storage is not going to be at transbay you're doing that your set up to manage if we're talking about an incredulously cost for dead heading we need to understand that cost so as and region we can make a judgment as to whether it's worth it or not >> i've got 20 thoughts revolving in my head. first, i want to thank michelle and staff important all of the work that's happening and i think when i wanted to share and it's not for sympathy but for appreciation for where we are. this is a challenging project fourts it's not a green fold project and we're trying trying to convert diesel into a new technology it's not just the building of addressed infrastructure to our rail system but a culture it's a par define shift to a new technology so there's a lot of freaking out going on but especially with our rail operators. they have engaged so i wanted to thank the team for that. i also want to really thank the tjpa in addition to the whole region and the f r organization, you know, getting the commitment for the quarter electrification project was really a big deal we were not able to get fundi

i'm sure you're aware of we're worked with the joint powers authority with the transbay which includes the downtown extension. we've been an integral part of an agency that comments on the plans to trek, if any, the rile services our those transportation investments are closely intertwined for all of those infrastructure projects. those projects need substantial additional fund to be fully released. you adapted this plan that delta - dealt with the project. we received funding at the urging of the mayor's office to lead a brief technical analysis of the development opportunity and capacity to build over the rail site and this property in the center of the city holds financial value to help tap aisle all the infrastructure and create more funds to support cal train. there was several number one reasons including to connect the south of market and the bay front altogether. and to provide for spaces for off a and public amenity and a very transient area. this started and stopped because of the highly speed rail but we have now put the development on the rail yard for o of over $24 million

this is the transbay loop track again, i want to say every single component has been looked at but we want to make sure we understand the interconnection. the sub extraction has the roars - previous studies have show that putting in a loop track but it's based on earlier designs of the transbay center so this will look at updating the current track study based on currently design. this shows you an opportunity to connect 9 transbay stations as well as to stepped over to the east bay. the fourth component is the that potential to relocate or reconfigure part of rail yard. we did a study at the potential to dollars and reconfigure the study and see if it's possible to operate on a smaller footprint. this is the blue that shows the existing rail tunnel extension and the pink is the area that cal train buildings they can vacant and become available for potential redevelopment. the purple shows the areas that would be necessary for continued operation of cal train. we - this project builds on two options and insure that the continued operation of cal train is affective within the area so t

it was 3 years ago when the mayor and i attended the transbay terminal down the street.i remember that day because the mayor and i got shake hands with workers. many of who had not been working for several years. thises their first job back on the market and they were so excited that there was a project moving forward here in this city creating jobs and hiring hardworking folks throughout the bay area. a year later, the mayor and i saw each other at various ground breaking and for affordable housing for residents here in san francisco. i get to have two hats, one supervisor representing an amazing part in san francisco and two as the transbay powers authority which i represent with john. transbay is a huge part of the development plan and we would not have the funds if it were not for cal trans. i'm excited about this for many reasons. one, as a supervisor i hear so much from our residents about this massive gap that they have to walk through on their way to work. it's exciting that we are really able to commit to our promise of making this a livable, walkable neighborho

inside of the transbay tube and found no damage. >> it was a 965 foot ship berthed in oakland the coast guard says it lost power and began drifting. it was determined later that the anchor was dropped 1200 feet south of the tube. two tug boats did not detect evidence this, is some of the reaction we got from bart commuters when they heard what happened. >> yes. it's scary. but it's kind of funny like a april fool's joke. >> stopping bart was a good idea. >> bart says delays peaked at about 15-30 minutes the ship now berthed again. at the port of oakland. >> a former appointee of chris christy said the new jersey governor knew about the ordering of bridge lane closures despite denial he stated did he not know his administration ordered lanes to be closed at george washington bridge in september. it caused massive traffic jams for days. five days in all and today, the man he appointed as head of the port authority of new york and new jersey issued a letter saying he knew about the closures and says he can prove it. christy's administration says letter is proof did he not know about the cl

the affinity the lumina and transbay tower and 350 midgets and the transbay tower. the only argument it the structural platoon is not being used it should be used in a category 3 as opposed to a risk category 2. every high-rise and office building in san francisco per code is built to the risk category 2 level. the code is specific on which a code 3 building should be provided and that's buildings that have obviouscy levels for group occupancy of 3 to 5 hundred people or more. the fact that this building like every other high-rise in san francisco risk 2 size standards didn't make it less dangerous. the life safety standard, in fact, the design uses in this case by m k a predicted an absence of a collapse the maximum standard event. the same prediction used in a design risk category that building it's, in fact, being built to the standard equal to every high-rise building in san francisco that's been sdrooind designed in the last 10 years. and we're making all the standards and material that has been submitted and the other side concedes everything is pursuant and c

port had previously entered into an agreement with transbay cable for submerged cable lines from pittsburgh so there's a precedent they came to the port to see if we were 0 open it that approach in this case and we were. in the case of the other two routes there is little benefit to the routes, however, the submerged there was benefits. going to the embarcadero substation pg&e submitted some stimulates of the economic costs of outage and obviously, the impacts varies regarding the outage input serving downtown to the high voltage system those impacts could range in the 4 to 8 billion range. so what does the project include it's a 3 mile submerged underground cable connecting the embarcadero substation and going along the submerged properties there's a many k v bus at the embarcadero substation that will create a new k v vi s switchyard that is the previously embarcadero property. so i want to give you a sense of the site the big are windows is the embarcadero substation. and what you see here still i think it's been innovative about hiring the engineers stanley with the architecturally arch

we have in the transbay we've purchased some leases for the parking lot operators that will be used and as soon as we can. so we're using that that will go away next year. we're trying to keep in mind that. that's the main picture i want to provide at the six months point if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> do we have any public comment on this item. >> i have one speaker card. washington >> i sure hate to cast a shadow over our of months review because i have a whole new prospective. since our inception since our transfer from is redevelopment agency quite frankly you haven't dulg done nothing for us. for the community in which that's most impacted by the redevelopment agency you've done nothing but yet you're in the southeast of the city where the rest of us are where that community is stalling so fast they can't see it theirs in a coma. i have a remedy for the city. i have a document in which i requested back when the ocean was first opened. this is partly because you're talking about money. you need to put the money aside for the lawyer's fees. i don't underst

down on the bay area >> reporter:construction crews turn up a human skeleton at the site of the new transbay terminalwhoosh >> reporter:your questions answered that is paralyzing children in california whoosh >> reporter: paydirt on their property in the gold country. coin collectors preparing to shell out millions for what they found in some rusty old cans whoosh >>it was weird. i literally believe this. >> reporter:google glasses. not welcomed by some san francisco bar patrons. this is a full hour of your choice for prime time news. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. more rain on the way. two new storms on the way kron four meteorologist both of them. the owner of this mill valley bar taking no chances. after being swamped >>kinda used to it >> pam: the state still fighting to fill its reservoirs. find out how much rain we will need to deep=six the drought. >> pam: now at eight-- >> pam: the first of two winter storm systems on the way. hitting our drought- stricken state with some much needed rain. we have live team coverage tonight. >> pam: first

an onboard emergency had both the coast guard and bart concerned about the transbay tube. kpix 5 reporter don knapp on a close call that none of us in the newsroom can ever remember happening before. don. >> reporter: that's right, liz. it's within of those things you don't want to think about, in a tall building in an earthquake and sitting in a bart train in the transbay tube with a big ship overhead drawing a 30-ton anchor and heading your way? that happened today. a very big container ship nearly 1,000 feet long was trying to tie up at the port of oakland berth 35 when this lost power. the ship's crew to keep it from drifting dropped anchor. bart was shut down and crews were dispatched because it was so close to the tube. part's spokesman jim allison. >> i didn't want to go on record saying it didn't hit it but it's safe for train traffic. luckily nothing has happened to the transbay tube. >> reporter: allison says crews were dispatched. they walked through the tube. they looked around. there also were instruments inside the tube designed to go off in case of water or

we are very happy to have ~ begun work back in 2008 with the transbay joint powers authority staff on whether we could be a power provider for the facility. in november, the tjpa board did approve their executive director entering into the agreement in december. our commission at the puc approved our general manager moving forward as well. as you know, we operate san francisco's municipal power utility. we're the power provider for this building and many others that the city owns to powering essential city services, powering ten analyst facilities. we provide affordable reliable clean greenhouse gas free power ~ and we're to mta, to the port, to the port, we're really excited about the opportunity to add this transit center to our portfolio of customers. we're looking forward to providing the benefits of our low-cost hetchy power to these municipal -- this municipal service. we have a lot of strengths in our local decision making and public accountability. we're very proud of that, and we have a comprehensive approach to providing electric service to the tjpa. we are going to be provi

that is oc ii was retaining and those relate to the major improvement projects like the bayview and transbay and our replacement obligation is for the destruction of over 6 seven hundred unit and your arrangement to replace those. it included a requirement that oc ii and the mayor's office work together to lay out how the two parties will relate to each other and our responsibilities in implementing those retaining housing obligations. in november of that year the state took some action that illuminated the responsibilities. and we turned in our low moderate view that november and in october of that year the state can be and they invaleted the low and moderate income and dwrikd those to be returned to the successor agency and they determined the successor agency need to pay over $110 million to the state. not that i recall we went there an exhaust process that include did audit of our restricted fund a that process concluded with the state determining only $10 million needed to be paid through the d dr process and that was again $10 million out of leveling million dollars. and then through t

griffith and the parcel west and that would be the next new one, if we can issue an rfp this and transbay block 7 and 8. and then some we have 2 million looked for the costs for the top beach and the harbor for the operations and debt and that's to two hundred and 24 million. so just looking at a breakdown of our rfp requests that's what the state is most interested in. you can see the 57 point plus million we had a small amount requested new year in our staffing. again, the majority of that is for debt service on our bonds and we have a small amount for our shipyard. the mission bay housing this is the estimated amount of tax increments that will come in based on the pledge with the mission bay o pa and is portion of the housing of 1.3 million is the pledges amount. in the bay we're expecting 90 for number one housing agreement work and 70 thousand for the property management costs and it's from rp d f. i want to do a side to side comparison. so similar we requested 64 million for the 2013 - 2014 a and we're at the 11. we'll see where it shacks out this is a preliminary look and some of

we didn't and place the land the trains we're spending 4 to $5 million to land the trains at the transbay center that's why the work is critical. this is work we need to do i agree with some of the comments we should have done it earlier but some things that happened recently like changes in the technology and economy may have helped it's very good people don't want to delay the work we want to get caltrain's electrified and get the d t x build but the decisions we're going to be making are going to shape the city and region for the next one hundred years. so this is the time to make sure we ask all the right questions to get the best possible land use transportation plan and strategy and ultimately projects that san francisco needs for to that end i'll finish where director martin luther started there's been a lot of great work done by the staff and consultants of the tjpa and caltrain and caltrans we're going to need outline those folks including the people too active and constructively engage in this process so it's worst our effort so we can achieve the important goals this process it

stopped bart trains in the transbay tube this morning. this is the ship, now docke the port of oakland. >>> an emergency on board a cargo ship in the bay stopped bart trains in the transbay tube this morning. this is the ship now docked at the port of oakland. don knapp on the close call that caused some concern for both the coast guard and bart. >> reporter: ken it's like one of those things you don't want to think about. do you want to be in a tall building during an earthquake or in the bottom of a bay in a tube in a train with a great big ship drawing a 30-ton anchor your way. that kind of happened today. a container was trying to tie up at the port of oakland when it lost power. it dropped anchor to kept from drifting. the coast guard determined it came close to the bart tube leading into and out of the west oakland station, the anchor, and took the precaution of calling bart. bart was shut down and crews were dispatched. >> i can tell you nothing has happened to the transbay tube. >> reporter: bart's jim allison says crews walked th

, and material and processes and we continue to participate in the capitol working groups on the transbay transit center and electrickfiation and to coordinate the project and to insure that we are speaking with one voice, and they called us together with other city agencies to discuss our advocacy in the trip to dc later in march. and the island will also be celebrating a commencement event, set for march 7th so we will be meeting out there on the treasure island with commissioner kim and tita that is going to be a great event to highlight the partnerships to deliver this project and where we have set a disadvantaged commitment of 13.8 percent and we are on track to meet that. and skipping ahead, i will just note that the prop aa, program call for projects has been released in january, a call for projects between $1 to $2 million. and this is funds that the voters approved a few years ago, the ten dollars registration view, and the surfacing and the pedestrian process and the applications are due to the transportation authority by monday, march tenth and the information can be found on o

that third component is a transbay loop track it is currently designed requiring it to reserve out reducing the capacity. previous study show a loop track to be beneficial but an earlier design is for the platform it could enhance the operation of the tjpa and it is important it includes updating the tjpa plans and it is work out studying because of the benefits that may out weigh the potential costs associated with that. and by the additional costs of the loop we may be able to decrease costs in the area for an overall net gain. that fourth component is the reconfiguration of the rail yards it's not barrier to the neighborhood limiting access to the area. there a have been sorry we'll look at 3 options reconfiguring the areas and conducting a desk and the potential of relocating a portion of the elements within the rail yards or a in the future relocating the railway yards >> i'm sorry to interrupt the pink is the development and the purple is the railway yards. >> this is the alignment and the pink is opportunities that exist for potential or a fees development and the purple would be the

that involve major construction and one year of renewable it's 66 years that's the temerity for the transbay cable project here we've divided it 20/20 periods. based on the appraisals with the department of real estate and we have a gentleman here representing the real estate department. came up with a rental site based on the value of upland property but discounted by 50 percent because it's submerged property and not worth as much and calculate the prepaid rent of $15 million. so that's a nice rented payment to the port. for the 26 year option period there would be a new appraisal process recommended by the budget analysis. getting back to the hoe down yards. the ports only goal with the hoe down is the use and in complication with the other city departments. we saw an opportunity to change the use through the rezoning effort and maybe generate some net land precedes that could be used. the port is getting a healthy rent and actually, the department of real estate will have a transferable option either for the city or to transfer to a private developer. to build whatever residential port c

costs and in transbay we have construction costs with the folsom off-ramp and various consultants in western edition some costs with the fillmore and the garage and that site and yerba buena center there's the 706 mexico museum and the arithmetic center those are in yerba buena capital improvement costs. in housing we have a total of under 63 million that is funding phases even if alice griffith and the parcel west and that would be the next new one, if we can issue an rfp this and transbay block 7 and 8. and then some we have 2 million looked for the costs for the top beach and the harbor for the operations and debt and that's to two hundred and 24 million. so just looking at a breakdown of our rfp requests that's what the state is most interested in. you can see the 57 point plus million we had a small amount requested new year in our staffing. again, the majority of that is for debt service on our bonds and we have a small amount for our shipyard. the mission bay housing this is the estimated amount of tax increments that will come in based on the pledge with the mission bay o pa

the site is part of the construction of the new transbay transit -- transbay transit center. >>> new at noon mountain view police have made an arrest in a suspicious fire that burned cars behind an auto body shop last month. janine de la vega just spoke to police about what led to the arrest and joins us live. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, police tell me the man they arrested set his own suv on fire, which was parked right here at pedro's auto body shop and it was getting worked on. it spread to the other cars, now the body shop owner told me he was shocked because he knows the customer and his family, police arrested paul and his girlfriend angela rutledge as an accessory for driving the get away car. here are pictures provided by police of the damaged vehicles from the fire on the morning of january 13th, six cars caught fire, two heavily damaged and early on investigators from the fire department and police department were suspicious. a red flag was raised when police realized one of the vehicles involved was registered to shawn heart, who was known to them, a gas c

however, they are experiencing major delays because of a problem in the transbay tube.ing at 30 to 45 minute system-wide delays on bart. you are looking at sky 7 a shot overhighway 24 westbound fatality at the 580 split. we will try to get back to you on this. give yourself extra time, water, rain, all a big factor. here is mike with the forecast. >> we are on the roof and it is still raining. you will need my umbrella and patience, talking to sue this. live doppler 7 hd shows how the rain is still falling around taylor street and 87 where knick -- where nick is reporting a submerged car and flooding from 2280 to 17 with light-to-moderate rain falling. there will be light rain and a public of moderate rain the next hour. mostly, though, it is light. the heaviest rain is moving through the east bay from hayward to newark and union city and fremont but the san ramon valley and not highway 4 we see the bet radar runs and the north by is seeing the better chance of heavier rain hoof in -- moven the central valley but off the coast, there is another patch of height rain to m

systemwide delays because of transbay tube problems. caltrain and muni, no significant delays right now. bay bridge, about a 30-minute delay and it doesn't look like that but people are driving slower because of the wet weather. now, let's go back to janine de la vega she's been covering the floodwaters all morning long. you are in san jose? >> reporter: i'm standing in the southbound lanes of highway 87 near taylor where you can see the roadway flooding here. they just have one lane of traffic open. the fast lane is open in this section of the road near taylor. caltrans is on the scene working to try to see if they can drain all of this water out. at one point, this morning, all three lanes of southbound 87 were flooded. two cars got stuck in the water and the highway patrol had to cut out and assist them. their cars were towed. an officer said that caltrans is trying to fix a generator that pumps the generator at this section of the freeway because it was broken. he was told because copper thieves hit it. the northbound lanes of highw

this one here is a transbay tube. on the nautical charts it is very clearly marked so mariners know not to drop anchor anywhere near here. the coast guard said a large container ship was on its way to berth 35 at the port of oakland which is run by evergreen shipping. it lost power and the pilot aboard dropped anchor to make sure it didn't drift out of control. according to the bar pilots, it it was dropped 1200 feet from the transbay tube, but even if the tube had been hit, it shouldn't post a problem. >> there is protection for the underwater portion for exactly those kinds of accidents. the port area you can have a boat sink any day, so you have to protect it. >> he is an engineer who consulted with seismic retrofitting on the concrete tube. it's covered with a three foot thick concrete liner. >> we had to get off the train. >> they didn't really say too much. >> they made you wait? >> they made us wait. >> a bart spokesperson said they inspected the tube during the break and didn't spot problems so quickly restart

trains ran through the transbay two nonstop after a stoppage this afternoon. after word that a boat had dropped it anchor near the tube. >> on a commuter ship comes into oakland. >> reporter: the b.a.r.t. pilot navigating the 965-foot long ship followed safety procedures and dropped the anchor to prevent the ship from drifting. it fell about 1,200 feet southwest of the tube and was retracted a few minutes later when power was restored. >> there's no written policy to notify b.a.r.t. in case there is anything like that. there's just an extra measure that the coast guard decided to take for this incident. >> reporter: passengers thoughts. >> i usually feel pretty safe going through the tube. i thought about it today that it happened. what would have happened if the anchor would have hit the tube. >> reporter: 135 feet below sea level at the deepest point. it has a steel exterior with 5- foot concrete liner meant to withstand earthquakes. b.a.r.t. officials say sometimes do get damaged by anchor. but they say there are sensors with alarms for intruders and water

trains ran through the transbay two nonstop after a stoppage this afternoon. after word that a boat had dropped it anchor near the tube. >> on a commuter ship comes into oakland. >> reporter: the b.a.r.t. pilot navigating the 965-foot long ship followed safety procedures and dropped the anchor to prevent the ship from drifting. it fell about 1,200 feet southwest of the tube and was retracted a few minutes later when power was restored. >> there's no written policy to notify b.a.r.t. in case there is anything like that. there's just an extra measure that the coast guard decided to take for this incident. >> reporter: passengers thoughts. >> i usually feel pretty safe going through the tube. i thought about it today that it happened. what would have happened if the anchor would have hit the tube. >> reporter: 135 feet below sea level at the deepest point. it has a steel exterior with 5- foot concrete liner meant to withstand earthquakes. b.a.r.t. officials say sometimes do get damaged by anchor. but they say there are sensors with alarms for intruders and water

exciting new projects including the central subway and transbay transit center project will continue to transform san francisco's downtown core for years to come and alioto-pier l's union square retail store is an important piece of this changing landscape and we urge your support. thank you. >> thank you very much. is there any additional public comment on item number 3? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> supervisor chiu, i know you distributed some amendments. >> yes. first of all i want to again thank all the stakeholders that have worked together and also thank apple for their discussions with the community to move this forward and very much hope that, colleagues, we can move this forward with full recommendation today. i do have a couple of technical amendments that we were asked by the planning department to include. first to reference ceqa findings from the planning staff report and then to add a reference to the requisite block and lot number. i understand that these are nonsubstantive amendments so that we could amend them today and move this out of committee

development around the cal train yards for cost effective needs for the transcribe that connects it to the transbayooking at alternative uses for the you rail yard and locations. and looking at that component at the i 2 to see if f interest were benefits for the transportation and land use component. there are a number of studies we're building on including the tunnel alignment but in terms of transportation component to look at it as well as the land use component. it's a major piece of work we received a dwrant from the metropolitan grant society to do the study. we need to take a fresh look at the area and that is the city's future growth in the city. so we think it's tily to do the study but your study went out on friday i believe and we are going we'll be looking at consultants proposals and i'll be happy to answer questions that concludes my presentation >> commissioner johnck. >> i have a question about the study because i wanted to be sure that the port of san francisco is involved when with we discussed rail in san francisco it's not just for people but cargo too. the port i'm sure you're

noon after the coast guard alerted bart a ship lost pro puts and may have dropped anchor on the transbay tube. that was not the case. a spokesman tells abc7 news says the ship dropped anchor southwest of the tube. they will return to check, once again. >> today is the deadline for an independent review of an alleged hate crime but the findings may in the be made public until next week. when they are, details will go to a special task force. what should we skekt to learn? >> a great deal. we've talked to a number of students here saying they want change in the kind of climate they say they experience here. oor this is a retired judge that is now san jose's independent police officer. >> i'm not worried about eggshells or hurting feelings. this is going to be a respectful process but straight forward. and might might be tough conversations >> the new semester, what happened remains fresh. three students have been charged with commission of a hate crime, and battery accused of locking a chain on a neck and writing an "n" word on a dry erase board. >> i hope he shows us he wants to see chang

our uncle brothers and sizing sisters won't build an unsafe project this is for the transbay towers and acknowledge throughout san francisco this has been used before. this is a delay tactic nothing i live we the men and women who build great buildings you're going to you deny the appeal and move forward >> thank you very much. >> thank you. any other any public comment? ? seeing none, then we will start with our rebuttal mr. white you have 9 minutes >> thank you. >> i be we've heard some concern this was a stalling tactic. that was addressed by the president of the board. mr. mar is who spoke it's the position of the metropolitan they want to see the facility giend and built properly. the suggestion was made in the papers that show you folks were opposed to the project it comes from a unique problem that he metropolitan they had to correct and design the facility at the metropolitan maim leaks and things like that but they became acutely aware of the project at the present of the project not at the back he said but a particular problem in an earthquake we want to design a project where

this one here is a transbay tube. on the nautical charts it is very clearly marked so mariners know not to drop anchor anywhere near here. the coast guard said a large container ship was on its way to the port of oakland rate -- operated by ever grown shipping. it lost power and the pilot aboard dropped anchor to make sure it didn't drift out of control. according to the bar pilots, it was dropped 500 feet from the transbay tube but even if the tube had been hit, it shouldn't post a problem. >> but the original protection of the underwater portion for exactly those kinds of accidents. >> the port area you can have a boat sink any day, so you have to protect it. >> he is an engineer who consulted with seismic retrofitting on the concrete tube. it's covered with a three foot long concrete liner. >> we had to get off the train. >> they didn't really say too much. >> they made you wait? >> they made us wait. >> a bart spokesperson said they inspected the tube during the bake and didn't spot problems so quickly restarted s

great good morni welcome to the transbay joint powers authority for thursday, february 14th i apologize we had a meeting reducing the pedestrian. >> due to scheduling conflict we'll have a whooet. pro tem lightner. consenting. sxhirp. sxhairp and chair kim. particular you have a quorum >> are there that i announcements from the board seeing none, can we please hopeful on to our are there any other matter. >> not that i'm aware of. >> executive director report. >> good morning we had a great milestone lastly friday we pled the 4 city blocks of the transit site and now, of course.org doing the foundation for the work and by the end of the summer we'll see the structural steel. thank you all our team members. we're one step closer opening the station at the end of 2017. steve will come up and give you our construction update >> good morning steve i'm providing the services for the tjpa. we did have great milestone i've got some facts and you all saw it open the press release a few articles and a radio spot as well. there was a lost time incident and i'll give you an update the injured indi

the transbay tube runs south of the bridge.he agency determined the inspection was not necessary because there was no evidence of damage. b.a.r.t. says its series of alarms were never triggered, indicating the anchor did not hit it. >>> overseas at least 14 people are dead after a volcano erupted in indonesia. it has been erupting for months, prompting the evacuation of more than 30,000 people. yesterday authorities allowed half of the people to return home, but today the volcano unleashed clouds of hot gas. four children are among those of killed. >>> gunfire erupted during antigovernment protests in bangkok. at least seven people hurt, including an mental journalist though, violence comes on the eve of national elections. the two sides clashed with rocks, firecrackers and then pistols and assault rifles. >> in the bay area, their front door was broken down and armed gunmen rush into their home, and tonight a bay area family is shaken and tormented but thankful police made an arrest. we want to get to nick smith. live in the n

. >>> a worker was hurt at an accident at the transbay construction project. christie smith is live in san francisco with more on that. >> good morning, peggy. i can tell you the site where the workers are at is busy this morning. details still coming in, but we're hearing that one of them fell from a crane and landed about 15 feet down. it happened where we are on the 500 block of howard at first. what caused the fall was somewhat unclear, but there was reports that he was hit by something. again it's still coming this it. but firefighters are telling us when they got here and this man was here he was alert and conscious. i got off the phone with a spokesperson for the transit center project, and he says what was going on here was the excavation of the project. they're sorry to report it happened but it looked like there was a malfunction of the crane. a heading fall dislodged this morning. but they're saying there is a safety standdown going on which means they will stop all aspects ofwork involving a crane while the investigation goes on and osha is investi