she figured caltrans would pay for it. she is wrong. nikki doyle saw this crowbar fall from the upper deck of the bay bridge and slam into her car driving with her drawer, wedging into the grille of her minicooper. if it hit a second later -- >> we would have been dead. it would have hit my daughter or me because i was driving. >> reporter: the near miss caused $1,400 in damage. doyle contacted her insurance company. caltrans sent her a questionnaire she returned. >> they have been completely uncooperative. >> reporter: in august they denied her claim blaming a construction company. mcm construction company says it wasn't working on the bridge that night. it is the sect time caltrans has denied responsibility. the first was in january when an electrical short sent the mechanical gate at the caldicott tunnel into traffic. caltrans won't say why it denies these claims. drivers can pursue action. doyle says caltrans is wasting money. >> my insurance company is suing them for $500. it is ridiculous. >> reporter: she is nervous about driving

our model, we mimic what caltrans did. the measures that they took were very successful with the current level of traffic. the question is what happens in the future. there is a metering flight which holds the traffic backed so that traffic does not exceed capacity of the bridge. the metering lights are activated around 6:30 every morning. the queue starts spilling back about three-quarters of the way back. as you can see, the hov bypass extends beyond that. so the question is, is that going to work in the future? just a few caveat on what we did not study. these are all conceptual ideas. there do not seem to be any fatal flaws to the design, but by no means have they been thoroughly analyzed. congestion pricing in our forecast is not considered. on the other hand, bart capacity is also not considered. travel models do not assume that bart has a capacity limit, so of the model keeps on dumping people on to bart, even if they cannot handle them. at the same time, we have not induced traffic. as far as people using it to its

caltrans wants to widen shoulders and move the curves. the project manager showed us the spot. >> the trees will be removed. >> it's n.total about 50 trees would be cut including five small redwoods. no old grove trees will be removed but what certains environmentalists is the plan to cut and disturb the sensitive roots of ancient redwoods. carol dire is with the environmental protection information center. >> caltrans cannot guarantee the owe jekt won't arm the old growth. they're going to go in and cut through old roots of around 60 old growth redwood trees. we don't have enough old growth redwood to risk that. >> caltrans promises to take all possible precautions. >> we won'ting cutting roots larger than two inches and aren't going work in the whole roots. >> a group says there is no evidence to support the ledge periods so they're suing. caltrans won't coming up on that. >> in congregs we've reached with our arborist is that the way we're proposing to do this work will not have a significant long-term impact to the tree. >> businesses

caltrans enlisted a new easement for the bay bridge that has been completed with the second section. first one went in after july. there are four pieces in the section. each one is 107 feet long and weighs more than a million pounds. third part is set on december. the work is visible from the bridge so caltrans is warning drivers to be aware to keep your eyes on the road. we talk about the bay bridge here is caltrans spokesperson. >> thanks for having me. >> we're talking about -- we'll get to that in a moment. very important bridge? >> absolutely. to the entire state of california. it's the backbone of getting goods and services moved. it has served since 1936, 15 billion. it's one of the three top busiest bridges in the nation. >> and it's multiple faces of the new bay bridge and why does it take so long. it started back in 1989? >> a three hour movie couldn't talk all the topics. one thing keeping in mind, what are we getting? what we're dealing with the bay bridge has never been done before in public works and never been done again. these things that make it unique and all of con

-- awarded from the caltrans organization. if you have any questions, i would be happy to answer them. >> are there any members of the member who would like to be heard on this item? seeing none, i would like to close public cox. colleagues, can we move this forward with recommendation? yes. of next item. >> report of internet counting report. >> cynthia fong. this is an information item. this is the first quarterly report of fiscal year 2010-2011. as of seven 30, again, we had $106 million in cash invehement ys -- invehement as and other outside accounts. assets totaled to about $106.5 million for cash. liabilities totaled to $218.9 million at of september 30, 2010. sales tax revenues have been received up to $15 for the first three months. sexeend tours are at -- expenditures of -- are at 2-1 million for the first three months. we have 93% sitting in the pool and the amount of money we have provides sufficient wick lidity -- liquidity to anticipate the next six months of expenditures by the authority. >> mrs. fong, could you

that's the message to caltrans from the epa. the environmental protection agency says caltrans is dumping waste, water loaded with heavy metals, pesticides, sediment and trash into the state's bay, rivers and streams. the epa wants caltrans to come up with a comprehensive plan to deal with the water pollution. caltrans has a year to deliver a solution. >>> topping our healthwatch tonight, too many children born too soon. a new report out today from the march of dimes finds that after 30 years on the rise, america's rate of premature births is improving. but experts say it's still much too high. nbc bay area's laura garcia-cannon has more. >> reporter: jordan arrived in september, more than two months early, weighing not quite 3 pounds. >> now you can see she has a lot of fat on her cheeks and her hands are bigger. >> she's growing and she's eating and she'sing doing real well. >> reporter: one in eight american babies is born early, that's half a million a year, more than most other developed countries. the march of dimes gives

we have been working closely with caltrans on this. we have been talking to them the whole time, but it is true, we just gave them the model about two weeks ago. >> thank you. now on the funding update, i would like to have nancy willett present that. >> wheat just allocated 9.6 million in phase one. we are meeting with others and we recently submitted our reimbursement proposal. we hope to see those funds flowing to us soon. on pace to we are continuing our efforts to seek funding. we are in the near term looking for funding for the technical studies, to keep that moving forward. that is all i have for today. >> and i would like to have tom give us an update on the spe. >> good morning, board. i wanted to give an update on the sbe activities. on october 20, we had a bid for the opening tg-1901 package. that is on the calendar today for approval. their lowest bid was at $663,000 to relocate and to build the interim screen wall at 301 mission. in november, we will have a really busy month. we have a big opening for the tg03 excavation p

it's definitely it's sort of a situation where caltrans has to work their best to get caught up. we don't know what will happen overnight and there may be a little bit more so because the skies are great. >> how would you describe the crowds were the roadways that were travelers? >> hardly anybody on the road today. i'm sure that will be a different situation, tomorrow and thursday for a lot of people in the bay area are planning on calling it a top for the giving. today not that many people in the road that i think anyone who's traveling this way will probably expect to see a lot more people on the road tomorrow. >> alright jeff bush along an icy the kings killed a cue. >> some new details to tell you about to the same combination of pillows, italy used to treat hiv could be helpful with prevention. in his study that spans four continents to years men that took the combined drug showed dramatically lowered infection rate. >> the cdc estimates there's one new hiv infection every nine minutes in the united states carry >> the total is more than two and half a million people each y

she thought caltrans should cover the damage. her insurance company filed a claim and months later they denied the claim, blaming a construction company. the company denies responsibility. doyle feels luck to have lived through the incident, but angry about the state's response. her company said it is pursuing the company. >> tolding the tenth annual there ought to be a law contest inviting anyone living in california to submit ideas. 16 past suggests are now law including requiring drivers to have headlights on when it rains. senators up to san carlos has an application for submitting ideas. the deadline is november 24th. >> for one activist has his way, circumcision will be banned in san francisco. he is collecting signatures to put the issue on a 2012 ballot. he wants to make the common procedure a crime for boys under 18 to be circumsized. the punishment is $1 this thousand fine and up to a year in prison. circumcision is common and is a religion and health-related procedure. >>> seng packages overseas, if you want your loved

. >> caltrans has snowplows standing by along highway 17 in their stock piles of sand to guard against black ice that can form in cold weather. meanwhile the freezing temperatures are also bad news for plastic pipes and other exposed plumbing. you see here many non-residents are scrambling to insulate those pipes against the cold. winter storms have pounded the sierra and covered everything was no what pace. these are pictures sent to kron 4 from norstar at tahoe resort where their reporting 79 in. of snow. many bay area residents have plans head up the mount for the holiday we send jeff bush to the area and he shows with the road conditions are like today. >> i'm on interstate 80 just pass blue canyon and as you concede caltrans has there's no removal equipment out here and it's for good reason because the conditions here on the roadway are absolutely miserable. i imagine driving on slushy snow on the highway and then have that slushy snow phrase. the car moves around like this i have a four-wheel drive vehicle and i could still feel it moving like this as it slides along the icy road

caltrans and its contractor installed the new steel plates caltrans still does not know what caused the crack and they say more work is possible. white house officials say u.s. intelligence did not connect an american man to the deadly 2008 attacks he later pleaded guilty to. they will expect to release the findings and to the investigation into what intelligence knew about david headley. president barack obama first wanted to brief india's prime minister on the findings will he is visiting. he spoke a little while ago from new delhi he addressed the attacks. >> i met with the courageous families and survivors of that are or attack. here in parliament which was itself targeted because of the debt markets democracy group represents we honor the memory of all those who of been taken from us. including american citizens on 2611. indian citizen on 911. this is a bond that we share it is why we insist nothing ever justifies the slaughter of innocent men and women and children. it is why we work together more closely than ever. to prevent terrorist attacks to deepen our cooperation for there.

we've seen caltrans workers p lowing through the snow. we've been taking -- clerking with the executive director from the lake tahoe visitors association all weekend. i just got off the phone with a spokesman a few minutes ago. most resorts have received up 250 minutes of snow. as for us driving up here, we got east of placerville, when a caltrans stopped us anded to us we needed to put trains on our live truck. a little unusual this morning. that worker did see a quite -- did see quite a few drivers head up to lake tahoe last night. everyone hopes to see the snow. but this year -- but this year it's unexpectedly fallen sooner than years past. temperatures are supposed to warm up on wednesday. we haven't been able to go live because our mast on top our live truck is freezing. it's about 28 degrees out there. it's? ing. we are seeing ice and snow mix. so be careful when you come out here. >> how frustrating has it been to drive up there and get around there? >> it's slow. it's slow going, definitely. >> we had chains on our tires. both bro

this is video from the caltrans traffic camera. >> showing highway 50 at myers and chains are required on both 80 and 50. >> we're watching scattered showers, let me get out of way so you can see all of live doppler, heading down to hayward you can see marina boulevard, he is pairian boulevard, some light rain falling right now. it's all sliding to the southeast and move through the east bay hills and towards pleasanton and into union city, fremont, possibly mount hamilton over the next hour or so. we have more showers developing up around sonoma county. these are going to slide down to the southwest. we have scattered showers in today's frequent. a heavy shower tonight and the possibility of freezing temperatures in your forecast. >>> a toddler has died after falling 50 feet from the downtown staples center luxury suite shortly after the lakers basketball game. the boy is believed to be two or three years old. he died earlier today at a los angeles hospital. the boy fell from the top tier of the suites. it's not clear how he fell over the wall. >> in east oakland, police are investiga

. >> caltrans has stopped to work following a construction accident this morning. caltrans says a piece of concrete used to cover the exposed rock inside the tunnel fell on the worker pay the worker was taken to a hospital and was treated and released. they say they stopped work while it investigates what went wrong. there is no word when construction may restart. >>> turning out to election returns one of the big statewide contests for the race for california is still too close to call. out of nearly 6.6 million votes san francisco district attorney, harris leads steve cooley by just 15,000 votes. they have just under 3.3 million votes and tons of absentee ballots still need to be counted. cooley says it could be weeks before we know the winner. >>> a race in east bay is also too close to call. between republican david harmer and jerry mcmearny only about 100 votes separate the candidates" will not be decided until thousands of absentee ballots are counted. that may take several days and a recount is a distinct possibility. >>> republicans are celebrating the bigg

we have a caltrans camera in the area. looks like just an exit before. and you can see that traffic is really jamming up already as you approach tassajara. again, chp heading to the scene. multi-vehicle crash also involving a big rig. and traffic is stacking up in those westbound lanes of 580 through pleasanton. checking your drive time right now 16 minutes on westbound 580 out of the altamont pass towards 680. we'll continue to watch that accident. in the meantime we still have these two lanes blocked in redwood city. this is southbound 101 right before whipple. chp on scene right now still blocking the left lanes but as you can see this is not causing a big traffic backup so 101 moves along okay. traffic still light in the area. taking you outside, san mateo bridge this is westbound 92 the commute direction. no problems across the san mateo bridge, bay bridge looks good, as well. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >>> hey, thanks, elizabeth. well, heading out the door this morning, we got some chilly spots out there especially inland

caltrans is standing by with sam trucks to guard against black eyes. the cold snap could also threaten plants as well less plastic piping and other expo's plumbing. in santa cruz not a drop kron 4 news >>. another big story you check it out you can see the winter storm have blanketed the sierra. you could see interstate 80 is open but chains are required to that's a difficult driving situation. it's expected to be difficult for the next couple of days imagine if you we'll the snow on the roadway melting into/and then rephrasing. that creates little tiny numbers which makes it difficult to drive. in the sierra jeff bush kron 4 news. >> in san jose like in the bay area this is bad news high gas prices meeting its going to cost you more to good your family or friends here and there is giving. going to the public eye prices is bad enough money is tied to >> as it is. some people can afford great help us prices of really gone up that it's harder for people to travel longer wait >> is. some are making up by shopping around with a least a little bit of succes

tonight, it until 4:00 a.m., caltran will close that third lane, again for more inspections. and the sports, the oakland raiders have sold out their first game since their opener last season. it was a big one! kansas city shotgunned, the best in the afc west and the most tense was the fourth quarter. with seven seconds, they lined up 41 yd field goal, and nailed it! in an overtime. and then, jason campbell, put the raiders and five positions to win. and they did! and once again, he came out with a 33 yd field goal to win it for the rule ritters. here it is!, 23-20. the oakland fans are getting excited about their team! >> and i feel the we really excited to have a victory. >> they're playing right! >> you can see them on the sidelines. in coaching. >> and just as any other team. if we can win the championship, and we find no and remember when it tastes like them and this is great for the city i am tired of them losing. it looks like they're going and the right direction. he and it looks like those kids are trying to be professional ball players. with consistency, week after w

. >>> the environmental protection agency is ordering caltrans to stop polluting rivers, streams and the bay. audits found traces of debris along 50,000 miles of roadway. the epa warns caltrans say they could face penalties if they don't stop the runoff in a year. >>> commuters on the peninsula may pay a toll to to come other. he this -- pay it a toll to come over san mateo county. >> back east they have the inner bridge tolls, you know, 30 cents, a dollar. i continue -- i don't agree with it. it's just another way to make revenue. >> how would you really? it's ridiculous. it's ridiculous. who came up with this, anyways? >> san francisco would use the money to improve roads, transit systems and bike trails. >>> an odd incident in the east bay this morning, a standoff between police and a man in a tree. >> the law requires employers to pay employees for all ours they work -- >> we're just learning about a settlement between meg whitman and her former -- former housekeeper. meteorologist steve paulson will have an updated forecast for you with the changes coming up for the weather. >>>

this is video from the caltrans traffic camera. >> showing highway 50 at myers and chains are required on both 80 and 50. >> we're watching scattered showers, let me get out of way so you can see all of live doppler, heading down to hayward you can see marina boulevard, he is pairian boulevard, some light rain fallingight now. it's all sliding to the southeast and move through the east bay hills and towards pleasanton and into union city, fremont, possibly mount hamilton over the next hour or so. we have more showers developing up around sonoma county. these are going to slide do to the southwest. we have scattered showers in today's frequent. a heavy shor tonight and the possibility of freing temperatures in your forecast. >>> a toddler has died after falling 50 feet from the downtown staples center luxury suite shortly after the lakers basketball game. the boy is believed to be tw or three years old. he died earlier today at a los angeles hospital. the boy fell fr the top tier of the suites. it's not clear how he fell over the wall. >> in east oakland, police are investigating a shoo