inattention or ignorance led to this problem. 288 steel rods many of them faulty were installed under the east pier of the bridge. 32 of them snapped in early march. transportation authorities are taking this report seriously. metropolitan transportation commission chair amy worth tells the bay area news group it is possible to have the bolts lay dormant and fail later in an earthquake. these issues are why we need a comprehensive solution. end quote. so chung is recommending they use a different grade of steel. they are saying caltrans should test the surface hardness of the bolts and replace all suspect rods where possible. he is also recommending some new testing procedures. the problem with fault over bolts is they are already in concrete there on the new span behind me. live on treasure island, anne makovec, kpix 5. the new span of the bridge is on schedule to open labor day weekend. two deadly shootings in 24 hours in the city of oakland. the first happened yesterda
of them snapped in early march. transportation authorities are taking this report seriously. metropolitan transportation commission chair amy worth tells the bay area news group, it is possible to have the bolts lay dormant and fail later in an earthquake. she says these issues are why we need a comprehensive solution. that s what we are hoping to hear more about today. the expert, chung, says that they should have used a different grade of steel. he is also recommending that they test the surface hard nest of all the bolts and replace all suspect rods where possible. she is also recommending new testing procedure and transportation officials are planning on meeting with him on monday morning. but they are going to talk more about the problem, what happened, how we got here and the fix later on this morning. we ll have the live later on kpix 5. the new span of the bridge is still on schedule though to open labor day weekend. new this morning, a downtown oakland bart stati
bring us down to 66 firefighters on duty. in a county this size, it s unheard of. reporter: the plan so far is to close one station in july and another next year. supervisor mitchoff says she is optimistic they can find other options but unfortunately, dipping into the general fund might not be one of them. i know there is a feeling that we are going to be asked to use general fund dollars. and at this point, i have to weigh that against other needs in the county. reporter: today, the budget was just up for up for general discussion. the board of supervisors will make a final decision on it on may 14. cate caugiran, kpix 5. we have learned that station 87 in pittsburg could be one of the stations forced to close. well, if you want proof the economy is rebuilding, look around. chances are you will see a construction crane somewhere. bay area builders are breaking ground left and right and leaving the recession in the dust. kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington telling us
they have to have good content. if you can t trust what you read on twitter, they will stop reading twitter and that s a problem for their business. reporter: twitter declined to talk with us saying it doesn t comment on individual accounts for privacy and security reasons. the associated press says it s cooperating with twitter to investigate the hackers. it does start to get a lot scarier, though, when the goal is to spread misinformation. you have to wonder if the hackers today profited from the stock market drop after the false ap news. reporter: electronic army has claimed responsibility for the hack. but the associated press says that can t be corroborated. the fbi has opened an investigation. in this day and age, it s that ripple effect that happened so fast that s so scary. reporter: the computers speed it up faster and faster but it came back fast too for the same reason. good point. thank you. now, as don said, stocks bounced back from the flas
images of the boston bombers. that many more sets of eyes and ears of what s going on. reporter: in new york police use cameras regularly to keep an eye on people. and here in the bay area richmond police have set up 47 camera in potential high crime cameras. they are monitored by a group of live retired officers that work out of our cctv room at the police department. reporter: however in neighbincoty the aclu and others pretty much killed the idea for the sheriff s department to use drones as eye in the sky earlier this year. the government being able to mon to who we are and what we re doing and potentially target us, monitoring us, we have a lot of concerns with that. reporter: the camera is are there, there, all up and down this street by private companies. well, you know, before law enforcement used its cameras, whether they be public cameras or private cameras, there need to be strict protocols in in place to be sure they are not abused. it s a balancin