>> what we're talking about is at most, eight mm difference between two decks. public does not feel this or see this whatever. >> peter is an expert on earthquake engineering and says the deck misalignment may not be a huge issue but taken with caltrans series of missteps from wroek broken rods to water leaks he's concerned. >> i have seen enough to say we should look at the whole thing again. >> risks are significant. maybe acceptable, maybe not. >> caltrans estimates 30% of the bolts in the suspension portion are leaking. they insist they have yet to find the source. >> supposed to rain this week. that may yield information into how it's getting into the rail. >> as for giants, broken bolts,

caltrans says all of the failed have been retro fited and tests on remainder have so far revealed no additional problems. on treasure island abc7 news. >> well, as you just heard there, bridge officials are counting on rain to help them solve some of the mysteries surrounding leaks. you can track the rain on your smart phone any time with abc7 news weather app and sandhya patel is here on the roof of the building with a look. here it comes >> let me show you live doppler seven hd. there are clouds second part there is another system behind it. and urban flooding looking

moderate. biggest concern is hazardous driving conditions 5:00 a.m tomorrow, north bay getting wet. and a little bit of a bull in activity. then, afternoon it starts to pick back up again. that is when we're expecting rain to kick up. it only gets worse we're expecting a chance of thunderstorms. >> rain coming our way, the water district tonight will consider asking the public for a 20% reduction in water use. that is double than that requested last month. you can see the reservoir is dry. the reservoir near los gatos is still low compared to other years and rush river water officials approved a 50% cut back for anybody getting water

from lake mendocino affecting residents, businesses and farmers in and around yuk eyea. the lake is just 41% of capacity. and the district says it will probably have to divert water from the sacramento river the agency set met on this today. >> asiana airlines being fined half a million dollars as a result of the crash at sfo. penalty for not providing support for passengers and families afterwards. abc7 news is live at sfo tonight. this is the first time the transportation department has issued this kind of fine. >> it is. it was passed by congress in 1996. so you'd think by now airlines should know what it's required of them. it took 18 hours to set up a phone line with information on

the crash. there are 18 pledges an airline must take. according to u.s. department of trance pore tailings, asiana aairlines failed at three of them, first should have subly sized a toll free number and provided staff to take calls from families of passengers involved second, asiana should have notified families of passengers as soon as possible. third, asiana failed to commit sufficient resources to carry out it's familiar family assistance plan. this attorney told us all carriers must follow the plan. >> to make sure that families were kept aware of what is going on, that actions were coordinated between the different agencies. lodging and transportation provided, etc. >> eunice is the daughter of a survivor. >> the worst of all situations happens, i never got one phone call up until this day, never

spoken to an agent. >> in december she was in burlingame to watch a broadcast of the national transportation safety board hearings she told us what she wanted to hear. >> we haven't had that, you know chance to talk to them and to just, we're just looking for more of a humane approach. i guess. >> the airline must pay $400,000 to the u.s. treasury department within 30 days. remaining $100,000 will go to fund future trainings. and in a statement the airline says it provided extensive support to passenger asks families following the accident and will continue to do so. going on to say it's response after the crash was slowed because it was a holiday weekend. when staffing was short. i'm live at sfo, abc7 news. >> thank you very much. and this was revealed in court today. prosecutors say a 3-year-old

napa girl died because of child abuse and neglect. prosecutors cited a coroner's report. here are the suspects. according to the report, krueger's daughter, kayleigh slusher died of multiel blunt impact injuries to her head, torso and legs. both suspects pleaded not guilty today. >> san diego police chief has abruptly retired. william lancedown has been the chief ten years but his department has been rocked by multiple accusations of sexual misconduct against officers his resignation is effect iffive next monday. during his tenure the in the bay area, san jose named the nation's safest big city. >> san jess yeah arrested two people for the city's seventh murder of the year. a deadly fight and a hit and

run. they a investigators say the two fwhr a mercedes-benz sedan that ran down and killed a 23-year-old from an earlier confrontation at capitol flea market. police say that incident was gang related. >> a work crew broke a gas line forcing people inside of a apartment complex to shelter in place. things are getting back to normal now. pg&e crews have capped that line. >> in oakland a gas leak forced evacuation of skyline high school. >> students left class early after a gas leak forced an evacuation . >> they said they smelled gas. >> the campus safety protocol put into action. >> they asked for maintenance people to turn on the heat tochlt make sure that there isn't anything wrong.

that is what happened. something was wrong. >> according to school officials the leak came from a valve in an old science room and not a pg&e gas line. the school is investigating whether someone turned the line on. possibly a student. evacuation and early release caused problems on every front. hundreds of confused students trying to board bus that's were overflowing and parents forced to miss work to pick up kids. >> it's a big concern. because now very to pick up other kids as well. parents are not able to come, because they're at work. >> this is the second gas leak in as many weeks. a contractor hit a gas line forcing a cancellation of classes after the president's day holiday weekend. >> air quality officials are demanding a power plant in the east bay clean up its act. russell city energy senter facing fines the district says the plants cooling tower is putting out almost ten times allowed amount

of particulate matter. the owners have requested a change in its permitted missions limit the operator could not be reached for comment about this, today. >> and still to come why justice could be soon coming for hundreds of rape victims. >> good news at the pump. we'll be paying a little less, actually starting this summer >> best of the best. consumer reports out with its top vehicles for 2014 h ten categories and one surprise. >> abc7 news continues here in 60 s

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officials packed up evidence to send to a private lab for testing the county has 2,000 kits in the backlog. it will take the lab about a month to test kits for dna. the county is paying with the testing with a grant working to get all rape kits tested. >> happening now, alameda county board is voting to vote on legislation forcing mentally ill people into treatment. opponents of laura's law protested in oakland. laura's law aluz a court to order outpatient people for treatment. sit state law, each county has to decide whether or not to adopt it. >> they're not a harm to themselves or others but the law says if you think they might

become a harm, this crystal ball here, you need to force them into treatment. >> supporters say it's better than the current system which can lock up the mentally ill in facilities if they represent a danger to themselves or others >> now to a big change in obesity rate for young children. cdc says rates dropped dramatically over the past decade for children ages 2 to 5, numbers decreased from 14% to 8% in 2011. that is a drop of 43%. cdc believes fewer sugary drinks more breast feeding and programs are the reason norz the head of the agency says the country may be turning the tide against obesity epidemic. >> there is this, wall greens teeming up with ucsf to launch a program to reduce pharmaceutical

errors to share between farm and i primary care doctors both sides say it should lower costs and will help prevent accidental deaths. >> a special ceremony marks a key moment in chinatown today called topping out, meaning final beam was put into place. there it is. this is a modern 54 facility being built on jackson street. this is where the original hospital is built. it's still about two years from being completed. >> all right a bannerer day for tesla motors. >> it picked up a huge honor with consumer reports. >> michael finney is here on this. >> tesla received good press

consumer reports think the model s as best over all car for 2014. the company out with its review to find the best of the best so tested 260 cars, and put cars through over 50 tests. it's not easy to be named consumer reports top pick. acceleration. breaking. and handling. just a fraction of the tests each must face. each has to be reliable and safe. safety is determined using government and industry crash test results and reliability ratings coming from you. >> our reliability survey gives data over 1 million vehicles we won't consider least average reliability. >> this year's top pick is ram 1500 this, makes it feel like a

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audia six. >> thank you >> we're talking about getting around, california drivers will be paying less at the pump starting july 1st. state board lowered excise tax by three and a half cents per gallon. it's based on a formula looking at consumption and gas price projections >> same knowledge putting a man on the moon going to help the state of california with its drought problem. nasa can't make it rain but explaining what it can do to help department to do more with what it has. abc7 morning news anchor reports. >> everybody knows that nasa has a fleet of satellites orbiting the earth. you may ne they may monitor patterns on earth but that is now going to focus on

california. >> they provide us with a global perspective but that does include california. >> nasa and department of water resources holding two days of meetings to discuss how this partnership would work. we've got a preview of how this can provide you with... >> long term change information and in snow. >> that is no back >> you can see long term depression changes which can be measured in feet. >> nasa satellites and data gathering aircraft can monitor wind patterns that create and move rain storms. >> you can draw those plumes up from throp cal region leaking

through atmospheric moisture making land fall somewhere on west coast. >> but not making land fall enough, lately. >> that is going to change. >> sandhya? >> yes. looking up at the sky, it's a cooler day this afternoon on the roof of the kgotv broadcast center. our first storm knocking on our door tomorrow morning. we have a winter weather advisory. starting at 4:00 running until 4:00 expecting 6 to 12 inches of snow up in the sierra nevada. they're expecting fresh powder.

58 in oakland. mid-60s in redwood city. temperatures today into low 70s, those were warmest spots. clouds stacked up and mid-50s santa rosa and 64 in livermore, from our exploratorium camera, i'm looking at on the roof it's just beautiful. peaks of blue there. rain, scombind a chance of thunderstorms tomorrow night. second storm moving in on friday. during the rush hour. so 5:00 a.m tomorrow, north bay getting rain. into 8:00 hour some of you taking kids to school. rain going to be moving in along the coast and in over the bay. there is a lull and moderate to heavy rain moves in. we're expecting gusty winds with

this system. showers continue into the thursday morning commute. on the breezy side but winds ramp up into afternoon, 45 miles per hour winds point reyesz in the winds dial back thursday morning but still, remaining on breezy side. taking a look at the second storm, coming in friday. this is going to create a stormy morning commute. that is what we're going to be watching. this also brings us rain. about an inch and a half to three inches in north bay mountains. winds blowing, visibility going to be poor at times be careful on roadways

make sure you have your umbrella bit door. rain gear by the door. you're going to need it. it's windy and wet. mid mid 50s to mid-60s cooler side and taking a look at the accu-weather forecast, a chance of thunderstorms tomorrow night there is a slight chance of thunderstorms friday as well. and there is a slight possibility of a shower or two. live from the roof of kgotv broadcast center. dan, cheryl? >> thank you very much. >> well skwuft ahead red planet, huh? not so fast. some people are being warned against going on a mission to mars. >> a picture of a world leader generating a buzz on the internet. that, then at 6:00 students designed a car that might go aconsiders the country on a gallon of gas?

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gunfire still breaking out in ukraine. people this charge say they will have a new government by thursday. made it official the former heavy weight boxer is now running for president of ukraine. he was the first world boxing champion to hold a phd. he's been a leading opponent of the old regime. >> muslims being warned about going on a mission to mars. religious official was the united arab emirates say the mission tantamount to suicide ask officials a fatwa against the trip. taking one's life willingly is against islamic principles >> and israeli prime minister

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>> coming up a 6:00 a memorial to two fallen officers in santa cruz and a squabble tieing up money raised for families also, only on abc7 news a former san francisco supervisor caught red handed now fighting his return to jail. plus... rare best song nominees it's coming up on abc7 news at 6:00. >> wow. thank you. >> abc7 is the only place to see the oscars this coming sunday. >> yes. two dozen will be handed out. >> so where do stars keep them? george clooney has two, they're in the study. >> tom hanks keeps them in a trophy case. jennifer lawrence gave hers to her mom.

>> kate winslet into her bathroom. of >> and russell crow in a chicken coop. he says it helps inspire better eggs. >> you can visit abc7 news.com and click on countdown on oscar sunday so you can choose winners >> oscar sunday is this sunday here on abc7. >> we're giving away free movie tickets for a year to our page to celebrate academy awards. >> there will be seven winners and today is leslie c. congratulations. thank you for participating and you have six chances left to win. >> just like us on facebook.com and fill out the form so we know how to get in touch with you if you win. >> and you have six more chances if you enter today. >> good luck to everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> from all of us here, thanks

for watching we appreciate your time. see you again at 6:00. welcome to "world news." tonight, refreeze. a polar blast pressing south, rivers that had thawed now jammed with broken icebergs. and out west, the race to get sandbags in place ahead of floods and mud. coming home. our investigation. the epidemic of american veterans from iraq and afghanistan hooked on addictive painkillers. >> it is a living, seemingly never-ending nightmare. >> tonight, why is this happening? and will the news today change it? and, the sleep whisperer. a new and simple solution for a nation of insomniacs. is this woman -- >> hey, guys. >> -- about to change your life tonight?