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KTVU KTVU Fox 2 News At 5pm February 17, 2017

Standing across the street so we took it as a decision that thats maybe where we need ton. Reporter the department of Emergency Management says the construction is stable and the pump system is being dismantled. We do have a parking lot in the back that we park our cars into but we are not allowed back there. We cannot have access to the parking lot today. We dont even know when thats going to be lifted because the building is on tehama. Emergency management called the closure a safety precaution. In case something does fall off tbl it will fall here. Reporter Emergency Management says 44 tehama is going to remain closed. Its more likely to reopen next week. So employees that do have work at 44 tehama, they can call 311 to find out when they can go back to work. Lee, the street, tehama itself, still shut down to traffic tonight, correct . Reporter thats correct. Thats going to remain closed until further notice. Lee martinez in San Francisco, thank you. So would is responsible for all of this . Ktvus Investigative Reporter ross palombo joins us with some answers. This is a wellknown construction company. When i say wellknown, i mean worldwide. They actually built the sydnie opera house. Major landmarks across the entire globe. We found here in the u. S. That they have had issues with osha violations but we also spoke with an expert today that said even though they have a number of issues, for a company of this size that spans the entire globe, it doesnt appear that their number of incidents are any higher than anyone else. When you say issues, what do you mean . Its where the state comes in to inspect the site and find something that sunt to code. They have regular inspections on all of their buildings, so they pass most of the inspections. But every once in awhile there is a violation. When a violation occurs they usually give them 30 to 90 days to correct it. In this case every single violation that we found from this particular company had been corrected or abated or settled. So you talked to an engineer today. What did that engineer tell you about this particular issue and how big a deal it was . We talked to a Structural Engineer and sent this person very detailed video of the accident, that slight collapse there. The engineer said this is a problem for the construction company, that its an expensive fix, and more importantly for the scorch trucks company, it is severely going delay their building, but this engineer didnt believe this was any critical issue, that there were never really any lives in danger or anyone on the street that was in danger. This was probably out of an abundance of caution that prompted officials to shut down the street. Did he think it was a negligence issue, or just unfortunately the lift failed . There are eight lifts. One of them failed. The engineer was a little surprised that the other lifts had gotten up this high while this one wasnt working, that someone didnt notice it sooner, but there was no hint of any negligence, at least from this engineer, that machines are not perfect, things happen this form is supposed to move up smoothly on every corner at the same time. So they can Start Building the next level. Simply one of these hydraulic lifts failed. So part of it was not carried up, and it caused that unusual bending, and it was difficult to correct. Do they say it will take a long time to be able to get this so it was secure, or once they identified the problem they could get it situated fairly quickly . The engineer tells us that it always appeared to them that the situation was secure that it would be very unusual for something to fall apart or fall down from the building. So that didnt seem to be a big problem, but there does appear to be some sort of major delay in correcting something lake this, and correcting it to the point that they can continue on with the construction. But the bottom line this is a company, a worldwide, huge conglomerate, and that issues happen sometimes, and the record of this company is no worse than any other company. Yeah, and this company is all over the world. Major landmarks. Here in San Francisco since 1986. They have built several buildings across the area, several that you might recognize. One rincon hill near the bay bridge. They built that. Theyre known for creating iconic structure, and their Safety Record appears to be fairly g. All right, ross, thank you. Well, if you were up early this morning, you may have saw the rain or heard the rain. The clouds moved out quickly, though, and when the sun came out we saw some rainbows, including this one over the control tower. There it is. Sfo pops into the picture. Not a lot of rain today but a taste of whats to come tomorrow. Bill. We definitely got more rain coming but really for Southern California, the showers that went through this morning, im going back it up, here they go. Went through very rapidly this morning. Quarter inch to a half inch in places. The real storm is this system right back here. And that system gets in here as we head into tomorrow, kind of in the morning hours, midmorning, and right through the day. But that main thrust of that system, Southern California, we may get a quarter inch to a half inch to an inch of rain. Southern california could get five inches of rain, six inches of rain in the San Bernardino mountains. Thats the big story. We do have rain coming our way but its not going to be as much. Lets go through the next seven days. Were mostly focused for the flood warnings and flood advisories, but up in the oroville, or Feather River watershed, theyre only looking at maybe, over the next seven day, maybe six or eight inches of rain up here. That sounds like a lot, but over the course of six, seven days, that isnt that much. For us, maybe five inches, or four and a half inches am in San Francisco. Its a healthy amount of rainfall but if its spread out it is not the same type of weather pattern when we had the issues. What did i just say . Were going to get rain but it looks like we should be okay at Lake Oroville and i think we should be okay around here for being able to manage the water. Ill show you how you can time out your day tomorrow when we come back. In the Santa Cruz Mountains crews are preparing for more wet weather even though on highway 17 they still arent done with repairs from the last storm. In fact, caltrans says a stretch of 17 near vine hill road will continue to have just one lane of traffic in each direction for the foreseeable future. Thats where a mudslide has caused significant damage. Caltrans has been working to shore up the area where that mudslide happened. Now to butte county where state Officials Say the oroville dam spillway is holding up. The department of Water Resources reduced the amount of water pouring out of the lake and into the Feather River. Ktvus tom vacar tells us theyre comfortable that the lake has fall tone a level now where its ready for the next round of rain. Reporter despite significant damage, the oroville dams main Flood Control spillway continues to lower the level. Its still well short of the desired 50footdrop. The Flood Control spillway is stable. We continue to have a high level of monitoring and surveillance. Reporter each and every hour now helicopter, once every 90 seconds, are placing 1200 tons of rock and soil in areas where the dam overflowed, right over the never before used emergency spillway. Without fully knowing the extent of the work, estimates are 100 million to 200 million. The problem is this spillway is damaged so they cant spill all of the water out of here that they would like. They could spill more water out of the powerhouse over here but because theres so much debris down here at the bottom of the spillway the water on this side is actually going up, threatening the powerhouse. They dare not release water from there right now. The oroville region only got about an a inch of rain overnight. Officials seem not overly worried that the predicted rains coming soon will do much more. In fact, the state is slightly reducing the spillway outflow to allow for some repairs. Now, weather can change. Reporter but despite confidence in the spillway, as well as the other repairs, Officials Say if anything goes awry, another immediate Mass Evacuation could be ordered at any time. This time with the assistance, if needed, of the California National guard to make it go smoother. But i want to make it clear, at this point, i do not have any information to suggest that the threat level has increased, necessitating an imminent evacuation. We do stand ready, and if necessary we will be prepared to surge resources in for whatever the public needs in order to ensure that everyone is safe. Reporter so we continue to wait and watch the dam and the skies. Tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. For more than an hour President Trump answered questions today while attacking the news media. Tonight at 5 30, when it wasnt reporters, it was democrats on the receiving end of his criticism. San joses Convention Center going back to the future to snag success and thread the love of downtown around. 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The couple died in a gunfight with police. Investigationors say there is no evidence marquez knew about plans for that attack. 14 people were killed and 22 others injured. Marquez faces up to 25 years in prison. The District Attorney in Santa Cruz County says no charges will be filed against a Santa Cruz Police officer who was involved in a deadly shooting of a 32yearold man last october. Drop the weapon. Drop the weapon, sir. This afternoon Santa Cruz Police released audio and video from that confrontation that resulted in the death of the man. The incident began when officers were called to a home on chase street where a neighbor said that the man was pounding on his door. Police say when they arrived he came at officers with a large rake. Officers tased him three times and say when that didnt work, an officer opened fire. His family says he suffered from Mental Health issues. Today the police chief said his department will continue to look for ways to best intervene when Mental Health is involved. An event like this impact the community, leaving questions, concerns, and emotional scars. The Santa Cruz Police department is committed to transparency and independence in the investigation of this tragic shooting. In addition to the d. A. s investigation, police say the department has conducted an internal investigation of its own. The city of East Palo Alto is reporting some encouraging news in its effort to fight crime. They say they saw a 35 drop in Violent Crime and a 25 reduction in homicide. Authorities credit a spike in arrests for getting criminals off the streets. They also credit proactive policing policies including positive interactions with the community. The chief of East Palo Alto says he hopes to add two to five additional officers to the force this year. San franciscos supervisors are considering a new proposal to charge a toll for driving down the crooked part of lombard street. Lombard is one of the citys most popular Tourist Attractions and soften overrun by visitors. Ktvus rob roth is live in the city where he has been talking with tourists and residents. Rob. Reporter julie, the idea to charge a toll to drive this crooked stretch of lombard street came out of a city study of problems here, but how much that toll would be is still very much up in the air. Its known as the worlds crookedest street this one block stretch of lombard street with tight turns and pretty as a postcard view, but its growing popularity has created a neighborhood nuisance bringing traffic backups. They will go fast down the hill. Theyre all standing up through the window, through the sunroof, taking pictures. Theyve got the music blasting. Reporter perhaps she was describing Something Like this. To help ease congestion, especially on weekend, San Franciscos supervisor is proposing charging a toll. Drivers would make reservations and pay through fast track, although how much to charge is still being studied. The point is not to eliminate tourism. The point is to manage it so people that live in the neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods can have a normal quality of life. Reporter how much would you pay . I wouldnt pay anything. I doubt if i would pay more than 5. Reporter if it was more you would just turn around . I think maybe. That would be kind of ex or bye standpoint. Reporter residents we spoke with seemed luke warm to skeptical. How due resolve the problem of friends coming over for lunch or family members coming to visit . Reporter charging a toll on a city street would first need approval from the city legislature, then the board of supervisors wools to have approve it. And the city is also looking into what to do about all the pedestrians. Two million visitors a year, double what muir woods gets. We have zero infrastructure in place. You can have 50 people in your driveway. Reporter were back live. You see a pretty good sized crowd has formed. Pretty big considering this is the middle of february, not the middle of the summer. Implementing a toll would be at least two years away. In San Francisco, rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. Now, were tracking the weather. We had significant rain this morning. Nothing like weve been seeing, but we did get some rain. We saw an inch of rain in guerneville. This is nothing compared to would we were seeing in storms previous. But this was a different kind of storm. It wasnt an Atmospheric River. As we look at the other totals you will see. 18 inconcord, hayward. 16, san jose. 08 of an inch of rain. Napa was coming in at half an inch of rain. The idea was these systems not as potent as the systems we saw earlier. You can see showers left around here. Grass valley has a few scattered showers. But for the most part, youre just seeing clear skies, partly cloudy out there, a few clouds still lingering. Were teeing up and getting ready for the next weather system which is going to gint here as we head into your bay area tomorrow which will impact your friday morning and your friday afternoon commute. This system, maybe an inch and a half of rain, gusts perhaps to 50 Miles Per Hour. So a good sized weather. Lets take a peek here. The rain and the wind. This is the morning commute. Your friday morning commute is going to be a little sketchy. There will be some wind there as well. Friday afternoon you get more rain showers. They should back off as we head late into the day. Sour going to get a bit of a break as we head into 3 00, 4 00 in the afternoon. Sought is going to be a wet day tomorrow, especially on the morning commute. The fiveday forecast. The next storm gets in here. Heaviest rain is in the morning hours. Maybe a half inch, quarter inch to an inch of rain in the heaviest locations. Saturday morning looks pretty good. Maybe a sprinkle on sunday but overall the weekend basically a nice little break. Then when we get into monday we get a nice looking weather system back in, but dhawms after a pretty significant break here saturday and sunday. So just exactly what you needed. That rain went through pretty quick overnight. Most of us slept through it. This afternoon the sun is out. Things are drying out. And then as we head into tomorrow, the morning will be wet. There will be some wind as well. Looking down the street, down the road for tuesday, a lot of rain then . Monday and tuesday look okay. Yeah, not an Atmospheric River but a fair amount of rain. Maybe an inch and a half, which is good amounts of rain. Those massive systems we had that were delivering two and three and four inches of rain in 24 hours, those were a whole other deal. Bill, thank you. 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