this is one of the coastal areas which exist in the town of burse. what it does is act as a speed bump or first line of defense against storm surges that roll in. it slows down the velocity of the storm or the waves that accompany it. without these, the towns like burse are made more vulnerable. >> we come out here eat oysters until we are blue in the face. >> that vulnerability is something that ryan lambert knows well. katrina once put him out of business. >> it's not a matter of if a hurricane is going to hit, it's a matter of when. you live with it. >> a tour boat operator whose home was destroyed by katrina, he's now trying to sound the alarm about how dangerous the area has become. state officials have developed a 50 year, $50 million fund to restore some of these areas buttists not clear how it will be funded and lambert says it's not a priority. >> if they knew the jeopardy we are in at land lost, it came up 24 foot in 15 minutes in my launch. >> the conventional wisdom is that every mile of land is reduced by one foot. during katrina, the 21

she was sent to the hospital with third-degree burns, he bursed a, he is roughly 5-foot 8 inches wearing a black t-shirt and black shorts and white sneakerogu anyone anyone with information please call crimestoppers. >> you are down the shore chasing a story about a waitress at one delmar restaurant,. >> check out the receipt that was left for a waitress at the bar and grill in belmar. you can see on the receipt, the linus must have a tip for $112 has lol written there meaning laughing out loud. next to that is a hand written one hour for food. this wasn't so funny for the waitre pro who is working her way through school. so she posted it on her facebook page. they said that this is not only disrespect full but writing lol, come on. >> well one thing is if you don't feel happy with the service, but you don't be disrespectful either. >> after this happened she posted it on her facebook page. last night i i was stunned by this receipt that was less for me by a party of eight people. i would have prefeed.ed a zero tip then and lol the tip but bad tips are just part of the jed i. i asked the

robert burse lin says that raises major red flags since creosote is a known carcinogen. >> they create a hazard. i know if i or my neighbor had a hazard in his yard, he would be fine and told to get rid of it. i don't know why we can't make them, compel new jersey transit to fix the problem they created. >> reporter: we reached out to new jersey transit. they claim the rail ties are not an environmental hazard and the materials used on the railroad are not only dictated by federal railroad administration guidelines, but they must also meet epa and dep standards as well. but since residents like new rider are concerned about vandalism and fire with senior residents at risk, new jersey transit is respond big having week. >> they should be gone by now. time. and glenrock officials are working together to expedite the process of moving all of this wood out of here. they say they hope to have the process done by next week. we are live in glenrock, new news. >> thank you, hazel. >>> and here is a story hazel did a few weeks ago. cbs2 demanding answers and got action for those who given so mu

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to look twice for motorcycles before switching lanes on the traffic >> two vehicles crashed and one burse into flames on westbound i80 near the toll plaza in oakland. chp closed down four lanes of traffic as we cleared the scene and minor injuries were or the ared. >> a man shot and i would this week has been identified. his name is nathaniel wilks. he was armed and trying to crash drivers during a choice. two people said they want more information. sergio quintana has the story. >> at the corner of 37th street and martin luther king way it was a subdued gathering. the girlfriend and instant david curly daughter of 27-year-old nate wilks, they were here where he was shot saturday night. >> we are coming together to speak for him. >> he's his girlfriend's sister and has known him for years. she acknowledges he's not a saint but she said he did not deserve to be shot. >> you cannot tell me this man would do anything to jeopardize his life. maybe his freedom, you know. i don't know what the circumstances were, but he didn't deserve to die period. >> but according to police, they were to forc

it crashed and went into a lot of parked cars before bursing into a fireball. there were no injuries reported on the ground thankfully but no one on the plane survived. the jet crashed while attempting to make a landing and an investigation into what caused the crash is ongoing. >>> the families of two 14-year-old boys who disappeared while boatingoff the central coast of florida vowed to keep searching after the coast guard suspended their trip last night. they set off on a fishing trip from jupiter 89 days ago before a storm hit the atlantic. their capsized boat was found two days later. >>> a woman jumped the white house fence last night. she was immediately arrested. the white house went into a lockdown for a time. they made it more difficult after a man got over it and into the white house last year. >>> a concert in the east bay last night will help hundreds of budding musicians. ♪ ♪ abc7 news was in hayward for the annual jenne lind concert. 300 day area students performed to honor the 14-year-old and raise money for music education and child safety. che