from san pablo to san leandro, dan ville to berkley. 4200 miles of pipe in the east bay alone. more than 800 breaks last year. >> the oldest pipes date to the 1800s. >> a district that everybodies about 1-1/2 million people. >> our goal is to make sure that every time you go to your tap and turn on the faucet that clean water comes out every single time. >> the pipes carrying the fresh water is made with all types of materials. everything from cast iron to steel. pvc to asbestos cement a as the pipes age, they break in different times in their life cycles. some of the oldest pipes are lasting longer than those builtly in the 1950s and 60s. all of the pipes are getting so old that the rate of the breaks and leaks is rising faster and faster every year. >> as the pipe gets older, it will tend to leak more unless we do something about it. >> that is why east bay mud has as many as 25 member crews, repairing leaks and other maintenance. another 6 to 11 investigators whose only job is to find and uncover leaks. in addition, another 7 teams do nothing but replace old pipelines. in fa

it's leading into dan ville.n to the dublin interchange and coming out of walnut creek. this is a look at the ride at the hoffman split lead down to golden gate fields. 580 coming on the right to join with interstate 80 on the left side of your screen, all headed down to the bay bridge toll plaza where we still have a backup around the berkley curve. well over 24 minutes. the drive time and the san mateo drive still very slow as you continue to grind it out from the toll plaza. 24-26 minutes. darya? >> thank you, george. happening today and right now we're about an hour and a half into oral arguments happening in washington, dc at the supreme court as they consider the legality of same-sex marriage and whether to make it legal nationwide. kron 4's will and the is live in the castro district this morning in san francisco to talk more about what this means. good morning, will. >> good morning. those arguments will be going on for another hour or so. even though we're thousands of miles away, you better believe the