it came down waller. turned the corner at scott and created a pond at the corner of haight. and for a time that flow was pretty strong and pretty steady. >> we heard the water at 5:00 this morning. it started like a storm. the water department got out on scene. by 6:30, turned valves and got the water turned off. residents say firefighters did a great job diverting the water. instead of getting into the entire floor of a resident's house, there was only a trickle. but residents say this water problem is getting to be a consistent problem with another couple of breaks last summer. >> right there and right there. >> reporter: you lost water for how long? >> it happened twice. it was -- i don't know. we were -- the hole was in the street for two or three months. >> reporter: and it's not just water main breaks. it's also sewer problems. a break in a sewer break in another of 2012 caused a hole so big it swallowed up a truck. work on this latest break was underway by sunrise. but residents fear the next one is just around the corner. okay. a little history on this pipe. it's 130

by sun-up, waller street was dry once again. but at the peters household no shower and no shave meant a rough morning. >> my wife was not happy at all. >> it's like okay, well, you know what? no shower. [ laughter ] >> hope they can get the right people to get it cleaned up as quickly as they can. >> reporter: mid-morning, downhill on scott street crews were cleaning up runoff from the burst. as the investigation begins into why this pipe failed. >> they have had problems with the pipes in the past. >> reporter: the pipe isn't just old. in pipe years it's practically ancient laid in 1884. the city vows it's working fast to fix its 1200 miles of pipe much of it aging fast but for people who call waller street home, the water pipe fixes can't come quick enough. >> this is an endemic problem for the city. we have old infrastructure. and i don't know if there's an easy way out. >> reporter: so once the water does start flowing again, the sfpuc recommends running the water for at least april minute just to clean out the pipes. in the

it happened on waller near dubose park. that's where claudine wong is. saying this is deja vu all over again. >> reporter: they've been here before certainly with the history of the problems on this street. this was ceetated when this water -- created when this wurt main broke. they have already coned off this area and they have heavy machinery coming in. they will break everything down and get down to the pipe. you can see the force of the water and how it pushed down the rocks and sent them down the street. it was quite a mess. this was just after 5:00 this morning when this happened. the water actually went down waller street, turned the corner at scott and went down to haight and pulled up there causing a big mess along the street for a good amount of time before they were able to turn off the water. the problem now, they have to fix the problem and neighbors say this has happened before. >> flew out there. flew out -- through out right there and right there. >> reporter: and you lost water for how long? >> it happened twice. i don't know. usually we

it was a 700 block of waller. the water continues to flow downhill.of haight and scott streets around that intersection, there's some pooling and puddling. this is live look right now from chopper 5. they have shut off the water in the area. so about 50 homes in the neighborhood without water right now. but as you can see, muni and cars, you can get through. all the streets are open. let's go to our maps and show you what else is going on. this accident sounds pretty bad and traffic is very slow right now on southbound 680. the accident happened in fremont approaching that exit you see there on the tweet approaching auto mall parkway. but traffic is very slow right now from the sunol grade so you may want to consider using niles canyon instead and also for the eastshore freeway, westbound 80 approaching san pablo avenue, an accident there first reports may be blocking lanes. we'll have another traffic alert coming up. in the meantime, back to you guys. >>> good morning, a busy morning tuesday march 7. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time

. >>> we are following breaking news out of san francisco, fire crews are on the scene near waller street near the neighborhood of dubois park. claudine was on the scene minutes ago, claudine, what can you tell us? >> reporter: you can see the fire department is here checking out the situation and the water-main break is up the street but you can see the water rushing down this hill and is making a pretty big mess. i am going to walk you down because i want to show you where all of this water is ending up because that is causing a problem and this is scott street. you can see a lot of these cars are stuck in the water and from what we can tell, they are not going into their homes. i did talk to the water department and they tell me in 10 minutes they expect this water flow to stop because they are going around to different valves and trying to shut everything down. this is a 6-inch water-main which affects water service and they said repairs to get it fixed are going to take all day. or much of the day at this point. there is a question of if this has happened before. take a look again. w

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the break happened only w waller with 50 notes without water right now in the 700 block of waller street the 6" main that broke and it is 100 years old we have learned. it does not look like the water has flooded any homes but the latest is on twitter. >>> a released report says 37,000 prescription painkiller pills are missing from four northern california cvs drugstores that include the most popular painkillers on the market. nick? >>> when a control substance is missing the feds have questions. who took them? where are they? look at some of this. according to the "los angeles times" officials say the painkillers include vicodin and may have been sold on the black market. cvs could face $29 million fine for losing track of the prescription painkillers. the united states attorney says contracts has yet to respond to a request seeking more information from the company and in some cases the drugs have been missing because the pharmacists self medicate or lower self workers take the drugs and sell them to others. more than 16,000 tablets have been missing from one store, 11,000 from the fai

we're on 67 waller street we're zoned for retail on that block. we have 25 hundred square feet of retail space that was difficult to fill so we tried jeans and outerwear and couldn't get people to come into our space so we are you think the only retail store on the street. i think there's a yoga place there to people weren't coming off our street so we added a few pinball machines only for me and my employees to play then a few more people and a few more people came by and i met someone who had a few more machines who want to do put them in. we have a pinball league that looets meets every other wednesday 72 active members we had to close off the registration and deny people it's fun clean entertainment and a lot of kids that come by and moms and dads bring their kids by and they ask what is this and the kids stand on a stool and their fingers start flipping it's really, really rewarding to watch its not an an ipad i'm seeing that children gets addicted to device. it's great to see it become a part of children's lives those machines are older than

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i live on masonic avenue between waller and frederick and there are many many elderly people on our block. when we heard this was going to be discontinued there was many anger. we need to get down there for medical appointments and what have you. i would like to thank the changes that are the new recommendations of the policy and government committee and we look forward to continuing to use a very essential bus, not just for our block, but for the many people that live in the upper haight. >> thank you. next speaker. >> william passky. >> good morning, sir. >> i'm concerned about the traffic on 29. is it possible for traffic on 23rd street heading west to make a dog line and continue on 23rd street. it's also possible for traffic heading north to go right on 23rd street and head east. this diagram is not clear as to how the traffic will be rerouted. if it is possible to continue 23rd street east, the markings on the street will confuse the drivers. they will not know handout you to proceed. even now it's very confusing. i would like to bring this to your attention. >> next speaker? >> mar

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. >>: breaking news out of san francisco, word of a water main break on waller and visit zero streets in haiti. it happened around 5:00 this morning grid of a kron4's jacki cecil. >>: i met haight and scott street about a block from that wahl work area where the water actually came from. unspent over to the left. it's slightly over the hill. we have some video of what it looked like when that water main actually broke about a little over an hour ago. thousands of gallons of water came pouring through the streets. they got a shot off within 45 minutes or so. i drove past passing. i didn't see any crews working on it. obviously they have the water shut off. it doesn't look like it cost any real severe damage out here. there are a couple cars that say they have water up to their tires. no indication of what caused the water main break. obviously that would be determined later but for right now the water is shut off which is good news for people who live in the area. no telling how long residence in this community will be out. >>: what did bay area weather and traffic for the lusty weathe

the intersection at waller and divisidero clothes. fire crews are on scene working on the problem.e way and will bring you latest information as soon as it comes to the news room. >>darya: take a look at this. a surveillance video shows the exact moment of impact with the taxi collided with a yellow school bus full of children. the impact so forcefully said the taxi flying into a light pole and flipped a school bus over onto its side with the terrified children trapped inside. nine people were injured in the crash. >>mark: the third anniversary of the devastating japan anniversary of the devasta[ female announcer birdhouse plans. nacho pans glass on floors. daily chores. for the little mishaps you fee use neosporin to help you hea it kills germs so you heal four days faster. neosporin. use with band-aid bra bandages but one is so clever that your skin looks better even after you take it off. neutrogena healthy skin liquid makeup 98% saw improved skin. does your makeup do that? neutrogen® cosmetics

that line broke before dawn in the lower haight sending water down waller street. there was no service for nearby homes until the pipe was patched early this afternoon. >> this is an endemic problem for the city with old infrastructure. >> other crews cleaned away the mud that ran downhill in the afternoon. there was no property damage other than the sidewalk. >>> blowing sand shut down the southbound lanes of san francisco's great highway today. chopper 5 was overhead as crews cleared the sand from the road. the winds are expected to pick up again tonight. meteorologist brian hackney says we could see 50-mile-an- hour gusts in some areas, brian? >> well, over the very mountaintops. down below it's windy enough to close the great highway all that blowing sand out there. there are wind advisories posted in the bay area beginning at 8:00 tonight. i don't know why they are beginning at 8:00 because they are at advisory levels now but we'll see what the weather service says. north and east bay hills along the coast, the potential is for downed trees and power lines wit

that comes after a water main break yesterday morning at waller.ars old and it's just the latest to break. public utility officials say one of the problems is a lack of state and federal funding. >>> it is 6:58. coming up on mornings on 2, it is the biggest fire that san francisco has seen in years. this is a live look from news chopper 2. in 15 minutes the new information we will learn about that huge blaze. >> also a disturbing crime at an east bay elementary school. the possible connection to  another attack at another school. i gotta go deposit a check, transfer some money. so it's your uncle's turn. what? wait, wait, wait... no, no, no, wait, wait. (baby crying) so you can deposit a check... with the touch of a finger. so you can arrange a transfer in the blink of an eye. so you can help make a bond... i got it. that lasts a lifetime. the chase mobile app. so you can. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco where firefighters are still trying to keep under control a massive fire that happened at an apartment building yesterday. we just spok

the update from sf water and power and sewer it's six-inch water main break on 700 block of waller.f it was on hit i was going to say it was is 6 and 71 lines but here we don't see tracks and we don't see problems but traffic is having to divert around that one corner where the water is flooding into the streets so more details on those affected but so far no water crews at the scene. this is in the city, traffic into and out of is moving smoothly. this is off the panhandle off golden gate park so that gives you an idea where that is. so van ness is clear to cut through the city storks is 19th. no pob here. looking at a smooth drive around the bay as we're looking at the traffic tuesday start to kick in. the south bay, starting to hit and here look at this, southbound 680 we still have a car blocking two lanes southbound 680 in fremont. approaching auto mall parkway, two lanes are blocked and a spin-out and the tow truck may take 15 to 20 minutes to get there. right where the off ramp, signs there. westbound 237, starting to recover after a new crash cleared as you head out of the m

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it began gushing from a line on waller turning into a big pool of haight street.ce to 50 homes is affected. let's check in with mike. >> still breezy, eric. that's the big story from on top of the roof. let's take a look at temperatures. by the afternoon hours the winds will calm. mid to upper 60s on the coast. as we head into friday, temperatures pretty much steady and much warmer this weekend. leyla? >> we do have some good news in fremont. this accident is finally cleared. southbound along 680. however we're left with major backups. it's going to take you almost one hour to head away from the interchange down to mission boulevard south. >> leyla, thank you very much. the news con ♪ ♪ i gotta have that bag. italian leather? for an amazing deal, and i love that designer. [ shopper ] you paid how much for that? [ female announcer ] two stores. two amazing ways to score. t.j.maxx and marshalls. >>> good morning, america. it is 8:00 a.m., and we're going inside the final rose. >> i have a ring here in my pocket, and i'm not going to use it. >> just hours after juan

yesterday's break happened at waller. we brought you that coverage here on ktvu.ust the latest to break. one of the problems they say is a lack of state and federal funding. >>> it was called a showdown over rent control at oakland city hall but it ended in a draw. the meeting of the community and economic development committee was packed. more than 30 speakers lined up to give their viewpoints on proposed changes to the rent control law. tenants say that landlords use a loophole to make improvements and raise rents. >> let us freeze things the way they are while you resolve it rather than leaving it open for more and more rent increases and more displacements while we talk about this endlessly. >>> 8:38. police are now confirming troubling details about the richmond schoolteacher accused of child sex abuse. police arrested ronald guinto last week while teaching his new students at mira vista elementary school. authorities now confirm three former students told investigators guinto molested them during camping trips in 2012 and 2013. guinto founded his own youth g