temperatures warmer this morning. heads up in san francisco. there s a multiple vehicle accident right on oak and octavia. a bad spot. bay bridge toll plaza just a minor backup. i ll have an update on that san francisco crash. good wednesday morning, everyone. 6:01. thank you for joining us. i m eric thomas. i m kristen sze. topping our news, this morning a much clearer view what pg&e has discovered about other bay area pipelines in the wake of san bruno explosion. also how far the company is going to find thousands of missing documents on finding those pipelines. kristen, pg&e found gas leaks right here in south san francisco. pg&e once ordered to go back and look at all of its pipelines after the san bruno explosion in september. while the utility has now announced it found 21 gas leaks, three of those right here in south san francisco. pg&e says it has repaired the leaks. i have really mixed emotion, especially when it happened. that s really scary. i m glad they
distribution of the yellow pages. under the measure the board of supervisors will be asked to consider it today. today s tuesday. good morning at 4:30. i m kristen sze. i m eric thomas. topping our news tens of thousands of egyptians are flooding into cairo with the biggest protest yet trying to force the ouster of egyptian president hosni mubarak. live in our news room, what s going on jenelle. egypt in its 8th day of protests. demonstrators are gathering in liberation square in cairo this is they hope to be a million strong when they march to the presidential palace where the president lives and works. even though mubark swore in a new cabinet yesterday to try to appease the people, egyptians want them ousted. they blamed him for the fueling corruption. tanks have lined up but the egyptian army vowed not to fire on people saying the military recognized the legitimacy of the people s demands. (inaudible) either mabuark will step down or there will be more violence.
fog is going to be a condition for you on your commute. we ll check that and some construction that has yet to be picked up coming up in a few minutes. the first time this week i ve seen fog in the peninsula commute. we ll talk about that. thank you for joining us. i m kristen sze. i m eric thomas. a vote later this morning could seal the fate of toll takers on the golden gate bridge. the full board of directors will decide today whether to install an automated toll collection system. terry mcsweeney is live at the golden gate bridge. terry, this has been a very emotional topic. you re right. we re out here this morning and car pools up at the toll plaza, a couple women didn t know where exactly to go. they re asking the person inside the booth there for directions and he s giving them gladly. that s going to be going away if the vote goes as expected. takes a look who is going away 32 jobs that pay around $50,000 a year. no more directions from the people inside thos
a stall or accident at treasury island. all your details in a few minutes. about 6:01. i m eric thomas. i m kristen sze. topping out news, it appears we know who will be the next police chief in the bay area s biggest city. that decision is creating some big questions in two bay area cities. jenelle wang joins us live to explain. it looks like san jose s acting police chief chris moore is in and oakland s police chief is out. chief anthony batts wanted the job but now that it appears he didn t get it, his future is in question. he said he had concerns about the support and resources in oakland. the city has cut the police force significantly because of budget issues and crime still seems to be out of hand. oakland s mayor though says she has faced that batts will stay but others question if his heart is still in oakland. they have not confirmed chris moore is the guy but will say they have picked the right person for the job. i know that i am bringing forward the best
association says communication problems are just a tip of the iceberg. there s problems with cop cars themselves, the computers in them and staffing as well. there s also threatening legal action against the city to start bring the police department up to snuff. the mayor says what happened last night has nothing to do with communications, it has to do with officer training. take a look where it ended last night, a high-speed chase crashing at 85th street. police were after drive-by shooting suspect and it ended there, a officer shooting and p killing a suspect. one officer was on his way getting his squad car s computer fixed. dispatch did not go through, the system was not functioning according to the police officer association. police could not get a call for an ambulance. another agency had to do that. the mayor sails she had her tech crews on the system all last night into this morning and the police union president says it s too much of a bad system. the mayor says she