he's cfo for cal state east bay.r for the one-minute sign. so that means we are one minute out right now from the scheduled implosion here at warren hall. claudine was saying a minute ago, a lot of dynamite, 430 pounds of dynamite and high explosive called rdx, all set to bring down this 13-story building. those sirens have gone off, meaning the area has been cleared. there have been police officers in the area, making sure that there is no one in the area. if there is somebody found in that area, they will stop the process, clear the area, then restart the countdown. again, at this point, we're not getting that as the indication right now. we are about 25 seconds out right now from the scheduled implosion here at warren hall. >> and it will happen quick. 7 to 14 seconds and this should be all done? >> reporter: the whole process should be 7 to 14 seconds. we are 10 seconds out. i'm going to -- [ explosions [ >> we can hear the explosions. [ explosions ] [ warning sirens ] >> 13 stories. opened back in 1971, tallest

his grandfather helped bring cal state hayward. >> if you talked to people who came to cal state, or who grew up in the area, it's a real icon. >> it was until, boom. but warren hall had to go. it was the worst earthquake hazard in the cal state system. >> i wasn't expecting it to be so spectacular. she didn't know how much the tower meant to her. >> we would watch it all the way until you couldn't see it any more. that's where it kind of hit me, from childhood. researchers are fond of the implosion for a number of reasons. >> i could feel it in my feet. i was looking for the ground motion, myself. >> this week they put 600 sensors around campus, close to the hayward fault, but won't get the information back for months. >> for something that took ten seconds, there's to be a lasting impact. >> my family being here, and everybody and seeing this landmark that i've grown up with for so long going down, it just kind of got me. >> the us geological service will go through the data later in the week. >> did they get the kind of data they were hoping to? >> they don't know yet because the

the historic building at cal state east bay's campus is coming down. >> in less than two minutes the wn and keeping eyes on the screen. >> this building was deemed seismic bougainville by the california state review board appeared >> you are witnessing the implosion of the building right now. >> people are clapping it only took about 10 of 15 seconds. the building has been here for more than 40 years and was >> because $12 million to demolish this building. >> 600 seismometers have been placed all throughout the area with our data recorders that will help them to record the demolition and study the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of the 2.0. >> this is an unprecedented amount of data. >> the implosion happen without a hitch. >> people had earplugs and but nothing could be felt on the ground as far as shaking or rumbling like an earthquake. it was acclaim demolition without any problems appeared >> 756 of dynamite over 12,000 t brought the big building down in a matter of seconds. >> the campus library sits right across the street so that the dynamite had to be placed str

as warren hall at cal state east bay was reduced to rubble today in near seconds. the bay area landmark was imploded today because it was seismically unsafe, but for scientists it serveds a learning lesson. patti lee in hayward with how the end of an era might shed new light on earthquakes. >> reporter: 400 pounds of explosives, with the assist of gravity, leveled this bay area landmark. ed implosion became a spectacle. >> i cried when i seen it. >> reporter: about a thousand people watched from a nearby parking lot. >> well, kind of like a bomb went off and it came down to gracefully. >> reporter: guests of cal state east bay enjoyed a vip vantage point. >> it's only landmark i actually recognize. >> reporter: but for others the implosion's entertainment value quickly turned terrifying. >> i am looking at it on tv and this was rocking back and forth. >> reporter: geologists set up 600 seismic sensors across the east bay, the record ofs are will help determine what will happen during an actual quake. >> how it looks in the fault zone versus in the hills here, versu

hayward. >> people who came to cal state or grew up in the area, it's a real icon. >> my kids waited to see it blow up. >> the building meant more than she realized. >> it towered over campus, pirched on top of a hill. >> we would watch it all the way until you couldn't see it any more. i think that's where it kind of hit me. i hate crying. >> from childhood. >> warren all had to go. it was the worst earthquake hazard in the cal state system. >> it was until, boom,. >> i could feel it in my feet. >> earthquake researchers will study that in the next few months. this week they put 600 sensors around campus. it's not every day you know when and where the earth will move. >> wasn't expecting it to be so spectacular. >> today's focus was on a landmark. for the warrens, it was about a legacy, memento, included. >> the school is expected to build a five-story building here, not the 13 story building that was here. that new building expected to be open in 2015. >> ryan, school officials said it was cheaper than to demolish that building. do you know how much they actually saved? >> it was t

. >> his grandfather helped bring in cal state hayward here. >> if you talked to a lot of people who came to cal state or who grew up in the area, it's a real icon. >> it was until boom. >> but warren hall had to go. it was the worst earthquake hazard in the cal state system. >> i wasn't expecting it to be so spectacular. >> hayward native did not know about the building's danger or it turns out how much the tower meant to her. >> every time we would go to my grandma rose's house, we would watch it all the way until you couldn't see it anymore. so i think that's where it kind of hit me. i hate crying. from childhood. >> earthquake researchers are fond of the implosion for a different reason. it's not every day you know when and where the earth will move. >> i could feel it in my feet. of course there was a boom boom boom percussion, but railly i was looking for the ground motion myself. >> this week they put 600 sensors around campus but won't get the info back for months for something that took ten seconds. there's sure fb a lasting impact whether that's what experts find or what so

this building is a landmark on the cal state campus. it can be seen across hayward. it's been here since the early '70s, but it was built right along a fault line. it was deemed the most seismically unsafe building in the cu system. it's been abandoned for the last two years and the campus is closed this morning for the demolishing of warren hall. this is how it will work this morning. 462 pounds of explosives will be used to make the building lean and then collapse on itself, kind of like a pancake, with the bottom floor falling first and then everything else falling on top of it. the cu trustees authorized 50 million there are for this collapse, and then the replacement of the building, it will end up being just a five-story administrative building, but we will be here for the actual collapse as it happens at 9:00 this morning and get reaction from all the excited people who are here this morning waiting to see this landmark be destroyed forever. but people are excited about it, so we'll keep you posted on how everyone is doing out here this morning. reporting live

. >> his grandfather helped bring then cal state hayward here. >> if you talk to a lot of people whoto cal state or who grew up in the area, it's a real icon. >> it was until boom. >> but warren hall had to go. it was the worst earthquake hazard in the cal state system. >> i wasn't expecting iting to so spectacular. >> hayward native did not know about the building's danger or it tushes out how much the tower noent her. >> every time we kwould go to my grandma rose's and papa ed's house, we would watch it all the way until you couldn't see it anymore so i think that's where it kind of hit me. i hate crying. >> about this far. earthquake researchers are fond of the implosion for a different run. it's not every day you know when i know and where the earth will move. this one pasted the tow test. >> i could feel it in my feet. of course there was the boom boom boom percussion but really i was looking for the ground motion. >> won't get the info back for months for something that took ten seconds. there's sure to be a lasting impact, whether that's what experts find or what some tiend mi

take a long hard look at warren hall at cal state east bay. a half. and the weather should cooperate for that. thanks for join g ing us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda, and for trivia, rob teaches at cal state part time. >> yes. and we are looking at the high clouds coming over the bay, and the temperatures are 50s and 60s outside and high humidity that you will notice into the afternoon. you will see the clouds and the fog coming around san francisco and the high clouds coming out in the afternoon. temperatures in. 80 in san jose, and 75 in oakland and hayward and in the mid-70s as we head into the afternoon tomorrow. hot in the bay area, and we will look at the sunday forecast in a few minutes sglcht all right. thank you, rob. >>> meanwhile, bloodshed and chaos continues on the streets of egypt this morning. muslim brotherhood sup poeporte have barricaded themselves inside of a mosque. supporters of e gyp's ousted presidency mohamed morsi are vowing to defy a state of emergency with more protests throughout the weekend.

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. >> reporter: while guests of cal state enjoyed a v.i.p. vandage point. >> now how am i gonna know i'm close to home. it's the only landmark i recognize. >> reporter: for others the entertainment value quickly turned terrifying. >> i'm looking at it on tv and this house went to rocking back and forth. i said no, i'm out of here. >> reporter: this woman says she initially feared the blast triggered an earthquake. >> the quake line does run from here and it is -- you feel it. >> reporter: geologists viewed the event as a learning opportunity. they said 600 seismic centers out of the east bay and those -- they set up 600 seismic centers out of the east bay. >> i counted how that ground shake something distributed and how it looks in the hills, verses the valley. >> reporter: the results won't be ready for months. until then there is a lot to look at above ground. a cal state spokesperson said crews will start to review the wreckage starting tomorrow and this fall the school will start to sell small pieces of concrete of this size at the campus

a cal state building comes tumbling down. why sizemologists are carefully studying the controlled blast. more news is next. warren hall, the historic building at cal state east bay's campus was reduced to rubble this morning. kron 4's jeff fpierce has more on the implosion and the mixed reaction of those who saw the iconic building come down. >> of the thoughts of what could happen. we may soon know more about why a u-p-s cargo flight crashed.killing two pilots on board in birmingham, alabama this week federal investigators with the national transportation safety board have recovered the flight's data recorders. an n-t-s-b spokesman says the recorders give investigators a lot to work with. the aircraft broke into at least two pieces and scattered debris over a 300-yard area. n-t-s-b officials said that the pilots did not issue a distress call before the plane crashed. egyptian security forces have taken control of a strategic mosque in the city center -- after a 15- hour standoff with supporters of ousted president mohammed m

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the entire cal state campus will be closed off saturday morning for the scheduled 9:00 a.m.emolition. one more note, the survey will be on the scene placing sensors to learn more about the area and the fault. >>> and more details now, warren hall will be replaced by a five story administration building. this is an artist rendering of what it will look like. the $50 million project is expected to be completed by may 2015. >>> booker won his party's nomination for senatorial can date in new jersey side. booker is mayor of newark. he is a stanford graduate, scholar and earned a law degree from yale. he started the race as the front-runner and ended up 75% of the vote in a race of four. booker is close to many entrepreneur to helped him have a campaign war chest that was greater than his rival. >>> two college friends of the surviving boston marathon bomber. these are sketches of them in federal court. they are accused of taking a laptop and a backpack full of fireworks from the dorm room and throwing the backpack away after he went on the run following the bombings. the defense

the entire cal state campus will be closed off saturday morning for the scheduled 9:00 a.m. demolition. one more note, the survey will be on the scene placing sensors to learn more about the area and the fault. >>> and more details now, warren hall will be replaced by a five story administration building. this is an artist rendering of what it will look like. the $50 million project is expected to be completed by may 2015. >>> booker won his party's nomination for senatorial can date in new jersey side. booker is mayor of newark. he is a stanford graduate, scholar and earned a law degree from yale. he started the race as the front-runner and ended up 75% of the vote in a race of four. booker is close to many entrepreneur to helped him have a campaign war chest that was greater than his rival. >>> two college friends of the surviving boston marathon bomber. these are sketches of them in federal court. they are accused of taking a laptop and a backpack full of fireworks from the dorm room and throwing the backpack away after he went on the run following the bombings. the defen

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the landmark overlooking the east bay was the worst earthquake hazard in the cal state system. so school officials closed it because it's so close to the fault. >> the hayward fault is about 1,000 yards that direction and literally 10 to 12 seconds, that building will be a pile of rubble. >> reporter: implosions look like this one. the company behind this skyscraper destruction a few years back is the same one pushing the switch saturday. the company says the impact will be minimal. >> if it lands on this pile of concrete over here, i have more than done my job. >> for the average person, you will not feel the vibration. the monitors and the sensors that usgs are putting out, very, very civiliansive. they pick up the slightest vibrations, they are very, very sensitive. >> reporter: researchers want to learn as much as they can quick before the next big one. >> anytime we can expect a fairly large magnitude earthquake on the hayward fault. >> reporter: it's no wonder neighbors are watching closely. >> i'm not worried about it. i'm interested in it. maybe i should be more worried

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because your kitchen dreams can be big, ikea has it all. >>> a giant pile of rubble on cal state eastampus. sky 7 overhead crews worked to remove the debris from the implosion at warren hall. crews now 10 days into what will be a 40 day clean up. the implosion went relatively smoothly. the cost for the implosion will be about $12 million. we can watch implosions all day long. and otherwise doing well. >> bottles of extra strength tylenol are getting a makeover. the medication had warning on it but now company wants people to read it. national institutes of health saying taking too much ar.acetaminophen can cause liver damage he wanted to donate a kidney to his sister. but a nurse in the hospital threw it away. the family is now suing. the hospital asking the case be thrown out. >> it was a gift to save her live. >> i called sarah and i told her i was her perfect match. and she choked up and hung up on me. >> siblings and friends paul offered to donate a kidney to his sister, suffering from end stage reenl failure, before going into surgery at university of toledo medical center paul h

why investigator building at the cal state east bay campus is more than making way for something new. it is also helping scientists learn more about earthquakes. pictures from sky hawk photography, quite dramatic, show cal state east bay's 13-story warren hall turned into a pile of rubble. kyra clapper shows us how they use the implosion to understand how the bay area is affected by earthquakes. >> now i can't remember where it was. >> he looks out hours after warren hall was demolished. he doesn't remember hayward without the landmark that towered over the catch -- campus and defined the skyline for the last 40 years. >> you felt like you were at home when you saw that building. >> they set off 462 pounds of explosives and the usgs calls it a man made earthquake. it leaned and collapsed in on itself. the force it created was about a magnitude 2.0 quake. they will study the impact of the tumbler on the hayward area and the hayward fault. >> it halls the highest probability of generating the next large earthquake. >> the 13-story administrative building that housed classrooms was built

warren hall at cal state east bay could collapse in an earthquake, that is why it's scheduled for anlosion on saturday morning. >> reporter: take a good long last look at warren hall on the cal state east bay campus. >> it's going to be a big empty spot. >> reporter: yes it is. crews were installing the explosives. >> cracker box. >> reporter: cracker box? >> yeah. >> reporter: that any way to comment about a piece of arc tu architecture it was the most unstable building in the entire california state university system. a fact that makes the secondary purpose of this implosion ironic. do you want a sensor in your yard? >> hur. >> reporter: when the building topples, the experts say it will be equal to a earthquake. they will place sensors nearby neighborhoods as far as 25 miles away. t professor strayer saw this as a great opportunity to study the fault line. he said he can schedule and monitor the small earthquake. >> they happen all the time and not when you want them to. we know when this event is going to happen and when it's going to happen, so we can use that data. >> reporter:

building at the cal state east bay campus is more than making way for something new. it is also helping scientists learn more about earthquakes. pictures from sky hawk photography, quite dramatic, show cal state east bay's 13-story warren hall turned into a pile of rubble. kyra clapper shows us how they use the implosion to understand how the bay area is affected by earthquakes. >> now i can't remember where it was. >> he looks out hours after warren hall was demolished. he doesn't remember hayward without the landmark that towered over the catch -- campus and defined the skyline for the last 40 years. >> you felt like you were at home when you saw that building. >> they set off 462 pounds of explosives and the usgs calls it a man made earthquake. it leaned and collapsed in on itself. the force it created was about a magnitude 2.0 quake. they will study the impact of the tumbler on the hayward area and the hayward fault. >> it halls the highest probability of generating the next large earthquake. >> the 13-story administrative building that housed classrooms was built

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. >>> the impose of a building in the east way campus at cal state is more than the i am blowing, it's helping scientists learn about earthquakes. it collapsed into a pile of rubble yes. how scientists plan to use the implosion to understand how the bay area is affected by quakes. >> now i can't even remember where it was. >> lee baker looks out from his hayward hills home hours after csu east bay's warren hall was demolished. he can't remember it without the tower that defined the city's skyline for seven years. >> you felt like you were coming home when you saw the tower. >> it was imploded yesterday. it leaned and collapsed in on itself. the force created about a magnitude 2.0 quake. u.s.g. s. will discover the impact it had on the area. the 14 story building that also housed classrooms was built along the fault more than 40 years ago. it was abandoned for the last two years after it was deem the most sees mickly unsafe building in the cal state system. placed strategically at campus and volunteers homes were sensors to measure it with unprecedented detail. >> how hard is it going t

. >>> crews are getting ready to take down a 13 story building at cal state east bay. area seismologist are watching it closely. >> reporter: lee baker's view for decades commanded by cal state's warren hall. >> every time i look out my back window i see that building. and now it will be gone. it will change my whole perspective. [ laughter ] >> reporter: along the road to baker's place today scientists installed monitoring to watch the fault. >> the more we know about it the more we can do to mitigate the effects of a dangerous fault. >> reporter: contractors say they are using 430 pounds of high explosive on precise timers to buckle one side and let gravity do the work. >> the actual fall time for the structure is going to be some place between 7 and 8 seconds. >> the concrete will be crushed on site and used for a downination of the new warren hall replacement building. >> reporter: 6,000 tons of steel will be sold for scrap overseas, contractors say they are so good at this the library 50 feet away will not see knicks. >> they will be disappointed. >> why? >> it wi

>> the hall was built along a fault line and deemed the most seismically unsafe building in the cal state system. it's been abandoned for two years. he will have friends over to watch it tom down. >> we will set up the lawn chairs and video cameras. >> quite a few people have been buzzing around the neighborhood look fork the best vantage point. on campus they snapped their last pictures before the sunset on the tower that first opened in 1971. inside crews used jack hammers and blow torches to get ready for it. 450 pounds of ex-lows i was will be used to make the building lean and then collapse on itself. >> we expect it's about a 10 to 12-second event. and it will be go from a 13-story had tower to about a 30-foot high power of debris. >> for those wanting to watch, down the hill is the safest and best vantage point. all streets will be shut down heading up to campus. >> this is an icon in the region, and to see it come down i think is going to be fantastic. but safety is first. >> for those who live nearby, dust will likely be the biggest concern. >> i just bought a box of dust masks.

warren hall was built along a fault and was deemed the most seismically unsafe building in the cal state system. it has been abandoned for two years. >> we will set up lawn chairs and video cameras and have friends over. >> people have been buzzing around the neighborhood look for the best vantage point. they snapped pictures on the tower that first opened in 1971. inside crews used jack hammers and blow torches to soften the structure. 450 pounds of explosives will be used to make the building lean and collapse on itself. >> we expect -- it's about a 10 to 12-second event. it will be go from the 13-story tower to 30-foot high pile of debris. >> for those look to watch. down the hill will offer the best and safest ran taj point. all streets will be shut down heading up to campus. >> this is an icon in the region, and to see it come down i think will be fantastic, but safety is first. >> for those would live nearby, dust will likely be the biggest concern. >> i just bought a box of dust masks. we will hand them out. >> the tower is scheduled to be destroyed at 9:00 a.m.. in hayward, abc7

. >>> crews are getting ready to take down a 13 story building at cal state east bay.ing it closely. >> reporter: lee baker's view for decades commanded by cal state's warren hall. >> every time i look out my back window i see that building. and now it will be gone. it will change my whole perspective. [ laughter ] >> reporter: along the road to baker's place today scientists installed monitoring to watch the fault. >> the more we know about it the more we can do to mitigate the effects of a dangerous fault. >> reporter: contractors say they are using 430 pounds of high explosive on precise timers to buckle one side and let gravity do the work. >> the actual fall time for the structure is going to be some place between 7 and 8 seconds. >> the concrete will be crushed on site and used for a downination of the new warren hall replacement building. >> reporter: 6,000 tons of steel will be sold for scrap overseas, contractors say they are so good at this the library 50 feet away will not see knicks. >> they will be disappointed. >> why? >> it will be a little thump. >> i h

. >>> the implosion of a building in the east way campus at cal state is more than the implosion, it's helping scientists learn about earthquakes. pictures from sky hawk photography showed the 13-story hall collapsed into a pile of rubble yesterday. kira klapper tells us how scientists plan to use the implosion to understand how the bay area is affected by quakes. >> now i can't even remember where it was. >> lee baker looks out from his hayward hills home hours after csu east bay's warren hall was demolished. he can't remember it without the landmark that towered over campus and defined the city's skyline for the last 40 years. >> you felt like you were coming home when you saw the tower. >> it was imploded yesterday. it leaned and collapsed in on itself. the force created about a magnitude 2.0 quake. u.s.g.s. will study the impact it had on the area. the 13 story building that also housed classrooms was built along the fault more than 40 years ago. it was abandoned for the last two years after it was deem the most seismically unsafe building in the cal state system. the usgs used abo

the demolition took 15 seconds on the campus of cal state east bay. pictures from sky hawk photographer are the only ones taken from above the manmade quake. it turned cal estate east bay's 1-story warren hall into a large pile of rubble. here's how scientist plan to use the implosion to better understand how the bay area is affected by earthquakes. >> now i can't even remember where it was. >> lee baker looks out from his home hours after csu east bay's warren hall was demolished. he doesn't remember hayward without the landmark that towered over camp us and defined the city's skyline for 40 years. >> felt like youyear coming home when you saw the building. >> contractors set off 162 pounds of explosions. it was called an earthquake. the force it created, magnitude 2.0 quake. the usgs will study the impact on the area ask the fault. >> it's the fault with the highest probability of generating the next large quake. >> the 13-story administrative building that also housed classrooms was built along the fault more than 40 years ago, and has been abandone

it has been declared most seismicly unsafe vuk structure in the entire cal state university system. that is warren hall, the red line here is the hayward fault line. so close and unstable. now, seismologists say it will have the same energy as a 2.0 earthquake so they set up sensors. people who want to watch will be able to do so at k mart parking lot at mission boulevard ask harder road. we're going to stream lividdo as it happens. should be fascinating to watch. again warren hall scheduled to implode tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. it could be delayed if there is heavy fog. skies need to be clear for it to begin. keira clapper will be live with the latest on final preparation autos that is going to be nas nating to see. tonight traffic is flowing smoothly after a truck accident. his brakes lock skptd truck flipped over carrying 30 tons of mail. mostist was in containers. they had to wait for the post master and workers moved the truck. >> first case of west nile virus. a novato resident testified positive a week after an infected chicken was found now three counties had birds test p

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. >>> and within seconds, warren hall, the historic building at cal state east bay's campus disappearedn a cloud of dust. >> invited guests gathered if hayward this morning to witness the implosion of the iconic building. it had to be demolished after being deemed the most seismac seismacally un stablestable. >>> and palo alto police have released a sketch that attacked and robbed a man while he was in a park with his child. it happened on thursday night at rob robels park. the two suspects approached the victim and his child and demand their belongings. one suspect was holding a knife and the other a hundred gun. the adult victim was punched in the face and slashed with a knife. the child was not harmed. the first suspect, hispanic male, 5-9, 180 pounds, the second suspect, six feet tall, african-american, and approximately 200 pounds. >> and a suspect is behind bars in an officer-involved shooting that shut down eastbound highway 24. that man is in custody tonight. the shooting took place at the wilder off ramp in oakland. authorities say yesterday afternoon, a chp officer was investi

the implosion of a building at the cal state east bay campuses more than making way for something new. scientists are hoping it will help them answer the question, what will happen when the next big one strikes. it took about 15 seconds secondo reduce warren hall to a 12,000-ton heap of rubble. the demolition senior as man-made earthquake. we're there live tonight. more than your typical implosion. reporter: oh, yes, indeed, carolyn. you can see the result of it behind me. this is what once was warren hall. staff from csu east bay some the us gee logical survey tell me the implosion was perfect. at exactly 9:00 a.m., 462-pounds of explosives were set off, making csu east bay's warren hall lean and collapse on itself. the demolition so precise even the campus library next door was untouched. >> i cried. i didn't expect to. but it was just -- all of a sudden it was gone. >> thousands of onlookers gathered early on mission boulevard, eager to watch the implosion, but in just seven second warren hall watt was but a memory. forever changing the campus and city skyline. >> you could see it

the demolition took 15 seconds on the campus of cal state east bay. pictures from sky hawk photographer are the only ones taken fro above the manmade quake. it turned cal estate east bay's 1-story warren hall into a large pile of rubble. here's how scientist plan to use the implosion to better understand how the bay area is affected by earthquakes. >> now i can't even remember where it was. >> lee baker looks out from his home hours after csu east bay's warren hall was demolished. he doesn't remember hayward without the landmark that towered over camp us and defined the city's skyline for 40 years. >> felt like youyear coming home when you saw the building. >> contractors set off 162 pounds of explions. it wa called an earthquake. the forc it created, magnitude 2.0 quake. the usgs will study the impact on the area ask the fault. >> it's the fault with the highest probability of generating the next large que. >> the 13-stor administrative building that also housed classrooms was built along the fault more than 40 years ago, and has been abandoned after

. >> reporter: a view like this makes cal state east bay's warren hall like small.ives three miles from campus. >> and i want to find out as much as i can about earthquakes. >> reporter: the experts want to learn, too. that is why they are plants these near campus. including a few at baker's house. >> i will have a front row seat. >> reporter: the 13-story build sergeant now a shell of what it was. it was the worth earthquake hazard so school officials closed it because it is so close to the fault. >> the fault is about a thousand yards in that direction. in 12 seconds, that building is going to be a pile of rubble. >> reporter: implosions like like this one. the company behind it is the same one pushing the switch saturday. the impact will be minimal. >> if it lands on this pile of concrete over here, i have more than done my job. >> for the average person, you will not feel the vibration. the sensors are very sensitive. they pick up the slightest vibrations. >> reporter: they want to learn as much as they can and quick before the next big one. >> any time we can e

they imploded on the campus of cal state east bay 9:00 this morning and got rid of a seismically unsafe building and spnted scientists with a rare opportunity. they set up 600 seismic centers to analyze data before, during, and after the implosion to better understand the hayward fault. >> we will do a few more experiments and collect all the things monday, tuesday, and wednesday. they got stuck in boxes and we bump all the data. this is going to be a huge amount of data. >> the data collect side expected to give researchers a detailed map of the path of the hayward fault. parts of tahoe national forest were closed near auburn as crews continue to battle a large wildfire. the fire which is burping about 20 miles east of auburn is in such steep terrain, it's too dangerous to attack on the ground. helicopters were brought in instead. no homes are threatened, but they issued an air quality warning because of of haddy smoke in the area. >> concerns about possible lightning strikes with fire here. for more on that, we want to check with rob. >> it will be this time tomorrow night where where

the demolition took about 20 seconds on the campus of cal state east bay. pictures from sky hawk photography are the only ones taken from above the quake. it turned the 13 story into nothing more than a large pile of rubble. how scientists plan to use the implosion to burden understand how the bay area is affected by earthquakes. >> now army where it was. >> lee baker looks out from his home hours after warren hall was demolished and he doesn't remember without the landmark to define the city skyline for the last 40 years. >> it felt like you were coming home. >> the contractors set off 462 pounds of explosives. they call it a man made earthquake. warren hall leaned and collapsed in on itself that created about a magnitude 2.0 quake. they will study the impact on the greater hayward area and the hayward fault. >> it's the fault with the highest probability in the bay area of generating the next large earthquake. >> the 13 str administrative building that housed classrooms was built along the fault more than 40 years ago and has been abandoned since it was d

crews imploded warren hall on the campus of cal state east bay at 9:00 this morning. the demolition didn't just get rid of a seismically unsafe building but provided scientists with an opportunity. they set up 600 seismic censors to catch this moment. the goal is to analyze data collected before, during, and after the implosion to better understand the nearby hayward fault and the seismic zone around it. >> it went spectacularly. it took ten seconds to fall and made a good thump apparently heard and felt in alameda. that's really what we are hoping for. i think we're probably going to have the best possible result. so we're delighted. >> the data collected is also expected to give researchers a detailed map of the path of the hayward

. >>> cal state east bay is getting ready for a big implosion this weekend. the preparations under way and what will happen to remnants of the building. >>> good morning. traffic is off to a good start. there is a little bit of fog out there. may make for tough driving westbound 24 looks good to the tunnel. >>> we do have foggy conditions coming up in weather. could be a little topsyturvy on the weekend. i will explain that. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. a 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook central new zealand over night. giving office workers quite a scare. this is video from the radio station. buildings in wellington were evacuated. quakes damaged homes and destroyed a bridge. the stock exchange was also briefly shut down. >>> a preliminary investigation has ruled out engine failure. they are recovered the flight data recorders but expect to know today if the devices are usable. the two pilots were trying to land on a shorter runway at the birmingham airport on wednesday when the plane crashed. the longer runway was closed for maintenance