Thieves simply drove off with the construction equipment. Among the stolen property, possibly two tampers like these. Protection along the gate was tripped and we want to know what the steps were that were taken after that. Reporter pg e said human error is the apparent cause of the Security Breach. When you have the Public Safety in your hands, is there room for human error . First of all, we take these matters very seriously and thats exactly why were going to get to the bottom of what happened. Reporter the Sheriffs Department has been here before. Its the site of the high profile sniper attack last april when someone cut underground phone cables, shot up the plant and knocked out 17 transformers. Since then, pg e committed to spending more than 100 million on security improvements at several substations including this one. Part of the overall plan was to improve this kind of fencing. If you spend 100 million here, people will say this shouldnt have happened. Certainly. And we take
Sonora pass road. In the past few minutes a helicopter made a water drop on the fireline to protect the neighborhood. We have also seen ground crews battling flames. One of the fires reportedly began at a homeless encampment. The other was touched off by a structure fire. The response to this fire has closed the south connector from highway 29 to westbound 37. More updates as they come in. We are getting our first damage estimate from sundays earthquake. 300million and counting. Hundreds of homes and buildings in need of repair. But they each need a city inspection first. Kpix 5s ryan takeo live in napa where that inspection backlog is now 800 homes and businesses. Ryan. Reporter allen, you dont have to be an inspector to see that this house has issues right here because of sundays shaker. Take a look at the stairs right there. They are sloping and sagging. Theres some separation between the rail and the stairs. Even this leaning victorian, though, spent four days on the waiting list.
Maze. The overnight roadwork in downtown and san leandro should be all wrapped up. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. Frank, michelle, back to you guys. Okay, liz, thanks. 5 01. An update on the earthquake damage up in napa. The estimate for damage to private homes and businesses in the city is up to 300 million so far. That does not by the way include the public buildings, the roads, bridges or economic fallout. Building inspectors have about 800 buildings they need to check for damage. More than half of the broken water lines have been fixed thanks to some help from outside the city. But almost 500 customers still dont have running water. Napa valley vintners chipped in in a big way. They donated 10 million to a relief fund. Developing in the south bay, a new Security Breach at a pg e substation. Kpix 5s anne makovec joins us in the newsroom this morning. Anne, apparently, the thieves broke into the facility despied increased security. Reporter this plant is staffed 24 hours with securi
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Priced they paid so the santa clara area could have a stable water supply. Good evening and welcome to a second look. Im julie haener. Tonight what lies beneath. As the Drought Conditions old towns are coming to light again after decades buried under water. But sometimes whats hidden below the water is more sinister. Authorities found the body of a teenage girl in the delta medota canal in san joaquin county. They identified her as kayla reed. Kaylas mother had reported her missing a month before and to this day no one has ever been charged in the case. Although kaylas aunt says she has her suspicions who killed kayla. Mike mibach had this look back at the case in february 2012. Reporter a bay area teenager with a big green and big dreams at age 15kayla reeds future looked bright. But in early december 2005 the light turned dark. Young kayla disappeared. On january 10, 2006, her body was found in this Central Valley canal and a Homicide Investigation was under way. Two weeks later at t