that. flairs that today proved to be fire hazards twice this week. the new eastern span of the bay bridge, plagued with problems, experiences a new issue. the potential danger of discarded roadside flairs. they are believed to have sparked this smoky fire around noon today, and a similar fire in the same spot monday night. surveillance footage of the area helped identify flairs as a cause of both fires. we have crews that were actually seen in the video, actually placing flairs on the eastbound lanes. it is thought that those flairs were probably either moved by the wind, or passing traffic, that rolled a flair into the great area. reporter: the rubber seal that covers the expansion joint caught fire. there was approximately 6 feet of seal that was damaged from the fire on monday evening, and today, there was approximately half of that. about three feet. reporter: caltran s crews carry flairs and routinely use them to warn drivers of maintenance work. they raise quest
were seen roming the neighborhood in what some describe as a threatening manner. raj and jessica, police here say they patrol this neighborhood during shift change. this morning, that officer shot the dog. i woke up to the sound of gunshots. reporter: he just flew down the stairs and my friend opened the door and the dogs just bolted. . reporter: blew s ener essay both of his pitbulls got out. she tells price she screamed because blue was growling at her. hechs shot twice, too. a trail of blood leads to his door. he doesn t believe the one-year-old dog deserved to be shot. it s hard for me not to be angry about it. he wonders if police overreacted. the guy at the mint said blue charged him, which he doesn t do. blue never charges anyone. he is curious. he might have run up to them, but he s in the a mean dog at all. blue may lose his right rear leg, but is expected to survive. tonight, animal control says since no one was hurt, it s unlikely that owner will
bit. when it was over i went to my parents room. i saw everything shaking. and i thought it was just a dream until my mom came in and woke us up and said it was an earthquake. reporter: and scientists across the bay agree on one thing: the hayward fault is overdue for the big one > will it really happen? reporter: any day now. 31% chance of having a 6.7 sometime in the next 30 years. it s due for a very large earthquake. it s also a highly populated region that is right on top of the fault. reporter: the fault typically erupts with a major shaker every 140 years. and it s been 147. is there an earthquake quit at your house? [ pause ] no. it just kind of worries me like, okay, if i don t have a kit it would happen at night, i don t know what we would do. reporter: andria borba, kpix 5. the north bay got a jolt last night. a 3.2 quake hit near healdsburg around 8. people as far as fairfield told us they felt it. mother nature needs to settle down a little
lion. reporter: now, the suspect fled the scene reportedly with bullet holes in the side of the vehicle. this is footage of a vehicle matching the description. a white chevy silverado pickup truck apparently found in oakland at the corner of 98th and east abandoned in the middle of the intersection with four bullet holes. we have footage of the officer being taken to eden medical center. injuries and condition of the officer are unknown. there is a heavy presence of police officers there, as well. live here at hayward, kiet do, kpix 5. the suspect in the deadly shooting at pier 14 is expected in court this morning for allegedly shooting and killing kate steinle on july 1. prosecutors disagree on whether the shooting was an accident. he is an undocumented immigrant who had been deported five times. steinle s family is involved in a national debate. in her memory they urge a tougher line against illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes. her father testified before congr
families. : nothing that anyone would ve seen coming. alecia :but tragedy struck early this morning. just before 7 o clock police say scott bertics walked up to his ex girlfriend s holton court home. at the front door, bertics fatally shot 19 year old clare orton, then himself. : this is really shockingand sad. alecia :authorities say there were no previous issues of domestic violence, or warning flags, and bertics did not have a criminal history. : this one is especially painful because the victim and suspect both come from supportive families. alecia :on this quiet cul de sac, neighbors say they did not hear the gunshots ring out. : i left this morning around 8 o clock and saw a bunch of police tape and cars alecia :both families have been extremely cooperative with police. neighbors say the 21 year old shooter studied engineering at stanford university. this is one of his videos posted on youtube. : my heart goes out to all of them. it s sad. alecia :no