the real issue that's this bridge happens to be the underpass for the future of the cal extraction to i'd like to very briefly go to the letter i wrote to the committee and highlight the main points. there are many issues including the fact that a station couldn't possibly function without on there passes and the design encroaches the future station access ramps. everyone agrees there are technical challenges but we've shown staff two different construction techniques including like the one in london. the next is for the road specifically the miss appropriation of $4 million in fta funds. and $3.3 million in prop k funds that were approved by the voters not to have a viable station. and last point that staff is unaware of a funding envelope in the region of $30 million that can be immediately used to start building the station including the adjacent quinton street track. in closings i respectfully request a 3 month stay of execution on the station underpass while we reach out to it bridge reconstruction experts that will be on time and budget >> thank you. anyone else on the public wh

has that underpass -- has that already been finalized, so to speak? because i didn't know we had proceeded that far. >> it has not been. i believe this is just an informational hearing to talk about the concept. i believe that the transportation authority has done on a very preliminary basis at filling it in on the context of the geary street brt. >> right. >> but i don't think it's gone beyond that. >> okay, because it seemed like from what i remember it, it was one of the most expensive alternatives in the brt. >> it would be nice. >> yeah, it would be really great to do. >> commissioner antonini. >> ann marie, thank you for your report. a couple of procedural questions. the modified wiener c-e-q-a legislation passed on first reading, is that what happened on tuesday? >> that's correct, it will be heard again next week. >> okay. and my second question, the status of mexican museum project, now, that is -- the appeal has already been dismissed, but the board is voting for approval or where are we on that particular legislation? >> i'm sorry, i missed

specifically for the garbo the supervisor mar and you are beginning to have the planning of filling in the underpass. this is a legacy of the freeway that never got completed in a redevelopment agency that it's time to reunite your communities. i'm so happy that our supervisor mar has support that. as that project processes we have the perfect opportunity to reembroiling the stretch of the gary boulevard. and the specific design will be influenced by or may influence our infidel. this is about more than filling in a hole in the ground but an opportunity to bring the community together. it's an opportunity to improve the safety for pedestrians and bicyclists and motorists alike and it's the chap to have a more beautiful place to live. it will involve the work of a lot of agencies like the transportation authority the planning department the department of planning works and the rec and planning department and a, of course, significant input from the community. i look forward to working with them on this particular project. my second project is about the boulevard. today, we're introducing a resolution

headache as the section of interstate 5 near downtown los angeles is closed while workers repair an underpass damaged by fire. the section of freeway has been closed since a tanker truck flipped and spilled 8,500 gallons of gas on saturday. authorities expect repairs to be extensive and urge commuters to avoid the area and take public transit today. >> the average cost of gasoline has dropped by a penny over the past three weeks but enjoy it while it lasts. the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded nation-wide is $3.59 and in california it is $3.95. los angeles has the highest in the state at $4.02 and sacramento has the lowest at $3.79 but the prices will jump a dime a gallon the next few weeks. >> the historic oyster farm is holding a support rally in the fight to stay open, the latest move to try and stop the federal government from shutting it down. the national park service claims that the oyster boats have had a negative impact on sea life but drakes and experts say false sanction was used to evaluate the environmental impact. the rally is 2:30 this afternoon and san francisco -

this underpass is completely filled with sludge. towns are covered with mud and rocks. roads are strewn with car, lumber and other debris. mud slides block train tracks. rescuers are searching for the missing, but their efforts are being hampered by the risks of landslides. a month's worth of rain fell in half a day in parts of yamaguchi and shimany prefectures. hagi city marked a record breaking 138 millimeters of rain in a single hour through noon on sunday. >> translator: i was recording it right before i fled. i heard that the water later overflowed. >> reporter: the downpours stranded many people in the two prefectures. about 200 elementary school children were trapped at a camp site. they took shelter overnight at a nearby facility. self-defense force personnel picked them up in helicopters on monday morning. >> translator: i'm relieved. >> translator: i'm all right. i want to tell my family that i'm okay. >> reporter: floods also stranded the facility for the elderly in hagi with nearly 80 people inside. >> translator: i was in the corridor facing the river. the

and underpasses. slow progress can make moscow even more challenging to navigate on two wheels. little wonder that uptake is poor for the new bike rental service, even though it has been designed for convenience. after registering online, users simply picked up a bike when they need one. >> these bikes are limited to a specific area, but i can go anywhere i want our car. that's the problem. >> people here have an erratic style of driving. that's a big danger to us cyclists. >> alexi has been advocating cyclists rights for years, and it is his job to convince more muscovites to ditch therefore wheels for two. >> by 2016, we want 0.1% of all journeys made in moscow to be by bicycle. today, it is .000 -- something percent. >> it is an ambitious goal, but he hopes that soon more moscow cyclists will be heading in the right direction. >> and export of a different kind, football news. >> and last night's semifinals, norway and denmark ended their 90 minute clash with a1-all draw . the final score, 4-2, norway. they now face germany in the final. >> that's all we've got for you on this

this underpass is completely filled with sludge. towns are covered with mud and rocks. roads are strewn with logs, lumber and other debris. mudslides block train tracks. rescuers are searching for the missing, but their efforts are being hampered by the risk of landslides. a month's worth of rain fell in half a day in parts of yamaguchi and shimane prefectures. 138 millimeters of rain in a single hour on sunday. >> translator: i was recording it right before i fled. i heard that the water later overflowed. >> reporter: the downpour stranded many people in the two prefectures. about 200 elementary school children were trapped at a campsite. they took shelter overnight at a nearby facility. self-defense force personnel picked them up in helicopters on monday morning. >> reporter: i'm relieved. >> translator: i am all right. i want to tell my family that i'm okay. >> reporter: floods also stranded a facility for the elderly in hagi, with nearly 80 people inside. >> translator: i was in the corridor facing the river. the river was swelling and it seemed to go higher than me

and underpasses. slow progress can make moscow even more challenging to navigate on two wheels. little wonder that uptake is poor for the new bike rental service, even though it has been designed for convenience. after registering online, users simply picked up a bike when they need one. >> these bikes are limited to a specific area, but i can go anywhere i want our car. that's the problem. >> people here have an erratic style of driving. that's a big danger to us cyclists. >> alexi has been advocating cyclists rights for years, and it is his job to convince more muscovites to ditch therefore wheels for two. >> by 2016, we want 0.1% of all journeys made in moscow to be by bicycle. today, it is .000 -- something percent. >> it is an ambitious goal, but he hopes that soon more moscow cyclists will be heading in the right direction. >> and export of a different kind, football news. >> and last night's semifinals, norway and denmark ended their 90 minute clash with a1-all draw . the final score, 4-2, norway. they now face germany in the final. >> that's all we've got for you on this

between the san bruino mountains and santa clara mountains and it's a matter of keeping culverts and underpasses open there so that animals can move between the two mountain ranges. >> and we don't have to build anything? >> we don't have to build anything or limit all other activity on these landscapes and we simply have to protect wildlife movement on them. >> in other words, to we have to keep people out of this area? is that the idea? or commerce or build something. >> you have to keep building more or less. sometimes it can be a matter of, say you're a community in the rockies and you're on the spine of the continent and in an important wildlife corridor. you want to build a shopping mall to keep your commerce going. if you just do really careful studies where the animals are using the landscape, you can choose where to build so that the animals can keep using their part of the landscape as well. >> okay. >> you have some maps in your book and we're going to show a couple of them, where you got, i guess, the title, the title spine the continent comes from and what are we see something. >> y

the crash happened this morning around 10:30 inside an underpass connecting i-5 and southbound state route 2 near glendale. the chp says the truck flipped, spilling its load of gasoline and caught fire. people are warned to stay away from storm drains and manhole covers because of explosive runoff from the spill. the fire burned for more than 40 minutes, and the accident snarled traffic for miles in the area as fire officials closed the interchange and dieverted traffic to 101. so one was injured. >>> the first official race in the america's cup is on the books. the world's first, that's now in the history books. >> watching and waiting for the newest heir to the royal throne. what's happening outside the london hospital. >> apparently three small children are jumping, that's what it looks like to me. we have mostly sunny skies around the bay area at this hour, beautiful weekend under way in the bay area. it's still as warm as 89 degrees in concord. but time for a cool change. we'll have the details after a break. ,,,,,, so she sees her allergist who has a receptionist susan, who see

flooding of underpasses has been a big deal as well as flooding over roadways and even some of the transit systems have been affected by the high winds that have knocked over some trees with these thunderstorms. we'll continue to see wet weather not just today but also over the next couple of days. very slow-moving system here so even into midweek we'll continue to keep it wet throughout much of the eastern united states. as far as the rainfall amounts, they could be very, very profound, as much as two to three inches here around portions of the northeast and the mid-atlantic. even more than that in northern georgia and in tennessee, three to five inches. look at the panhandle of florida where five to eight inches could fall in the next seven days. looks like some wet holidays coming up. back to you guys. >> all right, nick walker. thank you very much. the lead investigator in the george zimmerman case will be on the stand. we will be coming back to you with that up ahead. >>> and welcome back to our coverage of the george zimmerman trial. earlier today we heard testimony from sanford poli

. >> as rocky comes down the exit ramp, he looks to his right and sees a flooded underpass. >> it was like a lake. i was thinking, well, now we are going to be a little later. >> as rocky prepares to turn away from the flood, another car catches his eye. >> as i stop, this car comes in front of me, and she goes into the water. and it wasn't a small amount of water. >> another driver, howard absets, also sees the car trying to plow through the flooded road. >> for a split second i think, this cannot be happening. it's unreal. >> the woman in the car loses control, and the suv starts to drift. >> both rocky and howard know if they don't act, there's no one else around, and she could be in real trouble. luckily, rocky is a doctor trained in trauma life support so he doesn't hesitate to help. >> the front starts to go under pretty rapidly. i decided i'm going to go out there. >> the water was freezing cold. it was unbearable, actually. rocky and i were actually holding hands because we don't know what the water is like, and about that time we get about halfway out and the water is getting

the storm knocked down page power lines, uprouted trees and flooded underpasses. rain has helped crews battling the yarnell fire which killed 19 elite firefighters two weeks ago. they say it's now 100% contained. our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the extreme weather center. rick? >> shep, monsoon rains. that's the same thing early monsoon season. you get those lightning strikes and that's what causes a lot of fire. you get a few weeks into monsoon season and you get a lot of rain there that gives a lot more moisture to the ground. when it starts to prevent so. future fires. more rain coming through the press cot area and yarnell and thunderstorms it looks like the next four to five days that monsoon activity is going to be very strong. it's great news to see that rain there down across areas of the southeast, i will tell you what though can't really catch a break. more rain falling today and flooding concerns as we move forward in the next couple of days. see another two to three inches in the few areas here especially parts of georgia, south and north kor

a tunnel-like underpass was damaged saturday night when a tanker truck flipped and blew up. caltrans says the fire was so intense, it made the concrete brittle. all northbound lanes and two southbound lanes are closed at least until tomorrow. >>> the woman famous for writing the harry potter novels has apparently worked a little magic of her own. j.k. rowling wrote an acclaimed detective novel but nobody knew it was her. she penned the cuckoo's calling about a war veteran turned private investigator under the name robert galbraith. it was a hit with critics in april. and word has just now gotten out that it was rowling who wrote it. she said she wished the secret could have lasted longer because using a pseudonym has been a liberating experience. >>> universal's minions ran away with the box office for the second week in a row. the animated sequel came in number one. "despicable me" 2 brought in $50 million. friend ennsylvania. they were the reason he wase to get to his own concert on time. the singer signed >>> dave matthews had some new friends in pennsylvania in a big way

evacuated.and others were asked to shelter in place >> there was construction in place at the marina bay underpass. there were doing some drilling in the area. of one not sure if they were aware if there was a gas line in the area. so whoever, they struck it. >> pam: the construction crew that broke the pipe while drilling or boring in the area was *not affiliated with pg&e. p-g-and-e says they will be billing the contractor. >> jacqueline: the flock has been slow to clear. the fog has been slow to clear. still, going towards the golden gate with more extent of fog. it has been cooler and we could see even more cooler conditions. antioch, 95 degrees. still, 50s and 60s along the coast. 70's for the south-bay it has been cooler for the next several days. more details on that, coming up. >> pam: this is aerial footage courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. you are looking at the friday bay area commute. with an earlier bomb scare. will have more coming up on this story, ahead. >> catherine: the difficult landing from southwest airlines laguardia landing. >> the mayor of san diego is

the bats found over the underpass have tested positive for rabies. health officials say this does not mean there is a rabies outbreak and human cases they say are rare. they are warning everybody, if you see them, don't pick up any bat that may be found on the ground. >>> sonoma county's public health officer is investigating the sale of tiny red eared turtles as pets. investigators say the sale of these turtles is illegal because they can carry salmonella. a man in a white van has been selling them to people in santa rosa shopping centers and the sebastopol flea market. he's described as latino or asian in his mid-50s. the health department is advises everyone not to buy these turtles as pets. >>> at-risk youth are being paid to help protect nature in marin. they are part of the marin youth ecology core. it's a summer program with 16 young people. they work four days a week for $9 an hour. the idea is to help them gain work experience. >>> all right, tori. 7:54. sal is back. everybody behaving for you, sal. ut hoey. you >> you are watching somebody.