abc7 news reporter heather ishimaru is live in san francisco with a look at those questions. heather? >> dan, the question we are asking tonight is will yesterday's accident be a setback or will it be a game changer for the entire america's cup event. >> boats from the marine unit are docked at fisherman's wharf. the police boat was the first to respond yesterday. the coast guard and the fire department arrived soon after. we asked the coast guard if the accident changed their thinking about emergency response planning for the race. >> i think at this point it is too early to tell. we really need to wait until all of the investigations are completed so that we can know exactly what happened. >> some say it is a dangerous sport and the sailors accept the risk. that was before 36-year-old andrew simpson, olympic medal list husband and father died in yesterday's accident. he is a correspondent writing about how technology is changing sailing. >> these boats go faster and they are designed to be as light as possible. they will break. that was always part of the plan. the problem i

abc7 news reporter heather ishimaru is live in san francisco with a look at those questions. heather? >> dan, the question we are asking tonight is will yesterday's accident be a setback or will it be a game changer for the entire america's cup event. >> boats from the marine unit are docked at fisherman's wharf. the police boat was the first to respond yesterday. the coast guard and the fire department arrived soon after. we asked the coast guard if the accident changed their thinking about emergency response planning for the race. >> i think at this point it is too early to tell. we really need to wait until all of the investigations are completed so that we can know exactly what happened. >> some say it is a dangerous sport and the sailors accept the risk. that was before 36-year-old andrew simpson, olympic medal list husband and father died in yesterday's accident. he is a correspondent writing about how technology is changing sailing. >> these boats go faster and they are designed to be as light as possible. they will break. that was always part of the plan. the problem i

abc7 news transportation reporter heather ishimaru is there live for us. heather? >> carolyn, i just got off the phone with cal trans' bay bridge spokesman and he tells me this problem was discovered well over a year ago and has already been repaired. he says that it's on the bike path, that the bike path railing is bolted into the path itself in such a way to allow for expansion and contraction by a matter of millimeters depending on the weather. what happened was that a protective cap was not welded properly which caused the cap to break. but again he says that has been repaired and the problem has been solved and he will take us out there tomorrow to take a look for ourselves. earlier tonight we were out on the bridge or rather underneath it to take a look at a much bigger problem. >> you can see the gap. >> this cal trans resident bill kasey knows how to spot a broken bolt. there is a gap between the bottom of the nut and the base plate. the good bolts are flush. the broken ones popped up after being tensioned in march. that's when 32 of the set of 96 cracked a

abc7 news reporter heather ishimaru is live in san francisco with a look at those questions. heather? >> dan, the question we are asking tonight is will yesterday's accident be a setback or will it be a game event. for the entire >> boats from the marine unit are docked at fisherman's wharf. the police boat was the first to respond yesterday. the coast guard and the fire department arrived soon after. we asked the coast guard if the accident changed their thinking about emergency response planning for the race. >> i think at this point it is too early to tell. we really need to wait until all of the investigations are completed so that we can know exactly what happened. >> some say it is a dangerous sport and the sailors accept the risk. that was before 36-year-old andrew simpson, olympic medal list husband and father died in yesterday's accident. he is a correspondent writing about how technology is changing sailing. >> these boats go faster and they are designed to be as light as possible. they will break. that was always part of the plan. the problem is do they go too fast,

abc7 news transportation reporter heather ishimaru is there live for us. heather? >> carolyn, i just got off the phone with cal trans' bay bridge spokesman and he tells me this problem was discovered well over a year ago and has already been repaired. he says that it's on the bike path, that the bike path railing is bolted into the path itself in such a way to allow for expansion and contraction by a matter of millimeters depending on the weather. what happened was that protective cap was not welded properly which caused the cap to break. but again he says that has been repaired and the problem has been solved and he will take us out there tomorrow to take a look for ourselves. earlier tonight we were out on the bridge or rather underneath it to take a look at a much bigger problem. >> you can see the gap. >> this cal trans resident bill kasey knows how to spot a broken bolt. there is a gap between the bottom of the nut and the base plate. the good bolts are flush. the broken ones popped up after being tensioned in march. that's when 32 of the set of 96 cracked and

abc7 news transportation reporter heather ishimaru is there live for us. heather? >> carolyn, i just got off the phone with cal trans' bay bridge spokesman and he tells me this problem was discovered well over a year ago and has already been repaired. he says that it's on the bike path, that the bike path railing is bolted into the path itself in such a way to allow for expansion and contraction by a matter millimeters depending on the weather. what happened was that a protective cap was not welded properly which caused the cap to break. but again he says that has been repaired and the problem has been solved and he will take us out there tomorrow to take a look for ourselves. earlier tonight we were out on the bridge or rather underneath it to take a look at a much bigger problem. >> you can see the gap. >> this cal trans resident bill kasey knows how to spot a broken bolt. there is a gap between the bottom of the nut and the base plate. the good bolts are flush. the broken ones popped up after being tensioned in march. that's when 32 of the set of 96 cracked and

heather ishimaru reports. >> boats from the san francisco police department's marine unit are docked at admonisher man wharf. the police boat was first to respond. we asked the coastguard if the accident has changed their thinking about emergency response planning for the race. >> i think at this point it's too early to tell. we really need to wait until all the investigations are completed so we can know exactly what happened. >> some say it's a dangerous sport and sailors accept the risk but that was before 34-year-old andrew simpson, husband and father died. adam fischer is a correspondent who has been writing about how technology is changing sailing. >> the boats go faster. they are designed to be as light as possible. they will race but the problem is they too fast and too big. >> the boats are new untested class of high-tech boat. they can foil or fly above water. the sail is called a wing. they wanted a more exciting tv friendly event like nascar. scott races professionally and markets the sport. three years ago he warned against the america's cup going with the new untested b

as heather ishimaru tells us, the money is going north to a little town where traffic is actually going down. >> angry protests. >> you are threatening our community. >> tree sitters, senior citizens waiting to be arrested. this is a quiet town and at odds of a massive highway boy bye pass that will cost $-- bypass that will cost $210 million. >> it is a shame to put this much money into a project that is not necessary. >> it is 135 miles north of san francisco on highway 101. the major route through mendocino county and north to eureka. just south, 101 is a four-lane freeway.omes int when it comes into town, won 01 01 -- 101 turns into main street with five traffic lights. cal trans wants to build a freeway. >> to improve the traffic along 101. 101 is an important corridor for commerce and for just people going on vacation. >> after two decades of planning cal trans is starting to cut trees and put up fences along the construction area. the plan calls for a four-lane freeway six miles long. only two built in the first phase. but the crews will clear a road bed wide enough for four lane

as heather ishimaru tells us, the money is going north to a little town where traffic is actually goingangry protests. >> you are threatening our community. >> tree sitters, senior citizens waiting to be arrested. this is a quiet town and at odds of a massive highway boy bye pass that will cost $-- bypass that will cost $210 million. >> it is a shame to put this much money into a project that is not necessary. >> it is 135 miles north of san francisco on highway 101. the major route through mendocino county and north to eureka. just south, 101 is a four-lane freeway. when it comes into town, won 01 01 -- street with five traffic lights. cal trans wants to build a freeway. >> to improve the traffic along 101. 101 is an important corridor for commerce and for just people going on vacation. >> after two decades of planning cal trans is starting to cut trees and put up fences along the construction area. the plan calls for a four-lane freeway six miles long. only two built in the first phase. but the crews will clear a road bed wide enough for four lanes. environmentalists are suing saying

heather ishimaru reports. >> boats from the san francisco department's marine unit are docked at fisherman's war of. after the chase boat the police boat was the first to respond. the coast guard and fair department arrived soon a we asked the coast guard if the accident has changed their thinking about emergency response planning for the race. >> i think at this point it's just too early to tell. we really need to wait until all the investigations are completed so we can know exactly what happened. >> some say it's a dangerous sport and the sailors accept the risk, but that was before the 46-year-old olympic medalist, husband and father dade. >> these boats go faster, they are designed to be as light as possible. they will break. that was always part of the plan. the problem is do they go too fast and are they too big? >> the team artemis and oracle boat is a new high-tech class of boats. they can foil or fly above water. in fact, the sail is called a wing. they thought it was a chance to remove the stuff if image for a more tv friendly exciting event. three years ago they were warned again

on treasure island, heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> a school bus was hit while police chased a car along southbound 101 today. sky 7 hd shows you the scene earlier this evening in marin county after the suspect hit the bus. it caused the bus to spin around and face the wrong way on the freeway. there were no children aboard and the driver escaped unharmed. the central marin police store says one is suspect has been arrested and officers have yet to say exactly what startd that chase. >>> and police were called out to a recycling center in oakland after one fund a mummified head. workers found the decomposed skull in a pile of debris. investigate hes i tree troy figure out where it came from. they pro is 70s from all over the bay area so it is off to pinpoint and it is not clear if it belongs to a man or woman or how long that person died. investigators are still looking through the area to see if there are any more remains. >>> a major announcement today from the san francisco 49ers. an iconic bay area company scooped up the naming rights to the new stadium in santa clara. carolyn

more from abc7 news transportation reporter heather ishimaru. >> the galvanized high strength rod are produced in a way that makes them susceptible to breaking in a marine environment. of the more than 123 installed, only 32 have broken, but caltran is now reviewing quality control tests for all of them and doing additional testing. in 2004 caltran updated its bridge design specifications or manual banning the use of this type of bolt. yet they were installed four years later. still caltran said using them was perfectly acceptable. >> manuals for building anything, but particularly bridges, get updated often. some get updated annually. if we stopped and changed the material every time there was an update, we would still be designing this bridge, not building it. >> the review of the suspect rods is the latest in a series of construction fumbles that would seem to threaten the schedule labor day weekend opening. but that decision hasn't been made yet. >> vehicles will not be put on this structure until we have determined it is 100 percent safe. >> former caltran spokesman and abc7 news

heather ishimaru reports. >> boats from the san francisco police department's marine unit are docked at fisherman's war of. after the chase boat the police boat was the first to respond. the coast guard and fair department arrived soon a we asked the coast guard if the accident has changed their thinking about emergency response planning for the race. >> i think at this point it's just too early to tell. we really need to wait until all the investigations are completed so we can know exactly what happened. >> some say it's a dangerous sport and the sailors accept the risk, but that was before the 36-year-old olympic medalist, husband and father dade. -- died. andrew is a correspondent who is writing about how technology is changing sailing. >> these boats go faster, they are designed to be as light as possible. they will break. that was always part of the plan. the problem is do they go too fast and are they too big? >> the team artemis and oracle boats is a new high-tech class of boats. they can foil or fly above water. in fact, the sail is called a wing. the sailing world saw in th

. >> heather ishimaru, abc news. >>> a concord neighborhood is on edge after a bomb scare. sky 7hd was on the scene as several homes were evacuated on johnson drive after 3:00 this afternoon. we are told the fbi and the atf and police are investigating possible explosive devices. one person was taken into custody and several boxes of evidence were removed from this home in concord. the all clear was given about two hours later, but of course everyone living nearby is wondering what is going on. >>> new details about the massive tornado in oklahoma. the white house announced president obama will go there on sunday that will visit survivors and see the damage. the number of dead now stands at 24. all of the victims have been identified and even is now accounted for. and everyone is now accounted for. there were two children, babies, and several died at one elementary school. we have video from inside another elementary school aso t. teachers and students were terrified by the damage. >> oh my god. oh my god. >> now, along with these schools, 13,000 homes were destroyed or dam

. >> heather ishimaru, abc ws. >>> a concord neighborhood is on edge after a bomb scare. sky 7hd was on the scene as several homes were evacuated on johnson drive after 3:00 this afternoon. we a told the fbi and the atf and police are instigating possible explosive devices. one person was taken into custody and several boxes of evidence were removed from this home in concord. the all clear was given about o hours later, but of course everyone ling nearby is wondering what is going on. >>> new details about the ssive tornado in oklahoma. the white house announce president obama will go there on sunday that will visit survivors and see the damage. the number o dead now stands at 24. all of the victims have been idenfied and even is now accounted for. and everyone is now accounted fo there we two children, babies, and severa died at one elementary school. we have video from inside another elementary school as a tornado tore through. teachers a students were terrified by the damage. >> oh my god. oh my god. >> now, along with these schools, 13,000 homesere destroyed or damage

. >> heather ishimaru, abc news. >>> a concord neighborhood is on edge after a bomb scare. sky 7hd was on the scene as several homes were evacuated on johnson drive after 3:00 this aft we are told the fbi and the atf and police are investigating possible explosive devices. one person was taken into custody and several boxes of evidence were removed from this home in concord. the all clear was given about two hours later, but of course everyone living nearby is wondering what is going on. >>> new details about the massive tornado in oklahoma. the white house announced president obama will go there on sunday that will visit survivors and see the damage. the number of dead now stands at 24. all of the victims have been identified and even is now accounted for. and everyone is now accounted for. there were two children, babies, and several died at one elementary school. we have video from inside another elementary school as a tornado tore through. teachers and students were terrified by the damage. >> oh my god. oh my god. >> now, along with these schools, 13,000 homes were des

more on transportation reporter heather ishimaru. >> reporter: the galvanized high strength rods are put in place to make them acceptable in a marine environment. more than 2300 installed on the suspension bridge only 32 have broken. now caltrans have reviewed quality control tests and done additional testing. caltrans updated the design specifications or manual banning the use of this type of bolt. they were installed four years later. caltrans says using them was perfectly acceptable. >> manuals get updated often, sometimes they get updated annually. if we stopped and changed the material, every time there was an update there would still be designing the bridge. >> review of the rods is series that would seem to threaten the labor day weekend opening, but that decision hasn't been made yet. >> vehicles will not be put on the structure until we have determined it's hundred percent safe. >> a spokesman and bay bridge consultant says it's not just the contractor and caltrans monitoring the work. there are third party inspectors, as well. caltrans should be able to the taxpayers what h

we have more from abc7 news transportation reporter, heather ishimaru. >> the galvanized high-strength rods are produced in a way that makes them susceptible to breaking in a marine environment. of the more than 2300 installed on the self anchored suspension bridge, only 32 has broken. but caltran is reviewing quality control tests for all of them and doing additional testing. in 2004 caltran updated their bridge design specifications or manual banning the use of this type of bolt. yet they were installed four years later. caltran said using them was perfectly acceptable. >> manuals for building anything, particularly bridges, get updated often. some get updated annually. and if we had -- if we stopped and changed the material every time there was an update, we would still be designing this bridge, not building it. >> the review of the suspect rods is the late heft a series of construction fumbles that would seem to threaten the scheduled labor day weekend opening. but that decision hasn't been made yet. >> vehicles will not be put on this structure until we have determined it is 100 p