% since the recession started. oakland-based insight center for community economic development says a bay area family of four must earn nearly $74,000 a year just to get by. >> we're talking about really what does it take for people to make it? and these days we have many...

the truck was carrying 43,000 pounds of liquid wax and it would take hours to pump that intranet or tanker. a total it has pulled the leg onto the side of the road and three at the for lanes are open. traffic is starting to ease but expects delays because that final lane could remain closed all night. the truck driver was taken to the hospital complaining of neck and back being. if you have not registered to vote in the upcoming election time is running out. the deadline is midnight tonight. registration forms need to be postmarked today or turned into your county election officers...