with a snake. so i imagine they had a blockage. they must have isolated it into the ground. today an investigator was taking measurements and trying to figure out what happened. and a local sewer line contractor came fwoi check out the trench. he says it doesn t appear things were done by industry standards. it s dangerous, anything over four feet deep, you ve got to have shoring jacks in. if you don t this, is what happens. it can cave in on top of you. and now, the man culled from the trench is still recovering and if cal osha finds work wasn t done properly or according to standards, i m told fines could be up to $70,000. and the cost that have permit from the city? about $100. in brentwood abc 7 news. thank you, and an accident in san francisco snarled traffic this afternoon. around 2:00 a big rig took down a muni wires at market and vanness. and no one was hurt. three cars were turn add around at 11th street and now, everything is back to normal. and we re lear
captions paid for by abc, inc. good evening to all of you good evening to all of you and tonight we begin with the new portrait emerging of the penn state football coach accused of abusing eight young boys. new tapes of jerry sandusky, an interview he gave before the scandal broke and this as yet another adult man has now resigned amid accusations he knew there was a problem and did nothing. and at this hour abc news has learned there are seven different college, local and federal investigations under way. abc s jim avila, here with us now with the very latest. jim? reporter: tonight, another shoe drops. the president of the nationally known charity that prosecutors say jerry sandusky used as his pedophilia playground has resigned. and we hear from jerry sandusky himself, his own words on why he decided to change his life to spend more time around kids. it s 1999 and jerry sandusky is about to retire as defensive coach of the penn state nittany lions. i ll focus my ti
storm, when their homes burned to the ground. people know how to hook these hoses up can just do it and at least contain the fire. now, with the fire starting near his home, he and his neighbors are not supposed to use their hoses despite being trained by the oakland fire department. if they hook them up are they breaking the law? there is an ordinance. for years, residents trained with and without officials guiding their efforts and in twut, they banned the opening by citizens. the fire, $1,000. a move in response to east bay mud s concern over a rash of wasteful openings by young people on hot days, training continues until 2008. it hasn t happened since. we appreciate the interest in support of the fire department and communities and wanting to help fight fires. reality is that we don t want to put citizens in harm s way. the councilman has been a strong supporter of the efforts in the past. there is no way you can tell me they should not prepare to protect