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our mistakes. i think people need to be held accountable. >> reporter: state senator mark is pushing for more information why the bay bridge was ten years late and over budget. he is calling for investigations and criminal charges. >> there is not a specific crime that i can name right now. the question is we have a lot of unanswered question. >> reporter: in the hot seat, caltrans and its partners that built the eastern span. quality was compromised because of time and budget constraints, say reports, and whistle belowers were silent. >> safety issues on this bridge were not ignored. >> a report titled "competing against time," and the project manager said they were under pressured to finish it before the next earthquake. >> this was the eighth hearing on the bridge concerning the construction and it is fair to say there is testiness between lawmakers and the bridge makers. >> there are challenges and cultural issues brought up. >> prudent people disagreed on how to move forward on the bridge at different times and there is nothing wrong with that. >> reporter: one of the reasons they say it is so important to get to the bottom of this is many of the people that worked on the bridge are also now part of another major project, high- speed rail, in sacramento, ann notarangelo, kpix-5. the california highway patrol is conducting its own investigation on the bridge construction. it will not comment until it is completed. >> it is unclear what exactly caused a deadly freeway accident on the pens insure la. the driver of a car veered off highway 101 in redwood city and slammed into a work crew. a woman in a black mercedes crashed in a group of nine young men picking up trash. they were part of a job training program. one died and another was injured along with the driver. the chp says she was going fast enough to hit the workers and slam into four cars in a nearby parking lot. >> she actually barely missed, there is concrete and some atteniators right before that. >> we don't know if drugs or alcohol was the cause. >> the state law requires drivers to get out of the slow lane if there are workers in the shoulder. if you cannot change lanes, you are required to slow down. a quick stop at the atm leaves a couple fighting for their lives after they were robbed and shot. it happened just after midnight sunday in campbell. the couple wanted to get some cash at the first bank building on campbell avenue. a man and his girlfriend were shot by a gunman. both are expected to survive wounds to the stomach and legs. >> he took everything, took their car, left them for dead, effectively bleeding in the parking lot. >> the police released a sketch of the suspect. he is believed to be responsible for another robbery just blocks away. the family of a fallen cal bears football player wants people to know what was lost in his death. >> people will see what an incredible family this is, what a tight unit they were. the type of relationship. >> lawyers began a press conference today by putting up photographs of ted agu. the 21 year old collapsed and died after team conditioning drills in february. the coroner's report lists the cause of death as an undiscovered heart condition but the family disputes that. a wrongful death lawsuit was filed today. it alleges the trainer did not respond appropriately when agu began to experience distress. >> the trainer failed to intercede and stop the activity, though it was known, like in florida, that this california athlete had sickle cell trait. >> the same trainer was working at florida when another player collapsed and died. they say it was a similar workout. cal had no immediate response to the lawsuit. the department bought a drone in january this year. it was funded as part of a federal homeland security grand. they wanted to use it to fly over potential bombs to avoid sending a squad into hazardous situations. as well as use it for situations that threaten public safety. the purchase was hit hard with criticism and now the department says this. quote, the community should have the opportunity to provide feedback, ask questions, and express their concerns before we move forward with the project. other bay area headlines, the san francisco metropolitan transportation agency will seek restitution from a private shuttle company for blocking muni service. a bus carrying tech employees got stuck on a steep hill in the valley during this morning's commute and blocked the j church rail line for half an hour before it was towed away. a big mess this morning on 680 after a garbage truck collided with a pickup in walnut creek. the truck crashed in the center divider. it was trying to make a lane change and slammed in a truck. and you can expect traffic jams around at&t park tomorrow night. beyonci and jay z are doing concerts there. these are the last two dates of their "on the run" tour, that grossed a hundred million dollars in ticket sales. i think ken and al are going? >> definitely not. >> all right. standing room only. tickets to see the 49ers play on their new home turf went on sale today and did not last long. all the standing room at regular season games is already sold out. you can still get standing room tickets for preseason games, but you have to register online for the 49ers fan rewards programs. if you are heading to levi stadium there is more to see than a football game. you don't win five super bowls and show off the trophies. allen takes it inside the new museum set to open in a couple days. >> something to be proud of. in three days it will open to the public. like everything at the new stadium these days, there is a media preview day to whet your appetite. >> the catches, the touchdowns, the championships, and the hall of famers. all part of the team's attempt to make the 49ers museum and eddie debartolo senior hall of fame an emotional experience. >> we did resin based life size stat you. it is trying to bring the stays to life. >> guy mcintyre says a lot of thought went in the statues. >> we did full life statues. we picked a pose that is reminiscent of that person. >> reporter: the museum is 20,000 square feet, half if size of a grocery store. there are 11 exhibit spaces and a theater that showcases the 49ers signature field. the eddie debartolo senior hall of fame is where you will find the statues, and you will see the five super bowl championships. but the 49ers emphasize this section of the new stadium is supposed to be more than a museum. >> you can learn even about the physics of how to throw a spiral and things like that. we wanted people to be immersed in everything 49ers. >> throw a spiral even if you are left-handed. the museum opens to the public at 10:00 friday. $for adults and $10 for children. the lombardi trophy is worth the price of admission. >> i love the idea of a museum there. it will be used for a lot of different things. you have the apps, the museum -- is anybody going to watch the game when you go to the stadium. >> they are trying to make it more of an experience than the game. >> what if the niners are blowing them out? >> all right. and if you have the kids, you want to keep them entertained. so there you go. 49ers meet the ravens in baltimore on thursday for their thirst preseason game. it is the game, the game. you can see it right here on kpix-5 starting at 4:30. a new twist in the case of the missing captain. there was no trace of him when his boat washed-up on the beach. investigators think he may not want to be found. and a bay area cemetery in sham believes. the owner says it is an improvement over what it looked like before. coming up at 6:30, california's grassy ground is scary on its own. now we are hearing it could be bad enough to trigger earthquakes. ,,,,,, you gotta get to subway for the protein packed black forest ham and cheese. enjoy lean, sliced ham with a hint of sweetness, piled high with all your favorite veggies like green peppers and juicy tomatoes. now yours at a great price as our $3 six-inch select of august. subway. eat fresh. ,,,, kpix-5 weather is sponsored by lexus. visit your local lexus dealer and test drive a lexus today. the coast guard spent hours searching for a missing captain whose ship ran aground. turns out he was or has an outstanding warrant for his arrest and may be on the run. he is wanted on a $75,000 warrant for drug charges and failure to appear. he ran into trouble yesterday morning when his fishing boat became stranded at ocean beach. he made a mayday calling, saying he would swim to shore, but then was nowhere to be found. they suspended the search for him as they worked to salvage the boat. a santa rosa man is missing in the forest tonight. they are looking for 49 year old stephen morris. he left for a day hike saturday and never came back. he had food and some water, but didn't have supplies for overnight, with temperatures dropping as low as 20. an east bay cemetery is showing its age. neighbors say it is the victim of neglect. it dates back to the mid 19th century. we talked to the owner about what is being done to salvage it. >> twice a day, brenda cruise walks her dog around the pocheko cemetery. >> it is in bad disrepair. >> it dates back to the 19th century. there are overgrown weeds and some head stones are broken. brenda feels for families that have loved ones here. >> i know how i feel when i go visit my loved ones. it should be kept nice. something, anything, other than what it is. >> it may not look like much right now, but it is better than it was. >> but the owner says in his mind, this is actually an improvement. >> the gates were locked. nobody could get in here. >> he says the previous owner closed the cemetery for decade. he says no one wanted to invest the time and money for a turn around. >> it is a problem cemetery. records are not good. the grounds are not good. so it just took somebody to at least get the gates reopened. >> his main business is a cremator on-site. >> we don't sell new graves. there is no income. >> it is a landmark. there should be pride of ownership. >> what i will see neighbors are outspoken, the people you would expect to see to be most upset, the families with loved ones said they don't mind the mess, saying even if it is not pretty, at least it is open. ryan takeo, kpix-5. the owner is planning on another improvement, a sprinkler system. we're going to talk about weather and something to talk about today. we have some rain. not a lot. a couple sprinkles here and there. >> i saw them on the windshield driving in and i was stunned. >> you don't know what to do? things you don't think about around here. kind of -- i was caught off guard, but when you are driving out here it is like okay, the roads are wet, i need to slow down. we are dealing with that in santa rosa. we've had on and off sprinkles. it is a beautiful picture. here we go. the cause are not laying down. they are not going to see showers over the next hour. there is rain in sonoma county. a beautiful picture now with a low cloud cover behind the financial district and high cloud cover as well. guess which two cities saw sunshine? san ramon and campbell. highs near 90 where we had the sunshine but where it rained, it was a tenth of an inch. berkeley 71, san francisco 68. so what's going on right now. you see green over santa rosa but you saw a picture with nothing falling. a lot of this is falling from the clouds but evaporating before it gets to the round. the radar sometimes paints a picture of the rainfall before it is happening. in the highway 29 corridor we'll see showers, and in the north. did it rain in concord? absolutely. about a tenth of an inch of rain. that is crazy. the first time it rained in concord in august since 2003. the last time it rained in august in concord was eleven years ago. so this is rare and kind of an odd setup. we have the main jet stream way up here over vancouver, british columbia and missing america, but sometimes you get areas of low pressure, cutoff lows and sit over the sacramento valley, grabbing the tropical moisture and pulling it back toward the bay area and toward the north bay. the low is in no rush to get out of here. showers will work their way from the north bay through san francisco bay into the south bay down toward gilroy by the time we get to tonight and tomorrow. we all carry a chance of showers tonight. the low is gone and we go back to normal. high pressure offshore, no rainfall, and temperatures that will be climbing as you head to the end of the week. another cloudy start tomorrow. a chance of a morning shower. we are not finished with the rain. fremont 78, with some afternoon sunshine, san jose 81, napa back up to 83. san francisco tomorrow, 69. once we hit that sunshine, we'll keep it through the weekend. i like the forecast a lot because we're not seeing a hundred inland. it will be around 90, which is comfortable, and near the bay i'm not seeing 80s or 60s, we're right in the sweet spot. and we'll carry it through the weekend. so excitement tonight as the showers continue. are you prepared, ken? >> i'm excited. >> that was excitement. >> we have to get kevin. what do we need? >> are we going to have a deluge? >> hopefully not in the studio. >> a sign of things to come. that will get you excited. >> thanks, paul. hundreds of mud caked cars have been pulled from garages after that massive flood on the campus at ucla. tonight, concern that many of them could end up flooding the resale market. and incredible video as a hillside gives way and swallows an entire house. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, hundreds of students at ucle finally getting their cars back.. after l . dirty, muddy and probably ruined inside. hundreds of students at ucla are finally getting their cars back after last week's massive water main break trapped them in flooded garages. students and staff got the first chance to see their vehicles today, some hard to recognize under so much dirt and grime. the damage was extensive inside the cars as well. >> even though i've seen photos, i didn't know the inside is so bad. as i look, there is a little bit of water. i think it was filled with water actually. >> a total of 400 cars were damaged. insurance adjusters were at the site to help those car owners. so what's the next stop for those flood damaged cars? >> on the consumer watch, julie ross warns that they will show up for sale on used car lots. >> this always happens after a major flood or hurricane, the water damaged cars will likely be sold to unscrupulous dealers. they can make them look shiny and news. this is what the cars looked like this weekend, totally submerged in water. since there is no way to repair a flood damaged car you would assume they would be scrapped. within weeks they may be sitting on a car lot waiting for an unsuspecting customer. >> the insurance companies send them to auctions, where crooks come and bid on them, and dealers will get these cars and also, there are people curb stoners, they pose as the owner but are not, and sell them to people, and they don't even necessarily give you a discount. >> this woman from the consumer group cars says dealers don't want to let on it may have a salvage title. while they may fix up the outside of the cars, flood cars are basically ticking time bombs, rotting from the inside out as electronics in the cars control everything from brakes to air bags and have been hopelessly compromised. always vehicle the title at vehiclehistory.gov. they are supposed to report all cars to the database. you should also always get an inspection from a third party professional. too many people wait until after they bought the car and then get someone to look at it. by then it is too late. >> we should probably point out that not everybody is selling you these cars are crooks. >> yes. >> there are a lot of people, mechanics that buy the cars, want the parts, know what they are, know what they are doing and can use the cars. >> so i think what you are getting at is, rosemary said crooks go to the auctions and buy the cars. they do in addition to legitimate mechanics. but the people that sell them back to you, those are who she is referring to as crooks. these are dangerous cars to drive and in most cases will not tell you it is a salvage. >> you can check the title. state of california should have a history. >> so titlehistory.gov. >> not all insurers will upload the salvage title. when you buy a car, whether from an individual ordealer, bring a mechanic, or take the car to the mechanic and look at it before you buy it. >> thank you. all right. if you have a consumer issue, you can always contact julie. incredible video out of utah. a landslide is threatening homes tonight. this is time lapse video of a hillside on the move. looks like a la va flow from an erupting volcano. the hillside is slow creeping in a neighborhood and it eventually swallows up one house entirely. three other homes are threatened, neighbors say the hillside started to slide after developers began prepping several lots at the top of the hill. that is just creepy to watch and scary as well. in the next half hours, the drought could have even more dire consequences than we first thought. why it could lead to more earthquakes. >> another scare in the air, severe turbulence sends passengers, crew, and even the drink cart flying. to see him walk, absolutely. a renewed sense of energy and hope. >> and the california company behind a possible and the i dote for the ebola virus. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, can't say thank you enough. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you have made my life special by being apart of it. 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tonight, there is talk the drought could trigger earthquakes. lee martinez on how removing too much ground water could actually affect the earth's crust. >> reporter: the drought has forced many homeowners and farmers to dig deeper wells, tapping into california's aquifer. a recent publication suggests using too much of the underground water could cause earthquakes. at university of pacific, they cannot say for sure. >> maybe it would be the safe answer. >> reporter: they found that adding water can cause plates to slip, but removing water can cause earthquakes outside the fault. >> water weighs a lot. it is heavy. if you are removing water from the subsurface in california you are shifting the weight around in california, and as a result, the crust is going to have to readjust itself. >> reporter: as the earth's crust adjusts it puts more or less force on different parts of the crust, but a more immediate concern, the potential to collapse the aquifer. >> if you remove the water and leave open air or open space between the sand grains, gravity will cause it to compact in a smaller space. >> reporter: once the space is gone, so is the underground water storage, for good. the turlock irrigation system says it is not actively researching aquifer collapse but is being conservative. they are giving farmers 60% less water and puts 30 billion gallons of water back in the aquifer during irrigation. but further south, farmers are drilling deeper and there is no state regulatory agency to stop them. >> well, california currently allows homeowners and farmers to dig and pump wells on their properties and there is no overseeing agency to monitor how much water is being pumped out of the aquifer. the second american aid worker arrived in atlanta today that has ebola. she was transported in a specially equipped ambulance. she was working in liberia when she contracted the ebola virus. they were given a special serum known as z max, made by a san diego based firm called mapp biopharmaceutical. it prevents the virus from entering cells in the body. it is producing promising effects on the second ebola account, dr. brantley. >> we all assume that he was going to be rolled out on a gurney, but to see him walk, absolutely, renewed sense of energy, and hope. >> three vials of the experimental medicine were flown to liberia and given to both patients before they arrived in the united states. >> a general is dead after an insider attack on a base in afghanistan. mark albert reports he becomes the highest ranking u.s. officer killed in combat since 1970. >> reporter: major general harold green was with nato troops at this base and a man in an afghan army uniform opened fire with a machine gun from the window of a building. green was deputy chief of training and making a site visit to the camp, west of the afghan capital, kabul. it has a military academy. the major general is the highest ranking u.s. service member killed since 9/11. as many as 15 other americans and coalition soldiers were wounded including a german brigadier general. the gunman, believed to be an afghan soldier, was shot and killed. this witness said helicopters landed an evacuated the casualties. i was watching from a distance. >> the defense secretary spoke with the u.s. commander in afghanistan after the attack and pledged the pentagon's full support and resources for the investigation. >> secretary hagel extends thoughts and prayers to those affected by this tragedy. >> police attacks on coalition groups, known as green on blue attacks dropped dramatically last year after 38 incidents last year that killed 53. mark albert for cbs news, washington. as might be expected the taliban praised that attack, calling the shooter a sensible afghan soldier. severe turbulence sent passengers and crew flying on an allegiant flight out of florida. >> it felt like a bad roller coaster ride. that is what happened. >> a flight attendant was in the middle of drink service and the plane made a sudden violent drop. she was thrown on top of a passenger and the drink cart went into another. in all, four people were hurt. >> feels like getting in a car crash or something. everything flew up for two seconds and everything sat down, like "what happened." >> the plane desended 11,000 feet in just minutes. it was trying to fly around bad weather and hit rough skies. >> keep the seat belt on. still to come. not home? 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that encased much of the east in brutal cold. happened about nine months ago. whoops. one couple in pennsylvania says it may have had a little something to do with the little surprise named grant. >> it makes sense. in the summer you are out, swimming, you are biking, all sorts of stuff outside n the winter, nothing to do besides stay in the house and stuff happens, and then you have three boys before you know it. >> you can move to california. it never rains here. that couple's other two sons were born in july. hmm. some hospitals are reporting a 30% spike in birth rates. >> it happens a lot after hurricane season as well. >> snow storms. yes. there is a different kind of population explosion. we'll tell you that going on right now in the bay area. why ospreys are everywhere. it is raining in august. would you believe? there is one spot in the bay area that is now seeing more rain in august than they did in january. find out where that is coming up. u may have seen it - this powerful fis . and coming up, what does jimmy stewart and a giants outfielder have in common? >> every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. and the bell finally rings for a female in the nba. and will a new team allow a 49ers quarterback to spread his wings. heaven can wait, but not sports. coming up. ,,,, geico's been helping people save money for over 75 years. they've really stood the test of time. much like these majestic rocky mountains. which must be named after the... that would be rocky the flying squirrel, mr. gecko sir. obviously! ahh come on bullwinkle, they're named after... ...first president george rockington! that doesn't even make any sense...mr...uhh...winkle. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. in areas of the . well, you may have seen them. a powerful fishing bird that flocked in certain area of the bay. now as kpix-5's don knapp explains, the osprey are spreading out. >> the osprey population in the bay area is growing. this necessary on top of an old world war ii era crane in richmond is one of the many nests these birds are building. they are moving in the harbor and only bird watchers noticed. >> in the last five or six years we've seen a few. i know at least three breeding pairs here. >> scientists are not sure why the numbers have increased so much but think food and better habitat must be play a role. they hunt for small animal and fish and are amazing fishermen. >> he flies over the top of us carrying a three or four pound bass, barely able to carry the bass, showing off, making noise. >> this guy made quick work of his meal. some built nests here in the richmond refinery. >> we noticed an osprey nest in an unsafe area on wires so we worked with government agencies to move the osprey nest in the proper space. >> reporter: this nest is in a secure facility and the birds have adopted well to the noise and lights of an operation that runs 24/7. while the osprey have set up shop in unusual places, the trend is that the population is just going to get larger and larger. in richmond, don ford, kpix-5. ospreys may have taken a liking to richmond. but they are also building nests on muir island as well. >> a kansas farmer's trombone has gone viral. it is a cattle call. [ trombone playing ] . >> you see there ain't a lot to do in kansas, but derek says he started playing to his herd to keep them calm and round them up. as you can see, it works. they can't get enough of it. sometimes they even moo along. all right. ken was conditioning them. >> it is an old trick. you play the music and the cows come in. you feed them and they associate music with dinner time. >> they like it. all right. well, you know, we had some rain around here. it is exciting times in the weather office. what is going on. don't the cows lay down when it rains? the cows were standing up for nine months and saying dude, give me a break, mother nature. in the east bay, we've about a tenth of an inch of rainfall. it is sticky and warm, oakland 69, san bruno, 67. we're up on the dinner hour in santa rosa. livermore, sunshine and 85 degrees. a cloudy day in concord, where you received a tenth of an inch of rain. lots of cloud, showers, and up and along highway 4. right now, highway 101 from oaky i can't, things are lessening in coverage and intensity. in napa, a lot of rain, more rain last night in napa than you typically see for the entire month of august, but more than that, you received more rain in napa last night than you received all of january of this past year. so it has now rained more in august than it did way back in january. of course january is when it is supposed to rain and august it is not, so things are tossed around. 61 in oakland, vallejo, 69. sunday is up at 6:18 tomorrow. in january, we had a ridge of high pressure blocking up the rain and sending it to the north. that is not present now. what is present is an area of low pressure. it is easy to distinguish. they are offshore of marin county all the way back to wyoming and montana. this low pressure is acting lying a magnet and pulling the tropical moisture in and wrapping it around the lownd throwing it down to the south. we happen to be the recipients of the low pressure and rainfall. with the low not in a rush to get out of here, the rainfall will continue. scattered showers, and tonight, you in the south bay have a chance of showers tonight. it will scoot to the south before it opens over the sierras. so the rain chance continues tonight, because of this ridge of high pressure moving back in, back to normal pressure. but more showers on the radar tonight as they move from north to south, you in san jose, campbell, and fremont. then low pressure moves out, gone by tomorrow, and some nice weather moves in. sunshine, it will be warm, but not hot. i don't see a big heat wave. concord tomorrow, 84 for the high. campbell, scattered showers in the forecast overnight, 83, palo alto 77, union city 76. 86 for walnut creek and 86 for antioch. it will be a nice afternoon in san francisco. i think the sun will come out after the lunch hour. richmond 73 and in saint helena, a scattered shower. 85 the high tomorrow. mainly sunny skies on thursday. next week, comfortable mid 70 near the bay. the radar is active and stay active overnight tonight. dennis is always active with the latest sports information and has it for you in two minutes. ,,,, are likely going to get the wings ba . giants have been missing their angel in the outfield for nearly two months, but tomorrow they are likely going to get their wings back. angel pagon will be activated. the giants have missed him at the leadoff spot. that is great news. eric burns is back in a baseball uniform. burns will play for the san rafael pacifics to raise money. every hit he gets will earn money. he was a fan favorite with the as and has been out of the big leagues four years. when i originally agreed to do this in april, i knew this day would come, and i tried to get out there about once a week to take batting practice, take fly balls, throw the ball around so i don't come down here and make a fool out of myself. even though i did the prep work, there is no guarantee i will not make a fool out of myself. a ground making day in the nba. the san antonio spurs hired the league's first team to be an assistant coach. long-time wnba veteran becky hammond will sit on greg popovich's bench. she plays for the san antonio silver stars and was hired for her basketball iq. >> growing up i remember asking my dad, you know, hey dad, will i ever play in the nba. at that point there was no wnba. i was seven or eight. he looked at me and said no. like you will never be able to play in the nba but if you are really, really good maybe you can get a college scholarship. so, you know, i'll have to call him up and said "dad, you never said coaching." tiger woods was not spotted at the pga championship in louisville, kentucky. his caddie says he is optimistic that tiger will play after injuring his back sunday. phil mikelson is hoping to build on the 62 he shot sunday. he was playing in major tournaments before some of his competitors were even born. >> i'm curious what that feels like, if that is odd or flattering. >> just makes me feel old. that's all. when somebody says yes, i used to watch you on tv when i was six, how do you respond to that, you know? great. >> that tournament is on channel 5 this weekend. >> how do you respond to that. >> how do you respond when young journalists say ken, i grew up watching you on channel 5. the 49ers kick off the 2014 season on thursday. if you blink, you will miss colin kaepernick. get ready for the blaine gabbert show. there were bands -- up and downs, but you learned on the fly. >> the mistakes were inevitable. gabbert was thrown in the starting lineup three games in his rookie season and took a beating. he was sacked 40 times and ranked dead last in quarterback rating. it was a situation similar to alex smith, who threw just one touchdown and 11 interceptions in his rookie campaign. over their first three years, the numbers for both gabbert and smith fell far short of lofty draft expectations and like smith, gabbert played for an organization in chaos. >> you did go through four head coaches and three offensive coordinators in a similar way alex smith did in san francisco. were you a victim of the situation in that you didn't reach your expectations? >> i wouldn't necessarily say that. i didn't play up to the level that i'm capable of and there were some unfortunate circumstances, but i will not use that as acrospore excuse. >> enter jim harbaugh, largely credited with resurrecting alex smith's career. at 24, gabbert is hoping for a bit of that harbaugh magic. >> we see it through the quarterback's point of view, he is the first guy that told you if you did it right or wrong. that kind of sounding board after the play helps out a lot. >> and a harbaugh rematch thursday. kpix comes on the air at 4:00 for the game. everybody remembers the angels rally monkey. you and i were there. do you remember that? here is the rally possum in oakland tonight. he scrambled under the boards. and after that, a rally possum. this is the first catch for 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our mistakes. i think people need to be held accountable. >> reporter: state senator mark is pushing for more information why the bay bridge was ten years late and over budget. he is calling for investigations and criminal charges. >> there is not a specific crime that i can name right now. the question is we have a lot of unanswered question. >> reporter: in the hot seat, caltrans and its partners that built the eastern span. quality was compromised because of time and budget constraints, say reports, and whistle belowers were silent. >> safety issues on this bridge were not ignored. >> a report titled "competing against time," and the project manager said they were under pressured to finish it before the next earthquake. >> this was the eighth hearing on the bridge concerning the construction and it is fair to say there is testiness between lawmakers and the bridge makers. >> there are challenges and cultural issues brought up. >> prudent people disagreed on how to move forward on the bridge at different times and there is nothing wrong with that. >> reporter: one of the reasons they say it is so important to get to the bottom of this is many of the people that worked on the bridge are also now part of another major project, high- speed rail, in sacramento, ann notarangelo, kpix-5. the california highway patrol is conducting its own investigation on the bridge construction. it will not comment until it is completed. >> it is unclear what exactly caused a deadly freeway accident on the pens insure la. the driver of a car veered off highway 101 in redwood city and slammed into a work crew. a woman in a black mercedes crashed in a group of nine young men picking up trash. they were part of a job training program. one died and another was injured along with the driver. the chp says she was going fast enough to hit the workers and slam into four cars in a nearby parking lot. >> she actually barely missed, there is concrete and some atteniators right before that. >> we don't know if drugs or alcohol was the cause. >> the state law requires drivers to get out of the slow lane if there are workers in the shoulder. if you cannot change lanes, you are required to slow down. a quick stop at the atm leaves a couple fighting for their lives after they were robbed and shot. it happened just after midnight sunday in campbell. the couple wanted to get some cash at the first bank building on campbell avenue. a man and his girlfriend were shot by a gunman. both are expected to survive wounds to the stomach and legs. >> he took everything, took their car, left them for dead, effectively bleeding in the parking lot. >> the police released a sketch of the suspect. he is believed to be responsible for another robbery just blocks away. the family of a fallen cal bears football player wants people to know what was lost in his death. >> people will see what an incredible family this is, what a tight unit they were. the type of relationship. >> lawyers began a press conference today by putting up photographs of ted agu. the 21 year old collapsed and died after team conditioning drills in february. the coroner's report lists the cause of death as an undiscovered heart condition but the family disputes that. a wrongful death lawsuit was filed today. it alleges the trainer did not respond appropriately when agu began to experience distress. >> the trainer failed to intercede and stop the activity, though it was known, like in florida, that this california athlete had sickle cell trait. >> the same trainer was working at florida when another player collapsed and died. they say it was a similar workout. cal had no immediate response to the lawsuit. the department bought a drone in january this year. it was funded as part of a federal homeland security grand. they wanted to use it to fly over potential bombs to avoid sending a squad into hazardous situations. as well as use it for situations that threaten public safety. the purchase was hit hard with criticism and now the department says this. quote, the community should have the opportunity to provide feedback, ask questions, and express their concerns before we move forward with the project. other bay area headlines, the san francisco metropolitan transportation agency will seek restitution from a private shuttle company for blocking muni service. a bus carrying tech employees got stuck on a steep hill in the valley during this morning's commute and blocked the j church rail line for half an hour before it was towed away. a big mess this morning on 680 after a garbage truck collided with a pickup in walnut creek. the truck crashed in the center divider. it was trying to make a lane change and slammed in a truck. and you can expect traffic jams around at&t park tomorrow night. beyonci and jay z are doing concerts there. these are the last two dates of their "on the run" tour, that grossed a hundred million dollars in ticket sales. i think ken and al are going? >> definitely not. >> all right. standing room only. tickets to see the 49ers play on their new home turf went on sale today and did not last long. all the standing room at regular season games is already sold out. you can still get standing room tickets for preseason games, but you have to register online for the 49ers fan rewards programs. if you are heading to levi stadium there is more to see than a football game. you don't win five super bowls and show off the trophies. allen takes it inside the new museum set to open in a couple days. >> something to be proud of. in three days it will open to the public. like everything at the new stadium these days, there is a media preview day to whet your appetite. >> the catches, the touchdowns, the championships, and the hall of famers. all part of the team's attempt to make the 49ers museum and eddie debartolo senior hall of fame an emotional experience. >> we did resin based life size stat you. it is trying to bring the stays to life. >> guy mcintyre says a lot of thought went in the statues. >> we did full life statues. we picked a pose that is reminiscent of that person. >> reporter: the museum is 20,000 square feet, half if size of a grocery store. there are 11 exhibit spaces and a theater that showcases the 49ers signature field. the eddie debartolo senior hall of fame is where you will find the statues, and you will see the five super bowl championships. but the 49ers emphasize this section of the new stadium is supposed to be more than a museum. >> you can learn even about the physics of how to throw a spiral and things like that. we wanted people to be immersed in everything 49ers. >> throw a spiral even if you are left-handed. the museum opens to the public at 10:00 friday. $for adults and $10 for children. the lombardi trophy is worth the price of admission. >> i love the idea of a museum there. it will be used for a lot of different things. you have the apps, the museum -- is anybody going to watch the game when you go to the stadium. >> they are trying to make it more of an experience than the game. >> what if the niners are blowing them out? >> all right. and if you have the kids, you want to keep them entertained. so there you go. 49ers meet the ravens in baltimore on thursday for their thirst preseason game. it is the game, the game. you can see it right here on kpix-5 starting at 4:30. a new twist in the case of the missing captain. there was no trace of him when his boat washed-up on the beach. investigators think he may not want to be found. and a bay area cemetery in sham believes. the owner says it is an improvement over what it looked like before. coming up at 6:30, california's grassy ground is scary on its own. now we are hearing it could be bad enough to trigger earthquakes. ,,,,,, you gotta get to subway for the protein packed black forest ham and cheese. enjoy lean, sliced ham with a hint of sweetness, piled high with all your favorite veggies like green peppers and juicy tomatoes. now yours at a great price as our $3 six-inch select of august. subway. eat fresh. ,,,, kpix-5 weather is sponsored by lexus. visit your local lexus dealer and test drive a lexus today. the coast guard spent hours searching for a missing captain whose ship ran aground. turns out he was or has an outstanding warrant for his arrest and may be on the run. he is wanted on a $75,000 warrant for drug charges and failure to appear. he ran into trouble yesterday morning when his fishing boat became stranded at ocean beach. he made a mayday calling, saying he would swim to shore, but then was nowhere to be found. they suspended the search for him as they worked to salvage the boat. a santa rosa man is missing in the forest tonight. they are looking for 49 year old stephen morris. he left for a day hike saturday and never came back. he had food and some water, but didn't have supplies for overnight, with temperatures dropping as low as 20. an east bay cemetery is showing its age. neighbors say it is the victim of neglect. it dates back to the mid 19th century. we talked to the owner about what is being done to salvage it. >> twice a day, brenda cruise walks her dog around the pocheko cemetery. >> it is in bad disrepair. >> it dates back to the 19th century. there are overgrown weeds and some head stones are broken. brenda feels for families that have loved ones here. >> i know how i feel when i go visit my loved ones. it should be kept nice. something, anything, other than what it is. >> it may not look like much right now, but it is better than it was. >> but the owner says in his mind, this is actually an improvement. >> the gates were locked. nobody could get in here. >> he says the previous owner closed the cemetery for decade. he says no one wanted to invest the time and money for a turn around. >> it is a problem cemetery. records are not good. the grounds are not good. so it just took somebody to at least get the gates reopened. >> his main business is a cremator on-site. >> we don't sell new graves. there is no income. >> it is a landmark. there should be pride of ownership. >> what i will see neighbors are outspoken, the people you would expect to see to be most upset, the families with loved ones said they don't mind the mess, saying even if it is not pretty, at least it is open. ryan takeo, kpix-5. the owner is planning on another improvement, a sprinkler system. we're going to talk about weather and something to talk about today. we have some rain. not a lot. a couple sprinkles here and there. >> i saw them on the windshield driving in and i was stunned. >> you don't know what to do? things you don't think about around here. kind of -- i was caught off guard, but when you are driving out here it is like okay, the roads are wet, i need to slow down. we are dealing with that in santa rosa. we've had on and off sprinkles. it is a beautiful picture. here we go. the cause are not laying down. they are not going to see showers over the next hour. there is rain in sonoma county. a beautiful picture now with a low cloud cover behind the financial district and high cloud cover as well. guess which two cities saw sunshine? san ramon and campbell. highs near 90 where we had the sunshine but where it rained, it was a tenth of an inch. berkeley 71, san francisco 68. so what's going on right now. you see green over santa rosa but you saw a picture with nothing falling. a lot of this is falling from the clouds but evaporating before it gets to the round. the radar sometimes paints a picture of the rainfall before it is happening. in the highway 29 corridor we'll see showers, and in the north. did it rain in concord? absolutely. about a tenth of an inch of rain. that is crazy. the first time it rained in concord in august since 2003. the last time it rained in august in concord was eleven years ago. so this is rare and kind of an odd setup. we have the main jet stream way up here over vancouver, british columbia and missing america, but sometimes you get areas of low pressure, cutoff lows and sit over the sacramento valley, grabbing the tropical moisture and pulling it back toward the bay area and toward the north bay. the low is in no rush to get out of here. showers will work their way from the north bay through san francisco bay into the south bay down toward gilroy by the time we get to tonight and tomorrow. we all carry a chance of showers tonight. the low is gone and we go back to normal. high pressure offshore, no rainfall, and temperatures that will be climbing as you head to the end of the week. another cloudy start tomorrow. a chance of a morning shower. we are not finished with the rain. fremont 78, with some afternoon sunshine, san jose 81, napa back up to 83. san francisco tomorrow, 69. once we hit that sunshine, we'll keep it through the weekend. i like the forecast a lot because we're not seeing a hundred inland. it will be around 90, which is comfortable, and near the bay i'm not seeing 80s or 60s, we're right in the sweet spot. and we'll carry it through the weekend. so excitement tonight as the showers continue. are you prepared, ken? >> i'm excited. >> that was excitement. >> we have to get kevin. what do we need? >> are we going to have a deluge? >> hopefully not in the studio. >> a sign of things to come. that will get you excited. >> thanks, paul. hundreds of mud caked cars have been pulled from garages after that massive flood on the campus at ucla. tonight, concern that many of them could end up flooding the resale market. and incredible video as a hillside gives way and swallows an entire house. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, hundreds of students at ucle finally getting their cars back.. after l . dirty, muddy and probably ruined inside. hundreds of students at ucla are finally getting their cars back after last week's massive water main break trapped them in flooded garages. students and staff got the first chance to see their vehicles today, some hard to recognize under so much dirt and grime. the damage was extensive inside the cars as well. >> even though i've seen photos, i didn't know the inside is so bad. as i look, there is a little bit of water. i think it was filled with water actually. >> a total of 400 cars were damaged. insurance adjusters were at the site to help those car owners. so what's the next stop for those flood damaged cars? >> on the consumer watch, julie ross warns that they will show up for sale on used car lots. >> this always happens after a major flood or hurricane, the water damaged cars will likely be sold to unscrupulous dealers. they can make them look shiny and news. this is what the cars looked like this weekend, totally submerged in water. since there is no way to repair a flood damaged car you would assume they would be scrapped. within weeks they may be sitting on a car lot waiting for an unsuspecting customer. >> the insurance companies send them to auctions, where crooks come and bid on them, and dealers will get these cars and also, there are people curb stoners, they pose as the owner but are not, and sell them to people, and they don't even necessarily give you a discount. >> this woman from the consumer group cars says dealers don't want to let on it may have a salvage title. while they may fix up the outside of the cars, flood cars are basically ticking time bombs, rotting from the inside out as electronics in the cars control everything from brakes to air bags and have been hopelessly compromised. always vehicle the title at vehiclehistory.gov. they are supposed to report all cars to the database. you should also always get an inspection from a third party professional. too many people wait until after they bought the car and then get someone to look at it. by then it is too late. >> we should probably point out that not everybody is selling you these cars are crooks. >> yes. >> there are a lot of people, mechanics that buy the cars, want the parts, know what they are, know what they are doing and can use the cars. >> so i think what you are getting at is, rosemary said crooks go to the auctions and buy the cars. they do in addition to legitimate mechanics. but the people that sell them back to you, those are who she is referring to as crooks. these are dangerous cars to drive and in most cases will not tell you it is a salvage. >> you can check the title. state of california should have a history. >> so titlehistory.gov. >> not all insurers will upload the salvage title. when you buy a car, whether from an individual ordealer, bring a mechanic, or take the car to the mechanic and look at it before you buy it. >> thank you. all right. if you have a consumer issue, you can always contact julie. incredible video out of utah. a landslide is threatening homes tonight. this is time lapse video of a hillside on the move. looks like a la va flow from an erupting volcano. the hillside is slow creeping in a neighborhood and it eventually swallows up one house entirely. three other homes are threatened, neighbors say the hillside started to slide after developers began prepping several lots at the top of the hill. that is just creepy to watch and scary as well. in the next half hours, the drought could have even more dire consequences than we first thought. why it could lead to more earthquakes. >> another scare in the air, severe turbulence sends passengers, crew, and even the drink cart flying. to see him walk, absolutely. a renewed sense of energy and hope. >> and the california company behind a possible and the i dote for the ebola virus. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, can't say thank you enough. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you have made my life special by being apart of it. 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tonight, there is talk the drought could trigger earthquakes. lee martinez on how removing too much ground water could actually affect the earth's crust. >> reporter: the drought has forced many homeowners and farmers to dig deeper wells, tapping into california's aquifer. a recent publication suggests using too much of the underground water could cause earthquakes. at university of pacific, they cannot say for sure. >> maybe it would be the safe answer. >> reporter: they found that adding water can cause plates to slip, but removing water can cause earthquakes outside the fault. >> water weighs a lot. it is heavy. if you are removing water from the subsurface in california you are shifting the weight around in california, and as a result, the crust is going to have to readjust itself. >> reporter: as the earth's crust adjusts it puts more or less force on different parts of the crust, but a more immediate concern, the potential to collapse the aquifer. >> if you remove the water and leave open air or open space between the sand grains, gravity will cause it to compact in a smaller space. >> reporter: once the space is gone, so is the underground water storage, for good. the turlock irrigation system says it is not actively researching aquifer collapse but is being conservative. they are giving farmers 60% less water and puts 30 billion gallons of water back in the aquifer during irrigation. but further south, farmers are drilling deeper and there is no state regulatory agency to stop them. >> well, california currently allows homeowners and farmers to dig and pump wells on their properties and there is no overseeing agency to monitor how much water is being pumped out of the aquifer. the second american aid worker arrived in atlanta today that has ebola. she was transported in a specially equipped ambulance. she was working in liberia when she contracted the ebola virus. they were given a special serum known as z max, made by a san diego based firm called mapp biopharmaceutical. it prevents the virus from entering cells in the body. it is producing promising effects on the second ebola account, dr. brantley. >> we all assume that he was going to be rolled out on a gurney, but to see him walk, absolutely, renewed sense of energy, and hope. >> three vials of the experimental medicine were flown to liberia and given to both patients before they arrived in the united states. >> a general is dead after an insider attack on a base in afghanistan. mark albert reports he becomes the highest ranking u.s. officer killed in combat since 1970. >> reporter: major general harold green was with nato troops at this base and a man in an afghan army uniform opened fire with a machine gun from the window of a building. green was deputy chief of training and making a site visit to the camp, west of the afghan capital, kabul. it has a military academy. the major general is the highest ranking u.s. service member killed since 9/11. as many as 15 other americans and coalition soldiers were wounded including a german brigadier general. the gunman, believed to be an afghan soldier, was shot and killed. this witness said helicopters landed an evacuated the casualties. i was watching from a distance. >> the defense secretary spoke with the u.s. commander in afghanistan after the attack and pledged the pentagon's full support and resources for the investigation. >> secretary hagel extends thoughts and prayers to those affected by this tragedy. >> police attacks on coalition groups, known as green on blue attacks dropped dramatically last year after 38 incidents last year that killed 53. mark albert for cbs news, washington. as might be expected the taliban praised that attack, calling the shooter a sensible afghan soldier. severe turbulence sent passengers and crew flying on an allegiant flight out of florida. >> it felt like a bad roller coaster ride. that is what happened. >> a flight attendant was in the middle of drink service and the plane made a sudden violent drop. she was thrown on top of a passenger and the drink cart went into another. in all, four people were hurt. >> feels like getting in a car crash or something. everything flew up for two seconds and everything sat down, like "what happened." >> the plane desended 11,000 feet in just minutes. it was trying to fly around bad weather and hit rough skies. >> keep the seat belt on. still to come. not home? 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that encased much of the east in brutal cold. happened about nine months ago. whoops. one couple in pennsylvania says it may have had a little something to do with the little surprise named grant. >> it makes sense. in the summer you are out, swimming, you are biking, all sorts of stuff outside n the winter, nothing to do besides stay in the house and stuff happens, and then you have three boys before you know it. >> you can move to california. it never rains here. that couple's other two sons were born in july. hmm. some hospitals are reporting a 30% spike in birth rates. >> it happens a lot after hurricane season as well. >> snow storms. yes. there is a different kind of population explosion. we'll tell you that going on right now in the bay area. why ospreys are everywhere. it is raining in august. would you believe? there is one spot in the bay area that is now seeing more rain in august than they did in january. find out where that is coming up. u may have seen it - this powerful fis . and coming up, what does jimmy stewart and a giants outfielder have in common? 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[ trombone playing ] . >> you see there ain't a lot to do in kansas, but derek says he started playing to his herd to keep them calm and round them up. as you can see, it works. they can't get enough of it. sometimes they even moo along. all right. ken was conditioning them. >> it is an old trick. you play the music and the cows come in. you feed them and they associate music with dinner time. >> they like it. all right. well, you know, we had some rain around here. it is exciting times in the weather office. what is going on. don't the cows lay down when it rains? the cows were standing up for nine months and saying dude, give me a break, mother nature. in the east bay, we've about a tenth of an inch of rainfall. it is sticky and warm, oakland 69, san bruno, 67. we're up on the dinner hour in santa rosa. livermore, sunshine and 85 degrees. a cloudy day in concord, where you received a tenth of an inch of rain. lots of cloud, showers, and up and along highway 4. right now, highway 101 from oaky i can't, things are lessening in coverage and intensity. in napa, a lot of rain, more rain last night in napa than you typically see for the entire month of august, but more than that, you received more rain in napa last night than you received all of january of this past year. so it has now rained more in august than it did way back in january. of course january is when it is supposed to rain and august it is not, so things are tossed around. 61 in oakland, vallejo, 69. sunday is up at 6:18 tomorrow. in january, we had a ridge of high pressure blocking up the rain and sending it to the north. that is not present now. what is present is an area of low pressure. it is easy to distinguish. they are offshore of marin county all the way back to wyoming and montana. this low pressure is acting lying a magnet and pulling the tropical moisture in and wrapping it around the lownd throwing it down to the south. we happen to be the recipients of the low pressure and rainfall. with the low not in a rush to get out of here, the rainfall will continue. scattered showers, and tonight, you in the south bay have a chance of showers tonight. it will scoot to the south before it opens over the sierras. so the rain chance continues tonight, because of this ridge of high pressure moving back in, back to normal pressure. but more showers on the radar tonight as they move from north to south, you in san jose, campbell, and fremont. then low pressure moves out, gone by tomorrow, and some nice weather moves in. sunshine, it will be warm, but not hot. i don't see a big heat wave. concord tomorrow, 84 for the high. campbell, scattered showers in the forecast overnight, 83, palo alto 77, union city 76. 86 for walnut creek and 86 for antioch. it will be a nice afternoon in san francisco. i think the sun will come out after the lunch hour. richmond 73 and in saint helena, a scattered shower. 85 the high tomorrow. mainly sunny skies on thursday. next week, comfortable mid 70 near the bay. the radar is active and stay active overnight tonight. dennis is always active with the latest sports information and has it for you in two minutes. ,,,, are likely going to get the wings ba . giants have been missing their angel in the outfield for nearly two months, but tomorrow they are likely going to get their wings back. angel pagon will be activated. the giants have missed him at the leadoff spot. that is great news. eric burns is back in a baseball uniform. burns will play for the san rafael pacifics to raise money. every hit he gets will earn money. he was a fan favorite with the as and has been out of the big leagues four years. when i originally agreed to do this in april, i knew this day would come, and i tried to get out there about once a week to take batting practice, take fly balls, throw the ball around so i don't come down here and make a fool out of myself. even though i did the prep work, there is no guarantee i will not make a fool out of myself. a ground making day in the nba. the san antonio spurs hired the league's first team to be an assistant coach. long-time wnba veteran becky hammond will sit on greg popovich's bench. she plays for the san antonio silver stars and was hired for her basketball iq. >> growing up i remember asking my dad, you know, hey dad, will i ever play in the nba. at that point there was no wnba. i was seven or eight. he looked at me and said no. like you will never be able to play in the nba but if you are really, really good maybe you can get a college scholarship. so, you know, i'll have to call him up and said "dad, you never said coaching." tiger woods was not spotted at the pga championship in louisville, kentucky. his caddie says he is optimistic that tiger will play after injuring his back sunday. phil mikelson is hoping to build on the 62 he shot sunday. he was playing in major tournaments before some of his competitors were even born. >> i'm curious what that feels like, if that is odd or flattering. >> just makes me feel old. that's all. when somebody says yes, i used to watch you on tv when i was six, how do you respond to that, you know? great. >> that tournament is on channel 5 this weekend. >> how do you respond to that. >> how do you respond when young journalists say ken, i grew up watching you on channel 5. the 49ers kick off the 2014 season on thursday. if you blink, you will miss colin kaepernick. get ready for the blaine gabbert show. there were bands -- up and downs, but you learned on the fly. >> the mistakes were inevitable. gabbert was thrown in the starting lineup three games in his rookie season and took a beating. he was sacked 40 times and ranked dead last in quarterback rating. it was a situation similar to alex smith, who threw just one touchdown and 11 interceptions in his rookie campaign. over their first three years, the numbers for both gabbert and smith fell far short of lofty draft expectations and like smith, gabbert played for an organization in chaos. >> you did go through four head coaches and three offensive coordinators in a similar way alex smith did in san francisco. were you a victim of the situation in that you didn't reach your expectations? >> i wouldn't necessarily say that. i didn't play up to the level that i'm capable of and there were some unfortunate circumstances, but i will not use that as acrospore excuse. >> enter jim harbaugh, largely credited with resurrecting alex smith's career. at 24, gabbert is hoping for a bit of that harbaugh magic. >> we see it through the quarterback's point of view, he is the first guy that told you if you did it right or wrong. that kind of sounding board after the play helps out a lot. >> and a harbaugh rematch thursday. kpix comes on the air at 4:00 for the game. everybody remembers the angels rally monkey. you and i were there. do you remember that? here is the rally possum in oakland tonight. he scrambled under the boards. and after that, a rally possum. this is the first catch for this little girl. when a kid catches her first fish. and trying to pull in the fish. >> way to go, girl. >> we'll see you tonight at 9:00. well, the latest always on www.kpix.com, including fish stories. ,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, joey fatone: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! 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