hallados con fugas despues de la tragica explosion de san bruno. --pilar niño hablo hoy con la compaÑia pg&e sobre la situacion y estas son sus explicaciones. take pkg take pkg son imagenes dificiles de olvidar...el recuerdo de la explosion de un gasoducto en san bruno hoy como nunca persigue a residentes de south san francisco....se conocio un reporte que indica que al menos cuatro fugas fueron halladas en tuberias de gas que corren debajo de su ciudad. marta sanchez 23;43 cuatro fugas cuanta mas puede haber? sino han hecho bien su trabajo desde un principio 23:47 el reporte fue hecho por la misma compania pg&e despues de la explosion en san bruno. encontraron 59 escapes en mas de seis mil millas de sus gasoductos. pilar nino 28:32 ademas estas fugas eran de la categoria uno, las mas peligrosas de todas por los danos que pueden ocasionar en los vecindarios 28:39 joe molica/vocero de pg&e 8:13 we have alguien que se

that's why we are here at the san bruno bart station this morning. how do they feel about shouldering part of this burden? we will talk to some of the bart passengers here this morning and folks here in san bruno. we will bring that to you in an hour. reporting live jade hernandez. >>> time now 5:07. they are getting ready right now for today's ribbon cutting ceremony. it will include vip and the general public. this will be bart's 44th station. it has been in the works for four years now. more than 4,000 commuters are expected to use it each weekday. the passenger service starts tomorrow. >>> time now is 5:07. i want to check in with sal to see how the commute is going. >> pam and dave, good morning to you. traffic is doing well aaround the bay area. certainly better than it was the last few days. this mornings commute looks good as the bay bridge toll plaza and the traffic is moving along realtively well get into the city. the morning commute is moving well although it looks like it has been raining in the last few minutes here. at 5:08 let's go to

the cost of the deadly san bruno blast doubles. why pg&e may be passing that on to its customers. >>> and if you have a story idea or comment you would like it share with us, email that guy right there, brian@cbs5.com. sydnie and i will be right back. stay with us. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. 6oz, fresh cut, tri-tip steak plus our endless salad and dessert bar for just $10.99. >>> if you are a pg&e customer you may not want to hear this. the utility may need help from all its customers to pay for the expenses from the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. christin ayers joins us this morning and i understand the estimated cost of that explosion is twice as high as the company previously expected. >> reporter: more than $760 million, pg&e releasing the numbers saying that's a $150 million more than originally expected and now they are turning to customers to see if they can help foot the bill. the company s

monte francis is in san bruno tonight with the story for us. >> reporter: diane, people here in san bruno are rebuilding and trying to move on following the events of last september. this week brought new tragedies and new doubts about the safety of pipelines nationwide. >> oh, my god, this is beyond belief. >> reporter: the gas line explosion late thursday night shook the town of hanoverton, ohio. it followed a horrific scene in pennsylvania just a day earlier. >> i heard this awful bang. and i thought my roof fell down. >> reporter: five people were killed after an 83-year-old underground gas main exploded, damaging or destroying 47 homes and businesses. the cause is still under investigation. meanwhile, federal investigators have determined the cause of the explosion in san bruno last september, which killed eight people and destroyed 30 homes. they found faulty wells on the pipeline, which was installed more than 50 years ago. >> and we're monitoring accidents like this one in allentown, all over the country. and so we are very concerned about the number of pipeline accidents, and the

that's why we are here at the san bruno bart station. what do pg&e bart stations think about having to shoulder part? reporting live jade hernandez. >>> president obama is waking up here in the bay area this morning. that is following his meeting with a small elite group official can business leaders. ktvu news got a look at the motorcade. the private 90 minute dinner was at the home of john door. >> i think it's always good for the president to go out into the nation rather than bring people into the white house. >> a small group of demonstrators were along the motorcade route. they were protesting against smart meters. those attending include apple steve jobs facebook mark zuckerberg and google executive. >>> earlier several well known bay area politicians were there to greet president obama when air force one touched down at sfo. president will leave sfo at 8:45 this morning for hillsborough, oregon where he will tour the intel plant with the company ceo. >>> this morning highway 29 remains closed because of snow. the chp decided to s

in san bruno back in september. the good news is those leaks have been repaired. to find the leaks the company flew small planes along miles. workers walked the lanes with methane detectors. the new leaks are in addition to the almost 40 leaks initially found in october when pg&e completed its first set of inspections. it has been almost five months since the line ruptured here in san bruno killing eight and destroying 38 homes. the cause of the investigation is still under way but pg&e admits to a red tape snag. coming up about 6:50 i'll explain the massive paperwork pileup that could further delay the investigation into the cause. marla tellez, today in the "bay area living." >> thank you. divers will not go back searching for jose rodriguez who allegedly kidnap add boy and dumped his body in a canal. they found the body of juliani cardenas. his mother tabitha went to a vigil last night in paterson to remember the life of her young son. deputies say they believe it is just a matter of time until rodriguez' sbod pu

bruno hoy como nunca persigue a residentes de south san francisco....se conocio un reporte que indica que al menos cuatro fugas fueron halladas en tuberias de gas que corren debajo de su ciudad. marta sanchez 23;43 cuatro fugas cuanta mas puede haber? sino han hecho bien su trabajo desde un principio 23:47 el reporte fue hecho por la misma compania pg&e despues de la explosion en san bruno. encontraron 59 escapes en mas de seis mil millas de sus gasoductos. pilar nino 28:32 ademas estas fugas eran de la categoria uno, las mas peligrosas de todas por los danos que pueden ocasionar en los vecindarios 28:39 joe molica/vocero de pg&e 8:13 we have alguien que se queda ahi hasta que esa fuga es el vocero de pg&e respondio que todas las fugas fueron reparadas inmediatamente y que la mayoria fueron en valvulas pequenas, algunas de las cuales solo necesitaban ser ajustadas y lubricadas. 24:08 pueden decir muchas cosas pero que sea cierto es donde esta el problema 24:11 mark toney/organizacio n "turn" 1:15 the problem el problema es que pg&e solo encontro y reparo los 59 escapes despues de que

number one, the san bruno explosion. what new did you learn? >> there are still a whole lot of questions after the september explosion which folks remember killed eight people and destroyed 38 houses. we're going to get a lot of answers in the next few weeks. there are federal hearings in washington, d.c. on march 1st. and the national transportation safety board, which has been investigating this, is going to come out with as many as five more reports. they came out with a report a couple of weeks ago that looked in great detail at the welds on the section of pipe that blew up. and that answered some questions about why it blew up but it opened a whole bunch more. when chris johns, president of pg&e, came to "the mercury news" this week we asked a lot of questions about that. the key about this mystery is what happened in 1956. because remember, this giant -- not giant but this major transmission gas line basically was coming down a hill in san bruno. there was a long straight piece down the hill, a flat piece on the bottom. and a very weird c

of course, we all know what happened here in san bruno last september. and hopefully, these findings will prevent it from occurring again. but there are hundreds of miles of natural gas pipeline in california run by pg&e and apparently they haven't been properly inspected. look at this pipeline. this has been in washington, d.c. since the pipeline explosion here in san bruno. it's been under the microscope. but it looks like it is too little too late. an audit of pg&e records shows that the company put off crucial inspections in high pressure transmission lines for more than two years. the california public utilities commission says pg&e also failed to follow its own safety guidelines to make sure inspections were thorough. now, that report by the puc was done in may well before the san bruno explosion. but the findings are only now coming out. the puc is supposed to oversee the utility but it has not issued a fine against pg&e for at least a decade. a pg&e spokesman says they realize the number of findings is unacceptably high but says, quote, we're mov

christin ayers is in san bruno with a look at the numbers, joins us now. good morning, christin. >> reporter: good morning, frank. it seems like the tab for the san bruno explosion just keeps growing and growing. and as you said, customers may soon be asked to foot the bill for the explosio last september. pg&e just announced its cost are far exceeding its estimates because of new tests and inspections addressing that deadly explosion. it's going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than the company originally estimated. that's in addition to the millions that pg&e is already forking over in lawsuits. let's take a look at those numbers. altogether, the tab could reach $763 million by the end of the year. that includes two to three hundred million dollars for pipeline tests and other inspections. add to that the $220 million the company set aside for lawsuits last year and an additional $180 million for lawsuits this year. the numbers have hit pg&e's bottom line. their profits plummeted 9.8% from last year so of course the question for consumers and

. >>> now to the san bruno pipeline blast and the skyrocketing cost of the clean- up. it now appears pg&e severely underestimated the tremendous toll of that deadly explosion and christin ayers says customers may end up paying for it. christin. >> reporter: that's right, sydnie. pg&e customers including some of the ones out here in the very neighborhood where the pipeline explosion happened possibly asked to pay for part of that ever growing bill as pg&e handles the disaster and consumer advocates told me they are vowing to fight that. no one thought handling the aftermath of the san bruno pipeline explosion would be cheap. >> we also expect to incur substantial legal costs related to the investigation, third- party claims and stow forth. >> reporter: legal fees are one thing you but not even pg&e thought pipe maintenance and testing cost would climb so quickly. >> the scope of the work to be untaken is not clearly known but it must be done. >> reporter: work that's going to cost money, to be exact $200 to $300 million for pipeline tests and other inspections, $220 mil

the first will be held in san bruno april 5th at san bruno senior center. we'll post that information on our web site. >> thank you very much z you saw jerry hill and david's report. he wants to change the way pg&e can raise rates requiring the state public utilities commission to consider the safety performance of public utilities and determining rates they'll allowed to charge. that is part of a bill proposed by hill and that will require utilities to prepare performance reports on problems to state regulators, and they'd be required to implement a public education program detailing emergency response plans. >> in a rare move, governor brown appeared in a legislative committee today to discuss the deficit. the meeting gave the public a rare look at a process that usually happens behind closed doors in sacramento. the conference committee is trying to work out differences between asem skbli senate budget committees. brown talked about his proposal to hold a june special election to let voters decide whether to extend increases by five years. >> we have to

had in san bruno. and the utility hasn't been able to find any paperwork about the pipeline. well, pg&e announced it has nearly 300 people looking through all of its records 24 hours a day. without the paperwork, the utility may have to test all of its pipelines which would be expensive and would take a long time. so pg&e has quite a motivation to find all these documents. they've got a deadline to find them all by march 15th. the documents would describe the pipeline and then the utility could make decisions how much pressure it could apply in that pipe. so big updates from pg&e this morning but still a lot of loose ends in this investigation. live in south san francisco, amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. it's 5:02. a colossal blizzard blowing across a third of the country has paralyzed the nation's heartland with ice and snow. nearly 100 million americans are in the path of this massive storm. national guard was mobilized in six states. the midwest arctic temperatures create heavy snow up

"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> the price tag for the san bruno explosion just doubled. does that mean you, the pg&e customer, will be picking up the tab? >>> a narcotics cop and a private investigator go before the judge. the unusual admission as to why the officer says he needed the money. >>> take a good look. you know what this man is pumping into a bay area lake? 18,000 pounds of it? it could make for a very fun weekend. >>> and the rain and snow just keeps coming. >>> good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin. the cost of dealing with september's fatal san bruno pipeline disaster has gone up dramatically by hundreds of millions of dollars. what's more, pg&e may ask rate payers to foot some of the bill. len ramirez with how they are crunching the numbers. >> reporter: no one ever expected the bill for the disaster to be cheap but pg&e said it was surprised by how much it is going to cost and surprisingly as well, the rate payers will be the ones footing the bill. you can't put a price tag on the loss of life and human suffering caused by the san brun

now, this report was done by the puc back in may well before the san bruno explosion. but the findings are only now coming out. the puc is supposed to oversee the utility but it has not issue a fine against pg&e for at least a decade. now, pg&e says they welcome these audits. a spokesman says they realize the number of findings is unacceptably high and, quote, we are moving on multiple fronts to ensure and enhance the safety of our gas transmission and distribution systems. now, the public utilities commission and pg&e both on the hot seat right now from politicians. but also, from some individual property owners, like stanford university is now trying to -- is demanding records from pg&e on the gas lines that are running through its campus. pg&e says it's not under any legal obligation to provide those but says it is committed to answering questions that stanford has. frank? >> anne makovec live at san bruno, thank you. >>> one passenger rushed to the hospital after somebody opened fire on a bus in richmond. the victim was not shot but was cut in the face by flying gl

huge pipeline explosion in san bruno. good morning, krai. >> reporter: good morning, pam. pg&e found two dozen gas leaks that they have already prepared on that same tran mission line. three here in south san francisco. they were found near highway 101 and grand avenue which is a heavily populated area. both 101 and grand avenue are. the cause of the september 9th explosion that killed eight endestroyed 30 homes. ptcuc ordered pg&e to exexpect 6500 miles of pipeline following the explosion. pg&e has found and repaired a total of 59 pipeline gas leaks. 21 of those were found in hazardous to population areas or buildings. utilities has a big job to finish. federal investigators said pg&e falsely believed the san bruno tran mission line was a seamless pipe. it was not. raising the possibility that the amount of gas pressure in the pipe might have been higher than a seamed pipe could have handled. they have always known the same pipe goes to the town. the same pipe that exploded in san bruno. we are trying to get reaction to

we are live in san bruno this morning. we learned that many haven't heard about the possibility of them picking up part of the tab. pg&e is facing a $367 million tab after the pipeline blast that turnrd homes into infer owes. even though they would pick up lawsuits filed by residents pg&e may ask state regulators to let the company pass along some of the expense to customers. the type of pipeline test and inspections that regulators are commanding are more costly than first expected. this year alone the costs are expected to between $200 and $300 million. it has sparked heated debate over who should pay for this. we asked residents what they thought about pg&e push to get cost emerge not shareholders to help with the cost. >> i want to live in a safe environment. again, if they are truly maintenance items that rate payers should participate in than i think it's fair and we should share the burden. >> pg&e has been a benefit for all of us in the state of california to be able to have our gas and electricity and that. i thin

>> belva: even after the san bruno explosion, pg&e delayed scheduled inspections along its pipeline. according to a newly released document. >>> two schools in concord will close, and there may be more to come. despite outcry by parents. >>> a federal judge tours the new lethal injection chamber at san quentin to determine if it meets constitutional standards. >>> and how the music of singer/song yes, sir jimmy collier was an inspiration for the civil rights movement. coming up next.

neighbors say it brought to mind the san bruno gas line explosion of last year. >> this morning we heard a loud noise and it sounded like an airplane. like a rushing -- you know, and immediately the first thing that i thought of was the thing in san bruno. >> i thought that it could be a gas line. i saw a large cloud of smoke. >> there was an oily smell in the air. >> you can see some of the damage caused by the fire. a spokesman says because this plant has been offline since 2008 there was no disruption to water service. >>> fire broke out this morning near the castro district. caused 405,000 dollars in damage and left six people without a home. the red cross was called to help the victims. the cause is under investigation but officials do not believe this fire is connected to arsons in that area. >>> current conditions right now breezy in some spots, windy in fairfield. 36 miles per hour right now in fairfield. 23 in napa. santa rosa and long the coast in half moon bay. we will continue to see these breezy conditions. take a look at napa. 58 degrees. 56 fairfield. 57 antioch. i would b

costs from the pipeline disaster in san bruno are $150 million more than the previous estimates. and pg&e may ask ratepayers to foot part of the bill. the total cost right now stands at more than $760 million. that figure includes the investigation into the cause of the blast. the lawsuits, improvements to the gas line system and installation of automatic shutoff valves. >>> there will be a ceremony in dublin to mark the open of the west dublin-pleasanton station. it opens tomorrow. it's on 580 between castro valley and dublin stations. the $106 million bart station has a couple of garages with 1200 parking spaces. >>> if you drive over the bay bridge, you are going to see a lot of changes coming up. the changes will be on the oakland side where drivers get on and off the bridge. this is so work can now be done between the new bridge and the existing one for the new approach. there is a chance the work will be done quickly enough to allow the bridge to open ahead of schedule. >>> this is some animation right here of what the first detour will look like driving out of the tunnel f

san bruno presidents are reacting one day after a state audit that pg&e cut corners when it comes to safety. the public utilities commission says that they delayed critical inspections of gas lines months before the san bruno explosion. residents say that they're upset to hear that pg&e was taking shortcuts when lives were at stake. >> it does not make sense. how can a chance people's lives on that something like this? is this the first incident? hopefully there are no more that this will happen but what of the door to prevent this from happening again in other places were they doing--? >> the public utilities commission become part of this data in the month of may. this report was the released yesterday. new details of the uprising in egypt. hosni mubarak a major announcement regarding his future and his country's future he will not be stepping down. >> off hosni mubarak he announced thursday that it will begin to transfer power to is vice president. that transition will be until the end of his term in september. >> i will be satisfied with what i've done for the country. and i am c

bruno gas line explosion. plus iphone frenzy ignites with the new verizon cell phone. tonight a look at how stores are gearing up for tomorrow's big release day. kron 4's chrisy joins us live with our top story at 11:00. >> reporter: i spoke to a sales manager a few hours ago, he said customers are expected to start lining up in a few hours. the sale doesn't start till 7:00. here is what he had to say. >> customers have been coming in for the past few months anticipating the long of the iphone. it's going to be one of the biggest launches. anticipating a large amount of traffic coming through. based on the anticipation, the wait, the anxiety, eagerness for customers to put their hands on the phone, huge. >> reporter: best buy set up a special line for iphone customers. customers who are in a hurry to get to work can take a ticket and their phone at a later date. iphone users are no longer tied to at&t. verizon began a online pre-sale last week. they expect to sell 13 million devices this year. >> reporter: bes

the san bruno explosion killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. the report submitted says the utility has fixed the leak. in addition to the 21 that are close to people and buildings. pg&e told the regulatory agency said it found and fixed 38 others. according to richard cooper a gas leak did not cause the san bruno explosion. >> it's extremely rare in my 30 years of experience in investigating these pipelines. >> reporter: i asked him if he was part of the investigation he declined comment. pg&e is racing to sift through a million pipeline records. the feds asked the utility to do that. jackie spears was told a high ranking pg&e official he said they were not able to find 30% of records for hundreds of miles of gas pipelines that officials later denied to the chronicle that he said that this morning. we are still gathering information on the report and also talking to residents about their reaction to having these leaks so close to downtown san francisco. we are report look live kraig debro. >>> the oakland city council could have a new pot farm

the san bruno pipeline reportedly snakes through the palo alto hills and cuts through stanford before reaching the neighborhood that suffered from the explosion in september. and that is just one of two gas lines that passes under the university. >>> today is the day we expect to learn whether five sports will be discontinued at cal. the athletic department might drop baseball, rugby and gymnastics from both men and women and rugby from women as a money saving move. they plan to drop the sports to save $4 million a year. a group of supporters is trying to save the team with donations. they have collected $15 million. they might have to be reinstated because of laws of gender equality in athletic programs. >>> someone opened fire on a bus in richmond. the victim was cut in the face by flying glass. the shooting happened near third and grove avenue about 9457 last night. someone in a group standing on a corner opened fire about 9:45 last night. the bus was hit three times. police are trying to learn if someone on the bus was a target or if it was random. >>> san mateo county warning peo

the dozens of leaks it found in the wake of the san bruno pipeline explosion.

a federal investigation into pg&e's record keeping up to the san bruno blast found the utility did not keep adequate records and had no way to verify the condition of many gas pipelines. one of rule changes would require utilities to report pressure spikes on pipelines. there will be a series of meetings in san bruno. >>> the chauncey bailey trial will stay in alameda county. lawyers argue that the two men associated with the black muslim bakery couldn't get a fair trial because of widespread publicity. they say the killing was ordered because the writer was going to expose the bankruptcy. they are charged with two other murders. >>> a deal for the livermore mom accused of having sex with two teenage boys, she pled no contest to four felony sex charges. 67 other charges against her will be dropped. hobbs will be sentenced to five years in state prison. when she gets out, she could face ten years of parole and will have to register as a sex offender. hobbs was arrested after the mother of one of boys reported finding a nude photograph of hubs on the cell phone. she is the mother of thre

a lot led up to the deadly san bruno blast, today the california public utility's commission ordered an investigation of pg & e's pipeline recordkeeping. >> but if it's really a, a proceeding to consider potential penalties. >> reporter: better records on the actual design, construction, maintenance and testing of the pipeline might have prevented the san bruno explosion. >> pg & e base their test strategy on what the record showed on the ground. they did not know that this was the same pipe. they did not know that it was patched several times with wells that weren't sealed through. >> reporter: they also decided to over look at the entire agency. >> it's established to make a new model of natural gas safety regulation applicable to all california pipelines. >> reporter: the brown administration seems to be a far less friendly association than that of schwarzenegger. >> it's a lot less activist position, to open up this kind of comprehensive administration. >> reporter: both agencies say they will look at their commissions. any violations of pipeline maintenance and inspection rules

bg & e has admitted to spiking the san bruno pipeline twice in 2003 and 2008, but it told the paper that temporary pressure increases were safe and legal. federal investigators suspect a bad weld ruptured causing the september explosion. >>> and pg & e is making new efforts to reach out to customers. they're conducting a listening tool to hear complaints and concerns from the public. the tour started in san francisco and will continue through april. it's clear the cpuc has work to do. the public utility's commission is leading the investigation of the san bruno disaster. >>> for the second time in three days, the beach at fort funston had to be evacuated today after visitors discovered a box of flairs and the bomb squad was called in to detonate them. those flairs were detonated inside a hole in the sand. today's incident closed down the beach from around 10:45 to 1:15. according to park police, flairs are found in the area a couple of times a year. >>> heavy fog may have played a role in a single car crash that killed a man on northbound highway 101 in santa rosa. the 29-year-old man wa

immediately, the thing that i thought was that san bruno. >> about the gas line. i looked out the window and i saw a large pot of smoke that covered one block. there was an odd smell in the year for a while. >> these pictures will show you the damage. spokesman's from the utility says that since 2008, it was offline but no disruption to water residence. >> and a two-alarm fire on corporate ave. and thankfully, no injuries the american red cross was brought in to help the victims. the cause is still under investigation and they do not believe that this is connected to the sick recent person. >> the federal-reason- arson--and castro. >> the federal judge is going to tour the new facility. tonight, debt penalty advocates-death penalty are hold a candlelight vigil. christine? >> pamela, right now those people are meeting at this area. they are from all different types of the fate and they're going to walk. and for the gates outside san quentin. and call for governor, jerry brown to abolish the death penalty in california and also close the death chambers in the san qu

financial aftermath of the san bruno gas explosion. utility spokesperson says costs from september 9 blast could exceed, $760 million end of this year. fig year is $150 million more than previous estimates. some of the expense will be likely passed on to rate payers. pg & e profit taking a his. according to the annual financial filings. profits are down $100 million. compared to 2009. the san bruno explosion caused the faulty gas line. killed eight people. and destroyed 38 homes. >> still ahead at 6:00, a relic of christianity here in the bay area. how the spirit and shinbone of a biblical figure is bringing people here together. >> ahead, some of your favorite drinks could bet ginting more expensive. a new proposal announced to day. >> i'm jodi hernandez. live in contra costa county where the arrest of a narcotics task force commander could put dozens of drug cases in dy.li vea ve report straight ahead. r >> a story getting national attention. now a rip effect in the arrest of two contra costa crime fighters. well known private gator,

the san bruno pipeline blast killed eight people in september. the mayor will attend those hearings on tuesday which will take place in washington, d.c. the state public you utility -- tuesday's hearing will focus on the way pg&e operates on wednesday the hearing will deal with state and federal oversight. thursday the hearing will go over industry wide technology. >>> political observers say the popular uprising in libya, if it succeeds in overthrowing moammar gadha gadhafi, his political genius has been his skill since taking over power in 1969. meantime the crisis there has reached here into the u.s. president obama has issued an executive order imposing unilateral financial sanctions on gadhafi, it will freeze all his assets including him, hiss four children and other associates. the brutal response to anti-government demonstrations in libya poses a threat to the national security of the united states. foreign nationals have been fleeing libya. people say they are horrified by what they have seen. more than 200 evacuees arrived in malta by sh

live in san bruno, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> a slight moment of calm in egypt. internet service was restored but the government had to shut it down last week to try to keep protesters from organizing. this is a live look from egypt. the move had little effect. people camped out in cairo's main square. one opposition leader says it's not over yet. protesters are in the street this is morning as you saw there, so supporters -- so are supporters of hosni mubarak. supporters have had small clashes with protesters. >>> president mubarak said yes, he will not seek re-election. that does not appear to appease protesters. a former ambassador says it's because of when he made the decision. if he had made the gesture days ago it may have been enough to quiet the situation. >> the unrest has forced the state department to order mandatory evacuation of all non-essential staff at the u.s. embassy in egypt. it plans to evacuate over 1,000 americans on charter flights. airports in cairo are packed with tourists trying to get out. >> one of the people that's made it out is geor

should pg&e customers shoulder some of the san bruno explosion? shareholders are not being asked to chip in. so we asked customers what they thought. >> if they would have been doing their job first it wouldn't have happened, instead of delaying it. when you ask i want money for such and such thing, if you don't fix it and something happens to it, you're -- it's your mess. so you should have to figure out some way to come up with it. >> reporter: that's just one of the opinions we've heard yesterday and this morning we're learning pg&e is facing a $763 million tab after the pipeline blast last fall which turned homes into infernos. pg&e has already spent $63 million responding to the blast. the company has also set aside $220 million for lawsuits along with insurance money. and they may have to set aside another $100 million for this year's suit. so now, pg&e may ask state regulators to let the company pass along the blast cost to customers. how much pg&e would ask customers has not been determined yet. but part of the problem is the costs for thi

one of those members has a special connection to the san bruno explosion. here's more. >> reporter: this event is taking place at the san mateo fairgrounds. as the -- and the fairgrounds are taking an active role when these troops deploy overseas with their families. the day's events will continue until 3:30. soldiers from the 270 area support medical company are seeing their families for the last time for a year, and for some it may be the last time. emotion ran high as family members shed tear foss the occasion. the unit will leave for fort lewis washington before the end of the week. the idea is to get the california unit up to speed with regular military protocol. for one of the soldiers, the deployment is full of combat. >> it will be hard, my father passed away a few months ago. they are gonna kind of be working to kind of live on -- live on their own. >> we'll be using our social media to let our fans know that they have every opportunity to bring in a list of items that the soldiers need while they are deeing deployed and then being able to make tho

pg&e repairing dozens of natural gas pipelines since the san bruno explosion. that comes as the utility searches for the safety records of hundreds of other lines. >> amy live in south san francisco with more. amy? >> a couple big developments this morning, eric. first pg&e has found some gas leaks. some of them right here in south san francisco. the utility was ordered to inspect all of its pipelines after the september explosion in san bruno. they have now announced they found 21 gas leaks and three of those were right here in south san francisco. pg&e says it has repaired the leaks. the other big development. pg&e wants you to know it is looking for documents regarding its pipelines. it's looking hard. investigators have asked to see the documents after the blast. the utility couldn't find some of them. the documents will have details about the pipe that will help officials determine how much pressure to run through the lines. pg&e wants you to know it's dedicated 300 people to the problem. they're spending 24 hours a day 7 days a week scanning the documents

bruno. they show in some cases state auditors failed to check on some operations because of a lack of resources. >>> well, there's been another legal blow to oakland's plan to license and tax large scale pot farms. the city attorney told the city counciles he is withdrawing his legal advice and they need to hire their own attorney for pot issues. in a letter september -- sent to the council and mayor, he agreed to turn in all the related files his office has amassed. the city council agreed to revise its proposal after lawful officials warned it could be illegal and invite state and federal prosecution. changes would limit the size of farms and require each one operate its own on-site dispensary. >> facebook appears to be on the verge of a huge announcement. the sprawling cam -- campus that could become their new home. california governor salutes a former president. >> frances: i'm frances dinglasan. we broke record high temperatures in at least 13 cities today. here's a live shot from sutro

raised the san bruno pipeline. it acknowledges it increased technology in 2003 and 2008. federal regulators tell the san francisco chronical after each of those pressure spikes pg&e should have inspected the pipeline for weak wells. those increases were safe and necessary. >>> santa clara council sending a message to governor brown. don't take the money away for santa clara stadium. they have committed $40 million to the stadium, governor brown wants to do away with redevelopment agent is hes and funnel that away. >>> they plan to approve official language in the stadium deal stressing they have been working on it for four years. >> when i-680 express lane opened up, traffic delays were expected at least for a couple weeks. matt bigler tells us some drivers claim they are seeing delays some five months later. >>> drivers on 680 through fremont have been complaining drive times increased when hov lanes were installed, allowing solo drivers to pay a toll and drive in the car pool lane. we have our first objective dat

provocaron la tragedia del pasado mes de septiembre en san bruno. mientras tanto el país está enterrado bajo la nieve de una tormenta invernal histórica aquí en california la madre naturaleza está haciendo de las suyas. en el condado de san bernardino voltea ron no uno ni dos. el servicio me theo theo o meteorológico por el resto de la tarde de hoy. >> y para saber que nos espera en el área de la bahía en los próximos días es momento de ver el pronóstico del tiempo >> los días que han estado espectaculares. sobretodo el día en la noche. veamos que nos dispara la madre naturaleza. >> ¿quñ tal? muy buenas tardes. mitad de semana continúa la tormenta ip vinvernal terrible. afectando la costa oeste de los estados unidos, nuevamente el color azul que siguen presentandose y como sigue jalando humedad y que entra por toda la costa oeste de los estados unidos. mientras tanto para nosotros. condiciones agradables por lo menos cielos despejado pero sigue entrando el frío en la zona del norte. traerá el descenso en la temperatura el viento qu

new details on the san bruno gas line explosion. spiking an urban natural-gas transmission pipeline beyond its legal limit as pacific gas and electric co. has acknowledged it did twice on the san bruno line that later exploded violates federal regulations and requires an operator to inspect for damage that could cause a rupture, federal regulators say. pg&e would have had to inspect the san bruno pipeline for weak welds and other defects after the spikings in 2003 and 2008, under the interpretation of natural- gas safety rules that federal regulators according to the chronicle. experts say a flawed seam weld on the san bruno line, identified in federal reports as the starting point of the deadly sept. 9 rupture, would almost certainly have been discovered during the rigorous testing needed to detect such problems. instead, pg&e conducted a less time-consuming, less expensive test in 2009 that is suited only for detecting corrosion on a pipe, not problem welds. >> mark: able fire or an explosion that occurred again in san francisco s

the mayor and the city manager of san bruno will attend the hearings which start tuesday in washington, d.c. the san bruno fire chief, state public utilities commission officials and other gas line industry leaders are also expected to testify. tuesday's hearing will focus on the way that pg&e operates. wednesday's hear willing deal with state and federal overnight. thursday's hearing will go over industry-wide technologies. >>> the unrest in libya continues to grow this morning. anti-government forces backed by rebel army troops are moving closer to tripoli. that country's capital. americans and other foreigners are scrambling to get out of the country before more bloodshed. this is what the tripoli airport looked like earlier this morning. at the port, ferries are trying to leave, but rough seas are making for delays there. meanwhile, the united nations is trying to prevent further bloodshed by issuing sanctions against president moammar gadhafi and his family. the council imposed an arms embargo and urged u.n. member countries to freeze the assets of gadhafi and his four sons and hi

the study was prompted by last september's explosion and fire in san bruno. pg&e says it found 59 potentially hazardous leaks including 21 found after its initial inspections last october. the san francisco-based utility also says it is in the process of scanning and indexing 1.25 million documents about its pipelines. >>> the city of san jose may have to clear another hurdle in an effort to permanently close the nightclub with a history of trouble. the "mercury news" says the potential buyer of club wet has filed suit in federal court claiming the city's regulations of nightclubs are unconstitutional. the city wants to shut down the downtown night spot saying it mishandled a couple of incidents of patrons getting violent. a state court trial in the case is set for next week. >>> getting into college just got even more stressful for about 100 east bay high school students. that's because their entrance exam scores got lost. 101 students at oakland technical high school found out about two weeks ago that their a.c.t. answer sheets were damaged. now the company

san bruno killed eight people and destroyed three dozen homes. the one decade ak led to changes and government oversight. >> david spears is expected to announce his candidacy. chu has been president of the board since elected. the san francisco chronicle reports chu says she still considers himself a progressive but one that he is willing to reach across the aisle. he joins other mayoral candidates. >>> chris daily says he is going to run if progressive doesn't step into the race. >>> all right. it's 4:37. did you stay up late to see the oscars? >> i did not. i watched some but not all. >> mike, are you happy with the choices, we'll talk more about that later. >> i definitely stayed up. i watched a little bit of that red carpet show. not that the show was bad. >> 24-hour temperature change, everybody else on the positive side. i needed to get some sleep. >> it is frosty in valleys, like livermore 33. santa rosa is one of the warmest spots at 43, san francisco 44, oakland 45 and everybody else in the mid to upper 30s. this afternoon, we're going

. >> this morning pg&e executives say there are no other pipelines like the one in san bruno anywhere else in northern california. the "mercury news" reports that pg&e has not been able to find any other gas pipes with large sections welded together. federal investigators say faulty welds may be to blame for the san bruno explosion in september that killed eight people. in an interview pg&e executives say the utility has not punished any employees in connection with the blast. if any one is punished it will happen after the ntsb releases its report on the explosion. >> supporters of a man accused -- supporters say even though he beat up father lindner lynch is the victim. lynch says he and his young brother were sexually assaulted by the priest when they were 7 and 5. lynch is going to face a pretrial hearing this morning. >> two moms arrested for blocking a fleet of energy trucks will get chance to share their concerns about smart meters. the two women were arrested december 29 for blocking sir francis drake boulevard as crews tried to get by. the women say people should have the rig