here is heather ishimaru. >> the meat industry calls it lean finely textured beef. it is made of meat scraps and waste once used only for dog food and cooking oil. but former usda scientists whistle-blowers have another name, pink slime. after an abc news investigation revealed that 70% of the ground beef sold in grocery stores contains the filler, many consumers know about it now too. >> pink slime. slush i call it. >> bowing to consumer pressure, they will no longer purchase ground beef with lean finely textured beef. saying "while the so da and food industry experts agree that lean finely textured beef is safe and wholesome, recent news stories have caused considerable consumer concern about this product." >> that's good. i heard they claim you can't really tell the difference, but i don't know. when you think you are buying pure beef and getting something that is not what is advertised, i think that is borders on fraud. >> reporter: safe way says it is 80% lean beef and open brands never contained the pink slime, and as for whether beef with the additive is stil

transportation reporter heather ishimaru went in for a >> reporte look. >> reporter: the tunnel portals look completed. southbound roadway is finished and northbound tunnel the surface is halfway. >> i would like to think this is the last of the major mile stions supporting the roadway. >> man and machine work together to pour a nine inch thick layer of concrete. each tunnel will be four feet wide with a two foot shoulder on the left and eight feet on the. >> right the original budget $272 million ballooned to $439 million, all of it federal emergency relief funds. >> caltrans says the price went up because of surprises inside the mountain. >> we did a lot of core samples to find out what the conditions would be inside the mountain. we pretty much found the conditions, the problem is they changed much more frequently than expected. >> reporter: the bridge and tunnel should be reliable route along the coast between pacifica and montera unlike highway 1 that is chronically closed. >> it's for the community. basically it's bypass the difficult roadway out on the coast and for vehicles now

here is heather ishimaru. >> the meat industry calls it lean finely textured beef. it is made of meat scraps and waste once used only for dog food and cooking oil. but former usda scientists whistle-blowers have another name, pink slime. after an abc news investigation revealed that 70% of the ground beef sold in grocery stores contains the filler, many consumers know about it now too. >> pink slime. slush i call it. >> bowing to consumer pressure, they will no longer purchase ground beef with lean finely textured beef. saying "while the so da and food industry experts agree that lean finely textured beef is safe and wholesome, recent news stories have caused considerable consumer concern about this product." >> that's good. i heard they claim you can't really tell the difference, but i don't know. when you think you are buying pure beef and getting something that is not what is advertised, i think that is borders on fraud. >> reporter: safe way says it is 80% lean beef and open brands never contained the pink slime, and as for whether beef with the additive is stil

here is heather ishimaru with the story. >> reporter: these new sidewalks and street lights appear tons in sonoma county neighborhood but it took 20 years of work by residents to get them in part because county improvements on the state highway involves layers and layers of bureaucracy. they have lived here for 30 years. >> the project is only half done. it's supposed to cover a two-mile north of city of sonoma now phase two is now in jeopardy. >> i think it was generally unintended consequence of state legislature. i don't think anybody intended for this to happen. >> steve has been fighting for the sidewalks since his son was in kindergarten. school children and moms with strollers navigate the narrow shoulders daily on a highway that is more and more congested over the years. phase 2 was fully funded with community taxpayer money. only state project ready to go out for bid in march, but they are faced with half his dream come true and another generation of parents left starting over. dean smith has a fifth grader and kindergartener. >> sometimes the cars are racing to make the ligh

heather ishimaru, abc news. >> don't go away. 7 on your side is next. >> we are dropping smartphoneswill break. i'm michael finney. 7 on your side is coming up. [ mom ] to me, chex is not just a little bowl of cereal, it's kind of a big deal. to find nutritious and gluten-free cereals my whole family actually loves? well, the word "wow" comes to mind. and then a friend told me chex has five flavors that are gluten-free. even a cinnamon one the kids love. a nutritious cereal that makes everybody happy? like i said, wow. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavors. good and gluten free. ♪ time to jump in to something new ♪ ♪ ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ is folgers in your cup >> let's take a tour of the bay area. start in santa cruz. the sun is coming up. based on the forecast we are getting from lisa argen, and they are always accurate, there will be a lot of availability on the beach at santa cruz today. it's not going to get a whole lot more crowded than the way you see it right there. let's move up north and take a look at the embarcadero, the bay bridge. again, dawn about to br

heather ishimaru abc news. >>> police are calling it one of course the most elaborate schemes to steal from this. you see somewhat of a wet freeway down in the lower left hand corner you see the clouds above. but lisa is saying they aren't going to be just clouds for long we have rain coming and it's not going to be stopping. a beautiful shot from emeryville. could you spend a day without the internet? that's the idea behind the national day of unplugging. we are already in it. it started last night and goes until tonight. you are cordially invited to disconnect from the virtual world. abstaining in a sort of high-tech detox. this is the third year of the event, organized originally by the jewish community center. >>> have you ever dropped your i-phone? ever thought about what would happen to it if you did? a warranty company has been dropping smartphones and ipads just to see what would happen. here's michael finney with the results. >> this is going to be painful to watch. an i-phone being dropped and dropped and dropped again. it is all part of a test set up by extended warranty com

heather ishimaru reports from the north bay. >> these new sidewalks and streetlights are simple additions to the sonoma county springs neighborhood. but it took 20 years of work by residents and county politicians to get them. in part because the county improvement on a state highway involves layers and layers of beurocracy. it is small improvements in pedestrian safety and community pride. they have lived here for 30 years. >> we come from aspects and proud of it. >> the project is half done. it is supposed to cover a two-mile stretch north of the city of sonoma with phase one completed, phase two is now in jeopardy since governor jerry brown's budget suddenly dissolved the state agencies on february 1st. >> it was generally unintended consequences. i don't think anybody intended for this to happen. >> the advisory committee chair has been fighting for the sidewalks since his now college age son was in kindergarten. school children and moms with strollers navigate the shoulder daily on a highway that has become more and more congested for years. phase two was fully funded with community

heather ishimaru reports from the north bay. >> these new sidewalks and streetlights are simple additionsthe state agencies on february 1st. >> it was generally unintended consequences. i don't think anybody intended for this to happen. >> the advisory committee chair has been fighting for the sidewalks since his now college age son was in kindergarten. school children and moms with strollers navigate the shoulder daily on a highway that has become more and more congested for years. phase two was fully funded with community taxpayer money. the only fully funded state project ready to go out forbid in march. but cox was now faced with half of the dream come true. and another generation of parents possibly left starting over. amy has a fifth grader and a kindergarten. >> sometimes cars are racing to make the lights and not looking at what the pedestrians are doing. it is nice to have that extra bit of safety and not in the weeds and the mud. >> i understood the money aspect, but for a project like this one it was just devastating. >> supervisor valerie brown has championed the project. >> w