caltrans officials are calling this an historic day. as you said, it is a full day ahead of schedule. if you take a look over my shoulder here, you can see that main tower of the new bay bridge. it is almost done. right now, surrounded by scaffolding, just 45 feet shy of its height when finished. caltrans officials knew this was going to be a gigantic job. 12 men and women charged with hoisting four 500-ton steel legs over the bay to form a tower. it was supposed to take 120 hours. instead, crews finished in 92 hours flat. >> early this morning, about 1:25, we officially completed the fourth leg of the south anchored suspension bridge main tower. >> reporter: that was despite wind, rain and rough waters on tuesday, which temporarily halted the work. this time lapse video shows just how susceptible the steel legs were to blustery winds, as this leg is lifted over several hours, the steel sways precariously. >> we had to do this four times. >> reporter: the crews are resting now. but caltrans says they have momentum. and a full day's head

. >>> it's been a year since caltrans began the caldecut. tom vacar is live in oakland tonight with a bit of a mystery, tom. >> reporter: frank, it's a $390 million project and you're paying for it. caltrans called reporters to says the now beginning it's starting a bore. but nothing was running. we've been steadfastly forbidden to go inside and document the progress. this graphic drawing and these still pictures prove it. but even a caltrans camera man told me told he's not been allowed inside. the reason, the possibility of an explosion. >> for example, petroleum can run out or some methane can come out. >> so you have increased ventilation. >> reporter: caltrans classified this as a gassy tunnel. how dangerous is it for the workers? >> we are not working in a gassy or hazardous environment. >> reporter: yet, independent photographers have been denied entry, saying their cameras can spark. i asked have workers measured gas levels? >> no, we've measured gas levels below the level. it just basically disappears, you can't even measure it. >>

caltrans found no problem. but while they were out here

caltran. >>stanley: caltran is ignoring these calls from san jose. for the record? i tried to call them three different times with no response. and if caltran is listening? i am not going away and neither is this encampment which is growing by the day. also my last segment i showed raw meat that was in this you all going towards the encampment. the meat is still on the street. just under the overpass of highway 80. also the caltran property. and the san jose, stanley roberts. kron 4 news. >>pam: if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, you can email us at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m a quick programming note to tell you about. starting tomorrow, we will be airing nbc programming. at 8 p.m. you can catch, 'who do you think you are', followed by , 'monk' and then dr. phil at 3:00 p.m. we will be right back. >> a democratic boycott and weeks of a group protests in wisconsin. republican legislators gave them one of obstruct this anti-union bills in decades. >> the battle over workers' ri

you can see caltrans crews. they have a bulldozer scooping the debris on the road. this is happening on the southbound side of highway 17. it did shut down traffic briefly so they can get the road clear of mud. caltrans citizen this is routine for them during the winter months and they haven't dealt with any major calls today. everyone wants to avoid is nervous about happening is large landslide that we saw in scots valley but they want to make sure it doesn't slide anymore. they haven't evacuated the residents but it is possibility. >> if we have to start moving people out and baste because safety issue we'll get them out. >> we know who is up there. we know our residents very well out there. some have special health concerns and things like that. >> reporter: they had atvs in place so if they need to get people out they can. we checked on the san lorenzo river and it's moving pretty good. residents are watching it, too, and they know how to move fast and get out. interesting when i asked caltrans about slides and crews looking for them, they quickly turned the con

you can see caltrans crews. they have a bulldozer scooping the debris on the road. this is happening on the southbound side of highway 17. it did shut down traffic briefly so they can get the road clear of mud. caltrans citizen this is routine for them during the winter months and they haven't dealt with any major calls today. everyone wants to avoid is nervous about happening is large landslide that we saw in scots valley but they want to make sure it doesn't slide anymore. they haven't evacuated the residents but it is possibility. >> if we have to start moving people out and baste because safety issue we'll get them out. >> we know who is up there. we know our residents very well out there. some have special health concerns and things like that. >> reporter: they had atvs in place so if they need to get people out they can. we checked on the san lorenzo river and it's moving pretty good. residents are watching it, too, and they know how to move fast and get out. interesting when i asked caltrans about slides and crews looking for them, they quickly turned the con

the one-way traffic control is being guided by a caltrans crew. the fix is expected to take at least five days to complete. >>> as crews across the bay area were scrambling to do the clean-up, we were being hit by another round of rain. not as bad today. you shouldn't let your guard down. more rain is coming our way. >> jeff ranieri joins us with the latest on these conditions. at least we can see some light at the end of the tunnel. >> definitely. storm totals between two to five inches from the bay area, from the past 36 hours. very impressive. the ground saturated. los gatos, san jose over two inches. some scattered rainfall. we're anywhere from 100 to 129 bers this recent saturation and storm activity.rs some of the more moderate rainfall has been here in the east bay today. we're still currently finding pockets of rain. from walnut creek to moraga. that's what we'll see through the evening hours. our next storm is developing here. it will also have some windy conditions with it. so who are the dwrirs watch? it is very critical in tye next 24

caltrans has been through a series of changes. through those changes, we have seen service increases leading to wider ship increases. funded from the farebox and three member agencies, continuing to face the uncertainty with state funding. santrans has a structural deficit. in fiscal year 2011 they reduced production -- introduced a reduction. they are continuing to propose contributions to fiscal year 2012. so, with the uncertainty for one of the partners, cal train already had a structural issue. they do not have dedicated or stable funding sources. in 2010 and 2011, service was reduced to help with the budget. we continued to rely on one time funds. our current contract is with amtrak, bringing change to the system. this is a writer should graf in what you see if the bust of 2003 and 2004, then writer ship -- ridership growing again. i think that the 2011 projection is very conservative and i expect it to be higher than that. in 2009 the cost recovery came over the fare box. looking at caltrain, you can see that we are right in

doing so, they say, would save $2 billion. >> caltrans has not been a good steward of this money.e doing. >> reporter: the republicans say they are taking on governor brown's challenge to realign state government by defunding an agency they believe to be in efficient. >> they are just not being good stewards with our money. >> reporter: as for caltrans, we made several attempts to get comments today from headquarters. in sacramento, mike leery, cbs 5. >> well, the agency has just released a statement saying. >>> oil prices are nearing $107 a post-recession high. how will that translate at the gas pump? it may not sit well with phone users. julie watts comments on the first area change and 50 years in the 408 zone. >> for years the number 408 has been synonymous with the south bay. but get ready silicone valley, a new area code is moving in, 669. thanks to proliferation of cell phones, p das and other wireless devices, there are now eight million south bay phone numbers. and the cpuc says something has to give. it is still not clear how the area codes will be divided, whether the c

caltrans says a team of experts is brought in to determine what happend and what can be done. >> with a catastrophe failure like this some of the easy fixes aren't going to happen. >> reporter: cal trans is aware a picture like this can scare off a lot of visitors so caltrans spectacularly asked us to remind bay area visitors that businesses in and around big sir are open. all though there are longer alternative routes using highways 101, 68 and 46 it does not help the rocky point restaurant that is off of highway 1 just before the collapsed section. but past the point many cars turn around and leave. >> right now the business is, of course, very slow because there is absolutely no traffic. >> reporter: and caltrans says it could stay that way for months. right now, what is left of the collapsed section is still cracking and moving. at big sir, robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> surfers held a memorial for a surfer who died last night off of pillar point. some of those that admired him paddled out where the father of two drowned after catching a 22 foot high. he flew in from hawai

we called caltrans down, who came out with a crew. they are going to try to snake the drain to open it. we have the storm coming here, the commute will pick up in the next hour or so. so right now traffic is still flowing smooth, but we are trying to get this cleared before the heavy traffic starts at least before the storm comes. right now probably looking at least an hour or two before they open the road depending what they find in the drain. >> reporter: you said earlier there were several spinouts with all this flooded road? >> yes. probably six inches deep and probably 30, 40 feet wide into the one and two lanes. we had calls of spinouts. fortunately there were no accidents. when we got here, all the traffic was -- all the vehicles were gone but we did find the road flooded. that's when we decided to bring in traffic break to slow traffic down and then we just blocked the number one and two lanes so we could get chp to put cones and signs. >> reporter: sergeant, thank you so much for joining us. >> you're welcome, thank you. >> r

caltrans is a popular highway that is causing a huge debate. i with fohighway 4.altrans crews are living trees to improve safety. they want to bake it less curvy. the work has residents worried about a fire that killed concerts.envir >> isabel: >> isabel: was shot.at man was >> de bad verse deserve a second chance if they leave the day.they are stepping up patrols. reggie kumar has more. >> reporter: >> reporter: which as self out. they are dealt with as the guardian angels. their focus is that they should district. jackie joined it so cal at 30 years old. she left at 80. >> i have see the drive by is. the saber figs most people have never wanted to see. i have seen people shot. i went to the police, they werent there . they said i# have tiyr vba >> >> a magnitutde 6.2 earth quake struck 4:30 our time. some alarm among the population. they are still recovering from a quake last year. >> coming up, a welcome home to a soldier who celebrates his 20th birthday. >> we are back. 909am. it is wet out there. we have, as we check, a 55 degrees at current. >> regime forces

caltrans and chp reported almost zero visibility on parts of interstate 80 today. this is kingville just a few minutes ago. you can barely see the road. caltrans closed i-80 at applegate, but westbound from truckee to the state line has been re-opened. the closure ruined weekend plans for travelers and skiers hoping to get to tahoe. >> always want to go to the snow. picked a bad weekend. >> snow and everything else. better to be safe than sorry. >> alan: the ski resort on donner reported three feet of new snow. the snowfall has pushed the water content of the lake tahoe basin snow pack up to 158% of the average. libarch word that allied air strikes have hit part of moammar gadhafi's compound. his whereabouts are unknown. official says the attacks have been effective in taking out the government's ability to fly in the no fly zone. >> all through the night, cruise missles pounded targets across libya. this video shows international alliance bombing of the libyan air college. in tripoli, antiaircraft fire blazed into the sky. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff

falls under cal trains jurisdiction and not caltrans.o the city got it wrong. i put in a call to cal train and got a response. cal train promise to get in touch with the city of san jose to begin a cleanup of the area in the near future. they're going to look for ways to prevent this from happening here or anywhere along the right of way. let the truth be told, no matter who was responsible for the property, the fact remains it needs to be cleaned up. what i found out through the investigation is more than often city state and federal agencies don't talk to each other's. since cleaning up these encampments no one entity wants to be the one to have to foot the bill. so what they ignore it, maybe it will go away. this one didn't. as soon as the cleanup begins, i will be there to show it to you. in san jose, stanley roberts kron 4 news. >>pam: if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, just email him at www.peoplebehavingbadly@kron 4.com we will be back after the break. >>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 5

just a few hours ago, caltrans determined 150 feet of road was damaged. and another 700 feet is unstable. crews are digging water now, diversion. all the rainy weather is creating rainy weather conditions out on the road. it's been like that all day. and a few hours ago this car overturned not far from sfo. the chp used a special traffic break maneuver to slow down drivers as they approach another accident. >>> and more rain is heading our way tonight, bill martin is off, mark tamayo is here with the latest on what's next, mark. >> still lingering rain showers right now. and that plan will linger into saturday as well. but the next storm there is another storm that moves in for the second half of the weekend. right now the maps on live storm tracker 2 here. you can pick up the coverage. still lingering rain showers especially for the southern third of the region closer to morgan hill and gilroy. the maps to the north and still darker shades of green right around parts of marin county moving to vallejo. there's still more development just to the west of oc

the one-way traffic control is being guided by a caltrans crew. the fix is expected to take at least five days to complete. >>> here's the video of chopper that we flew above the scene in san pablo where the backyard just gone, at least half a dozen homes were affected by a slide there. one woman told us that she feels helpless that she has no idea what she's going to do with her family. >> i came home and it was gone and they keep on saying down the hill to the neighbor's backyard and there's no way to stop it. it's just, well, we can't stop, we can't hold the house, we can't hold the hill. it's just going down and we -- >> you do feel for her. now, the families we spoke to say they plan on working with the san pablo city council to see if anything can be done to shore up the land in their backyards. >>> unlike yesterday, power outages are at a minimal this hour, however, there are about 500 homes without power on the peninsula. pg&e crews did manage to restore electricity in other affected areas from san francisco stretching to the south bay. >>

caltrans found no problem. but while they were out here they noticed that cars were coming off the freeway fast and needed more time to stop. and according to this e-mail they instead changed the yellow light for straight through traffic from 4.3 to 5 seconds flat. >> do you feel like you won? >> today, here, yeah. >> reporter: with an extra .7 seconds to make it through the intersection, the number of red light tickets went down dramatically. >> averaging 280 a month and in november it is 108. why is that? january, 132. february came out at 133. >> reporter: here is a look at the data. notice the number of tickets drop after the timex tension in november. the city is set to lose about $170,000 within a year, moving this cam from forest fifth place. it is unclear if accidents went up. hour however they have said in the past that red light cameras worked. roger jones says that the cameras are more about money than safety. >> no one admits it but they are so popular because of the revenue to the city that drives

caltrans is cleaning up a fuel and water spill. expect delays through the area. >> kristen: thanks a lot. it's 4:43. an agreement between pg&e and the state puc is stirring up strong opposition. pg&e says it will pay $3 million fine for failing to provide pipeline records. regulators demand it in the wake of san bruno explosion. pamela harris doesn't think the penalty is stiff enough for pg&e to make needed changes. >> when you have pg&e, puc sitting in a room without transparency without public comment without the ability to put input into that discussion. >> kristen: pg&e would have several more months to come up with the pipeline documents. thiswould face a new fine if they fail to meet that deadline. >> eric: after 23 years, a judge ruled a man was wrongfully convicted and ordered his release. lilian kim has the story. >> 33 maurice caldwell emerged from the san francisco jail a free man. he was i am n prison for 23 years serving a murder sentence but last week that sentence was overturned. >> i feel good, being home. i feel bl

an update on this collapse we showed you yesterday and why caltrans calls it a mystery. lap >>> nurses at oakland's children's hospital picketed outside the hospital. the hospital and nurses union are negotiating a new contract. their last one expired in may. nurses say the new program makes it hard for them to send their own children to the hospital. >>> the san francisco district attorney says white supremacist crimes are up in one neighborhood. five white supremacists attacked two men leaving a bar for no reason. >> it has furthered our intelligence, our knowledge of white supremacy groups in the city. >> three of the five men were charged with hate crimes, they have pled not guilty. >>> in october, a jury convicted 24-year-old miguel chidel for murder for hiring a hit man. garcia and aquile were seeing the same woman. garcia's sentencing date has not yet been set. >>> in news of the world tonight, at the united nations the security panel imposed a no fly zone. that could lead to air strikes against gadhafi's forces. in libya, government -- >>> fears of radiation from

still ahead, environmentalist and caltran. a group of action to save hundreds of trees to be cut down along a major expansion project. gavin newsom ditches his official office in san >> good morning. it's 4:42 tuesday morning. we're taking a live look at the bridge. you can see that tower, the section going on putting in since yesterday. that continues today but don't look because you don't want to slow down anyone. mike says the rain will arrive before the end of the day so he'll talk more about that in just a little bit. more news right now. california's lieutenant governor is entitled to an office in the state building in san francisco, right? lieutenant governor gavin newsom won't be using it. he's sharing space with the start-up the founder's den. it's for entrepreneurs created by the founder friendster. they said renting space will cost $500 a month or about 10% of what a regular office could cost in the city. a group of activists is fighting to save hundreds of trees from being cut down along niles canyon road in fremon

. >>> 480 feet tall, 45 more to g caltrans installing the newest segment of the bay bridge tower now. crews began actually lifting that fourth segment of the suspension tower about 5:00 this morning. there are four parts like four legs to a stool. each weighs a million pounds. going to take 30 hours to get each from the ground up into place and bolted to the tower. caltrans says the legs are connected by replaceable beaches that can bend and crack. >> by designing the bridge in this way, we basically create a structure that not only won't fall down in a very large earthquake but that is usable again to emergency services right after the earthquake and with some retrofit work it can be put back into 100% public service. >> crews are working around the clock to finish the installation by friday. that tower will eventually reach 525 feet. caltrans again warning drivers, don't be distracted by the work going on, on the new tower. >>> well, everyone looking for a job knows it. you have got to stand out. one group thinks it's found a unique way to get noticed, too. ann notarangelo shows us

. >> caltrans does a great job of keeping their arteries open. a lot of the time when the roads to close its because of spinets. maybe people are too anxious to get here. just take your time this should be good to eager to get out here and address all of this. >> this season and looks order mcgraw later there were having the past. >> we record store closing date. reits typically close mid april we approach to the 24. easter holiday is falling a little later this year. people are excited to take advantage of this. >> service could come if you can get here preconditions. >> absolutely. if you haven't been out the season, you got for their order is this. >> with your students to write new trendiness. --we want to citywide for drilling is. --thank you, >> justine: 4 weather video, elitist forecast details be sure to want to www.kron4.com. new this morning in san jose man is dead after being shot last night officers responded to the intersection after 9:00 p.m. there are calls about a disturbance with a weapon to administrator a man with gunshot run s

caltrans is up to speed. >> they now know, for the future. that this is a problem. so they know the height restrictions and the width restrictions. >> the good news is thank god it's getting done. the bad news is it's going to take a while. >> reporter: there were no citations issued because the transport permit was valid and the driver did the right thing by stopping. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu news. >>> just a few hours ago, florida turned down federal matching funding for high speed rail and some of that money could come to california. republican governor rick scott had called the link from miami to orlando a bad investment. several florida legislators and mayors took the battle to florida supreme court which ruled today. >> as you know the supreme court made the right decision. they know that i had the power to make those decisions. >> the transportation department is expected to reallocate the $2.4 billion in high speed rail funding. a significant portion of which could fund our state, san diego to san francisco high speed rail project. >>> if you are

caltrans, chp working to clear a drain that was clogged. that was enough to have the water come out. one lane and number two lanes, both lanes were closed for a while. good news, just one lane is closed out here. we'll have video of the crews working out here. caltrans came -- chp came out about 2:00 this morning after a reports that cars were hydroplaning. they started doing a traffic break and they found out a drain was clogged. they called caltrans and started getting the job done. >> we're doing it with cones and signs and flares. i think it will be a couple hours before they can open it up. >> reporter: what caltrans is doing is like a clogged drain in your house but how long and what is exactly is in there. chp says if it's a big rock, coming off a truck, this could take hours, but the positive side out here, just one lane closed and not two. live on 880 in san leandro near the marina boulevard exit. terry mcsweeney. >> kristen: a lot more storm coverage. let's turn to other news. puc could impose heaviest fines ever. they could charg

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caltrans is sending sand tracks to add traction to the bridge deck.f you need to get to the east bay from san francisco this morning, you should take the san mateo bridge or the golden gate bridge instead. >>> this morning a san bruno serviceman with a story of bravery and compassion is back from afghanistan. he is navy corpsman joe burns. he went to afghanistan on january 1st with the first marine tank battalion. about a month and a half later he was on his way back to san bruno after receiving injuries from a roadside bomb. he expected a celebration for his birthday, but nothing like this. >> it's great to be home. >> did you expect any of this? >> i didn't expect any of this. i'm glad to be home and be with my family. these guys are awesome. >> wayne burns arrived in afghanistan, many marines were sick of flu. they were short of medicine so he spent his own money to buy what they needed for those men to be treated. good for him that he is safely back home. we're monitoring that situation on the bridge and you look at the fog, we don't know if it pl

the only one of its kind in the world that according to caltrans. of course, it will be much safer in an earthquake than the old bridge. now the sections of steel were floated in on a barge and then carefully lifted with a huge jack. and it was the weather that made all the difference. >> yeah, we work in the rain okay, but wind is a big challenge for us because wind makes things unstable on the water and also with a piece of steel like this we have to carefully control how it moves. and if you get 500 tons swinging, it is very difficult to wrestle it into place. >> reporter: now you will still see fastening of bolts going on today, but next up in april the top, the main cable saddle that is actually sitting out here in oakland where we are this morning. it is one piece, and then the big cable runs across the top. when it is done, when you drive, the cable will actually go over the car. it is a really different type of design. the opening for the bridge is in 2013. and that's four to six months ahead of schedule. reporting live in oakland, christie

caltrans has not allowed us or any other independent photographers into the tunnel.saying levels of gas make it too dangerous. >>> news chopper 2 is live downtown in san francisco where you can see a lot of people there are celebrating st. patrick's day. >>> irish companies hope to find more green in the silican valley. the most influential irish execs here. >>> and a beautiful day today but the rain showing up. i'll have the latest computer model, shows rain for tomorrow and for the bay area weekend. the details coming up. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> supporters of the pornography business protested today. the board for assigned names held hearings. the board says that it will be easier to block the searches and cost them money. >>> oakland police were asked to make changes after the so called rioters case. the report states misconduct complaints were down 18.5% in 2010.

it turns out caltrans did not need five entire days to get it all done. will tran and tells us why workers were able to beat the clock. >>reporter: caltrans workers should be working on the section of the tower but they're not. all because they have their work done ahead of schedule and finished at 1:25 a.m.. the save them all of them friday despite on tuesday they were afraid of falling way behind schedule. at that time it was raining and very windy. it was so bad they didn't get any work done they pulled the workers of the project and let them sit for couple of hours. they let the bad weather past when they resume work if they were open get back on schedule. not only did the get back on schedule they surpassed it. right now the relaxing, it will last long because they back, april. they finish this fourth section today. that took quite some time. it's behind them at this point. the next section is the fifth section and that will go off and be even higher than this. fortunately during the fourth section they can have a problem with traffic. hopefully that

caltrans cent in our press to take care of the dangerous situation. one by one the trees were cut at the base and brought down. once the trees were falling it was time to get them cut down. caltrans crews that the old days scooping up all the debris from the roadway and hauling it off. once the geologist give a ok the high we will open back up again. in the valley, kron 4 news. >>pam: after days of rain, the oakland hills are filled with public works projects left behind by the storm. with dispatchers facing door and stands for the system, cruise in the hills have had to prioritize their efforts such as the slide that closes the storm sewer other projects were marked by orange traffic cones like these as they await their momentum for attention from the officials. some ancient northern california redwoods are going to be preserved. catherine is here to show us where that's happening. >>catherine: it's good news for people who love those big beautiful trees. i'm giving you a google earth view of where this is happening. it's near the town of will lead t

a chp spokesperson said highway 1 remains closed tonight in both directions at lauren road while caltrans cleans up the slide. >>> heavy rain is being blamed for damaging a road in marin county. a section of hillside below redwood road in san anselmo washed away. right before it happened, neighbors say more water than they've ever seen before washed down the road. a neighbor tells us it is a private road so homeowners will be responsible for fixing it. >>> some central marin residents are angry tonight wondering why their sewer system wasn't able to handle yesterday's storm. a manhole cover was one where 1,000-gallons of raw sewage came flowing out into the road. the sewage flowed straight into the bay. >> there's no excuse for this. this is insanity. where are the priorities. >> yesterday's event was not a collection system failures issue. it was a capacity issue. it was too much water. >>> this isn't the first time that marin has had to deal with this problem. 2.6million-gallons of sewage spilled in december. >>> if you're planning to head to the mountains this weekend. be prepared for

so caltrans just shut everything down. no estimate for time on when they will reopen any of the interstate, but it is creating quite a mess as it caught a lot of people off guard. live in the sierra, can kntv bay area news. >> this is amazing. so many people are heading toward where you are. where are they diverting and where is the road being cut off, is it past sacramento? >> they have the caltrans warning signs but sacramento just past auburn, colfax, applebait and up the hill. if you are heading this way beware you may want to stay for the night and check caltrans website. >> awe very good. a 30 car accident there. and chp closed down 80 as you approach the sierra, nevadas. we are following the wicked weather here on nbc bay area.com. still ahead, how the storm could affect our weekend plans whether you are in the bay area or if you are on the move. >>>. >> slow to respond. >> one week 'devastating earthquake and tsunami, japanese leader say they move toad slow to the crisis. sichbs then four of the six reactors have s

. >> reporter: the collapse is a mystery to caltrans. there hasn't been much rain here and no mud slides. the collapsed section is basically solid rock that cracked off leaving a steep slope to the ocean. caltrans says a team of workers is being brought in to determine what happened and what can be done. >> with a catastrophic failure like this, the fix is not going to be easy. >> reporter: business in and around big sur are open. >> although there are longer alternative routes using highways 101, 68 and 46, that doesn't help the usually popular rocky point restaurant which is off highway 1 just before the collapsed section but past the point where many cars turn around and leave. >> right now the business is of course very slow because there is absolutely no traffic. >> reporter: caltrans says it could stay that way for months because right now what's left of the collapsed section is still cracking and moving. at big sur, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> help will soon be available for farmers in the central valley after a freeze

caltrans plans too reopen the stretch of road by april 16th. last week, a 60-foot section of the highway slid into the ocean but officials say thankfully, the weekend storms did not cause any further damage. >>> on this first full day of spring it's only appropriate we're talking about showers, maybe even storms, right, bill? >> yeah. and march sometimes can be mild. but as we're seeing this year, it can be very robust as well. we're seeing a lot of rainfall in the forecast the next couple of days and there's been plenty of snow in the mountains. live storm storm -- live stormtracker2 shows the showers. we did have reports of some light hail showing unin the santa clara valley earlier this afternoon from this complex from weak, sort of isolated cells. out in gilroy, there's the radar sweep. rain showers falling on the highway. widely scattered. things are gonna change around tomorrow. in the mountains we have a snow advisory. it's snowing up on 50. they are chaining up, as we already told you and it will be a wet one tomorrow as another weather

caltrans says are learning curve is pretty good.amy that homily.they mean that homily.hu >> james: that is going to be an impressive structure. >> will: they were afraid, that with all the traffic going across being lit up overnight would cause some delays, a lot of people it so huge, you can see it from afar. you can enjoy before you get there. that's why you don't slow down, a lot of people don't slow down, traffic was moving final week. >> james: so from that note on traffic let's talk about the weather. we have a nice forecast. >> janu: it is beautiful out there. you can see the skyline beautiful blue sky, lots of sunshine. mile day in store for us in the rain will move again to the forecast saturday night and sunday. temperatures outside shaping up, '50s finally, 54 and san rafael, upper 50s for mountain view has wallace los gatos, afternoon highs bring us and to the mid-60s. 65 the san rosa, 63 degrees for san francisco, for their south we see mid-60s hugging the bay, 63 in indiantioch. let's look at te rain that we are in sto

hear what caltrans has to say about the brutal attack. >> reporter: right now, hundreds of pg&e employees are inside this warehouse at the cow palace. we'll tell you what they are doing and how it's related to the san bruno pipeline explosion. >>> dog owners are any. beachers say -- are angry. beach lovers say something has to be done. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken pritchett. >>> one victim versus as many as 15 attackers. a robbery at a caltrain station left a san jose man in critical condition. janinedelavega is live with what caltrans is stay about the vicious -- caltrain is saying about this vicious attack. >> reporter: well, many are surprised. they didn't even know about t we're told about a -- about it. we're being told a group of about nine to 15 people attacked a man right behind the clock tower up there behind me. when police arrived, the man was hurt so baddy, he could not -- badly, he could not speak. >> there's always a cop running around this area. i'm pretty surprised it happened here. i hope he gets better. >> reporter: police are calling this a

. >>> a highway on 101 in marin county should be opening after caltrans did some work. the southbound side was closed around 9:30 this morning. drivers are being asked to turn around and go north at the following exit to take the northbound marin city offramp of. caltrans said they decided to do the repairs as soon as possible because the potholes had gotten so bad. >>> cleanup efforts are underway at the evergreen oil refinery in newark. there was a two-alarm fire there at the corner of smith and cherry street. allie rasmus has spoken to people inside the plant and joins us with the witness account. >> reporter: operators of this refinery have teams of investigators looking into what went wrong. there are investigators here from cal osha, alameda county fire and the operators of this refinery. this individual was one of 20 people inside the evergreen oil refinery this morning at 5:30 and she heard a loud boom. >> and the alarm went off. left my purse, jacket, keys. out of there! >> reporter: she saw the fire from her office. >> you could see the towers there, but you c

more service cutbacks after caltrans declared a fiscal and emergency. they have a 30 billion budget shortfall. they are looking to increase fares and to introduce the service reductions. >>darya: a drug case was dropped against police officer under investigation for illegally raided a hotel room and allegedly lying about the best in the police report. this this story comes out of the chronicle. there were videos that contradicted police reports in two different cases. there will be several more cases involving these officers in the days to come. a federal indictment is made public it of rates. ids. an indictment for a criminal racketeering enterprise. they all worked for or frequented this club. artichoke joe's casino. they allegedly used their tied to the gambling hall to engage in drug dealing and loansharking. >>mark: there is a parcel task that is estimated to raise money to help reduce the city's budget shortfall. it will be a partial tax of $80 personal you did family. the money is deposited into the city's general fund to help pay for city servic

now questions about how caltrans issued the permits for the planned route. >> we are trying to figure out exactly what is going on. typically when we do this sort of thing, we make appropriate notification about the changes in the clearances. >> are you annoyed with cal trance over this? >> we have to work with them all the time, so no comment. >> in san jose, ann macavic. >> that wasn't the only traffic mess for drivers. just before 7:30, this armored truck overturned on the san mateo bridge west of the toll plaza. two of the westbound lanes were blocked for an hour while that truck was swept up right and moved. traffic backed up for miles. >>> well giant step in the construction of the new bay bridge tower. crews finished hoisting that fourth segment of the tower early this morning. it's supposed to take 120 hours. instead, crews finished it a full day ahead of schedule. the tower stands 480 feet tall, just 45 feet shy from reaching its final height. the new bridge expected to open late 2013 and final cost, $5.5 billion. >> city councilman. >> that was just one problem. will the rea

. >>> and caltrans and the crews building the bay tower are celebrating tonight.the final footings of the bridge have been put in place. this is our camera from emeryville shooting these pictures. time lapse video from caltrans shows them hanging 400 feet in the air while being moved slowly into place. engineers say you can kind of think of the tower as a giant stool. this face wraps up work on the four legs when the cap or seat is added. hopefully by april. the tower will then be ready to support suspension cables and the new freeway. >>> another jump in gas prices means it will now cost you $4 for a gallon of regular in a bay area station. regular unleaded is almost $4.10. aaa says the average price in oakland is $3.86. that's 46-cents higher than a month ago. prices are everyone higher in san francisco. turmoil in libya and other oil markets will likely keep prices climbing. >>> analysts say oil prices will also impact food prices due to delivery costs. global prices are already the highest they've been in 20 years, some of those higher prices are now showing u

. >>> in other news caltrans crews will be back out earlier this morning near big sur where a mudslide closed the road indefinitely. the slide took out a 40-foot section of the two-lane highway 12 miles south of carmel. northbound traffic is closed at the bixby bridge and the cause of the sleird is unclear. there are no signs of seeping water. highway patrol says it will last at least several days and nobody was hurt. >> today potential jury members for the barry bonds personal trial will fill out question -- perjury trial will fill out questionnaires. they will have to say whether they attended giants games. if they heard of balco and what they think of bonds. >> if somebody says barry bonds is greatest super hero of all time he is off the jury. if somebody says i hate barry bonds he ruined baseball he is off the jury. >> federal prosecutors have committed 11 voice mail messages show an angry side of bonds. they plan to use it at trial as alleged evidence at the trial of rage. they tra l try to get the recordings thrown out before the trial starts. >> this morning the surfing communit

caltrans says the work should be done on time. >>> all right. let's see how things are on the road today. a little better than yesterday, sal? >> they are better. we don't have the wet weather so it's making for a much better commute. the bay bridge toll plaza looks very nice. if you are driving into san francisco there is a small delay there. there will be some waiting behind the metering lights, but compared to us yesterday, it's an improvement. interstate 880, the same thing goes. we've had some very windy commutes out there. this is a look now at the south bay. southbound 101 at de la cruz. there is a new crash reported on the offramp. the paramedics are en route. this is near the san jose airport. they are still clearing an accident at 880 coleman. >>> let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a few breaks in the clouds. fog toward the north bay. there's been some light rain towards the peninsula and santa cruz mountains and near milpitas. there's also some going over the bay bridge. sun, clouds, mild, a cool lool -- a little cool in the mornin

we have caltrans cleaning up a spill.spot is redwood city, northbound 101 past whipple. three cars and a motorcycle. three right lanes are blocked and we are seeing speeds moving at the limit through the area and that will change as more people hit the road. >> critics go after a proposed fine against pg&e, why they say $3 million isn't enough to pay for losing pipeline records. >> eric: freed after 21 years after behind bars. a murder conviction is overturned but not everyone is convinced that justice was done. [ female announcer ] it's monday, some people will stick with their old way of getting vitamins and minerals. others will try total raisin bran with 100% of the daily value of 11 essential vitamins and minerals, and thluscious taste of plump juicy raisins ancrunchy whole grain flakes. ♪ guess it's all about what kind of crunch you like. ♪ how are you getting 100%? ♪ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> an agreement between pg&e and puc is stirring up strong opposition. pg&e says they will

we have seen caltrans with their plows going up and down, back and forth, on highway 17.hich is behind you right here in the santa cruz mountains. they are pushing off any rock or debris that could be pushing out into traffic. you can see they have this front-end loader on standby in case they need it for a much bigger job. you know, a mudslide, for instance. we have only seen one instance in which that might have been needed but workers already cleared that up. we have take an look at pictures here that we shot. you can see what happens when the ground becomes saturated. a very large tree cut this house in two in scott's valley. even though the owner was inside the kitchen at the time, remarkably, he was not hurt. this incidentally is not far from the other rock slide that shut down a road earlier this week cutting off vehicle access, isolating several other people who were stuck on the other side of the rock slide. some other pictures, this is from felton, not far from where we are at, the san lorenzo river was starting to jor flow, so yesterday afternoon san tra santa

caltran says it's a necessary part of the project to widen and improve the road.hey cut 70 native trees from the alameda creek in the first part of the project. but environmental groups say it's destructiontive and a waste of $80 million in public funds. it takes place at 11 a.m. at the fremont center. >> great white sharks have produced surprisingly small numbers on the northern california coast. >> for two years a team of researchers have been busy with the great white shark count. they worked in the fairlawn islands off central california, one of the few known homes to great whites. barbara is a stanford university professor who says years of study and photographs help unlock the population miss friday. it turns out the dorsell fingers acts like a fingerprint. they act like individuals. we've seen t. v. over five times for 20 years of records. >> the marine biologist took 300 pictures and made more than 130 unique matches. the findings have just been released in the journal biology letters. researchers say they relied on sophisticated models to determine how ma

of course, we have caltrans, the m, and the t. evenings and weekends in this neighborhood, if there is no ball game going on, there is tons of street parking. if there is a ball game going on, that is who is going to park there. ballpark fans are willing to pay 10 times what anybody else will pay to park in the neighborhood. the manager of the china basin building told me he was getting $100 a car during the world series for ballpark parking, which is pretty outstanding. if you do approve this conditional use, and again, i think it is a mistake, because we have already got a lot of congestion in this neighborhood before and after ballgames, i would suggest you do it with the condition of a pending peace of legislation, which anne-marie can tell you more about, which is an amendment to section 155g to discourage commuter parking by putting rates in place that do not allow for early birds or discounted monthly parking. because this legislation is not coming to you until the end of april, if you approve this now, they are grandfather

and driving conditions are too treacherous for anybody, including caltrans who is trying to keep thet right now conditions are so bad they have had to shut the road down. and they are saying noon is the opening time. look at all the cars in colfax. it is like this on every side street where people have been camped out, in some cases, since 4:00 yesterday. here's a look at kingvale. it is very snowy up there. what we are hearing from caltrans is they are estimated a 12:00 noon opening on the road because the snow is so deep they can't run the plows through it. they have to run graters through first. then they can run the plows through to get the snow off the road. they have a lot of cleanup to do after shutting the road down with all of the snow that came down and then, of course, the#-0 >>> almost 40 miles are now cut off near king city and cambria because of mudslides. the slides added to the damage that was done earlier in the week. we already told you about this, a part of highway 1 in the same area collapsed. a look at the guardrail and some of the cleanup there, but now they hav