Take my word for it. There were cheers here. Actually a few tears. Some waited since 8 00 a. M. And see a few waiting for a panda cam to come back. Were excited when this happened at that moment of 5 34. Her water broke at 5 00 tonight but she was in labor early this morning and she was having contractions. Going back, you remember she was artificially inseminated back in weekspril twice and two ago her hormone levels began to rise and she was sleeping more, cradling objects, signs of pregnancy. On wednesday, the vets believed tohat they be a fetus during ultrasound so dedicated fans began heading to the zoo and for many, to watch was the birth experience of a lifetime. She just got up and bent over out. T popped like this big and its so cute. Very cute. Very exciting. Ive waited 44 years for this. Im very, very excited to be here. Thankful to be here. Thank you so much. She had been here since 8 00 morning, so she was indeed very excited. We expect to get an update from officials with
Announcer news 4 at 6 00 starts now. First tonight, new reaction after a triple murder in hyattsville. We brought you the story as breaking news last night at 11 00. Police say a masked gunman burst into a home shooting five people and killing three of them. News 4 derrick ward talked to one of the relatives of one of the victims today. Reporter short street just our marlboro pike, a quiet street where neighbors lived for years. Why folks are saying what what happened in this house friday night just before 10 00 is so ala alarming. Police came to this house after the report of a shooting friday night. Five people had been shot. Three died. Among them 50yearold carlenea gray who lived at this home with her boyfriend and used to live right around the corner. The friendliest person youd ever meet. Reporter she said le counsel or to lend and ear or listening or shoulder to cry on. Her home open to anybody who needed somewhere to go or just you needed to vent. My sisters boyfriend, who was
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