Sight to this problem in oakland. Todays paving project began at harold and champion streets. This area will soon be expanded all over the city. So what started today near fruitdale and mcarthur will encompass 100 miles over the next three years, a very ambitious project as you can imagine. Its one of the issues we often cover as part ofour focus on building a better bay area. Laura anthony is live in oakland with why the city is it finally tacking the one issue that iraq so many of us. Laura . Hi, crews just wrapped up their work for the day. As you can see behind me, harold street is open for business for the first time in a long time. It is a smooth street. It was one of the worst of the worst here in oakland. Its new surface represents the start of this citys wave of paving. What a difference a pave makes. Before the facelift, oaklands harold street was an anything but smooth. Just ask residents like meghan laday. I one day went out and counted over 237 potholes small and large. R
A thirdparty contractor working on streetlights for the city of san jose apparently hit a sixinch steel gas main. They had been using some sort of excavating equipment at the time. The Fire Department evacuated people within a threeblock radius. Complicating matters, there was a second rupture of a sewer line. In this case a thirdparty contractor did not only hit a gas line, he also struck a sear line. Gas did travel into the sewer system following standard safety practice crews are lifting Manhole Covers to ensure that the gas can escape and quickly dissipate into the air. Reporter now, before residents are allowed back in their homes, crews plan on going door to door just to make sure that everything is safe. They are advising residents if they happen to smell or hear any gas, that they do call 911 and then pg e. For now back to you guys. All right ann rubin, live in the south bay. A reward now being offered for information on the gunman accused of targeting two Police Officers in an
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