we're tracking the evening commute now underway on this first day of the bart strike. you're looking at the approach to the bay bridge. you can see traffic on your

right is just crawling along towards the lower deck backed up as we approach the evening hours here. commuters crowding on to buses, ferries and freeways after bart workers went on strike for the first time since 1997. good afternoon, everyone. >> here are the latest developments now on the bart strike. there are no sked yumed talks at the moment. these workers picketing outside montgomery station in san francisco. >> bart is asking to return to the bargaining table and union leaders say they're waiting for bart to offer a better offer. >> sky 7 shows you back up today, take a look at this mess. maybe you got caught in it. traffic officials report commutes from east bay into san francisco took about an hour longer than usual and the situation is expected to be the same tonight. >> let's take a look outside right now. this is the san francisco skye way.

you see traffic is on the lower deck of the bay bridge heading east and it's slow going but much lighter for drivers haetding out of san francisco towards 101. >> here is a live look at traffic on the golden gate bridge. you can see at 4:02 before the evening commute gets going in earnest, very smooth sailing at this moment on the golden gate bridge. bart doesn't go into that direction. >> we have live team coverage. >> let's begin live where a union rally will get underway in been b.an hour from now. >> officials are calling on union leaders come back to the table. now, the union is holding rallies. this is set for an hour from now. they say they're doing to it try to get media attention for the story. today there was a bigger rally,

much bigger in oakland. let me take you there. officials told a crowd of several hundred that bart management has not put a credible proposal on the table. >> we want to go back to negotiate, too. but have to have their commitment they're going to negotiate in good faith. >> the chief negotiator says it's only 3% because employees would have to kickback 5% to a pension plan. and remaining 3% would be based on performance so the race could be $1 a year. >> if the terms are incorrect the place to figure that out is at the negotiating table and we're not there, talking

about it. >> so there is a fair amount of gainsmanship being played here, in broad strokes union asked for 5% a year over three years, and cost of living increases. now they're saying they'll take 4.5% plus cost of living. management offering 2% a year but want contributions increased and -- they want contributions to the plan, period they want increased contributions to the health care coverage so they're still far apart, both sides. on the money now, the union is raising issues of safety concerns. they're saying we want better lighting and more man power but proposals called for a pay increase, safety concerns being raised, maybe as much for pr as for negotiating. but we, right now have both sides far apart, and no word they're headed back to the

table. we'll have the latest for you coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. at abc news at 6:00 we're going take a look at what workers make, pension plans and what riders are saying about the pay package that so far they're not getting. reporting live abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. riders caught in the middle of this. >> yes. keira clapper is live in a well known bottle neck. >> that is in san francisco. keira, how sit going out there? >> it's a mess. and evident people were trying to get out of the city this afternoon. we saw people lining up. the hope trying to beat what will surely be rush hour traffic. take a look. you can see cars backed up all the way to market street. it's an incredible gridlock situation here. this gentleman is a specially

assigned sfnpa traffic enforcement officer saying he's here because of the strike. he is trying to make a smooth transition for everyone trying to get on the bay bridge there. you can see them lined up. every direction at a stand still with small bursments of movement. you think of more people carpool there would be fewer cars on the rode, -- road, right? the perks of carpooling expanlded today. what mtc has done to encourage people to share a ride across the bay bridge. i'll have that coming up at 5:00. >> it's sticky out there let check in now with traffic reporter. >> that is right. another option to just stay in the city, hang out with friends but if you can't do that you're going have have to grin and bear it.

right now, if you're traveling along the skyway your freeway down to five miles per hour. it's at a crawl making it up to the bay bridge. that is going to be into the east bay. here is a drive coming up through berkeley. towards highway 4 that is another 30 minute commute so still very busy. this drive heading away from dublin is going to be a 45 minute drive. we can take a look there and it's moving well but that is a into hayward. >> take a look now this, is the bay bridge toll plaza. westbound is the don commute direction at this time of the day. it's smooth sailing. traffic began backing up 45

minutes earlier than normal. things got worse as more people jumped into their cars. the commute didn't loosen up until around noon. one truck overheat ntd back up. he said it took 90 minutes to make a 10-mile drive. >> did you know there was hay bart strike? >> yes. that is why i left two hours to get into the city. and i'm not going to make it. >> the long back up tempted some drivers today try to use the carpool lanes but it didn't work. chp had patrols in place. they pulled over dozens of drivers and cited them. >> one thing noticed is how empty the center of fast track lanes were. look at this, this is video about 7:30 this morning. lack of traffic probably because of the number of bart riders jumping into their cars. and anyone using is encouraged

fast drak. >> oh, boy. >> yes. >> ken miguel son the road monitoring conditions using cell 7 technology. ken how is it go something. >> it's slow going. it took nearly 35 minutes to get just from harrison and 78th streets on to the freeway here. heading towards east bay. >> we apologize. we're using cell 7 technology for you. but we can see it's bumper to bumper now. and that time you spent was all city streets just ryeing to get on to the bridge. >> yes. not moving much faster here, coming up howard street you

can see every street is just backed up. it's rough going out there. if you have the option to wait, boy wait. and wait this out for a little bit longer. >> thank you. we'll check back with to you see how you're progressing there. >> the strike is proving to be a good thing for ride-sharing services like lift, side car and uber. services say they've seen an increase in demand from the east bay. side car is and uber are two of the new ways to get ash. customers use an app to request a ride. companies make money but taking a cut. fees riders pay to driver autos and coming up at 4:30 you'll see how commuters are doing there and how ferry service did today dur morning commute. >> we've put together a range of resources for you on our web site to help you out.

>> we have information there from the latest on bart talks as well as help down loading our waze traffic app to help you negotiate freeway autos it's about one, it's there in one spot for you. so just go to abc 7 news.com. >> another top story is a brush fire that is threatening several homes. 150 acres charred by the flames starting around 1:30 and quickly spread. flaichls forced authorities to shut down kerker pass road in both directions. this is about 50% contained. temperatures topped 100 degrees this weekend leaving the brush more dry and brittle. >> state officials issued a flex alert. >> they're asking people to reduce energy use because of

anticipated high demand. >> yes. spencer? >> approaching the peak of heelting and temperatures are peaking. take a look at sunny skies coast to inland. here is a look at high temperatures so far. above 100 all over inland north bay and east bay. 103 in fairfield. 101 down south. and 80s and 90s near the bay. 107 in redding. 113 in palm springs. death valley 126 degrees today. excessive heat advisory in effect until wednesday evening at 7:00. highs during this time period will reach 98 to 106 degrees for north bay and the santa cruz mountains live looking at ferry building from our camera we've got a first forecast warm this evening, mild

tomorrow and hot again, tomorrow. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 punishment to the pilot of the oil tanker that side swiped a support tower of the bay bridge. >> then, governor brown calms it historic. education bill changing how money is spent in schools. >> and michael finney is taking your questions and will answer them here live just a little bit later. you can contact him on twitter at m finney. >> and taking a look at the san francisco skye way. 101 northbound packed like sardines. how long it will take you to head back into the east bay

welcome back taking a look at the mcarthur maze your westbound traffic is looking at a 15-minute commute. if you're heading along those will be headlights making a drive over to el cerrito that is about 10 minutes i'll have details on how other areas of the commute are doing when we come right back to traffic. >> laila, thank you. >> moving on officials released names of 19 members of a firefighting team killed

yesterday fighting a massive wildfire in arizona. >> three firefighters were from southern california. the fire has grown to 8400 acres and still threatening 250 homes. >> abc 7 news has the very latest on this tragedy. >> the firefighters being remembered with 19 roses at their fire station. a 21-year-old son of a california fire captain was on the elite team noun as -- known as granite mountain hot shots. >> it's not the -- he loved to be around people. loved to help people. >> something went wrong on sunday, flames pushed by winds surrounded the squad. the group deployed fire shelters to protect them selfs from the heat and flames. but the inferno was too powerful. the president praised them as

hero autos we're going have to ask ourselves broader questions about how we're handling deadly and difficult fire fights. >> after 10 years of drought this region is full of fuel. trees and brush that hasn't burned in four decades now, half of the buildings have been destroyed and more homes are threatened. >> investigators looking into what went wrong with this team to see if changes are needed in fire fighter training. >> harsh penalty hand down against the bar pilot guiding the cargo ship that struck a bay bridge support tower. they placed him on two years probation. crash did not severely damage the bridge or spill fuel or oil.

a lawyer for him says he's looking forward to resuming his career of 35 years. >> i want to mention beginning today watch abc live stream is now available in the bay area. >> its a new way tochl peer yens abc any time, my where. you can enjoy on your smart phone, tab blet and computer live. >> it's a special new benefit brought to you by abc, comcast, charter communications and at and tu verse as no additional cost. >> just enter your provider account information to log in and you'll get the stream or you can search to down load the app. >> just trying to find a cool place to use it. >> yes. >> blistering sweltering.

here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. sunny skies, two low clouds off shore but they're no cooling western sky, mainly clear skies, temperatures 71 degrees in san francisco. 90 san jose. 76 santa cruz. another live view showing a little bit of low clouds working towards golden gate. perhaps here in the city of san francisco it's 92 in santa rosa right now. 100 at livermore. 94 at los gatos. looking at lake tahoe we'll have heat with us through wednesday. hottest day will be tomorrow. cooling begins by the end of the week. so hold on until friday.

you can see a huge hot air mass slowly working westward causing this big warm up. hot weather lasts through wednesday. we'll see high clouds moving throughout the area. so highs in interior western u.s. inclurding state of california tomorrow. numerous locations highs over 100 degrees. redding 116. never night, lows in the mid-60s then tomorrow's highs in the south bay mid-90s to above 100. 96 in san jose. low 70s on the coast.

north bay highs well above 100 in many locations. mid-80s to mid-90s east bay. inland above 100. up to 106 in antioch and brentwood. here is the accu-weather forecast. about 100 thursday. a cooling down friday that will feel like a relief. highs only into 80s by what a spell of hot weather coming our way before getting relief. >> gosh. thank you, spencer. >> coming up next, how a rule could take some bite out of a shark fin ban. >> after 4:30 gladys reject bid her mother at birth. today our first look at how this baby gorilla is now bonding with her new mom. >> so cute. taking a look at sky 7 over transbay terminal. day one of the bart strike who knows how many there will be.

you can see people lining up smrks hoping to take a bus, some hope to carpool home. it's been a mess and starting to look that way this afternoon. stay with us. the news

the president broke out dance moves today when arriving in tanzania.

he was greeted by a traditional group at a welcome ceremony and he enjoyed it clearly. he praised former president george w. bush for starting a program aimed at stopping the spread of hiv and aids in africa. >> california's ban on buying or selling shark fin takes affect today but could be short lived. it's an attempt to he linl nate the large market for shark fin in the u.s.. tens of millions of sharks are killed just to collect the fins but a proposal being considered would be inconsistent with u.s. fishries plans and regulations. and could possibly lift the ban. >> still ahead more coverage on the bart strike, day one and chaos it created. >> live in san francisco temporary transbay terminal, lines have been look.

i'll have the story coming up. >> people packed ferries today how commuters were getting up to catch that all-important ride across the bay. >> and riders in the east bay glad to see ac transit running today. we'll have the latest

it's traffic gridlock out there now this, is the first day of the bart strike. sky 7 live on 6th street. >> right now there are no scheduled talks between bart and the union. abc 7 news lillian kim continues our coverage what. a mess. >> hp transit workers say lines don't typically start to form until well after 3:00. today they started around 1:00. take a look. lines are long. and much longer than usual according to people who regularly take the bus across the bay.

buses are jam packed and ac worker told me this is a change from a typical day. they usually have a b.a dozen or so empty seats. early birds were forced to wait a while commuters are frustrated and tired as the strike added several hours to their commute. >> we're going to be waiting for the second bus. >> how long do you think this is going to add? >> two to three hours just to go to lake merit. >> crazy. go back to work. figure this out. do something. >> most people from the east bay stayed home and telecommuted. >> i had meeting i wanted to do. tomorrow is the last day of vacation. i wanted to be in the office. >> do you regret making that decision? >> absolutely. i should have stayed home.

>> many opted to casual carpool. two new waiting areas have been temporarily added and the wait for a ride has been long. people say they've been waiting an hour at least. that is the latest from san francisco. >> thank you. >> more than three times as many people rode the ferry into san francisco because of the strike. >> that is many say they skip zipped through traffic. one woman was waiting in a bus stop watching buses full of passengers whiz by her. >> they didn't even slow down. these two guys in a nice suv pulled up and asked if anyone needed to go to the city.

the three of us got n it was awesome. >> a representative was there to help riders then get to their destination autos again, roads are just jam packed so are the ferries three times as many people rode from jack london square into san francisco this morning because of the strike. >> take a look this, is what it looked like around 9:00 this morning. wait averaged about 40 minutes at the height of the morning commute. >> abc 7 wayne freedman talked with commuters who got up very early. >> in jack london square, neon spelled ferry and spelled frustration. a race to be first. >> what is your fear now? >> not being able to get to work on time. >> you would normally be here at this hour?

>> no. >> that is what circumstances beyond your control instead, control you. last weekend's threatened strike became a reality, anxious commuters waited. >> this is my first time. >> this will go on for a long time. >> first ferry left on time. they continued to come and go at 45 minute intervals all morning. the bay ferry brought in other boats from other agencies to ease whatever pain it could. >> normally we'd have 20,000 seats available. today we have 50,000 available. >> around 7:00 a.m. lines reached peaks. patience? a virtue. >> does it look like you made the first boat? >> no. >> second boat? >> yes a victory in the middle of failed talks you found?

>> success. >> wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> i'm matt keller, bart strike created long lines at the bus stop. no bart, no problem. unless you consider a long wait a problem for some it was best option. >> based on what the ferry line looked like, carpool, i decided to take the bus this morning. better off that way. >> longest line formed between 7:00 and 9:00 with waits lasting 45 minutes. >> had to do this all week. >> no. i have to. >> does your boss know you may be coming in late? >> my boss is flexiblibility. we work that out before. >> many told me they woke up an hour or more earlier but

everyone was polite, despite the wait. >> you seem to have good attitudes. >> you've got to. >> there you go. >> what can you do? they went on strike. you still have to get to work. >> w is the use of being mad? >> in oakland matt keller abc 7 news. >> it's a mess pretty much everywhere you look. >> it is. let's dmek now with. >> if they can have a good attitude, so can i. we're going to focus in on san francisco. we're seeing traffic trying to leave the city so folks can head back home again. now, skyway is jam packed. five miles per hour going to be top speed if you make the drive towards 80. we'll take a look at that live look in just a moment. and as awe approach 80 tla is just seven miles per hour but might be due to some debris blocki one lane. been cleared so

some traffic should start to move. now we're looking at web traffic so if you're coming into san francisco. into san jose, looks like normal traffic now. but again, i can't stress traffic is in san francisco and streets that flank 101 and 80 ask and that crisscross as well. here is a look at sky 7 hd. we're looking at a 45 minute commute head waig from 280 over towards emeryville would be eastbound traffic. we'll have more details coming up on the traffic coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >> now morning news will be back at 4:00 tomorrow morning for latest on the bart strike. abc 7 news morning news anchors and our traffic reporter will bring us more on contract negotiations and look how this is affecting your weekday commute. >> well, investigators in

vegas are still looking for answers into saturday night's death of a vet tren cirque du soleil pefsh former. she fell to her death. witnesses say she was being hoisted up the side of a wall when something went wrong. she fell to an unseen pit. first audience members didn't know fit was part of the show. >> she was screaming as she was falling down it was sort of out of a movie just trying to grab for anything. >> they stopped music after 10, 15 seconds or so. actors were just kind of staring down at where she'd fallen. >> cirque du soliel seen here as video provided by the production is defined by amazing high drying -- flying acrobatics in 30 years there has never been a death. the founder expressed heart break. she leaves behind two young children. >> horrifying.

>> russian officials confirm national security agency leaker edward snowden asked for political asylum in russia. reports say a representative handed over a request questioned. -- yesterday. the u.s. has annulled his passport and ecuador appears will not take him. russia's president putin says snowden will have to stop leaking u.s. secrets and adds snowden has no plans to keep doing so. >> how one animal is trying to stay cool in this heat wave. >> do you remember this baby gorilla rejected after birth? how she's bonding with her surrogate mother now, next. >> today 7 on your side q and a is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions you can contact me at facebook.com/michael finney abc 1k37 on twitter.

i'll answer your questions here live a little later. >> i'm spencer christian looking at sunny skies over the bay area. another hot day and i'll tell you when we can expect relief in the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> coming out of foster city into hayward 16 minutes looking at slow down in eastbound direction but swril a broader view of what the traffic looks like coming up

we're looking at a baby gorilla named gladys and how she's bonding with her new surrogate mother. >> this is video of a tentative gladys meeting her new mom who inched her way to the young gorilla who gently picked her up. >> the 5 mold was orphanned when her mother rejected her so 10 human surrogates prepared gladys wearing fake fur, feeding and grooming her in the way mother gorilla would. today's video it appears preparations have paid off. >> that looks like it's working well. >> in shasta county record temperatures meant cooling off by any means necessary. this large bear captured on video taking a dip.

yesterday temperatures reached 110 degrees in that area. >> that is great and refreshing. >> yes. >> let's take a look at live doppler 7 hd. we can see sunny skies from coast to inland. tomorrow, nationwide a mixed picture, showers warm and gets hotter moving farther westward. triple digits everywhere tomorrow. 113 in palm springs here in the bay area this is a look at summer spread of high temperatures. tomorrow expect a high of 72,

80 degrees downtown san francisco. skipping to oakland a high of 86 tomorrow, inland to walnut creek 103. looks like it's going to be with us for three days, it's starting to ease up on thursday and by friday, temperatures moderating a bit. we've got three more days of this and potentially dangerous heat. >> yes. >> thank you. >> still ahead more coverage on the bart strike. >> a driver's eye view of what it's like right now. you'll hear that, live. >> i'm michael finney. what is it okay for the landlord to come into your snom the answer, nex

this is day one of the bart strike and it's tough getting around out there. we want to taek you live on the drive towards the bay bridge right now. >> he is at 8th and harrison. there is going to be a delay. >> still moving slow out there on the approach to the bay bridge. the -- traffic is certainly

isolated to the surface streets. once on the bridge it's not too bad. once through the tunnel traffic just takes off. he told me he hasn't experienced problems yet and told me it's profit mostly traffic piling up on streets getting onto the freeways to head back over the bay. it's, i can describe as a crawl. they do have traffic control officers at intersections coming up here on 8th and bryant. they're letting through one or two cars at a time. so key is slow, slow, slow and patience, i guess.

most drivers have been courteous, i -- it's been very nice to get on to the freeway and people are letting you merge so at least there is that in the end. that is the latest from there. >> that is a fun assignment to be stuck but thank you very much. good report. >> michael finney is here answering questions sent to him by facebook and e mail. >> i bought a cell phone on at and t.com. fed yechl slow shoez it was left at the front door and signature not required can i get a replacement because i never received this item. >> absolutely. you call at and t tell them, okay never got the phone they'll deactivate that phone that way they know they're not going get ripped off and they'll send you out a new one. you'll have a new phone by the end of the week.

>> anna wants to know how do i stop landlord intrusions? >> well, kind of depends on what is going on. landlords in the state of california are allowed to intrude a lot. they have to give you 24 hour notice but after thark let me show you the reasons they're allowed to enter. first, to make necessary repairs. if there is a problem they're allowed to get m to fix it. to show perspective tenants or a buyer of the unit or home they're awe a.loued to do that. tenant if you move out they've got to give you 24 hours notice then they're allowed to wanlder. if a court ordered them, sou can't keep them out. when you're renting in california it's not like ownership. it's renting. two different thing autos vicky r asked can stores sell expired goods legally? >> yes. only thing they cannot sell that is expired is baby form

la. we have a law about that. everything else is more of a guide. if you talk to scientists we've done reports on this. they'll often tell you nudging is wrong with that food with those products at all. they just have a best if used by date. yes. yes and -- i pretty much won't buy it. >> right. >> thank you. >> up next the governor signs sweeping education legislation. >> how he said it will support disadvantaged students. >> i'm cheryl jennings. coming up at 5:00 a fire fighter in trouble with the law. for something he is accused of doing and packing problems you've probably encountered if you drove tolt city on day one of the f of the bart

at 8:00 two hours of the bachelorette followed by miss stresses at 10:00 then join us at 11:00. governor broub brown considers school funding a civil rights issue. california will now krt needs of disadvantaged students. >> with the stroke of a pen governor brown signed changes to how california funds public schools in addition to regular school funding he's directing more than $2 billion extra to districts that have higher numbers of disadvantaged students. >> how many poor kids don't speak evening wlish well? how many foster kids are there? that is a simple formula instead of having mandates you

can hire teachers to do work required but that red tape. >> the sinking ships from treating everyone equally. the funding formula was a center piece of the agenda for the year. the most-sweeping change in california in a quarter century. in oakland where 80% of the students are disadvantaged per pupil spending will be 7500s ndz this year's budget by 2020 jumping to nearly 12,000 per kids n menlo park funding jumps only $500 per child by the end of the decade. advocates agree this is fair because low income families can not afford tools to give them a leg up. >> it is helpful to have extra money. >> opponents think voters were

misled into passing extra taxes for schools under prop 30. a lot of people voted for it that. is not necessary the case. >> thu formula starts this upcoming school year. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. the news at 5:00 begins right now. >> day one of the bart strike leave coverage on the gridlock created on the road and called negotiation autos long lines not just on the roads what. commuters are now forced to do to get in and out of the city. >> i'm sandhya patel, steamy triple digits inland. when relief is coming straight ahead. >> and day one of the bart

strike creates a stand still for commuters. you're looking at folks trying to head out of the way across the bridge. >> a line was already forming outside of the san francisco ferry terminal for those traveling back to the east bay on the water. >> and two more casual carpool spots were added to help people get out of the city. >> several unions joined forces today. good evening, i'm cheryl jengs. >> our breaking news begins with bart. commuters left wondering if there is an end nor strike. bart calling for union leaders end the strike.

workers are picketing as we speak. we have live team coverage for you. mark let's start with you rally just started. a noisy one. just minutes ago, these are the striking fdiu workers. they work for bart but there is a larger rally in front of city hall this afternoon. >> i want each of you to reach into your pocket to see if have you four quarters and pull them out. do you have four quarters? pull them out. >> saying those four