nick, let's start with you. >> danny glover spoke about 15 minutes ago. 500 people here to hear him speak. listen to what he thood say. -- he had to say. this is a view from sky 7. i can put people here between 400 and 500 strock. now they say they're all here because negotiations between bart manment and two main unions have been going on since march. two sides remain far apart at issues at the core of the dispute. i can tell you strike and

four and a half days. they say they are tired of the way things have been going. i had a chance to speak with valerie cooper. why are you here today? >> we're fighting for a fair contract. for not just bart workers the thing that concern concerns me is that numbers bart put out and media put out there change weekly. real truth is more than our salary. >> how long are you willing to sit out? >> as long as it takes but understand, none of us want to go on strike. fdiu does not have the power force a strike. bart has the power force a strike that. is what they're doing. >> thank you for sharing the story with us. you can see this rally is only going down to bart

headquarters. leaders have told me unless management comes with a different offer they'll give notice to strike. we've learned members of occupy oakland plan to infiltrate the crowds.ñycñ i can tell you opd isf[ñ on stad by. again, what we leave here we'll follow crowds down to bart headquarters and that is where they are scheduled to march down broadway. >> now, schl there any word on the 72 hour notice? >> n koit come at any moment possibly at the end of the rally or later tonight. talks went from about 11:00 to 4:00 this afternoon. how did it go? union leaders weren bart board s

things are not going well at all. union leaders were uncharacteristically unwailing to talk today, teams were at the table bart spokes people rolled out charts they say show how bart workers are the very rare public employees not paying into pensions. bart says this contract is a turning point. bart directors fang and mccar mccartlan told us talks are bizarre, fers nalts are getting in the way. still, bart official line is that they do want to settle. >> there is still plenty of time we want to make sure public foes that.

employees know that. there is still time so let's try to make it happen. >> so you're not anowed with the management or unions? >> no just worried about getting back to work. i have to get to work you know there may be a strike? >> yes. i figured it's going to happen. i'm bracing for the worst. the team hurried away to the rally just before 5:00 there is a special bart board meeting tomorrow morning at 9:00 director fang says it's to talk about what will be the acceptable last, best, and final offer. >> there is a strike bart is hoping to have up to 95 buses available to make limited runs pleasanton, fremont and west oakland stations. service may be added as well. bay ferry running boats from

oakland and vallejo, golden gate transit will not have additional service but two boats will be used by bay ferry. and carpool lanes will be extended. >> many riders beginning to think about plan b. a strike would be a huge inconvenience for those from under served communities. rean? >> as reported the beginning of the newscast if there is a strike, then traffic would be worse compared to the first strike that. is if you can afford a car and if you can use other means of transportation. some would relie on bart. 5% of the weekday riders have some disability this, isvúç

according to a 2008 profile study. >> now imagine someone not having this option. >> bart is my only means of transportation. >> she has a 45 minute ride into san francisco. she works for light house for the blind. if trains were to stop it would take her about three hours to get to work. >> very to take one bus to a second bus and then we walk at greater distances that i normly do. >> it would affect families who don't own a car. >> maybe my family in the car. i don't know. >> i don't know how i'd be able to get here to school every day. >> a strike would come at a

bad time. many prepare for school to begin. ron yamd rides bart from oakland to city college because the college offers veterans a program and has a resource center. >> without the center here, boy be adrift at sea. boy not have a way of accessing my benefits. >> he says his education and the center 2004 things he cannot do without. >> we put together a range of resources for you at abc 7 news.com including options and you can down load waze app and follows on twitter for breaking news updates as well. and later we'll tell you about some of the apps you can use to help you find a ride. a jury found a teacher guilty

of sexual assaulting students who are just seven and eight years old. the 36-year-old convicted of five counts of looud -- lewd acts on a child. prosecutor says he molested the second grade classroom saying. >> children were made victims of the result of mr. chandler's hiding what he was doing. it's my hope awful these children forget everything about being in mr. chandler's class. >> chandler will be sentenced in september, facing 75 years to life in prison. the former principal was found guilty of failing to report the suspected sex abuse to authorities. >> abc 7 news learned the city will file suit against chevron tomorrow morning for damages related to the explosion and fire almost a year ago today.

abc 7 news story. abc 7 news learned that the lawsuit will be filed tomorrow morning. mayor declined to comment but we do know she plans to hold a news conference with the attorney stit hired from burlingame. one city council member says the fire broke up a marriage between richmond. >> when one starts a fire they're going to be in a rocky part of the marriage it happened almost a year ago. august 6th at 6:15 a pipe in a crude oil unit ruptured. the fire and smoke blanketed the skies and sent 15,000 rez don'ts hospitals.

thousands filed individual claims against the refinery. the city council first broched the idea in may of hiring lawyers to sue chevron, deciding to continue to try to reach a settlement out of court. two weeks ago, they voted hire the. >> chevron owes the people as well as the city of richmond hundreds of millions of dollars based on the damage they've done to our commute overtime. >> the lawsuit asked for damages for clean up and emergency response. as well as impact the fire had on property values and, on the environment.

chof ron responded with this statement... we cannot comment on the merits of a lawsuit that we have not yet seen. t the do persue such a suit is a waste do of resources yet another example of failed leadership. vic lee abc 7 news. >> still ahead tonight following up on an accident from yearly two years ago. you'll see why the owner of market hasn't been able to make repair autos warmer weather coming our way. how long will it last? i'll give you a look in just a moment. >> thoughts of companies offer rebates but do they deliver? coming up we help a frustrated customer get her cash back reward. >> and another bart strike is looming a possible strike we're going to be following workers now beginning to prepare to marc

a shawl mom and p pop market is struggling to keep doors open after a car slammed into that store. abc 7 news covers the crash and had this update. >> surveillance video caught the yellow cab clipped a sedan

that ran into the front of the market. three days later owners throwing out food thinking this accident might cost them months of business. >> it could be a month, two months. six months. >> they never guessed would it be 10 months before it could reopen. the store owners say it's not enough. >> we have bills and have to pay insurance and whatever bill that's come through the door. >> if coming through the door two, brothers say they have survived but in 10 months they're closed a lot of the regulars found somewhere else to shop. >> and now sparsely stocked. brothers say they've run out of capitol and blame yellow cab for dragging out the legal

fight. >> we're not sure why they don't want to talk about settling this case. >> the lawyer for yellow cab told us there is a cases will be consolidated. yellow cab prepared to attend a mediation to resolve issue buzz it could be many more months brothers want damages amounting to a little over $1 million because their insurance company only recently filed an action a december trial date will be likely pushed to middle next year. >> and the brothers say their families had the business close to 20 years this could close them. >> team new zealand is in hot

water. the team asked actor tom cruise to take a ride on the catamaran. coast coast guard regulations lifted for the day. team said the publicity was worth it. >> they had a lot of coverage. >> gorgeous day out there. >> sunny skies from coast to inland. just patches of coastal fog is about it. here is a look. you can see that it's mainly sunny. that it doesn't amount to much really so taking a look at the pattern we have had passing patches of clouds. and sunny skies at the coast as well as inland. here is a view of of clouds.

ea 61 degrees in san francisco. 62 oakland.dót2ñç another beautiful view of the western sky we have temperatures 71 in nappa, novato. concord ask livermore both checking in at 74 degrees. and taking a look at the golden gate these features we'll see low clouds overnight. warmer tomorrow into our area. sheer what's happening satellite showing this pool has been sort of locked in place for several days now. ilts going to shrink a bit. that won't last long and bring

back a cool pattern once again so, little change over the next several days. overnight tonight look for again, patches of low clouds low temperatures mid-50s overnight. highs starting in the south bay under sunny skies 85 in morgan hill. peninsula highs from 72 to 77 in palo alto. 78 in mountain view. downtown we'll see 68 degrees tomorrow as the high. north bay highs 64 -- 84 in santa rosa and napa. 23478 castro valley inland will be warm tomorrow, highs into upper 80s. here is the accu-weather forecast.

warm up won't last long. temperatures dropping off a couple degrees on saturday and sunday mid-70s around the bay. temperatures inland bouncing back by tuesday of next week. not much change during the week. just a few degrees up and down. >> thank you. >> back now live to oakland. sky 7 is overhead. bart workers are just leaving their rally. and in that crowd actor danny glover they were rallying. the clock ticking down on another possible strike this, is about a nine-block march they're taking about a mile to bart headquarters if they do authorize the strike it doesn't mean it will happen but all things will be

>> and abc 7 news is going to join us live coming up at 6:30. >> napa valley grape harest y they're

grape harvest has begun earlier this year because of milder and warmer spring

weather. three days ago the winery mum napa made the call believing today was the optimal time to pick grapes. >> every year it's kind of a crap shoot pardon the term but it's something we're able to find quality we're looking for >> okay. despite the harvest workers celebrated as they do every year, grapes going to a process that take twoz years before it's ready to drink tonight money matters wall street gets jolted out of the summer doll drums. s & p 500 close add above 1700 for the first time. yelp shot up after exceeding estimates. sprouts farmer's market went from $18 a share to $40 this, is a 122% jump.

direct tv's stock fell. car manufacturers did wellford, gm, toy yota, honda and nissan voted for increases. the industry now on pace to have the best year since 2007. delta air lines said it will begin hourly shuttle between san francisco and los angeles aimed at business travelers you'll able to check in as little as 30 minutes before takeoff. levies strauss opened a new flag ship store. >> and when we come back here at 6:00 a live update on a march through downtown oakland there has been a huge turn out. stakes are high. >> if you're worried about how to get to work next week well there is now an app for that. >> also, concern about rail

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bart and other union workers8gcú marching from a rally to bart headquarters. negotiations have not been apparently going well and union leaders could give notice tonight they plan to strike if there is no oqqsu reached.e is no how is the mood? >> it's jovial now. actor danny glover was in support of the unions this rally is happening on the day bart unions are expected to announce whether or not they're giving notice of the strike. during a cooling off very

little progress has been oakland police say they're going to be here tonight because after the union demonstrators leave and sun goes down, last month a worker was hit in the head by a hammer after he tried to stop them from breaking windows police say if they don't catch them in the act they will be armed with cameras so that they believe they will catch up with them, no major movement so far with you but unions say if making an announcement they will do it

tonight. >> hope it stays peaceful. thank you. a lot of people wond qlering how they're going to get to work. turns out they're offering incentives for people to try carpools last week. workers picketed weeks ago. it's a mess they remember all too well. computers lined up for carpools. laura agreed to drive a carpool. >> laura found passengers on a app called yarm. >> you can check out a profile and choose someone say they're

going my build igts been around and used to be called avego. but during the last strike that changed. >> our usage went up and we maintained 30%. >> add misting because they traveled off helicopter rides this time there is a practical promotion. >> it happens every day next week strike no, strike. >> you have to pick up carpoolers at a special location in san francisco. or at the ashby statiob0"/ñ there will be other transportation apps running promotions. it's carpooling where you start, expend play for gas. >> you're not going make a lot of money but if you give

someone a ride today in the future someone is going give you a ride back that. is what what we call good karma. >> and there is a range of resources for you. you can down load the exclusive waze traffic app to help you navigate freeways. a woman faced down her kidnapper in court today. aerial castro's sentence? live in prison plus 1,000 years. he kidnapped the three and in court he blamed a sex addition, his wife and the fbi for not investigating. >> people trying to paint paint me as i monster, i'm in the a monster, i'm sick. >> one victim michelle knight

stepped forward to deliver a tearful, heart felt statement. >> i can live on. you will die a little every day. you took 11 years miff life waichl i spent 11 years in hell. your hell is just begin thoorgts released photos of the prison castro built in the home included closet doors nailed against windows and rusty chains and locks on beds. >> officials in california are getting asureances dadely accident like what happened last week would not happen here. a train crash near paris killed six passengers. fatalities raised questions about the safety. >> this guy wasn't paying attention. what i get a train and the

guy isn't paying attention? >> theu?5w state rail authority took great pains of the wake of those cashes this summer members note californians will be using technology that doesn't exist on current rail systems like a feature that would have slowed down the train before a curve. >> our system will be controlled. we'll have full controls on every inch of the system that. dmot happen. >> the state points out the accident in spain happened on a portion not high speed rail. and there are rules for distractions. >> spanish operator was on a cell phone that, is prohibited under u.s. law. we will be making sure that doesn't happen. >> wonderful experience.

>> the crash does not deter them from getting on california system once it's belt. >> i won't hes state. it would be nice to see my sister in san diego, quickly. >> when we do get a sur tim here i don't think so. i think the way it's come along. >> it's now august, and all they'll say is that it will be soon. >> in richmond tonight a man elected to city council but never took office died. gary bell won a seat last fall but came down with a severe bacterial infection, never sworn in. he slipped into a coma after having two neurosurgeries. he was just 54 years old.

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honored today. each also received her own afalcon statue. how cool is that? and joins that of other local personality autos giving so much back to the city. that is why you're getting rewarded today. >> it's very, very exciting. do you know how many pictures are on the wall? >> over 100. >> that also served as a fund-raiser for friends of faith breast cancer walk placing place august 17th. >> so congratulationses and all of the beautiful ladies there. >> have you ever had a prob tonight michael finney on what you need to do to m

how many times have you applied for a rebate but never >> i hate it when that happen autos most of us give up on getting any money back. one woman turned to michael finney. he's here. >> they're tempting. >> yes.

they are. >> i notice them. however, rules for redeeming cash are usually pretty strict. a woman did everything right and couldn't get her rebate. sue says sheuqthr normally won't make a fuss over $100 however this, got her upset. >> if they make offers they should stand by what they're that i saiing. >> it happened when she's comparing prices on a security system for her vacation home. a deal with abt oofred a $100 debate -- rebate. >> cash on a visa card. >> she was inclined to go with adt so she did sign up, also acted right away to collect the rebate. >> most people don't follow through. with rebate buzz this time, the sales guy was so emphatic

about it. i decided i was going to follow through. >> she followed the instructions, filling out forms, failing copies and activating alarms within 30 days. instructions said her check would alivei]k in 16 to 18 wees >> however, april came and went. spring turning to summer. sue didn't have her money. >> i gave all of the information to the people over and over again. it's frustrating but the principle. >> she kept calling the kchl agents kept telling her there was a backlog prof sesing. >> it does take long to just keep trying so i purse you'd it by falling on your side. channel 7 with michael finney. >> we acted adt telling us it's authorized dealer offered

a rebate. however, the company did contract the dealer. >> i've got a call the next day from someone from adt saying i was going to get the rebate. >> not only sent her this card but also a check. the company said we learned that miz carlson's card had been mailed to her vacation home instead of her residents. -- residents. she received an additional card for inconvenience. we're pleased with situation has been resolved. >> my goodness. it's just taking someone to be on your side. >> yes, it does. if you're promised an award make sure you get it.

>> good to have someone on your side. >> absolutely. >> let's check on the forecast. >> spence jer back. >> well, start with a look at live doppler 7. that is about it. here is a live view in the east bay. some high temperatures with average highs for the date. and while some locations with just a few degrees higher, we have 10 degrees below the average high for the date. so you can see cooler weather that is about to change tomorrow, state wide with conditions warming up and here in the bay area as we'll see high temperatures tomorrow into our inland locations.

into upper 80s. around tuesday, it's not going to be a dramatic change just below average for this time of the year. >> thank you. >> okay. >> now checking in with larry beil and sports. >> this is every coach's nightmare. injuries

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