To the new eastern span of the bay bridge. City in answer is yes. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Im frank mallicoat. The new span of the bay bridge will be open for traffic on labor day weekend. Theres a lot to do between now and then. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec joins us live outside the meeting where the big announcement was just made moment ago. Reporter now transportation officials are going from decisionmaking to planning because two weeks from tonight the bay bridge will be closed. The bay bridge as we know it. And five days later, or less, the new span of the bay bridge will be open. This was a whirlwind decision. The Oversight Committee made the call 15 minutes ago. First the federal government approved a temporary fix for the 32 bolts that snapped on the bridge in march and then we heard testimony from two independent panels who concurred that the new bridge is safer than the old bridge, even while the permanent fix, the saddle, is being installed. Theres risk to all of
Thank you. Breaking news in san jose. Dozens of animals are killed in an overnight house fire. Kpix 5 reporter sue kwon is gathering more details from the scene and sue, more than 100 cats were inside the home. Reporter yes. Thats right. Were here at 6900 block of [ indiscernible ] in south san jose. This is an unusual scene, captain reggie williams. What you found inside was surprising . Thats correct. When we got here we found a resident trapped in the rear of the residence. Firefighters made a valient effort and rescued valiant effort and rescued the resident. We found 100 cats also. Reporter the back area was locked off to keep the animals inside. What were the conditions . The conditions inside were lots of cats inside. The resident was woken up by the dog. When asked, she said there was 100 cats. Reporter five to six cats were saved, one dog were saved. The other cats were dead. Some of them were in a kennel. Others were not. Firefighters were able to go in and pull the cats out.