wren food was brought in at 9:00 it was a sign it would be a long night. they came back to the table because two new high level mediators called them back. governor brown had appointed the mediators working all night but at 3:00 this morning, they decided to call it a night. >> as you can see it is late now. we decided to make more progress if we get some sleep and we worked hard together, both parties, along with the fine mediators assigned by the governor. we have been asked fought to speak to the press other than make that single comment. thank you for your coverage. i wish you a good night. >> really, it is morning. this was an hour ago. she is the only person we saw walk out. no one from bart came out the front door. no comment from that side.

the strike continues. they plan to go back to the table. this is just a recess. that is scheduled for 1:00 o'clock this afternoon. we have a little light of good news. there is a tentative deal with bart in a smaller union involving 200 workers, office workers and middle managers who have not released details. >> maybe it is a sign of things to come. we will keep our fingers crossed. >> commuters are looking for the hope and better traffic. leyla gulen? >> we hope breaking bread made some progress. we have clear conditions. the bay area right now shows lots of green. it is early. we are not seeing any congestion. we have one construction project, one hold out, that will last until 5:00 a.m., northbound 101 with road construction. that is the only real construction we have at this

hour because caltran is trying to make it easy on the commuters. the richmond-san rafael bridge is at top speeds. the bay bridge is locking clear. the toll plaza shows traffic is moving smootly. we had early work wrapped up at 4:00 a.m. that was moments ago. >> expanded a.c. transit service is another service today. get there early and be prepared to wait. matt? >> we learned that lesson, if you want to be first in line to get to san francisco have a seat on the bench. today should be interesting. on monday from 7:00 to 9:00 people waited 45 minutes to get on a bus to san francisco.

yesterday, though, the lines were longer taking an hour and a half to to hours to get moving from oakland to san francisco. with the fourth of july tomorrow, getting here early is the fattest way to get to san francisco in the morning from the east bay. we will monitor the situation all morning. the first bus to arrive in oakland to san francisco is scheduled for 5:33. >> bart will provide three limited bus shuttles to and from san francisco again today as the strike continues. you can catch the commute hours from five east bay stations. look the at were ma. west oakland, el cerrito, walnut creek, dublin/pleasanton and treatment. service begins at 5:00 and on a first-come-first-serve basis. riders are encouraged to arrive

early. yesterday they capped it after 7:00 a.m. parking is free at five bart stations. >> many families who come to san francisco on the fourth of july are making other plans to see fireworks if the bart strike continues. last year, more than 182,000 riders used bart to get around the bay area. many used trains to avoid packing problems at pier 39. 200,000 are expected if san francisco this year for 9:30 p.m. fireworks display at pier 39 and opening ceremony for the america's cup at 3:00 p.m. stay with abc7 news for complete coverage of the bart strike and the latest developments on abc7news.com with negotiations, up-to-the-minute traffic maps and commute options. you can download the exclusive abc7 news waze app to navigate the freeways. follow us on

twitter@abcnewsbayarea. the details are being sorted out over the deadly shootings of two restaurant employees at the wingstop before midnight on monday. law enfollow sources say two men wearing orange construction vests ordered food but ran to a freezer in the back of the restaurant because they felt threatened by a third party. two employees went to the freezer to see why they went back there and were shot by at least one of those men. police have one suspect in custody. they are working to get the other man to turn himself in. officers had increased patrols after a spike in crime in the area. police are meeting with merchants and neighbors to talk about the shooting and recent crimes. the meeting is held at lake shore avenue baptist church near the corner of lake shore avenue and mandela avenue at 8:30. >> last summer's fire at the

chevron refinery is costing the city and the west contra costa school district millions in property tax revenue. the "contra costa times" reported the fire trigger add drop if property values in the city and school district. projected tax revenues for the new fiscal year will be down more than 14.5 percent which is $6 million in lost revenue to the city of richmond and was driven by a change in the refinery value which is about $2.75 billion, $1 billion less than the previous year. >> this morning, pg&e crews are working to restore power to 100 customers in the south bay. 9,500 customers last power dug the hottest part of the day yesterday. crews have been working nonstop to fix the problem which they blamed on too many people cranking up their air conditioning at the same time. no estimate on when the remaining customers will is their power back.

>> traffic with leyla gulen. >> traffic is clear. it is sometime very early. anyone who is wanting to get an early start on the morning commute will be in excellence shape. we will take you over to this drive where we have one construction project northbound 101 is blocking a couple of lanes lasting until 5:00 a.m. this morning. we do not have any other caltran project because caltran is trying to make it easy on the commuters by wrapping things up early. the altamont pass at 64 miles per hour and stop speeds from tracy to dub lip at 25 minutes. on the westbound direction at antioch westbound on highway 4 at top speeds with no accidents to report. a very fine start this morning. we will go outside and look at the san mateo bridge and it is wide open as you make it from hayward to foster city with no crashes to expect there.

mike nicco? >> leyla gulen, thank you. good morning, everyone. live doppler 7 hd shows the last three hours, you will notice the air is rather quiet with no light sprinkles to talk about. the big story is the refreshing coolness of the air. the clouds are blanketing the bay and the marine layer has doubled its depth so the temperatures are the same atto seven degrees cooler in livermore and five degrees cooler in san jose at 62. livermore is 65. antioch is 64. 70 in san francisco is not correct, it is right now 58 degrees. the day lander the next 12 hours, 50's and 60's with more cloud cover and back to the coast by noon and by 4:00 we are at 98 inland and east bay is where we will see the 100's and 70's and 80's for most

neighborhoods, more comfortable in the evening. the tremendous drop in temperatures is coming for friday into saturday. we are back to average, finally. kristen and eric? >> all morning we will bring you traveling traffic as bart strike enters day throw. cell 7 on the move with our engineer on highway 24 westbound near the oakland hills showing you what traffic is like this morning. >> expect another day of packed ferries. we have the riders whose day starts before dawn. >> and a remarkable baseball achievement wi

>> good morning, 4:11 on wednesday, day three of the bart strike. a couple of live pictures on your left, of course, the bay bridge toll plaza is light but on the right maybe the folks

headed toward the bay bridge toll plaza, westbound 24 to 580 and 85 and through oakland area. that will be difficult today. you can see dick is driving around at moment and still light. >> it shows the value of an early start. the toll plaza on the left is a key indication of how the commute will go. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is at the toll plaza. it was bad on monday and worse yesterday? >> you have that right. we are waiting to see if day throw is as challenging traffic-wise as the last two. it has been a real mess. if you were caught in the backup, you know what i'm talking about, up to two-hour delays from eastern contra costa county. right now the good news is things are looking good at toll plaza, cars are sailing through right now, 12 lanes are open, no waiting. we are seeing more cars than

usual for this time of the morning. that was the case yesterday. fast track gets you through drinker. if you don't have that, try and carpool. carpool lanes are open at 5:00 a.m. the ferries are ready for a third day of service to fill the gap left by the bart strike. katie marzullo is at alameda at the ferry terminal. katie? >> it is quiet. the first ferry leaves at 6:00 a.m. if history is any indication we expect the first riders to show at 5:00, in an hour. the video from sky 7 you can see the packed ferries and evening commute leaving san francisco's ferry building. there were fewer riders yesterday in the morning with

7,400 taking it yesterday, down 400 people. tomorrow is a holiday so here is what to expect. >> thursday, fourth of july, we will run a special holiday schedule between vallejo and san francisco and alameda, oakland and san francisco. on the weekend, we will have our weekend service. >> if you are catching a ferry this morning at the main street terminal in alameda, remember service to south san francisco is regular. service to san francisco's ferry building is direct and boats will not stop in oakland. there is extra parking so that is good news and the parking lot is wide open. ferries are leaving every 45 minutes. >> this morning, the city of vallejo is working to refund 200 ferry riders who accidentally paid for free parking. our media partner, vallejo times

herald reports there was a lost confusion on monday. newly installed payment kiosks are not supposed to be used until august 1. the city will issue refunds to 200 who paid $5 each for parking. >> if the strike continues tonight, a's fans are encouraged to carpool to the game against the cubs. they beat the cubs last night by 8-7 to move back in first place in front of 17,000 fans, a much bigger crowd is expected tonight which include as fireworks show after the game. officials estimate that between 15 percent and 18 percent of fans take bart. they are opening all parking lots and the off site lots. >> the giants can not wait to get home after failing to get a hit in cincinnati. reds pitcher homer grounded out the third to end the game and bailey was perfect but for a

walk in the 7th and the giant was the only baserunner. reds won 3-0 knocking the giants into...last place in the n.l. west, the no-hitter the first in the league this season with another one last season. >> traffic is better this morning but it will be busy. >> absolutely. as we look you can see a lot of green on the map so we are at top speed and not seeing any delays yet. we are seeing some folks moving into the bay bridge toll plaza but it is quiet. if you need to make the commute in the westbound direction and not along 238 you will be in good shape. everything is looking clear. our maze through the traffic converging into emeryville we have top speeds eastbound and weight at 80 with sky 7 overhead

in walnut creek. everything is moving along at top speed. no crashes to report, a very quiet day on the roads. mike nicco, how is the weather? it will be another hot one? >> in the east bay it will be hot and other areas not so hot as we taper this air mass a little bit. here is radar and the satellite. you can see the clouds along the coast filling in the bay and i don't thing they will quite make it to the east bay valley so you, again, will be in the hundreds and no one else has to worry. 1.5 miles is what we have for visibility at half moon bay and everything else is okay because of the main layer clouds we do not see much clouds form. it is at the top of the bay bridge and moving all the way up to 1,700' a sign of cooling on the way. the heat will hold in the east and the rest of us have afternoon sunshine and temperatures are cooler, and the

it will still be hot in the east, with a 40 degree spread between there and the coast. back to formal this weekend. in the south bay, it is still warm, near 100 in morgan hill and los gatos, and a lot of low to my 90's from sunnyvale and santa clara at none to san jose at 92. up the peninsula, mid-to-upper 80's from san mateo to mountain view and millbrae at 80. at the coast we will not see so much sunshine and mid-to-upper 60's for you, and we will have mid-70's around downtown, south san francisco, headed over to sausalito, 78, and in the north bay, petaluma is the cool spot at 86, and low-to-mid 90's in novato, santa rosa, sonoma and napa but only mid-to-upper 60's at your beach. at the east bay shore, more comfortable today with mid-to-upper 70's around richmond and berkeley and oakland and low-to-mid 80's for everyone else. in the east bay valley you can see concord and walnut creek at 99 and 98 and everyone else will

be around 100 or 1303 and -- 103 and brentwood. the game is a fireworks game with a drop to 66 with the fireworks after the game. in the 50's in santa rosa and san francisco and half moon bay and san mateo and everyone else in the 60's tonight. barely holding on to 100 in the east bay interior neighborhoods on thursday. but 64 at the coast and temperatures in the 80's for a high on saturday and sunday and 70's around the bay and only 60 at the coast. have a great day. >> a group of illegal fire works is off the streets after a san francisco police officer, a story you will see only on abc7 news. here are the fireworks, an officer spotted the so-called runner in chinatown, runners are young people who illegally sell fireworks. when the officer approached the

man who took off dropping the bag full of fireworks. many of the runners are now selling fireworks online. >> it is gearing up to be another challenging commute around the bay area as we enter day three of the bart strike with a rolling perspective from cell 7 and our engineer is pulling to the bay bridge tolls. >> surviving a deadly inferno a firefighters tells how he got out in arizona while desperately trying to save 19 comrades. >> coffee apparently is not enough. the new drink starbucks is

>> welcome back on day three of the bart strike. well bring you updates all morning from the thick of the bay area traffic. our engineer is using cell phone technology to show you what is

going on. dick, are you on the bridge yet? you are headed for the bridge? >> good morning, i am on the bridge i am westbound on the bridge on the causeway going up to this section. if you are a commuter that has been able to hit the road early you have a good drive i came in on highway 24 from the tunnel and i checked out all the feeder ramps going to the bay bridge toll plaza and everything is looking good so far. i am sure it will change quickly as the morning unfolds. >> the drive is looking good, the only issue is you encountered fog? >> that is correct. there has been some fog, not quite down on the deck but from the tunnel there are good pockets of fog in the hills. something else i notice if you have to pay cash going through the toll lanes try to have exact

change, you would be surprised how many sit there while the toll takers make the change. >> great tip. thank you from your three days of nonstop driving back-and-forth on the bay bridge. thanks for sharing that. >> we will get a check on traffic elsewhere. leyla gulen? >> all the briggs right now show he was driving right through, from emeryville to san francisco, it is wide open but for the cash-paying lanes. the golden gate bridge will take about eight minutes to get across and next, it will be four-minute run headed out of sausalito and into san francisco. in san mateo, the bridge is wide open at a short ten-mit drive from hayward to foster city with no accidents to report anywhere in the bay area, a very quiet start. now the weather and the heat that is coming up, and mike nicco.

here is a look at what is going on across the entire state with the remain thousands rolling through the desert and we will get high clouds blowing out off from that as our upper flow continues to come from the southeast to the northwest. we will see where the thunderstorms going in the afternoon, possibly along yosemite if you are headed up to tahoe and 89, another record high is possible with thunderstorms and we will be 103 in sacramento, so i hope your car is we'll quipped for 10 in -- 108 in fresno and 113 in palm springs. kristen and eric? you we are learning more of the last moments of the 19 firefighter whose died on sunday battling a massive wildfire in arizona. the lone survivor of the hotshots crew was, working at a lookout when the wind suddenly changed distribution of the 21-year-old narrowly escaped the inferno as he warned the colleagues to get out. they were trapped by the winds

and searing heat. officials say he was a mile or two of the crew so he could be a visual and in audio contact. >> warning them to get out and they made their plan to get out. they were attempting to reach their safety zone and he lost 19 of his best friends and cowork ers and he is working through it the best he k. >> more than 500 firefighters are battling the flames that scorched more than 13 square miles and destroyed 200 homes. >> the obama administration is moving back the requirement for certain businesses to provide health insurance to employees or pay a penalty. businesses with more than 50 employees had until the end of 2014 to comply but now the deadline is pushed back to 2015 after numerous complaints from businesses that the requirements were too complicated and difficult to implement in time. other key parts of the law including the health exchanges where individuals can buy

insurance, are still on schedule. >> how would you like a special soda, hand crafted sodas, with a special carbon machine that are offered at a few stores in atlanta and austin matching those of coffee drinks $2.45 for a tall and $3.45 for a vente. >> both sides in the bart strike are taking a break from the talks. >> will day three be as much of a challenge as the last two? >> we will talk about it coming up. >> also ahead, stretched thin, the warning east bay firefighters are sounding in the wake of a fire that came

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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, on wednesday at 4:30 on day three of the bart strike. >> bart labor negotiations will resume after eight hours of talks last night. riders may have reason for optimism after two trust traiting days of trying to get around the bay area. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has our coverage from oakland. >> they talked for hours which has to be a good sign. better than not talking at all but no end to the contract dispute. plan today as if the strike will continue throughout the day. as far as we know right now trains will not be running. the strike continues. the two sides did work all night long.