there is more do and caltrans appears to be falling behind. caltrans told us five contracts for environmental improvements would go out by april. but here we are in august and caltrans only negotiated two of people. when the work is finished it will be years before we know whether these are working. it may take just as long to heal a divided down. >> we're going to do the best we can. >> caltrans will hold a public meeting this week on its plans to use an herbicide on the project. there has been no resolution to issues involving native american archaeological sites. >>> police in tennessee are trying to figure out why a man armed with pepper spray attacked movie goers today, firing several rounds from an air soft pistol. three people were injured, he doused the theater with pepper spray and cut a person with a hatchet. police officers were able to get there quickly. the officer returned fire and killed him. >> we heard screams and then a shot. >> we're like that must be a scary movie. >> the backpack was made to look like a bomb. they say it d

, and caltrans only negotiated two of people. when the work is finished it will be years before we know whether these are working. it may take just as long to heal a divided down. >> we're going to do the best we can. >> caltrans will hold a public meeting this week on its plans to use an herbicide on the project. there has been no resolution to issues involving native american archaeological sites. >>> police in tennessee are trying to figure out why a man armed with pepper spray attacked movie goers today, firing several rounds from an air soft pistol. three people were injured, he doused the theater with pepper spray and cut a person with a hatchet. police officers were able to get there quickly. the officer returned fire and killed him. >> we heard screams, and then a shot. >> we're like that must be a scary movie. >> the backpack was made to look like a bomb. they say it did not contain explosi explosives. >>> former l.a. clippers owner donald sterling is filing for divorce from his wife. he and his wife have been married ne

but caltran says not so fast. amy hollyfield? >> yes, commuters say the backup on the bridge creates congestion on highway 101 in marin, it is a nightmare. a lawmaker said the solution simple. on the shoulder. it just takes paint. he has introduced legislation to force this by the end the month. commuters say it would ease the pain. >> i cannot stand traffic. it is not my thing. >> the idea of opening up the third lane is great. if they can. >> caltran said it is not that easy with the environmental rules and reconfiguring they would need a year. if the legislation passes they have to figure how to get it done in weeks. >> starbucks is expanding the beer and wine sales. >> google launches wi-fi for home. jane? >> good morning, to you. a sell off going on with the dow down 142 points and s&p 500 and nasdaq trading low. the problem is the latest ininflation numbers show hardly any inflation. that gives the federal reserve room to raise experts next month. that is why we see the markets down. starbucks is serving beer and wine at mo

we were told about a caltrans person 20 minutes ago they were getting ready to close highway 53. i can see it from my vantage point. it looks like there's some traffic on it but they were getting ready to close highway 53 because the fire was getting so close. >> thank you noel. it continues to spread there appreciate the update. >> let's to meteorologist. >> little cooler heather this wildfire overriding any weather condition. only thing would help us would be a soaking rainstorm. as you can see right now taking a look at sensors across parts of right around clear lake temperatures mainly in the upper 80s to 88 to 89 degrees. a bit of a breeze. in fact i'll show you more observations with a bit of a breeze out there around 10 to 14 miles an hour. as you can see with these winds sensors around the fire zone they are kind of variable out there and these are around the fire zone. within the fire itself you can have winds easily two times, 3 times as strong as what you're seeing right here with the extreme wildfire behavior that has been happening. taking a look at the forecast for

it seems that caltrans was waiting for asphalt and they dropped the ball. >> reporter: caltrans will give notification and ways to work around the construction. other people said that even going around in it there is a lot of traffic. >> james: you can see the satellite image here and definitely make out the storm system itself with a giant mass of swirling clouds. there's the big island of hawaii. it looks like it the storm will track just to the north of the island chain. of the center is about 170 mi. north of hilo and should keep tropical storm winds off islands. we will see if it continues on the wind. we have a live look here at the golden gate bridge. we have some decent sunshine nice blue in the clouds. the clubs are expected to bill this afternoon. we could be looking at a pot of shower now and again throughout the bay area later on this morning and into the afternoon. temperatures are in the '70s. >> reporter: if you use the center fell bridge for your commute there is the major back up because of an accident. the toll plaza will be blocked to about richmond. the bay bridge

you're >> reporter: center this of the board of a traffic the city says they had no idea caltrans was going to check out the light of highway one last monday afternoon and caltrans says they meant the 70mm the city a day in advance but somehow it got lost to traffic accidents may the congestion even worse all unraveled from their became less huge mass of people stuck for hours the city says better communication, of prevented this or prevented this from happening of course very concerned about the potential caltrans work in the future mayor says she was sort with them to see if they can do that work overnight. it only has two lanes the shot one down has a huge ripple effect here of pacifica. fire >> catherine: fedders knocked out a warm fire near what no one in san jose today. the crews say they arrived to find big plumes of heavy black smoke you see here is the founder robert and garbage on fire. in the maintenance yard at mayberry route on a big strike fire. put out 130 no buildings threatens there were no injuries. nerve racking time for some parents this morning collision on i 80 i

the mayor is demanding answers from caltrans. highway 1 was backed up for miles. police say first responders had to reroute to make sure they could get to any potential emergencies. michelle roberts is in pacifica this evening. caltrans is getting the blame. >> reporter: a lot of people really frustrated including the city saying that they didn't know about this road work and that would have been incredibly important for them to know that. caltrans says it would have been routine work if it wasn't for an accident, somebody allegedly driving around the cones, and that is what caused this huge headache yesterday. pacifica natives know beach traffic on highway 1 can slow things down. but yesterday -- >> it was crazy. i've never seen it backed up like that and i've lived here 30 years. >> reporter: traffic was backed up for miles. caltrans was repaving a half-mile stretch of the southbound side. >> it was really slow and i had a screaming baby in the back. >> reporter: the work was supposed to be completed by 3:00 p.m. that time line was pushed back to 9:30 following

caltran officials say they cannot comment or take a stance on pending legislation. reporting live from richmond for abc news. >> communicating in burlingame is as easy as checking in on a smart phone. the new app called access burlingame is designed to help residents, businesses and visitors access city services on their phones. the app is free. it allows users to report city issues and people and have abscess to the city calendar and the agenda. the app increases transparency, community outreach and citizen engagement. >> when minimum wage workers will get a raise if a main city. >> frightening for a woman fishing on the delta. a fish with >> minimum wage workers will get a pay raise in santa clara to $11 an hour, the highest in the county. it takes affect january 1. it will be adjusted based on the county living index. santa clara will move to $15 an hour they hope to help working families facing the steep housing costs. the state minimum wage is $9 and will be $10 in january. >> happening today, the oakland unified school district is holding another recruitment f

chang chronicle and ed reiskin mta this increases the capacity in all 3 of the major muni bart and caltrans with the traffic on the freeways to make our streets safer and more visiting is great need for road improvement for this reason i want to ask the transportation authority staff to collect a poll of the san franciscans to get a better sense for the investment for the transportation system and how to pay for them this will help to shape our nation that the mayor's office regarding the 2016 bart as well as local measures i look forward to the poll results and with that, colleagues, i want to wish everyone a great august recess once we adjourn this meeting is there any public comment on item 2 seeing none, public comment is closed item 3. >> item 3 executive orders this is an informational item. >> thank you chair wiener tilly chang in light of today's heavy presentation i'd like to skip quickly to congratulatey remark about the sfmta receiving a $41 million cap & trade grant for the light rail vehicles and otherwise still bleak federal and state transportation picture of the sfmta will b

caltrans says an excavator belong together japan foundation engineering company caused the accident. >> that is still under investigation. we know the excavator hit the tower, the rear en. >> reporter: detours were monumental. >> supposed to visit a friend, but i guess our plan has to be cancelled today. >> reporter: drivers kept their cool until 101 was opened again. back live here in burlingame, we reached out to the engineering company caltrans says was responsible. we have not heard back. long-term repairs could take days to replace and reenergize this power lines no won order when broadway may be re-opened. we are live in burlingame, abc7 news. >> thank you. let's take a live look now at road conditions in the area from sky 7hd. you can see -- this is highway 101 over burlingame. smooth conditions south. the commute heading north flowing better than earlier. >>> a different scene just a few hours ago at 101 at popular avenue in san mateo. you can see the traffic backup to the right of the screen. slow going on the left. current conditions better. the drivetime graphic showing us

tonight, caltrans wants the okay to blow part of it up. plus ... >> coming up, the push of one east day city to allow more chickens in the backyard. >> and, these two women just broke one of the toughest gender barriers in the military. but tonight, they are still hitting a ,,,,,,,,,, >> police in thailand say they are zeros in on the bangkok bomberment they say this man in the yellow shirt is responsible for the worst terror attack in the country's history. surveillance video shows him leaving a backpack under a bench at a crowded shrine yesterday and walking away. momentums later ... cell phone video shows the force of that blast, 20 people were killed. dozens more were wounded. >>> meanwhile, another explosion sent people running today. police say an unidentified man threw a bomb at a pier. but it went off in the water. luckily, no one was hurt there. investigators are looking into the possibility that this may be a politically motivated bombing campaign. they also have not ruled out international terrorism. >>> two women have broken on

tonight, caltrans wants the okay to blow part of it up. plus ... >> coming up, the push of one east day city to allow more chickens in the backyard. >> and, these two women just broke one of the toughest gender barriers in the military. but tonight, they are ,,,,,,,,,, >> police in thailand say they are zeros in on the bangkok bomberment they say this man in the yellow shirt is responsible for the worst terror attack in the country's history. surveillance video shows him leaving a backpack under a bench at a crowded shrine yesterday and walking away. momentums later ... cell phone video shows the force of that blast, 20 people were killed. dozens more were wounded. >>> meanwhile, another explosion sent people running today. police say an unidentified man threw a bomb at a pier. but it went off in the water. luckily, no one was hurt there. investigators are looking into the possibility that this may be a politically motivated bombing campaign. they also have not ruled out international terrorism. >>> two women have broken one of the toughes

caltrans was planning to poison invasive black berries to speed up the work. county supervisors opposed the work. caltrans plans to remove the berries by hand or machine. >>> earthquake safety technology is being tried out for the first time in the united states at a new hospital going up in san francisco. 120 of these steel plates are being installed throughout the future sutter health hospital on van ness. they're called wall dampeners. they have a gel-like substance inside that acts like a shock absorber. >> this is an example of how much the building sways. the new hospital opens in 2019. >>> some heat to talk about, it cooled off a little bit, though. >> which is nice. when you're ready. >> yes. we are indeed. cooling off on the coast but inland was still hot. mainly sunny skies now, but the fog which was earlier confined to the coast is beginning to push out over the bay and patches will push inland later in the evening. here is the view from sutro camera. you can see fog bringing with it cooling affects. it's 66 degrees in san francisco. 70 in oakland.

at the very end of this with dpw we will be repaving the van ness corridor that is in part fund bid caltrans right-of-way so bus rapid transit for those who are not family the obese feature of the system the dictated right-of-way lanes less obvious but equally important to the service improvements that are envisioned by this project are the improved traffic lights to provide the traffic light priority for vehicles and which will be rewanted to maximize the north south traffic vehicles that will speed up the

rectify and permitting review and interpreting caltrans technical review for milestones throughout the project the plans and programs put in a request for the combined city project the design phase is signals that is part of the multi integrated bronze to different infrastructure an all in favor, signify by i including the better signals and for people walker and by the public works commission a transbay transit center communication overview the transbay joint powers authority is requesting money for the overview program math and property management formals f 2015-2016 this might look familiar the work that is fund similar to pass the allocations to the transbay joint powers authority that the transportation authority has made those funds are programmed for this purpose within prop k during item 10 on the agenda eel you'll hear an update on the cost increase for phase one that didn't impact the current request next is the given brt faeshltd study the prop k funds provide as part of the november transportation authority appropriation you'll hear more on 9 agenda recommending the report

caltrans says a controlled implosion could minimize impact. if approved, it could happen in november. >>> the family of a bank robbery hostage killed in a shootout is suing the city of stockton and its police department. it happened last summer. police fired more than 600 shots at the suspect's suv. when it was over, hostage misty holt singh was dead. she died from police bullets. her family filed a lawsuit for negligence, battery and violations of civil rights. >> we believe the right thing for the city to do is to continue to accept responsibility and get this matter resolved to not do so was wrong to paul, to miss huber and miss kasoya and is a disservice to the police officers involved and the community. >> the city employees department has not commented. >>> battle over "deflate-gate" not over. lawyers for the players union and, in fact, heading back to federal court today. brady is appealing a four-game suspension for his role in the team's use of under inflated footballs in january. tom brady and the commissioner roger goodell have not

caltrans was planning to poison invasive black berries to speed up the work. county supervisors opposed the work. caltrans plans to remove the berries by hand or machine. >>> earthquake safety technology is being tried out for the first time in the united states at a new hospital going up in san francisco. 120 of these steel plates are being installed throughout the future sutter health hospital on van ness. they're called wall dampeners. they have a gel-like substance inside that acts like a shock absorber. >> this is an example of how much the building sways. the new hospital opens in 2019. >>> some heat to talk about, it cooled off a little bit, though. >> which is nice. when you're ready. >> yes. we are indeed. cooling off on the coast but inland was still hot. mainly sunny skies now, but the fog which was earlier confined to the coast is beginning to push out over the bay and patches will push inland later in the evening. here is the view from sutro camera. you can see fog bringing with it cooling affects. it's 66 degrees in san francisco. 70 in oakland.

rectify and permitting review and interpreting caltrans technical review for milestones throughout the project the plans and programs put in a request for the combined city project the design phase is signals that is part of the multi integrated bronze to different infrastructure an all in favor, signify by i including the better signals and for people walker and by the public works commission a transbay transit center communication overview the transbay joint powers authority is requesting money for the overview program math and property management formals f 2015-2016 this might look familiar the work that is fund similar to pass the allocations to the transbay joint powers authority that the transportation authority has made those funds are programmed for this purpose within prop k during item 10 on the agenda eel you'll hear an update on the cost increase for phase one that didn't impact the current request next is the given brt faeshltd study the prop k funds provide as part of the november transportation authority appropriation you'll hear more on 9 agenda recommending the report

caltrans or b.a.r.t. your best bet. san jose more comfortable at 80 down from 95 yesterday. 80 in redwood city. mountain view, as well. also 72 in south san francisco with cooler numbers. in sonoma, more comfortable in the east bay. lots of 70s. berkeley 75 to 80. livermore, 102 yesterday. today 84. that is good news. here is a look at the seven-day forecast. morning showers continue. very light, at best. temperatures start to cool down. right now we are going to be closer to average today. you'll notice a big change compared to yesterday's high. we will be below average mid week. unfortunately, looking all dry next week. >> dramatic drops in temperatures, this week. >> more comfortable for most of us. >> thank you, frances. let's check out sports. after a week of practice in colorado, the 49ers will play their third preseason game later today. kick-off 6:00 p.m. this afternoon giants play the cardinals. first pitch 105. last night the team celebrated a walk-off win over st. louis. >> good morning. giants second baseman

caltrans did not return our calls today. vic lee, abc7 news. >>> three santa clara county deputies are on administrative leave following the death of an inmate. a spokesperson tells axe bc seven news the guards discovered an unconscious inmate who later died. the department is not talking about explanation as to why the guards were placed on leave during the investigation. >>> the oakland police officer who police say was beating her over the head with a chain is out of the hospital. they have not released her name yet. thursday's officer-involved shooting was the sixth for oakland this year. the fourth that has been fatal. >>> and the two people accused of shooting a tourist in a busy neighborhood in san francisco were charged with attempted murder today. police say the two men shot the victim, a visitor from thailand, tuesday as he was trying to get a stolen camera back near the crooked part of lombard street. police chased them across the bay bridge. the victim is expected to make a full recovery. >>> police are pursuing

that. >> we'll have caltrans start the closure at 9:00. so the closure won't be in effect 10:00 p.m., the entire closure. that doesn't mean there still won't be imeffect traffic prior to that time. >> reporter: anyone headed to or from the airport or the city needs to come up with alternate routes and surface streets may not be the best option. they got pretty congested during the first shutdown this weekend. now you may notice that there's not a whole lot of work going on here right now. that's because pg&e crews took a break this afternoon around 1:30. they're going to be returning here about 8:00, so they can all be ready when work starts at 10:00. reporting live, abc7 news. >> and for help getting around traffic problems get waze on your smart phone. you can download waze and join the abc7 group for free. >>> right now highway 116 near gush veil is closed. a large redwood tree fell across the roadway. the tree took out power lines as it fell knocking out power to dozens of customers. a work crew has responded. >>> police in oakland are

that. >> we'll have caltrans start the closure at 9:00. so the closure won't be in effect 10:00 p.m., the entire closure. that doesn't mean there still won't be imeffect traffic prior to that time. >> reporter: anyone headed to or from the airport or the city needs to come up with alternate routes and surface streets may not be the best option. they got pretty congested during the first shutdown this weekend. now you may notice that there's not a whole lot of work going on here right now. that's because pg&e crews took a break this afternoon around 1:30. they're going to be returning here about 8:00, so they can all be ready when work starts at 10:00. reporting live, abc7 news. >> and for help getting around traffic problems get waze on your smart phone. you can download waze and join the abc7 group for free. >>> right now, highway 116 near gush veil is closed. a large redwood tree fell across the roadway. the tree took out power lines as it fell, knocking out power to dozens of customers. a work crew has responded. >>> police in oakland a

caltrans did not return our calls today. vic lee, abc7 news. >>> three santa clara county deputies are on administrative leave following the death of an inmate. a spokesperson tells axe bc seven news the guards discovered an unconscious inmate who later died. the department is not talking about explanation as to why the guards were placed on leave during the investigation. >>> the oakland police officer who police say was beating her over the head with a chain is out of the hospital. they have not released her name yet. thursday's officer-involved shooting was the sixth for oakland this year. the fourth that has been fatal. >>> and the two people accused of shooting a tourist in a busy neighborhood in san francisco were charged with attempted murder today. police say the two men shot the victim, a visitor from thailand, tuesday as he was trying to get a stolen camera back near the crooked part of lombard street. police chased them across the bay bridge. the victim is expected to make a full recovery. >>> police are pursuing

. >> reporter: caltrans is one of the agencies under fire. the audit found caltrans management approved the time sheet of one engineer who played 55 rounds of golf on workdays over a 19-month period. it was also revealed that california's prison healthcare operator cost taxpayers $3 million by paying a contractor to just do paperwork. >> we believe that there are some bigs that should have provided more -- billings that should have provided more specificity. we are training the staff to be sure the bill something clear in the future. >> reporter: the audit has produced changes. maria medina, kpix 5. >> that audit found more than $4 million in waste at more than half dozen state agencies. >>> muni announced that some commuters-friendly changes are about to happen. several routes are redesigned to make better connections to some popular spots. and more trains and buses will be added on the busiest routes. the changes take effect on september 26. >>> if you are taking the ferry take more time. riders are being warned about delays of up to 15 min

caltrans inl motimplosion is th environmental sound option. if approved demolition would happen in november. >>> moving away from past there, now to the future. san francisco state preparing to welcome the largest freshman class in the college's history. more than 8,000 students expected on campus come monday. that includes freshman class of 4,200 students many moving into campus housing tomorrow it's going to be tight living quarters. with so many students the school is tripling up in many dorm rooms. >> a global education group that partners with oakland schools will provide an important gift to oakland students today. free computers. a nonprofit group provides free online educational help. it also has a partnership with some schools including unity high, a charter school in east oakland. today the academy will recognize some students' accomplishments by providing them computers at no cost. >> excellent effort there. 4:56. new school year getting under way, there's something parents of fourth graders should know. all fourth graders and famil

this is slow- motion patrick caltran says the two sheriff's deputies sprang into action. when dragging a guide to safety and the unborn when toward the oncoming train to get him to slow down in time. -- to get the conductor to slow down in time for it. >> we cannot thank them enough for the quick actions last night. she >> grant: 20 year-old nelson gomez was arrested for d.u.i. i in no driver's license. caltran tweet of this picture to think the deputies and we will hear from these two guys tonight at kron 4 news at 8. >> pam: redwood city will resume after finding west nile virus in samples of harmful virus. in an effort to prevent human cases vector controll will spray around the areas where the infected mosquitos were found. >> pam: redwood city residents can see a map of the treatment area by visiting the san mateo county website and search for vector control and mosquitos. >> pam: a recent increase of large dog intake has the oakland animal shelter asking for the public's help. >> pam: animal shelter officials say that due to a surge of evictions and increased rent c

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caltrans has been doing a lot of work in the area replacing an interchange. >>> did you see what happened at the giants game tonight? the scoreboard blacked out around 9:30, then again at 9:35. twitter verse let up. street lights went out and two bulbs popped in my home due to the power surge. did anyone get the surge? jenny said had a surge in palo alto the same time as at&t park 30 miles away. it's freaky. we talked to pg&e. there was a power surge earlier around 9:30 all because of what we showed you. the big mess. pg&e calls it a flicker but there are no power outages associated with it. >> wow. >>> let's take a live look outside now. paul, it was a real summer scorcher today. >> yeah, two in a row. we hit triple digits away from the water. more uncomfortable because the humidity was up. 95 in san jose. the 90s in foster city and hayward. emeryville, one of the rare cool spots, 76. but look at the golden gate bridge, that is fog. that is a sign the heat wave is finished and tomorrow will be much different. tomorrow morning may feature a few rain showers. lake, mendocino, sonoma, you h

city officials said there were not notified by caltrans and so caltrans did promise better communication. >> mark: people in fergus in our riding ferguson are writing to mark the one-year death of michael brown. shots were fired, people blocked highways, rocks were thrown and police. shots were fired even the police and the state of emergency was declared in ferguson misery. >> anny: and trump is the only one to have the gumption to shake up things said one political adviser. on friday police said this woman got into an argument with her boyfriend for cheating on her. later she pulled out her husband's firearm shot him. >> mark: investigators show that the parts in ukraine they hope will give information to the cause of the crash. there is no physical evidence showing that russian-made missile connected to the a plane being shot down. >> anny: a man and a movie came out with a leaf blower and many people thought he had a chain saw and three people were injured trying to get out. this comes just after a homeless man attacks people in nashville and movie theater. >> mark: we will have some

. >>> caltrans is planting three new palm trees along the eastern span of the bay bridge. and they don't come cheap. each costs $10,000. caltrans is making the investment in them even though several earlier ones died. >> they will probably get a lot of water this winter. >>> we're talking about the opposite kind of weather in a couple of days. >> yeah. this is the dry season and often we can see the pendulum swing from cooler than average back to warmer than average and that swing is going to happen tonight and tomorrow temperatures running five to 10 degrees above average. let's talk about the promising news this el nino. we are looking out here at lands ends in the beautiful pacific ocean. el nino doesn't occur here. a lot of folks wonder what -- why does it change our weather? el nino is a change in the ocean temperature about 4,000 miles away off the coast south america. despite the fact that it's so far away it has a profound impact on our weather because that warmer water can alter the jet stream. and alter where the jet stream goes on the west coast of the u.s. most

. >> because the wall borders highway 29, residents want caltrans to pay for a new one. that strategy is not working. caltrans spokesman. >> i'm told and what i know is it's on private property. it's private property. it belongs to homeowners. >> i was hoping we could at least get in neighbor fencing. >> around this goes. a fallen wall is hardly the biggest issue in napa after the quake. it's more of a for instance and a year later you think the issues are all resolved. no way. for instance -- >> gives a wave every morning and says hey. >> we'll be broadcasting live from napa monday as we mark the anniversary of the august 24th earthquake. 5:00 and 6:00 p.m., dan ashley will be in the heart of downtown napa to see how things have changed. we uploaded snapshots from our reporting to abc7news.com. visit to see what a difference a year has made in napa. >> international headlines. south and north korean officials are holding talks to defuse tension. they began 30 minutes after a deadline imposed by north korea demanding seoul stop playing anti-north korean propaganda from l

>>james: know this morning couch trying a caltrans is apologizing for roadwork the lead to big traffic backup for several hours on highway one yesterday's debate closes out the bombing of the highway between moral road and walk away beach avenue for repaving apparel the city was not properly told about the work caused heavy back ups and only got worse after an accident happened around noon they plan to talk to caltrans about the notification issued will receive several pages and complaints from viewers who said there was stuck in that traffic and hear the look of the sum of all the rest into a figure of a fall of the high one closure keep them coming and we're adding an active part of the story miller to was that you all supposed pictures on our facebook page will get them that way as well happen today a 38 ft. will then washed ashore on the pulse of a beach on sunday will be told out to see this afternoon biologists say the well was not fully grown the most like a hit by a ship a dog walker first-round remains early sunday morning this of the third bed will to wash ashore pacifica thi

caltrans is replacing 5 of the palm trees decorating the end. trees are being replaced 2 years after being planted. >> reporter: we are near the bay bridge toll plaza. they are not just landscaping. they serve a function. the 37 palm trees are an integral part of the new design. motorists admire their beauty. >> it adds a natural element to a cold concrete structure. >> they are normally hearty. >> they have come from all over the bay area. >> the trees were planted less than two years ago. >> the salt water and wind and environment. >> today crews replaced 3 of the 5 that died. it is not a surprised. they are stressed when transplanted. >> it is expected in replanting stress. relocating the trees at the bridge was expected. >> expected but expensive. costing $10,000 each. this woman said a one time replacement is fine but not more. more than just an aesthetic, it is a signal to motorists. it marks where the bridge touches the ground, they call it the touchdown. >> all of the planting here, they are in line with the bridge. >> caltrans says two

caltrans says a controlled implosion could minimize the impact. if approved it could happen in november. >>> bart wants to make it more convenient for cyclists to bike and ride. the transit agency opened a bike parking station yesterday at san francisco's civic center. there are more than 200 spots both covered and open. for the secured spots cyclists are charged 3 cents an hour to keep the bikes in a storage room. open spaces are free. civic center is the sixth bart station to have a bike station. >>> family of a hostage killed in a shootout is suing the stockton police department. 600 shots were fired and the hostage misty holt singh was dead. they say it was excessive saying negligence, battery and violations of civil rights. the city has no comment. but the police chief has said the robbers posed a risk to the community and they had to be stopped. >>> happening today, the latest chapter in the "deflate-gate" saga. lawyers for the players union and the nfl are heading back to federal court. tom brady is appealing a four- game suspension for his

. >>> today barreled and caltrans will tell us more about the next closure of the transbay tube. no service on the bart tunnel september 5 to 7 so a rail can be installed. >>> plans to make the commute smoother is leading to controversy in san francisco. hundreds of trees are literally on the chopping block. but mark kelly tells us a lot of people are saying, not so fast. >> reporter: here in san francisco, even the trees have been handed their eviction notice. >> the last thing we need to do is be decompleting our green canopy in the the city. >> reporter: she is worried when they got cut down the diverse wildlife won't know where to go. >> it's important that somebody speak for the trees but the birds and the bees. >> currently our average bus speed on van ness avenue is 8 miles per hour. >> reporter: the public hearing is packed. >> the loss of large trees is always painful. >> reporter: many not happy with the city's multi-million dollar plan to replace them with asphalt and bus lane. sfmta spokesman paul rose says some of the trees are diseased. and a few of the healthy ones

. >> reporter:earlier this year, caltrans announced a plan to reopen the third lane on the east bound side of the bridgebut, as with any state funded projectbeuracracy is slowing down the projectthe environmental impact review has not been done and it's anyone's guess when that phase will be complete. >> reporter:meantime, drivers sit in their cars for hours waiting to get on the bridge. essentially, all that needs to be done once the go ahead is given, is restriping the lanes to accommodate a third lane on the bridge. county supervisors say they want the lane open now. >> publicly call on caltran to open all the third traffic lane eastbound on the richmond bridge. with unanimous support patrick the time has come to do this and work through longer-term details. and the meantime, there is no reason to open up that other lying. --opened up that third lane. >> pam: palo alto police have suspect in an armed robbery. ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sle

. >> reporter: caltrans blames an accident but the mayor says the real problem is caltrans. the change she's demanding. that's new at 6:00. its a woman's battle to keep he >>> this case is intensifying. it's a woman's battle to keep her frozen embryos. 46-year-old mimi lee says this is her last chance for a baby of her own. nbc bay area's mark matthews is in san francisco where lee's ex-husband is now suing in order to have those embryos destroyed. mark, what's the update? >> reporter: well when mimi lee and her ex-husband steve findlay, decided to have her fertilized eggs preserved, they signed an agreement that should the couple ever get divorced those eggs would be thawed and destroyed. they did get a divorce and now steve findlay is suing to have that agreement enforced in kind of a rare situation here the judge has allowed a camera in the courtroom. but we are not allowed to show either mimi or steve findlay. so you're going to see both artist renderings and videotape of the lawyers in action. >> hello, everybody. >> reporter: in closing arguments today, steve findlay's

caltrans is one of the agencies under fire. the audit found caltrans management approved the time sheet of one engineer who played 55 rounds of golf on workdays over a 19-month period. it also revealed california's prison healthcare operator cost taxpayers $3 million by paying a contractor to just do paperwork. >> we believe that there are some billings that should have provided more specificity. we have taken those recommendations to heart. we have provided training to all of our staff to make sure in the future that the billing is clear. >> the audit already produced changes in billing procedures at correctional health services and the oversight of time sheets by caltrans. >>> exemptions from mandatory vaccines created a heated debate in sacramento this year. coming up, a new study reveals just how many families opted out. >> and a big mystery has been solved partially. what we have learned about the major event apple has been keeping under wraps. >> from the kpix 5 weather center, good morning, everybody. you've heard about

mechanical did the have lost out in close to $900,000 caltrans to gonna much better deal for taxpayers was being done about that we provide training to all our staff the from many billings were vague but the department paid anyone. >>catherine heenan: that produced this a couple of changes. >>pam moore: it was told to in july and the state park scientists hope to determine the cause of death marine mammal measures 52 ft. long edge of the term to be a male often well scientists will try to find out if it is the same well carcass reports will farm out about the large and the bay area this week that well as the latest of several to turn up in the bay area this year. >>reporter: during the last six to seven years is the dramatic increase in the number of quakes have been triggered by human activity mainly in the midwest u.s. geological survey geophysicist adjusted rubinstein still is the problem rubenstein said the recent increase in quicks is probably the result of changes in how energy companies extract oil and gas from the ground the question some time be very powerful here in californi

also caltrans will be out inspecting our bridges as they normally do anytime there's a quake. it's all a precautionary measure at this point. no reports of any damage at this point and time. guys? and there was an officer- involved shooting overin san jose, go to kiet do now with the very latest. >> reporter: yeah, san jose police now heading into its ninth hour of the investigation. in fact they're still waiting for the coroner to come out here and remove the suspect's body. this happened on a strip mall on the 3100 block of senter roads. we've been watching crime scene technicians all morning long coming and going. outside of a laundromat. this began around 10:00 last night when officers were conducting a follow-up investigation into a previous crime. the officers caught up with the male suspect and investigators say that man then suddenly reached for a handgun. officers drew their weapons and fired a couple of shots. the suspect was hit. he was pronounced dead at the scene. no officers were injured and sjpd still now has a wide area cordoned off while they finish up their i

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caltrans is replacing three today, two more, over the next two weeks. the agency expected 10% to 15% would not thrive. >> it may be unusual to someone who does not know or driving past. so this is our opportunity to help them understand. >> reporter: brown today... >> i want them to look pretty. like the bridge does. >> reporter: gone tomorrow. abc7 news. >>> still ahead, attacked by a bear. >> right on top of me. his face was right there. he grabbed me. >> terrifying, obviously. you'll hear his story, right outside of his home. >>> plus, godzilla el nino. how much will it help the bay area? >>> i'm spencer christian and we'll take a look at the godzilla el nino, as well as the accu-weather forecast. things are going to heat up around here. >>> a warming charge you will not believe. mmm yoplait! it's snack time! oh, look! yoplait original now has 25% less sugar. time to taste it. how is it? it tastes good! congratulations yoplait! you did it! yoplait! >>> wildlife officials are warning residents to look after their kids and pets. after a bear attacked a

the drive was slow this morning when caltrans had an emergency road repair. they're scheduled to be here till 9:00 but they got out an hour and 15 minutes ahead of schedule. now it is 42 minutes but last time the check is 60 minutes so that is good news. the alternates: forget about it. they are terrible. at a formica redound to dublin as a sham that. how the to 38 to ride we see 46 minutes for the nimitz freeway and this in detail and dunbar bridget's are very slow. we're going to see bigger back ups at the bay bridge as traffic is breaking loose on interstate 80 as it reaches the macarthur meese. the san mateo bridge is very slow. from hayward to send mateo. at the richmond bridge to back up is to richmond parkway and beyond. >> anny: it back to school this morning for a lot of kids across the bay area and cruising oakland and san francisco state . we're looking at cloudy conditions. sfo is still tracking delays of up to one hour but the delays have not been lifted. low 80s will be are high today which is between 2 and 3:00 p.m. coming in at of the southwes

caltrans is replacing three today, two more, over the next two weeks. the agency expected 10% to 15% would not thrive. >> it may be unusual to someone who does not know or driving past. so this is our opportunity to help them understand. >> reporter: brown today... >> i want them to look pretty. like the bridge does. >> reporter: gone tomorrow. abc7 news. >>> still ahead, attacked by a bear. >> right on top of me. his face was right there. he grabbed me. >> terrifying, obviously. you'll hear his story, right outside of his home. >>> plus, godzilla el nino. how much will it help the bay area? >>> i'm spencer christian and we'll take a look at the godzilla el nino, as well as the accu-weather forecast. things are going to heat up around here. >>> a warming charge you will >>> wildlife officials are warning residents to look after their kids and pets. after a bear attacked a man in his home in mid pines. 67-year-old larry lopez got up at 4:00 confronting a 200 pound black bear on his porch. he says he yelled at the bear and picked up a plastic tubnd hit it

. >>> caltrans canceled road work scheduled for today in pacifica after the city complained. officials are upset because they weren't notified of work yesterday. it caused huge back-ups in the southbound direction. pacifica officials want caltrans to go before the city council to explain why the road work isn't being done at night. >> tens of thousands of california criminals are now able to vote again. they are eligible to vote. the aclu sued the state after a court decision found community supervision is different from parole. ex-cons in california are not allowed to vote until after they complete their parole. >>> a group of people sickened by legionnaires disease in new york city continues to grow. >> 86 people have contracted that disease up from 81 yesterday. marci gonzalez has more on this outbreak. >> reporter: concerns today about a growing number of cases of a potentially deadly illness. in less than a month, legionnaires disease killing seven. >> in michigan, the severe form of pneumonia claiming the life of troy's mother debbie. >> you go from a migraine to headac