drive near oakland avenue. in a little over an hour a repair crew came in again the second time in six weeks on this block. we didn t know when we moved here three weeks ago we had no idea there were pipe problems on this street. pipe problems may be anunder statement. neighbors say in the last 12 years it has burst six times in six different places. not sinkholes per say but street collapsing. craig told us water mains east bay mud couldn t fix them for days. it s an convenience but they have been handling it as well as they can. we have aging infrastructure in an area with a lot of ground movement. that was john fowler reporting. crews are replacing this entire section of this 83-year-old pipe. they planned to replace this section two days from now. coming up at 6 the high cost of replacing this old pipe and even higher cost of not replacing it. the u.s. postal worker once awarded federal employee of the year accused of stealing mail. he s being held without