good morning, everyone. it is 5 a.m. on this tuesday morning. as you heard a little breezy out there. we ll tell but that come kingdom coming up. i m eric thomas. i m kristen sze. tonight s meeting the district is expecting new optimism that perhaps there s a less painful option. amy hollyfield is live in concord with the latest. kristen, they expect so many people at tonight s meeting they re going to hold it here in the high school gym. the community has been very outspoken on this issue but the school board may come in here tonight and hit the reset button after several meetings and protests across the mount diablo school district the superintendent now says the board might look at an option that hasn t been discussed. and he doesn t say what that option would be. he just leaves it open saying if a viable option is recommended tonight, the board will not take a formal vote. this is a dramatic development for members of this community who thought today was the day t
anti-mubarak leaders say they discussed ways to ease him out of office. things are relatively peaceful in cairo this morning but sabotage is believed to have caused an explosion at gas facilities. it set up a massive fireball on the peninsula. the fire was brought under control by closing down the valves that feed into israel. security remains tight while the obama administration uses diplomatic channels to pressure egyptian president hosni mubarak to make a quick exit. they want to hand over power to a transitional government until elections can be held. a missing google executive has become the spokesman of the youth of rising in egypt. he disappeared last thursday when he joined the initially protests in cairo. his family believes he s in the custody of government officials. lillian kim has more. in cairo streets peaceful protestors took back control. tens of thousands of egyptians gathered to pray. president obama wanted peace. will not be resolved by violence and opp
thanks for joining me i m kristen sze. i m eric thomas. we ll keep you informed when the stress levels come up. a city council meeting could determine when long-awaited checks from donation fund will be set up. pg&e has decided to stop a controversial pipeline testing method that may have play aid role in the explosion. amy holyfield is live in san bruno. amy, welcome back to the morning news program and what have you got for us? thank you, eric. this really is an issue for all residents, not just the people who live here in bruin. pg&e say this was a standard operating practice they did on all their gas lines every five years. now there are questions over whether the practice compromised the pipeline in bruin that ended up bursting in september. two years ago pg&e tested the pipe by pumping natural gas at the maximum legal pressure. it normal runs 375 pounds. experts call that move a huge gamble. congresswoman jackie spear takes it one step further. that s gross negli