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A suicide barrier is now two years behind schedule. Live near the bridge with more of whats causing it to low so far behind schedule, sharon katsuda. Sharon . Reporter thats right, marcus, laura, this up date from the contractor was from two weeks ago. There was last celebration last may for the construction of the suicide net. They showed a mock of the net that would sit 20 feet below and 20 feet out of the sidewalk. The scrubs of the net itself is going well. The problem is with the installation on the bridge. The original company was acquired by another company that he said struggled with the transition. Now instead of being up by january 2021, the suicide net probably wont be fully installed until 2023. Our message to families that have lost a loved one here is to know that the bridge cares, that were committed to saving lives. Weve increased the staff along the sidewalks, vigilant with our controls, stopped a lot of people. We recognize every day without this barrier is a potentia
After that crash. Were looking for the opportunity to not have to detour anymore. Most of the bay is green and thats great but over here Mountain View, palo alto, there was a crash that reopened and the southbound side set to reopen. Southbound traffic is jamming up. Charleston is your alternate. Bob redell is out there. Do you have good news for us and what happened out there . Reporter first of all, number one and number two southbound lanes here have just reopened within the past few moments. You still have two other lanes that are shut down. Actually thats three others. Youre looking at the headlig s headlights. It is a crawl so to answer your question what happened, around 1 45 this morning according to chp there was a drunk driver heading in the northbound direction in this area in a red sedan in a zip car, one of those on demand rentals, when he collided with the center divide. Two other vehicles came, some trucks. They collided. One of the people in the trucks was taken to the
A solution by not standing again and at a Film Festival thats found itself caught up in the increasingly tense relationship between china and taiwan. Thank you very much for joining us crowds of been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers in the east of the democratic republic of congo say they wont stop until all of them leave they have been defying a curfew imposed after a 2nd night of violence accusing the peacekeepers of failing to protect them from rebels and obrien reports. Around 18000 un peacekeepers are in the democratic republic of congo to protect civilians from attacks by rebel fighters. But some civilians went on the attack themselves at a un compound in north kivu province on monday accusing peacekeepers of failing to fulfill their mandate un support it did. But we never see the Police Strong we want we dont we dont want them just theyre young. Peacekeepers guarded whats left of their base in the eastern city of benny while a 2nd compound nearby became tuesdays target weve come her
Were down to a quartermile visibility in santa rosa. Along the coast where you see the gray shading thats where the dense fog advisory continues until 8 00. A mile and a quarter in san jose. As we check out rain moving into the north bay, well have some waves of rain coming in especially for parts of northern Sonoma County, lake county and mendocino counties as well. Well track that as well as the fog thats also affecting the commute. Mike . Definitely. A quartermile visibility in the north bay, its the talk of the town or at least the talk of the chp reports. This is the san mateo bridge, tough visibility here. Well often hear about fog there. Fog advisory chp for the dumbarton bridge earlier today and ive seen fog through fremont definitely a factor. Now thats where it is located on our cameras. The orange highlighting is where its thicker and tougher. Watch the Altamont Pass. The east bay coming into San Francisco and throughout the north bay down a quartermile visibility. On capito