cal osha is now investigating. >>> you are watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30. we now know the name of the muni driver seriously injured last week in a frightening accident on lombard street. the bus driver lost control come across the median and crashed into a building, injuring four people. 2 investigates obtained an internal memo describing the driver. >> reporter: the letter from muni management to staff identifies the driver as 66- year-old milton james. according to the hospital, he is still in critical condition. and if you have seen this dramatic dash cam video of the september 10th accident, you can understand why. the bus james is driving careened down lombard street in san francisco early in the morning. you see a jump the center divider come across oncoming lanes and crash into a business and trees. three passengers suffered minor injuries. james was critically hurt. police have not yet determined the cause of the accident. now, this internal memo by muni's director of transit shows james has 38 years of experience with the agency, and 31 years of dr

.>> reporter: a member of cal osha was talking with someone here, based in concord, he did not want to discuss the incident. in a statement, cal osha said it is investigating, and has six months to issue violations of citations for safety. details are confidential until then. >> my heart goes out to families and friends and everyone involved, it is just hitting close to home, if you will. >> reporter: san rafael police have not released an official identity, he is 60, married with children, he landed the job at the site about four months ago. osha has prohibited work on the site for the time being. in san rafael, andre sr., ktvu fox 2 news. >>> healthcare workers at a rally in the south bay in hopes of preventing a hospital closure. at san jose's o'connor hospital, after the owner declared bankruptcy. they want to sell the hospital and nullify collective bargaining agreements with employees. >> we want the hospital to stay open and continue to serve our poor patients, and if we don't have the hospital, were the patients going? >> the financial situation impacts the other hospitals, inc

one of the issues that came up last time was regarding cal osha. that's the regulatory body for elevators in california. here's a copy of the permit for this elevator. it shows that it expired in january of 2016. almost three years ago. >> november, i think. >> november, yeah. you are right. thank you. and then the next -- what happens then is cal osha sends a letter to the owner. it says the application is being proce processed. it says the expired permit is considered valid by the state until an inspector can be dispatched to the inspection that's currently due. >> and is that the letter for this particular elevator or is it standard? >> it looks standard. >> so we assume they have complied? >> they said they complied. it shows you cal osha, even though it's been two years with an expired permit, and they're still not looking at this elevator yet. also at the last hearing, people were talking a little bit about signage, about how many people were going to be on the elevator, which could create problems in levelling the elevator. this sign was up

cal osha reports it is now working to figure out what triggered the tragic incident that sent sheets of plywood tumbling onto a worker. >> my heart goes out to the family and friends and everyone involved. it just hits close to home if you will. >> reporter: again, the identity of the construction worker who was killed has not been released. coming up at 6:00, i'll tell you how long osha says the investigation will take into figuring out how he died. >> andre senior, thank you. >>> authorities are searching for an inmate tonight to escaped from a minimum security facility. the alameda county sheriff's department says justin tyquiengco walked away this morning. staff noticed he was missing around 5:30 this morning while conducting a count of inmates there. authorities say he could be heading to the bay area. he is serving a six-year sentence for a 2nd degree robbery and use of a firearm. he is described as 5'10", weighing 174 pounds, and has brown eyes and black hair. >>> clayton police have arrested a student for making a criminal threat toward diablo view middle school. authorities

. >>> cal osha is investigating an accident that killed a worker in san rafael. we were over the scene near lincoln this morning, investigators say they were told a worker for west coast land and development was struck by plywood sheets. the site appeared to be a home under construction. the road was closed for several hours during the investigation. >>> a search of osha files found no citations against the company for the past five years. >>> a 7-year old in santa cruz is lucky to be alive after being ejected in this crash. police say the driver was distracted and hit the guard rail, rolling the truck several times. the boy suffered major injuries. parents if you can't afford a safety seat the highway patrol will give you one for free. >>> a and grab robbery under investigation in the east bay. police say three robbers got away with thousands of dollars worth of phones, tablets and watches from this t-mobile store last night. this is part of a trend of similar robberies in the bay area this summer. the thieves made off with $35,000 worth of electronics last mont

according to cal osha records they've been cited for safety violations and fined tens of thousands of dollars. >> there's been a death there, small fires there. >> all those unacceptable to you? >> absolutely. . >> reporter: he says stouns members invited them -- city council members invited them to a city council meeting last year. >> they seemed very cooperative. it was my understanding they were doing restructuring to make sure we don't have that incident again. >> reporter: but then this, friday's fire. thomas says he wants elko to stay open for business but not at the cost of the safety of the residents. >> we want to see thriving cities here. i want to see change because i want to make sure the city is safe. >> a tesla was found in the debris fire, but the cause of the blaze is unknown. thomas says he's spoken to the fire chief and plans to talk about what happened at the next council meeting. we also tried to get ahold of workers at elko but have yet to hear back. maria medina, kpix 5. >>> governor brown standing up to president trump. he signed two bills blocking federal plans

. >> cal osha is now looking into the workplace death. investigators have put up tax at the development and prohibited work from receiving -- from resuming for now. >>> the gypsy hill killer may spend the rest of his life in prison. the san mateo county jury returned a gerty . the -- a guilty verdict yesterday convicting rodney how bauer of raping and murdering too much tenet -- two teenage girls in 1986. dna connected him to the murders which occurred in 2004. he was in prison in oregon at the time. his sentencing is set for october 10. >>> a toddler was killed in a horrific crash. coming up, police say his father was driving under the influence. we will tell you what his mother told us about the last time she saw her son. >>> tesla back in the spotlight. how tweets by elon musk could be mean trouble for that automaker. >>> good morning. we are off to a good start when it comes to the morning commute. right now traffic on highway four looks pretty good coming up to the willow pass grade. >>> some patchy low clouds. temperatures are ready

partnership has any member of the partnership been cited or any serious or willful violations by cal-osha, or california occupational health and safety administration? according to the san francisco municipal transportation agency, the contractor represented they met the requirements to prequalify for the bid. although the tunnel work has already been completed, the investigation of this incident is ongoing and will take about four to six months. while i am calling for a hearing to investigate safety concerns regarding the evaluation of all the city contractors across all of our city agencies, not only san francisco municipal transportation agency, what i'm finding out is we don't have a safety vetting for city contractors. we must vet our city contractors and ensure that we are contracting with companies that are forthright of their safety record and privatize our safety record and community partners. i will also be a

cal osha now investigating. a check of records found no safety violations at the construction company. >>> the sheriff's office says this escaped inmate might be headed to the bay area. justin tyquiengco was serving time in nevada county for a robbery. he walked away from a correctional center in nevada city this morning. >>> things are heating up in san francisco in the da's race, the mayor just endorsed a new candidate, let's just say it is not the current da. wilson walker has the story. >> reporter: with the stroke of a pen san francisco has a district attorney's race. susie loftis will challenge two term incumbent george gas cone next year and she already has one very notable endorsement. >> we go bay -- we go way back. this is about having the best da possible. >> reporter: no current -- no current on the current the district attorney. >> you know we can do better on delivery on our values. >> reporter: anyone who visit san francisco can tell you what a challenge the da might face. there has been a wave of

is closed and they are on scene at this site with san rafael police and the marin county coroner, cal osha investigating and as we get more information we will pass it along to you. >>> some drivers and san jose are complaining about street parking. it's designed to protect bicyclists but drivers say it's confusing. parking used to be on but now there is a protected bike lane next to the curb with parking spaces further out. some are still parking in the old spots and they get blocked in by the new spaces. >> it's a little bit weird. you have to park in the street away from the curb and it's confusing. >> the set up also creates problems for police, delivery trucks and street sweepers. the transportation department hopes to clear this up when all the bike lanes are painted and green plastic posts are installed to separate the bike lanes from vehicle traffic. parts of third and fourth streets, in the downtown area, will undergo those changes. >>> a federal criminal probe over statements by elon musk. coming up, what the ceo said that has prosecutors concerned. distance relationship. this is

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. >> cal osha is now investigating this workplace death. investigators put up tags at the development site but they have also prohibited work from resuming at least for the time being. >>> the man believed to be the gypsy hill killer could spend the rest of his life in prison . the san mateo county journey returned a guilty verdict yeday and convicted 69-year- old rodney howell bauer of raping and murdering two teenage girls in 1976. in 2004 he was connected to the murders through advanced dna technology he was in prison at the time in oregon. he will be sentenced on october 10. >>> some lanes on the golden gate bridge will be closed overnight so workers can begin installing a net to prevent suicides. it is a stainless steel wire rope net they'll be stretched across support struts 20 feet below the sidewalk on the bridge. the closures will provide some >>> -- space for the construction workers. lanes are scheduled to close from 9 pm until 5 am monday through thursday and at 10 pm friday until 7 am saturday. it is a $211 million project and

that cal osha is now looking into this workplace death.ave put up the tags at the development and prohibited work from resuming for the time being. >>> francisco police arrested a man suspected in several burglaries in the past few weeks. investigators believe 61-year- old gregory lima broke into several homes between mid august and the first week of this month. is accused of stealing more than $110,000 worth of items including bicycles, laptops, and cash most of the burglaries occurred in the mission and ingleside districts. he is also a suspect in a robbery. lima was arrested after an alert police officer spotted him and he is still in custody. >>> the search is on for an inmate who escaped from a minimum security facility in the sierra foothills. authorities announced that justin tie? could be headed to the bay area. alameda county sheriff department says he walked away from the california correctional camp in nevada county. staff noticed he was missing at about 5:30 yesterday morning. he is serving a six-year sentence for second-degree

commissioner hardeman: i don't remember -- whatever building you call that, and i was thinking boy, cal-osha, if they followed the firefighters around, so many brave acts and all these amazing things that firefighters do, but that really impressed me because i used to workup high. i was a sign painter many years ago, and very brave. and i'll always remember that, watching that -- how brave that person was, and how he did his job. >> commissioner hayes-white: i remember that. >> commissioner hardeman: it was amazing. so you have, on the list, 2,075? >> commissioner hayes-white: correct. >> commissioner hardeman: okay. so that list is going to last how long or approximately how long? >> commissioner hayes-white: so members on the list, it's sort of a rolling period for them. when they take the exam, they have two years to remain on the list. we pull or refresh the list periodically, typically before we select the new class. so -- but once they're on the list, they remain on it for two years. >> commissioner hardeman: okay. good. and that's about as low as it's been, the eligible list is 2,000,

. >> cal osha says it is investigating the circumstances of this accident. an online search shows the company has not had any violations in the last 5 years. >> deputies have identified the man accused of shooting and killing a sacramento county sheriff's deputy and entering a -- injuring a second. officials say a 38-year-old got into a fight at a pep boys auto parts store in rancho cordova 15 miles east of sacramento. this happened yesterday. witnesses say the suspect who is from rancho cordova started shooting when deputies arrived. before they even knew he had a gun. 27-year-old deputy mark stasyuk was killed. he was just recently married and well-liked in the department. >> it's extremely difficult for myself and all of us included. i'm fortunate to find strength in these moments and do things like this and address my troops. i've had a 30 year career. and, this is an incredible hole that never quite gets filled in the hearts of our department. >> stasyuk had been with the department for 4 1/2 years. in addition to his new wife, the deputy also leaves be