owns a home in san bruno.ity officials say the homeowners in the glenview neighborhood each received $10,000 from pg&e even if their home was unaffected. but it should be noted, dozens g we're back in a moment. >>> this is skyline college in san bruno. a remembrance ceremony will start in about an hour. many of the neighbors, first responders, and city leaders are here for what will undoubtedly be an emotional reunion. people we've talked to say it will be good to see familiar faces, and some of these people haven't seen each mother about a year. this community went through a terrible tragedy, but tonight's ceremony gives them a chance to heal just a little bit and to come together. we invite you to stay with us for continuing coverage. we'll have a live report on this memorial in just a few minutes from now on our 5:00 newscast. >>> and tonight at 6:00, remembering the victims of september 11. as we approach the 10th anniversary, we will have many bay area stories coming from new york where our own jessica ag

there's little doubt it will make a comeback in due time. >> i think san bruno will be stronger than e can recall this time last year many of the san francisco giants were affected. pablo sandoval and andres torres were san bruno residents and dusty baker still owns a home there. dozens of the san bruno residents are planning on suing pg&e for negligence. our coverage continues later tonight on our 11:00 news cast and online, nbcbayarea.com. >>> now to business news. "the l.a. times" reports that bank of america is planning to cut 40,000 jobs nationwide and it will hit california hard. the country's largest bank is preparing to slash consumer banking operations, taking a heavy toll on branches, loan centers and other offices throughout california. they have 45,000 employees in the state. about 1 in 6 of its nearly 300,000 person workforce is in california. the cuts are expected to happen over the next several years. >>> president obama promised to sell his $450 billion jobs plan to the american public and started today in richmond, virginia. this trip is part of a months long sales jo

abc 7 reports from san bruno.later the site is still an open wound at the intersection of earl avenue and glen view drive. surveillance video captured first blast of debris, then flames from a giant blow torch. and fed by natural gas rushing true through the ruptured pipe. and eight people died, 50 injured and 38 homes, destroyed, 70 badly damaged. national transportation safety board took a year to conclude it was pg&e's fault with lax regular hateors playing a role. >> it's incomp hence dwroibl me how a utility that have size could have been run so ineptly. >> and what is our level of confidence that going forward it will not continue to be run so ineptly? i think the regulator got the message. i think that the cpuc will recognize not only with flat footed waits conned. >> san bruno was a game changer for us in the minute it happened and we have not rested one day in improving what we do. >> pg&e does d.not make anyone available for the one-year anniversary but talked to reporters after the final report. >> what

we're talking about san bruno.we speak, as we started this newscast, the memorial and remembrance and really an evening of reflection at skyline college in san bruno for those explosion victims and also the community there. you see now the podium and program is under way. just a couple of minutes ago there was also a very significant bell ringing. >> for jessica morales. and for elizabeth torres. >> that is a bell ringing for each of the eight victims who died in last year's san bruno fire and explosion. back in a moment. la >>> michelle le vanished more than three months ago. today the woman who police say is responsible for murdering the young nursing student faced a judge for the first time. nbc bay area's traci grant brings us the latest on this case that's already full of twists and turns. >> reporter: clad in a red prison jumpsuit alameda county deputies escorted pregnant 27-year-old giselle esteban into a hayward courtroom. he was 26-year-old michelle le's high school classmate and now arraigned in connectio

. >> el aniversario de la explocion en san bruno, mucha nostalgia y los detalles de la ceremonia. >> fabiola según el alcalde se ha hablado de las tuberias de gas el día de hoy fue para las víctima de esta tragedia . >> (♪ ♪ ). >> así empezo la ceremonia solemne para las víctima de san bruno las heridas aun no sanan , john estaba en casa con su novia. >> no sabía que san bruno era tgan grande su novia es una de las personas que murieron. >> la verdad es difícil es como se fuera ayer . >> dspues de 1 minuto de silencio las familias tocaron esta campana para recordarlos. >> es necesario recordarlos. >> irma salió de su casa ese dia día: la verdad es que estamos traumados estamos pendientes a ver que nos dicen de la casa . >> durante la ceremonia se soltaron unas palomas blancas en recuerdo de las víctima, este sábado tienen preparado una celebración para celebrar la vida. >> a un año de distancia de la tragedia la molestia sigue en las personas, protestaron en frente de la compañía de gas. >> protestaron en donde la compañía tiene las oficinas, a un año de la explosión en san bruno en

tomas ramon reports from san bruno. >> it was almost a year ago that the gas pipeline under the san bruno neighborhood exploded destroying 38 homes. the effects on many of the residents is not as noticeable but just as traumatic. >> because of it we lost 8 people here in san bruno, friends, relatives, family members, destroyed a whole neighborhood and traumatized a city forever. >> the mayor is hoping that the california senate will pass ab-56 introduced last year. it would require pg&e to comply with safety requirements for all the pipelines. >> remote controlled shutoff valves. in-line testing. >> it took pg&e 95 minutes to close the valve to the blazing pipeline. a person that lives near the pipeline lost neighbors near the blast. he wonders why pg&e would have to be forced to put in the valves. >> it would have saved 90 minutes and saved hundreds of millions of dollars not to mention lives. >> they say it's essential. they call the compliance of regulations a litany of failures. he only has to look at a gas fire last week to show how badly regulations are needed. >> it's another examp

the pipeline explosion in san bruno. today, marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly blast.hange has been the . >>> for people who lived it, they will nevertheless forget it. today marking the one-year anniversary of the deadly blast. since then a push for change has been the theme among neighbors and lawmakers statewide. joining us in studio is leelandel -- is leland yee. you were there. this is partful your district. what do you remember? what was it like? > i was on the freeway going home and mile staff calledelelelelelelelelelel alabama alabama alabama alabama >> well i will got to san bruno, there were a lotful volunteers and the major thing i will herald and crimeles about is what happened, what was going on and that was unfortunately noble newly. elelelelel newly. alabama alabama the time: 6-- the president's plan to put americans back to work. how it could mean some extra cash.. even if you have a job. and solyndra.. raided by the fbi. how lawmakers are now stepping in. weather ad libs here's a check on some of today's top stories...,, [ female announcer ] every box

we will also hear from the mayor of san bruno and a pastor. and then members who have lost someone will ring a fire bell also to pay tribute to those that they lost. and finally, the ceremony will end with the release of doves. reporting live from san bruno, mary avenue favaro, nbc bay area news. >> we'll see you later in this hour. >>> on this painful anniversary, protesters gathered at pg&e headquarters in san francisco. pg&e has been placemented in large part for the disaster. there was a small turnout, but a strong message. protesters want pg&e to be accountable for what they call the company's negligence related to the explosion. terry bomb, running for san francisco mayor, organized the protests and had biting comments for the utility company. >> i mean, would it be fair to call this murder? >> yes. yes. yes. when you are in charge of maintaining gas lines and you don't bother to do it, yes, i think it's murder. >> bomb also claims pg&e focused its time and money on a p.r. campaign and not on their faulty pipelines. here's a look at what

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. >>> one year after the deadly san bruno blast, the emotional scars of the victims and where the rebuilding stands now. >>> we are starting out with clouds and drizzle around much of the bay area right now. what does it mean for friday and the weekend? we'll talk about that coming up. >>> and some overnight roadwork in hayward if you are heading towards the san mateo bridge should be wrapping up shortly. we'll have all of your friday morning commute hot spots coming right up. >>> all right, guys. thanks much. >>> good morning. it's friday, september 9. you made it to the weekend almost, i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. 5:00 now. >>> this morning, u.s. counter- terrorism officials are chasing an unconfirmed al qaeda threat timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >> and here's a live look now at ground zero site of the world trade center attacks in manhattan. the threat is considered credible but unconfirmed and it involves two cities, both new york and washington, d.c. now, the intelligence reportedly came late wednesday night. it indicated al qaeda planned to

in san bruno it took an hour and a half to turn the gas off.e leongd they couldn't get to them because it was so hot and flames were so intense. >>> the bill would also go after pg&e's bottom line. it would demand if a utility is punished for a safety violation and fined, the money to pay the penalty can't come from rate payers. instead it would have to come from shareholders. there a long list of requirements in the bill. mayor supports it and so do survivors of last year's explosion. they all would like to see it passed by this friday. friday, of course, is the one-year anniversary of the explosion. they will be holding a press conference this morning to make these demands. live in san bruno, amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news." >>> pg&e plans to start another gas line pressure test, state ordered tests have been taking place since last may. today it involves a section of pipe between palo alto and mountain view. it will be taken out of service, filled with water and monitored under pressure at a higher level than the pipe will ever operate with nat

our coverage of the san bruno coverage anniversary continues online. just go to nbcbayarea.com and search san bruno for a special page including enter views of survivors. >>> now we take a look at ground zero tonight as we approach the ten-year anniversary of the september 11 attacks. thousands of families, many from bay area, will go to manhattan to mark the milestone. new york city is on high alert after what's being called a credible terror threat. security that's already been stepped up is even tighter. let's bring in jessica aguirre who has been reporting from ground zero for the past couple of days. jessica, nice to see you. what's the mood there in new york city and with this credible threat? >> reporter: well, raj, i have to say that there is a marked difference tonight from what we saw last night in terms of security. i'm in lower manhattan. what you see behind me is the one trade tower, one world trade center. and next to that is the 9/11 memorial where those reflecting pools are. we are right next to the west side highway and i can tell you

. >> este viernes se cumple aniversario de la explosión de san bruno en donde murió mucha gente . >>capatadas hace un año, los momentos captados en video, san bruno estaba en los ojos del mundo, la vida de decena de personas cambio para siempre, las personas pensaban que era un terremoto, las llamas alcanzaban metros de altura, fue la explosión de un gaseoducto que causo muchos daños. >> habrá secuelas en las vidas de las personas, es comun que en los aniversarios, a las personas les afectara . >> después de un año muchos de los sobrevivientes han podido reestablacer sus vidas . >> es como cuando alguien se corta queda la cicatriz. >> dos eventos están programados habrá una ceremonia, este viernes y el domingo en el parque san bruno >> las autoridades dicen estar satisfechos por las responsabilidades que tuvo la compañía . >> los deudos de las víctima de lo ocurrido en san bruno los afectados presionaran a las autoridades para que sean protegidos, la fundación estará a cargo de una madre que perdió a su hija, visite la página web . >> un apagón dejo sin energía eléctrica a varias ciu

san bruno one year later. tonight friends and family gathered with other community members to remember the victims. and new at 11:00 watch your back next time you're in san francisco's mission district. details on a sharp rise in violent robberies. >> off the top tonight at 11:00 a developing weather situation. look at this video. dry lightning in the east bay lighting up the sky. this is video from castro valley. we are told that some high school football fields had to be cleared tonight because of the dangerous weather. the lightning is sparking several fires. these pictures were sent in by some of our viewers near mount diablo. a large fire is burning on the mountain. fire crews are on the scene. the two-alarm blaze has been contained, however fire crews are all over the bay area remaining on alert because of the dangerous fire conditions. joining us now on the phone is captain mary gutierrez from san jose fire who is assisting cal fire. we understand there have been a number of fires. can you give us the st

one-year anniversary of the deadly pipeline explosion and fire in san bruno is tomorrow. it's hard to believe it's been a year. and tonight state regulators letting pg&e know ming things are going to be different from now on. heather? >> pg&e will have to answer to the public and get permission from cpuc commissioners before restoring pressure on lines reduced after san bruno. the first hearing will be september 19th on pg&e's request to increase pressure on a main supply line from arizona to milpitas. right after the san bruno explosion, the cpuc ordered pg&e to reduce pressure in all lines similar to the one that ruptured. earlier this year, pg&e asked that the cpuc director alone grant permission to restore that pressure. today, the commission denied a request in favor of a public process. >> and the number of parties says wait a minute this, is high profile. people are concerned and we ought to have an open public process. >> there may not be a huge number of consumers showing up here to hear the details of what pg&e is doing. but in the end, what they want to know is

a pipeline failed causing a fire ball to engulf parts of san bruno. right now family, those who

. >> one year later, a community gathers to remember how the people of san bruno marked one year since the pipeline explosion. >>> days away from the 10th anniversary of national tragedy and what psychologists call an opportunity to heal. the lingering trauma from the september 11th attacks. >>> and it happened 21 million light years ago but we're just barely seeing it now. the light show spotted from berkeley. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm dana king. a rare weather event is happening. we have some thunder and lightning and reports of heavy rain. roberta's in the weather center. >> we've been talking about this since monday. the possibility of severe thunderstorms moving into the bay area, all associated with the tropical moisture. this is video sent to us by a viewer. let's go ahead and take a look at our live high-deaf doppler radar. when you see that blotch of green on your screen, that's light precipitation all the way to the east bay, and that's where we have that potential of fire-weather watch, of dry lightning occurring. in fact, we do have a couple of fires that ha

along the peninsula, it's warm. 88 san bruno. 88 in the city. widespread 60s and 70s for the -- for the coastline. your extended forecast, temperatures will remain on the warm side. in fact, it may be a little miserable for you if you police officer inland for the next couple of days. take a look at that a very slow and gradual dropoff. wednesday, thursday and then fall alives on -- arrives on friday. and then low 60s for the coastline, partly cloudy skies. temperatures sitting in the upper 70s, low and mid-80s for the inland areas. finally going to get a break but between now and then it will be warm on the coast and hot in the valley. >> another scorcher. but we kind of expect it at this time of year and then it will swing cooler during fall. >> yes. >> thank you. >>> probaseball is coming to -- pro baseball is coming to san francisco. last night, the council approved a minor league team to use the park. last night's council decision follows months of heated debate. supporters say minor league baseball would bring family- oriented fun to downt

the anniversary of the san bruno fire is today. yet there was another accident in cupertino just recently. >> there was. the pg&e story just continues. it doesn't seem to slow down. this afternoon, actually only about an hour ago, was the one-year anniversary and memorial service in san bruno with, you know, bagpiper playing "amazing grace" and a very moving ceremony and speech by the mayor. and, you know, we've come full circle. we're the national transportation safety board a couple weeks ago said that pg&e's line blew up in san bruno last september 9th because the welds in 1956 were done incorrectly, the company didn't have proper records and hadn't done the adequate testing to know what they had down there. just when it looked like that story was kind of being wrapped up and pg&e and state regulators were moving ahead with a lot of reforms and upgrades of the system, there was another explosion in cupertino last week at a condominium complex. 400 homes there. and this was not a large steel transmission line like the line in san

ktvu consumer editor tom vacar is live now in san bruno with the steps pg & e took today to ensure its pipes are safe, tom. >> reporter: i'm in san bruno and to prevent something like that happening here or a fire such as we had in cupertino last week, the pipe replacement program has been stepped up. it's a pain staking big money door to door effort to replace millions of the street mains and feeder lines throughout pg & e service area. >> cast iron pipes have a tendency of cracking during earthquakes. we have a goal of replacing 100 miles of old pipes. we're 90% complete. >> it's made my uncomfortable just the noise and construction. i can't help but think about the things that have happened in the past. >> reporter: but last week's fire added 1,200 more miles of

hear from the first firefighters responding to the san bruno pipeline explosion. and in the matter of amazon versus california, we have a deal. how you walk away the winner. sirens wailing tsunami warning sirens blared from pacifica to pescadero this morning it wasn't an emergency -- just a test of the new system of eight sirens. they are much louder than the old ones. san mateo county has been working to update the sirens for the past four years. in an actual emergency, the sirens will sound for several minutes. emergency preparedenss is on a lot of minds this week, as we approach the 10 year commemoration of september 11th. but how prepared are bay area first repsonders, for an event of that magnitude? elizabeth cook on why one expert says some of the problems that slowed rescuers on nine-eleven, still exist today. liz. scenes the first responders to the san bruno disaster witnessed as they made their way through a towering inferno. as we approach the one year anniversary of the blast -- the first firefighters on scene describe in vivid detail -- what happened w

, massive flames and smoke coming out of the san bruno area. >> patrol, this is engine 77.s there a large fire approximately at the redwood san carlos border, large must be 50-foot flames in the air. >> let's go to third alarm! we have multiple houses, we're trying to get close. we have possibly several blocks on fire at this time. >> get it in, keep going! >> i was just on fire immediately so i turned the other way and i started running up the hill. next thing i know, my feet, my shoes are melting. they are -- so i threw my shoes off and then i saw my neighbor across the street holding his two little babies in his hands and the back of his legs were completely burned up. people were just all -- just screaming, man. >> multiple structures on fire and we have a fireball still coming out. >> i have been in the service for 31 years, never seen anything like it. >> it was like they took a saturn 5 rocket and tipped it upside-down at the blastoff. this thing was blowing out like you wouldn't believe and i say probably 100-foot flame length. >> can we just do a fifth alarm here?

live in san bruno, a radical mark, >> . protesters also marked the one-year anniversary of the explosion. they gathered in front of pdt headquarters today. they say the utility was negligent in its responsibilities and they expressed fears >> my concern is these types are all over the state. we are all sitting around waiting for a repeat of what happened. if pg&e knows where they are but they are not telling us. >> activists were also protesting any efforts to make ratepayers pay for bringing pipelines up to date. we're taking a closer look at the government's investigation into the sand and a pipeline explosion. >> a former california berkeley students and the golfer was found in dead. now police are calling her death suspicious. police say a passer-by found the 21 year-old body in this parking lot in fremont this past monday night around 11:00 p.m.. this is where the barnes and noble was once located. an autopsy has been performed but police say it is inconclusive. they're calling her death inconclusive. her former teamma

that crater sits in the san bruno. marianne favro has more. >> reporter: the mayor of san bruno and other city officials will be among the first to shovel dirt to fill the crater caused by the explosion last year. that explosion killed eight people. for the neighborhood here, this is symbolic of closing a wound in the community. neighbors here lil' will be given the opportunity to shovel dirt in the hole. pg&e's contractor will fill the hole this afternoon as paving work and other sidewalk repairs should take about three weeks. neighbors here got a letter from pg&e, telling them to expect about three weeks of construction. this hole may get closed today but neighbors say they hope legislators will close the hole in loop holes in regulations so that a tragedy like this won't happen again. you are seeing people milling about. i saw a spokesperson from jackie spears' office, lots of neighbor whose lost their homes here and we also have the mayor of san bruno, who will be the first to shovel dirt into the crater. reporting

it did happen here in san bruno yon one year ago. assemblyman wants to hold pg&e more accountable than in the past. one part 69 bill is likely to be popular if the utility is fined for safety violations, the money can't come from rate payers, it has to come from shareholders. there is a long list of reimbursements in this bill. we'll let you the assemblyman tell but another one. >> we'll require to have an annual reviews with safety personnel, with the first responders so they know, in san bruno when the disaster occurs, the fire chief didn't even know the pipes were located there. didn't even know they were in the grouped. we want to see accountability and access and some coordination between the utilities and first responders. >> reporter: the mayor of san bruno says pipeline concerns are not just a local issue. when he was in washington, d.c. to hear the results of the federal investigation he says people kept coming up to him sharing their concerns and asking him questions. he is supporting the bill. he is hoping it will be passe

to restore pressure on a number of lines reduced after san bruno. and today's first public hearing was not about one of those lines but about a compressor station with feeder lines to the bay area. and in february there, was a pressure surge at that station, that compression station requiring a number of tests z now, pg&e wants to restore pressure. but instead of an internal process with a director granting that approval, pg&e had to go through a public hearing with a senior officer in charge of gas stand yairdz presenting evidence and answering questions. this new process was ordered by the cpuc after the san bruno explosion revealed numerous deficiencies in operations. today's hearing showed there were once again problems in the process with miscommunication about which tests could be done. commissioners now want to review the testimony and evidence. >> i would have much preferred that this first one come in squeaky clean with no wrinkles. and at this point, i'm subject to follow up and unreasonablely satisfied these were minor things the lines we

families prepare for several events that mark the one-year anniversary of the san bruno pipeline blast today. >> i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco, there was a bart protest at one station last night. vandalism at another and commuters say they are sick of all of this act vism. >> i'm live at stanford hospital. 20,000 patients had personal information posted online, how did it get there and why was it up for a year before anyone noticed? >> good morning. look at the clouds. it has quickly cleared, warmer temperatures this afternoon and update you on the thunderstorms and fire threat for the weekend. >>> good morning. sue hall. traffic center, got a live shot of 580 toward the maze. looking good. we'll have road closures this weekend around san francisco. >> okay. we got a little bit of fog. we'll talk to mike more. thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> bart riders especially those that use clipper cards may have trouble at san francisco's glen park station following a night of heavy vandalism. amy hollyfield is live at the glen bashing station. what kind

for the incident in san bruno, it was a huge issue.to get communication through. >> division chief noticed that one young firefighter had an ipad. that single device allowed fire command to get an overview of the situation and move units where they could do the most good. now, all of the chiefs carry them. >> yeah, they go through cell phones, text through here, e- mail. send information back and forth. >> the devices are equipped with wifi cards which allow first responders to watch local television coverage of an event. >> if you have this capability then, the capability of accessing our live pictures, would you have used them? >> absolutely. with this technology, we can tap into channel 5. tap into anybody that has a helicopter and get information real time and actually see what we were looking at earlier and the footage. >> i can feel the heat from the street here. >> a lot of people watch this fire when they watched our station. we had helicopter. we were the first one to get pictures of this. the chief told me that they used our

>> hablamos de la explosion de san bruno. muy cerca del epicentro de esta desgracia. gilberto. >> así es y parece increíble que pasó un año desde que pasó esa tragedia. aquel infierno en el cual las llamas deboraban a todo un vecindario. una tragedia recordada aquí en sn brun. esta esto para las personas afectadas por esta explosion. para celebrar lo que debastó a san bruno es muy corta. el programa iniciará con música de gaitas. después sonarán esta campana en honor de las 8 personas que perdieron la vida hace un año. la ceremonia cuenta con 600 sillas para conmemorar a quienes causó la explosión. se liberarán a 4 palomas. esta ceremonia esta por un comité de la explosión. tendrémos un reportaje. gilbrto león regrsamos. >> gracias buenas tardes. >> y a proposito un grupo de inconformes visita el lugar. >> (9 >> levantaron sus voces de protesta y el edificio de gas tiene sus oficinas en el centro de san francisco. esto se produce cuando gas explota. debido a este trágico capitulo. la junta encontró el mes pasado como única lamentable tragedia pero para muchos no es su

thomas reports from san bruno.er: it was almost a year agatha the gas pipeline under the san bruno neighborhood exploded destroying 30 homes. the scars still show in the neighbor. effects on many of the resident is not as anyable but just as traumatic. >> because of it we lost 8 people here in san brown o. friends. relatives. family members. destroyed whole neighborhood and traumatized a city forever. >>reporter: san bruno mayor is hoping that the california senate will pass ab 56 introducedless year by assembly man hill that would require pg&e to comply with several safety requirements for all its paper nrins california. >> it all has to be didn't. automatic and rae met control shut off valves. much better inspection procedures. inline testing. it's all there. >>reporter: pg&e 95 minutes find and cholesterol off the valve for the blazing pipeline. the person who live near the blast site lost neighbors to the blast. he wonders why pg&e has to be forced to install the valves. >> that would have saved 90 minutes. sav

signalling the start of a new chapter today, san bruno city leaders began to fill that hole. the hope is closing this crater will help lead to actual closure for the people of san bruno. everyone got the chance to put dirt into the hole themselves. >> this hole here has been just one of those things that's -- actually it's a scab. you keep picking every time you go by it. and it's time to fill the hole in and turn our streets back. >> reporter: this comes just two weeks after the anniversary of the explosion. the city kept the crater open for state and federal investigators, insurance companies and attorneys. with their work done, the city will now begin to pave the streets and build the sidewalks to reconnect the devastated glenview neighborhood. the mayor says it should be done in three weeks tops. >> people will be able to walk through and drive through as they kind of did before so i think will help to calm things down. >> reporter: plenty of work is being done on homes. other homes are in the middle of construction. pg&e says it will finish the crater-filling today. but

. >>> remembering the san bruno pipeline disaster. the events planned for today. the first anniversary of that explosion. >>> why stranded passengers at sfo had to reschedule flights this morning for southern california. >>> the east coast is on terror watch this morning. the credible threat against certain targets in two major cities. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. >>> well good morning, to you. welcome to friday, september 9th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. let's start with steve paulson and a look at weather. how does it look? >> a lot of fog out there right now. some of the fog has come a little bit lower and reduced visibility if you have clear skies that is a good thing. we will have warmer temperatures today. i want to show you the weekend. it does look like changes will be developing. a little warmer today and a push on saturday. sunday may be mostly cloudy. we'll talk about that and a cooling trend coming up. here is sal. >>> good morning, san mateo bridge traffic that looks pretty good heading out to the high-rise and over to the peninsula.

reporting live in san bruno, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. the ntsb harshly criticized pg&e for the explosion. go to ktvu.com and click on the san bruno tab to read the full ntsb report. >>> it's been a tough day on wall street. stocks are off their session lows. deep concerns about the european union and its debt as well pass the u.s. economy sparked the selling. a better reading on growth is really not enough to turn things around. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 190. the nasdaq is down 33. the s&p is down 18. >>> san francisco may off ed lee announced the expansion of -- mayor ed lee announced the expansion of the a ceramics lease for 28,000 feet of retail. the new facility will employ 34 feet. the company makes ceramic that can be seen in places like modern arts and dinner ware that's in many popular restaurants. >> it's already in dinner ware, in places like 44 and some of the finest eating restaurants in the bay area. >> the company plans to grow the size to 60,000 square feet over the next three years. the original c

live here in san bruno claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> our time is 5:36.sunday's tenth anniversary of september 11th will be marked with ceremonies in new york, shanksville, pennsylvania, and at the pentagon. coming up we'll have a live report from new york city. >>> new audio tapes from september 11th are public this morning. they are giving us a chilling look at what happened ten years ago. >> nobody move. everybody will be okay. if you try to make any moves, just stay quiet. nobody move please. don't try to make any moves. >> that was the voice of terrorist mohammed ata talking to the doomed passengers on american airline flight 93. that plane hit the north tower of the world trade center. other audio reveals the moments after united flight 175 hit the second tower. >> another one just hit the building. the other one hit it hard. the whole building just came apart. >> the 9/11 commission compiled that audio as part of its official investigation. >>> the woman charged with killing nursing student michelle le is due in a hayward courtroom today. it's stil

memorial took place at sky line college in san bruno. lee ann is live for us in san bruno tonight. lee ann? >>reporter: carolyn, the ceremony started few minutes before 6:11:00 p.m. when the explosion occurred a year ago. now after a moment of silence there was the rippinging of the fire bell, family members of the 8 people who died from that explosion were there as their names were red out loud by the mayor of san bruno. there was a brief prayer service which focused on the power of love and community coming together during this tame of grief. and perhaps most emotional moment of the evening was when they relessed a number of doves. also there was joseph gomez severely burned and whose girlfriend jessica mr. al east died in the explosion. but first hers what the mary had to say. >> this evening is not the time to talk about regulations or recalls or statistics. this evening is our time to remember and celebrate the humanity of our community. >> i thought it was pretty beautiful in a way they did itment pidgeon represented everything and i thought it was beautiful well planned out

. >>> keeping san bruno from happening again, building a safer pipeline network is the goal of a bill being considered in washington. but there's a roadblock. republican senator rand paul from kentucky put a hold on the bill, saying that the natural gas industry can regulate itself. tell that to the people who lost their loved ones and homes. his stance is not going overwhelm tonight. >> reporter: victims of the san bruno blast are frustrated tonight, believing that politics are getting in the way of safety. but paul is reportedly blaming democratic leaders for the senate's failure to act, saying they could have scheduled a debate and vote on this bill at any time. >> this isn't about politics, it's about safety. >> reporter: he reads the letter he sent to rand paul. >> i was angry about it, that rand paul is holding up a piece of legislation that we need to have to keep us safe in our home. >> reporter: paul is blocking pipeline safety legislation designed to solve some of the problems that led to the explosion that destroyed this san bruno neighborhood and killed eight last year. >>

officials consider consolidated with san bruno but the plan fell through. now they are considering the first, build up the police department by adding additional officers. the current police chief has been working double duty and also san bruno's police chief. the second option allows the sheriff to bring in its resources and take over crime fighting. gina says a decision has to be made soon. >> we are cutting and trying trying to be efficient as possible. >> reporter: do you think it's sad? >> no it's a benefit to the employees and the cities because we have more opportunity. we can expend any funding we need to and share the resources with other cities. >> reporter: they are going through another big change right now, it's merging its fire department with san bruno. the counsel plans to make a decision very soon. in the news room, reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> a warning tonight in oakland after police say somebody stole gold jewelry off of a lilt girl as you see on the map, that's the fruit vail district. officers say they have made arrests in other thef

parts of san bruno. the overnight lows, 46 in santa rosa. that's cold right. that's one of the coldest numbers we've put up in months for the overnight low. so 46 degrees tomorrow morning. that is a cold start for you folks that go golfing early in the morning. i'm not a golfer but i know people go out there 5:00, 6:00 in the morning. the forecast as you move through your bay area microclimates then, it's 60s out at the bay. warmer for your saturday than it was today. you're going to find mid-70s, upper 70s as you get out toward the inland bay valleys then you see these 80s. when i come back at 5:45 specific number for saturday and sunday for your neighborhood. and then the five day forecast with your weekend always in view. i'll see you back here. >>> nasa says pieces from a dead satellite could fall to earth as early as next week. scientists say the 6-ton satellite will likely reenter the atmosphere about a week from today. saturday september 23rd give or take a day. they also say it will break into 26 pieces as it gets closer to earth with the heaviest piec

it's nearly a year after the deadly gas explosion in san bruno. amy hollyfield is live in belmont with more on this disturbing story. >>> the crews uncovered quite a surprise here on sixth avenue. this gas line was not where it was supposed to be. they have covered it up with a piece of wood. they said it was exposed for about a month. they were worried that a car might drive over it. city officials say according to the pg&e map they thought the line would be about 3 feet underground but instead they found it 12 inches down. the city of belmont and contractors were relying on the maps from pg&e. residents say after a condominium caught fire in cupertino because of a plastic gas line rupture and, of course, what happened in san bruno, it all makes them very nervous that the city engineer says maps are sometimes wrong. >>> it's not an uncommon thing for us to have inaccurate information. these pipes were put in years ago and sometimes they weren't recorded correctly. >> very big concern. we don't want another big problem. >> reporter: pg&e spokesper

lyanne melendez is live from the san bruno neighborhood. lyanne? >> carolyn, it was a very quiet evening here in this neighborhood. in fact, police put up road blocks to try to keep nonresidents away from here. so the ceremony was not held here, but at skyline college. in this sol local ceremony, the city of san bruno remembered the eight people who died a year ago. >> joseph gomez lost his girlfriend. he too was burnt by the fiery explosion. >> especially everywhere you go around this town, certain areas and i can go on and on, really. there is a lot of reminiscing in the summer. >> alan and his wife narrowly escaped. they spent months in the hospital. >> we put a lot of the stuff behind us. it is good to see everybody come together and do what we did. >> sandy arnold is in a wheelchair. one year ago this neighborhood was devastated after a pg&e gas pipeline exploded. it killed eight and injured others. homes were destroyed. but this evening people tried to replace their grief with gratitude. >> this evening is our time to remember and celebrate t

>>> one year ago today a san bruno neighborhood went up in flames an explosion sparked by a detective gas pipeline. 38 homes burned and 8 people died. >> right now the agency that regulates pg&e is honoring two of the victims. jackie greg and her daughter died in the blast. amy hollyfield is live in san francisco. >> the irony that someone who worked on natural gas issues died in the explosion was not lost on her co-workers. they say her death is a reminder to them to ensure public safety. they dedicated to all of those that were impacted by the explosion. and weeping willow tree to her and her daughter similar to one that grew in their garden. they died in their home that night. her husband and another daughter were not home. colleagues and relatives and friends gathered in the courtyard to dedicate the memorial. they said it will help them in the healing process and encourage them in their work. >>> the memorial will remind us how responsibility as the body of state regulators support safety of our number one priority. the work we do here will profoundly affect the lives of millions

. >>> on the day investigators release their report on the san bruno pipeline blast, new concerns about the pipes peb keeps and how -- pg&e keeps and how they could put your at risk. >>> and i will let you know if you could expect fog tomorrow morning for your forecast. so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st. ♪ sea bass... ♪ ooohhh! ♪ i like it. yeah, i love the kitchen. [ male announcer ] the epa-estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. perfect for finding your way home. >>> the ntsb released its report on the san bruno pipeline explosion. it says events led up to the propose and fire that killed eight people. the ntsb says it started 50 years ago with the installation of pipe. it says pg&e failed to do tests and inspections of the pipeline. pg&e issued this response, pg&e is grateful for the ntsb investigation of the san bruno pipeline explosion accident and embraces the recommendations for emproving operations and management of the gas system. >>> an investigation by the chronicle shows data kept on plastic

. >>> saturday marks the deadly explosion in san bruno. san bruno mayor will be at the site of the explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. hill will be advocating for legislation he introduced for safety standards for gas pipelines. they are expected to vote on the bill by friday and the state of bruno will vote and hold a vigil to remember the victims. >>> a series of miss steps, to read that full report you can go to our website and click on the san bruno tab. >>> nearly ten years to the day after the collapse of the twin towers on september 11th, construction of the new world trade center is moving at 1 story a week. >> it is moving to being the world's largest building. >> they are looking to a safe tribute and the floors were made with reinforced concrete and covered by glass to guard against a truck bomb attack. >>> and $15 million has been spent for security at the golden gate bridge. they have been at heightened state alert every day since 9/11. a group including the coast guard and chp meets to discuss security

and in san bruno, eight people died. still, it's pg&e again, and there have been other accidents like this one. wednesday's cupertino explosion was caused by a leaking two inch distribution line that took pg&e two hours to dig up three locations and pinch off the flow. pg&e has been checking for leaks throughout the complex. >> i feel just a little bit better, we can stheem out here, they're doing their jobs. it's what i'm asking and seems like this can happen anywhere this, is close to home. this is scary. >> explosion came one day after the ntsb's final report failure. slamming pg&e for using obviously substandard materials and failing to find problems over decades and a slow response time. it took about an hour and a half to shut down gas rushing through the 30-inch transmission lines. pg&e says two hours it took to stop the flow was faster than shutting valves. >> in a distribution type leak, we dig trenches that expose lines, clamp it shut and we want -- that is not only quicker but safer as far as impacts surroundi

>>> one year ago today a san bruno neighborhood went up in flames an explosion sparked by a detective gas pipeline. 38 homes burned and 8 people died. >> right now the agency that regulates pg&e is honoring two of the victims. jackie greg and her daughter died in the blast. amy hollyfield is live in san francisco. >> the irony that someone who worked on natural gas issues died in the explosion was not lost on her co-workers. they say her death is a reminder to them to ensure public safety. they dedicated to all of those that were impacted by the explosion. and weeping willow tree to her and her daughter similar to one that grew in their garden. they died in their home that night. her husband and another daughter were not home. colleagues and relatives and friends gathered in the courtyard to dedicate the memorial. they said it will help them in the healing process and encourage them in their work. >>> the memorial will remind us how responsibility as the body of state regulators support safety of our number one priority. the work we do here will profoundly affect the lives of millions