A lot of work, michelle. And about 60,000 cars normally use this stretch of southbound 280 but not today. You can take a look right now because caltrans crews have been hard at work trying to replace that old hinge in the bridge and caltrans says its about 50 years old so it was time. The purpose is to make the road safer in case of an earthquake. We do know that this work is going to continue over the next few days. Representatives say they have decided to shut down all lanes because the process of replacing the hinge involves quite a bit of demolition work. They have to demolishing the concrete because the they have to demolish the concrete because the hinges are imbedded in the concrete and then they pour the concrete over the hinges. Reporter the good news for neighbors about the demolition work, they are about halfway done so there shouldnt be too much noise or dust over the weekend. The hope is to be done and reopened by tuesday at 5 a. M. There are still more hinges to be replac
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. And tonight new video of a dramatic final seconds right before police shoot and kill a man. Betty yu is in salinas tonight. Reporter police say they put out this new video hoping people can better understand their actions. We normally wouldnt show this video to our viewers, but we believe it will help you gain a better understanding of what transpired and the controversy surrounding it. So we warn you parts of it may be tough and disturbing to watch. People around who were defenseless again we threw them out of the backpack. Reporter these are the actual shears. Salinas police say the man in this Surveillance Video used them to threaten two cops as they moved in on him tuesday afternoon. 44yearold carlos mejia accused of breaking into a womans home and threatening here walks away from officers as they open fire. The officer concerned with the damage that that individual can do with this weapon not only to himself, but to the many i
Painkillers now the leading cause of drug overdoses. Two counties in the state blame the drugmakers for touting the benefits of the narcotics and trivializing the deadly side effects, specifically addiction. We have seen increases in overdose deaths. Weve seen babies born with opiate withdrawal. The focus of this lawsuit is on holding the pharmaceutical industry accountable for their deception ensuring that doctors and patients have Accurate Information when decisions are being made about their care. Reporter experts in drug treatment agree america has become reliant on painkillers. But they say taking them away from people who are already addicted will push them to street drugs like heroin. Opiates really are miracle drugs, no doubt. At the same time, they carry risks. Reporter San Francisco Health Department Substance Abuse degree dr. Phillip coffin has no opinion on the lawsuit but he says the real issue is getting lost. We need to not be scared to prescribe opiates when its appropr
Up there is a lot of cloud cover around San Francisco. Overcast conditions on the saturday morning i guess its good whether to run as not to warmup theres with some francisco 56 degrees and 55 celebrate our joint all clouds streaming into bay area again this clause are very hot wide lorcas a closer to the Cross Country and the 9 00 hour will see temperatures in the 50s. And that caught talking about a quick one this weekend grins that cloud cover is released and when are warning warming. Dont see warming weather and told later today. it looks like will seemingly 60s and 70s are on the bay area. Temperatures as much as 10 degrees cooler than we experienced yesterday. No 80s on the board today learn more coming in at 7366 for San Francisco 7 these for vallejo. Closer look again for cassecast coming up in 15 minutes. a y official says 15 year old boy who survived a 5 1 2 hour flight from san jose to why has left the state. Spokespersons supply department of Human Services says it uses no
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