Highprofile problem. Now, its bursting into live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Tonight, as if the new bay bridge needed another high profile problem. Now, it is bursting into flames. Im veronica de la cruz. Liz has the night off. Im ken bastida. Lets get right to our mark kelly. Two fires in the traffic lanes this week. What is going on with the bridge . Reporter caltrans says after a comprehensive investigation, maintenance workers who left behind road flares are to blame for causing mondays fire and todays fire on the bridges eastern span. Caltrans called it an unusual set of circumstances. Two fires just this week. One monday night, the other, around noon today. Talking distance, both, relatively close. One of our engineers discovered the fire that was in relatively the same spot as the fire from monday evening. Reporter take a closer look, caltrans says it was likely road flares from workers that set this black rubber on fire. Driving over it, it looks to be n
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Everything is wide open no delays there. There is roadwork though in san leandro. Its just in a southbound direction between davis and marina a couple of lanes shut down until 5 00. Ill have more in a minute. I went to happy hour. [ laughter ] okay. You win. Right now crews are wrapping up at the scene of a twoalarm fire in pittsburg. This is video from the contra costa fire department. The fire started just before 2 30 this morning at a business on industry road. It took about an hour and a half to put it out. It appears the fire began with the pallets before spreading inside the business. Caltrans knows what caused the two fires this week in the traffic lanes on the eastern span of the bay bridge. As kpix 5s mark kelly tells us, the investigation points to road flares. Reporter caltrans called it an unusual set of circumstances. Two fires just this week. One monday night, the other around noon talking distance both relatively close. One of our engineers the fire in the same spot as t
Today. Hillary clinton is expressing concerns. This ondemand or socalled gig economy is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation. But its also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future. Reporter the state Public Utilities Commission Just slapped uber with a 7. 3 million fine for not providing the state information on accidents or accessibility for the disabled. It indicates how serious the responsibility is to include people with disabilities in any public accommodation. Reporter workers right still a flashpoint, too. There is a pending court case right now alleging uber drivers should be qualified as employees not uber contractors. And today here at uber headquarters as jeb bush takes a tour, its a pr move for him trying to get the vote of young people many of whom use uber in the city daily. Live in San Francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Check of weather and traffic on this thursday. And we have a marine layer r
Out. Its a big mess left over from the fire. It appears the fire began with the pallets before spreading inside the business there. Republican president ial candidate jeb bush is stepping in the middle of one of the bay areas most contentious issues. He plans to hail an uber today during a visit to San Francisco. Kpix 5s anne makovec joins us from uber headquarters to explain how he is making statement by catching a ride. Reporter he is catching up with the trend that has been growing in popularity exponentially over the last few years. Its popularity is attaining off so quickly that rule makers have not yet been able to catch up with it. And that has put uber at the center of a new National Debate about whats called the sharing economy while jeb bush plans to take uber here in San Francisco today. Hillary clinton is expressing concerns. This ondemand or socalled gig economy is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation. But its also raising hard questions about workplac