in turn could results in parts of our service area to be without water for up to two months. >> hetch hetchy services 2.6 million people in the san francisco bay area. >>> loma prieta earthquake damaged homes across the bay area. and those who were renting were some of the hardest hit financially. on our consumerwatch tonight, julie watts explains why if you rent you may want to consider renters insurance sooner than later. >>> reporter: earthquakes, fires, floods, disasters that wreak havoc on the heart and the wallet costing consumers hundreds of billions of dollars each year, something many learned the hard way 24 years ago today when the loma prieta earthquake leveled homes and renters are often the most vulnerable when it comes to property loss. >> the biggest misconception that renters have about insurance protection is thinking that their landlord's policy will protect their possessions. it won't. >> reporter: insurance advocate says in most cases your landlord's policy only covers the structure itself not your personal belongings inside or the extra rent you might have to pay in case

and there is weather, hetch hetchy, and weather at san francisco. >> the physical arts wall is comprised high-definition monitors that has a 3-d motion detection that allows you to approach the wall and then to look at the contents that is there in front of you, which is a beautiful artistic narrative. and then as you move towards it, it activates the content that comes up. >> this is one of the applications we developed with communications team at the puc and it's called, and it's about water cycle, how the water comes down from the snow in yosemite, into the mouth of the reservoir, gets treated, produces power, comes all the way down to the city and gets charged and leaves the bay. we developed a motion tracking system taw four cameras on the ceiling here which detects people when they approach the wall and presents information pop ups. so, you can enjoy it from a distance as a landscape, but once again up close there is another level of information that's educational about this facility. >> fire fly by artist ned con is an art installation which rises straight from the golden gate ave

the tunnel is part of the san francisco utility commission multibillion dollar hetch hetchy improvementgram. >> when you think about it, close to 90 or 95% of our water comes through these four bay division pipelines so it's critical we have that life line. >> the project sect six months ahead of schedule -- six months ahead of schedule and scheduled to be opened next year. >>> toyota's recalling 2012 and 2013 camries, hybrids, avalons and venzas. >> water from the air-conditioning condenser could cause a short circuit. the power steering system could also shut down. dealerships will be repairing the problem free. >>> new real estate bay area shows median home prices fell almost 2% to $530,000. that is still 23% higher than one year ago. the number of homes sold fell, as well, down 17% in september. >>> apple and samsung are leading the pack when it comes to customer satisfaction. a new survey from at&t, verizon on are most satisfied with apple and samsung. apple ranked with highest with at&t and verizon, and research company jd power said it had about 6,500 smart phone users rate their

hetch hetchy services 2.6 million people in the bay area. the project should be completed in the spring of 2015. >>> a big relief for commuters. caltrans has set november 16 as the official date for the opening of the july 4th caldecott tunnel depending on the weather and safety tests. the $417 million project is expected to really help traffic between orinda and oakland. >>> coming up in our next half hour, the strike is set. the latest on bart negotiations right now as bart workers say they will walk off the job tomorrow. >> where it's back to business in the bay area after the 16- day government shutdown. >> and why more and more men think looking younger will make them more money. ,,,,,,,,,,,, look at them with that u-verse wireless receiver. back in our day, we couldn't just move the tv wherever we wanted. yeah, our birthday entertainment was a mathemagician. because if there's anything that improves magic, it's math. the only thing he taught us was how to subtract kids from a party. ♪ let's get some cake in you. i could go for some cak

not spread, it's still burning after two months, but now fully surrounded >> it threatened the hetch hetchy reservoir storing water for two and a half million customers we drove up to see the damage. >> this was the scene of the hetch hetchy reservoir. nearby, hundreds of thousands of acres burned, threatening to contaminate the largest water system in the country. today the scope is clear >> nothing bad happened to the water. the water supply maintained throughout. >> while clean water that we depend on is safe, other parts of the water system ask power system bear scars of the third largest wildfire in state history. only abc7 news was on hand, water officials toured some of the worst damage caused by the rim fire. the blaze started august 17thth continuing to burn today. the threat to life and property has now passed. the fire caused millions in damage to the surrounding infrom a structure, boying two buildings. >> talking based on our assessment so far, roughly $35 million range. >> that includes damage to one of the in the area, employees were evacuated before the roof of this one caug

had begun excavating to newark building the tunnel that will be the lifeline water supply from hetch hetchy to the bay area designed to withstand the worst earthquakes. >> it one of the major projects on our water system improvement program to make our water system resilient is this tunnel. it's under the bay. >> the new tunnel will replace these pipes, staying along the surface and go underwater but never underground n 1990s a study showed they won't survive the next big one. >> major earthquake on an active fault could create that failure of the hetch hetchy sits tim -- system. it could result in parts of the service area to be without water for up to two months. >> the new tunnel 90% complete and should be done by summer, 2014 at a cost of $215 million or less. so far, the work is six months ahead of schedule and $24 million under budget. >> we had planned make prog gres for 50 feet a day or so. some of the good days we excavating 200 feet. >> the tunnel made of an outer ring and inner seal pipe that will be lined with a kement mortar. the tunnel will connect pipes in this shaft, then on

had begun excavating to newark building the tunnel that will be the lifeline water supply from hetch hetchythe bay area designed to withstand the worst earthquakes. >> it one of the major projects on our water system improvement program to make our water system resilient is this tunnel. it's under the bay. >> the new tunnel will replace these pipes, staying along the surface and go underwater but never underground n 1990s a study showed they won't survive the next big one. >> major earthquake on an active fault could create that failure of the hetch hetchy sits tim -- system. it could result in parts of the service area to be without water for up to two months. >> the new tunnel 90% complete and should be done by summer, 2014 at a cost of $215 million or less. so far, the work is six months ahead of schedule and $24 million under budget. >> we had planned make prog gres for 50 feet a day or so. some of the good days we excavating 200 feet. >> the tunnel made of an outer ring and inner seal pipe that will be lined with a kement mortar. the tunnel will connect pipes in this shaft, then on to

. >> voter as proved a ballot measure to repair and replace the aging hetch hetchy sits tim -- system. the system of pipes, dams and reservoirs carries water 167 miles from yosemite fashional park across central valley zoo z.into the south bay. now one major step closer to being completed. >> roughly 80% done swre. work to do on the surface. >> incredible project and a feat of engineering. the tunnel scheduled to be completed next fall. >> an unusual fight at sacramento zoo. a sumatran tiger underwent surgery. take a look at this, surgeons removed a blockage cause bid stones in a tiger's urine yairy track tract. doctors implanted a tube in the bladder. the tiger out of surgery back in the den that have the noon. officials are upbeat about chances for recovery. >> that is wild. >> well, a new $100 bill hit streets today, here it s this is what it looks like. doesn't belong to me. it was given to me by prot duser. i haven't seen a $100 fwhil a while. you can see this is is colorful there. is a copper 100 and liberty bell that change color to, green tr. tl is a blue ribbon going over ben

eventually be lined with a pipe to carry water for millions of customers who use watcher from the hetch hetchy system. >>> record setting endurance swimmer diana nyad is 24 hours into her 48 hour swimming marathon. a live look at nyad in the pink cap on the right in the water right now in manhattan. the 64-year-old is swimming in a 40 yard pool set up in harold square. her goal is to raise money for people still struggling after superstorm sandy. last month nyad became the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage. >> best things about that pool, no sharks, no jelly fish. >> that's right. no exposure to the elements. we'll have a look at the weather coming up. first traffic. there is that sig alert in effect in richmond. here's leyla. >> it was due to a high speed chase. the person who was being chased after, they did die of their injuries. it was a rollover accident. the central avenue onramp is currently shut down to westbound 80. you can see we're already starting to see a buildup of traffic in the area. if you're traveling along in the eastbound direction that's where

the stretch will be lined up with a pipe to carry water for million woz use water from hetch hetchy system>> it's aa home away from home. a new motel for veterans being treated at va health care system. best part is that it's all free. vic lee has the story. it took seven years to this ribbon cutting today, billed as nothing short of a five-star hotel. the 34,000 facility with 53 suites had accommodations. each suite two queen beds one for a patient, other, the care giver. the va and it's polly trauma center serving veterans from all over western united states. >> cindy serves in the naif skbreek treated for cancer at the va hospital. >> any time i tried to book a hotel there, it's booked up. and never room. so we can stay. very chemo, too. you know? so i'm happy this is opening up. >>> a stur vai found 11,000 patients had to find temporary housing and many had to drive 50 miles to wait for treatment in palo alto. others gave up hotels in the area are so expensive so some might have chosen not to come or perhaps would have been sleeping in cars. >> for guests, it's tree. the project is a p

the stretch will be lined up with a pipe to carry water for million woz use water from hetch hetchy system>> it's aa home away from home. a new motel for veterans being treated at va health care system. best part is that it's all free. vic lee has the story. it took seven years to this ribbon cutting today, billed as nothing short of a five-star hotel. the 34,000 facility with 53 suites had accommodations. each suite two queen beds one for a patient, other, the care giver. the va and it's polly trauma center serving veterans from all over western united states. >> cindy serves in the naif skbreek treated for cancer at the va hospital. >> any time i tried to book a hotel there, it's booked up. and never room. so we can stay. very chemo, too. you know? so i'm happy this is opening up. >>> a stur vai found 11,000 patients had to find temporary housing and many had to drive 50 miles to wait for treatment in palo alto. others gave up hotels in the area are so expensive so some might have chosen not to come or perhaps would have been sleeping in cars. >> for guests, it's tree. the project is a p

>>reporter: voters approved this ballot measure in 2000 2 to repair and replace the aging hetch hetchyater system. engineering maryville cell at the time. pipes and reservoir carries water 167 miles from yosemite national park across the central valley and into the south bay before going up the peninsula son fran. one major step cholesteroler to being completed. >> roughly 80 percent done. if we have quite a bet of work to do on the surface. >>reporter: tunnel scheduled to be completed by next fall as you can see. mammouth jaering job. >> san francisco is haven for start up an group work space that house them but there's one start up incubator that may take most unusual and could have to shut down. jonathan explains how office that is home to half dozen company could soon be evicted by the port of san francisco. >> on sunny september afternoon you might fine him strolling the beck debing of the boat docked on san francisco world trade center front. watching him this way you might guess things about him but you would never guess this. >> i'm not really a boat perso person. believe it or

. >> it could create a catastrophic failure of the hetch hetchy system which in turn could result in part of our service area to be without water up to two months. >> reporter: the tunnel will withstand a 7.9 quake on the san andreas fault and 7.6 on the hayward fault. >> to be able to deliver water in the case of a seismic activity. so we built this tunnel resilient to resist any seismic activity in any one of the three faults. >> reporter: the five-mile tunnel to keep supplying the bay area a vital resource after the big one. by this time next year, millions of gallons of water should be flowing through that tunnel. we're live in menlo park, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> it's like tly to be a huge y for google investors and employees tomorrow. the mountain view search giant reported better than expected earnings this afternoon and it was off to the races for the share prices. the company says profits jumped 36% since last year. google's stock price jumped $73 each. in each hour after trading. it says if it's anywhere near that level, tomorrow will be a new record high for go

then they held it a debate and analyzed the hetch hetchy reservoir and the demand for water in northernout how i affect the environment, how my family or how this school affects the environment. >> i think it's important to be informed because we are the next generation that's going to be making these decisions. i'm almost 18 so i'm going voting and stuff and it's nice to know that, like, we're learning about what's happening right now. >> work together. >> reporter: making science relevant to their lives has been the hook in keeping these teenagers engaged and loving science. >> i think whenever you offer students the opportunity to experience hands on laboratory or project-based learning or be involved in debates, we're modeling some very kind of high level thinking, uhm, you know, curriculum. >> and a lot of them they want go on to study science in college. so it prepares them for that. >> you can tell they're inspired by their teacher a lot and just when the kids speak, they're so smart right out of the gate. >> they're smart. and that teacher is very popular at the school. >> lovin

the hetch hetchy reservoir is at 80% of capacity. east and peninsula water reservoirs at 77%. and east bay mud reservoirs at 70% of capacity. the spokeswoman says by design to leave room to capture upcoming rainfall. still statewide water restrictions because of the two years of record dry and warm conditions. but that could all change with a normal rainy season come november through march. as i mentioned, some of those east bay mud reservoirs are low hoping to capture any rainfall that calls in the next coming rainy season. however, there are some reservoirs in santa clara county that will always look low because they're under restriction. they can't be filled up to the brim because of sieismic concerns. the situation not incredibly dire for this season, however, if something big doesn't happen during this rainy season, then we sure are on track to start talking about that "d" word, drought. jessica? >> okay, i'll take it from here. thank you, chris. >>> speaking of that "d" word as kris riv kris referred to, chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. >> we're in a severe drought, not

eventually be lined with a pipe to carry water for millions of customers who use water from the hetch hetchymer diana nyad is 24 hours into her 48 hour swimming marathon. and she is in the pink cap right there in this live picture from new york. in the water right there in manhattan. the 64-year-old is swimming in a 40 yard pool set up in harold square. her goal is to raise money for people still struggling with superstorm sandy. last month nyad became the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage. >>> 5:46. time for a check on traffic. because we've had this continuing sig alert this morning. leyla? >> it is still there. no estimated time of reopening the central off ramp from westbound 80. this is in richmond. right now we are experiencing pretty heavy traffic. i'll have travel times in just a little bit. right now bumper to bumper as you head out of tracy over the pass and into livermore. take a look at that. 17 miles per hour as you pass grant line road. one you pass basco you start to see the speeds jumping up just a little bit. you're still going to be tapping on t