pg&e engineers about the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. this is a rare public hearing in the nation s capital. it s expected to last about three days. the september 9 blast killed 8 people and destroyed dozens of homes. today 8 pg&e official will face federal investigators and answer questions about the blast, the pipeline and whether the utility company should have known it posed a potentially deadly threat. it s part of the national transportation safety board s full scale investigation into the disaster. the board is expected to issue a final report on what likely caused the blast about 6 months from now. but today we ll get a sneak peek when they release thousands of pages of documents relating to the investigation. and it s going to be very interesting to see what those documents say about the blast and also what pg&e engineers will say with their testimony. we ll be watching the hearing and bringing you the latest that s coming up in a few minutes. lots of quest
authorities tell us the teen disappeared sunday morning after he sent his girlfriend some text messages saying that he wanted to take his own life. now he may be armed with his father s handgun. they also say he may be near the intersection of adeline an 12th in oakland. if you come across the little boy don t approach him but call the sheriff s office immediately. still searching for answers after last year s deadly san bruno explosion and tomorrow federal investigators will do something they haven t done in 11 years, a public inquiry. a three-day hearing beginning tomorrow by the national transportation safety board. it runs through thursday. so far they have collected 47,000 pages of interviews and reports stemming from last fall s explosion, and they expect even more. observers say it could affect pipeline safety laws across the country. executives at pg & e will offer testimony in this sworn hearing along with 20 other witnesses. the ntsb will ask how the utility opera
we ll be right back to the traffic center. north 101 at the waldo tunnel, chp is clearing an accident out of the way. traffic good. a check of the rest of the bay area bridges coming up in just a few minutes. seven campuses in the mount diablo unified school district could learn more. the district needs to save $1.5 million a year. and it s targeted 7 schools for possible closure. a committee will present three scenarios each involving the closure of three of the schools. a meeting is set for 5:30 art northgate high in walnut creek. a college radio station is going off the air. a victim of the latest ownership shuffle among bay area radio stations. starting on monday, the university of san francisco s kusf will lose its 90.3 spot on the fm dial. it will still broadcast but only online. taking over the fm signal will be kdfc, a san francisco classical music station that will become a listener supported nonprofit. you always feel like, oh, i have been betrayed, i have be
and they said yes, we had no idea. my family is here, it is important to keep up to date. there s people who didn t get the message whether they didn t see the news, didn t check our website or were not outside walking, there s no mechanism in place for us to literally tell every single resident. reporter: brett richards says there could be another sewage spill but only if this area gets another inch or more of rain by late saturday afternoon. live in marin county, jim vargas. part of the almond and quick silver park in san jose is closed tonight and will remain so through the holiday weekend because of the concerns of methane gas. the north part of the park and it s trails are shut down. the parks department says the problem started at the guadalupe. it s overwhelming, there s no reason to dump waste in the park. i would definitely check it out before i came. park officials say they won t reopen the park until test results come back from that creek water. at 5:
mild temperatures. mid 60s and dare i say warm toward the santa clara valley. here is sal. westbound bay bridge traffic is moving a long pretty well if you are driving on the commute into san francisco you will be waiting for a little bit and that is just about all once you get on to the bridge it looks okay. still police activity on a frontage road on 80 near university. they do have activity on the shoulder of the freeway as well. it s not effecting the freeway. you can certainly see all the lights. this was an oakland police chase that ended there on virginia street just past university on the berkeley frontage road there near the freeway. we ve also had a very serious accident overnight. this accident happened early this morning on highway 37 near the wilson avenue onramp. jade hernandez is live. reporter: this accident has been cleared at this hour. it was cleared 20 minutes ago. the wilson avenue onramp is open. the california highway patrol tells us this one-car ac