can handle about 19 of movement during an earthquake, but the work that they are doing with double that wiggle room to 37 . they showed us exactly how they are doing it. for a few minutes tonight caltrans gave us a glimpse of the spot where crews have cut the dumbarton bridge in two, making room for a few steel joint that could make a height difference in the next big earthquake. the jo joint locks into place on the rebar an concrete and on the other side it s meant to expand and contract. reporter: it may not be obvious on- camera, but it s very windy and cold on the bridge. officials say that won t interrupt the work. the only thick that could get in wait is rain, but they are not anticipating any problems. engineers are watching a live feed of the construction and traffic conditions. the bridge that connects east bay and peninsula will be closed all weekend, but many drivers we talked to said they got the message to find another route. before i m in construction, i
inferno of flames and smoke. now of discriminates burned. firefighters fought the six- alarm fire. three of the firefighters were treated for minor injuries. this happened at macro plastics in a light industrial area northwest at travis air force base east of i-80. anne makovec reports it may be weeks before we know if the air, soil or ground water was contaminated. reporter: it looks like a two-story building on fire but really it s thousands of plastic crates stacked almost two stories high that turned into a 5-acre inferno at macro plastics. it appears to have started as an employee was doing maintenance work with an open flame and it quickly took off. it was actually creating its own wind and the heat that was occurring inside was sucking plastic bins into the fire. reporter: it broke out at around 1:00 yesterday afternoon. firefighters were on scene until midnight. today a dilapidated fence surrounds a field of ash, some spots still smoldering. but clean-up is unde
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involved in this case, correct? reporter: that s absolutely right, grace. i just spoke with officer morgan earlier who is going to chat with us in a few minutes. he said they found open containers and smelled alcohol inside the car of this young man after he sped on the freeway and crash. officer morgan, can you give us a recap of what led to this chase? initially our officers saw a vehicle on international boulevard near 55th avenue driving erratically and weaving. officers were concerned about the driver s condition, attempted to make an enforcement stop. the drive failed to yield. there was a brief pursuit on surface streets and then the driver entered the freeway at 73rd avenue near hegenberger in oakland attempted to exit the freeway here at 29th avenue, failed to negotiate the exit properly and ended up colliding behind us at 29th avenue and east ninth. the driver was not wearing a seatbelt, so he was ejected from the vehicle and sustained very serious injuries. whe
been closed on 29th avenue in connection with an investigation taking place on city streets. high street and 23rd are easily handling the traffic and no backup but we have learned that the ramp won t be opened until 7:30 so it may create problems later on. 6:02. we want to go to fairfield where they are having a conference after a giant fire. the company makes plastic containers and tons of them burned in this huge inferno and luckily the firefighters, a crew crew of firefighters that kept this thing contained to just containers because otherwise it would spread to the building so none of the employees was hurt. they think it happened from one of the employees lighting with a torch or something and caught a plastic container on fire, either a torch or lighter they were using and jackie is waiting for the press conference and as we look at the damage do you think they will talk about the cause or actually jackie is setting up as we are waiting. you can see this entire fence