Reporter thats brian mulroney, caltrans chief engineer on the project. He says engineers allowed 3 4 inch of rust over the years. But he says something besides rust is eating away at the bridges foundation. They also have questions about are there very small microorganisms that are feeding on iron. And thats kind of a new bring in the bridge world. Reporter the process is called microbiologically influenced corrosion. It turns out that the bay floor is rich with the tiny creatures that cause it. According to the assessment report we obtained under the public records act, the microbes leave pits that experts liken to holes left by worms and termites in wood. For now, caltrans is focusing on finding out if microbes are to blame and whether other bay bridges could be at risk. Thats really something new. And when theres something new to us, you know, we want to make sure we get on top of that as fast as we can. Reporter while mulroney stresses the problem is not critical at the moment, the
Reporter its not just a problem in san jose. Investigators say thieves recently targeted mail trucks in pleasant hills, antioch, and richmond. But its not clear whether the thefts are related. Here in san jose, the Postal Service is still trying to determine just how many customers in the willow glen area were impacted by the breakins monday. What were asking is, keep an eye out. Three to four weeks, if you receive a Bank Statement or credit card statement with transactions you did not make, contact us. Reporter the postal inspector says some arrests have been made in connection with previous breakins last year. But so far, hes not revealing any details about those suspects. Reporting live in willow glen, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Okay, thank you, marianne. He contacted women through an Online Dating website and then convererced them into sex r pretending to be a Police Officer. Hes facing multiple charges. Police say earlier this month he met a woman online and arranged a mee
Immigrants with quality and civil rights that inspired a twitter frenzy, with hashtag go nancy go. But it is not the same marathon as spending years in heightened alert. It is in the back of my mind, what is going to happen after this two years. Reporter maria is a student who just had her daca status renewed but her friends arent so lucky. I asked a 21yearold what she thought of the passionate message for dreamers. I understand what shes doing. Im thankful that shes trying to advocate for us. But at the same time, i think the first time would have they closed down the government. They have a lot of power. [ chanting ] reporter its power. Immigrant youth ask her to flex back in september when they accused her of not demanding more for human rights. Perhaps today a deeply personal approach after that bay shore confrontation with pelosi reading the letters of countless daca recipients. Abigail represents hundreds of such kids in San Francisco ishl. I think what Speaker Pelosi was trying
Police activity. I dont know. Its just crazy to me because this neighborhood is kind of quiet. Nothing really happens around here. For them to just all pull up is kind of crazy i guess you could say. Ive been here since 94. Its a quiet neighborhood. No problems here outside of a little theft. But yeah, never Something Like this. Reporter now, officers are going door to door tonight making sure that everyone is safe and making sure there are no other suspects and no other victims. In fact, police are still arriving here tonight especially because this is an officerinvolved shooting. Well have more on this story coming up at 11 00. Reporting live in san jose, im cheryl hurd nbc bay area news. Well continue to monitor the situation. We did send out a breaking news push alert as soon as it came into our newsroom. You can sign up for those through our free nbc bay area app. Two teenagers from the Central Valley are in jail accused of plowing down a Richmond Police officer. That officer was
Crime . Reporter thats right. Sanchez didnt recall every detail because he says he doesnt remember every detail of what happened here at pier 14 but during our 45minute jailhouse interview he revealed how it happened and why he kept returning to the United States after being deported numerous times. Did you shoot kate steinle, the lady on pier 14 . Yes. You did shoot her. Hmm. Reporter the murder suspect tells abc7 news the shooting that took at the i life of 32yearold kate steinle has wednesday was an accident. He says he was wandering on pier 14 after taking sleeping pills he found in a dumpster. Where did you get the gun . When the over there the benches. With my leg and i see that one teacher, and then i see over there something. Sanchez claims a gun was wrapped in that tshirt, and when he picked it up boom, boom. Three times. Reporter he claims he kicked the gun into the bay, lit autopsying let, and walked off not knowing he shot someone until he was arrested by police hours later