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Carnival. Choose fun. In downtown napa where some businesses will be in the dark afternit. Preparingor the s sunanknowy arent exactly sure how to handle anticipated power shutoffs. Dm i huhte e. Reange on t ris ill show you the areas at greatest risk of extreme fir behavior. The utility finally gave specifics as to when they finally plan to cut power to coti california. Abc 7 new starts right now. Gbbin g water, grabbing ice and doing all this andt. Ha best. And that breaking news is a mad roundsc amb trahe ins a b hler aare pg e will starting off power totthu nearlyle affected. And that includes nine here in the bay area impacting around 300,000 customers locally. Only San Francisco is exempt. We have Team Coverage tonight fanned out across the bay area. Outages all because of the fire danger. Youre looking livet theogtan s. It is a very shaky view. Winds are beginning to ramp ....
Thecampfire that claimed 85 lives and destroyed roughly 15,000 homes. While the utility has a threshold that must be reached before cutting power, the mayor contends there needs to be oversight on weather pg e pulls the plug because of what could happen in a city as large as san jose. The mayor says problems include traffic lights going out, people losing air conditioning in summer heat and cell phones unable to dial 911 one power is cut to cell phone towers. We are very worried about these things in san jose, the many safety risks that a large regional outage would cause. But i do believe that this, if we dont fix this problem, it could be an existential threat to californians. Reporter at the same time, the mayor was speaking about his concerns, lawmakers were debating a bill that would set up a 21 million fund to help pg e and its counterparts in Southern California deal with liabilities from wildfires. Represents the best ....
Well as everyone else. Thats almenas attorney. He says quote very hopeful the jury will be empathetic. Ktvus amber lee was in the courtroom late today when Derick Almena broke down in tears. Reporter ghost ship Master TenantDerick Almena wept after taking the stand in his own defense. He said hes been in solitary confinement for two years. Im just so sad he said. Asked by his attorney if he had any remorse, almena said there are no words. Asked if he had contrition, almena said i feel death, the loss of life forever. Beautiful, beautiful people. Almena said he believed the warehouse was safe and was told it was safe. Otherwise he said he wouldnt stay there with his family. Sarah said his client connected with the jury. I thought he started beautiful because everyone, you know, expects him to be arrogant and selfcentered. A ....
We like to have certain number of minimum wage but going beyond 16 an hour i think thats going to hurt a lot of Small Businesses. Reporter dave is the owner of Black Diamond cafe. He pays 15 an hour. He says increasing his employees pay to 16. 30 would have increased his weekly cost an additional 331. 50. He couldnt afford that so prior to the amendment exempting Small Businesses from paying the higher wage, he said he let two parttime workers go. I think it will impact pretty good because we have to cut labors. So also we might prai price. The rising costs of rent, food, transportation, all the things in the bay area, that adds up for a restaurant worker. Reporter she says there are other ways to cut costs and save money. Lets talk with the city counsel about tax incentives for employers. Lets not talk about cutting ....