in fact, caltrans used to approve one of every ten damage claims. now they approve one out of every 25, meaning caltrans is denying 95% of damage claims. >> they make it so hard i really think they want you to go away. >> reporter: determined to prove caltrans knew about her pothole, angie requested pothole reports under the california public records act. >> month after month after month i would get these emails saying, we'll get back to you in another two months." >> reporter: they delayed giving her the evidence she needed until it was too late for angie to take caltrans to court. >> took me over five months to get a response when i was asking them for information and i'm a legislator. >> reporter: but it's what caltrans director tony tavares said in this letter to patterson that really raises questions. shattered windshields are so dangerous state law requires them to be repaired in 48 hours, but patterson was told, "the nonprojectile debris did not present a dangerous condition to public property and that's why they denied the claims." >> to me

in fact, caltrans used to approve one out of every ten damage claims. now they approve one out of every 25, meaning caltrans is denying 95% of damage claims. why? we don't know because caltrans denied our repeated interview requests. instead caltrans public affairs chief, edward barrera, pointed us to this photograph on their website which notes drivers must prove caltrans knew about the dangerous condition and had sufficient time to fix it before the damage occurred. we, of course, asked how drivers are supposed to know what caltrans knew and when, but he wouldn't say. instead he told us to file a cpra. what's that? just ask angie. >> oh, oh, oh, i filed the public records request. >> reporter: when caltrans denied angie's claim, she searched for answers online. >> how do i find out if a pothole's been reported? >> reporter: then she filed a cpra or california public records act request for previous reports of her pothole. >> month after month after month i would get these emails saying we'll get back to you in another two months. >> reporter: she only

in fact, caltrans used to improve one out of every 10 damage claims. now they approve one out of every 25, meaning caltrans is denying 95% of damage claims. why? we don't know, because caltrans denied our repeated interview requests. instead, caltrans public affair chief wanted us to this paragraph on their website, which notes drivers must prove caltrans knew about the dangerous condition and had sufficient time to fix it before the damage occurred . we, of course, asked how drivers are supposed to know what caltrans new and when. but he wouldn't say. instead, telling us to file a cpra. what's that? just ask angie. >> oh, i piled the public records request. >> reporter: wind caltrans denied angie's claim, she searched for the answers online. >> how do i find out if a pothole is been reported? >> reporter: that she filed a california public records act request for the pothole. >> month after month after month i would get these email saying we will get back to you in another two months. >> reporter: sean had six months to appeal her claim in court, but

why won't you look at any of the tape we have on caltrans. >> wait a minute. why won't you show it to us? >> state workers caught making some booze runs and going shopping on your dime. the investigation that led to this confrontation with the governor. >>> good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm dana king. we will have that story coming up. >>> but first, we have learned about a crazy story involving one of the historic home run balls from last night's world series game. juliette goodrich tells us all about it. >> reporter: hi, dana. first and forecast, what a game tonight. but, yes, everyone talking about pablo's three home runs that he blasted out of the park yesterday. would you believe that one fan did in fact get the third ball. how she got it and what she did with it is really a story in itself. >> into center. >> reporter: when pablo sandoval hit his third home run in last night's game, you won't believe where the ball ended up. >> he said, you know, where is the ball? where's the ball? and i'm not gonna tell him. so i'm right in here. >> reporter: s

so who decides whether caltrans is negligent? caltrans. in mike's letter it acknowledges it knew about the 101 pothole and later fix it. that caltrans ruled that caltrans was not negligent. >> i don't see how they are not negligent. if it's not them, who is it? and mike wanted answers. >> i wasn't happy that's why reached out to you. we wanted to know how many others are and make shoes. caltrans told us it gets 1000 pothole damage complaints each year. this has not been a good year. when the rains came down, pothole complaints shot up. so far in january and early february alone, 459. we wanted to know how often caltrans pays or doesn't pay claims like mike's. caltrans did not provide us numbers in time for the story. this is as close to an answer as we got. >> everything is case-by-case. >> we filed a formal request for a follow-up story. the spokesperson told us two main factors determine caltrans liabilities and whether it pays out tax dollars to repair your car. first, awareness. caltrans is not liable if it is not aware of a pothole. >

so, who decides whether caltrans is negligent? caltrans. later fixed it. but caltrans ruled caltrans was not negligent. mike: i don't see how they're not negligent. who would be? if it's not them, who is it? chris: mike wanted answers. mike: i wasn't happy. i wasn't happy, which is why i reached out to you. chris: we wanted to know how many others are in mike's shoes. caltrans told us it gets about 1,000 pothole damage complaints each year. well, this has not been a good year. when the rains came down, pothole complaints shot up. so far, in january and early february alone, 459 of them. we wanted to know how often caltrans pays, or doesn't pay, claims like mike's. caltrans did not provide us numbers in time for this story. this is as close to an answer as we got. hector: everything is case by case. chris: we filed a formal request to get caltrans's payment rate for a follow-up story. spokesman hector chinchilla told us two main factors determine caltrans's liability and whether it pays out tax dollars to repair your car. first: awareness. c

joe erwin, caltrans district 5 project manager: "this is not a typical type of project that caltrans would tackle."butted josh kristianto reporting: "highway 1 was already closed in the mud creek area because of a few landslides that occurred in april of 2017. but come may of that year, that's when the big one happened."on may 20th last year, about six million cubic yards of debris came down onto highway 1 in mud creek.it created 24- hundred feet of new shoreline, and 15 acres of new land. landslides are a regular thing in california.but mud creek presented its own challenges. joe erwin, caltrans district 5 project manager: "it's an active landslide on top of that. so it's not just one challenge, it was multiple challenges of rocks and debris coming down still and then also the ocean causing challenges."caltrans hired a contractor - john madonna construction - who was already working on smaller landslides in the mud creek area.they had about 35 people out working 25 pieces of equipment - from sunrise to sunset.john madonna says workers were out there for as long as 12 hours a day, no

caltrans did eventually start the required protocols, but in june a caltrans e-mail to the tribes indicateder unmarked site was impact bid a construction crew installing a waterline. caltrans has been in formal consultation was the indians for month and has met with the coyote valley tribe but there's no formal agreement on how to proceed. >> as we are sitting in meetings and talking to caltrans, they are still out there doing construction. we need to protect the sites. >> dan ashley, abc7 news. >> a lifeline has been granted to a struggling east bay hospital. governor jerry brown signed a bill giving $3 million to financially strapped doctors medical center in san pablo. the bill will provide emergency bridge money while long-term, more secure funding is pursued. doctor's medical center has been in danger of closing for weeks. financial problems face the hospital on die version status in august, allowing ambulances to be rerouted to other hospitals further away. still ahead on. abc7 sunday morning news, the racial disparities of breast cancer. less frequent but more deadly among african am

caltrans did give abc7 news a tour if bypass site, but no interview we focus on an issue caltrans photond data speak for themselves. construction on the bypass is in the second year. work stopped for the winter rainy season. but it's back now. this is a huge construction site. six miles long. running right to a habitat for threatened coho salmon. caltrans required by law to make significant improvements to help the fish survive caltrans told us they went beyond the requirements they sent us pictures of debris they cleared out of a creek. but these inspection photos show what happened later. look. this is february after a heavy rain when caltrans erosion control measures failed. you can see the creek here. let me highlight it. there it s pollution poured in, just at the time salmon were breeding. this is what supposed to happen. there is clear water a creek in marchen county. salmon are in trouble and spawn biologists told us sediment can be deadly. it can smother the eggs. >> the problems were so bad, the regional water quality control board notified caltrans it violated the clean water

slaughter a 21 year veteran of caltrans last year he was paid more than $95,000 in taxpayer money. most mornings we saw him and his caltrans partner package begin working on the widening of the 91 freeway in yorba linda he is the supervisor. >>> their shift is monday through friday 6 a.m. to 230 with a half-hour for lunch on the days we watch them they'd leave the jobs at around 11. then end up that angelos hamburgers in anaheim. hit the old fashioned drive-in with waitresses on roller skates and sheep draft beers. >>> on may 10th we saw there caltrans truck parked outside the restaurant to around 1230. on the patio we watched as he drank too 32 oz beers in about an hour that is a half a gallon a if sitting next to him was another caltrans surveyor supervisor recant who has been with the state for 31 years. he also drank two beers he works the same shift and makes about the same $95,000 salary. he sat with them but didn't drink when they left she got in the driver's seat of the caltrans strapped employer in the passenger's seat and can't drove away his own truck. >>> on may 14th em

caltran's crews found that 10-inch long crack on a section of the san mateo bridge yesterday. it's underneath the roadway, the structure that's designed to hold the bridge together in a earthquake. caltran has closed a segment of the far right westbound lane closer to the foster city san mateo side. caltran says the retrofit beam has been there since 2001 and they're not sure why it cracked but says it poses no immediate

. >>> new problems with a caltrans project.vidence that pollution was allowed to repeatedly flow in to a sensitive salmon habitat. i will have that story and this extraordinary moment. why a mother decided to for give the teenager who killed her >> live from the kgo t broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. a massive upset in washington, the republican leader suddenly out and nobody saw it coming, including him. good evening again, eric cantor, once a rising star in the republican party, defeated in his district by an unknown. what are the american voters trying to tell washington and how does cantor explain his loss? >> house majority leader eric cantor said tonight he is stepping down, not in disgrace, but in a defeat he never saw coming. >> i'm going to leave the political analysis to y'all. >> he lost to this man. dave bratt, on a tea party wave. he orchestrated the political movement from his tiny headquarters with two paid staffers. >> the country has changed. >> how different were their campaigns, cantor raised 50 times mo

we're working with caltrans on these, and we're basically adhering to a standard caltrans wall, but then trying to make these morass net i canly appealing to the neighbors by providing some landscaping on the outside. i've got some slides of those. the other things i'd like to point out that have changed since my last presentation, if you look at the entrance on third street, one of the items that came up as part of our value analysis is that was identified as kind of a problem area as far as circulation for buses coming in, as well as the private vehicles that you still -- that use perry street. so we're redesigned that so segregate the bus traffic from the private vehicle traffic, and we've kept perry street as a two-way street. so we think that's a much better configuration and a lot safer. the other item that we have changed since our last presentation is we've moved the caltrans -- the a.c. transit administration offices over one bay, so they're one bay closer to second street. what that has allowed us is to provide tandem parking for the buses in the previous spot, so that increase

but caltrans finish work early. we will continue to let you know you can expect and we will be right back. bad for of power put an >>justine: here is a look at the bay bridge. traffic is flowing in both directions. caltrans will of the upper deck shortly after 7:00 p.m.. >>justine: do you love to tweaks and post? >> the explosion of social media has a bad a shift for companies, schools and the government incorporating facebook into the like into what they do every day. that has also led to a new career path, social media input -- employment. >>justine: after the break will have a live report on what to expect driving over the new bay bridge. >>justine: right now we have good news from caltrans. >> i do not think he can calculate how happy we are. we were able to finish early. >>justine: caltrans says he may want to take some extra time to get used to the upper deck. here is a time lapse of the bay bridge. >>yoli: it looks like people are handling the change pretty well. things seem to be pretty smooth. i do not see

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the tribe's attorney says caltrans is destroying historic and sacred sites. >> this is as if caltrans doze your church. >> reporter: caltrans claims it followed all legal requirements, searching for archaeological sites. but the tribes say caltrans failed. >> once caltrans started construction it found over 30 sites and is clear caltrans did not do a proper investigation because there is no way caltrans should have missed these 30 sites. >> reporter: a year ago, caltrans admitted impacting one site but blamed it on a mapping error. the attorney says it was no accident. >> caltrans had trucks come in in the dead of night, and destroy that site without alerting the tribes in advance. >> reporter: the tribes say crews are still finding more artifacts. >> we understand caltrans is finding areas that suggest not only human remains but grave sites. >> reporter: caltrans spokesman told us by phone they work with the agency in good faith. >> we work with federal agencies throughout this project and have not destroyed any villages or cultural areas. on this project, and we have been working di

>>> next, caltrans under scrutiny again amid ongoing concerns about the bay bridge span. >>> and a criminal investigation of a petaluma slaughterhouse puts local ranchers at risk. >>> and a hi-tech lifeline teaching computer codes to give black youth better opportunities. >> we need designers. we need a lot of people. >>> good evening and welcome. with continuing criticism surrounding the new eastern span of the bay bridge, caltrans said that it would address some of the doubts about the bolts and rods raised by critics. at a hearing this week the officials said the allege si is doing further testing and additional questions have been raised about misaligned road december conceptisepgs and poss joining me for a look at safety issues are the "sacramento bee" senior writer. and we have the san francisco "chronicle" reporter and brian maroney, the chief bridge designer from caltrans joining us from sacramento. let me begin. as you know, there have been a number of questions about the materials and the instructions for the bay bridge. how are you addressing these concerns? >> what we're doing i

>>çó this group says caltrans failed to protect their heritage.villages once dotted this area. now, being torn by construction along the six-mile route. some consider this the bestç i the world. then, in mid 1800s settlers changed everything. >> they took our land and killed our people. >> the ground is full of things they left behind. 5,000 years of history. now, artifacts are turning up around the construction site. >> they find stuff daily. >> he says caltrans now found close to 30 important sites. >> we saw some of them, all kinds of artifacts. >> local tribes say caltrans is playing catch up with history. because they did not do an adequate job finding or protecting the sites before construction started last year. >> officials refuse to talk on camera but a spokesman told us the department met it's legal requirements. >> we've tried to identify every known potentially cultural site. then planned our bypass project to avoid the areas. >> caltrans did not avoid those areas. months after construction began, crews seriously damaged or destroyed

the tribe's attorney says caltrans is destroying historic and sacred sites. >> this is as if caltrans decided to bull doze your church. >> reporter: caltrans claims it followed all legal requirements, searching for archaeological sites. but the tribes say caltrans failed. >> once caltrans started construction it found over 30 sites and is clear caltrans did not do a proper investigation because there is no way caltrans should have missed these 30 sites. >> reporter: a year ago, caltrans admitted impacting one site but blamed it on a mapping error. the attorney says it was no accident. >> caltrans had trucks come in in the dead of night, and destroy that site without alerting the tribes in advance. >> reporter: the tribes say crews are still finding more artifacts. >> we understand caltrans is finding areas that suggest not only human remains but grave sites. >> reporter: caltrans spokesman told us by phone they work with the agency in good faith. >> we work with federal agencies throughout this project and have not destroyed any villages or cultural areas. on this project, and we have

caltrans maintains 101 so they could theoretically all file a claim with caltrans to get paid in full or get reimbursed their deductible. the mercury news reports that caltrans only paid one in ten claim last area. download form -0274 from the caltrans website. it's a claim form. it is only two pages long. it has basic fields to fill in. caltrans wants to know the exact location and the time of the incident to determine its liability. the form asks how much it cost you. this is important. caltrans wants either two written estimates or one paid receipt. don't leave this field blank. if you do, caltrans says your form will be deemed incomplete and returned without further action. when you're done with it, it goes to the district. don't wait. your deadline to file is six months after the incident. >> good information there. bay area counties aren't the only ones struggling with the string of storms we've had. the storms did wreak hlavac on monterey county as well. we've been showing you the bridges, parks, and public buildings and equipment. now we're learning the price tag on all that i

is it caltrans or the company? who does it go back to? >> caltrans made a specification for bolts. there was a specification not to use the bolts in this way. the engineers got together and said we need to do this because this is a salt environment and fog and a lot of chance for corrosion and strong steel is really susceptible to corrosion. it may have been caltrans, but in the other sense, this open out of ohio, dyson, which made bolts for the original bay bridge, they recently said, we just built what they ordered. you guys are experts. you build bolts for nuclear power plants. now it is their fault? all three are responsible. the contractor, the bolt people who made the bolts and certainly caltrans because of the specification. at the end of the day, the public will pay for this. >> tom, does the upcoming america's cup have the bearing on the bay bridge? >> i think the speeding up of how it was actually built and they were going to open it one bridge at a time or pathway at a time. those changes were made primarily so you would have the showpiece done and ready for the america'

caltrans did give abc7 news a tour if bypass site, but no interview we focus on an issue caltrans photo and data speak for themselves. construction on the bypass is in the second year. work stopped for the winter rainy season. but it's back now. this is a huge construction site. six miles long. running right to a habitat for threatened coho salmon. caltrans required by law to make significant improvements to help the fish survive caltrans told us they went beyond the requirements they sent us pictures of debris they cleared out of a creek. but these inspection photos show what happened later. look. this is february after a heavy rain when caltrans erosion control measures failed. you can see the creek here. let me highlight it. there it s pollution poured in, just at the time salmon were breeding. this is what supposed to happen. there is clear water a creek in marchen county. salmon are in trouble and spawn biologists told us sediment can be deadly. it can smother the eggs. >> the problems were so bad, the regional water quality control board notified caltrans it violated the clean wat

but ahead, go to our caltrans quick and different. make sure that those roads being open. >> caltrans wants to remind everyone that when there's a closure like there is here or a barrier to add here to those instructions from chp and caltrans. do not go around any barriers and closures. >> and they're also reminding drivers that when you see these crews out here, give them space, it can be very dangerous when people are speeding by that. i'm sarah stinson reporting in fremont. back to you. >> and we do have an update on the closure. caltrans says all southbound lanes of 80 will reopen when the next hour and all northbound lanes within the next 3 hours. more than 200 people aboard a bart train were stranded for over an hour when a section of rail became de energized. this happened just after 8 o'clock last night on the berryessa line near fruitvale station. bart says a power substation had an issue that caused the train track to become de energized. that caused a train that was on that section of rail to come to a stop crews worked to

we've been meeting every two weeks, meeting with caltrans, the caltran transportation commission andtaff to hear the latest as to what we're finding out about the problem, about the failures of the bolt and the what solution is. we're looking at two types of solution that will have a cap where the existing bolts failed to be able to do that piece. the second part is what we do about the additional bolts. >> this first part where they snapped, chances are you can have that fixed by labor day. >> exactly. that bridge would not open until that solution is identified and fixed. >> then we have 192 other bolts that are being tested now. that is not essential for opening the bridge but the question is, if they have to be replaced, do you want to do that while traffic is going on. what is the status of that decision? go the -- >> the safety the bridge is paramount. we'll find out on wednesday exactly what the recommendations will be in terms of sequencing and repair. >> do you have any idea who the recommendations will be? >> we don't know yet. we're still testing those other 200 bolts to d

now caltrans is taking action.r determination process for all three of those employees difficulty and follows the money. we copies caltrans supervisor is puzzling 338 2 oz beers in doing crossword puzzles all while learning your taxpayer money. >>> what use is that there is that you're doing this on the clock the state is millions of dollars in the hole in your of your drinking? >>> but now the state is pouring on the penalties. did we will find them. that's a spokesperson told us when we exposed the workers earlier this month now they're following through. caltrans is saying all three employees have been served their termination papers. for three days we watch these employees and orange county work on the widening of the 91 freeway in the morning and then around 11 they would leave the job sites and end up in angelo'' hamburgers and anaheim. on may 14th we watched john m. slurp a 21 year veteran of caltrans drink and drink and to drink and continue to drink for 32 unstraps into hours while he was on the clock he d

caltran, is on the scene hoping to get on the scene in.he large truck is stalled and it will take longer. the estimated time will be about 5:00 p.m. at rush-hour is upon us and we will see quite a backup. you can see alive on the right of your screen. all the way up to the 280-live. and with the rush hour upon us. the estimated time. with one hour. it should be pretty intense. and how about kimberly? >> we have another view this is a live in view. you can see the traffic is not moving. and with video earlier. 45 minutes ago. you can see the same conditions. the same as right now. traffic is barely moving. it is at a snail's pace. to give you an idea of the opposition, underneath the overpass is flowing and nicely in the opposite direction. and to give you an idea. to check out www.kron4.com traffic cameras. everything. pamela? >> on the phone, to burn as details is kron 4 news reporters are standing by the we are going to start with sergeant cross with the chp. and it started, where do things stand right now? >> right now, there is a crew

. >> checking up on caltrans. the new move to ensure our safety. >> commuters feel tthe numbers back -- feel it, the numbers back it up. the frustration muni passengers go through every day. to law. the bill has already >>> a move to give illegal immigrants the right to drive in california is one step closer to law. the bill has already passed the assembly and is now headed for the senate. it would affect the two million or so unlicensed drivers in the state. but what will it mean for everybody else on the road? >> reporter: first off, all the unlicensed drivers will finally get the training they need, which means in theory it would make the streets safer and the insurance cheaper for the rest of us. >> reporter: undocumented immigrants who drive without a license say they have no choice. pancho knows quite a few of them. >> people need to drive, go to work, go to the hospitals and everything. every day in life. >> reporter: one 1-8 drivers on the road does not have a license, which means as many as 2 million cali

she director for caltrans. welcome. >> i would like to congratulate you for hosting today the beautiful park to celebrate dieio diversity of the bay area and honors the history of san francisco landmark. since being founded by the spanish in the late 1700s. it has undergone several major transformations. caltrans, $1.1 billion redesign of doyle drive has played an integrate part in the latest trap importantmation. -- transformation. design for 21st century. for battery bluff caltrans invested $50 million in land scape improvements of the it is money well spent. i am certain future visitors agree. people forget it was built in 1937. it wasment to be nothing than a utility roadway from the golden gate bridge. it was designed to not interfere with military activities of the presidio and keeping public out of the base. we moved on from that design and with forward thinking vision of late michael painter they worked to develop an open space that celebrates the beauty of this area while making it accessible for every

caltrans says the skateboard park is illegal. scale borders say it keeps kids out of trouble. >> reporter: this is the area until 8:00 this morning skateboarders referred to as the spot. caltrans called it illegal so the equipment moved in and just a couple of hours the spot is going to be gone. >> alex is taking one last ride around the skateboard park that he and dozen friends built by hand a couple years ago. he can't understand why caltrans crews are tearing it down this morning. >> the graffiti and having clean up days and picking up the trash. i don't know they don't see that as like a positive push towards something good. >> but the state obviously doesn't see it that way exactly. >> letting go is a precedent and there are liability issues and there are crime issues homeless issues. >> there had been them keeping the spotted open but caltrans says it's on the way out and city officials in oakland and emeryville were unable to come up with the money for the $5,000 per month lease that caltrans wanted. he took a petition of

they also said those people who suffered from flat tires can file claims with caltrans. they take them on case-by-case basis so it is anyone's guess whether caltrans will pay for the damage. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> alexis smith has been tracking the mess on interstate 580 from the moment it happened. let's check in for the latest. >> this happened around 3:00 this morning, when the flat tires started popping up and a major problem ever since. and still a sig-alert. not any new estimates as to when we get the lanes back open but the two right lanes are blocked and two left lanes are open 580 near greenville and now rain in the area. so this is not gotten any better. we still have a 14-mile back-up spreading on to 205 into the tracy area and 9 mile-per-hour and 6 mile-per-hour and it is awful and the surface streets are bad as well. all of the parkways are gridlocked. tracy to dublin, about two hours and 10 minutes and we heard someone say 3 hours during the peak commute. and here is the bay area toll plaza and it is soggy. and let's check in with mike nicco becaus

now. >> reporter: caltrans is filling 60 acres of wetlands. is serious impact to streams, 100 year old trees endangered plants and fish. impact so severe, caltrans required to compensate by restoring or improving 2000 acres of wetlands and creeks damaged by past human activity there is solid progress on freeway construction, caltrans missed deadline after deadline on the environmental plans >> they bully, delay and they drag their feet. they basically don't do what the agencies are asking them to do. >> reporter: caltrans spokesman disputes that. >> we're going to follow requirements by our permitting agencies. >> he showed us stream beds where caltrans is working to improve fish habitat but this is a tiny fraction of what is required. >> it's a complex project. >> reporter: expensive. caltrans spent $16 million to buy land for environmental improvements now they need a contractor to do the work. they just took bids estimating costing another $13 million. they were way off. >> it came in at $39 million. >> reporter: that is $26 million more th

>>dan: caltrans says everything is looking good. they say if the weather stays nice throughout the entire time we could possibly reopen earlier ended tuesday at 5:00 a.m.. they say if the weather is that the shutdown could go a live later than tuesday. >> right now crews are staging and going through final planning. our command center is loading up. we'll have a complete traffic control tapes at the construction site and to the contractor is preparing some mobilized. besieged people deactivated very shortly as the imposition by a pm theory is we should be free of traffic by no later than 9:00 p.m.. >> caltrans said they should look at this as a hard shot down. again, they want to look at this as a heart attack and by 8:00 p.m. about all cars will be of the bridge by 9:00 p.m.. they have some restriking in the demolition. that will be happening throughout the weekend. >>pam: our kron4 tech report qr gabe slate has more. >>gabe: www.kron4.com now has eight bay bridge closers section packed full of videos. near the bottom of the screen

why won't you look at any of the tape we have on caltrans? >> wait a minute.hy won't you show it to us? >> island show it to you right now. >> wait a minute. >> i'll show it to you right now. >> excuse me. >> you want to take my phone, governor? he did return my phone an accused us of with holding the video. >> sir, you have concealed the tape. >> i'll show it to you right now. >> reporter: then resorted to name coming. >> this guy is like a thug. >> excuse me to? why do you say that sir? but while the governor wouldn't look at the video -- >> we saw it over and over and over again in the same liquor store. >> reporter: this assembly member did. she heads the house transportation committee. >> i don't care who you work for. buying wine on the job is unacceptable. >> i'll get caltrans on the phone and then we can talk. >> reporter: and within hours after the governor made that promise -- >> this is in a von's. >> reporter: caltrans finally agreed to look at our video. it seemed to us that they were using them like their personal cars on t taxpayer dime. >> from