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Tens of thousands of people. Why this family is being forced to retire their trusty twowheeler after 30 years. Dad i miss you i miss you. A sombre day in new york city as one of two officers killed last weekend is about to be laid to rest. Good morning to you. Im Morgan Radford, welcome to Al Jazeera America thank you so much for joining us. The funeral for officer rafael ramos comes after an emotional wake on friday where thousands paid their respects to his heartbroken family. Courtney kealy i...

Police and witnesses now say the driver of the big rig may have experienced mechanical failure. It all happened at about 8 30 this morning. Police say the big rig was driving northbound on railroad avenue in a rig designed to haul gravel or dirt. Witnesses say the man was flashing his headlights and appeared to be down shifting as if to try to slow down when he began sideswiping cars. He crashed into at least three cars before slammed into the restaurant setting off an explosion and a twoalarm f...

Rain. Snow in the sierra. This is a picture of some of the hail that came to the south and north bay some spots it did look like a layer lots of happy people. Mini snowman. They sent pictures in, viewers from across the bay area. If you wanted to build a snowman you got your wish. A cute little snowman. You do what you can with whatever Mother Nature gives you. I didnt see hail. I didnt either. A lot of dark clouds, cool looking clouds. I got the rain though that rosemary talked about. You did ....

And now in keeping of the theme of the great people who have contributed to this bridge ill introduce my great friend chair of the California Transportation Commission clapping . Thank you amy as chairman of the Transportation Commission its a real honor to be here today. Ill to take this moment to recognize and honor all my fellow commissioner who are present today starting with bob bob bobby. Commissioner lucy and fran, commissioner joe clapping id like to honor two of our past commissioners x...

The last name you saw on the screen was the single fatality that day in loma. Im honored to introduce you to someone who helped rescue that young mans brother from that vehicle. Hes retired since. Doug can you stand and be recognized . Right there clapping . I now have the pleasure to introduce my chairperson so prepare for another truly set of remarks. Amy become chair a little bit over a year ago and this was prebolts and im sure figured there might be more of a Straight Line but shes held up ...

Reserves doyle drive transit and infrom a structures from repainting towers to parking at land spurs landing is an issue. I would be willing to pay for parking. five a day. Did you know when Golden Gate Bridge opened a toll ticket costs 0. 50 . If you adjust for inflation, its 8ed today. One amount theyre consider being. Youre talking about a fare higher than the bay bridge . Yes. Do you feel guilty about that . No. Because there is a need for it. To help us fund the transit system. Which in tur...

Up. Good evening, everyone. They say there are three things you can count in in life. Death, taxes and hard drive failure, but if you krogs the bay bridge, at a 4th. That is toll increases the bridge district considering raising the toll to eight per trip, 40 per week, and toudz a ye wayne, reaction to the plans. Dan, its because the district is looking at a short fall of roughly 140 million over five years. 140 million. Guess who is going to pay for it . Once you see it, you will have a relatio...

Criticisms surrounding the eastern span. Today, caltrans admitted some welds may suffer damage in an earthquake, that the alignment of some sections of the bridge are off by as much as 8 millimeters, and that a third of the bolts on the bridge have become wet because of leaks. Only on 2 tonight, ktvus tom vavar speaks to the bridges chief engineer about what all of this means and what critics are saying about that. Tom. Well, the chief has called his name is bryan mahoney. Hes been at this a lon...

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