but work has essentially stopped for the day at cal/oshas and representatives from the county office look into haas -- into what caused a sudden collapse. that accident happened around 8:00 this morning. it sent four workers to the hospital. three with critical -- with critical condition. and we spoke to the main contractor on this project. he said three carpenters were standing below the 6th floor, inspecting a concrete below. a fourth carpenter was standing on the concrete above their head. we're told that a 115 by 15- foot frame supporting that concrete pour collapsed above the head and sent all four men tumbling 30 feet down a three- story shaft. >> it's the efficient of having a large wall fall on these guys and fours them town -- it's the equivalent of having a large wall fall on these guys and forcing them down. >> reporter: we talked to some plumbers who left at about 10:00 a.m. they told us they are usual -- their usual quitting time is about 2:00 p.m. now, cal/osha has now red- tagged the far side before the accident -- where the accident took place. that means no one is al

cal-osha inspectors are on the scene and that construction area of that collapse has been red-tagged. >> the support gave way, the concrete fell on the three workers a significant amount of concrete like having a large wall fall on you. so when the wall hit them and knocked them down three flights of stairs they were working right above a stair shaft. >> reporter: the builder is a general contractor in san francisco. the company says it has shut down all work here for the rest of the day. they do expect to resume work sometime tomorrow in the east side of the building because cal-osha hasn't closed the entire work site. they hope to resume work tomorrow. it's a $40 million project for apartment buildings. >> thank you, linda yee in san francisco. >>> a major blow for the solar power industry out of east bay. federal loans and a high- profile visit from the president could not save solyndra. the fremont company went bankrupt today. stephanie chuang with the workers who lost their jobs. >> speechless right now. nobody really knows what to think, what to -- nobody saw it coming. >> repor

cal osha is investigating. we're told some of the men fell as many as 30 feet. the contractor is midi construction. no comments from the company so far. reporters are waiting to hear from them but work on the site has shut down for the day. that the latest. four construction workers injured when a concrete form collapsed and pushed them down a stairwell. >>> kayaker spent the night tied to a channel marker is safe this morning. people aboard the larkspur ferry spotted the woman and called for help. a small boat plucked her from the platform. she was treated for hypothermia. she was kayaking to sausalito when she became stranded. >> it's fiob, the bart board of directors has named the new manager. she was named as chief manager. she is number two person at the federal transit administration under bill clinton. she will make $330,000 a year. she takes over an agency days facing several controversies. protests that forced bart to shut down several stations in downtown san francisco. they were triggered by fatal shooting of a homeless man and the agency's system on

cal osha is investigating. we're told some of the men fell as many as 30 feet. the contractor is midi construction. no comments from the company so far. reporters are waiting to hear from them but work on the site has shut down for the day. that the latest. four construction workers injured when a concrete form collapsed and pushed them down a stairwell. >>> kayaker spent the night tied to a channel marker is safe this morning. people aboard the larkspur ferry spotted the woman and called for help. a small boat plucked her from the platform. she was treated for hypothermia. she was kayaking to sausalito when she became stranded. >> it's fiob, the bart board of directors has named the new manager. she was named as chief manager. she is number two person at the federal transit administration under bill clinton. she will make $330,000 a year. she takes over an agency days facing several controversies. protests that forced bart to shut down several stations in downtown san francisco. they were triggered by fatal shooting of a homeless man and the agency's system on

now cal-osha will begin his investigation to determine what happened here, why it failed. in the meantime, good news, the two men are alive. live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> thank you very much. >>> more news now. a big scare at virginia tech university this morning. the university went in to lockdown after three children attending a summer catch on campus reported seeing a man with a gun. the children said they saw a man walking quickly with what may have been a handgun covered with a cloth. police posted a warning on the university website and began notifying students by e-mail and phone and began an extensive search of the campus. >> the alert that went out asked people to go inside and secure themselveses with further notice. that's what they are asking people to do. again, it will be their individual decisions but you have the information that we have. they need to make their own decisions. >> so far, police found nothing. you probably remember back in 2007 when a gunman stormed virginia tech and killed 33 people in worst school shooting in u.s. h

and according to cal osha the company has a very good safety record with a minor incident in 2009. afternoon a 90 ton crane was brought in to remove the scaffolding. it took an hour to bring it down. all clear is all right right now at 3:10 barry street. an investigator was here this afternoon at the building and will determine why that arm failed. i can tell you two men are lucky to be alife. i'm flif san francisco, abc 7 news. >> and east palo alto police department trying to track down two murder suspects, wanted for questioning in last week and want forward another murder in colorado. police just released their pictures today them say they are considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> and san francisco superior court announced reduced working hours for clerks. and the hours will be reduced starting october 3 part of san francisco's plan announced last month and in which 25 trooms will close. only three courtrooms will be open for civil trials. >> and a salmonella outbreak, now we're learning the federal government may have known the source for months 36 million pounds of gro

cal osha is currently investigating the accident. >>> a superior court judge scheduled ryan -- the oakland man has pleaded not guilty of resisting arrest stemming from last monday's rally and carrying an incendiary device. the incendiary device was icy hot and toller tried to light it. >>> the eric rasmussen live in san francisco with the last minute reprieve that is keeping a family together tonight, eric. >> reporter: the family's lawyer says it took hundreds of letters even a call from dick durbin to take another look at the case of this father and son who pays taxes and had never been in trouble before. >> reporter: these deportation papers ordered arturo and his son to leave by tuesday. >> my family, my school, my girlfriend. my job everything just, it's really devastating. >> reporter: but immigration officials granted them a 30 day extension. >> in spanish benfrito sr. says i feel comforted because we finally got the news we wanted. while renfrito's wife won a stay in court, he and his son were denied. >> a father and a son away from a mother and a son. >> reporter: despite being ju

cal/osha needs to have the final say p.senator admitted the legislation is really meant to force cal/osha to have the discussion and he's flexible on fitted or flat. so you are absolutely willing to work with whoever. >> absolutely. no doubt about it. no doubt bit. you have me on camera rate now. you have it stored away on file. i'm willing to work with folks who are moderate in their view and not extremist. >>reporter: nick reporting. >> coming up next. new tribute dr. martin luther king jr. and local man who had a big role in designing him. story as we local man who had a big role in designing him. story as we continue premiering the revolution by lg. the newest release with verizon 4g lte. the first phone pre-loaded with access to netflix's massive movie library. powered by verizon 4g lte for an unparalleled streaming experience. see how mobile entertainment was meant to be seen. only with verizon 4g lte. now get the revolution by lg for $199.99 and receive 3 months of netflix free. [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new c

now cal-osha will begin his investigation to determine what happened here, why it failed. in the meantime, good news, the two men are alive. live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> thank you very much. >>> more news now. a big scare at virginia tech university this morning. the university went in to lockdown after three children attending a summer catch on campus reported seeing a man with a gun. the children said they saw a man walking quickly with what may have been a handgun covered with a cloth. police posted a warning on the university website and began notifying students by e-mail and phone and began an extensive search of the campus. >> the alert that went out asked people to go inside and secure themselveses with further notice. that's what they are asking people to do. again, it will be their individual decisions but you have the information that we have. they need to make their own decisions. >> so far, police found nothing. you probably remember back in 2007 when a gunman stormed virginia tech and killed 33 people in worst school shooting in u.s. h

. >>> cal osha is trying to figure out what caused a scaffolding to give way causing anxious momentsfor two workers. the cell phone video shows one of the men trapped below the scaffold. it happened yesterday morning. part way up a 17 story condominium. firefighters pulled one man to the roof. the other pulled through a window. oh boy. >>> 4:53 is the time. let's go back over to sal. it is early. still construction out there. i know they are doing road work and repaving in marin county. >> you are right. there is road work all over the place as a matter of fact. marin county is one of them. they tend to end that by 5:00 so we are a few minutes away from doing that. let's go outside and take a look at a few things. you will see traffic moving along very nicely coming down to the span. but it's a little cloudy in parts of marin county and san francisco and san mateo county. just be careful as you are driving visibility may not be the best. by the way pam mentioned both directions in nevada road construction during the night it's the repaving and it basically goes from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00

. >>> cal/osha investigating an accident this left 2 window washers dangling more than a dozen stories above the ground today in san francisco. one of the boom holding the scaffolding broke. they were wearing safety harsh thaez kept them from being thrown off the platform. witnesses say it lacked like a close call. >> i was hoping and praying i mean i was praying that the other end wouldn't collapse because the only thing holding that up was that arm on the roof and if that goes then he goes. >> firefighters eventually pulled one window washer through a 16 floor window. they hoisted the other window washer to the roof. one of the 2 men may have suffered a broken arm. the other was not injured. >>> senate expected to sign off tomorrow on compromise measure ending shut down of faa. temporary deal will allow 4000 l employee to return to work monday. 70,000 construction workers at project including the new oakland international airport tower will also be back on the job. shut down prevented federal government from collecting 30 million dollars a day in airline ticket taxes. the deal provid

. >> i am having a hearing on august 23rd to find out what cal-osha said about the system in napa and try to get some answers. >> abc7 news. >>> police in brisbane are investigating an accident that killed a fisherman this afternoon when two boats collided in san francisco bay. a father and his 20-year-old son were aboard a dingy when it crashed into a 46-foot power boat. the dingy capsized throwing both men into the bay off candlestick point. 20-year-old trong was trapped under the boat and had to be pulled from the water by rescuers. he did not survive. >> the guy was doing cpr and trying to get him back alive. and a few minutes later another boat came in and they had another person, but he was alive and stuff. he was moving around. he looked banged up. >> brisbane police are asking anyone who witnessed it to contact them. >>> he -- 21-year-old katrina heridore was a part-time program leader at vacaville's teen extreme summer camp. a boy who was attending camp sessions, and an incident occurred after hours. his parents were suspicious after finding text messages that made them think

. >> i'm having a hearing in sacramento august 23 to find out what cal osha said and try to get answers. >> in napa, leslie brinkley. >>> san francisco muni officials say they are weeks away from a plan to fire up to 48 muni drivers who are still working without the required commercial driver's license. the "san francisco examiner" report that some of the muni operators have been without a valid license for two years. despite the threat of termination, none have been fired. the new muni contract imposed in june gives the transit agency much more leeway in the issue. of the 48 operators without licenses some have let them lapse, some have let them suspend and others involved medical clearance issues. >>> this morning, san jose state university says 100 returning students who were bumped from dorms because of overcrowding are offered accommodations as a resort style hotel. the media partner, "san jose mercury news" reports the san jose state upper classman will have the option to stay at the clarion hotel, three miles from the downtown campus. the hotel has a pool, hot tub, spa, cable tv

cal osha is looking into what happened. >>> bay area families rallied in support of the natural today. they rallied in honor of world breastfeeding week. lack of breast-feeding costs more than $2 billion a year. that's for treating preventable diseases. health professionals say there are times when women want to breast-feed, but they don't because they don't have the support. that's where people like tana come in. they are with the alameda county wic program. >> there are 12 of us that work with moms our age and our background and able to build a rapport and show them that we did it and willing to help them through it too. >> in just five years, alameda county medical center has seen the rates of exclusively breast- feeding new moms jump from below 25% to nearly 70%. >>> tar many, it's harder to eat healthy simply because of the price tag. now a new study urges the government to do more to make healthier meals more affordable. one suggestion, offer food assistance coupons for produce. the university of washington study also says adding more potassium, fiber, vitamin d, and calcium to

. >>> cal-osha is now investigating a rescue 16 stories high in san francisco. pretty dramatic, too. two window washers dangled from their safety harnesses yesterday morning outside this high-rise condo at mission bay after the ropes on one of the side of the scaffolding gave way. rescuers hoisted one of the window washers on the roof. he was hospitalized with serious injuries. rescuers pulled the second worker through a window. he was not hurt badly. >>> chrysler is recalling thousands of minivans because of malfunctioning airbags. the company says the air bags can inflate without warning causing a safety hazard. the recall affects 2008 models of the chrysler town & country and dodge caravan. 367,000 vehicles need to be repaired. >>> a georgia man is going to great lengths to get his dream job at google. >> matthew epstein of atlanta really wants to work for the search giant. but he hasn't got any response to his resume'. so epstein launched a hyper focused online marketing campaign complete with a website called google please hire dot me and it includes his vi

so that's very heavily regulated by cal osha for safety concerns. >> and not by the city of san francisco. we don't regulate that at all. >> that was big in the regulating world. >> you have to clean buildings. >> they're swaying it inboard. as we would say. >> the original design for old buildings were, they would open up the window and there were these two bronze hooks. and the guy would hook himself up and hang on the outside of the building, close the window and wash the window from outside, hanging off these bronze hooks. now, there's no way i would do that but they found people to do it. >> why would people use bronze? it's not just corrosion resistant, very highly corrosion resistant. >> it is a hard material. not soft like copper. >> on high rise we have cladding, this is from the outside of the building, very unusual. >> this is about four ircht incs thick. when they build this building, the bank said money is no object. so in most buildings you will see in san francisco, the veneer is 3 centimeters thick with a concrete backer. >> and then as you go up, you sort of get lower and

paramedics rushed both to the hospital to be checked out and they're in good condition tonight z cal osha is leading the probe into what happened. inspectors tell us the company has a nearly spotless safety record. and school year just week as way. one organization is making sure students have tools they need for success. a family giving tree will give away up to 18,000 backpacks starting august 10th. this morning, volunteers came together to stock backpack was pencils and binders and other supplies students need. >> if anything is missing there are supplies at the front of the building. they'd take those and make sure that the backpack had see sen shalls. >> and all were donated by local companies in san francisco to san jose. and backpack donations continue until august 10th. students will begin picking them up. >> scientists have new information and new hope that there could be water on mars. and is pick thurz show something that could be flowing water. >> this is a very exciting discovery. if there is presently life on mars. >> speaking via satellite from washington, d.c., nasa expert

cal osha is investigating. >>> oakland police now tell us that they've arrested all five robbery suspects that led to a lock down of an elementary school. students at horseman elementary school were kept anywhere their classroom from -t 9: 9:00 until 4:00. four suspects were arrested, the fifth called police saying that he wanted to surrender but he was stuck inside the home. they managed to get him out of the house late this afternoon. after that students were allowed to go home with their parents. this by the way was the second day in a row that an oakland school has been placed on lock down because of a police search. >>> the payroll management of a san francisco giants is under investigation after allegations of embezzlement. we found this picture of robin o'conner after her inindictment. an audit showed 11 suspicious deposits adding up to $11,000. the team released a statement saying, we are working with the federal authorities to ensure that the this matter is solved. >>> officers attorneys argue that doctors at the federal prison can't force drugs on their client because he hasn't

cal osha is investigating. >>> oakland police now tell us that they've arrested all five robbery suspects that led to a lock down of an elementary school. students at horseman elementary school were kept anywhere their classroom from -t 9: 9:00 until 4:00. four suspects were arrested, the fifth called police saying that he wanted to surrender but he was stuck inside the home. they managed to get him out of the house late this afternoon. after that students were allowed to go home with their parents. this by the way was the second day in a row that an oakland school has been placed on lock down because of a police search. >>> the payroll management of a san francisco giants is under investigation after allegations of embezzlement. we found this picture of robin o'conner after her inindictment. an audit showed 11 suspicious deposits adding up to $11,000. the team released a statement saying, we are working with the federal authorities to ensure that the this matter is solved. >>> officers attorneys argue that doctors at the federal prison can't force drugs on their client because he hasn't

. >> reporter: cal osha is investigating whether the scaffolding collapsed because of operator error or damage. >>> the san francisco company has set aside $3 million to cover liability issues from that blast. the explosion killed eight people and destroyed 35 homes. >>> stanford university is getting a high grade when it comes to its performance. stanford is number five on the forbes magazine list of top colleges. williams college of massachusetts is number one followed by princeton, west point and amherst college. it based the list on quality of teaching, graduation rate and low levels of debt incurred by students. >>> for a couple of weeks now our chief meteorologist bill martin has been talking about incremental changes. but bill, the change you talked about last night we could really feel it today. >> this is more than incremental. the fog grew very quickly, it went well inland. we're looking outside right now and you can see that tonight's forecast overnight lows are going to be mainly in the 50s. as we take a look at the fog out there, you can see there's a doze of it already

cal osha is launching an investigation. >> and fed sup how residents along international boulevard feel about prostitution problem in their neighborhood. and they're taking matters into their hands with a march that starts in just hours. the plan is to target johns. we're live along international boulevard. >> and that march is going to target and stop along some of the busiest prostitution spots along international boulevard. you mentioned neighbors going after johns. this is how they're doing it, with an in your face bill board. they stand on the corn skbrer walk down the street. and in the morning, afternoon and all night. the prostitutes work their turf and many of them look so young. >> so young. >> there are babies out here. they have mothers. >> the family who's live here are fed up. especially with men who cruise their streets looking to buy sex. those men are the targets of two bill board that's went thup week. and it's the mothers in the neighborhood who are sending the message. what if she was your daughter? naomi feels strongly about knit real life as she does in the bill bo

. >>> cal osha is investigating an accident that left two window washers dangling above the streets of san francisco. both men were wearing safety harnesses that kept them from being thrown off the platform. witnesses say it looked like a close call. >> i was hoping and praying that the other end would collapse. the only thing holding it up was arm on the roof. if that goes, he goes. >> they eventually pulled a window washer through a 16th floor window and hoisted the other man to the roof. one man had a broken arm and the other nothing at all. maybe a little scared i would think. >> i would think so as well. >>> 6:37. i know we all have different measuring sticks for whether it's foggy or not. but this one is mine. see if you agree. >> saying it is? >> i'm saying it's foggy, a wee bit foggy. >> get verification from expert, lisa argen. >> i'm agreeing with you. we have low deck of clouds allowing for poor visibility heading to the golden gate bridge. mist and drizzle heading to in to san francisco from oakland. with mid-50s out there. grab a jacket. cool. low 60s in mountain view and

cal-osha is investigating. >>> a decade after 9/11 america is still vulnerable to a terror attack.ort or gaps in our security coming up. >>> and they flew off the shelves. there is one last chance to score an hp touch pad. the big question the cost and availability. ah yes. there it is. the "mystery spot". not a mammal in this household is willing to lay claim to its origin. we may never know. let that sink in, people. we may never know. but now? now is not the time for blame. now is the time for action. ♪call 1-800-steemer.♪ the c-h-p just cancelled an amber al cristina ramirez >>> back now at 5:16, some of the morning's top stories. the chp just cancelled an amber alert for a 13-year-old cristina ramirez. officers found the girl with her father in san bernardino about a half hour ago. this morning, president obama will urge congress to pass a new highways bill. it says it would save about one million jobs that could be lost when the current bill runs out next month. >>> rebels are expressing confidence they are catching deposed ruler moammar qaddafi. the rebels have given qaddafi

according to cal/osha the company has a very good safety record with only one minor incident in 2009. him if. this afternoon a 90 ton crane was brought in to rae move the scaffolding. it took crew more than an hour to bring it down t.cal/osha tore was here at the building this afternoon. he will determine why that arm failed. if san francisco, the abc 7 news. >>> still to come. california spending practices under fire. why the state is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to send the prison guards to las vegas. >> the new state law requiring tips from jail house informant to be verified. why police say this could have a mainly impact on convictions. >> loyal customer is banned from shopping at her favorite store. it can happen to you too. 7 on your side is coming up. >> ike in the forecast center. one day consolidate did you know ended but warm-up may not be so hochlt i have the details in my accu-weather forecast be so hochlt i have the details in my accu-weather forecast coming up at 7 news >> california soon paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to send state prison guards to

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. >>> cal-osha is now investigating a rescue 16 stories high in san francisco, very dramatic. it happened yesterday two window washers dangled from their safety harnesses outside this high-rise condo at mission bay. the ropes on one side of the scaffolding apparently gave way. rescues hoisted one window washer on the roof. he was hospitalized. he had serious injuries. rescued pulled the second worker through a window. he was not hurt as badly. >>> it's been a year since 33 miners were rescued from a mine in chile. the men had been trapped for 69 days before crews managed to get them back to the surface. and now four of the men are back underground and mining once again. nearly half of them though are unemployed. some are unable to work because of psychological problems. only one made a lot of money from the fame related to the disaster. we talked about that earlier. but i would have thought these guys would have been national heroes and never had to work another day. but -- >> i can't even imagine going back into the mines after that experience. >> well, it's probably desperat

. >>> cal osha investigating an accident that left two window washers dangling more than a dozen stories above san francisco. one of the booms holding the scaffolding broke yesterday. both men were wearing safety harnesses that kept them from being flown off the platform. witnesses say it looked like a close call. >> i was hoping and praying, i mean i was praying that the other end wouldn't collapse. the only thing holding it up was the arm on the roof. if that goes, then he goes. >> the firefighters eventually pulled a window washer through a 16th floor window and hoisted the other man to the group. one men suffered a broken arm. the other, not injured. >>> the time is just about 5:07. fire investigators are trying to figure out if a train caused a cluster of grass fires in contra costa county. at least five fires burned across the railroad track from byron to oakley yesterday. they came dangerously close to a home and did destroy a barn. heavy smoke prompted a shelter in place in knightsen which was lifted a few hours later. residents say the fire started after a freight train went by.

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. >> cal/osha wants to know why scalding gave way on a san francisco high-rise building.en just drainled by the safety harnesses there. you are looking at -- dangled by the safety harnesses there. you are looking at cell phone video of berry street in mission bay. firefighters pulled one man to the roof. the other one was pulled in through safety -- pulled in the window. >>> we want to check in again with sal. we are going right into 80 -- into 880. as we move along we're going to also look at the bay bridge toll plaza in oakland and westbound very light. we have light conditions there as we look at the commute in concord and walnut creek southbound 680 is getting slower between pleasant hill, concord and walnut creek. let's go to rosemary. >> okay. do you have sunshine outside your door? did your -- consider yourselves lucky. they will persist through the weekend, the low clouds through the morning afternoon sunshine. temperatures unseasonably mild. sound familiar? take a look at the afternoon highs expected for today. upper 50s, low 60s at the coast. mid-60s, san franci