That trigger an alarm that is audible. That camera pops up on the big screen. Where these individuals were, what they were engaged in would not have harmed the bridge so it did not trigger alarm. Reporter they will now change the infrastructure and protocols. What has infuriated them the most is what the teens were doing on the walkway. I was doing the stunt my whole life. It wasnt too hard, you know. I think we were probably the first people to ever do flips up there. If either of these young men had slipped or fallen, there could have been serious harm to motorists below. Reporter and of course they were trespassing, but also climbing this bridge is a misdemeanor. They could face time in jail, up to a year, and also a 10,000 fine. Now, the chp is the lead investigating agency in this case, but also Homeland Security is also involved. Now, i asked peter, the young man that i interviewed, what his mom thought about this and he said, well, she wasnt too happy about it and told me not to
Themselves, they managed to get to the top in about 10 minutes. They had no safety equipment. And peter had a hand held camera. I actually had to do it with one hand, because i had my camera in the other hand. Reporter when they reach the to be, you can hear peter describe what he sees. Its so beautiful up there. Reporter all this time the golden gate district had no idea what was going on. Heres their splachb nation. In many area where is you can hurt the bridge, we have different types of sensors, we have audible. Then that camera pops up on a big screen. Where these individuals were would not have harmed the bridge so it didnt trigger alarms. Well be making changes to our security infrastructure act protocol. Now that theyre back home, they have some advice for potential copy cats. If you see the video, dont try it because its obviously a lot harder than it looks. Reporter a lot harder than it looks, wow. Anyway, climbing the bridge is of course a misdemeanor, you could get up to on
Distribution of the settlement money from the volkswagen emissions cheating scandal that, of course, was a case out of the federal court based here in San Francisco. He was to be in charge of the handling of the takata airbag settlement as well. No word what will happen to that responsibility now, but muller has always been viewed as a settlement expert and someone viewed as a most credible Law Enforcement official by both democrats and republicans. Larry and alma . All right, thank you so much, kristen. And we broke this news about mullers appointment to overseas russia investigation through the abc7 news app. Download the arp to get breaking news on your phone or tablet. New developments today in the child mole estation case. Doctor and nurse michelle. Abc7 news matt keller has the latest of the reporter the doctor looked out of sorts for his first appearance in the Santa Cruz County courtroom. He was known for his brain surgery in Dominican Hospital and suter Emergency Center in san
The russian ambassador. Todays announcement comes in the middle of chaos at the white house. It seems like we are learning disturbing new allegations about president trump, not just every day, but, ladies and gentlemen, every hour. Reporter most recently that bomb shell allegation that the president tried to interfere with the federal investigation allegedly asking then fbi director james comey to back off the investigation into trumps former National Security advisor michael flynn. Tonight bay area members of congress are mostly applauding muellers appointment. Everyone in this country should breathe a sigh of relief right now. Reporter senator Diane Feinstein tweeting, bob mueller was a great talented attorney. Kamala harris tweeted with general sessions and rosenstein compromised, this was a necessary step forward. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi calls it just a first step, she says in a statement, director mueller will still be in the chain of command under the trump appointed l
Its cooler to start this morning but youll see those temperatures quickly going up. Live look at sunol, only 44 degrees in San Francisco starts out the morning at twin peaks looking at 49 degrees. You see the clear sunrise, 83 in livermore, 81 in san jose and 70 in San Francisco. Today in napa, 84 degrees. Well talk about the weekend forecast coming up in about seven minutes but mike is tracking a light build to the commute. But a build nonetheless and were tracking the effects of a crash and debris reported pleasanton in sunol. In the south bay, the traffic on the freeways is light but were still following this issue just off to the freeway. The commercial fire at story and white. Theres a ninny mall and kris sanchez is there. We did have word from kris that lines 25 and 17 on story and white road may be affected if this fire continues. Shell have the latest changes and we do have the issue of pier 41, Service Canceled for the Oakland Alameda ferry today, midday and afternoon just lik