we discovered there was a hole. >> caltrans has sensed maintenance as not been compromised because of the eastern span, but some can't help but wonder. >> so yes. they need to pay attention. i think it opened up eyes last night. >> caltrans says it performs annual inspections and there is no plan to change that schedule. >> another one of the companies involved in building the 49ers stadium vaped with a fine today. gerdow steel ordered to pay following a death of an employee in october. a 60-year-old died. and the company did not have work place injury prevention programs >> the patrol trying to determine why a man drove his car into the bay near candle stick park. according to the driver he careened into the bay. >> rude welcome in las vegas for hillary clinton. she was delivering a key note speech in a recycling convention ask a woman hurled a shoe at her security ushered that woman out she's now in custody. >> i didn't know solid waste man many was so controversial. thank goodness she didn't play soft ball like i did. >> police hope there will be no shoe throwing tonight where mrs.

we discovered there was a hole. >> caltrans has sensed maintenance as not been compromised because ofhe eastern span, but some can't help but wonder. >> so yes. they need to pay attention. i think it opened up eyes last night. >> caltrans says it performs annual inspections and there is no plan to change that schedule. >> another one of the companies involved in building the 49ers stadium vaped with a fine today. gerdow steel ordered to pay following a death of an employee in october. a 60-year-old died. and the company did not have work place injury prevention programs >> the patrol trying to determine why a man drove his car into the bay near candle stick park. according to the driver he careened into the bay. >> rude welcome in las vegas for hillary clinton. she was delivering a key note speech in a recycling convention ask a woman hurled a shoe at her security ushered that woman out she's now in custody. >> i didn't know solid waste man many was so controversial. thank goodness she didn't play soft ball like i did. >> police hope there will be no shoe throwing tonight where mrs. c

there is no way drivers agree. >> absolutely accord to caltran. this is what we hope to find out: caltran says that this is their best showing in more then a decade. what they are saying is that 79 percent of roads in california according to a study they commissioned are rating as "healthy." this something we are going to ask our viewers. this is what we are talking about. according to a recent report from caltran 84 percent of california highways are in good operating condition. state and local traffic officials caution that the news is mixed. a $3.9 billion infusion of cash the past several years for road paving is almost gone and streets in man cities like san jose and oakland are in bad condition. the focus on paving gained momentum in 2006 when state voters approved a bond for transportation fixes. we know you are at home watching so we pose this question to you: go to our face book page and tell us what highways are freeways you think are "good" or "not good." we want to hear from you. israel says this is the best they have been in a decade.

caltrans insisted that the rust that's been found on the new portion of the bay briblg is minimal and doesn't pose any significant problems. but at least one engineer claims it's a potential disaster in the making. >> that's a picture of the particle. >> lisa thomas, an engineer, shows us what she found, corrosion on the steel rods that help secure the bridge's main cable. >> this corrosion is not just a superficial problem. because it generates hydrogen, those rods can develop hydrogen cracks which can grow over time. >> reporter: thomas recently analyzed samples taken from the rust component. she's worried that cracks may already exist which she says could lead to disaster. >> i'm very troubled because in an earthquake any fracture, any one certain fracture critical component on a bridge, that means that if that component fails, the bridge comes down. >> there's some rust but it's nothing that we're concerned with because it's not at a level that would cause any long teerm damage. >> reporter: caltrans says they're aware that leaking is occur in the chambers where the critical compo

our commitment to caltrans was to ensure the growth would not hinder the bridge performance and enhance the mobilityity of the bridge and treasure island and the inmain part of the city. in terms of partnerships we are working with countless agencies and caltrans and mtc, the transportation commission and other agencies and muni and transit as well. we hope this will result in a very robust and effective demonstration of things like pricing and parking management so that ultimately we will find a way of sustainable footprint on that island and lead to implementation role for this agency heretofore we hadn't played. we recognize this is a new role and as a governing board the transportation authority you will play a role as well so we're in the process to set that up so we have coordinated yet separate financial management and hard walled fire walled operations so that the two agencies are distirnt and we may come back for clean up legislation to make sure that we have independent operations so that the tima which is funded by the treasure island development authority and the developers

caltrans says our state highways are in their best shape in a decade. the bay area drivers aren't buying it. >> a tsa agent jumps in front of a moving train. why he says his hoodie saved a woman's life. >> it is a beautiful night for baseball at o.co stadium. the a's playing the mariners tonight. i'll have your forecast and find out what happened here that has not happened in 16 years. that's coming up. >> lives destroyed in seconds. the campaign to drive home the dangers of texting and driving. ,,,,,, believe a new report says t state's high >>> if you drive here in the bay area, get used to a bumpy commute. would you believe a new report actually says the state's highways are the best they have been in a decade? kpix 5 reporter ryan takeo gives us a road reality check. >>> reporter: if you have ever hit a pothole and it rattled your car to the core, you might find this hard to believe. caltrans says our state's highways are in the best shape they have been in since 2001, with 84% of roads in good condition. >> we have the highways, i think a lot of pe

this, according to caltran, who says the report shows that california highways are actually in prettyood shape. look at this, all part of a report released by caltran with 84 percent of california highways are in good rating condition. state and local traffic officials caution that the fuzz is mixed with the $3.9 billion in cash for road paving is almost gone and streets in many cities are in bad condition like oakland and san jose. in 2006 state voters approve add multi-billion dollar bond for transportation fixes. we been asking our viewers who are watching us right new to sign on to our face book page and tell us what they thing. you travel the roads, which highways, which roads, do you think could use more attention or you think are just absolutely fine? we want to hear from you. go to our facebook page and let us know. we will share the comments. >> that is facebook.com/abc7 news. drivers do not seem to be a fan of 880 which is getting majority of commends for being the worst through oakland and san leandro and san jose at the 101 junction and a lot votes for 580 at the altamont

and of delays reporter for a bart caltran a strain on the muni metro.e-owned will have a complete traffic check coming up on the kron4 morning news returns. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of the game. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. whatoes at first spooul tte le?ok. hoy bunches oats. ching! mmmm! mmmm! mm! it's thoats. honey. yeah. hoy bunches oats. is ia grt cereal. i 410 as the time i now want to get you updated on weather and traffic. >>: good morning here's a live look at our bay bridge camera. looking out to these kind of hard to make out but there is some cloud cover out there. temperatures actually on the warmer side. as you have out. which of those temperatures to you in a moment. i want to look as satellite and radar because we are anticipating rain later on today. right now it's just cloud cover. the rains do well to

that is never recommended caltrans says the gap is only going to get bigger.onstruction on the new bridge will continue for a while. >> anything drivers want to look at is going to be a draks. >> he says better, safer view is from the bicycle the new bay bridge has a bicycle lane. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> caltrans figured out a simple fix it says. grease. caltrans placed these canisters filled with grease to prevent moisture from damaging the 2000 rods and bolts. 192 have been treated. there has been concern the high strength rods could become fragile. the grease method has been used before to prevent moisture damage. >> oklahoma governor is calling for an independent review of the state's execution protocols after last night's botched execution of a convicted murderer. officials halted the execution of a man when he convulsed. ten minutes after given the second of three drugs his vein exploded and he died 23 minutes after the process began. legal experts say it complicates the use of lethal injections. >> physicians are a lot of times not involved in t

caltrans has found an inexpensive fix to a lingering problem on the bay bridge. according to the croppicle, caltrans spent $189,000 installing steel caps over nuts and bolts that might be vulnerable to cracking. these caps are filled with special grease and resemble paint cans. 32 rods snapped while they were being tightened during the construction of the new eastern span. in the meantime, caltrans is spending $10 billion to analyze whether 2,000 other rods and bolts need to be fixed. while you pay more for toll increases on the golden gate bridge, 2 investigates finds part of the money from those toll hikes is being wasted on high-priced bridge workers. were you guys working as efficiently as you should be? were you clocking an eight-hour day. >> every day throughout every day >> tonight at 10:00, see how the workers are spending their time on the job and why the bridge district's general manager admits it is an ongoing problem. that's tonight on the 10:00 news. >>> some people in oakland are not happy about plans to install new bus only lanes along internationa

. >>> the designer of the span reportedly warned caltrans that some welds could crack.sections of the deck made in china did not fit precisely together once they were delivered here. the san francisco chronicle reports caltrans allows crews to meet lower safety standards to weld those sections together. while design engineers were not worried about a catastrophic failure they were concerned about quake damage and frequently of repairs. caltrans told the chronicle that the risk of cracking is remove. >>> loved one waited for the straton. crews disrupted the sales of more than 4,700 pounds of cocaine. >>> an elderly man opens fire at a jewish community center killing three people. what the gunman said right before he started firing. >>> removed from an airplane, what this man is accused of doing on a flight to make an emergency landing. >> the launch of the website was terribly flawed and terribly difficult. >>> admission from an ongoing oe what administration official, what else kathleen -- from an outgoing obama administration official. what else kathleen sebelius is sa

caltrans insist there's no worry to worry. drivers hope they're right. >> it takes a long time for corrosion to take place. i'm not too concerned about it. i think they'll fix it. >> reporter: caltrans say this is is a unique bridge with unique challenges that pop up nearly every day. but they say they are on top of things and insist the bridge is safe. reporting live from emeriville. >>> we're learning the driver in last week's bus crash had local ties. she worked as a sam transbus driver from 2008. she still has relatives in the area. she was one of the 10 people killed last thursday when a fedex truck hit the bus she was driving. it happened on i-5 near chico. five of the victims were high school seniors who were on their way to humboldt university. investigators did recover a black box type of device last week. they also awaiting drug tests to see if either driver was yes, ma'am paired. >>> a san jose police officer pleaded not guilty to rape today. he's accused of raping a woman while on duty last september. it has since

caltrans insists maintenance not been held. it looks great and everything. it could use more work. >> caltrans says it performed inspections on the west span. there is no plan to change that. >> police trying to determine a motive in a high school stabbing spree. ten boys are still in the hospital three in critical condition. a 16-year-old started to stab everyone in his path with tw kitchen knives. 22 people were injured. his family says he did not have a history of psychiatric problems >> he understands what he did. i don't think he, at this point understands gravity of what he did. >> what is going through my mind? will i survive? or die? >> the plan is to reopen the school monday. grief counselors will provide help to students and staff. >> in orlando, florida the he had been charged with leaving the accident scene. investigators say he ran off after his dodge durango hit another car. 12 others and an adult were injured. >> another hopeful sign for searchers scouring the ocean for malaysia airline flight 370. they had detected a possible underwater signa

caltran demolition is picking up speed after a year of prep work. we go on a turf the construction or deconstruction site. >> this is big. >> from the hotdog stand angel and his father are noticing a 50' gap in the old cantilever section of the bay bridge. >> we watch it every day, little by little they take it apart. >> crews are removing the 30,000 pound beams and the tension that held the bridge together. >> if you cut that in the middle without any prep it would drop into the water. >> they installed jacks that are pulling the load from the two halves away from each other so it doesn't collapse. >> the engineers have looked at how the bridge was built 80 years ago and we take it apart in the opposite order. >> as they were grinding away the surface of upper deck, they discovered something that was long forgotten from the aerial shot you can see how they uncovered white square times that were used to separate the lanes more than 80 years ago. each day the gap will get wider and caltran is asking drivers not to slow down to look. in two colors and

. >>> caltrans crews finished the emergency pothole repairs on the bay bridge. the potholes where on the westbound lanes, but some of the eastbound lanes had to be closed too. that caused a giant traffic jam. my car was right in there somewhere stuck for hours trying to get on to the lower deck. three of the eastbound lanes were closed as well as two westbound lanes and it was a mess. the emergency repairs started at 7 last night, it didn't wrap up until after midnight. closures backed up from here to china, it was for miles for several hours. >>> people are using a new tool to solve crimes. and they're reaching out to the public. they're launching this effort because this week happens to be a national crime victims rights week. we're joined live from san jose to tell us whatment da's office is doing. >> reporter: prosecutors need help solving cold cases. they want to prevent people getting scammed. this case is the unsolved murder of 15-year-old karen, and student from palo alto high school. she was last seen at a bus stop in sunnyvale in september of 1992. her

that is the story from caltran and they sticking to it. nick is in the east bay with that story.? really? >> yes because -- and i mentioned this study in the 4:30 news and we asked you viewers to respond on facebook. what this is about, our best showing since 2001 when 79 percent of california roads were only rated "healthy." look at the video shot previously. this is what we are talking about, according to a recent report from caltran, 84 percent of california highs are to good operating condition but state and local traffic officials and they cautious, the news is mixed , $3.9 billion infusion of cash for road paving is almost gone and streets if many cities such as san jose and oakland are in bad condition but the focus on paving gained momentum in 2626 when voteers approved a multi-billion dollar bond for transportation fixes so, again, if you are watching us now we want you to respond and tell us what you think. i got a few responses. i have to say, people were funny but one of the two that was really interested, where did they get this information? i ride the altamont pass

the report suggesting caltrans managers allowed untested steel bolt to be installed. the faulty bolts were discovered last month. >>> turning to a story you will only see on nbc bay area. a state-wide sting on unlicensed auto dealers this weekend. investigators are citing people selling cars that could be unsafe to drive. officials say the problem is particularly bad in san jose. dmv investigators say only 3 of 20 cars that had for sale signs were legitimate, and that was just on one san jose street alone. according to investigators, unlicensed car dealers will typically purchase low-end vehicles from auctions or with salvage titles from a wrecking yard and then sell the vehicles for profit. often, given false names so there's no recourse for the buyer once they find out. >> they post them for sale. often selling to -- to the hispanic community. a lot of undocumented individuals buy these vehicles. then they know that they won't complain to the local police because they're afraid of getting deported. >> seven citations were handed out in all in san jose. the state-wid

no delays for caltran is trying to muni or the metro. no schedule changes in connection with updates. >>:grounds crews squeegy the rain off the field american league championship banner unveiled team looks on in front of a packed house of 36,067 rickey henderson is in the house shaking hands and then throwing a strike of a first pitch to josh donaldson top 6th scoreless in a pretty good game for the athletics. sonny gray - gets asdrubal cabrera to ground it back to him and gray throws home where john jaso applies the tag - out at the plate!!!! call was challenged but upheld gray: 6 ip, 5 hits, 0 runs, 7 k's bot 8th, still scoreless, 2 men on josh donaldson - thinks he's got a 3-run homer.but it goes off the top of the wall in center.nobody scores and donaldson ends up with very long single top 9th new closer jim johnson - gives up a pair of runs including this rbi single to former a nick swisher to make it 2-0 a's lose 10th straight season opener which is a new major league record! final: 2-0 cleveland giants d'backs bot 6th, 6-3 arizona

caltran says this happened because of cracks in the road. again, all lanes are re-opened and it was cleared by 2:30 this morning. the winners are the coffee shops. i imagine coffee sales are up this morning because it was a long night for a lot of people. >> in pennsylvania, the police chief in murrysville said they are checking reports of a threatening phone call between the student and a 16-year-old accused of going on a stabbing rampage. this was a vigil for the victims injured in the stabbing spree. alex hribal has been charged in the attack accused of running through the school stabbing 21 students and a security guard. the f.b.i. tried to determine the motive for the attack and the attorney spoke. >> he is confused. scared. depressed. over the next few days we will try to figure out what the heck happened. >> neighbor say he was quiet who showed no sign of problems. >> another promising lead this morning in the search if the missing malaysia airlines, australian aircraft detected a new signal in the same area where four other sounds ha

coming from westbound 580 to 680 and then from high street to 985 minutes and if you are taking bart caltrans munis no delay, let's go back to the desk. >>> three people are fighting for their lives. they plea of it was the act of one man and is not a terroristic attack. the shooter is identified as army specialist ivan lopez. he used a semicaliber automatic gun and killed several people and wounded 16 others and then killed himself. several departments including the fbi is investigating. >> we know these families and their incredible service to our country and the incredible things they do for us. >> his wife went hysterical when she heard he was the gunman. he was being treated for depression. >>> we have seen it too many times, drivers getting hurt because they are distracted behind the wheel. april is distracted driving awareness month. brian flores is in hayward with some of what they will be doing to get us all to stop, brian? >> we talked about this a lot and i have just simply lost count on how many stories i have done on people getting seriously hurt or killed because they were drivi

, caltrans is on time.don't like the heat go to colorado springs, they have two inches of snow on the ground but if you do, you will like our forecasted highs coming up. . >>> these are live pictures outside of the jail. there is a new twist for a golf instructor charged with molesting some of his students. tara moriarty will tell you about the shock being murder for hire plot he is accused of trying to orchestrate from right inside of that jail. it is april 30th, i am dave clark. >> thank you for waking up with us, 5:31 it is going to be record hot in some places. >> you have been listening. >> good morning, we have clear skies 40s and 50s and if we get some record. >>> the record is 91 and the record is 92, richmond 87, record 86, and in napa record is 83 in 1996. others will be close and we need mid-90s and i don't see that happening for me. and there is a big difference for me. 70s and 80s, sunny warm to hot. 60s in antioch, half-moon bay airport, it tells you the coast is clear. and san jose, it is rea

. >>> new report shows caltrans was warned that some of the wells on the new span of the bridge could crack prematurely. sections of the deck made in china did not fit precisely together when they were brought over to the u.s., they report they allowed engineers to meet lower standards and welded the decks together. they weren't worried about kata staff fick failure but they would have to make sooner than expected repairs and that it could be damaged in an earthquake. the risks are remote and not worth the extra costs. >>> continuing now with the bus crash. the ntsb said it can't verify that the fed. ex. truck caught fire before hitting head on into the bus. they sideswiped the nissan altima. and they have recovered the electron control module which records movements. the truck's not duly was destroyed in the fair. >> they do plan to remove the transmission. we might be able to tell the gear that the truck tractor was in. and this could give us a speed rank that occurred prior to the crash. >>> 10 people were killed including five students from the los angeles area to humboldt state.

caltrans will spend $12 million to speed up work. >> i think those birds are the only one that's like the old span of the bridge. >> that is right. >> hets check on the forecast now heading to our roof tops. >> yes. >> spencer? >> what a lovely day. i'm not frowning at weather, i'm squinting because i'm facing bright sun. we've got warm conditions around the bay area. you can see on live doppler 7 low clouds win beginning to work down the coastline a little bit. 80 degrees in san francisco. upper 70 s in oakland and redwood city. 82 in petaluma. upper 70s in fairfield and concord. san francisco just warm right now. from east bay hills looking over the bay giving you a forecast, mild this evening with low clouds at the coast. mostly sunny skies tomorrow morning. cool in the north bay valleys. and by afternoon, warm at the coast. highs climbing into mid-80s how long can this last? you can find out when i give you the accu-weather forecast. >> thank you. still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 final preparations for tomorrow's giants home opener. >> plus... city leaders raised rates on these pa

>> we have problems in daly city causing damage to cars and they are off to the shoulder now, and caltran is en route to clean it up so expect delays with a lane closed. hit-and-run north 880 at the off-ramp with slow traffic in the yellow sensors and not on the freeway, but, lookers are slowing things. 580 has the damage done and it is grinned all the way into live more. it is 47 minutes from tracy to dublin. >> ahead, is mcdonald's losing the battle for the breakfast dollars? codeine and your kids, a warning for parents of the side effects of the drug. >> pg&e's day in court and what is expected if san francisco as the company faces criminal charges for the pipeline explosion. >>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> welcome back at 6:44 today, one of california's largest utilities will face its day in course for the deadly san bruno explosion. amy hollyfield? >> this is an unusual case. no people are named. it is a company that is due here in court this morning to answer the charges. pg&e is blamed for the explosion that happened in s

with the demolition already six months behind schedule, caltrans want wait until august.need the birds to fly array now. they've spent $709,000 to build condos for the birds on the new span. it's made out of stainless steel with nesting materials but so far, none of the birds have moved in. >>> we could find out apple's newest ideas in two months. they announced june 2nd for the worldwide developers' of a kens frens. that's the -- developers' conference. that's the time when they predict updates for the phones. >>> an experimental medicine is reportedly slowing the pace for breast cancer. the medication is called palbosiblib. women seeching the -- wall street analysts say the medicine has the potential to generate as much as $10 billion in annual sales. now the company is waiting to see if the fda will consider approving the medicine base odd p this study or if it -- based on this study or if it will require a larger one. >>> sal, i know you are watching highway 24. i was at the red cross gala. ran into all of these sal castanedo fans. >> they are everywhere. >> you would

caltrans tried to make awe mention i repairs. you can see people on all of the surface streets, this someone of them heading up to the bay bridge, it was jam packed, people were in the city and it was bat news trying to get on to the bay weren't traffic is moving along nicely, if you are driving through fremont, that traffic looks good, let's go back to the -- back to the desk being. >>> they are looking for a teenage boy who was washed out to sea. search efforts had to be scaled back. he was swept up by a rip current and his father and cousin were swept up by the same dangerous waters, good morning tara. >>> it is patrolling the water of a on end to up followed goal bridge. they will be spending out either a helicopter or small boat and that will do pen on markco and his -- marco and his cousin. marco's father went in to try to help but he got caught in the same rip current and that's when somebody paddled over in a boat and pulled the father and cousin to shore. >> he was pail and i grabbed him by the arm dragged him in. parame

caltran is wrapping up some construction. the two left lanes are cone off. but it is not causing any major delays. 92 is a nice commute as you work your way through 101 and the nimitz freeway. it is less than 12 minutes heading to foster city. it is a nice ride across the richmond san rafael bridge. one trouble spot on city street and-a- share wrapping up a fatal crash where a car hit a pedestrian in the 2:00 a.m. hour. all lanes are closed on middlefield. you have to use el camino real. >> james: a fire in san jose sunday afternoon injured two firefighters and destroyed an old television station. the five alarm blaze started around 3 at park avenue and montgomery street. one firefighter suffered from minor burns during the operation.while another was treated for exhaustion. at one point.the fire was so strong it started its own wind storm. jacob wrangle lives in this area and shot the video of this fire. >> i was able to look at where the flames were going on and they were so intense. i just closed my eyes and held on to my camera. it was pretty intense >>

. >>> 5:38 caltrans has turned into an inexpensive fix. according to the information, they sent money on installing steel capps for nuts and bolts and they are am shelter willing the results from the marine air. 22 snapped -- during the next time. they are looking into whether other not and rods -- knots and rods are faulty. they are also being waisted on those high priced workers. >> are you really clocking an eight our day? >> every day throughout every day. >> they watch their work darbyable, two investigates on the 10:00 news. >>> and patrick william brennan is charged with setting about a dozen fires in january. the biggest was a warehouse and a billion in damage. present and in told him he knew several of the home the and he is scheduled it to have one. >>> a mother found stabbed to death in san jose. what neighbors told police which deepen the mystery southering her death. >>> a well-known skydiver plummets to his death the key key piece is coming up. >>> and coming up we will be watching the approaches to san francisco from the eas

now, caltrans says the chp reminding drivers don't look, keep your eyes on the road >> it's strange. >> yes. >> the weekend is here. sandhya is bundled up tonight. >> it's 56 when i got here. some breaks and showers i want to know you where they are. into the north bay, moderate showers there. and grayton area, lighter showers in sonoma and napa. in the east bay, seeing some showers heading towards 580 now, sierra nevada getting snow. if you're thinking about going up there keep that in mind tomorrow, partly cloudy skies in tahoe. snow showers continue tonight. now, rainfall since mitt nied, livermore, 1200. here is a beautiful view. you can see clouds starting to break up. 57 in oakland. 60 degrees in los gatos. 57 in livermore, beautiful view from our camera looking towards coit tower. you can see clouds just reheated leftovers a few showers this evening. sunny, warmer this weekend a warm forecast next week. here is the satellite and radar. cold front going through. we'll keep showers in tonight. warmer days are expected. 6:00 tonight lingering showers. they dry down. patchy fog. a

the designer reportedly warned caltrans that some welds could track. sections of the deak made in china did not fit together perfectly once delivered. caltrans allowed crews to meet lower safety standards to weld the sections together. well, design engineers were not worried about a cat strofnl failure. they were concerned about -- catastrophic failure. they were concerned about cracking. they say the risk is cracking is remote. >>> final preparations being made now to mark the first anniversary of the boston marathon bombings. on april 15th of last year, two bombs exploded at the finish line killing three people and injuring more than two others. >>> joe biden, massachusetts governor devaul patrick and the current and former mayors of boston will attend a special tribute. that will be followed by a flag raising ceremony and a moment of silence at the finish line. this year, the boston marathon will be run on monday april 21st. there will be much more security in place. that includes police officers at 40 to 50 checkpoints all along the final two miles

but caltrans elected not to place them on the stretch of i-5 where the accident occurred. within five miles of the crash scene. there have been 109 accidents. just in the last five years. it will take about a month before the n-t-s-b releases a preliminary report on the deadly crash. it could contain recommendations to prevent another crossover accident from happening again. n-t-s-b's report will be reviewed by the safety board. after that, a hearing could be scheduled in washington d-c. reportingin the newsroom, dan rubin, kron four news. this is video from a vigil that was held tonight for the victims in kansas. earlier today a man with a gun shot and killed three people at two jewish community centers. police say frazier glenn cross-- drove up to a community center and started shooting. killing two --including a teenage boy. police say frazier-- then-- drove to an an assisted living facility and allegedly shot and killed another. investigators believe frazier has white supremist ties. .being taken away in cuffs .to get inside frazier was arrested at a nearby elementary

. >>> caltrans workers found it tuesday off highway one.archers discover add body nearby which has not been formally identified but family members say the car belonged to 93-year-old robert davis of san rafael. he was last seen leaving marin joe's in madera. >> dad was a great guy and i am glad to see they have got closure. >> it was raining the night he disappeared and they are worried he became disoriented. it was impossible to see through the thick brush the car. >>> the department is now working on a video that looks like a crime drama you would see on television. offciers were suited up in s.w.a.t. gear and this is not the real raid. this is the department's recruitment drive to high hire more officers. >> we want them to make the police a destination. >> they declared bankruptcy back in 2008 and they will reduce health benefits as well. >>> they will host a double header after last night's game was watched out at the rain, the second is at 6:00 and if you would tickets. tickets printed are still valid for the afternoon game. >>> the b

incline out to yerba buena island, caltrans has that wrapped up by 5 a.m. >>> developing news in texas. another mass shooting at fort hood has left four people including the shooter dead. 16 others were seriously hurt. some still in critical condition this morning. kpix 5's anne makovec is tracking the latest in our newsroom. >> reporter: he had been treated for anxiety and depression and was on medication and under evaluation for possible post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in combat in iraq. his rampage began around 4 p.m. and lasted about 15 to 20 minutes. in the end, 20 people were hurt or killed. helicopters brought some of the victims to a hospital in temple, texas. at the time their prognosis wasn't good. >> all these patients are in our icu or will be there very shortly. three in critical condition, others seriously injured. >> reporter: for the second time in less than five years an army soldier went on a shooting spree in fort hood, texas. the military identified him as specialist ivan lopez. >> it is believed he walked into one of the unit buildings. opened fire, go

caltrans had to come out and secure the damaged science. >> pg&e crews are working to restore power to more than 350 santa rosa customers. they've been without power since 11:00 this morning when a traffic accident brought down power lines. happened here near mcbride and terry lanes. more than 5800 customer experienced an outage right after the crash. pg&e expects to have power restored by mid-michigan. pg&e officials are scheduled to appear in federal court to face charges in connection with the deadly san brun know pipeline blast in 2010. the explosion and fire killed eight people, hurt dozens of others and destroyed 38 homes. the utility has been charged with 12 violations of federal pipeline safety law carrying a possible fine of $6 million. prosecutors allege pg&e knowingly relied on erroneous and incomplete information when assessing the natural gas pipeline safety. >>> next friday is when recreation areas close because of last summer's fire in yosemite are scheduled to re-open. forest crews have been working to replace signs, barriers, picnic tables, and marking recreation area

according to a report by caltran, 84 percent of california highways are in good operating condition. but commuters that use the roads regularly are not so sure. >> there seem to be a lot of construction on 80 around the altamont pass -- no, excuse me, 880. they seem to try to fix that area. >> it is a challenge. >> a $3.9 billion infusion of cash the past several years for road paving is almost gone. money from the recovery act and proposition 1b was one time only programs. >> with people driving less, which they should, that is all good, but that is where the funding comes from so it is a double edge sword. >> one of ten miles driven in america is driven in california. 40 percent of all god brought to america are brought in on california roads. the bay area is mostly at the port of oakland. >> a fully loaded 18 threer is equal to 5,000 passes of an s.u.v. >> if you drive these roads regularly, you have an opinion to share. we want to hear from you. go to our facebook page and let us know what you think: what roads do you fine the most challenged? or is there one that you love? >>> f

caltrans says they are not sure. all they know is bay area drivers are certainly hoping that more potholes don't pop up again. >> absolutely. all right, thank you cate caugiran live in the newsroom. >>> the san diego family stranded in the pacific is back home after a dramatic rescue by a team from moffett field. a navy ship took eric and charlotte kaufman to san diego along with their 1 and 3-year- old girls. the rescue crew is also back home here in the bay area. four members of the california air national guard's 129th rescue wing jumped out of an airplane to get to the families' disabled sailboat. they spent four days aboard and got the family on the navy ship that took them to san diego. >> at the at the end of the day for us it was just like a training jump that we do. we go through all the same procedures. >> i'm glad i was picked to go. it's always happy when we can bring back live souls. >> the seas were so rough some members of the rescue team became sea sick aboard the sailboat. >>> more people have become

caltrans confirms with us the lights are out on westbound and eastbound 92 but it's only on the high-rise portion of the san mateo bridge between the wet weather and the lights being out take it extra slow this morning if you are heading out of hayward or leaving foster city. we also have flooding reports in our usual spots southbound 101. this is in marin out by lucky drive. it sounds like ponding in those lanes. so just a heads up. some drivers have reduced speeds right there approaching that exit. now, if you are continuing southbound heading into sausalito, this is what it looks like at spencer. the roads are slick but other than that no big problems so far coming toward the golden gate bridge. here's a live look westbound 580. the roadwork picked up a little bit ahead of schedule on westbound 580. for a while just about every lane was blocked except for one between the dublin interchange and the dublin grade. so again, much better drive through that area. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> elizabeth, thank you. >>> developing news from oakland. a suspicious fire

for example we have a caltrans planning grant we're hoping to receive to fund the freeway management work. tidda -- as sponsors of treasure island program would fund us as we move toward design and implementation of that program. we're looking to shift consultant cost to staff where we're seeing up to 50% savings by doing so in some areas, and then the planning department and mta have agreed to help fund at least one position which we're appreciative of. this is the modeling position in the technology development and data analysis division to fund the senior modeler. we have a city budget request in for vision zero support that we hope to see happen. >> and could you just go a little deeper on the shift of consultants to staff? >> sure. right. in many of the divisions over the years and we found it appropriate to rely on captainant report and communications and we hired out for that support. by bringing in a communications function in house we would see a savings of that budget hopefully about a 25% reduction in that budget, but depending on the projects that come forward we might go

unfortunately, caltrans is not sure. bay area drivers hope that none of those pop up again. >> no kidding. all right, cate caugiran live in the newsroom, thank you. >>> in murrysville pennsylvania, police are checking reports of a threatening phone call involving the student accused of going on a stabbing rampage. 16-year-old alex hribal is being charged as an adult for the attacks that injured 21 students and security guard at a high school. the attack was finally stopped by an assistant principal and student. >> mr. king immobilized him. i held him down. >> several of the victims are being treated for serious and life-threatening injuries at a pittsburgh area hospital. school officials say the school will be closed for the next several days. >>> the student who pulled the fire alarm posted this selfie on instagram. the caption, chilling at children's. nature scimio's arm -- nate scimio's arm was slashed when he swung it out to protect some girls. >>> san francisco ocean beach searchers are trying to find a teenager swe

caltrans cameras show the pro-snow but the roads are clear and there are no rain requiremented on 80 or 50. follow us on twitter for the latest weather,. >>> a tragic story out of del valley regional park near livermore. a 23-year-old suicidal mother has stabbed her child to death after trying to kill herself. they haven't said when this happened or what type of weapon was involved. lisa amin gulezian is on her way to the scene. we'll have a live report at 6:00. and our coverage continues now on twitter at abc7 news bay area. >>> in the south bay, investigators say speed and alcohol are likely factors in a crash that killed two people. happened just before 2:00 this morning in menlo park. the chp says the driver of a toyota sedan was driving too fast when she exited the will low road offramp from southbound 101 and crashed into trees. the woman driving and her male passenger died at the scene. >>> the search is on tonight for a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian in oakland. police say the man was hit around 7:30 this morning while walking on telegraph avenue near 51st street. the

caltrans had to come out to secure the damaged sign. >>> pg&e crews are working to restore power to more than 350 santa rosa customers tonight. they have been without power since 11:00 this morning when a traffic accident brought down some power lines. it happened here near mcbride and terry lanes. more than 5800 customers experienced an outage after the crash. pg&e expects remaining customers to have power restored by midnight. pg&e officials are scheduled to appear in federal court monday morning to face federal felony charges in connection with that deadly san bruno pipeline blast in 2010. that explosion and subsequent fire killed eight people, hurt dozens of others and destroyed 38 homes. the utility has been charged with 12 felony violations of federal pipeline safety laws carrying a possible fine of $6 million. federal prosecutors allege pg&e knowingly relied on erroneous and incomplete information when assessing the natural gas pipeline safety. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 9:00, a new reptor suggests green energy laws are being attacked one state at a time. >>> plus, what is b

bird is refusing to move from its comfortable home on the old structure despite the best efforts of caltran to lure them to the new span. there are 800 residing on the old tran and they will spent $12 million to speed up work designed to keep them out before they return for the next mating season and lay eggs because to that happens the next phase of demolition will be further delayed and more expensive. >> hacker whose raided the credit card system of neiman marcus belong to a sophisticated russian syndicate which has stolen 160 million credit card numbers over the past seven years. authorities have already indicted several members but attempts to should down the criminal network have failed despite several international sting operations. >> new this morning, the season premiere of hbo's game of thrones was too much for the network hbo streaming service. fans tried to watch last night and could not access the service. winter came to hbo last night. and we will keep you posted." a similar incident happened last month during "true detective." >> my goodness, still, video cameras capturing th

caltrans had to come out and secure the damaged science. >> pg&e crews are working to restore power to more than 350 santa rosa customers. they've been without power since 11:00 this morning when a traffic accident brought down power lines. happened here near mcbride and terry lanes. more than 5800 customer experienced an outage right after the crash. pg&e expects to have power restored by mid-michigan. pg&e officials are scheduled to appear in federal court to face charges in connection with the deadly san brun know pipeline blast in 2010. the explosion and fire killed eight people, hurt dozens of others and destroyed 38 homes. the utility has been charged with 12 violations of federal pipeline safety law carrying a possible fine of $6 million. prosecutors allege pg&e knowingly relied on erroneous and incomplete information when assessing the natural gas pipeline safety. >>> next friday is when recreation areas close because of last summer's fire in yosemite are scheduled to re-open. forest crews have been working to replace signs, barriers, picnic tables, and marking recreation area

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, public works, water and power, san francisco public utilities commission, pg&e and comcast and caltrans, bart and other key partners such as fema and more. the objectives our life line council is to develop and improve collaboration in the city and across the region by regularly convening a group of executive officers and deputies of local and regional life line providers. understand intersystem dependencies of enhanced planning and reconstruction. sharing information about recovering plans and objectives and priorities and established ordination process for life line restoration and recovery following a major disaster. in the first nine meetings we made most progress on the third objective and sharing information about plans and priorities. in the first two years we discussed a series of operator case studies by the sfpuv on water and wastewater systems and pg&e on gas and electric systems and at&t and tell communications and learned about the city's priorities for roots and response planning for the emergency operation center and the capital program. we launched a independent study la

caltrans says 25,000 vehicle as day travel there and that is low volume. the threshold 50,000 vehicles a day or a median of 50 feet. >> if we were to put barriers and crossover protections like medians and guard rails, that would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of billions for the whole state of california. >> still officials say it is unclear what difference a barrier would have made in that orland crash. >> as we have been saying we don't know why the truck veered across the median into the bus but we checked on the safety record. the department of transportation says the company logged 429 crashes, 9 were fatal. 167 people have been injured. fedex employs 59,000 drivers. we also pulled the record for the charter bus company. the buses have been involved in two crashes with only one injury. it is a much smaller company and employs only 142 drivers. >> regulators have been there isy implement safety standards. the national transportation safety board has been working on regulations for bus evacuations but hasn't yet offered a proposal. critics say they

they don't have a positive id yet but know the car belongs to davis after the caltran's worker who spotted it grabbed the registration card. >> he was able to get the registration card out, which he brought to our office. we checked the registration card and determined it was the vehicle from the silver alert which had been issued from the police department five weeks ago approximately. >> reporter: the coroner will have to determine if the body is in fact robert davis and take their best guess at what went wrong. his family said he could become disoriented if he was not on his medication. again, that road is tricky, especially at night and in the rain. brian webb, kpix 5. >> despite glitches along the way. >>> despite all the glitches along the way, obamacare surpasses expectations. we will dig deeper into those numbers and what could be a big problem. >>> driverring is like playing russian roulette. >> general motors grilled over a deadly defect and why it took so long for the company to issue randy page recall. ,,,,,,,,,,,, law hit a milestone. on t julie watts says >>> it has been a tr

there was a bridge advisory emplace let us now for the venetian bridge street will check with caltrans to see if that's still active. in the meantime will take a look at your bay bridge ride which is very right bridge was down on delays. this in time in an route time for the 24580 interchange right in two san francisco. 92 and the san mateo bridge and equal they like a mute. and for your trip into marin county across the richmond center fell bridge. and this hour and even then the first part of the 5:00 hour you can see cars here. some of delays. thus check of the traffic of maps and updates on drive times for you. and 11 minute commute here hercules to berkeley for the westbound ride. san ramon valley 60 minutes with no delays into dublin. soak the freeways are clear this morning. the 101 drive time northbound is just 12 minutes from the capitol expressway to the montague expressway and it 22 to 23 minutes commute out of the model for the golden gate bridge 101 southbound. >>james: george thank you very much. on to more news. the santa clara teenager lucky to be alive after hiding in