anne makovec is in san bruno. k you. >>> in just a few hours we are going to get an update from doctors at san francisco general hospital on the condition of injured giants fan bryan stow. the santa cruz man has been in critical condition since he was attacked outside of dodger stadium. in the meantime, the prime suspect in the beating has been sent back to prison on a parole violation. but giovanni ramirez has not been charged in the attack. >>> president obama appears ready for a change of course in regards to the war in afghanistan. the president is set to deliver a nationally broadcast speech this evening. he is expected to announce plans to withdraw about 10,000 u.s. servicemembers from afghanistan within the next year. you can watch the president's address live right here on cbs 5 at 5 p.m. >>> too much heat a problem for a lot of people around the bay area. kristy seifkin is in pleasanton with ways to avoid health problems. she joins us with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. already warm here in

the mayor of san bruno tells us vanderbuilt was one of the go- two contractors after the san bruno disastermayor says the city is committed to helping the homeowners rebuilt and hopefully it's just a bump in the road. a spokesperson with pg&e said pg&e is reaching is reaching out to the customers affected and said pg&e worked with vanderbuilt after the disaster but never recommended them. >> pg&e used them to do emergency repairs following the tragedy in san bruno. so they were part of our direct list but they were not on the list of preferred contractors. >> reporter: a spokesman for the contractor's state license board says there have been no complaints filed against vanderbilt construction from any of the san bruno fire victims but the company was suspended for several weeks in 2010 after a couple of lawsuits then reinstated. the company has a local office in castro valley. we left several messages with them on their answering service. so far no response. here in san bruno, i'm elizabeth wenger, for cbs 5. >>> don't bother waiting for a cable car in san francisco today or the rest of the

. >>> pg&e admits its own crews installed that blasted pipeline in san bruno. why it's now raising concern about other projects. >>> president obama prepares to make a major speech on the future of afghanistan. the tightrope he is walking by bringing the troops home. >>> good morning. i'm grace lee. >> i'm frank mallicoat. it's 4:30, wednesday, june 22. what a beautiful day it was yesterday. >> gorgeous. hanging out by crissy field. >> it was packed out there everybody was outside. >> first day of summer. >> you got a little sunburn. >> i put sunscreen everywhere but the top of my feet. if you ever burned the top of your feet before, folks, it is uncomfortable. we went from sizzle yeah looks like to fizzle today as the temperatures going to start coming down around the bay area. plan on about 67 degrees. some patchy fog into san francisco. 76 should be mostly sunny in oakland. san jose looking at 86 degrees. still hot into concord and 93. but that's well down below the hundreds they were up to yesterday. temperatures will be coming down over the next few days.

anne makovec she is live in san bruno. anne, thanks. >>> no budgets, no pay for state lawmakers, that's the word. the state controller is withholding paychecks until there is a balanced budget. they got work to do. john chiang says the democrats' budget plan would have spent nearly $2 billion more than it took in. he says many parts of it were miscalculated or unfinished. there's already talk though of a lawsuit to challenge his ruling. >>> doctors at san francisco general hospital plan to give us an update today on bryan stow's condition. the giants fan has been in critical condition since he was attacked just outside dodger stadium on march 31st. meanwhile, l.a. police continue to investigate this case. the prime suspect has been sent back to prison on a parole violation but he has not been charged with the attack. >>> the family of missing nursing student michelle le is now hiring more help. le's cousin says the family has the frame group of private investigators on the case. the goal is to help develop information abou

will tour the site of last fall's san bruno pipeline explosion and fire. n.t.s.b. is investigating the cause of the blast which killed 8 people and destroyed dozens of homes. i'm aim is live in san bruno with more. >> reporter: this is her first visit to the scene. the explosion happened nine months ago there is plenty of

will tour the site of last fall's san bruno pipeline explosion and fire. n.t.s.b. is investigating the cause of the blast which killed 8 people and destroyed dozens of homes. i'm aim is live in san bruno with more. >> reporter: this is her first visit to the scene. the explosion happened nine months ago there is plenty of drugs for her to see, boarded up homes, empty fields that are still fenced off. the september explosion killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes. n.t.s.b. still hasn't announced the cause of the blast. a report is expected later this year. the head of the n.t.s.b. been bra hershman has said the fire expose add pattern of safety problems. she has hinted that reforms may be necessary. she will visit with pg&e today along with victims of the fire. the investigation has stumbled in questions that are turning out to be tough to answer. san francisco chronicle reported that federal investigators can't even figure out where pg&e even got the piece of pipe that ruptured. that could explain why this investigation is taking so long to reach its conclusion. it

. >>> a failing construction company neighbors say was hired by pg&e has left behind some angry san bruno horribles -- homeowners. >>> good afternoon. topping our knew -- what everyone is talking about, the unusually rainy weather for june 1st. ktvu's claudine wong we quince our storm coverage live -- begins our storm coverage live from oakland. >> reporter: good afternoon. it's been a drayzy warning with the -- crazy morning with the weather. right now we're getting a break with the rain. we have clouds behind us and a little bit of sunshine. how are people handling this crazy weather? before the storms pushed in, people actually enjoyed a bit of sun at crissy field. although everyone we talked to said they knew it would not last. >> what are you gonna do? it's nature. you go along with it. >> i feel sorry for the tourists. >> reporter: as the morning wore on, we saw the tourists -- >> oh, it's not. i thought it was a nice day. we have this weather in england. >> reporter: so you came all the way from england to get the same weather? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> there's no point in putting a

live in san bruno, amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news". >> kristen: in san francisco, police are investigating the shooting of a suspected bank robber after officers killed a man in the haight district yesterday evening. f.b.i. tracked a southern california serial bank robber he was using add stolen bmw. investigators say the suspect tried to run over the officers but that is when the officers opened fire. police have not if he was armed at the time of the shooting or any evidence of past bank routines. >>> alameda's mayor is calling for an independent investigation following the death of a suicidal man, he drowned on memorial day as firefighters police and watched from the shore for more than an hour. at hearing last night, residents accused the public safety agency of incompetence and heartlessness. >> it would be appropriate for this council to call for an independent review. >> the mayor's suggestion did little to restore the trust in their leaders. >> the independent investigation should be conducted by law enforcement, not by you. >>> public's confidence in the fire department and police

elizabeth wenger joins us now from san bruno to explain what went wrong. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. several families whose homes were deemed uninhabitable may be out of luck. the san mateo county times is reporting that several families up to five of them got an email last friday from vanderbilt construction. we have some video of their website. they said the company was shutting down until june and then management would consider whether to close the business possibly for good. these families tell the county times that they are particularly upset because they chose vanderbilt because it was on a recommended list by pg&e on their list of authorized contractors. now, for their part, pg&e said it will work with the homeowners on a case-by-case basis. a pg&e spokesman said, vanderbilt has gone out of business. we are deeply troubled by this development and will continue to do everything we can to help everyone affected by the tragedy. so, yes, several families are in limbo. some have already paid the contractor. they don't know when

there are boarded up homes all over this san bruno neighborhood. some of these families were hoping to move in by this summer but just got some news last week that they didn't want to hear. five families got an email last week from a contractor, vanderbilt construction, saying the company was shutting down until early june. then management would consider whether to close the business for good. these families say they are upset because they chose vanderbilt because was recommended by pg&e on their list of authorized contractors. now, for their part, pg&e says it will work with the homeowners on a case-by-case basis. and in a statement, a spokesman says, "vanderbilt has gone out of business. we are deeply troubled by this development and will continue to do everything we can to help everyone affected by this tragedy. " in the meantime, several families as the newspaper quoted five are in limbo now, some are already paid their bills to the contractor. so at this point it is not clear when or if that construction will resume. vanderbilt construction ha

. >>> with fires still fresh on their minds, people in san bruno are worried.hy that puts the city in an ironic position. >>> it's either an assault on tradition, a way to protect animals or something in between. the soup ban that is making its way to the governor. >>> why diet soda may be helping people gain weight. >>> safe and fireworks are legal again in san bruno this year. some who recently watched their neighborhood go up in flames are not happy about it. >>> well, this is going to be the first 4th of july celebration since a gas pipeline blew up part of that san bruno neighborhood. now, the city does take a pretty tough stand against illegal fireworks. but they have no problem selling the safe ones. blast victims are nervous. >> reporter: the neighborhood is coming back but the emotional scars are taking a little longer to heal. the pros expect of july 4th is making people here jittery. >> a lot of us, the noise scares us. anytime we hear a fire engine or police car or ambulance, we jump. >> reporter: last september, a pg&e gas pipeline rupture killed e

. >> plus a roadblock for victims of the san bruno blast. how a bankruptcy could affect rebuilding. >>> a cell phone warning from a major health organization. how some are using it in the fight against smartmeters too, that story coming up. i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it's your green line. but i'll be there every step of the way. call or come in and talk with us today. >>> a major problem in oakland. an accident involving a big rig, in oakland, traffic shut down around 880. more coming up. >> thank you. >>> the city of capitola hoping for disaster funds that may never come. the california emergency management agency declined to attach any money to its disaster declaration for the city following the march floods. damage is estimated at more than $1.5 million. they have already burned through their

calling for a criminal investigation of emergency workers standing nearby. >> reporter: and a few san bruno fire victims feel victimized by a company that was supposed to help them rebuild. >>> good morning. northbound 101 in san jose that traffic is getting a little busier on the way up to the valley. we'll tell you more about the morning commute. look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >>> good morning to you. welcome back. quick look at some of the top stories we're following for you right now at 6:45. a 2-year-old girl now safe after a frightening kidnapping ordeal in vallejo. investigators say a gunman ordered a man out of his car then took off with his daughter in the backseat. police found that

where what the report contained -- san bruno site with what the report contained. >> reporter: san brunoill describes the report. >> it's a scathing report. it's scathing against pg & e, in the manner in which they do business, the matter how they do business, in everything. >> reporter: the report looks that pg & e understands what their dangers are and how they handle them. and also hire management, personal, and procedures. all gas system records must be placed into a data base for emergency and future system expansion. >> it's clear we acknowledged that we have a lot of work to do to improve our operations and our culture. and we are committed to doing whatever it takes to bring our operations up to industry leading levels. >> the public utilities commission is also roundly criticized. >> it shows there's a culture of complacency. and that culture of complacency has allowed what we've seen with the pg & e. >> reporter: and it should hire independent experts to help it oversea the current pipe system. >> i think over the course of this summer you will see the commissioners actually ad

records show pg&e documented numerous welding failures on the gas line right next to the san bruno line. documents from as far back as 1963 to 2009 show a pattern of defective welds along the length of line 109, from mill peeds to san francisco. that runs along the san bruno pipeline, which ruptured on shoddy welding last september, killing eight and incinerating an entire neighborhood. it appears pg&e stuck with a method designed to check for corrosion and not poor welds. pg&e says they are addressing the problems and plans to replace much of line 109 by 2014. >>> fast food restaurants are using technology developed for hospitals to give consumers exactly what they want at least when it comes to soft drinks. the new dispensers are a hit, at least with some folks. >> reporter: it's the free style. a surprisingly small dispenser developed by coca-cola, offering a big selection. 125 flavors. >> i was wowed. i was wowed. >> reporter: it's been inside this burger king restaurant in the green haven area now for two months. the manager says -- >> it's been awesome. >> reporter: he says it tak

will visit the seen in san bruno where the pipeline exploded. i'm amy hollyfield, i'll have that story coming up. >> kristen: also what is making the buses a little safer. >> and wrinkles may be more than >> and wrinkles may be more than skin deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee go! go!

>>> new details in the san bruno pipeline explosion. what safety officials say happened years before the pipe exploded. >> reporter: a proposal by steve jobs at a new facility in cupertino. we'll tell you 80 mayor is already saying it's a done deal. >>> and a decision is reached whether to charge a teen suspect as an adult for a spotting that killed a -- shooting that killed a 3-month- old infant. those stories and more on the news at noon. >>> good afternoon. we begin with developing news concerning the san bruno pipeline explosion. about two hours ago, a top safety official announced that the pipeline that exploded in september sprang a gas leak in a nearby spot years before the deadly blast. but as ktvu's jade hernandez explains live from san bruno, pg&e only disclosed that information a few weeks ago. jade? >> reporter: well, that's absolutely right. this press conference just wrapped up. we're learning that pg&e did not disclose this information about the leak until just a few weeks ago. we're standing right where the ntsb chairwom

while that might seem like a very obvious thing to do, unfortunately that is not what happened in san bruno back in september. live in san francisco, traci grant, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. now, it's not unusual for police to provide us with video of a suspect they're looking for so we can show it to you, and we're going to do that in just a moment, but what makes this story so different is that the video was caught not by surveillance cameras, but by the victim herself on her phone. >> can you please leave? >> why? >> how did you get in here? >> the remarkably calm 28-year-old victim caught this victim of the suspect as he raced off with electronics from her home. police say the man broke into the home and sexually assaulted the woman. she suffered minor injuries. police say the man is in his early 40s, about 5'9" with a thin build. if you have information, you're asked to call the oakland police department. >>> a developing story out of new york tonight where there's a new added twist to the online sex scandal involving anthony weiner, sources now confirm to nbc news that

we tried it with the san bruno jail. i think there is a question in front of us. how do we approach that? do we try a general obligation bonds? do we move forward given the timeline to get out of the hall of justice? right now, the capital plan -- we're moving forward with c.o.p.'s. it is a policy question that will have to be closed in the very near future it would be a significant gao bond and a significant debt service payments that would impact us. supervisor farrell: in terms of the hall of justice, just as an example -- we do not want to upgrade the facility randomly. there are reasons why we want to do that. maybe we could articulate that a little bit more. we're going to wrap up. obviously when voters say, we have non-voters approved debt. i thought they would actually understand that. after voters rejected a bond measure, i think there is even more scrutiny. i think what is left in the dust -- the reasons. i went to give you an opportunity to talk specifically about this. there are real, substantial reasons about it. >> absolutely. as i said, it has been

in san bruno. federal safety o >>> good afternoon, i'm sydnie kohara. >> hi, everybody. frank mallicoat. a history of trouble in san bruno. >> federal safety officials reveal today that the pipeline that exploded sprang a leak years before. anne makovec is in san bruno, where we are just now hearing from the head of the national transportation safety board. anne? >> reporter: she says this is the kind of information she would have expected to hear months ago. pg&e just revealed a few weeks ago that the pipeline in this same area sprang a leak back in 1988. they only told investigators about this a few weeks ago. the chair of the national transportation safety board, deborah hersman, and congresswoman jackie speier were touring the site of the blast just within the past hour in part to announce some new safety recommendations. hersman also talked about pg&e's faulty recordkeeping and says the leak revelation shows just how inadequate it is and that the nation has a lot to learn from what happened here. >> no need to tell you anything about the tragedy that occurred here i

so badly it was off duty workers who rushed back to san bruno to shut off the pipeline. report also found the ruptured pipeline was installed over a ravine. we now know there is suer construction around the inspection in 2008. but that work was not supervised by pg and e says congresswoman jackie speier. she says because of a failure to manage, pg and e is more at fault today than it was yesterday based on the findings of this panel of experts. but pg and e says no links have been made. >> the ntsb will decide in its final report whether that had any -- >> assemblyman jerry hill says fault lies with the very group that commissioned the report. the puc. >> they have allowed pg and e to prioritize profits over safety. that came out in the report as well. >> the puc's president once headed southern california edison and the corporate council u once head of the legal department. so he introduced legislation for a comprehensive pipeline reform. >> 43% of their time is spent in mobile home parks inspecting propane systems, versus the thousand miles of gas transmission lines, t

>>> incompetence at every level. 200 pages of mistakes in the san bruno explosion. 'll give you the new details about just how much pg&e dropped the ball. >>> two san francisco firefighters who died in the line of duty will be laid to rest today. we'll have a preview of the three-hour mass coming up. >>> and a violent mob of more than 100 people in downtown san jose sent three people to the hospital with stab wounds. i'm kiet do with a live report coming up. >>> and fearing for their lives, sarah shourd speaks out about the treatment of two cal grads in prison in iran. the shocking claims of abuse when we come back. ,,,, [ male announcer ] this is james. the morning after the big move starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now... and maybe up to 4 in a day. or, choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. smart move. ♪ [ male announcer ] know the feeling? try acuvue® oasys brand contact lenses with hydraclear® plus for exceptional comfort. it feels like it disappeared on my eye! [ male announcer ] discover why it's the brand eye doctors trust most for

in the meantime, some of the victims in the san bruno gas explosion are being victimized again. this time it's by a contractor who left them high and dry. the contractor, it turns out, is going out of business. nbc bay area's ellise kirchner has more on this. >> reporter: for at least five homeowners it's more money and team lost trying to get back into their homes. you take a look here behind me. you can see this is one of the homes where construction is literally at a stand still after the contractor working on the damaged home shut down operations. >> this orange ball came as high as the one story house is -- two-story house. it was up over the roof. >> reporter: almost neen months after a deadly pipeline explosion levelled pat gillan's san bruno neighborhood, she still has nightmares. >> reporter: now another living nightmare for pat and her neighbors. >> irene around the corner here is stopped now with her house, and it's only half finished. >> reporter: she says half finished homes are getting abandoned by vanderbilt construction. the reason? the general contractor has rep

. >>> and the head of the national transportation safety board will tour the site of the san bruno pipeline explosion today. deborah hersman along with a representative, jackie speier, will meet with pg&e officials, local authorities and some of the victims of that deadly explosion. hersman will also give an update on the investigation. the blast killed eight and destroyed 38 homes last september. >>> traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ♪ toothbrush, just in case: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. ♪ first date finest: $33. ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard paypass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. who made an unexpected arrival. [ woman ] he was 4 months early, weighing 1 pound, 12 ounces.

. ♪ >>> yet another setback for residents living in san bruno, coming up in a live report, why some familiestill cannot rebuild after that devastating blast here last fall. >>> and it's just not right. check it out. snow and rain in june? when the next storm is heading in. that's coming up next. >>> also history being made in the south bay as two notable bodies of water are rejoined for the first time in nearly a century. the bay area news at 4:00 starts right now. >>> and happening right now, the prime suspect in the beating of giants fan bryan stow says he's not guilty and he can prove it. good evening, i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. this is a special edition, we're on at 4:00 tonight because of the stanley cup finals. we begin with new developments, a man held in connection with the brutal beating of giants fan bryan stow claims he's not the one. today giovanni ramirez took a polygraph test to prove it. this is video just in, it shows ramirez being walked into police headquarters in los angeles to take the exam. his attorneys say ramirez has an alibi for the night of march 31

so badly it was off-duty workers who rushed back to san bruno to shut off the pipeline. the report also found the ruptured pipeline was installed over a ravine. we now know there was sewer construction around the failed pipeline section in 2008. but that work was not supervised by pg&e says congresswoman jackie spear. she said pg&e is more at fault today than they were yesterday based on the findings of this panel of experts. but pg&e says no links have been made. >> the ntsb will ultimately decide in its final report whether that work had any relevance to the tragedy itself. >> reporter: assemblyman jerry hill says fault lies with the very group that commissioned the independent report the p.u.c. >> they allowed pg&e to prioritize profits over safety. that came out today as well. >> reporter: once heading edison and the corporate council once headed the legal department of pg&e. so he is introduced legislation for comprehensive pipeline reform. >> when they had 43% of their inspection time spent in mobile home parks inspecting propane systems versus the thousand miles o

we called san bruno's mayor.e's disappointed because it what's not been a month -- because it has not been a month since the groundbreaking construction. he said the city can't endorse any contractors but it did compile a new list of contractors for residents. the bottom line, he says, pg&e will have to make good on their initial suggestion. >> we don't want any bumps in the road. hopefully, this will just an small one. pg&e assured us from the very first day that they would make the city hole in this situation as well as the residents. we expect them to hold their feet to the ground on this one. >> reporter: we spoke with a pg&e spokeswoman by phone this morning. she said pg&e is aware of the problem and will work with owners. a few neighbors say they've dealt with this construction company and fired them but they didn't want to comment on camera. we learned that the residents, many of them, clerked in with the better business bureau and the licensing board before signing on with vanderbilt. so they are very dis

how the debate over 4th of july fireworks is making some san bruno neighbors uneasy. >> it's not the house warming facebook had in mind. why thieves are already targeting the company's brand- new digs. that and more coming up. ,,,,,,,, i tell ya, i work a long day, every day. i hang my head out the window. oh man, we're delivering everything you can think of: plywood, cement. i, i enjoy the breeze on my tongue. well uh, and every weekend, seems like we're headin' down to the lake. we're pullin' a boat or somethin'. i don't know why. i just do. it's not a problem. i don't mind as long as we always stop at chevron and get that techron stuff. my ears flop around too. check it out. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. it's hard work; i need a nap. >>> good morning. here's live look in san jose. 101 traffic near the mckee admit. looks great on this -- uhm.... -- thursday morning commute. more traffic in a little bit. back to you. >> it's still early. >>> survivors of the san bruno blast want to mark independence day without f

take vo ---hoy en san bruno, deborah hersman, la titular de la junta nacional de seguridad en el transporte, realiz un recorrido en donde ocurri la explosin, ----y dijo que pg & e reconoci hace unos dias, que ya habia previamente reparado una ruptura a la tubera que exploto el aÑo pasado... ---la reparacin se hizo hace 23 aÑos a unas 9 millas al sur de donde ocurrio el estallido... topvo ---en otra informacin... ---una persona muri esta tarde luego de ser atropellada por un tren de la agencia "caltrain" ... ---el percance ocurri poco despus del mediodia en el cruce de la avenida peninsula en la ciudad de burlingame... ---el accidente, que caus retrasos de hasta hora y media, continua bajo investigacin... ---la

. >> first time a team of experts announces the likely cause of the san bruno pipeline explosion. the san bruno pipeline explosion. >>> 7 news begins in 60 sesesese >> somber night san francisco st. mary's cathedral where hundreds of people came together to remember 2 firefighters. they died last week battling a house fire in the city diamond heights neighborhood. they are firefighters paramedic anthony and lieutenant vincent perez. lillian joins us now from st. mary's cathedral. lillian? >>reporter: hundreds showed up here at st. mary's a cathedral for tonight's vigil. a joint service which will also be the case for tomorrow's funeral. it was a somber moment in front of st. mary's cathedral. bodies of lieutenant perez and firefighters paramedic anthony arrived late this afternoon. and standing in tribute were the fellow firefighters of the san francisco fire department. ♪ by evening hundreds gather than the cathedral for vigil in their honest. they died of injuries suffered while battling a house fire in diamond heights last thursday. becoming the city first firefighters to die i

of the san bruno blast want to keep fireworks out of their neighborhood. >>> 6:11. it doesn't matter if they're legal. survivors of the san bruno blast want to keep fireworks out of their neighborhood. they are upset that san bruno is one of 12 bay area cities which allows the sale of fireworks. a lot of charities and groups depend on the sales of fireworks. last year a blast destroyed dozens of homes in san bruno and residents are wary of anything that can spark a flame. >> i'm hoping people respect the situation and not come to our neighborhood. and even though those people that live here -- i hope that they will not set off fireworks, legal or illegal. >> city leaders promise neighbors that there will be extra fire and police patrols over the holiday weekend in order to reduce the fire danger crews have cut down overgrown grass and weeds where homes once stood. >> that yellow stickers that let hybrids use the carpool lanes, today's the last day to use them. some 85,000 hybrid drivers have been using those stickers to ride in the fast lane. well, they had the righ

>>> a major development out of san bruno this morning, chairman of n.t.s.b. reveals the same gas line that exploded last year had a prior leak that pg&e never reported recently. she is visiting with new safety investigation. >> that a few other revelations and she is making a few recommendations, one of those is that pg&e require its technicians to immediately alert 911 when there is possibly investigating a pipeline rupture. at the time 911 operators didn't know until about 16 minutes in that it could possibly be a pipeline and that pg&e was looking into it. also the recommendations and she is here to listen. she met with some survivors. some of them say they are little frustrated and losing a little patience because it is taking so long. >> taking a while to hatch it, so to speak. hopefully they'll come out with something. in the meantime, we're moving on trying on rebuild. >> they are really trying to do everything they can to get all of this settled. >> n.t.s.b. chairwoman met with survivors met with survivors since the pipeline explosion nine months ago.

tied to the pipeline explosion in san bruno.de hernandez tells us that the issue involves a contractor doing business in the disaster zone. jade. >> reporter: a couple of san bruno families are wondering what their next step is. according to the mercury news, one family in particular used to call this house their home. and now they're wondering what to do next because the contractor that pg&e connected them to is going belly up. take a look at this. this is the home here along fairmont drive. at least five families received an e-mail friday from vanderbilt construction. the construction company explained it was closing until june 6th to reshuffle resources and determine whether they needed to close its doors for good. it was pg&e who first provided a list of general contractors to families needing to rebuild. vanderbilt contractors was on that list. now pg&e has said it will work with owners on a case by case basis. we hope to hear back from pg&e to find out what families should do next and what this family in particular who use

>>> a major development out of san bruno this morning, chairman of n.t.s.b. reveals the same gas line that exploded last year had a prior leak that pg&e never reported recently. she is visiting with new safety investigation. >> that a few other revelations and she is making a few recommendations, one of those is that pg&e require its technicians to immediately alert 911 when there is possibly investigating a pipeline rupture. at the time 911 operators didn't know until about 16 minutes in that it could possibly be a pipeline and that pg&e was looking into it. also the recommendations and she is here to listen. she met with some survivors. some of them say they are little frustrated and losing a little patience because it is taking so long. >> taking a while to hatch it, so to speak. hopefully they'll come out with something. in the meantime, we're moving on trying on rebuild. >> they are really trying to do everything they can to get all of this settled. >> n.t.s.b. chairwoman met with survivors met with survivors since the pipeline explosion nine months ago.

that blast in san bruno killed eight people and leveled 38 homes. >>> san jose firefighters were put to the test after two fires started within minutes of each other. a house fire was started around 6:45 last night. ten minutes later they were called to a grass fire near highway 101. now the department reportedly had to shuffle resources to make sure the city was covered while crews put out both of those fires. >>> starting july 1st, it will cost more to park at city owned parking garages. the city will charge a $5 flat rate to park at three downtown garages on saturday. second and san carlos. third and santa clara. the evening rate will go up to $5 expect at the market garage where there will is a major event at hp pavilion. they also approved several budget cuts. they approved 10% cut in pay for police. it's also laying off 100 police officers and hundreds of other city workers. and hours will be cut at libraries and city communities as well. san jose has cut its budget by $300 million this year. >>> 4:37s is time. let's check in with sal. >> traffic is doing pretty well around the

. >>> ahead -- another embarrassing admission from pg&e after the san bruno pipeline disaster. why the family of a missing woman has hired private investigations. and it looks like things are cooling off. >> reporter: the president gives a prime time speech tonight on afghanistan and some in the own -- in his own party may not be happy about it. i'm doug luzader. i will tell you why -- coming up. >>> breaking news. a massive fire burning right now in georgia. clayton burning. it's burning between two commercial buildings. some construction materials are on fire. a warehouse fire is sending thick, dark smoke over clayton county georgia today. the fire apparently started in an outdoor storage area just a couple of hours ago. a newschopper that we're looking at shows some pretty intense flames behind the billing. firefighters -- building. firefighters dousing the is fire from above. these are live pictures that we're getting from georgia, where a fire is burning at a warehouse. >>> the family of michelle le is now working with a private investigator in their search for the missing

. >>> pg&e issued public apology for the san bruno explosion last fall. it says there are no excuses when it comes to safety. pg&e is saying it can not meet a june 20 deadline for documenting the welds in underground gas pipelines. the records are located in local offices all around the state. they may not be able to find them all until the end of next year. >>> 5:06. a group of oakland residents is asking everyone to join them for an unusual rundraiser tonight. it's actually held to protest the possible closure of 14 branchs of the oakland library. organizers say the demonstrators will gather at 7:00 p.m. on 20th and broadway wearing black and carrying library books, a mock funeral if you will. oakland mayor kwon proposed cutting libraries to balance the budget. if approved, the group says as many as 92 jobs could be cut as well. >> measure to ban california restaurants using foam containers for take-out food in the next five years is heading to the state assembly after passing the state senate yesterday. advocates say it would help protect the environme

. >> new attention the san bruno pipeline es explosion is getting from washington, d.c. >> and a bay area city puts cameras on the crime watch. >> a new meaning for neighborhoods. >> eric: 4:42 on the morning news. a steady stream of red lights heading across the bay bridge westbound into san francisco. no problems record there. we are in for a warmup today. mike says compared to what we've been going through, it's going to see like a heated-up and more on traffic. >> residents may smell natural gas as pg&e cruise test gas lines. they will working along kessler avenue and antoine lane. they have explained the state ordered safety tests and the head of n.t.s.b. is scheduled to visit the site of san bruno explosion and the chair will tour the area with congresswoman jackie speier and meet with pg&e officials. north-northeast sb investigators are looking to what caused the pipeline explode last september. the final report is expected out later this year. >> eric: criminals in vallejo have another set of eyes watching them. they are turning to the next generation of crime cameras in hope

the pipeline in san bruno only had a manual shut off valve.s where a pipeline crosses an earthquake solved and populated communities would require the new valve. the bill now moves to the state assembly. full page adds with an apology from pg & e began running today in california newspapers. the apology will appear in 24 daily newspapers and 21 weeklies. a company spokesman said the letter is not only the company saying it's sorry but a way of acknowledging it needs to regain the public's trust. >>> and outside right now in oakland it's mostly clear, 55, 54 in san francisco. clouds increedsing tonight, overnight lows will be cool this time of year mid-40s. clouds increasing. we have wet weather coming our way. looks like we're going to see wet weather as early as tomorrow. here's the computer model for tomorrow. tomorrow morning, it's cloudy. drizzles up north. here we are 10:00 a.m., that's drizzle but it's showing up. that's mid-morning. then you get into noon and it's raining. not a heavy rain but it's just kind of that friday ucky rain. th

the san bruno disaster is an example of a major catastrophe putting home insurance to the test.immy points towards the inyi center of the gas explosion and fire. this is just down street from her home. >> there was no floor under us. it's was jumping and back and forth. >> nine months later the brick that crumbled off the front of the home has been replaced. the chimney, fireplace and shattered tiles have been repaired. cracks on the walls have been matched up. and state farm paid for the work, except when one expensive one. >> the roof has been replaced but the insurance company refused to pay for the roof. >> tammy sent us two reports from contractors, recommending the roof be replaced. one report stated majority damage was southeast, facing the site of the explosion. others stated the cause of the newly displaced shake may have been a wind gust, a blast or major foot traffic. state farm used the analogy of someone get into a fender bebd kbrernd to explain the position. >> the car is 20 years old. the vehicle could use a paint job. well, the insurance company is not going to r

the pipeline in san bruno only had a manual shut off valve.areas where a pipeline crosses an earthquake solved and populated communities would require the new valve. the bill now moves to the state assembly. full page adds with an apology from pg & e began running today in california newspapers. the apology will appear in 24 daily newspapers and 21 weeklies. a company spokesman said the letter is not only the company saying it's sorry but a way of acknowledging it needs to regain the public's trust. >>> and outside right now in oakland it's mostly clear, 55, 54 in san francisco. clouds increedsing tonight, overnight lows will be cool this time of year mid-40s. clouds increasing. we have wet weather coming our way. looks like we're going to see wet weather as early as tomorrow. here's the computer model for tomorrow. tomorrow morning, it's cloudy. drizzles up north. here we are 10:00 a.m., that's drizzle but it's showing up. that's mid-morning. then you get into noon and it's raining. not a heavy rain but it's just kind of that friday ucky rain

jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> pg&e is reducing the pressure in a pipeline just north of san bruno after problems were found during a video inspection. the pipeline runs between ser a boulevard and hillside boulevard in south san francisco. pg&e says a video inspection showed minor dents and welding problems. now, outside experts will be brought in to conduct even more inspections on that pipeline. >>> in the meantime new reports this morning that the man appointed by the state to investigate the san bruno explosion is changing his mind on the cause of that pipeline explosion. in his original report he said that vibrations from a 2008sewer project weakened the pipeline. now he says changes in gas line pressure over the years caused the problem. >>> time now 5:05. president obama holds a white house news conference in just a couple of hours. his first news conference since march. coming up at 5:15 we'll bring you a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom on what the president is expected to talk about this morning. >>> meantime alameda county judge thompson has received a very

. >>> pg&e will reduce the pressure in a pipeline just north of san bruno after problems were found during a video inspection. now the pipeline runs between ser are boulevard and hillside boulevard in south san francisco. pg&e says a video inspection showed minor dents and welding problems. now outside experts will be brought in to conduct even more inspections on the pipeline. >>> we're now hearing that the man appointed by the state to investigate the san bruno explosion is changing his mind on what caused that disaster. in his original report he said vibrations from a 2008 sewer project weakened the pipeline. now he says changes in gas line pressure over the years is what caused the damage. he says the pressure change wore away at the welding causing the pipe to rupture. >>> time now 6:05. president obama will hold a white house news conference in just a couple of hours from right now. his first news conference since march. coming up for you at 6:15 we'll bring you a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom on what the president is expected to talk about this morning. >>> well, ala

let's head to san bruno. reports of an accident southbound 101 especially on the san bruno avenue off-ramp. again, this is our third accident in that same area this morning so take it easy through there. if you are heading to the airport it's not causing much of a backup as you will see activity for chp and no word yet if there are any injuries. but again a little sluggish through the area. mass transit you can always use bart to get to sfo. bart, ace, muni metro and caltrain all problem-free. roadwork eastbound 237 ramp to south 880 that will be shut down until 7:00 this morning. do plan for that. the flip side look good. westbound 237 at 880 no problems there. we'll check 101 in the south bay next. right now back to you. >>> thank you. in just a couple of hours bryan stow's alleged attacker will have a parole hearing. giovanni ramirez is in jail on a parole violation. he has not been charged with stow's beating. l.a. police have questioned ramirez's 10-year-old daughter. he says he was babysitting her at ho

. >>> investigators may be getting closer to pinpointing the exact cause of the san bruno pipeline explosion. the repair work near the site that may have contributed to the blast. >> oh my god he just fired. he just fired. >> shots fired. >> a frantic 911 call about a shooting at a bay area sporting good store. >>> good morning, onth east shore freeway traffic does move well. it looks like i see police lights there. >>> good morning, more low clouds fog actually a stronger sea breeze this morning. we warmed up a little bit yesterday. we will cool it down. still some 80s and pretty far inland. >>> fire crews in arizona are getting some help as winds weaken on the fire lines. the second largest wild fire in state history is 5% contained. the flames have burned more than 600 square miles and destroyed more than 20 homes. hundreds of homes are still threatened but we hear that if the light winds continue, hundreds of people that have been evacuated may be able to return home tomorrow. >>> back here in the bay area this morning a group of activists will announce their plans for responding to the

ben is reminding me he was part of the conversation on san bruno, and i think that is something we can probably do better. it is also a complicated message when you're talking about communication about a bond measure that most people are not spending a significant amount of time on. " we've tried to do as part of the capital plan is to do a better job -- what we have tried to do as part of a capital plan is to do a better job communicating, to look at the capital plan, to be more up front about some of the analysis about the trade-offs, what the costs are through her a gao bond, what the costs are if we do nothing. i take your point. we could do a better job in this case is about been very explicit what the trade-offs are for gao bonds versus c.o.p. >> on this question, the case study of the jail going forward, i think it might be the case of the jail -- the san bruno jail, where at the jail provided frankly unconstitutional living conditions for inmates. so, we had a federal order pending against the city. we were near receivership, frankly, on this question. we went to the voters wit

san bruno residents and victims could finally have answers. >> what we're concerned about is the process that prevented them from providing this information. >> reporter: pg&e spokesman says there was nothing deliberate about the slow pace. as soon as employees discovered the document they turned it over to the ntsb but it took months to find it. >> our records should not be in the state they are in right now. it shouldn't take a tragedy to repair that. that is what we are doing now. >> reporter: now that pg&e spokesman told us he would have to check the records to find out exactly what happened on the night of the fire. but it is well established it took about 16 minutes for pg&e to inform ntsb. >>> gone without a trace, a man was found on the uc santa cruz campus. the victim of a hit-and-run. the chp says the man was riding a bicycle on heller drive, a main route for students entering and leaving the campus. police say his identification says he lives in santa cruz. officers say from paint chips at the scene they believe the cyclist was hit by a maroon nissan. >>> oakland police hope a

prosecutors are trying him as an adult. >> kristen: contractor who replaced a sewer pipe in san brunothat his company had anything to do with the blast. a report ground shaking from the construction work could have caused stress that further weakened faulty welds in the pipe. it was done 16 months before the deadly blast. report says that a constituent surge triggered the explosion and fire. they criticized pg&e's role in inspecting the work. a pg&e representative wasn't on hand to supervise the work to determine the final cause still rests with the ntsb. it's report is expected this fall. >>> mike warns us there could be fluctuations in the temperatures this week. we're fluctuating. >> seems that way because it's happening right now. >> just a couple of degrees, it will be barely noticeable but temperatures will drop a little bit because the marine layer was a little more stout. you can see the low expensing through oregon. what it has done has made the sea breeze a little stronger and retreat back to the coast a little longer. you lose about two or three degrees. we do have some fog