oakland bart station. heather? >> and this is the site of the trouble that. is where a raging fire started around 12:15 this morning and a senior housing center that is still under construction. sky 7 is over the west oakland bart station now. and and abc 7 is at the station now and things have been moving out there all day. >> yes. all of a sudden without warning all day, bart telling us they'd be single tracking maybe by 4:00 this afternoon, maybe double tracking by 5:00 but that may be too much to hope for, then, all of a sudden about five or 10 minutes ago they're open for business in both directions. now, the most-important step this afternoon took place after 3:00. the first of eight empty trains rolled through the station. and bart had to make sure not only the system was working

properly but that it was safe to put peak passengers and trains after spending all day here making repairs to about 400 feet of third rail warped z had to replace a half mile worth of something called porcelain insul laters and and and that is intricate electronic cables located inside. bart called it a heroic effort but a small group of ef sqarts st they're hoping to have full normal service restored for tomorrow morning's commute. and trains will be rolling slowly, they're going to extend service on two lines from daily city to fremont and

daily city richmond and they normally end service at 7:00 they're going to extend that until 8:00 this evening. and reporting live at west oakland bart station, abc 7 news. >> thank you. and here is some more information about how this started. flames roared into the sky this morning. that is a wood frame under construction four-story senior center that was a week from completion. >> and security guards told abc 7 news he saw three people at the site before he saw flames. the fire is contained and the crew is on the site to watch for any hot spots. >> and there are federal agents investigating and so are arson inspectors. >> one of the busiest stations is in san francisco at embarcadero. >> and carolyn tyler is there live, carolyn? >> and there are thousands of

commuters here, it seems they're finding out train system is beginning to recover. and heather said it's out of the blue. it's very different from what we've seen just a short time ago. >> it's the busiest station, nearly 40,000 passengers flow through each day, but it's been like a ghost town this afternoon except for those hoping to get out of town to the east bay. >> and i just wanted to go home to relax but that is not going to happen. >> and -- i don't know what i can do. >> the same problem, but worse this morning. people arriving at east bay bart stations unaware of the fire and now they've got to get back. >> we went to the game. then, now we're just like. >> so that we can go home but

there is so much traffic we're going home early. >> i'm meeting a friend who is a roommate. we're going to get together at the marriott in oakland. i don't know. we'll see. >> what time is the date? >> 7:00. >> what chances do you give me? >> good chance. >> good. i'll go with that. >> and yes. so i think that my optimistic prediction wooz pretty much on spot. and there are trains beginning to recover, everyone here is thrilled because it was a headache this morning. live in san francisco, at the embarcadero bart station, abc 7 news. >> very glad to be moving again, thank you. >> and ferries between east bay and city were crowded with a lot more first time riders.

>> and at 4:30 we're going to check in with abc 7 news at the scene of the fire that shut down bart. the place where this started this morning. >> and we're going to talk to vic lee on the peninsula and that is where fans were told to go. >> this is abc 7 news reporter to show us what is going on there. ama? >> and there is we can tell, and behind me there isn't a huge line of people waiting but take a look at video earlier. there is at least 20 extra buses to try to help out people getting home. the buses are taking people there.

and they want to make sure everybody gets on the bus here, he said his employer was very understanding and let him leave work early. and this is so he can work at home. he did have a long line of people. the buses were flowing in but we had to wait for with us buses to return. looks like they're starting to come in. so it's not looking too bad right now. and hopefully, will stay that way since bart is back up at this point. but we did have a lot of people trying to get on the bus so they can get home. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> so what have people commuters going back and forth to work and i imagine people were going to wacht golf match as well? >> there is one lady running. i was like can we talk to you?

she had to run to get on the bus and said that she left in the sixth inning. so everybody was worried about that. hopefully, tomorrow will be a nice, smooth day. >> and thank you very much. >> and now a look at traffic around the bay. >> there is is a frustrating day. for those that came by car you're going to have to go out by car. and we have passenger arriving now from san francisco. and there is a shot sky 7. you're looking at trains rolling slowly this afternoon and there is extended service because of this problem. daily city service, ream front to richmond extended until 8:00 this evening. and extra ac transit buses to get you back to the east bay. ferries running extra service today, let's take a look currently. jammed headed to the bay bridge from san francisco and

across upper deck it's heavy. this is a maze which is thinning out. you'll find extra traffic this afternoon. give plenty of time. we're following it for you. dan? cheryl? >> thank you. >> and spencer christian is up next with the accu-weather forecast. >> and there is a good day for people stranded. >> it was. the weather is pleasant. it's going to be warming up. and there is a hot weekend in spots. clear skies, breezy conditions and temperatures ranging from only about 54 near the coast to 74 inland that will be slow to cool down. tomorrow morning there is some coastal patches of fog which should clear away quickly. temperatures into early morning from 50s to 60s and tomorrow afternoon, breezy, warmer inland. highs from low 60s on the coast to mid-90s inland and this is going to climb up on

saturday and i'll tell but father's day in the accu-weather forecast. >> and there is a redesigned day. >> yes. >> thank you. >> and we have more ahead for you on abc 7 news at 4:00. >> harsh criticism about police dealt with occupy demonstrators. stay with us.

let's take a look live at sky 7 hd flying over west

oakland bart station. the trouble started at 2:15 this morning with a fire. >> and massive construction fire that service senior center was a week from completion. and service is out more than 13 hours and it's resumed. but what a mess. >> it's been a mess all day long. bart service resumed at about 4:00, about 15 minutes ago or so. >> the shut down is having a major impact on ferry service. >> abc 7 news is monitoring an increase in passengers today and he's live from the ferry building. >> there is get out of town as fast as you can. that is advice from the folks at bay link up in vallejo talking about getting out of san francisco today. and the real impact has been in the ferry service between here and oakland. lots of standing and waiting here at the ferry terminal. and david decembereler caught

up on knitting. >> and they're doing the best they can. >> and for once, airplane is on time. >> and everyone seemed to be taking it well this afternoon. but this morning there is a scramble. >> taking an hour and a half just to get here. >> took two hours to get from bart to the ferry terminal at jack london scare. >> and there is a everyone trying to get to the city every way they can. >> mike left at 9:00 this morning and there is an 11:00 meeting in san francisco. >> beautiful day for a boat ride. >> if only it had been that simple and passengers learned the quick trip across the bay is going to be slower than

usual in order to accommodate extra riders ferry service tripled boats that had to hang out and wait for dock space to open up. another bottle neck in morning commute. >> this is just excess traffic. we don't usually, we're running three boats now. usually there is only one. >> this afternoon, passenger arrived and told us that they just came to san francisco. and one of those head back to oakland, mike arrow. >> i was on time for meeting. it was at 11:00. >> and then back in line at the ferry building. >> about 2:00 so... long process for one hour. >> and he is still smiling. this is the end of the line. and take a look. there is a looping back to get to ferry boats. of course they have added an

extra boat this afternoon. and there is four times number of riders here this morning in oakland. that adds up to between 12, 13,000 people riding the ferry today. >> people are did you say they're getting free rides? are they have a good mood about that? >> they were paying 6:30 but were able to buy ticket on the boat. they weren't accepting tickets but perhaps that is changing as the day goes on. i'll check in to find out and we'll be back with you at 5:00. >> thank you so much. >> there is an amber alert for a santaosa man suspected of kidnapping his three daughters saying he on fronted his estranged wife in a shopping center, he took the daughters

saying she would never see them again. and a 3-year-old sophia, 5-year-old mariah and 7-year-old alina are believed to be with their father in a chevolet tahoe. and this is if you see this man, asked to call patrol immediately so they can get the girls back where they belong. >> just moments ago police announced ab arrest of a hit and run murder in a man in a wheelchair. a 25-year-old has been charged with murder and he was crossing a street last year when he hit him from behind. he was arrested in a federal under cover drug operation.

>> we also were able to get admissions from mr. barnett during the operations where he sprok of his involvement in the hit and run. >> police say the cooperation of the community along with atf that helped bring him to jus tais tis abc 7 news learned a bicyclist has turned himself in to authorities today. it happened shortly after the district attorney announced he was filing vehicular manslaughter charges against the 36-year-old. he said he was riding recklessly when he ran a red light and hit this man. this is testimony of a riding bartner. >> there is a pattern of

violations that indicates to us the gross negligence in this incident warrants charges this face kais as felony. >> if convicted he could face up to six years of prison. >> damage from a giant hail storm in texas could add up to $400 million people said it sounded like explosions. and this was the worst hail storm in nine years in that part of the country. three people were injured and 40 flights delayed from dallas fort worth international airport. this is the time of the year where they often get spring time storms. >> and there. >> sif seen them the size of baseball autos major warm up

coming our way. there is a shot, steamy father's day weekend. and looking forward to it. there is cloudy skies, warm inland and mild at the coast. here is a look at live doppler 7 this, is important. we want to show you that we have an advise i in effect. it's a fire-weather advisory watch for the north bay mountains from tomorrow evening throughout saturday morning. we're going to have dry conditions, temperatures rising. and warm and breezy. that is a mix of ingredients increasing a right after this fork fire. so there is 92 degrees in antioch and there are upper 80s in santa rosa. 62 in san francisco interest there is warmer weather tomorrow and

this is going to be a hot day, saturday inland, especially. there is a high pressure continuing to build in. there is a breezy pattern we've had, breezy condition as long the coast and there is a shift next couple days. by saturday morning we're going to see off shore flow bringing us dry, warm weather inland to the coastline. it's going to contribute to a warm up. low temperatures are patches of fog and coastline. a patch or two along the bay to east bay. low temperatures into low to mid-50s and there is

conditions of round two there are sunny skies, temperatures from low 50s into morning to low 60s into afternoon. so mild and breezy. winds out of the west-northwest at 10-20 miles per hour. let's take a look at readings projected highs for tomorrow around this high, bay area brief and ranging from 64 in half moon bay to 70s in san francisco. low to mid-90s inland north bay. there is inland east bay, conk livermore low 90s near monterey bay highs into the bay upper 80s inland and there is a temperatures peaking up to 100 degrees into hottest locations. mid-70s on the coast. temperatures dropping off a few degrees sunday. very, very warm.

and and starting wednesday, it's going to be the first day of summer. >> officially. >> thank you. >> and as you know there has been a mess all day long with traffic there is a look from sky 7 hd. and there is trains began running about 4:00 this afternoon. and very slowly, still, you can expect delays system wide until getting back on track so there are folks had to take the afternoon and expecting it to be a slow commute. coming into the city on the bay bridge there is fantastic drive coming into the city. headed to the lower deck, bumper to bumper and there is

lower deck jammed already at this hour. this is the mcarthur maze. headed into the toll plaza and beyond 580 and 880. there is service restored throughout the transbay two there are extra transits to get you back home this afternoon. and we'll follow it for you all afternoon as well. >> commuters expeer yensing that turmoil as well as witnesses to the fire sent us video and pike pic tours and they tell a story from the beginning. >> this video taken from entrance of the bart station just moments after that fire started. about 2:15 in the morning. you can see flames sweep across the bart tracks. >> interest is a witness told us he was shocked by the size of the fire. >> i had never seen that much flames in my life.

i -- this was like, a movie, there was so much flames. like, it -- i -- i mean, i know it was just wood but i -- just never -- had the idea wood could go up so fast. >> and there is a what the construction looked like there is a prosecutor says he often took pictures and said he smap snapped in shot. here is a video from the bus moving through the mcarthur maze today. and there once drivers got to the toll plaza it was smooth going. getting that far was the problem. >> the line was long to board ferries one commuter said ticket takers gave up and let people ride free. >> this is cell phone video shot on the ferry. that crowd is usually much

smaller. and try alternate ways to get in, and out of the city. >> we think everybody -- thank everybody for sending in pictures we'd like to see more pictures and video of the transbay terminal. >> and oakland police received some harsh criticism for the way they handled occupy last fall. abc 7 joins us from police head quarter was the latest on headquarters there. and details of the 121-page report were sent to city leaders but they held onto it. they gave us to us less than five minutes before holding a brief press conference. >> there is the mayor and city administrator explained

findings of an independent report commission by the city. and to the october 25th occupy oakland protest. the largest demonstration had hundreds taking to the streets. >> and i said at the time there was nothing to hide. and we were eager to learn what areas needed corrective action. >> and the report was not kind. among criticisms it called the police department's response flawed by inadequate staffing and lack of understanding of crowd management techniques and called many methods outdated a cord together report a decision was made to clear the plaza with out a plan in place on what to do when they returned. leading to a violent clash placing the department under scrutiny. city leaders given a draft of the review but did not release it to the media until today and the only mention of wounded iraq war veteran is

the subject of two investigations. the report recommends opd institute a mutual aid policy to include opd and responding agencies abilities a move the chief says will require time and resources. >> the what we can't do overnight is a long range change that's i intend to implement just not something we're going to do right away. >> and there is 68 findings and recommendations. there is 53% underway. the group made up with individuals with a background in law enforcement to see the full report gouk to our web site abc 7 news.com. >> thank you. >> coming up next on abc 7 news bart reopens it's service. sit in time to salvage the commute? we're live with the latest on traffic up there. >> the fire causing a mess

coming up, what we're learning about the investigation. >> and waiting for the bus. you'll hear from passengers trying to get from here to there. >> and then, at 5:00 how giants pitcher matt cane's perfect game had a more payoff to the commute. abmf